Final Fantasy: Alius Venatus

"Anybody can be a hero if they have to."

- Final Fantasy: Alius Venatus Tagline

Final Fantasy: Alius Venatus is a spin-off/companion game outside the main Final Fantasy series. Not much is known about the game story-wise, other then the name of a character, who may or may not be a party member, and a location, as it is very early in develpoment.

Gameplay
According to unconfirmed reports from a designer, FF: AV is supposed to be very similar to Final Fantasy XIII in respects to the overall gameplay, most notably the battle system and how an enemy reacts to the player if he/she is within their line of sight.

From this designer's report, it has been confirmed that:

In the battle, as in Final Fantasy XIII, the player can control only one character out of a party of up to three, but after a certian point in the game that character can be switched. The progression in the game will be chapter-based. In each chapter, you'll see the story through the view of different characters, as in Final Fantasy XIII.

The ATB bar returns, and is relatively unchanged from the version in Final Fantasy XIII.

Like in Final Fantasy XIII, there is no MP in the game. Also, since magic cannot be used outside of battle, the party's HP is completely restored after every battle.

The Chain Gaugue ability from Final Fantasy XIII returns in Alius Venetus, and as with the ATB bar, it remains relatively unchanged.

It is currently unknown if Paradigms will return in Alius Venatus.

Summons are confirmed to return, but it is currently unknown what role they will have within the story and gameplay.

Story
Not much about the story is currently known, other then that it take place within the fictional kingdom of Aura.

Characters
As of current, only one character has been revealed.


 * Nimbus Alto (手早い アルト) - A young man who is described as having purple hair, not much else is currently known about him, and it is unknown what role he will play in the game, although it is believed that he will be a party member.

Trivia

 * "Alius Venatus" is latin for "Another Game", a joke name thought of by a designer, referring to the many Final Fantasy games already created.
 * "Nimbus" and "Alto" both are words for cloud formations. This may or may not be intentional.