FINAL FANTASY VII
Square Enix Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 04/12/2020
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence and use of offensive language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Role-playing game in which the player character joins a rebel organization in their quest to stop a world-controlling mega corporation from draining the life of the planet for use as an energy source.
Content specific issues
Moderate violence includes the use of swords, magic and special abilities. The violence is non-realistic and lacks injury detail. There is use of mild bad language ('shit').
FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered
Square Enix Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 03/09/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Join Squall and the rest of the Balamb SeeD as they try to save the world from the Sorceress Ultimecia.
Content specific issues
Violence consists mainly of turn-based battle sequences, which is generally mild. However, the opening cut scene shows Squall and Cipher practicing with their gun blades. One slashes the other across the face. Blood is shown.
Other issues
Mild bad language is sometimes used.
FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered
Square Enix Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 03/09/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Join Squall and the rest of the Balamb SeeD as they try to save the world from the Sorceress Ultimecia.
Content specific issues
Violence consists mainly of turn-based battle sequences, which is generally mild. However, the opening cut scene shows Squall and Cipher practicing with their gun blades. One slashes the other across the face. Blood is shown.
Other issues
Mild bad language is sometimes used.
FINAL FANTASY: Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition
Square Enix Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 28/08/2020
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features non-realistic violence in a child-friendly setting or context, mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to human like characters, violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures and pictures or sounds likely to be scary to young children. Not suitable for persons under 7 of age.
Brief outline of the game
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES Remastered Edition follows a young group, known as the Crystal Caravans, as they embark on a journey to search for myrrh, a precious and rare liquid needed to cleanse and maintain a crystal protecting their world from the deadly gas, miasma.
Content specific issues
Violence in this game is mostly towards fantasy characters as you travel through dungeons. When hit, the characters flash white and eventually collapse and disappear in a puff of purple smoke. The human character reacts in a similar way – flashing white when hit but when defeated, she collapses to the floor with a sigh and the game restarts. There are also boss battles with large monsters that may be scary to younger children.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items in the form of costumes and weapon skins which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items.
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE
Square Enix Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 10/04/2020
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PlayStation 5 - 10/06/2021
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 16 for depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
The world has fallen under the control of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a shadowy corporation controlling the planet's life force. In the city of Midgar, an anti-Shinra organization calling themselves Avalanche have stepped up their resistance. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra's SOLDIER now turned mercenary, lends his aid to the group.
Content specific issues
This game contains infrequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. The majority of instances take place during the games cutscenes. One instance shows a group of men being beaten up in hand to hand combat. The reactions to the violence are realistic in nature, with the men screaming and grunting in pain as they are beaten and knocked unconscious. Another pertinent scene shows two characters being stabbed through the chest. While the initial penetration is obscured from the camera, you can later see the blade impaling them and their panicked reaction to being attacked. After the blade is removed, their bodies slump to the floor where they remain.
FINAL FANTASY XV
Square Enix Ltd-
Stadia - 19/11/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 16 for depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Enroute to wed his fiancée Luna on a road trip with his best friends, Prince Noctis is advised by news reports that his homeland has been invaded and taken over under the false pretence of a peace treaty – and that he, his loved one and his father King Regis, have been slain at the hands of the enemy.
Content specific issues
This game contains infrequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. The majority of instances occur during the games cutscenes. Characters are shown being stabbed and shot whilst producing realistic reactions. Cries of pain can be heard as characters clutch at their wounds and blood effects appear. Realistic violence can also be found during battles, characters limp and stumble when injured.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Online Experience
Square Enix Ltd-
PC - 02/07/2019
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PlayStation 4 - 02/07/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features sustained depictions of violence towards human characters, moderate violence and encouragement of the use of alcohol/tobacco. Not appropriate for persons below 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Warriors of Light─Embrace the dark and forge a new fate in the next expansion to the online RPG! Players are tasked with restoring darkness to a world drowning in light as they adopt the mantle Warrior of Darkness.
Content specific issues
Violence is mostly of a mild nature with characters taking part in turn based battles showing little injury, but there are more graphic sequences in the cut scenes with violence becoming more realistic. There are also scenes showing characters gaining the Protect benefit from smoking a pipe.
Other issues
The game features online playing capability which may involve real-time interaction with other players
FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers
Square Enix Ltd-
PC - 02/07/2019
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PlayStation 4 - 02/07/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features sustained depictions of violence towards human characters, moderate violence and encouragement of the use of alcohol/tobacco. Not appropriate for persons below 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Warriors of Light─Embrace the dark and forge a new fate in the next expansion to the online RPG! Players are tasked with restoring darkness to a world drowning in light as they adopt the mantle Warrior of Darkness.
Content specific issues
Violence is mostly of a mild nature with characters taking part in turn based battles showing little injury, but there are more graphic sequences in the cut scenes with violence becoming more realistic. There are also scenes showing characters gaining the Protect benefit from smoking a pipe.
Other issues
The game features online playing capability which may involve real-time interaction with other players
FINAL FANTASY XV MULTIPLAYER COMRADES
Square Enix Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 13/12/2018
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Xbox One - 13/12/2018
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 16 for depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Set in a world engulfed by darkness, FINAL FANTASY XV MULTIPLAYER COMRDES casts players as a member of the Kingsglaive, with powers and unique abilities invoked from various Lucian kings, who join forces to bring the Light back to the kingdom of Lucis.
Content specific issues
This game contains infrequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. The most pertinent examples of this can be found in the opening cutscene where multiple soldiers are shown fighting. Later in the same scene a solider is stabbed in the back and then tossed over a railing towards the ground. No visible wounds are shown, however the reaction to the violence is realistic in nature with the character falling limp after the impact.
Other issues
This game offers in-game items which may be purchased by the player using real-world money.
WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA
Square Enix Ltd-
PlayStation 4 - 07/11/2018
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Nintendo Switch - 07/11/2018
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Xbox One - 07/11/2018
Advice for consumers
This game has been rated PEGI 12 for depictions of non-realistic looking violence towards human-like characters, and depictions of realistic looking violence of a minor nature towards human-like characters. This game is not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
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.
Content specific issues
This game contains depictions of non-realistic looking violence towards human-like and fantasy characters. Bright lights and magical effects appear on impact of the attacks, and large numbers show the amount of damage inflicted with each attack. Characters have little to no reaction to the violence with no visible injuries present. When the enemies have been defeated, they will fall to the floor and quickly vanish from the battlefield. When a character on the players team is defeated, they will fall to the floor and remain there motionless until an item known as a “Phoenix Down” is used, this item is then able to revive them. This game also contains infrequent depictions of realistic violence of a minor nature towards a human-like character. The most pertinent example of this is when a girl punches her brother in the face. While his reaction to the violence is realistic he only holds his nose for a short while before returning to normal with no visible injuries.