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World of Final Fantasy: Maxima

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima is the powered up version of WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY which was originally released in October 2016. CAPTURE, CUSTOMISE AND EVOLVE! Embark on a magical journey with siblings Reynn…

58 6 November 2018 ESRB E10+

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima is an adventure developed by Square Enix Business Division 3, released 6 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What World of Final Fantasy: Maxima is

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Business Division 3 and released in 2018. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Embark on a magical journey with siblings Reynn and Lann as they explore the vast land of Grymoire to rediscover their past and save the future. With charming and stylised visuals, you can capture, customise and evolve iconic creatures by stacking them to form adorable yet strategic monster towers. New characters from FINAL FANTASY lore (Champions) and monsters (Mirages) add even more fun and excitement to this unique adventure in WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA!"
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima is the 265th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was PlayStation Classic in 2018. Its critic score of 58 is 19 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

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How it was received

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points below the year average.

What it launched against

World of Final Fantasy: Maxima launched on 6 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V and Hitman 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V, Hitman 2.

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When did World of Final Fantasy: Maxima come out?
World of Final Fantasy: Maxima was released on 6 November 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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