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Final Fantasy XVI's RPG Elements Are Barely There

The more action-oriented installment in the franchise feels like Square Enix should've left its RPG mechanics out.

LordoftheCritics308d ago

''The more action-oriented installment in the franchise feels like Square Enix should've left its RPG mechanics out.''

Why?

What's in the game, works well for the game.

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Flawlessmic308d ago

What they have done with what's there is brillant.

I am literally playing something that seems to be blowing my mind every step of the way!!

Like this game is goddam insane, next level shit!!

I'm literally being floored constantly, like fuck I don't even know how to describe this game.

All I know is it's my game of the year, spider man 2 and starfield ain't gonna have shit on this, neither did my 90 or so hrs with totk.

I won't say to much but I have a favourite eikon from the series and I was looking looking forward to the battle, and fuck me side ways they made it the longest most epic battle ever depicted in a video game, could've cried tears of joy.

Just go buy the game people, it's insanely good.

Abnor_Mal306d ago

Oh my, what a ringing endorsement. I need to start playing soon.

Othegamer5306d ago

hmm your definitely selling it haven't started it yet because of work but your making me want to rn.

Tacoboto306d ago

I'm in total agreement with you - astounded by what I'm playing and even more with what I'm hearing (that soundtrack! I can't get enough of the ambient world music).

Yes, the RPG elements are lacking but I don't care. Yes, the performance mode isn't the best but I don't care either. Playing it in Quality Mode, with my 5.1 Dolby sound cranked up, FFXVI knew what it wanted to be and stuck to it - there hasn't been a game to capture my awe so much since Elden Ring came out.

Meti305d ago (Edited 305d ago )

The agony of only owning a pc! My most anticipated game together with ff7 remake 2 .
I own a 3080ti and have an 85 inch samsung qn85 tv and i cant enjoy this game, its killing me. Ill play this with maxed out graphics when it come out! Til then, lot of anger for ps5 exclusivity

Tacoboto305d ago

Self-induced agony. Why not just get a PS5, enjoy the game now instead of complaining while waiting to be disappointed at another unoptimized Japanese PC port? You've got an 85" high-end TV and a PC with a 3080Ti, a PS5 won't break your bank if neither of those did.

Hofstaderman306d ago

Old school final fantasy fan here and I second your opinion. Buy and play the game people, ignore the naysayers, it’s phenomenal.

Elda306d ago

Agreed. The game is amazing!!

SyntheticForm305d ago

I wish I could see this much merit in anything. I'm enjoying the game, but "goddamn insane, next level shit" it isn't.

Meti305d ago

Fml i only have a pc! I cant wait til it comes out!

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MrNinosan306d ago

So many posts to try make this masterpiece look like an disaster. You trolls keep em comin.

FFXVI will sell millions and gather new fans to the franchise.

30 hours in and can't stop playing and I'm glad there is still a lot of the rpg elements in the game, I've come to love through the almost 40 years I've been playing rpgs.

Yoshi P has quickly become one of the best in the business, thanks to the revival of A Realm Reborn, and now this.

Haters gonna hate, and we love you for it ❤️

Elda306d ago

The game is Final Fantasy XVI in the year 2023 including the game being fabulous. Why some folks are going out of their way trying to discredit the game for being a Final Fantasy game (RPG) is bewildering as well as dumb. Smh.

GoodGuy09306d ago (Edited 306d ago )

It's just DMC. It lacks traditional rpg stuff asides equipment. Skills obviously are in many other genres. I was surprised there was no MP nor status effects. No controllable party members with their own unique abilites. No weaknesses. No strategy involved besides button mashing, get the stun bar down, button mashing.

Just an action game hidden by rpg looking stuff. QTEs....there are QTEs.....this makes me appreciate ff7 remake for actually giving us traditional rpg elements.

Bright side is that story and cutscenes are great though.

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Review: Final Fantasy 16 — The Rising Tide | Console Creatures

Bobby writes, "Final Fantasy 16 — The Rising Tide is a great expansion but it's on the short side."

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein1d 1h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii21h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo21h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9021h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198912h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus3h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha21h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno21h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan21h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno20h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198121h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66912h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19817h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto2d ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger882d ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb19812d ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein1d 23h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.