AIKODE First Gameplay Demo | New Game like FINAL FANTASY in Unreal Engine 5 

I don't see much of Final Fantasy, but that protagonist with the butterfly in her eye reminds me of Zero from Drakengard 3 with Nier and Nier Automata. And if Yoko Taro gave it her blessing, it is a safe purchase for me.

kicking the cat was the biggest plot twist i saw from other games

I hope you enjoyed the demo!

Mindful guys that the whole thing is mostly made by one person, so to achieve this kind of polishness is amazing.

The last thing I expected to see was a girl punting a talking cat into the ocean.

This game breaks the fourth wall. Okay I am sold. Wish listed.

Strong nier vibes, she's even glitching out.. The tone highly gives a impression of dark twist midway too

For a game that never came out, it's kinda crazy how many other projects Final Fantasy Versus XIII influenced.

Wow, a psychological action JRPG? What the hell is this and why didn't we get it sooner? Strong FF and Kingdom Hearts vibes. That story featuring AI and how it perceives reality can develop into some philosophically incredible story, or flop. I surely hope it develops incredibly well and amazes us with something fresh and "unique" in this world of less unique but equally amazing games. Thanks for sharing, hope to see more of this game in the future!

almost an kingdomhearts it isnt strange they liked that tech demo from SE... it really got my attention

Looks like Kingdom Hearts x Nier which sounds like an amazing mix. I'm sold!

Yoko Taro, is that you?? A *fabulous* new work nears!!

I can tell this is drakengard inspired I love the art direction when it comes to the stages I can’t wait to play it though. One thing I do love is how this game has its own identity while still giving that nostalgia PS2 feel but more modernize

I'm seeing a mix of Kingdom Hearts and the Fabula Nova Crystalis Project ♥

Not gonna lie, the game looks very cool. But nobody here can convince me otherwise…. that this game doesn’t feel like final fantasy. It feels like a big lot of inspiration was taken from Nier Automata. Like a lot of inspiration was taken from Yoko Taro games. That white haired character is literally Zero from Drakengard…

It looked interesting. The combat animation looks beautiful and cute. Red and Blue heterochromia eyes and digital reality are reference Matrix.

This looks super ambitious. Wish you the best on your project!

yea its calling to me ..wanna play this

Wait of minute, she in Tokyo where sora at from kingdom hearts trailer!

Probably my favourite boss music of all time what the heck, from a random game like this

I want to play this. It looks very interesting.

this i nice i love it added to wishlist

This looks super good. Definitely excited to see the final product 🔥

Never thought I would see so many drakengard players in one place 😂

excited

wait so Aikode is the game for that one tech trailer that came out ages ago with the adult twins, eye blue eyes the other red, fighting against dolls?

Wooow I love the vibes of FF 13-2 in this game! The main characters is like Serah and the pet like Kupo

@AIKODE how close are you to release?

Square's rpg format just feels so right for every jrpg title

To this day I'm still hoping it will come to Nintendo switch 2 ( whatever its going to be called) only one can dream

Yes this game will look good in vr with uevr mod

Gravity rush vibes 😎

This looks like kingdom hearts and yozora thing in KH3😂

Air walls in the middle of a street? What year is it?

3:56 Can't wait to hear the full version of this. Reminds me a lot of "TK - White Silence"

It's very similar to Nier games, they even did some things the same (kombat, map design, storytelling style, the thing flying above us, etc.) Even the character in the main image looks like the character in Drakengard 3

This is so cool . Fr 🖤

What a unique game idea,...i am curious where it will lead us :)

Great gameplay preview, cool action RPG. :) Playlisted this one for sure. Bright Memory Infinite 1 person was impressive visually and furthered hack m slash/shooter aspects well, even if short it made sense why and was worth it for the time they took to make it short doesn't mean bad. A visually impressive RPG or adventure game sort of demo/project or so sure looks awesome keep up the good work some characters give some inptessions but its fine. The dialogue and transitions/effects were good. Heard Schrodinger's cat references a lot but irs fine. It suits with the cats too of course. A very SciFi adventure and what to believe is true angle I guess? Or whatever mind bending stuff or whatever the case. Either way its cool. Took a while I bet but its coming along very well. Some reflections were good, fair lighting which as not a far of ray tracing it looked good, water qas interesting , I haven't seen good water animations though yet just pretty standard, character detail varied by camera angle. Was good enough. I don't find many western ones water/shine to be that appealing even. It is really impressive but sometimes the character detail from a distance probably makes sense but sometimes they did look a bit flat or pale and not that great but then again in engine then a video looks mhch better no doubt. To me AI learning and unlearning their moves (attacks, speed, defence, weapons, interactions), the players moves (not just a clone/dark version) besides just NPC continuous job route like stuff. Thats what I want to see in the future woth gaming viduals to me are good enough and no amount of glass/reflections or lighting makes me care. The character moveset and the skating was pretty good. Killing cats was a surprise but its something for the player to do. The cur off areas make sense for story or the experience O guess and a world is hard to do/limits details to be scaled accordingly but its fine. The controlled focus makes sense for what was to be demoed/story told or whatever the case and thats totally fine (and I like linear anyway, better design of combat/puzzles/level design and ability use and more moveset/story structure flowing I find, I don't think so with RPGs but more so platformers, puzzle games well obstacle course type 3D ones not Tetris/Bejeweled type, hack n slashes and otherwise). Animations with sticks versus motion making it realistic like has been an experiment I have always been curious about but I enjoy any console/controller gimmicks or old games experimenting but do predict what I want to see in the future that isn't formulaic and AAA dead ends. Gaming is fine with animations being the way they are but the curiosity os still always there ever since the Unrecord or whatever that Steam trailer was. Just hopped into my head of hmm is that possible and to make it fun or not but just trialed out. Of hands or legs. Interactivity in the hands. Playing as teo characters 1 per stick works then a weird balance some games try to do and don't even use motion the 3rd analogue stick in a way. Sigh. Or 2 sticks, d-pad as well even. Face buttons. 5 movement options. Triggers for directions. Anything os possible it depends how people use inputs and code/animate to match. That and some Indies do great, others nostalgic inspiration and just disappointing repeating the hits when the forgotten have better ideas. Competition of reepated top title inspiration id a boting future to me in the racing or platformer genre but less so in other genres of puzzle or others qhere Indies are excelling at it with great ideas. Either way good job here very visually impressed. 9/10

Omg the moment the white haired girl entered the forest-like place the BGM resembeled City of Ruines in Nier Automata!! I find this amazing because love that haha

@aikode how does one go about playing the demo?

Idk how i feel about the cat killing part, aside from that game looks cool to play, big nier and kingdom hearts vibes

God let this game release with a 60fps mode on consoles.

a bit unexpected when she kick that poor innocent black cat.

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this game seems interesting it's a possible buy in my book...

I love the music so much!

I don't know about "like FF" but from I've seen in this vid, it's more like "Kingdom Heart" vibe.

Heavy Nier and Nier Automata vibes here. I like it

Sorry to be rude but would a 4070 at least be able to handle the game a bit? I'm about to get a new Gaming Desktop PC but I can't get the 4090 one sadly since overpriced 😢

Using FF might be more of a marketing tactic. But I'm not getting any FF vibes. The entire showcase felt like it was straight out of Yoko Taro's playbook. And I'm here for it.

Looks like Echidna in thumbnail :P

'Doit absolument sortir sur console

Wow this game looks amazing, nice graphics, combats seem very satisfying and the story is the kind of ones that, I think, will break my mind, I love that xD This has a Nier feeling sometimes on this point.

11:40 the camera during the bossfight needs to be fixed. its better if we can see the whole boss when we get close

this looks so nice wtf

where can i find the demo?

The fact that you can punt cats I am now buying the collector's edition.

insane cloth physics

For a second, I thought it's a new Drakengard Game. That's Zero. The girl with a flower on her left eye. Edit: this looks great though.

Reminds me of drakengard 3 and Nier

The music so dope I love it feel so immersive with the world.

so happy for this dude

The music is beautiful

woah that intro so cool

The Yoko Taro is strong in this one. Dragongard Nier Automata everywhere. Even the loop back.

Looks like 2B if she had a butterfly instead of the blindfold

This remind me of Riku from Kingdom hearts 4 or kind of mixes Final Fantasy XV

Is there going to be a console version of this? A PS5 version specifically or is this just going to be on Steam?

That's totally fantastic.

Damn bruh Thank the gods for blessing us with Unreal Engine 5 ! I can’t wait to see how kingdom hearts 4 and Verum Rex look using the engine !!!

As a big ff and Kh and nier automata this is literally everything i've been asking for , + the soundtrack is insanely good, i really wanna know if there is a preview of this soundtrack in 4:01 im really looking forward to hopefully this game someday will be a full project and for ps5

Thought it was a new final fantasy title at first the mechanics and plot seem pretty good the action movements could use just a bit more work to be more fluid but i completely understand the difficulty of doing things alone as i have yet to finish my story and its going on 5 years+ 😅

Nice2😎👍

Hearing the opening, I was expecting for her to go "I have a law degree." lmao

Such nier vibes 🎉

This game looks amazing!

The next scene game is look like twilight town.

these characters' eyelashes are on FLEEK!

The way she kicked the cat has my jaw dropped. I was so invested in that cats life. AND THE FLIP 😭

Actually, the whole thing about making an exact copy of Shibuya screams KINDGOM HEARTS to me and certainly makes me think of Quadratum But also very FF But VERY KH reminiscent in style

Love the combat all raddi

They just need to make Agni's Philosophy into a full game.

we’re all puppets. 😉

Nier Automata most definitely has influenced video games over the recent years. Stellar Blade is coming out in less than two months, and now I'm just learning about this game. This is a beautiful time for video games!

It looks like Kingdom Hearts, Nier and Final Fantasy had a child, I love it instant buy by Release

dude that looks good! Doesnt seem like Final Fantasy but still could be great! looking forward to this game

good indie game

It feels vibe from kingdom heart

J'aime ce genre de jeux qui sont inspiré de plusieurs univers tout en restant fidèle à lui-même. Il me tarde de le tester 🙂‍↕️

I WANNA PLAY THIS!!! ;O; ❤

Need to see if this demo on the ps store for ps5

reminds me of ffxv, ffxiii and ffvii remake. Ffxv with the style and animations, ffxiii with some characters, music and other animations. Little bit of a KH and Nier vibe too. Nice

Wouldn't really say final fantasy, but really reminds me of Kingdom of Hearts Especially the beginning of KH2

i wasn't ready for the punted cat 💀💀💀

Tf? was that an American psycho reference lol 😂. Everything looks amazing. The vibes are otherworldly and really intriguing and the ost just sounds majestic. Will definitely be playing this when it releases

This is giving a LITTLE bit of Final Fantasy vibes. But I'm more rather getting Verum Rex and NieR vibes and a little bit of KH. The girl's eyes I'm the first part of the video made me think of Yozora and then the setting in the next stage was giving a little bit of Twilight Town and then the 3rd stage was giving Daybreak Town vibes. As for the 4th stage, MADE NieR Automata vibes. All this to say, I LOVE THIS!!! And can we just talk about how beautiful the music is too?

@6:44 YEET!~~ lol

The beginning part whwre the girl with pink hair is running around the town is what i feel like it would look like if KH UnionX stuff was on the ps5. Also, no to the kicking cat things. Will not be doing that.

My hype for these Unreal Engine 5 games are as high as my electric bills gonna be