I feel like this game kind of came out of nowhere. We got a few small announcements and then nothing major until close to the release date, unlike the insane marketing blitz that was FF15. Maybe I was just out of the loop.
Anyways I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts or opinions about it? I love Final Fantasy games but this one seems so different. Tbf I haven’t played the demo, I’m planning on trying it tonight, but I’m curious what everyone thinks about such a major release.
Aside from all the other praise people are giving it (which I completely agree with) I have to say, the ability to pause during cutscenes and access the database or whatever they call it to read about the characters involved in the cutscene is truly revolutionary.
Hadn’t noticed that yet, that’s awesome. Wouldn’t be the first time I looked at a cutscene and didn’t have a clue who some person on screen is
I’m REALLY excited. The demo was incredible. I love the battle system—I really enjoyed FFXV’s battle but did feel like it could use a bit more variety, and that’s exactly what they’ve done with the Eikonic abilities. The story and characters seem compelling. The graphics are gorgeous (after playing the demo, I went back to FFXIV and it was a rough contrast lol, though obviously not a fair comparison). I’m an FF optimist and have found a way to enjoy basically every game in the main series—I actually enjoyed the entire XIII saga, which I know is a very unpopular opinion—but this one really feels special.
I’m so hyped for this game. Yoshi-P is the only one at Square-Enix who knows what he’s doing. We’re going back to some cheesy ass faux-Shakespeare localization (yeah I like Final Fantasy XII, don’t @ me). We’re getting a classic medieval fantasy story with magic crystals and killing god, but you also get to play a motherfucking kaiju battle sometimes. Inject it directly into my veins.
Nah dawg, FF12 is excellent. Don’t feel any shame about that.
FF12 is my favorite Final Fantasy after 6.
We must protect Yoshi-P at all costs. The man is a treasure.
I haven’t had any interest in FF games since the original 7, but I played the demo after I saw it on the store just for fun. I think I’m gonna buy this one.
Other than some gripes and annoyances, it’s fucking fun. Closer to dark souls combat than the weird ATB stuff they’ve had for a while.
The writing is surprisingly okay, albeit with some cringe lines here and there and and overall trope-ey lore. Some of the exposition actually didn’t feel totally out of place!
My biggest concern is about grind, as is the case with much of the series, but we’ll see I guess.
The demo has me fully sold on the game. Really love the action combat they have in this one and think it feels way better than what they had in XV. I’m intrigued by the story so far and was pleasantly surprised that the demo gives you a good amount of story with both of the modes offered. All in all I think it’s one of the best demo’s I’ve played in a while and can’t wait to get my hands on the full release.
I’ll be waiting to see what the consensus on the story is. Because I quit FF15 25 hours in after realizing I had no idea what was going on and no idea who anyone was, since the story was fragmented across multiple media.
Play the demo if you can. I think most people who have will give the consensus the story is good.
I’ve played tens of hours of 15 several times to try to like it, and I still find it so hard to care.
I understood more of what was going on and cared more about Clive and his situation after the first 15 mins of 16, and then the rest of the demo just made more intrigued.
That’s good to hear. I remember getting to a point in 15 where there’s a long cutscene of a city invasion, and I realized I didn’t know what city it was, who was invading, or why. Nor did I know what relation it had to the segment I had just played. So at that point I had enough.
I think I will enjoy it when it comes out on PC in two years.
The fact that this is the state the franchise is in is precisely why I won’t be playing it any time soon. I don’t want to completely reconfigure my gaming setup to accommodate moving my bedroom PS5 to my desk to play long story titles like this, so I get to play the waiting game instead. Bonus points if they go for secondary Epic exclusivity, because the HITMAN III launch was such a disaster on PC that I’d really rather not buy anything else from there.
It’s just an unnecessary hassle and, as someone who only recently got into the franchise with XV, it’s actively preventing me from bothering to really stick with it instead of just playing another Yakuza or something.
Edit: Like I’m sure it’s not an issue for 90% of people but I literally cannot be assed to go out of my way just because they chose not to make it convenient.
This is what being a patient gamer is all about. I don’t own a playstation. I resent Epic for making pc excusivity a thing. I will buy it on steam and enjoy it once it will go out on it. I am voting with my wallet.
There is no shortage of amazing games out there, so put it on a list and forget about it for now.
I waited for Hades to go out on steam and it didn’t keep me from immensely enjoying the game. I played my first Yakuza game a couple years ago and it was the same. Let’s be patient together my friend.
I’m very excited for it! I like action more than turn based usually, so it’s a welcome surprise for me :-) Personally, it was off my radar because I kept reading XVI as XIV (which I don’t really care about)
Funny because it’s the same guy who directed both games
