The Diofield Chronicle

The Diofield Chronicle plays as a strategy role-playing video game. Unlike Final Fantasy Tactics, it is not tile-based in its movement, but instead allows for more free directional movement like XCOM. The player controls a party of characters to engage in tactical battles, completing missions such as vanquishing enemies, defending a stronghold, escorting an ally, or capturing points on a map. Similar to Fire Emblem, the viewpoint shifts as the battles themselves play out. The party earns skill points at the end of each mission, which can be used to upgrade different character abilities. == Plot ==

The Diofield Chronicle takes place on a fictional war-torn continent, where the Kingdom of Alletain sits in the close vicinity of a conflict between the Trovelt-Schoevian Empire and the Rowetale Alliance. The four heads of the group are Andrias Rhondarson, a royal bodyguard who knows ancient sorcery, Fredret Lester, his childhood friend, Iscarion Colchester, an archer and former noble, and Waltaquin Redditch, a mage noblewoman. == Development ==

The game was first announced on March 9, 2022, as part of Sony's "State of Play" presentations outlining future games coming to their PlayStation platforms. It was one of two games announced by Square Enix at the presentation, alongside Valkyrie Elysium. Music is composed by Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell, both of which had previously worked on the Game of Thrones television series. == Reception ==

The Diofield Chronicle received "mixed or average" reviews for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Windows, and "generally favorable" reviews for the Xbox Series X/S, according to review aggregator Metacritic. == Manga adaptation ==

A manga adaptation by Minori Tsukahara and Ataru Arata began serialization in Square Enix's Manga UP! website and app on September 8, 2022. == References ==