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Babylon's Fall

Developers: PlatinumGames[1], Square Enix[2]
Publisher: Square Enix[1]
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows
Released internationally: March 3, 2022[1] (PS4/PS5), March 4, 2022[1] (Windows)

DevTextIcon.png This game has hidden development-related text.
EnemyIcon.png This game has unused enemies.
GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
ModelsIcon.png This game has unused models.

See, this is why game preservation is important.
This game is defunct.
Do note the game no longer works at all without modifications. This is most likely due to the game's servers being shut down (as of February 28, 2023). As a result, further official developments with the game are unlikely to happen.
This cactus is UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This article is a work in progress.
...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.
Hmmm...
To do:
  • Check the text and sound folders.
  • Due to the rush to release updates before shutdown, it's more than likely there exists a fair bit of scrapped characters, enemies, Season rewards, etc.

Babylon's Fall was PlatinumGames' first entry into the bustling Games-as-a-Service market, which ultimately lasted less than a year.

Unused Models

Enemies

BabylonsFall em0923.png

There is a model of Alphonse Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series in em0923.dat. Since Fullmetal Alchemist is a Square Enix franchise, this may be indicative of some sort of planned collaboration.

Enemies em00a0.dat, em00a1.dat, em0100.dat, and em0700.dat all seem to have abstract, alien-like designs. They wouldn't have looked too out-of-place in Elysium.

  • BabylonsFall em00a0.png
  • BabylonsFall em00a1.png
  • BabylonsFall em0100.png
  • BabylonsFall em0700.png

em081e.dat is an unknown character wearing a lion headdress. They are located near other story-related enemy models, such as Gallagher, so they may have been scrapped due to time constraints.

  • BabylonsFall em081e.png

em0110.dat is a baby dinosaur or dragon.

  • BabylonsFall em0110.png

There are enemies used for testing in emf000.dat, emf010.dat, and emfff0.dat.

  • BabylonsFall emf000.png
  • BabylonsFall emf010.png
  • BabylonsFall emfff0.png

Characters

BabylonsFall plffe1.png

plffe1.dat is an early model of Sophia. Her body and outfit are identical to the final, but her head has some differences: she's wearing a pair of gold earrings (like in her concept art), and has a smaller nose, different eye color, and thinner lashes.

plfff0.dat is the knight character shown battling Zenon in the 2018 reveal trailer. They are nowhere to be found in the final game, but their model remains in the files.

  • BabylonsFall plfff0 back.png
  • BabylonsFall plfff0 front.png

A series of featureless heads and flat circles are in plfffe.dat, likely for testing.

  • BabylonsFall plfffe.png

Weapons

Claw-like weapons were planned to be released in a later update. There are 11 of them in the wh folder, fully-modeled, as well as two placeholder equipment icons in the miscTex/item folder.

There is also a string in the game's executable referring to them that reads クローでエネミーを討伐した累計回数 ("total number of enemies defeated with claws").

  • BabylonsFall wh0000.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0001.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0002.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0003.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0004.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0005.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0006.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0008.png
  • BabylonsFall wh0009.png
  • BabylonsFall wh000b.png
  • BabylonsFall wh000c.png
  • BabylonsFall claw icon 1.png
  • BabylonsFall claw icon 2.png

Miscellaneous

Inside za1020.dat is Pascal's Village from NieR: Automata.

  • BabylonsFall za1020.png

zzf0f0.dat and zzfa21.dat are two placeholder models of a crafting area and a crystal next to an arrow.

  • BabylonsFall zzf0f0.png
  • BabylonsFall zzfa21.png
(Source: Rikan)

Unused Graphics

BabylonsFall core Xbox.png

Babylon's Fall initially released as a PlayStation console exclusive, alongside a PC release. The launch trailer stated that it would be "not available on other consoles until September 2nd, 2022". This never came to fruition, and the game's termination was announced just 11 days after, on September 13, 2022.

An Xbox One console indicator remains in ui_core.dat. "Xbox" is also listed as a platform in the game's executable.

Images of an in-progress Chapter (referred to as "Verse" here) result screen and various menus can be found in ui_test.dat. The concept art in the second image is an earlier version of published concept art. It also includes an early game logo at the bottom.

  • BabylonsFall ui test 1.png
  • BabylonsFall ui test 2.png

The miscTex/package folder has various files relating to Season rewards. Two images show unreleased Season 2 items and equipment. Another two show rewards for the unannounced Season 3, including outfits based on Galenos and Zenon.

  • "season_02_05_item_02"

  • "season_02_06_item_02_add"

  • "season_03_01"

  • "season_03_02_bp"

tutorial_1001.dat inside the miscTex/tutorial folder contains two placeholder images fittingly reading "temporary image 1" and "temporary image 2".

  • BabylonsFall tutorial 1001 1.png
  • BabylonsFall tutorial 1001 2.png
(Source: Rikan)

Unused Text

PhaseInfo.bxm contains a list of the internal names of in-game events (such as battles and cutscenes). Many of them are absent from the final game. 

<Phase name="p001">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>START</Name>
			<Name>room1</Name>
			<Name>room2</Name>
			<Name>room200</Name>
			<Name>ModuleTest</Name>
			<Name>Night</Name>
			<Name>JumpTest</Name>
			<Name>roadsize_test</Name>
			<Name>oldcity_VFX</Name>
			<Name>battle_size_test</Name>
			<Name>Stage05_Test</Name>
			<Name>stage6_test</Name>
			<Name>hirakawa_test</Name>
			<Name>GPUtest</Name>
			<Name>battle_size_test2</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p002">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>2st</Name>
			<Name>3st</Name>
			<Name>4stM</Name>
			<Name>4stV</Name>
			<Name>5st</Name>
			<Name>8-9st</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p003">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>battle_test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p008">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>UI icon</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p010">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>EM_Test</Name>
			<Name>EM_Test_Random</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p020">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>9-1</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p021">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>grp_test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p030">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>001</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p033">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>uwai</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p034">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p035">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>cubemaptest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p036">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>cubemapTest</Name>
			<Name>test st3</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p037">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>webShadertest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p038">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>HDRtest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p040">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>OldCity</Name>
			<Name>OldCity_forest</Name>
			<Name>forest_only</Name>
			<Name>filter_test</Name>
			<Name>gimmick_test</Name>
			<Name>4st_gimmick_test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p050">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>START</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p060">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>kawaigari</Name>
			<Name>rimokon</Name>
			<Name>isshoubin</Name>
			<Name>isshoubin2</Name>
			<Name>isshoubin3</Name>
			<Name>isshoubin4</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi2</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi3</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi4</Name>
			<Name>Rinne</Name>
			<Name>Rinne2</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p062">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>test1</Name>
			<Name>Bahamut</Name>
			<Name>Shinryu</Name>
			<Name>Ifrit</Name>
			<Name>Dalmore</Name>
			<Name>Macallan</Name>
			<Name>Chivasregal</Name>
			<Name>Glenfiddich</Name>
			<Name>Bowmore</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p063">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>Otooshi01</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi02</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi03</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi04</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi10</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi11</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi12</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi20</Name>
			<Name>Otooshi21</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p064">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>mockup1</Name>
			<Name>mockup2</Name>
			<Name>mockup3</Name>
			<Name>mockup4</Name>
			<Name>mockup5</Name>
			<Name>mockup6</Name>
			<Name>mockup7</Name>
			<Name>mockup8</Name>
			<Name>mockup9</Name>
			<Name>mockup10</Name>
			<Name>mockup11</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p070">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>temple_front</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p071">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>bed_room</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p090">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>0</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0a0">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>UI daisuki</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0b0">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>ConfirmationRoom</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0c0">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>gimmick_test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0f0">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>EFtest</Name>
			<Name>battle_COLtest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0f1">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>UItest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0f2">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0fe">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>PerformanceCheck</Name>
			<Name>SequenceErrorCheck</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p0ff">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>DUNGEON_JUMP</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p998">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>test</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="p999">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>test</Name>
			<Name>test2</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="pa00">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>10st TestRoom</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="pb00">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>basetest</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>
	<Phase name="pc00">
		<SubPhase>
			<Name>dungeontest00</Name>
		</SubPhase>
	</Phase>

messtest.mcd in ui_test.dat has placeholder Lorem Ipsum text, names of bosses (Diodorus and Zenon), and a whole mess of dummy UI-related text: 

0123456789Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

"AiBiCiDiEiFiGiHiIiJiKiLiMiNiOiPiQiRiSiTiUiViWiXiYiZi	iaibicidieifigihiiijikiliminioipiqirisitiuiviwixiyiz"
"AIBICIDIEIFIGIHIIIJIKILIMINIOIPIQIRISITIUIVIWIXIYIZI
IaIbIcIdIeIfIgIhIiIjIkIlImInIoIpIqIrIsItIuIvIwIxIyIz"

sugitaka0818
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. ALL Rights Reserved. Developed by Platinumgames Inc.

ディオドラス
ゼノン

ショップ タイトルメニュー キャラクター選択 ニュース
オプション システム リザルト コミュニケーション設定
スタンプ/エモート センチネルタグ 登場/勝利演出
受取ボックス 受取履歴 オーダー ミッション
通常アイテム 限定アイテム 交換所 バトルパス アイテム購入
アイテム売却 限定アイテム レリック鑑定 バトルパス
クラフト 改造 機棺 リサイクル 装備 アイテム
実績 コミュニティ システム 拾得物 アチーブメント
個別メッセージ 装備変更 コスチューム 装備確認
コスチューム確認 リザルト 拠点出口 フレンド一覧
マッチング履歴 招待を確認 フレンド フレンド申請一覧
検索結果 クエストボード マップ 拠点内・招待クエスト一覧
クエスト招待 種族選択 キャラクター マイプロフィール
プロフィール プレイヤーリスト 拠点内プレイヤーリスト
パーティー ランキング リファイン アップグレード リサイクル
合成 ガラズショップ バトルパス コンクショップ
交換所 限定アイテム購入 ブースト購入 アイテム購入
装備品売却 素材アイテム売却 その他アイテム売却
レリック鑑定 ブロックリスト ヘルプ 用語集

グラフィックス ディスプレイ カメラ ターゲット
ダッシュ レリック ダメージ インパクトアタック
アクス ログイン ブースト ブースター クエスト
エネミー Weekly シャーマンブレスレット
イシュムアタイア プッシュ メンテナンス
オプション キーコンフィグ QWERTY
ガットワーク ヴィ ゲッ マウス
エイリアス フィル ルタ ブルーム
コンパス バトルパス オブジェクト
デイリー デクリオ レギンス カーディナル
グラディウス アクアマリン ナイツ ンダ
アカ サス
ログイン
マイ
チュートリアル
発動中のブースト効果
装備中の追加効果

Executable Text

The game's executable has a list of internal testing websites, seemingly matchmaking-related. 

https://asset.prod-jp.babylonsfall.com
https://babyweb.prod-jp.babylonsfall.com/BabyWeb
https://babymatch.prod-jp.babylonsfall.com/BabyMatching
https://babyweb.prod-na.babylonsfall.com/BabyWeb
https://babymatch.prod-na.babylonsfall.com/BabyMatching
https://babyweb.prod-eu.babylonsfall.com/BabyWeb
https://babymatch.prod-eu.babylonsfall.com/BabyMatching

There are also what appear to be codenames for each of the game's factions. 

WoodGuardian
DemonBane
WallWatcher
NightHunter
SoulSeeker
(Source: Rikan)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.platinumgames.com/works/babylons-fall
  2. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/889750/BABYLONS_FALL/
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