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STRANGER OF PARADISE: FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1
The Final Fantasy series is no stranger to spin-offs, while the mainline games have also pivoted away from traditional turn-based battles to more action-based affairs… but Stranger of Paradise is probably its most divisive instalment yet. On one hand, it’s a dark retelling of the first Final Fantasy (hence ‘Origin’); on the other, its hero Jack Garland seems to come from the modern world: an angry young man sporting an Eminem buzzcut who’s obsessed with killing Chaos before blasting rap metal from his smartphone. Let’s just say parts of the internet have been having a perpetual field day since this game was announced last summer.