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Did ff16 flop?
By Drayco 2025-04-10 11:40:40
I'm almost done with XVI. Have yet to finish the DLCs or "Origin". As an English northener I can appreciate it for more than its accents, of which many are faithful, while others are a little OTT. I really love this world more so than I did 12, 13, or 15s. The music is awesome! And the Eikon battles are beyond epic.
My only gripes are that it's too easy, even on the "Action" difficulty. Combat requires very little thought. Stick on the combo and evasion accessories, and the game near plays itself. Some of the quests are dumb, too. For example, one guy asks Clive to talk to three guys so they can meet him for a drink... when he could have just got off his lazy backside, walked for two minutes and achieved the same thing. But this is SE and dumb quests don't surprise me.
There's little to think about in terms of upgrading, either. Some games have convoluted and detailed ways of leveling and equipping, but this is barebones. I feel much like 15, they wanted this game to be more accessible to casual gamers, so again, it doesn't surprise me.
Some of the characters feel underdeveloped. Especially Dion. No spoilers here, but I think they could have done a lot more with him before the end of the game. There are many characters in this game and I can appreciate how much SE tried to make a larger cast this time around. And finally, I don't believe SE took full advantage of the 18/MA rating. There's some blood and swearing, but nothing over the top to where I'd feel super bad about playing it in front of a teenager.
Aside from those gripes, FFXVI has been very enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend it. I'd only suggest to not expect anything too amazing outside of the Eikon battles and music, which are most definitely its strengths. I've had a lot of fun with it. I'm about 70% done with New Game Plus right now on Final Fantasy difficulty... It's really not any harder, just enemies have a ton more HP so fights are longer. My first playthrough I was very focused on using my abilities to get through fights, however on my NG+ playthrough I'm doing more sword focused fighting, only using moves once staggered. It's really made the combat more engaging and enjoyable, rather than a constant cycle of abilities and waiting on their timers.
The game is every bit as enjoyable the 2nd time through on NG+. I do have complaints about the game, but not many compared to most other modern games. Some of the mission progression feels very filler material, but at least the game NEVER loses scope of the lore or world. You may be asked to go pick flowers and bring them back, but at least it's by a doctor and needed for a medicine. Not like FF7 Rebirth where absolutely every side quest has nothing to do with anything.
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By Cerberus.Kylos 2025-04-10 12:06:20
I also forgot to say that XVI borrows a LOT from FFXI, which I appreciate as well. Some of it may be from XIV, but that game also borrows from XI. Many people will play XVI oblivious to this... but we know. We know all too well.
I'm almost done with XVI. Have yet to finish the DLCs or "Origin". As an English northener I can appreciate it for more than its accents, of which many are faithful, while others are a little OTT. I really love this world more so than I did 12, 13, or 15s. The music is awesome! And the Eikon battles are beyond epic.
My only gripes are that it's too easy, even on the "Action" difficulty. Combat requires very little thought. Stick on the combo and evasion accessories, and the game near plays itself. Some of the quests are dumb, too. For example, one guy asks Clive to talk to three guys so they can meet him for a drink... when he could have just got off his lazy backside, walked for two minutes and achieved the same thing. But this is SE and dumb quests don't surprise me.
There's little to think about in terms of upgrading, either. Some games have convoluted and detailed ways of leveling and equipping, but this is barebones. I feel much like 15, they wanted this game to be more accessible to casual gamers, so again, it doesn't surprise me.
Some of the characters feel underdeveloped. Especially Dion. No spoilers here, but I think they could have done a lot more with him before the end of the game. There are many characters in this game and I can appreciate how much SE tried to make a larger cast this time around. And finally, I don't believe SE took full advantage of the 18/MA rating. There's some blood and swearing, but nothing over the top to where I'd feel super bad about playing it in front of a teenager.
Aside from those gripes, FFXVI has been very enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend it. I'd only suggest to not expect anything too amazing outside of the Eikon battles and music, which are most definitely its strengths. I've had a lot of fun with it. I'm about 70% done with New Game Plus right now on Final Fantasy difficulty... It's really not any harder, just enemies have a ton more HP so fights are longer. My first playthrough I was very focused on using my abilities to get through fights, however on my NG+ playthrough I'm doing more sword focused fighting, only using moves once staggered. It's really made the combat more engaging and enjoyable, rather than a constant cycle of abilities and waiting on their timers.
The game is every bit as enjoyable the 2nd time through on NG+. I do have complaints about the game, but not many compared to most other modern games. Some of the mission progression feels very filler material, but at least the game NEVER loses scope of the lore or world. You may be asked to go pick flowers and bring them back, but at least it's by a doctor and needed for a medicine. Not like FF7 Rebirth where absolutely every side quest has nothing to do with anything.
Good to know. I don't believe I'll do NG+ as I have at least ten other games lined up to play, but in the distant future if I have nothing left, I may revisit it for nostalgia on FF mode.
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By Viciouss 2025-04-10 13:32:13
Soken is one of the only people who has the ability to speak out like this, almost all of the rank and file have no ability to do so. If they do they will get a job in the basement.
Also Japan is unlike western countries, if you get a job you have a job for life because they can't lay people off. So because of this they can't hire more people to work on extra projects, they just overwork what they have.
Which is what happened under Yoshida and 16, when you overwork people and have them working on different projects you get two bad projects.
It's so cute to watch you flail when you get caught lying.
By Godfry 2025-04-10 13:54:23
It's so cute to watch you flail when you get caught lying.
Says the biggest deflector-lier around here! lol
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-04-10 14:05:47
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By Viciouss 2025-04-10 14:25:47
It's so cute to watch you flail when you get caught lying.
Says the biggest deflector-lier around here! lol
Nice lie. Didn't work at all.
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Server: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 4,590
By Cerberus.Kylos 2025-04-10 17:53:33
Having just finished the DLCs, I loved the end battle of Echoes and all of Rising Tide from start to finish. Rising Tide's scenery is absolutely gorgeous!
The DLCs feature some of the most fun fights in the game, and the most beautiful area. My only gripe is that they are too short, but they are DLCs after all. Echoes probably isn't worth the price tag, but Rising Tide most definitely is.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/s/RaHUHowvkO
I think matusai should be the one to to lead ff17 he is entitled to have it, not only he worked in 11 for 20 years he was a director for crono trigger.
Not to mention he also was moved to 14 to fix the battle for arr!
I don’t understand this stupid mind set by yoshi that it has to be action, look at baldurs gate, ff needs to evolve in the turn based genre, don’t change what is already main to the franchise..
We dont want action rpg
I want to cast haste reflect double magic limit break and nuke stuff!!!!!!!
What makes dragon quest xi good its still a turn based game!!
Square needs to treat ff like dq!
Make a vagrant story 2
Make a new kingdom hearts
Dont add shit to finalfantasy
Satisfy your older fans if you want a new generation of fans, or else they will lose their 30 years of their fanbse, ff was a lifestyle to me do you guys dont remember waiting for a new console to imagine how a new ff will be like in that console?
The sales is bad for 2023-2024 standards alot of the fans are grown up too it should be much higher
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/226241/final-fantasy/
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