<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
was	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Perfect	O
World	O
Games	O
and	O
Square	O
Enix	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
China	O
by	O
Perfect	O
World	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
releases	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
including	O
English	O
over	O
the	O
following	O
two	O
years	O
from	O
other	O
publishers	O
;	O
its	O
English	O
release	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
title	O
to	O
be	O
licensed	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
to	O
another	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Awakening	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Type-0	I-Application
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
title	O
within	O
the	O
Fabula	O
Nova	O
Crystallis	O
subseries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planning	O
began	O
in	O
2014	O
after	O
the	O
online	O
elements	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Agito	I-Application
stalled	O
due	O
to	O
technical	O
difficulties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
original	O
director	O
Hajime	O
Tabata	O
,	O
Awakening	O
was	O
the	O
true	O
realisation	O
of	O
his	O
earliest	O
plans	O
for	O
Type-0	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
players	O
could	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
cadet	O
in	O
the	O
Dominion	O
of	O
Rubrum	O
's	O
magical	O
academy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
parallel	O
world	O
"	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Type-0	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Type-0	B-Application
and	O
Agito	B-Application
,	O
the	O
world	O
is	O
locked	O
in	O
a	O
repeating	O
spiral	O
of	O
history	O
,	O
with	O
Awakening	O
being	O
an	O
iteration	O
of	O
that	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Awakening	O
was	O
focused	O
around	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Type-0	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
evolved	O
system	O
and	O
hack-and-slash	O
style	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
manual	O
control	O
option	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
auto	O
"	O
mode	O
where	O
battles	O
were	O
played	O
out	O
using	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
character	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
original	O
fourteen-person	O
cast	O
of	O
Type-0	B-Application
,	O
had	O
specific	O
skills	O
and	O
unique	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Agito	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
hit	O
insurmountable	O
technical	O
barriers	O
which	O
stopped	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
online	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Type-0	B-Application
Online	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
called	O
,	O
was	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
and	O
Chinese	O
online	O
game	O
developer	O
Perfect	O
World	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Perfect	O
World	O
handled	O
primary	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
staff	O
of	O
Agito	B-Application
supervised	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Agito	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
transferred	O
over	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Awakening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Awakening	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
title	O
to	O
be	O
licensed	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
to	O
another	O
company	O
for	O
both	O
production	O
and	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hajime	O
Tabata	O
,	O
who	O
led	O
production	O
on	O
both	O
Type-0	B-Application
and	O
Agito	B-Application
,	O
acted	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
Awakening	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
Tabata	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
"	O
awakening	O
"	O
of	O
his	O
early	O
concept	O
for	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Type-0	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
mobile	O
title	O
before	O
releasing	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
built	O
upon	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
hinted	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
Agito	B-Application
was	O
shutting	O
down	O
in	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
stated	O
that	O
a	O
"	O
reborn	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Agito	B-Application
would	O
be	O
shown	O
off	O
at	O
that	O
year	O
's	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
revealed	O
at	O
the	O
event	O
under	O
the	O
provisional	O
title	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Type-0	I-Application
Online	I-Application
for	O
both	O
mobiles	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
planned	O
release	O
window	O
of	O
spring	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
planned	O
for	O
Agito	B-Application
players	O
to	O
receive	O
an	O
unspecified	O
"	O
favor	O
"	O
if	O
they	O
chose	O
to	O
play	O
Awakening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
October	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
,	O
releasing	O
under	O
that	O
name	O
first	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
these	O
regions	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
title	O
in	O
traditional	O
Chinese	O
rather	O
than	O
English	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
team	O
hoping	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
unified	O
brand	O
identity	O
for	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
in	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
South	O
Korean	O
release	O
came	O
through	O
FL	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
on	O
October	O
17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
releasing	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
those	O
regions	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
a	O
release	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
came	O
out	O
on	O
February	O
26	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
soft	O
launch	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
February	O
26	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
as	O
a	O
whole	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
gradual	O
suspension	O
of	O
services	O
between	O
February	O
and	O
April	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
English	O
release	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
achieved	O
137,000	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Website	O
GamerBraves	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
nostalgic	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Type-0	B-Application
and	O
engaging	O
gameplay	O
style	O
,	O
but	O
faulted	O
its	O
cluttered	O
interface	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
some	O
player-versus-player	O
battle	O
arena	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameAxis	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
worthwhile	O
entry	O
for	O
players	O
hungry	O
for	O
Type-0	B-Application
content	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
gameplay	O
but	O
faulting	O
its	O
inclusion	O
of	O
microtransactions	O
.	O
</s>
