Ever since the original Final Fantasy VII demo I always get excited for FF demos. But I have to say in my humble opinion that the series isnt what it used to be like FFVII - FFX and of course the earlier Final Fantasies. But I do feel like they are making their way back which is why I'm excited for FFXVI.
Couldn’t agree with you more except for one thing, the changes started with FFX. Linear maps, less weapons and armour, simplified accessories and their stats boost system. I miss the world map, here’s hoping FF7 Rebirth can find a way to work around that.
Yes, the change started with FFX. And one of the rumors is that the reason they made those changes were because they wanted to put the game on ONE DVD instead of two. So manufacturing costs. FFX had a great story, though, and an interesting world. Shame it could not be explored freely.
@Tapani yeah after my first play through I felt slightly let down but after that I started to appreciate the intricacies of the game. Then FFXII was the complete opposite, large explorable world but lacking characterisation.
Camel toad I agreed with you up to the point of them making their way back. FF16 looks so far off of what ff used to be.
Hofstaderman your absolutely right. I enjoyed 10 but it definitely was the start of the change. Its like they took the cheap route with no world map and ff12 just rushed in imo what is the downfall of ff. At this point we have an action game with jrpg elements.
I just hope we get a PC release at some point. Then again, I am a little wary of Square-Enix when it comes to PC ports lol... But yes, the game looks incredible. I've had full confidence in the quality of it. Since the moment I heard it was Yoshida's team working on it.
Really proud the producer stood his ground on the vision and didn’t cave to ign’s woke journalist questions about “race.” Get over yourselves enough with the virtue signaling.
Naoki Yoshida said they will share more deep information like release date etc about three months before release and thereafter a demo/trial, closer to release.
All we know is it will be released during summer, which could be anything from June to September.
I would say the earliest we get a demo is in May, if the games is released in June, but could be as late as August.
For me, that's not early 2023.
Early 2023 is Hogwarts Legacy, Forspoken, Octopath Traveler 2, Dead Island 2, PSVR2...
Can't wait. It might allay some purists reservations regarding the battle system.
This game looks absolutely SICK! Without a doubt my most anticipated game and hopefully I'll have a PS5 when it releases.
Must be feeling confident, then again FF 15 had 2 demos
My most wanted game of 2023.
The game i'm most looking forward to in the new year...unless the Beyond Good and Evil sequel comes to light