Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Oct 21, 2024
    Despite still being a solid game, Final Fantasy 16's PC port is... complicated. With a good enough PC, it's easy to hit 150+ average FPS, yet, it's an inconsistent experience that usually dips in framerate wherever you least expect it. It's also missing some key features for PC gamers, like high refresh rate cutscenes and ultrawide resolutions. Luckily, these can be modded.
  2. It's a lavishly made and occasionally engrossing epic, definitely a game you'll relish more if, unlike the average reviewer, you can afford to take your time. But it doesn't have the wackiness and starpower of its most obvious rivals, the Final Fantasy 7 remakes. Its major characters would be bit-parts in Midgar, filling out the crowd at Seventh Heaven. Jill is the lady by the jukebox trying not to get mistaken for a mop. Cid makes for a captivating presence behind the bar, but he's clocking off early tonight. And Clive? Clive is that woebegone regular who's sort of a hit with the ladies but who insists on telling everybody about his domestic quarrels and who just won't sodding leave.