Poslednyaya Fantaziya: Kiberdemon

Poslednyaya Fantaziya: Kiberdemon (Jap: 最後夢幻: 計算機悪魔), literally "Final Fantasy: Cyber-Demon", also known as "Final Fantasy: a Cyber-Nihonic RPG" in Japan, is a Final Fantasy spin-off. 
Poslednyaya Fantaziya is Russian for "Final Fantasy", and is written in Kanji (and pronounced as a Russian/Ainu word), unlike the titles of mainline FF. 
It was the first Final Fantasy game made in Russia by Kazitsk (former Square Enix Moscow) after it split off from Square Enix following the NATO attempt to conquer Russia in 2022, replacing Final Fantasy XVI in East Asia.
As Russian, Korean and Chinese languages use Kanji, titles and character names of FF games that are made for Russia and China are said in Kanji and Western-style settings are forbidden. The game has voice acting in Ainu, a dialect of Russian that the characters are supposed to be speaking in-universe.
== Gameplay ==
The game is a turn-based RPG using a conditional turn-based battle with the possibility to move your units around the battlefield akin to the Trails series. Each action has a set amount of delay associated with it. 
Hacking, Alisa's main ability, plays a good part in the gameplat, as Alisa can use it to read people's thoughts and memories (if those people "radiate a suspect aura") while exploring cities. Those thoughts and memories can be recorded and then shown to other people.
== Setting ==
The game is set in the Empire of Kazitsk, a cyberpunk empire with an Ainu aesthetic: this kind of setting has been described as "Kisyushka Punk".
Kazitsk's capital is Yuketskaya, a futuristic city based on Moscow and Tokyo. 
== Playable characters ==
Alisa Masatoshievna Dugina: She's a member of the empire's elite spy unit Vesennij Sneg (part of the Imperial Army), a skilled hacker and investigator, and is Masatoshi Dugin's daughter. She's also known as Rusalka (the mermaid) due to her stunning beauty. She's mostly a loner but has a playful side, enjoying a good sakè at the nightclub Yoruichi, some EDM music or hours at home playing RPGs. She fights by using a gun and various types of drones (including her personal bodyguard Mamoroid V-06 Indra), plus she can hack into enemies to control them or extort information from them. Outside of battle, she can use her hacking skill to break into security systems or read people's thoughts (if a red eye icon that means "suspicious-looking" appears on their heads). 
Masamune Hirokazuvich Shirinov: One of the Imperial Army's Maho Unit, capable of using magic through their connection to the Mana Flow. 
Yuka Viktorovna Mishima: Alisa's best friend and "lily" (lesbian girlfriend) who shares her passion for anime (they met at an anime club). She's a soldier in the Imperial Army's 16th Division. She's the group's strongest fighter and can use many types of guns or fight barehanded.
Sofya Karenovna Kusama
Toshihide Mikhailovich Nekker
Unosuke Soichievich Fujishima
== Other characters ==
Emperor Shinzomir Genjikan van Minamoto: The emperor of Kazitsk, last descendant of the bloodline Genjikan van Minamoto. He was brought to power by the Cult of the Kamui, especially by Grand Priest Dugin, after a civil war. He had always supported the Imperial Army against the Daimyos. 
Teruo Aleksandrovich Tsoy: A bartender working at nightclub Yoruiki, who is also an information broker who works undercover for the Vesennij Sneg. Alisa often consults him to pick up rumors, so much so that she nicknames him "Rumor Boy". 
Masatoshi Hiroshievich Dugin: Alisa's father. He's one of the Grand Priests of the Cult of the Kamui, and the leader and ideologist of the militarist faction controlling the Imperial Army. He's one of the most trusted men of emperor Shinzomir, as the faction led by him caused Shinzomir himself to be able to usurp his cousin Kazudavid. 
Taeko Dugina: Alisa's mother. 
David Yoshikazuvich Sugimoto: Originally one of the Priests who supported the Daimyos. As an old man, he lives hidden in the slums, managing a Kamui Shrine and helping 
Sergei Davidovich Sugimoto/Sergei Hisahidevich Tomitaski: A boy around Alisa's age who lives He's actually the youngest son of former Great Daimyo Hisahide Tomitaski, one of the leaders of the Daimyo faction that was defeated by the Grand Priest/Imperial Army faction. Tomitaski survived imprisonment as he was adopted by priest Sugimoto, however, opposed to his adoptive father priest Sugimoto's desire for peace, he's the mastermind of a neo-daimyoist coup. 
== Music ==
The OST of the game is composed by Russian industrial-metal band Sacrothorn.
== Trivia ==
* Alisa is a contrasting main character to Clive Rosfield: 
** while Clive lived in a grimdark fantasy setting based on medieval Europe, Alisa lives in a cyberpunk setting based on East Asia, especially Russia and Japan. While Clive's setting had no room for pop culture whatsoever, Alisa is the most well-versed in pop culture among all FF protagonists. 
** while Clive had a superpower that made him very strong (he could turn into various Eikon and copy their skills), Alisa's got cybernetic parts made for hacking but, aside from being a skilled hacker, is no more special than anybody else. 
** while Clive was a proficient swordsman, Alisa mostly fights at a distance by using drones and hacking and is very physically frail.
** while Clive was a rugged dark-skinned European-looking hunk with dark hair and a beard, Alisa is pale-skinned, with light blonde hair, with Japanese-like eyes and prominent light blue makeup around her eyes and lips and wears a bright-colored light armor and flashy cybernetic implants. Also, Clive had a British accent from his voice actor Ben Starr, while Alisa has a Russian accent. Alisa is also openly bi.
** While Clive and Alisa are both of aristocratic descent, Clive's family suffers a tragic end, while Alisa's family is alive and well. Alisa's family is also rather open to commoners, as the militarist faction is also the one that is the most opposed to classism. 
** While Clive was often fire-themed, Alisa's usually themed around ice.
*The date of the real-life White Day corresponds to Belyy Den', which in the setting is analogous to the White Day but is more reminiscent of what the Russians do on May 9th, as the Belyy Den's origins are traced to a great military victory in the past.
*Masatoshi Dugin is named after real-life Aleksandr Dugin. This generated significant controversy outside of East Asia, as Dugin is a philosopher loved in East Asia but hated in the USA (because he advocates opposition to capitalism and war against the USA). 
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