Final Fantasy XVI

[Zariusz]

Unironically Jack "Kill Chaos" Garland was better, honestly he was one of the most entertaining protags in FF.

 

[Big_poppa_pump]

Unironically Jack "Kill Chaos" Garland was better, honestly he was one of the most entertaining protags in FF.

Jack Garland is awesome him and Clive are definitely the better new FF protagonists in years especially after the bitch that wad Noctis

 

[aweigh]

I can't do it anymore. This game has broken me.

I played FF16 for 35-40 hours, roughly about the halfway point. Then FF7 Rebirth came out and I played that like an addict, multiple hours a day, enjoyed the fuck out of it (though it's definitely not perfect), and finished it with 95 hours on the clock. Still thinking about how much fun I had with its combat and party system, still fresh on my mind.

So then I decide to go back to FF16 and resume my playthrough... and it's just so fucking boring. The story is so boring and predictable, the characters put me to sleep, but the worst (and most important) part is that the combat is so unbelievably repetitive, so unbelievably monotone. It's so, so boring.

My thumb literally gets tired from mashing the attack button so much, and I don't know if I can mentally take performing the same combos for 30 more hours (I got the DLC too...). I just don't think I have it in me. It's broken me. It's too repetitive.


It's actually a fascinating case study, I think. It's a well-made game but at the same time a complete snoozefest. It's not even about it being "too easy", it's just that every single gameplay system in the game seems to have been expertly designed to make you NOT THINK and to put you to sleep.

 

[Sergio]

While it's true that gameplay in FF16 is absolutely fucking garbage (who paid for this..), narratively this is the best Final Fantasy since X. It's not like the bar is high, sure, but the fact is that decently written, mature stories are VERY rare in JRPGs. I'm never going back to this game but I appreciate it for what it is, cool story with epic moments. That's more than I could say about every mainline FF since XII.

 

[Big_poppa_pump]

While it's true that gameplay in FF16 is absolutely fucking garbage (who paid for this..), narratively this is the best Final Fantasy since X. It's not like the bar is high, sure, but the fact is that decently written, mature stories are VERY rare in JRPGs. I'm never going back to this game but I appreciate it for what it is, cool story with epic moments. That's more than I could say about every mainline FF since XII.

I think the attitude of Clive really carries 16, the moment when he’s hunting Kuptka. There is never a moment that makes me roll my eyes or a moment of “You are a monster Clive killing me makes you just as bad” nah broski Clive is chopping your hands off and making fun of your little blonde bitch.

Then the actual titan lost fight when you see Ifrit an already big eikon get utterly dwarfed by titan. He looks at titan in awe, slams the ground and says “ITS DO OR DIE!” and starts to run just to finish Kuptka himself.

 

[aweigh]

Alright, finally done with this thing.

I'm done making excuses for this game. Final Fantasy 16 is the worst Final Fantasy game in the series, worse than 13.

What a waste of time.

 

[Silverfish]

Real Emotion gang stays winning.