Final Fantasy 7’s mobile battle royale, The First Soldier, has ended service

Fans are bittersweet to spot it go, and judge it could’ve been truthful overmuch more.

Final Fantasy 7: The First Solider is Square Enix’s mobile spin-off that takes connected a conflict royale format. Back successful October past year, Square Enix revealed its plans to instrumentality the crippled offline successful 2023. As of yesterday, 11 January 2023, The First Soldier has officially ended service.

You tin drawback the opening movie for Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier close here.

Despite Square Enix’s champion efforts to support the crippled afloat with caller contented and regular updates, the institution concluded that it simply couldn’t present the acquisition to players that it had hoped for. As a result, the determination was made to extremity work for Final Fantasy 7 The First Soldier.

Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier takes spot successful Midgar, 30 years anterior to the events that occurred successful Final Fantasy 7. As a soldier, you tin hop into multiplayer matches solo oregon alongside others to instrumentality connected battles successful a acquainted setting, and beryllium you’re worthy of Shinra’s army.

The crippled released successful November 2021, having conscionable implicit a twelvemonth of beingness earlier yet being unopen down by Square Enix. Fans of the crippled are bittersweet to spot it spell offline, with the replies to Square Enix’s tweet being afloat of players who judge the crippled had potential, and had amusive playing it portion it was available.

One effect says it perfectly, successful my opinion, with MakeitL00kEZ replying that, “Happy that it was present astatine least. I’m definite Squre Enix learned a batch and if they ever research different conflict royale benignant crippled I’m definite it would beryllium adjacent better.”

“I did bask playing. I deliberation it being mobile held it back, if it was connected console oregon PC, that would person helped for sure.”

The sentiments are repeatedly echoed, with responses saying that they privation Square Enix had listened, and that Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier could’ve been truthful overmuch more. It’s a shame for those who enjoyed the game, but here’s to hoping that Square Enix’s adjacent task into the conflict royale country is better.