FINAL FANTASY XVI

A sky of scattered tears, a thousand years apart Should they fade, I will not be afraid of the dark For your flame still burns inside me deep within my heart Showing me a new tomorrow, never too far 9/10

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моя первая пройденная финалка, peak

This is my first Final Fantasy game and JRPG ever. Now I came in with high expectations but mainly I bought this game because I saw it was -60% off. I mainly wanted to play for a story not combat and I suppose that wasn't the type of players Square Enix were looking for as the amount of bloat in this game just annoys me. Sometimes you'll have to go to martha's rest and be an errand boy when you're the most powerful being in the world as far as I can tell, and the side quest are meaningless to the plot. I do suppose that the combat while I wasnt prioritizing it is appealing in someway, but its not as appealing if you make me fight a few monsters every 20 seconds of real gameplay (the game is 80% cutscenes). Don't get me wrong the boss fights are a 10/10, but if you keep spamming a boss fight every mission it makes special moments like that less meaningful (I can't recall 90% of the boss fights that they throw at you). I can ramble on about how the game has so much bloat to it and can be shortened down by 15 hours and it wouldn't have any effect on the game, and in the end you have to love the gameplay loop of button mashing with some cool abilities. I will finish the rest of the story though Im about 70% of the way done with the game so I hope there's less bloat.

TL;DR: Underwhelming entry in the series, only buy in deep discount. Pretty on the surface, but hollow inside. Such a massive downgrade compared to FF15, even considering that that game was missing half of its planned open world map.... So many scripted battles, mostly linear maps, exploration in the very few semi-open maps feels pointless, very streamlined (= simplified) RPG elements (combat, customization, inventory), and enemies are such bullet sponges that combat feels like a chore. World design is bland, a typical middle age design with minimal twists, characters are OK.

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This game is ROUGH on the PC. I know I don't have the latest PC, but it's a mid tier gaming PC that struggles to run this game at a consistent frame rate. I have always heard Final Fantasy PC ports are trash...but now I can confirm that these games don't tend to run well on the PC. Story wise, gameplay wise, this game does seem fun. It's a shame that I won't be able to experience it.

Extremely poor performance and no widescreen support

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Not good