Who needs swords and magic when you have a digital keyboard?
Developer and publisher Square Enix is working on a new Final Fantasy mobile game, World Wide Words, that has players typing to defeat monsters in a “text-input battle RPG [role-playing game],” according to Siliconera via a Hachima report of the newest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.
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Square Enix previously tried to make a unique Final Fantasy mobile experience with All the Bravest, a touch-based take on role-playing game battles that also featured characters from different entries in the franchise. However, All the Bravest was a critical bomb, with a current Metacritic score of 25.