FINAL FANTASY XVI

The combat is very fun, and the story is interesting, but my biggest issue with the game is that it runs like garbage. (Specs below) I *had* to run this game at 1080 to get a stable framerate during testing. I decided to just make it work on 1440, but with my specs, it should not be running at 30-40fps, with stutters, on 4k. Mods helped, but it's not a valid contribution to sway my recommendation.

I can't, in good conscience, genuinely recommend this game to anyone. The overall experience is plagued with so many issues that I question whether or not this was even fully play-tested. Additionally, I am stuck being baffled as to who would ever greenlight this with a sober mind. I am trying to be somewhat comical but overall I am being quite earnest in my initial statement. I'll start with the good in this game as it is the shortest of the two. Good: -The main story (when you are actually at key points and not in fetch quests) can be good and entertaining. -Eikon fights are the absolute highlight of the game and quite literally the only thing that kept me going. -Graphically this game is aesthetically pleasing and performance was never an issue on my end with some decently old hardware now. -The mature tone of the story not necessarily anything new to Final Fantasy but it's implemented well here. Bad: -The story pacing is the most god-awfully executed in any final fantasy to date. The ball was dropped so bad here that I have no idea how anyone could fathomably defend it. Literal hours between any of the interesting parts that could possibly keep your attention or the spectacular moments i.e., eikon fights. You will literally get to the point (if you make it long enough) that you want the game to just be over. This is an absolute tragedy since the game, I would argue, starts off so incredibly strong but fails to keep up the momentum or follow suite with the expectations it sets. -Side quests: these are all effectively fetch quests, kill a monster, group of trash mobs. You can get some minor benefits from completing these but you will save numerous hours by simply skipping them. This literally even pervades the story in excess to the point that they shouldn't have even included them. -Enemy variety is so piss-poor you will feel like you could count the actual enemy types with your fingers alone even if you were missing some fingers. -Combat feels so uninspired. The experience is nice at first as it seemingly expands once you start gaining eikon abilities but you will find what works and literally are not incentivized to change as there are no elemental weaknesses to speak of. I can't speak to how dull combat becomes but I may be biased as I am coming from playing the Devil May Cry series and Bayonetta. The combat is analogous to either of those series if they were stripped down to just being a proof of concept and not even fleshed out 10%. -Items and gear help so marginally that this system is an overall afterthought. Even with improved gear the game doesn't feel any different in any regard. -There is such a lack of variety in voices outside the main characters and antagonists you will think you are spiraling down into the pits of disparity. -Goetz is outright annoying beyond belief, for such a minor character to be the "gentle giant big guy that is a big sissy" they could have at least made his voice and neuroticism bearable. -The main base hub of the game is spread out to the point that walking around it feels like a chore and you spend a decent time here throughout the story. While there are story mechanisms and reasons for the base being how it is, this translates poorly to gameplay and experience. -Gameplay difficulty is pathetically easy. The game does not want you to fail and I feel as though you really don't have to try once you literally get the same ability rotation down that you will naturally gravitate towards in every fight. I genuinely can't recommend this game to anyone in good conscience. I love the series as a whole, hell I get ♥♥♥♥ for liking the Final Fantasy 13 trilogy and I never would have guessed we could get worse than that. If you must play this game, you better not spend any money on this and receive it as a gift. Worst case scenario you buy it heavily discounted at least 90% with all DLC but even then I believe you may be wasting your time. Many people seem to still love this game, but I fail to see how despite the positives. If you want a numerical value then this is roughly a 3/10. The eikon fights are literally the biggest positive this game has to offer.

I don't know what the hell I just played, seriously. Not one character sparked any real interest. It's a few months after the fact and I couldn't tell you anything meaningful about them. This isn't final fantasy. I can recount damn near everything about 5,6,7,8,9, X, hell even X2! But this game? Not one memorable moment, not a single dialogue I cared to read, there wasn't a single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good thing about this I could say, not one. A hundred hours ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wasted on this garbage release. The entire game was boring, no depth, "bland" is an overstatement of the main cast and I could have gotten everything that was "good" from the trailers. The voice acting sucked, no emotion whatsoever, no sense of urgency. Literally zero things about this game kept me coming back. I couldn't skip dialogue fast enough! Stop turning my beloved franchise into a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ show Square, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dolts. I'd rather put my ♥♥♥♥ in a meat grinder than suffer through this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slop again. I don't know how anyone can get through it. FF7 remakes: Fail FFXVI: Fail You might actually be a real life idiot if you think this is a good game worthy of it's namesake. Keep on stacking up the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ losses Square. I don't know who it is letting this ♥♥♥♥ out the gate, but they need to be replaced.

Try the demo and then switch to playing whatever thing that first pops into your head it feels like its ripping off instead and you'll probably have a better time.

Reception is divisive, but I recommend playing the demo if you're on the fence and decide for yourself. Combat is very fun when you're actively pushing to maximize damage and stagger with every move (do not use auto accessories). The geopolitical stakes aren't well spelled out initially, but the story pulls you in as you unlock the second summon abilities. Game seems to have some lingering performance issues and glitches, have to restart the game every once in a while. Definitely worth buying during a major sale—provided you're willing to try a different flavor of Final Fantasy.

My final fantasy was for this game to end

[h1]Самая взрослая FF[/h1] В общем-то игра мне понравилась, но всё-таки не обошлось без минусов: - все сайд-квесты — это пустая трата времени; - довольно странный подход к реализации уровня сложности: их всего 2 (в начале игры слишком просто, игра учит в неё играть, а затем ближе к концу сложность разгоняется); - оптимизация — это самая слабая сторона этой игры: чтобы получать какие-то вменяемые 60 FPS, приходилось перед запуском игры перезапускать ПК; - в начале игры (первые 5–15 часов) боевка слабовата; - один сценарий на всю игру: пачка слабых мобов — ещё пачка мобов — мини-босс — основной босс — кат-сцена. Сильные стороны игры: - есть ощущение, что разработчики специально старались сделать взрослую FF, и, как мне кажется, у них это вышло; - сюжет, сюжетные повороты и т. д. — было интересно следить за сюжетом; - очень хорошие персонажи. [spoiler]Что сказать про Гэва — это буквально самый настоящий лучший друг. Или Джилл, которая вышла очень хорошим любовным интересом ГГ;[/spoiler] - работает, конечно, плохо, но графика здесь хороша; - очень крутая постановка боёв, хоть сначала показалась странной, как, например, просто киношные бои в форме Ифрита; - от концовки есть приятное ощущение завершённости истории, будто прочитал довольно большую фантазию [spoiler](как будто всё это могло происходить давным-давно в нашем мире);[/spoiler] - если уж совсем упариваться, то игра на 100+ часов (хотя и просто в обычном темпе пройти сюжет занимает 40+ часов). Игра определённо заслуживает внимания, рекомендую. Оценю на 7.5/10.

Final Fantasy XVI é um jogo excelente e que me prendeu do início ao fim. Acabei de zerar e a sensação é de ter aproveitado demais a campanha. A história é cativante, com personagens muito bem construídos que fazem você se importar de verdade com o enredo. Mas para mim o ponto alto do jogo, sem dúvidas, são as lutas dos Eikons junto da trilha sonora que toca durante essas batalhas que chega arrepiar, dá um tom de algo épico. ​Já o combate que é a crítica da grande maioria se torna um pouco monótono com o passar do tempo, e as missões secundárias às vezes quebram muito o clima do jogo, sendo bem arrastadas e dando um pouco de sono kkkkk. Ainda assim, esses defeitos ficam pequenos perto do que o jogo entrega de positivo. Foi uma experiência fantástica, gostei muito e recomendo demais!

After 96 Hours in my first playthrough. I Strongly suggest playing through it. This is not a Final Fantasy Game you want to rush through. Take your time. Don't binge the game or you will just fatigue yourself off track from the games deep story. 10/10 story. combat was a bit slow paced but after diving into the side quests. (also lots of deep story content in there as well.) you'll get a better combat experience. they got big shoes to fill for the next Final Fantasy. that's for sure.

The story is mediocre, the graphics are overhyped UE5-style crap with all the upscaling and frame generation options instead of proper optimization, and the combat system... oh boy, the combat system is uninspired trash with no player agency. This isn't a Final Fantasy, it's a Devil May Fantasy that does neither genre any justice. Just do yourself a favor and buy Clair Obscur instead. Square already admitted people prefer the old turn-based Final Fantasies instead of... whatever this abomination is, and are scrambling to create oldschool style FF-games again. So why would you grace them with your hard earned money for a mediocre, half-assed product when even they don't put trust in it? I thought it'd be hard to go any lower than FF15 and it's half-assed attempt to cater to the "open world survival" -trend, but Square always competently proves me wrong.