Final Fantasy XVI

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8.1

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  1. Stammer6
    Jun 28, 2023
    2
    Of all the Final Fantasies they could have taken inspiration from, XIII was an interesting choice. A hallway plot and progression system, telling the story through datalogs, making the world so cartoonishly dour and all of the characters and NPCs so unlikeable that you don't even want to live there, and button-mashing gameplay are all lifted from the worst game in the franchise. I'd say itOf all the Final Fantasies they could have taken inspiration from, XIII was an interesting choice. A hallway plot and progression system, telling the story through datalogs, making the world so cartoonishly dour and all of the characters and NPCs so unlikeable that you don't even want to live there, and button-mashing gameplay are all lifted from the worst game in the franchise. I'd say it looks nice, but that's only in cutscenes or as a facade from the sparky, flashy particle effects.

    There is such a ludonarrative dissonance between your character being so powerful in combat, but a complete pushover as all of the NPCs constantly degrade you. I don't want to help these people, I don't want to save this awful world. They try to ground this game in some sort of medieval reality, but then Clive jumps around doing goofy combos like Dante from Devil May Cry.

    Some of the cutscenes are breathtaking and the story has some good beats. But that's really about it. And that's the kind of thing you can get for a $12 movie ticket, not a $70 game.    … Expand
  2. Aerox152
    Jul 7, 2023
    2
    To be honest, im very confused while i write this Review. Final Fantasy never made it harder for me to review one of their Games.

    At first i was a bit hyped, and tried to really sink into this Game like i did with any of the other Titles. But here i just dont feel it. Usually i loved every Final Fantasy, especially the older ones, thats why i was completely blown away by VII Remake. But    To be honest, im very confused while i write this Review. Final Fantasy never made it harder for me to review one of their Games.

    At first i was a bit hyped, and tried to really sink into this Game like i did with any of the other Titles. But here i just dont feel it. Usually i loved every Final Fantasy, especially the older ones, thats why i was completely blown away by VII Remake.

    But this is just a really boring Game, you litterally grind trough every fight pressing only a few Buttons and Dodge. No more thinking about any Strategy its just hack and slay.

    Also im so bored out by the Story, this is more of a bad Game of Thrones Spinoff than a Final Fantasy. Im quite sure that it will be the first Final Fantasy Title that i stop playing mid game, cuz after 20h in the game i already really have to force myself to play it. Its no fun at all. I dont feel the Characters. Its just a very bad Game in my Opinion.    … Expand
  3. Duncra
    Jul 7, 2023
    2
    ● PRO: beautiful graphics ● PRO: cool cut scenes

    But: ● CON: poor ability to customize or meaninfully character build. ● CON: piss poor crafting system. ● CON: unengaging button smash combat system. ● CON: no meaningful choice and consequence system. ● CON: boring side quests. ● CON: terrible voices acting. ● CON: no good party dynamics. In sum, Square Enix has failed again in my    ● PRO: beautiful graphics ● PRO: cool cut scenes

    But:

    ● CON: poor ability to customize or meaninfully character build.
    ● CON: piss poor crafting system.
    ● CON: unengaging button smash combat system.
    ● CON: no meaningful choice and consequence system.
    ● CON: boring side quests.
    ● CON: terrible voices acting.
    ● CON: no good party dynamics.

    In sum, Square Enix has failed again in my opinion at another main title. The first 13 (XIII) was its last good single player... perhaps the studio should sell the rights to Final Fantasy to another studio than can actually make an RPG not just a movie with cut-player actions.    … Expand
  4. BumFinger
    Jul 16, 2023
    2
    FFXVI manages to make a war between kingdoms using gods as super weapons so boring it will bring you to tears.

    Story: - Overwritten dialogue: I get its a fantasy game, and maybe there should be some fantastical dialogue, but some of the crap that comes out of these 2D husks is just unendurably pretentious. I found myself avoiding quests towards the end of the game just so i didn't have    FFXVI manages to make a war between kingdoms using gods as super weapons so boring it will bring you to tears.

    Story:
    - Overwritten dialogue: I get its a fantasy game, and maybe there should be some fantastical dialogue, but some of the crap that comes out of these 2D husks is just unendurably pretentious. I found myself avoiding quests towards the end of the game just so i didn't have to listen to NPCs vomit exposition at me. It also doesn't help that more than half the game is a cutscene.
    - Unearned plot-twists: There will be several plot twists in the story that simply don't make sense with the information you have at the time. These jarring twists are often explained after the fact, which sometimes make them sensible, but very often this still is not the case.
    - Awful pacing: Abuses time jumps frequently to feign character growth and story scale, as opposed to organic character/story changes over time. Important parts of character journey that would've been REALLY interesting to see are just completely skipped over, only to be constantly referred to in afterwards. You'll get this a lot during the early game, and its really frustrating.
    - Character motives and relations are not well established, if at all. At times, established motives will be utterly countered by a characters actions, which are always nonsensical. This is to progress the story in the way the writers want it to, without a care for consistent character writing. Part of this problem is the pacing mentioned earlier.
    -Illogical lore: Eikons are basically super weapons that most kingdoms value majorly, and yet they hate other magic users. Why?? They are identical in every way other than eikons having MORE magical power. Really makes no sense to me. Eikons are also implied to be equivalent in strength through character dialogue, but this is clearly not the case in the story. Why this is so is never explained.
    - Terrible characters: A combination of dull writing, near-absent facial expression and flat uninspired voice acting (at least the English VAs) lead to a bunch of forgettable NPCs. This is particularly the case with the MC, who expresses one of 4 emotions: happy, angry, sad or very sad. It doesn't help that almost every single character has either a British, Spanish or Irish accent, making them quite hard to separate. Would have liked to see more variety.

    Gameplay:
    - Boring Action: There is absolutely no style or excitement in combat. It is just a load of button mashing with very limited ability cycling and easy dodges. Every ability and attack is something you have seen before if you have played any RPG. The game also has too much visual noise, often making combat utterly disorientating. The enemies are all just massive damage sponges, often taking minutes to kill anything bigger that a foot soldier. This is especially true in the large cinematic fights, which quickly lose their appeal when you are stuck there for 10mins fighting the same fight.
    - Useless Crafting and Currency: You are often flooded with crafting materials and Gil to pad the rewards screen of the dull combat you've just endured. These materials are hardly ever used, as crafting options are severely limited, to the point that it may as well not exist. Money also has no function outside of buying musical tracks for your home base.
    - Linear dungeons: Most dungeons have 0 branches, instead being a stroll through generic RPG settings. In the rare cases where a dungeon has a branch or two, exploring them is not rewarded, as you will either get a useless crafting item, useless currency or a potion, which you have an infinite supply of with your bottomless pockets of Gil.
    - An Empty World: Unrewarding in the same way as dungeons, with the only thing to discover being various combat trials. This open world is slowly and painfully opened up through linear missions, and really isn't worth the wait.
    - Fetch Quest Fetch Quest Fetch Quest: Every side quest to my memory is basically "Go here, kill this, fetch this back, mission complete!" Not a very interesting formula. There were some interesting stories in these quests, but they are few in number.

    Sound/Visual Design:
    -Visual: Comparing FFXVI and FFXV, I actually like the designs of the gods in FFXVI more (except for Ifrit and Bahamut). The main villain is also VERY creepy in its design and initial presentation, In other aspects, such as level visual design, the game is typically flat and uninteresting visually.
    -Music: FFXV has some tracks that I still listen too today, like Somnus etc. In comparison, 16 flaunts around generic fantasy crap that you wont remember, despite there being quite a range of tracks on the home base juke box. I played the betrayal theme in my homebase as it matched my mood playing the game and my thoughts on the games marketing. Sound is also poorly mixed, with the BGM overwhelming all other sounds, whilst massive terrifying creatures make roars that you have to strain to hear.    … Expand
  5. Pompowang
    Jul 13, 2023
    2
    Absolutely atrocious. Shallow button mashing crap. FF is no longer a rich and complex rpg but a third rate action game. When compared to god of war etc, the game would be laughable if it wasnt so tragic. Avoid.
  6. kentDup
    Jul 15, 2023
    2
    C'est desservant de voir ça avec peu d'heures sur le jeu mais bon je mis prendrais à 2 fois It's serving to see that with few hours on the game but hey I would take 2 times
  7. Boko399
    Jul 15, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One point for Jill character design, and another point for the Devil may Cry action alike combo. Ekion fights are epic, but the rest of the game direction is so bad. Overall experience is worse than early PS2 game with a glitchy story plot twist.

    Still it's the best ps exclusive in the last two, a little better than ghost of Tsushima. Way entertaining than HFW and GoWR for sure. But, if you're into action arpg and didn't against anime style character and story. TOA, Xenoblade are just better choice with a lower price point and more interesting combat and story.    … Expand
  8. robferreira
    Jul 16, 2023
    2
    - Weak Characters (The main character behaves like an idiot)
    - Its not a RPG
    - The worst story I've ever seen
    - Characters animation are VERY bad.
  9. Woody079
    Jul 21, 2023
    2
    Worst FF game ever made... The story is boring, the combat is the same moves over and over and over and over again.....basically ZERO magic spells other than 1 of each element... you dont actually control Primal's other than the handful of Primal battles... which are just as boring as the normal combat.. this game is basically a rip off of God of War... just not even remotely as goodWorst FF game ever made... The story is boring, the combat is the same moves over and over and over and over again.....basically ZERO magic spells other than 1 of each element... you dont actually control Primal's other than the handful of Primal battles... which are just as boring as the normal combat.. this game is basically a rip off of God of War... just not even remotely as good gameplay... and again the story is dreadful... now they are talking about releasing DLC... lol you couldnt pay me to play this game again.. and the way the story ends.... any DLC is just a money grab.. I own every main series FF game there is and i wish i never bought this one... these Critic reviews are absurd lol... this game is terrible, they must be getting some type of kickback...… Expand
  10. Romval
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    An unfinished product. And it’s getting more and more noticeable towards the end of the game. Can’t understand the rating this high for the game that unfinished.
  11. sweetjay
    Aug 16, 2023
    2
    The game is very engaging at the beginning with lots of cinematic and epic battles with interesting stories. However, from the mid-game, this game fails hard with repetitive combat, boring fetch quests as a part of the main storyline, and the cheap JRPG-like cutscenes making conversation boring. Other modern Final Fantasy games did much better than this. This one feels rushed and notThe game is very engaging at the beginning with lots of cinematic and epic battles with interesting stories. However, from the mid-game, this game fails hard with repetitive combat, boring fetch quests as a part of the main storyline, and the cheap JRPG-like cutscenes making conversation boring. Other modern Final Fantasy games did much better than this. This one feels rushed and not polished. I regret buying it on PS5 and will never trust Sony's marketing ever again without reading the actual review. I love Final Fantasy, this one just sucks hard.… Expand
  12. Danilovl05
    Aug 16, 2023
    2
    Jogo mono botão so aperta quadrado o jogo todo, fora que esta aquecendo os ps5
  13. Wallins
    Aug 28, 2023
    2
    A shame for an action game and embarrassing to be Final Fantasy in name but not in fact. Final Fantasy 16 fails to entertain me due to a sadly poor writing and the boring and repetitive gameplay, too many quick time events. While the plot is see-saw and mostly forgettable.
    Without interesting ideas, and without scenes of real impact for a player, given the excessive use of CG movies even    A shame for an action game and embarrassing to be Final Fantasy in name but not in fact. Final Fantasy 16 fails to entertain me due to a sadly poor writing and the boring and repetitive gameplay, too many quick time events. While the plot is see-saw and mostly forgettable.
    Without interesting ideas, and without scenes of real impact for a player, given the excessive use of CG movies even for every single Quick Time Event. Note of evidence, a rough, linear and empty level design for all sections of the game make the whole things not worth the price tag    … Expand
  14. AutisticPS_Pony
    Sep 12, 2023
    2
    Never played it. Will pirate PC version because me so poor I can't buy to play. I will wait the RUNE or TENOKE version of the game. Thank you Sony for investing, very nice! Much love Jim!
  15. Snowdog84
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    I have been playing for three hours…nothing but cutscenes and walking corridors. Fighting is automatic and if you look around while walking the blurring effect will make you sick. Characters are flat. The greatest disappointment is reading all these (I strongly suppose) fake reviews giving 10 to these orribile game. Amazing graphic and good design but I am not here to watch a movie
  16. kstud1
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    You would think that most of the people giving this game a 10 or 9 workers for Sony, this game is just a large CGI movie, you get maybe 5 minutes of gameplay and then 10 minutes of cutscenes, it’s extremely annoying, the dodge system is terrible when you do get into a boss fight, when they said this game has cutscenes longer than the entire lord of the rings trilogy, THEY WEREN”T LYING.
  17. mrclopes
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    If it was described as a Hack'n'slash 3rd person combat simulator it probably would be a fair game, but it's way off what is supposed to be a role playing video game. No party members, you only control Clive with no customization, combat is simply brain-dead button-mashing, zero strategy involved, the world feels empty like nobody lives here besides the main character friends and family.If it was described as a Hack'n'slash 3rd person combat simulator it probably would be a fair game, but it's way off what is supposed to be a role playing video game. No party members, you only control Clive with no customization, combat is simply brain-dead button-mashing, zero strategy involved, the world feels empty like nobody lives here besides the main character friends and family. Side quests are nonexistent just fillers and chores without any purpose. Very disappointed with this Final Fantasy, besides it's art assets, 3d models, animation and music, this game have absolutely nothing to offer. This title have zero gameplay value.… Expand
  18. ipaxton
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    The poor design choice on game engine and using old tech is holding it back graphically. Strays too far from the Final Fantasy name that it has blurred it's self between Hack n' Slash and adventure.
  19. Galliga
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    When I heard Yoshida was taking this over. Having spent many years playing FFXIV. I predicted what to expect. A bland overworld. Poorly designed sidequest. And cutscenes, cutscenes on top of cutscenes on top of cutscenes. And sad to say I was entirely correct, that was the end result. Hilariously enough people complain about this when it comes to Naughty Dog games or western games inWhen I heard Yoshida was taking this over. Having spent many years playing FFXIV. I predicted what to expect. A bland overworld. Poorly designed sidequest. And cutscenes, cutscenes on top of cutscenes on top of cutscenes. And sad to say I was entirely correct, that was the end result. Hilariously enough people complain about this when it comes to Naughty Dog games or western games in general with more cutscenes than gameplay and quicktime events, but seem to constantly give a pass to this franchise in both the MMO and now this game. Luckily I played it with a friend so none of my actual money was wasted.… Expand
  20. Andyo
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    It's such a shame to see Final Fantasy go in the direction it has. Nothing good about this game except the story.

    It might pass as a good game but it is a terrible Final Fantasy game.

    Will not be pre-ordering again.
  21. XxSkysurferxX
    Jul 1, 2023
    1
    Graphismes très moyens, à peine dignes d’une ps4 (et encore). Framerate en permanence à la ramasse en mode performance. 720 p! (Oui par moment c’est flou et en tout cas jamais très fin). Pour une exclue next gen c’est très très décevant. Aucune interaction par rapport aux éléments du décor. L’eau est très mal réalisée, le ciel également. La jouabilité est simplifiée a l’extrême, appuyerGraphismes très moyens, à peine dignes d’une ps4 (et encore). Framerate en permanence à la ramasse en mode performance. 720 p! (Oui par moment c’est flou et en tout cas jamais très fin). Pour une exclue next gen c’est très très décevant. Aucune interaction par rapport aux éléments du décor. L’eau est très mal réalisée, le ciel également. La jouabilité est simplifiée a l’extrême, appuyer sur le bouton o et vous gagnerez tous les combats. Cinématiques bien trop nombreuses et trop souvent soporifiques. Le jeu était noté 74 % par les joueurs dans ses premières heures avec plus de 1000 avis…..puis bizarrement passe désormais à 83 % avec une flopée de notes toutes extrêmement positives pour parvenir à rehausser cette première moyenne! Ces notes sont à coup sûr tronquées!! Ne vous faites pas avoir, ce jeu est indigne de la ps5 et indigne de la licence. Je m’arrête après une dizaine d’heure de jeu (et de cinématiques !) et le revendrai dans les prochains jours. Quelle déception !!!!!!… Expand
  22. darkarth
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    For me the worst FF mainline so far for different reasons.

    - The general story doesn't impress me that much. It started good but it turns to something that feels like it wants to be something that it just isn't able to accomplish. It often remembers on FF13 on a weird way. - It also lacks of lightweight moments. I know it is suppose to be dark and mature. But this one is actually    For me the worst FF mainline so far for different reasons.

    - The general story doesn't impress me that much. It started good but it turns to something that feels like it wants to be something that it just isn't able to accomplish. It often remembers on FF13 on a weird way.

    - It also lacks of lightweight moments. I know it is suppose to be dark and mature. But this one is actually just joyless depressive and meaningless brutal.

    - the worlddesign is quite boring. Especially compared to FF14, FF12, FF10, FF9. It doesn't feel high fantasy for me at all. It's medieval with fantasy titbits here and there.

    - It has way too many and way too long cutscenes.

    - No actual party-system, elements and buffs/debuffs, minigames. Equipment is there but it doesn't matter much.

    - The so praised summon battles are cutscenes and quick time events for the most part. FF10, FF12, FF7R handled it a lot better, imo. Cool graphics just don't impress me as much as cool mechanics. Sorry.

    - I refuse corridor leveldesign like this. It's acceptable in FFX and FF7R because the combat was fun enough to carry it. But we are at NVME-SSD's now and I'm just tired of it.

    - And to make it even worse, they weren't able to make exploring worth it, even it's that linear already.

    - The sidequests are that bad, too.

    It's basicly just an interactive movie with some hack and slash sequences, which feels way more backwards than FF13 at this point.

    One point for the music though. Square never disappoint here.    … Expand
  23. ShaoTairo
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    I started out thinking the game was a 10/10. Very strong start.
    After Cid exits everything goes downhill fast. And they draw inspiration from GOT but too pansy to actually show nudity in the sex scenes ? Witcher did it tons. I dont really care either way. What bugs me is this is just more typical SE acting like children again. If you’re going to take inspiration from something, then TAKE    I started out thinking the game was a 10/10. Very strong start.
    After Cid exits everything goes downhill fast. And they draw inspiration from GOT but too pansy to actually show nudity in the sex scenes ? Witcher did it tons. I dont really care either way. What bugs me is this is just more typical SE acting like children again. If you’re going to take inspiration from something, then TAKE it. Too scared to use the C word apparently too.

    The lack of depth in customizing your characters performance really starts to show itself. It is VERY similar to what they did over the years in ff14 by dumbing things down far too much and instead of stopping, they just dumb it down more. A lot of people praise Yoshi like a cult leader but Ive seen this coming from him for awhile. The guy does not know how to give depth to the games player base and that bs continued in 16.

    The other problem is the dungeons. The pattern is literally a copy paste of FF14 dungeons….. Trash mob > mini boss. > trash > mini > boss

    I did not buy a single player expansion for 14. I bought ff16.
    Honestly think after 24 years of FF games this is the last one im getting. I play this and I cant just pretend I dont need a lot of depth in my character gear weapons and even level up abilities.

    If you quit finally ff14 and dont plan to go back, chances are youre not going to like 16 at all.    … Expand
  24. ffp
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    tired of the fantasy medieval looking RPG. overhyped.
    combat is good but story is kinda lacking and bad paced.
    Eng dub is lacking a lot as usual but i played it in japanese.
  25. RivalGrimReaper
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    16 was by far the worst FF I have played to date, the story was boring, the side quests were predictably dull. the ending was absolutely appalling, no thought at all, so predicable and I genuinely didn't care for any of the characters other than Jill. combat was okay, but ridiculously easy, full playthrough of all content including hunts and side quests in 32 hours, and didn't die once.16 was by far the worst FF I have played to date, the story was boring, the side quests were predictably dull. the ending was absolutely appalling, no thought at all, so predicable and I genuinely didn't care for any of the characters other than Jill. combat was okay, but ridiculously easy, full playthrough of all content including hunts and side quests in 32 hours, and didn't die once. that's not me gloating, its just so easy to overkill everything with the summon abilities, and the story was so dull, I have zero interest replaying the game on the harder difficulty. waited years, and I am so disappointed. I actually enjoyed 15 far far more. Hopefully 7 part 2 makes up for this absolute **** show of a game.

    Weakest point is the story, which for a final fantasy game is absolutely horrendous news. no spoilers, but this game has so may plot holes it would make an excellent sieve. and the end game story is just awful, explains nothing, and leaves you wondering. Honestly, this is the most disappointed I have ever felt finishing a Final fantasy game out of the entire franchise, and it gives me zero ambition to want to play through it again on the game plus mode. I have played every final game since 4, and I am bitterly disappointed in this game.    … Expand
  26. guitarwizard999
    Jul 4, 2023
    1
    The cutscene graphics and music are the only highlights of this game. The story, combat, in game graphics, framerate, script, quests, pacing, side, quests, and characters are all subpar. I'm talking cardboard level subpar. This doesn't feel anything like a Final Fantasy game. It feels like a generic action/adventure game. Some quasi Xenoblade ripoff that falls on it's face. If this was notThe cutscene graphics and music are the only highlights of this game. The story, combat, in game graphics, framerate, script, quests, pacing, side, quests, and characters are all subpar. I'm talking cardboard level subpar. This doesn't feel anything like a Final Fantasy game. It feels like a generic action/adventure game. Some quasi Xenoblade ripoff that falls on it's face. If this was not labeled as a main line FF game I would have given it a 4, as it stands now...this game is a solid 1. The media likes to call what I'm doing now "review bombing" If you play a game, really don't like it, and give it a negative review, would you call that "review bombing" or honest reviewing? My recommendation is to just go play Legend of Dragoon on PS1.… Expand
  27. KingGohan
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    The story is poorly paced. I personally don't connect with any of the poorly written characters and how sexist and racist the story is. The lack of RPG elements in my RPG series left a bad taste in my mouth. The story is infinitely more confusing than any FF before it. Its so incomplete and incomprehensible. Its feels like more often than not I am watching the game more than playing it.The story is poorly paced. I personally don't connect with any of the poorly written characters and how sexist and racist the story is. The lack of RPG elements in my RPG series left a bad taste in my mouth. The story is infinitely more confusing than any FF before it. Its so incomplete and incomprehensible. Its feels like more often than not I am watching the game more than playing it.

    Bring back Tabata. FFXV was a game actually trying something and was a good blueprint for the series. XVI feels like a half-hearted attempt at trying to copy other games and TV shows.

    This is not a game proud to be FF. Its a game actively running away from FF and almost feels ashamed to be FF. Never let Yoshi-P or CBU3 make another single-player game.    … Expand
  28. LaernuTairo
    Jul 3, 2023
    1
    This game puts me to actual sleep past the 50% mark. This is the first FF ever that I could NOT finish. And Ive been playing and loving FF since 6. Including 11, 14, TA and TA2!!!

    Like this is next level horrible. Not to mention over 50% of the 20 reviewers failed to pass a “Did an AI write that” check. Yoshi clearly paid a 3rd party to review bomb 10s, patrol reddit, and even gamefaqs    This game puts me to actual sleep past the 50% mark. This is the first FF ever that I could NOT finish. And Ive been playing and loving FF since 6. Including 11, 14, TA and TA2!!!

    Like this is next level horrible. Not to mention over 50% of the 20 reviewers failed to pass a “Did an AI write that” check. Yoshi clearly paid a 3rd party to review bomb 10s, patrol reddit, and even gamefaqs to control this game’s reception. He even “bought” the critic reviews by paying for a week long trip and fancy glasses of wine and a handshake (look it up, its legit and true).

    This game is an even bigger scam than cp2077.
    I even liked 13/15, while theyre at the bottom of my list I finished and liked them ok “ish”.
    But 16? It is uninstalled. This game is absolutely trash and besides the paid 3rd parties is full of SIMPS    … Expand
  29. justbart
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    - (j)RPG is no more, more like Devil May Jon Snow
    - job system is gone
    - heavily limited spells
    - lack of customisation
    - lack of meaningful crafting system
    - lack of party customisation
    - lack of exploration
    - lack of hidden / secret quests, dungeons
    - way too many sparkles
    - poor replayability value
    - not fun - watch cutscenes and press a button or play the game by constantly pressing Square
  30. eliavn1
    Aug 16, 2023
    1
    This is not a game but a very long movie. Tiring. I give it 1 only for the good 5 minute of fighting
  31. beliatcho
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    I became suspicious that this is ff16
    The game has no identity a lot of cinematic scenes with boring ease in facing bosses The studio must download an update that fixes this problem of course without mentioning the disastrous performance on PS5
  32. Melzago
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    Hollywood tropes, missing the point, doesn’t understand his own message. This is a marketing game for a specific targeted audience. Final Fantasy American edition, powered by the same Disney and Marvel mediocrity. Having a director of marketing as one of the producer was never a good idea. They are smashing non sense dialogues toward the end obliterating what they layed out in the firstHollywood tropes, missing the point, doesn’t understand his own message. This is a marketing game for a specific targeted audience. Final Fantasy American edition, powered by the same Disney and Marvel mediocrity. Having a director of marketing as one of the producer was never a good idea. They are smashing non sense dialogues toward the end obliterating what they layed out in the first part of the game. The game is a missing opportunity from head to toe, the concept was good (slaves = interchangeable battery, crystal=petrol, finite world on the brink of extinction), but the game miss the point completely. Beside the bad story, the game design is just completely insanely anachronistic for a AAA premium game (and I am not talking about the linearity). It is the worst action / beat them all in the market, it looks like te game refused to incorporate years of video game literacy. It is very pretentious and almost condescending towards the user. It is not the worst Final Fantasy, but close enough.… Expand
  33. somovbiu
    Sep 2, 2023
    1
    - horrible voice acting like FFXV
    - horrible voice audio quality comparable to Google Translate, maybe sampled with 10-dollar mics?
    - the same enemy comes back again and again, so annoying, like in animes. - unnatural conversations, no human being talks that way, not even the famously weird Japanese people, let alone Europeans - horrible parry system, the last time I saw this kind of    - horrible voice acting like FFXV
    - horrible voice audio quality comparable to Google Translate, maybe sampled with 10-dollar mics?
    - the same enemy comes back again and again, so annoying, like in animes.
    - unnatural conversations, no human being talks that way, not even the famously weird Japanese people, let alone Europeans
    - horrible parry system, the last time I saw this kind of crappy parry was in Vampyr. In general the combat is too boring, clicking square and using special powers occasionally
    - horrible missions. Japanese games always have tons of filler quests, that's just plainly stupid
    - horrible graphics performance on ps5, and it's a ps5 exclusive? Frucking ridiculous    … Expand
  34. xxMANUxx
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    Demasiados 10, ahora que venga Cait y lo vea. Porque de 10 no es. Lo que si es normal es que si hay más usuario de Playstation esto se llene de 10 en esta hipócrita guerra de consolas. No es 10, no es 9. Tiene fallos y esos mismos fallos en otras plataformas se juzgan durísimamente por la gran mayoría de los usuarios de metacritic de PlayStation. Y sino que me expliquen porque losDemasiados 10, ahora que venga Cait y lo vea. Porque de 10 no es. Lo que si es normal es que si hay más usuario de Playstation esto se llene de 10 en esta hipócrita guerra de consolas. No es 10, no es 9. Tiene fallos y esos mismos fallos en otras plataformas se juzgan durísimamente por la gran mayoría de los usuarios de metacritic de PlayStation. Y sino que me expliquen porque los multiplataformas tienen menos nota en xbox que en play. Hipócritas!!… Expand
  35. prowlergod
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    Generic & mediocre overly easy action game unworthy of the Final Fantasy brand. Minimal at best RPG mechanics, generic action gameplay, lack of spells & anything present in games from the same franchise from over 20 years ago.
  36. Aloy_4hrs_dlc
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    47% in the story, I think the Demo a bit overhyped my expectations of FF16. So far, the game graphics and performance is acceptable.
    Action combat is good, cinematic QTE is great but that's all. The other aspects of the game feel so rough. Side quests with ! is tedious. Just sticked with those hv + on them.
    Story is alright but nothing too immersive, and lack of characters interactions    47% in the story, I think the Demo a bit overhyped my expectations of FF16. So far, the game graphics and performance is acceptable.
    Action combat is good, cinematic QTE is great but that's all. The other aspects of the game feel so rough. Side quests with ! is tedious. Just sticked with those hv + on them.

    Story is alright but nothing too immersive, and lack of characters interactions and development. Feel dull compare to other FF series.

    And CB3 really failed in the RPG elements in order to make this a masterpiece. Pretty much you don't need to care with your gear set up and 95% of the time you just found to polish your combo execution skills. And, that's the core element of action game.

    In short, it's a fun action game with a touch of rpg and long story. But, it reli fail to deliver a well rounded Rpg experience. 2/10 one for combat and other other for cinematic Ekions fights.    … Expand
  37. Moatasem
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    I honestly feel deluded and slightly betrayed because I pre-ordered this game based on the hype trailers square enix released. I have been playing the game for almost 25 hours now and I am extremely disappointed with the game. I never thought a main final fantasy entry could be this bad. I respect people who enjoy the game, but I look at the amazing triple A games we saw this year and theI honestly feel deluded and slightly betrayed because I pre-ordered this game based on the hype trailers square enix released. I have been playing the game for almost 25 hours now and I am extremely disappointed with the game. I never thought a main final fantasy entry could be this bad. I respect people who enjoy the game, but I look at the amazing triple A games we saw this year and the last couple of years and I can't help but feel that this game doesn't stand slightest bit of chance against these other games (God of war, FF7 remake for example). Everything in the game screams half baked. Combat is repetitive, non challenging, non tactical. I wish the combat could be compared to devil may cry or Bayonetta. I would've enjoyed it if it did. At the very least DMC had combo structures and tactics behind it. This game simply doesn’t, you rely on a standard combo that you can mix with magic bursts. You basically only unlock two additional basic moves: stinger, and a helm breaker. Combat goes like this: combo and mix magic bursts and evade when needed. Release all your eikonic abilities, wait for them to cool down and keep doing the same combo with magic bursts and evade when needed. All the flashy stuff you saw in trailers are eikonic abilities that need cool down to be used again. Magic has no effect on enemies. Facing a fire lava beast? Blast him with fire and it will take damage with no problems. No poison or sleep or silence effects. Need to buff your attacks? Use an item. Want to heal? Use a potion. Can you ask the dog to heal you? Yes, but it does almost no effect.

    Graphics is just another giant mess. They opted for a non open world game and we ended up with poorly lit, barren areas with players having to literally crank the brightness slider to the highest possible to be able to play the game. At the very least FF15 felt fun to roam the world. That game had day and night cycles, interesting missions and hunts, party member to keep you company and make the game fun and enjoyable to play despite it having a dark sad story, when you rested at night and cooked a meal you felt you were relaxing like the characters. That game was made with love.

    Games like god of war and ff7 remake were both linear games and had beautiful environment designs and ran near perfectly smooth with no issues. I don't know what to say about the story except that I felt I have been experiencing a cliche play displayed at an underground theater for amateurs. I hate to be so harsh, but there's nothing remotely exciting for me in this game at this point and I feel sad about wasting 70 USD. I have to be so critical because I am a big fan of the final fantasy franchise. I always expect immense creativity from square enix especially when it comes to final fantasy games but this game is just a sad half baked product that feels extremely disappointing.    … Expand
  38. VaultingIn
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    Final Fantasy 16 tries to be anything but Final Fantasy.

    In its attempt to evolve as an RPG franchise, FF16 completely loses its identity and consistency. At one point you feel like you're playing a Devil May Cry wannabe game, suddenly shifts to being a shallow MMO RPG with laughably dull and outdated side quest design, to over the top cinematic battles held back by Quick Time Events    Final Fantasy 16 tries to be anything but Final Fantasy.

    In its attempt to evolve as an RPG franchise, FF16 completely loses its identity and consistency.

    At one point you feel like you're playing a Devil May Cry wannabe game, suddenly shifts to being a shallow MMO RPG with laughably dull and outdated side quest design, to over the top cinematic battles held back by Quick Time Events (QTEs) that have a very long window that takes away the purpose of QTEs which is to be engaging and interactive.

    This is not how to evolve a franchise; this is just a poor uninspired attempt at copying other games while shoehorning bland RPG elements in the mix.

    And the story is another story; without going into much details, but everything the game does well to build up its story and characters throws it away mid way through the game and takes a completely uninteresting pivot that ends badly.

    This is by far one of the worst Final Fantasy games and one that doesn't bode well for the franchise's future, because despite having a somewhat good combat and characters, the game ignores the things that it needs to excel and innovate on as a Final Fantasy game.

    My advice: don't think of it as a Final Fantasy game. You'd enjoy it for its combat that is clearly and heavily inspired by Devil May Cry. Otherwise, I don't recommend it at all as a Final Fantasy game.

    * Game's performance is not well optimized by the way.    … Expand
  39. oskar73
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    No es un final fantasy al uso.muy mal rendimiento problemas gráficos y muy oscuro,mucho blur y la historia cae mucho en la segunda mitad
    Vuelve Sakaguchi y haz un final fantasy en condiciones
  40. Pazmeta
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    Wow I came in with high expectations after ff15. Everyone saying it's better than ff15. Omg it's probably one of the most boring action rpgs I've come across. I enjoy the combat. Even the action set pieces. But the story puts me to sleep. Not a fan of the medieval either. 15 is way better than this boring slog and yet was hated.
  41. nearwind
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    I have been playing for over 20 hours now, and I'm around 60% through the main storyline. The following review is based on my current progress.

    As someone with 35 years of gaming experience, I can confidently say that Final Fantasy 16 is not only the worst in the series but falls far below the average quality of similar games. In the 20 hours of gameplay I've experienced, I can only    I have been playing for over 20 hours now, and I'm around 60% through the main storyline. The following review is based on my current progress.

    As someone with 35 years of gaming experience, I can confidently say that Final Fantasy 16 is not only the worst in the series but falls far below the average quality of similar games. In the 20 hours of gameplay I've experienced, I can only describe it as dull and agonizing. It requires deep breaths and self-encouragement just to hold onto the DualSense controller. This game is an exceptionally boring and uninteresting RPG from a major game developer.

    The weapon and equipment system feels superficial and pointless. Any new weapon that appears only provides a permanent +5 attack boost without changing the attack style, making them indistinguishable. The repetitive tasks for forging materials are uninspired and offer no significant rewards.

    The team system lacks presence and interactivity. The characters have monotonous attire and limited attack styles. The maps or level designs are small and uninteresting. It's shocking to discover that even at 60% progress, there are only two area maps available.

    The variety of enemies is extremely lacking. The bestiary lists only 47 non-playable creatures, including 15 eikons, 1 owl from cutscenes, 2 Chocobos, and the rest being various types of enemies and bosses. In actual gameplay, only encountering around ten different enemy types on the maps is disheartening.

    All side quests involve simply traveling from point A to point B to either defeat enemies or engage in dialogue. They are repetitive and lack creativity. The material rewards obtained upon completion are meaningless since new weapons and upgrades are only obtained through story progression, making the rewards feel insulting.

    If I were to describe it, Final Fantasy 16 can be seen as a realistic version of "Tales of Arise" without an equipment, companion, and skill system, with severely reduced maps and enemy variety.

    As someone who has reached a mature age and has been gaming for 35 years, I have learned not to be driven solely by emotions. I have been able to appreciate controversial titles such as The Last of Us Part II, Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy 13, and Final Fantasy 15, finding the positives in each of them. However, this time, Final Fantasy 16 has brought me nothing but agony. Skipping through dialogues quickly has become the norm, and now I can only hope that my patience will allow me to complete the game.    … Expand
  42. Swampwiise
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately this isn’t a JRPG or even a Final Fantasy it’s an experiment in an attempt of merging an action game with a beloved franchise. I find myself pushing to finish just to move on. The cutscenes are fun. I would recommend watching streams and not wasting time with this borefest.
  43. TheSirKnightly
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    This game is a wreck. The motion blur effects and shaky cam are some of the worst, most nauseating I have ever experienced, and aren't even limited to combat/running...even the menus are not fixed. Combine that with combat that feels nothing like a Final Fantasy game (infinite ranged attacks, no mana, no elemental weakness mechanics). And don't even get me started on the animations...noneThis game is a wreck. The motion blur effects and shaky cam are some of the worst, most nauseating I have ever experienced, and aren't even limited to combat/running...even the menus are not fixed. Combine that with combat that feels nothing like a Final Fantasy game (infinite ranged attacks, no mana, no elemental weakness mechanics). And don't even get me started on the animations...none of the characters know how to hold or swing a sword properly (even Cloud with his giant hunk of steel looks better). If you're going to have realistic looking weapons, maybe motion-capture on someone who knows how to use a real weapon.… Expand
  44. Hellacrusty
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    The story is intriguing, but unfortunately the game is rather shallow. The battles can be won by just spamming a few buttons and then unleashing a special move, there are no status ailments, weapon crafting seems to have been an after thought and there isn't a huge variation between the different "stances". For how much time went into this game I was hoping for more
  45. mike-
    Jun 30, 2023
    1
    Terrible combat direction for the franchise. Mindless rinse repeating of the same combos over and over. No reason to switch up abilities because elements don't matter, so just pick the skills with the biggest damage. No RPG element/system are left, everything has been reduce to the most minimal possible to the point of have no reason to be remaining in the game. No reason to explore, noTerrible combat direction for the franchise. Mindless rinse repeating of the same combos over and over. No reason to switch up abilities because elements don't matter, so just pick the skills with the biggest damage. No RPG element/system are left, everything has been reduce to the most minimal possible to the point of have no reason to be remaining in the game. No reason to explore, no special hidden treasures, no special hidden bosses, no interesting loot, no status effects. The story is good but extremely predicable if you ever played a FF game before.
    The pacing of the game is completely off due to the ridiculous amount of slowly presented dialog.    … Expand
  46. MixThaicres
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    Final Fantasy has always been a JRPG, thru the years it has had a form of turn-based or ATB as FFVIIR but Yoshida made a bad decision and decided to abandon its JRPG roots effectively making the game unplayable by turning the franchise into a action hack and slash DMC/Gow and forcing rpg fans to abandon the game and not buy it cause we cant tolerate nor get pass the action combat. TheFinal Fantasy has always been a JRPG, thru the years it has had a form of turn-based or ATB as FFVIIR but Yoshida made a bad decision and decided to abandon its JRPG roots effectively making the game unplayable by turning the franchise into a action hack and slash DMC/Gow and forcing rpg fans to abandon the game and not buy it cause we cant tolerate nor get pass the action combat. The combat of game either makes the game or breaks it. Time to play the Falcom titles that have stayed truth to its rpg elements. By the way you cannot have a ARPG(RPG sub-genre)without the RPG core elements, you simply cant..… Expand
  47. Renacer
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    Its not even a JRPG anymore, I've played it and disappointed. Graphic and music is good but I don't feel like I'm playing JRPG anymore. I felt like its more of a hack and slash game but using Final Fantasy's name to get the gamers' hype. For the first time I disappointed in Final Fantasy (I've played FF 1-15, and I love 14). Others opinion might be different, but this is my personalIts not even a JRPG anymore, I've played it and disappointed. Graphic and music is good but I don't feel like I'm playing JRPG anymore. I felt like its more of a hack and slash game but using Final Fantasy's name to get the gamers' hype. For the first time I disappointed in Final Fantasy (I've played FF 1-15, and I love 14). Others opinion might be different, but this is my personal opinion as a Final Fantasy's loyal fans and supporters.… Expand
  48. hightyross
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    c'est en aucun cas UN FINAL FANTASY.... c'est en gros le Beatthemall de square... Le devil may cry de square en gros... les graphimes sont moyens.. les visage sont figés on dirait des statues sans emotions.. ya pas de souffle epique ! c'est couloir, combat, couloir, combat.... il reste plus rien de final fantasy.... c'est navrant, ya pas d'equipe a s'occuper ... tu geres rien... tu tapesc'est en aucun cas UN FINAL FANTASY.... c'est en gros le Beatthemall de square... Le devil may cry de square en gros... les graphimes sont moyens.. les visage sont figés on dirait des statues sans emotions.. ya pas de souffle epique ! c'est couloir, combat, couloir, combat.... il reste plus rien de final fantasy.... c'est navrant, ya pas d'equipe a s'occuper ... tu geres rien... tu tapes des sacs a pv en permanence...., tu es accompagne par CID et un clebard et c'est tout... tu aurais mis un skin devil may cry , ca aurait ete pareille

    les potions servent a rien... c'est des combats de kaiju ...., et puis graphiquement c'est date... c'est impossible qu'un FAN DE LA SAGA, ou un puriste des final fantasy aiment ça .... ou alors les gens sont lobotomiser a couper d'injection COVID et pro macron :rire: et comprennent plus rien mdr

    au lieu de sortir ça, apres le 7 remake , UN FINAL FANTASY 8 REMAKE, aurait comble bon nombre de fans et ensuite faire une REMAKE du 9 par exemple , comme le fait CAPCOM en ce moment avec ses resident evil .... là c'est monopoliser des equipes pour rien.....

    enfin bon ... navrant ce qu'est devenu la sage en 2023    … Expand
  49. Christflaco
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    La historia muy floja, el juego se ve borroso, y no parece un final fantasy.
  50. Ekerson
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    By far and away the worst Final Fantasy ever. Only 3 items slots and they all just progressive upgrade. No classes, no spells, no enemy resistance, no party, no jobs, no strategy at all. If you have time you can beat game with triangle only as enemies never are a threat. Enemies are just HP sponges there to do flashy combos on. Characters are all forgettable and one dimensional . StoryBy far and away the worst Final Fantasy ever. Only 3 items slots and they all just progressive upgrade. No classes, no spells, no enemy resistance, no party, no jobs, no strategy at all. If you have time you can beat game with triangle only as enemies never are a threat. Enemies are just HP sponges there to do flashy combos on. Characters are all forgettable and one dimensional . Story is very basic and predictable. Music is meh, nothing about it is catchy or standing out. Its a Devil May Cry wannabe, Clive looks like Dante and acts like him. Game is on rails, no explanation at all. Worst of all I wasted $70 and 20 hours of my life.… Expand
  51. Samhael
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    this definitely not a final fantasy game & not even an interesting game at all
  52. Knightsofblood
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    Its missing that final fantasy feel from the past games.
    It felt too animated, and movie like instead of being what it truely is. A game.

    75% cutscenes. Made me wanting more from the game, I wish we had more to explore.

    The story was a bit cookie cutter.
  53. Ashwood1982
    Jun 27, 2023
    1
    I finished the game last night so i wanted to leave a review. Don't buy the hype, there is no way to actually see if the people leaving these reviews have played the game. I am a long time Final Fantasy fan. I have played all FF games. The positive reviews read like they were written by a PR agency which should be an indicator that they are fake. here is the actual score of the game fromI finished the game last night so i wanted to leave a review. Don't buy the hype, there is no way to actually see if the people leaving these reviews have played the game. I am a long time Final Fantasy fan. I have played all FF games. The positive reviews read like they were written by a PR agency which should be an indicator that they are fake. here is the actual score of the game from someone who has done a full play through.

    Score as a Final Fantasy game: 0.025/10
    Score as an action game: 3.2/10
    Score as a Dark Souls Clone: 9.5/10

    First this is the worst story i have ever seen in a video game. Beware the toxically positive FF14 community that try to flame anyone who brings a valid criticism to anything Yoshi P touches. It is disconnected with the only good character leaving after 18% of the game. The ending was terrible but honestly a fitting conclusion to this horrible game.

    Cons:
    -All the bad elements of FF14 were copied and pasted into this game. All your quests will have you talking to multiple people who don't matter to waste your time. All the monsters and areas were copied from FF14 and had their graphics slightly up-ressed. The story is mostly copied from shadow bringers expansion. All the character models are slightly up scaled graphics of FF14.

    -A death or two is impactful, killing everyone is just lazy story telling.

    -This game has more adult material in it than all the Grand Theft Autos combined. Using the F word every third word and screaming it does not make something better. It does not make a setting darker. It is just lazy story telling.

    -Completely disconnected narrative. After beating the game and getting to the end nothing in this story makes sense. There are cheesy cut scenes that have cringe dialogue with unlikable characters that talk about things that have no connection with the actual story in the game. The only likable character exits the game at around 18%,

    -Unfulfilling end and conclusion. Nothing is accomplished or saved at the end. You are left filling empty and fatigued after getting to the end. I had to force myself to finish this game just so i didn't feel bad about spending all the money of buying it.

    -Really terrible boss fights and cut scenes. This game is like junk food in the boss fights. Only tastes good for 15 minutes after it comes out and leaves you with a stomach ache and regret over making bad life choices. This was made for the Instagram generation that needs a ton of flashing lights and movement to keep their interest for more than 2 min. You can't even tell what is going on in most of the fights. Again this was another aspect copy and pasted from FF14. The initial Ifirit shceme in the main game (after the prologue), has the same background as FF14. It is pure lazyness.

    -Length of game: The initial playthrough took me around 22 hours (over 75% of this time was doing really poorly designed fetch quests that required me to go to multiple locations and talk to npcs that don't matter to waste my time, like FF14). That was with completing every side quest, crafting every weapon available on normal difficulty, and completing every hunt. I have never clocked in less than 80 hours on an original FF game. Like FF7 remake after finishing the game you are forced to play through it again on a higher difficulty to feel like you have truly beaten the game. This allows lazy devs to use a small story and game twice to make it feel like its larger.

    -There are so many more cons but i think the story being so bland and terrible is the biggest one.

    Pro:

    This is probably the best dark souls game ever made. That is what all the development resources went into. Do you want to have scored events where you can flex you Epeen to your friends or the internet with how much better you are than them? There is a score based on battle performance for every level, zone, and trial.

    In the same vein on "Final Fantasy" difficulty every fight is a struggle to manage your resources to win as you get later into the game. It requires perfect dodges and giving screen prompt commands that no longer appear on the screen and you just have to know what to press during mini cinematic events.

    Conclusion: this is the worst Final Fantasy game ever made. It is a bad action game, but a great dark souls like difficulty game once you beat it and can do a second play through on the original intended difficulty. My review is based upon this being marketed as a main line Final Fantasy game.    … Expand
  54. misspaws26
    Jun 27, 2023
    1
    I really can't see how this game got 10/10s. Note - I just went trough the first village so I didn't finish the game yet but based on other negative reviews Im glad that Im not alone in feeling that I have to push trough the game to at least have some sort of money worth. This is at best an AAA title for Nintendo Switch (and I play on Nintendo Switch too) and I would be thrilled if this isI really can't see how this game got 10/10s. Note - I just went trough the first village so I didn't finish the game yet but based on other negative reviews Im glad that Im not alone in feeling that I have to push trough the game to at least have some sort of money worth. This is at best an AAA title for Nintendo Switch (and I play on Nintendo Switch too) and I would be thrilled if this is not called a Final Fantasy game and is a debutant like Hogwarts Legacy was.

    You know how FFXV had "A FF for fans and First timers"? (and it really is that). SE, you made your shot with calling up newcomers,you delivered, what you delivered, drop it off and return to roots. This one should be "A FF for Tik Tokers and those with attention span of a gold fish". This game is bad even for "hack and slash" type of games. I really don't see how is this called a FF game, when it's clearly a mish-mash of more popular games of this genre (God of War, DMC) with a "GoT" wannabe story. I expected Hogwarts Legacy to be watered down to bare bones of what deserves to be called an RPG, but I don't understand why SQUARE ENIX decided to cater to eventual newcomers, because there are plenty of other games out there that are "meta" and easy enough to play for people that are starting in JRPG and RPG overall. Final Fantasy was known for it's kinda complex combat system and managing right tactics at right time and it has a specific audience. It makes me sad seeing how they dumbed down whole game for masses.

    Starting with preformance issues on preformance mode, reviewers described it as "minor stutters here and there"- No. They are not minor stutters here and there, but every time you enter some kind of "city" I would get motion sickness from such a poor optimization, and it doesn't get better with spending time there, it's the same if I just entered the place or I've been in it for 30min. Lack of customization in graphic settings is sad, I automatically turn of film grain and motion blur in every game because I just can't stand it.

    Story started off strong, but it gets watered down,like they wanted you to hook up but for the rest of the game you hope it will have such a strong punch but it never happens, this basically became a dopamine chaser. Comabt gets old pretty fast, because you just smash square button and kick out same bullet sponges over and over. I got Garuda element but it doesn't really contribute to anything. I tought there would be some elemental weakness or some tought behind it, but nope - just a new flashy way to hack and slash trough mobs.

    More often than not, I feel like game forces me into "Jesus take the wheel" mindset during epic battles. This mechanic was supposed to be the most epic in the game, that makes me want to jump out of my skin from excitement, but instead I drench it because I become a passive observer with ocassional QTE reminder that echoes Netflixes "Are you still watching?" There is waaaay to much cut scenes and with that many cut scenes you expect to know what is going on and who is who in every given time, but I find myself pulling out "Active time lore" more often than not, because there is too much kingdoms, dutchies and what not to keep track off. It feels thrown out and not fleshed out how its supposed to be fleshed out. Witcher is an example where you clearly know at any given time who are the "baddies and good guys" without suffocating the flow of the story.

    I recently finished DIablo 4, and even Diablo had more fleshed out story and "who and why's", Even Diablo has more open map and world. honestly can't wait to finish this and jump back in Diablo.

    Don't even consider getting this game if its not on some major sale, You will not get Final Fantasy expirience at all and you will be disappointed once more at how a huge respectable company can massacre belowed franchise because they are greedy or bored or don't even know in which direction they want to go anymore.    … Expand
  55. Dimordimon
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    I never thought I’d be giving a final fantasy game a bad review in my life. Hell I even loved 15 but this, this thing has been so hard to force myself to get through. So, whoever made this game wrote a decent story, made it real pretty, and then it almost feels like they slapped an alpha version of a barebones ARPG on top of it. You’re genuinely only ever a few fights or a coupleI never thought I’d be giving a final fantasy game a bad review in my life. Hell I even loved 15 but this, this thing has been so hard to force myself to get through. So, whoever made this game wrote a decent story, made it real pretty, and then it almost feels like they slapped an alpha version of a barebones ARPG on top of it. You’re genuinely only ever a few fights or a couple hundred yards at most away from the next cutscene, it’s frankly jarring just how often they take control away from the player, and half the time it’s to say nothing. And the world is so empty. Now by empty I mean the bestiary is like 38-40 creatures and over half of that is Eikons, some important characters, an owl you only see for a couple minutes, and then the other half are enemies. So essentially when you’re walking around any of these on rails or even semi open stages you’re going to be fighting the same 5-6 enemies for the majority of the game. And there’s geniunely nothing to do except advance the main story. The shinies on the ground on the map? It’s about 2-5 gil, a potion (of which you can only have 7 of ever), or 1-3 crafting mats. Wooden chest on the map? It’s about 100 gil or about 20 crafting mats. Finish a side quest? Oh yeah crafting mats. Boss time oh yeah!! You are rewarded with crafting mats. Major plot enemy or Eikon fight?!?! You guessed it! More crafting mats!!! And thats assuming you can get through all the QTEs they put into every Eikon fight to hide loading times that literally consist of either “press square” or “press R1” and you have like 10 seconds to do it so no rush. And those QTEs will about take care of the last half of their Hp so don’t worry. Did I mention crafting mats? Because you literally barely ever need to use it. You are 100% guaranteed to get the next best weapon from a mat dropped by last chapters boss. There are no status effects, no elemental weaknesses, which I feel like they forgot. Because enemies cast stuff like bad breath, poison mist, etc., you get several elemental spells, but all they do is damage, again no status effects, and in no greater amount than any other spell. It’s….pretty, and the story really tries to stay relevant minus some very weird points it REALLY wants to drive home and some massive plot holes, but it has some really good scenes for sure. But this game only feels like a slightly interactive visual novel with some good boss fights. Better to watch a stream or a YouTube vid because it really just feels like a GoT fan fic movie. Please don’t waste your money.… Expand
  56. Dabedidabe
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    The graphics are great and the story is alright, but that's all it has going for it.

    While the graphics are impressive, much (not all) of the aesthetics are quite boring when compared to older entries. Many very standard medieval buildings. So standard they might come from an online asset pack. Some vistas are great, as well as some dungeons. The combat system is not nearly as deep    The graphics are great and the story is alright, but that's all it has going for it.

    While the graphics are impressive, much (not all) of the aesthetics are quite boring when compared to older entries. Many very standard medieval buildings. So standard they might come from an online asset pack. Some vistas are great, as well as some dungeons.

    The combat system is not nearly as deep as people make it out to be. Normal enemies are a cake-walk, so while you might come up with combos, they're dead before you even finish them. Boss enemies generally can't be juggled, so they can't be comboed. It basically becomes a game of dodge, attack, dodge, attack. Initially you'll use high stagger moves, then when staggered you start off with a multi-hit move to build up combo and then spam all the skills to do the highest damage. In the end it's just a rotation. It's fun, but we've seen better.

    Side-quests are boring, the game would be better without them. Old FF games did not really have that many side-quests and what was there was more interesting in terms of characters and reward.

    Items are also useless for the most part, which in turn means exploration is meaningless. Yay, more sharp fangs! There are no status effects, so no items to help with that, only a few potions can be brought along and usually they'll drop them right in front of the boss arena. You just never actually have to prepare for anything.

    Eikon fights are all about the spectacle. The actual gameplay is worthless.

    I'm baffled by how positive the reception has been to a game that has such terrible game design. If you strip away the spectacle, the game itself has nothing going for it anymore. In fact, I think you'll be having more fun just watching the game than playing it. It would just be better as a movie.    … Expand
  57. Pads209
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    More devil mc cry than final fantasy with far too long and many cut scenes. Appalling
  58. MehTa
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    If you want to play Animal Crossing as an FPS, or God of War as a turn based rpg, then this game is for you. Change most of what you know about the series. No playable party. Hack and slash combat. This game would have made a great new IP, but it struggles to find it's identity by using the name Final Fantasy without taking much more than gods and creatures from the series. So little ofIf you want to play Animal Crossing as an FPS, or God of War as a turn based rpg, then this game is for you. Change most of what you know about the series. No playable party. Hack and slash combat. This game would have made a great new IP, but it struggles to find it's identity by using the name Final Fantasy without taking much more than gods and creatures from the series. So little of the series is in this installment, and the main reason it's getting positive reviews is not because it's "Final Fantasy" but because it feeds the masses very generic and addicting aspects of modern gaming. Do not play this game expecting Final Fantasy, but if you are familiar with the Devil May Cry series, it might be for you.… Expand
  59. LeonEvans
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    First, I want to address peoples comment on how people can give 0 to this game. The question is how can someone give 10, which is an absolute perfect when there is no perfect in this world. 0 and 10 are the exact same rating except it’s the polar opposite. The only difference is people actually had to PAY for this game. So it is more likely 0 would exist if they didn’t like the game.First, I want to address peoples comment on how people can give 0 to this game. The question is how can someone give 10, which is an absolute perfect when there is no perfect in this world. 0 and 10 are the exact same rating except it’s the polar opposite. The only difference is people actually had to PAY for this game. So it is more likely 0 would exist if they didn’t like the game. Whereas, fanboys or people with low expectations and the inability to review would give it a 10 for satisfying a couple of category or for just not being bad. If perfect existed in your world, then it is clear that you don’t know what you are talking about. Ever think your spouse or job or anything else in life is perfect?

    Now that’s out of the way.

    The game clearly has a great artistic feel from music to graphics. I would even say it’s one of the best for environment / feel they are trying to portray like every Final Fantasy. However, that has become the base for a very long time. Over 20-years. It’s like voice acting is expected in games today, so it doesn’t get a 10 for having great music or graphics which it’s already known for as a Final Fantasy title.

    That being said, what makes the game suffer is really the creative direction & gameplay of the series. The title is one of first MAIN titles given a rating of M, which says something. That something being their target market is no longer towards the light-hearted adventurous players. You can tell that they are totally targeting the Western audiences with the Brute character designs, blood, gore, and sexual themes etc.

    This in of itself makes it a Western RPG not. Japanese RPG.

    It’s medieval Europe and I will praise they did not bow to the Woke crowd and adjust to include Blacks. It’s not like they included Asians. No gaming company should bow to the Woke on creativity, that’s why Disney is failing so horribly. At any rate, being set in medieval Europe I would have enjoyed the series a lot more if it had a different Art Direction.

    It seems like the Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was just the beginning of the Dark Gore style art. XVI reminds me a lot of it. It really started with XV but these type of art direction is only captivating to Western players. Previously, even during the PS1 era, a lot of people hated JRPGs or video games in general. They only started climbing aboard gaming during Xbox 360’s release. That has caused the FPS genre to take off. These players are often polar opposites.

    This game basically threw away what final elements it had as an JRPG (started at FF13) in attempt to capture the Western audiences. Notice the art-style changes vs Tales of, Persona, Xenoblade etc.

    One of the most important and greatest things about JRPG is its enormous world, and ability to travel around the world. I’m not talking about travelling around an island or a country but an airship with the ability to dive in water or into the air to roam the world. That has completely disappeared.

    The second, is the light-hearted main characters, elements that appeal to teenagers or younger audiences. It is clear to me from the art direction, that they no longer want to appeal to younger audiences except probably the older Western generation from the PS1 and 360 eras. Look at the difference between popular games like Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite etc vs the New Final Fantasy Art styles. This has bothered me, because I prefer light-hearted characters opposed to brutes of the Western games.

    I remember someone made a video talking about Cloud, how he looks like a girl and they can’t take him to a bar for a beer like Thor. Brutes are the character designs of the Western society. It’s like how woman look like crap in video games for West vs Japanese designs. So I don’t like their art and creative direction. This game atmosphere reminds me of Vagrant Story from the 90s or the Stranger of Paradise closer to the 2020s. The atmosphere is one of the same, dark, gloomy, etc not magical like Final Fantasy games should be. It is a very Westernized Design for western audiences. Reminds me of another art style Elden Ring.

    Other JRPGs like Tales of, Xenoblade, Persona, etc all is taking a very light-hearted approach but Final Fantasy games are becoming what you call Western RPG not JRPG.

    Battle system
    I always like new battle systems and learning about them. I don’t really care if it’s button smashing or strategic like Marvel Midnight Suns, it’s all fine to me. However, this is more button smashing.

    I would write more but I don’t have time to waste on this review. It’s a hype, and fanboy game. Maybe it will appeal to Western players more, who knows? I guarantee you that a lot of the 10/10 reviews are also fake as I stated nothing in this world is perfect, especially if you paid $$$ for it.

    To me, it wasn’t worth the $150. I don’t think it was a life changing game. There was nothing revolutionary about the game.    … Expand
  60. guest_03
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    It's a typical JRPG that ‘anime otaku’ will love.

    Childish narrative and exaggerated gestures and reactions.

    Everything is over-seasoned.
  61. Exialyser
    Jun 30, 2023
    1
    love the changes, the battle more fast pacing,

    but where is mini game? where is secret boss? where is secret dungeon? where is trick to unlock secret hidden enemy? where is the plot twist? where is other party member? where is memorable villain? where is your story consistency? clive set on journey just to find the killer of her brother, then set off journey to what? seems    love the changes, the battle more fast pacing,

    but
    where is mini game?
    where is secret boss?
    where is secret dungeon?
    where is trick to unlock secret hidden enemy?
    where is the plot twist?
    where is other party member?
    where is memorable villain?
    where is your story consistency?

    clive set on journey just to find the killer of her brother, then set off journey to what? seems you lost something in your mind    … Expand
  62. dyrewhite
    Jul 1, 2023
    1
    I'm very disappointed in the shallow combat system. I turn to Final Fantasy for stimulating strategic fun, this game is not that. Also disappointed in the lack of character customization. It's hypocritical to say that your game is taking a "realistic" angle and hamstring your main character into this unchanging brute. People change, thats reality. Even Gerolt had options. Also animateI'm very disappointed in the shallow combat system. I turn to Final Fantasy for stimulating strategic fun, this game is not that. Also disappointed in the lack of character customization. It's hypocritical to say that your game is taking a "realistic" angle and hamstring your main character into this unchanging brute. People change, thats reality. Even Gerolt had options. Also animate another weapon type, I know its hard to make video games but more than one weapon type seems like a simple ask. I've been playing these games since 1997, its sad to think that this is the last major entry I'll ever purchase. Thank you for doing what you do all these years.… Expand
  63. Oliverje85
    Jul 1, 2023
    1
    All of the negative reviews I have seen are on par with how I feel. Poor pacing, poor mechanics, poor story and character development with mechanics that seem like afterthoughts. More Devil May Cry than Final Fantasy. I will not be getting another one after this, but as a fan of games 1-12 (minus a few here and there) l, it seems I am not the target audience for this anyways.
  64. gonopoc499
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    If you have never seen a top-notch visual production like Game of Thrones or a Marvel movie and have never played a good ARPG game, you might enjoy this game. The only good thing about this game is that it is short and can be finished in a short time.
  65. woahseph
    Jul 9, 2023
    1
    The most important thing to know about this game is that it is mostly cutscenes. That isn't an exaggeration, the vast majority of your time "playing" this game will be watching cutscenes. Final Fantasy XVI wants so badly to be a tv show, it resents the player trying to actually play it. The actual gameplay is a watered-down devil may cry/god of war. Move to the markers on the map and spamThe most important thing to know about this game is that it is mostly cutscenes. That isn't an exaggeration, the vast majority of your time "playing" this game will be watching cutscenes. Final Fantasy XVI wants so badly to be a tv show, it resents the player trying to actually play it. The actual gameplay is a watered-down devil may cry/god of war. Move to the markers on the map and spam your power attacks until you win. I found the storyline to be extremely predictable. FILLED with plot-holes that the game doesn't want you to think about. The two main characters, Clive and Jill, have no fixed personalities and no inner conflicts. They are simply vehicles for the plot to move forward. This game gets one point from me because... the voice acting is good. There, I said something positive.… Expand
  66. Alemaneitor
    Jul 11, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es más de lo mismo ya no ilusiona, encima tiene personajes gays en la historia equivocándose totalmente… Expand
  67. TaddyMas0n
    Sep 2, 2023
    1
    I’ve never been so bored playing a FF game. The entire thing is a repetitive loop: talk to villagers, run through super linear areas fighting bad guys and opening 1000 doors with R2 (for no good reason), boss battle, repeat. When in dialogue the character models and their animations are shameful and look like they were created during the PS3 era.
    Weapon upgrading is also linear. After each    I’ve never been so bored playing a FF game. The entire thing is a repetitive loop: talk to villagers, run through super linear areas fighting bad guys and opening 1000 doors with R2 (for no good reason), boss battle, repeat. When in dialogue the character models and their animations are shameful and look like they were created during the PS3 era.
    Weapon upgrading is also linear. After each boss you can buy ONE new sword, belt, arm piece and that’s it.
    As for exploration, well.. there isn’t any.    … Expand
  68. Virtuso
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    Long time Final Fantasy fan starting with the Ps1era and played the older games as well. This is easily the most disappointing mainline release. The only real strong points are graphics and music. But the heart and soul of past games for me was story telling. Which this game fails horribly. Trope heavy with non of the lovable characters or world. Dark and edgy like trying too hard toLong time Final Fantasy fan starting with the Ps1era and played the older games as well. This is easily the most disappointing mainline release. The only real strong points are graphics and music. But the heart and soul of past games for me was story telling. Which this game fails horribly. Trope heavy with non of the lovable characters or world. Dark and edgy like trying too hard to appeal to a new audience at the cost of leaving older fans behind. Made worst by the games devs encouraging hateful trolls to defend the game. Making taking part of the community that much harder as they make it clear certain groups of people aren't welcomed to be part of their "new" community. Which for me is the most heart breaking aspect of xvi.… Expand
  69. halsafar
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    Been a huge fan of the series since it started on the NES. Played every Final Fantasy game released. Also been a gamer for 35 years. It took Final Fantasy 16 to push me into making my first game review ever. The battle system is missing status effects and other typical strengths/weaknesses one must strategize around. It is just spam until victory, big number generator. No party members toBeen a huge fan of the series since it started on the NES. Played every Final Fantasy game released. Also been a gamer for 35 years. It took Final Fantasy 16 to push me into making my first game review ever. The battle system is missing status effects and other typical strengths/weaknesses one must strategize around. It is just spam until victory, big number generator. No party members to mix things up.

    Clive is as bland as one can get. From personality to arsenal. The gear system is a joke. They toss crafting items at you all game for practically nothing. His abilities are nothing game changing.

    The story is like if the folks who wrote Kingdom Hearts 2-3 tried to make a Game of Thrones story. It is full of adult content mixed in with absolute nonsense mixed with "gotcha" moments that make your eyes roll. Also side quests hell, awful, useless side quests.

    Basically they missed out on staples of Final Fantasy like parties, customizations, battle strategy churning out a game that is just Devil May Cry.

    Zero replay value. You've seen it all and have no ways to mix it up after one play.

    I'm not sure how they could have made a more boring repetitive game.    … Expand
  70. krakozor
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    No exploration and no difficulty.
    I stopped playing after 15 hours.
    It's the first final fantasy that I will not finish.
  71. Ashad
    Aug 9, 2023
    1
    Horrendously boring action game
    This is basically what present to us Final Fantasy 16.
    When at first you could even try to hope in any kind of difference between the first and the last hour, it's also the moment when you face the pitifully and depressing truth.. The gameplay is a monotonous button smashing from the first minutes until the end of the game. Basically 0 challenge    Horrendously boring action game
    This is basically what present to us Final Fantasy 16.
    When at first you could even try to hope in any kind of difference between the first and the last hour, it's also the moment when you face the pitifully and depressing truth..
    The gameplay is a monotonous button smashing from the first minutes until the end of the game.
    Basically 0 challenge
    Basically 0 exploration
    Meaningless level system, since you can beat the game without any kind of objects, and with just pressing a button
    The side quest are the worst kind of delivery missions, and the flat plot it's hugely predictable. There's no subspace and basically 0 twist, since all the characters are flat.
    I regret wasting my money in this trash cash grab
    And so I'm going to reselling this as soon as possible    … Expand
  72. TruthSeaker
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    Such a major dissapointment.
    Nothing in this beyond terrible game is well-made.
    Combat is designed for people who never played games, same goes fo enemies. Story starts great but with every hour turns into some mediocre mess that is written by some clueless student. Boruto has better character development than this snoozefest, it's insane how bad it is. Music is the only bright side    Such a major dissapointment.
    Nothing in this beyond terrible game is well-made.
    Combat is designed for people who never played games, same goes fo enemies.
    Story starts great but with every hour turns into some mediocre mess that is written by some clueless student.
    Boruto has better character development than this snoozefest, it's insane how bad it is.
    Music is the only bright side of this absolute failure of a game.    … Expand
  73. Kafka10
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Literally a shallow experience, and easily one of the worst FF released
    You wonder how Final Fantasy 16 menage to be an hugely worse Final Fantasy game than FF8, FF13, FF15, FF12 and FF2? Because it's not a jrpg
    In Final Fantasy 16 the 90% of the maps are linear and empty, and the mono-button gameplay becomes repetitive very easily considering the absence of enemies weaknesses. Another    Literally a shallow experience, and easily one of the worst FF released
    You wonder how Final Fantasy 16 menage to be an hugely worse Final Fantasy game than FF8, FF13, FF15, FF12 and FF2? Because it's not a jrpg
    In Final Fantasy 16 the 90% of the maps are linear and empty, and the mono-button gameplay becomes repetitive very easily considering the absence of enemies weaknesses.
    Another point where this Final Fantasy 16 fails it's the graphics, once upon a time the meaning of the franchise was also his wonderful graphics, but here in FF16 they have made a step back even on this, with the low poly textures, the framerates drops, and the background and NPC that feels like a PS3 assets port.
    And in the end, even the plot so much pumped ended up to be a snorefest of tediousness, especially after the first hours, like they know exactly what was the plot downsizes, and so they have decided to promote the game only accompanied by something from the first 3 hours, for this reasons the bait Demo.
    The literally only good aspect of all this mess is the OST, but I don't play videogames just for ear a song.
    And as a videogame Final Fantasy 16 is a failure
    In addition to being a bad Final Fantasy    … Expand
  74. Elory
    Aug 21, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately Final Fantasy 16 is a monotonous game
    - story without depth and mostly without evolution from beginning to end
    - the gameplay is BAD, too easy, without strategy, and highly repetitive - secondary characters supplanted by Clive, and Clive is one of the worst protagonists of the series - the hunt quest are all easy - all the side quests are trash tier, and pointless - 0    Unfortunately Final Fantasy 16 is a monotonous game
    - story without depth and mostly without evolution from beginning to end
    - the gameplay is BAD, too easy, without strategy, and highly repetitive
    - secondary characters supplanted by Clive, and Clive is one of the worst protagonists of the series
    - the hunt quest are all easy
    - all the side quests are trash tier, and pointless
    - 0 party, and 0 equipments (only swords and QTE accessories)
    - 80% of battles are made up of QTEs and cutscenes
    - the world is linear, empty, and mostly useless
    - linear and repetitive dungeons
    - practically 0 JRPG items

    This is not what I wanted from a Final Fantasy game    … Expand
  75. Elebax
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    A really bad game
    Not only because the plot of Final Fantasy 16 is basically a boring and padded story, but also because his gameplay is just not good (and not fun) to play.
    It feels like watching a bad fantasy movie drama. Ending up to create just an even more empty, dull, anonymous and literally worse Final Fantasy game than all the latest entries.
    Severally disappointed
  76. Dimyt
    Aug 26, 2023
    1
    Worst action game that human mind could make
    Because this Final Fantasy 16 is basically a bad fantasy movie disguised as a video game
    And for sure one of the worst games released recently The emptiness of the entire game begins to reveal itself from the very first hours, and precisely from after the first lazy Boss fight. The absence of strategies, options, and possibilities makes the    Worst action game that human mind could make
    Because this Final Fantasy 16 is basically a bad fantasy movie disguised as a video game
    And for sure one of the worst games released recently The emptiness of the entire game begins to reveal itself from the very first hours, and precisely from after the first lazy Boss fight. The absence of strategies, options, and possibilities makes the player a spectator of a circus made up of ridiculous characters in an empty and lifeless world.
    To the point that the gameplay becomes pointless.
    In comparison even Diablo 4 is a masterpiece compared to this FF16 crap    … Expand
  77. Yhoras
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    Final Fantasy 16 sucks for the following reasons:

    - it's a bad action game, due to a gameplay that is too repetitive and without incentives for any kind of challenge (you can literally finish the game without changing your weapon and without ever using any kind of items) - the plot is poorly written, and the story is just boring. Because based only on forced pretexts, and illogical    Final Fantasy 16 sucks for the following reasons:

    - it's a bad action game, due to a gameplay that is too repetitive and without incentives for any kind of challenge
    (you can literally finish the game without changing your weapon and without ever using any kind of items)
    - the plot is poorly written, and the story is just boring. Because based only on forced pretexts, and illogical motivations of the characters involved, and all this to bring out such a bland and banal protagonist dish that it competes with Vaan to be the worst in the series
    - has a linear and empty world. The map is just a menu where you select your destination and access the mission area. And it is a pity to note that despite this the maps of these missions are mostly empty and linear and therefore useless to explore
    - the dungeons design are bad, because they are all linear and empty corridors
    - the boring Lore
    - the quests are all garbage tier
    - poor technical performance. Even considering the technical structure of PS5, this FF16 turns out to be in some ways worse than an oldgen game
    It's not a JRPG and it is a terrible action game
    A disgrace for the whole franchise    … Expand
  78. Redhu
    Aug 31, 2023
    1
    Bad action game, with a boring story and trash gameplay
    I think it was a truly disappointing experience
  79. eroeru
    Sep 3, 2023
    0
    My thumb is sore from mashing square and my mind is dull from the drab story, dull characters and abhorrent worldbuilding.
  80. dragonknight4
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    FF16 is not a Final Fantasy game and not even an RPG. FF16 is a Game of Thrones game with Devil May Cry gameplay. It has completely crossed genres. Yoshida and his developers decided to add over the top gratuitous violence and titillating sex scenes to attract a new audience while abandoning their old one. When in history has this ever been successful? This game also has more movieFF16 is not a Final Fantasy game and not even an RPG. FF16 is a Game of Thrones game with Devil May Cry gameplay. It has completely crossed genres. Yoshida and his developers decided to add over the top gratuitous violence and titillating sex scenes to attract a new audience while abandoning their old one. When in history has this ever been successful? This game also has more movie cutscenes than gameplay if you're into that sort of thing. The hype for this game is high right now and gamers who are playing this are in the honeymoon phase. In the end, this game will be remembered as just an average action game.… Expand
  81. troublefete
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    Plus un film qu'un jeu et une liberté ridicule
    Gameplay moyen
    Scénario absurde
    Bon graphismes
  82. vegeta77
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    It's not a final fantasy, it's not a devil may cry, it's not an rpg, now what? A film with a good story, with a combat system badly copied from devil may cry and with an exploration that doesn't exist and an embarrassing difficulty. Newspapers of the sector that give 10 to rain, fortunately not everyone has a nose ring, endless disappointment, too bad, I was waiting for a real finalIt's not a final fantasy, it's not a devil may cry, it's not an rpg, now what? A film with a good story, with a combat system badly copied from devil may cry and with an exploration that doesn't exist and an embarrassing difficulty. Newspapers of the sector that give 10 to rain, fortunately not everyone has a nose ring, endless disappointment, too bad, I was waiting for a real final fantasy, but this is not the case.… Expand
  83. Zer0TheHer0
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The game wouldn't bad if it weren't for that awful off-center camera. Character needs to be in the center of the screen.
  84. X50
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Missões secundárias péssimas e repetitivas, desempenho horrível e mundo aberto vazio o que faz a exploração ser monótona e chata.
  85. jerryernst
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    Genuinely a terrible game in almost every aspect. It's all flash and no substance with bad writing made worse by some of the worst pacing issues in any media. I'm putting a zero because I fully believe this game is not worth playing, and a month after beating it I have not thought about it a single time other than right now to check if the hype died down yet and people came to their senses.
  86. vgmkyle
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I personally don't care at all about Square Enix after they betrayed Microsoft, and the truth is their games haven't been great in years anyway. They lost their heart and soul and sold it Sony because the characters in Final Fantasy XVI are dull, empty-headed and soulless. The combat is a carbon copy of KH and DMC which doesn't translate well in FF and the graphics are drab if you aren'tI personally don't care at all about Square Enix after they betrayed Microsoft, and the truth is their games haven't been great in years anyway. They lost their heart and soul and sold it Sony because the characters in Final Fantasy XVI are dull, empty-headed and soulless. The combat is a carbon copy of KH and DMC which doesn't translate well in FF and the graphics are drab if you aren't watching a summon. Characters lack personality and face textures. I don't care how many people love it or hate this review; I can only be real and say FFXVI is absolute trash.… Expand
  87. Gunther123
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    I Don't get the hype for this game it barely feels like a Final Fantasy game. It just rips off DMC's combat and the length of MGS cutscenes. Do not get this game you will be disappointed if you're a fan of the older and superior turn-based Final Fantasy games.
  88. eclesis
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    An extremely mediocre game that manages to be boring for almost 50 hours non stop.
    The gameplay is simplistic and does not even compare to its sources of inspiration: Devil May Cry, God of War etc…
    The game is far too easy and even boss fights are stacked with checkpoints so that you can restart mid-fight in the unlikely case you would die. Fighting is boring and ultra repetitive. The    An extremely mediocre game that manages to be boring for almost 50 hours non stop.
    The gameplay is simplistic and does not even compare to its sources of inspiration: Devil May Cry, God of War etc…
    The game is far too easy and even boss fights are stacked with checkpoints so that you can restart mid-fight in the unlikely case you would die.
    Fighting is boring and ultra repetitive.
    The gear system and abilities system are jokes and are not interesting.
    The item system is useless and you can breeze through the game by using only potions.
    There is no strategy in fights, you just damage, damage, and damage. No status, no magic, nothing… And there are so many explosions of lights that you can not see enemies attacking.
    The pacing of the game is horrible with extremely long cutscenes for the main story where people walk slowly, talk slowly, stare, and repeat the same things over and over. Every motion is slow, taking a quest, giving an item to an NPC, displaying the reward screen. And most of the time you can not speed it up, it’s either skip it or endure it.
    The main story is extremely simple and always repeats the same pattern: The bad guy of the hour appears, side quests to solve to go to the bad guy lair, fight with the bad guy, repeat over and over until the end. The villain of the game is revealed extremely early and from there there will be almost no twists. Everything that happens is easy to anticipate. The relationships between people are strange and very cringy. Even the romance between Clive and Jill is not good. The characters that accompany Clive are dull and uninteresting. Their clothes and designs are so devoid of color and originality that they look like any other random NPC. And since you do not control them, it does not feel like they are part of the adventure. The story is also an uninspired copy/paste of Game of Thrones and Witcher 3 in so many ways that it’s impossible to find a shred of originality in it.
    The side quests are a complete disaster and just MMORPG like side quests, devoid of any interest and impact on the story. You could just skip them and be the better for it. Their pacing and fetching pattern is also horrible.
    The game has 2 lore characters that are here to give the impression that the story is complex and ends up telling you most of the time nothing: One of them tells you: The king will probably do something soon. How is that even smart?
    There is no exploration, no map with free movements. It’s corridor after corridor after corridor.
    The chocobos are nice because they make you gain time. Otherwise they are useless. Same for the Mog.
    The main villain looks like an alien version of Marilyn Manson and does not inspire fear.
    The main character is a little interesting at the beginning but becomes very dull as the adventure goes on.
    Also the power scale does not make sense in this game, with simple thieves challenging your character to fight when he has god-like powers.

    Some of the musical pieces are good, especially during boss fights (except a very strange techno music that is the most horrible thing I have heard in an RPG). But others themes are just copy-paste of older FF music ( FF VIII, FF XIV) that do not have their place in this game.
    The only thing this game has going for it is that it is quite beautiful. But this is often diminished by having a lot of dark and dull environments. This makes the world dull and everything but a fantasy world.

    Also some of the Dominants fights and the last fight are quite epic. It’s such a shame that they are so easy and simple. It removes all sense of stakes and dread.    … Expand
  89. Malgarios
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Este é o pior ff ja feito a tiraram todos elementos possíveis de RPG e o pior ele não agregaram nada de novo ,a batalha é repetitiva e sem graça, o gráfico é dadato e a historio sem emoção este jogo só serve para deixar uma saudade imensas dois velhos e bons ff
    A Fantasia acabou
  90. Jkregers
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    A superficial experience. The itemization and progression is terrible. The action combat is pretty cool but came at the expense of so much that made the Final Fantasy series great. They can add action combat without losing dang near everything that made FF great along the way.
  91. dedsmell
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    The gameplay is shallow and repetitive. The shift to character action style gameplay is undercooked and still relies in a stagger mechanic to draw out the length of fights and pad out the game. The story is trite and mistakes adult language for maturity. In terms of how it handles the character and storytelling, it's hardly well developed and relies on an in-game encyclopedia to tell muchThe gameplay is shallow and repetitive. The shift to character action style gameplay is undercooked and still relies in a stagger mechanic to draw out the length of fights and pad out the game. The story is trite and mistakes adult language for maturity. In terms of how it handles the character and storytelling, it's hardly well developed and relies on an in-game encyclopedia to tell much of the story.… Expand
  92. ZeroAffex
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    In a nutshell --dumbed down for the masses. It's a borderline point and click adventure. There's next to no real strategy needed, it's super linear and you'll watch the game play more for you than you will actually play. I'm legit surprised this is a staple game to the long running series and not a spin off. Story is on par with a Disney marvel film with their objectives to cater towardsIn a nutshell --dumbed down for the masses. It's a borderline point and click adventure. There's next to no real strategy needed, it's super linear and you'll watch the game play more for you than you will actually play. I'm legit surprised this is a staple game to the long running series and not a spin off. Story is on par with a Disney marvel film with their objectives to cater towards mass appeal. It's safe, generic and lacks anything of substance. Unfortunately, that's all the game is. A story in which you are railroaded into playing the entire time with next to no real way to change the pace or outcome of. Side quest are very generic fetch or kill quest that don't even grant much for completing.

    Visuals are god-tier but that's it. Gameplay wise it's the most boring, mundane experience I've ever had with a final fantasy game. There's no thought process needed to play it. You'll just be mashing one button for hours. No party management, no level grinding, no exploration, no resistances or any sort of build variety/theory crafting..Apparently the last real final fantasy game was 15, this is not my final fantasy and is my biggest regret of spending $90 on for sure in my long gaming history. What a waste.. Square Enix really dropped the ball on this.    … Expand
  93. SylvaConnect
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Game is boring and under developed.
    Not even 15 was THIS horrible.
    I was able to play since FFT days to 15 and at worst, liked a little or either loved them. But this??? No It also doesnt help that Yoshi A) bribed reviewers with sparkling wine and a handshake at a fancy event and B) is paying SEA to monitor and crowd control reception. Its one of the reasons why 50% of the reviews on    Game is boring and under developed.
    Not even 15 was THIS horrible.
    I was able to play since FFT days to 15 and at worst, liked a little or either loved them.
    But this??? No

    It also doesnt help that Yoshi A) bribed reviewers with sparkling wine and a handshake at a fancy event and B) is paying SEA to monitor and crowd control reception. Its one of the reasons why 50% of the reviews on meta under a 4 are being deleted for no legit reason. The only bombs this game is getting are fake 10s. Not 0s Which it deserves    … Expand
  94. jugadorhardcore
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Worst FF ever. Music is generic, combat is broken (You can win battles by pressing square botton only), not exploration!!! Is not a FF at all...
  95. OnlyOneHere
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    This game is a steaming pile of garbage. Nothing in this game scream next-gen to justify the outrageous price of $70. The physics are beyond horrible. The lighting effects are a joke. The story is complete trash. It is the typical "muh dark mature story" cliche garbage beloved by toy-collecting Millennials. Maybe if these developers were more mature about developing their games thanThis game is a steaming pile of garbage. Nothing in this game scream next-gen to justify the outrageous price of $70. The physics are beyond horrible. The lighting effects are a joke. The story is complete trash. It is the typical "muh dark mature story" cliche garbage beloved by toy-collecting Millennials. Maybe if these developers were more mature about developing their games than writing cringeworthy stories for bully-victims, this game wouldn't have facial animations as awful as Mass Effect Andromeda. For goodness sake, why are developers so obsessed with exaggerating the dramatic music in games? Enough already. It's embarrassing to be a gamer these days because of stupid garbage like this.

    The combat is boring and repetitive. When I pay $70, I expect a combat system with depth and detail. All the developers did is put pretty lights during every move, to give players the illusion that the game is fun. None of that is fun for me. This game fails to add the attention to detail you would expect in a AAA game. There are too many invisible walls in this game, just like the last two arty farty God of War games. Speaking of God of War, there are too many cutscenes, even during the terrible boss fights. I don't want to watch a freaking movie, I just want to punch monsters. The side quests are boring. The level design is poor and so are the camera angles. Dead bodies and plants don't react to your movement. The animations are pathetic.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the story, this game will go back to the shelf and collect dust. Charging $70 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. The greedy developers were too cheap and lazy to implement multiplayer. I am sick to death of these greedy developers increasing the prices of games, only for us to get half of the game. I don't recommend this game at all, unless you want to support laziness.    … Expand
  96. Trix122
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    I came into this game surprised because of reviews. Played almost all FF games before, skeptical of this weird new concept of "action RPG" but due to reviews I thought maybe I should give it a try. I expected an OK game, nothing fancy but...Holy hell this is bad.

    The only salvageable things is the art and OST. Everything else is either mediocre or terribly implemented to be a game with    I came into this game surprised because of reviews. Played almost all FF games before, skeptical of this weird new concept of "action RPG" but due to reviews I thought maybe I should give it a try. I expected an OK game, nothing fancy but...Holy hell this is bad.

    The only salvageable things is the art and OST. Everything else is either mediocre or terribly implemented to be a game with such a budget. YoshiP should stick to FF14. I'm very disappointed even though I expected nothing, and I rate it 0 because I feel like I completely got scammed by unfair and subjective reviews which are probably purchased, so I'll just balance it out.    … Expand
  97. Technickle
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    why just why. I don't understand the hype, and maybe it's just bad timing, but every time I watch someone play this, its looks extremely boring. The dialogue means nothing, and the character look bored as all hell when engaging with NPCS. There is no way the hype can be this strong, for something so off putting.

    The character voices don't even match the characters they portray and makes    why just why. I don't understand the hype, and maybe it's just bad timing, but every time I watch someone play this, its looks extremely boring. The dialogue means nothing, and the character look bored as all hell when engaging with NPCS. There is no way the hype can be this strong, for something so off putting.

    The character voices don't even match the characters they portray and makes liking them even less possible.

    If you enjoyed old-school combat from FF, do not play.

    0/10    … Expand
  98. NicoCC
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    If you love Devil May Cry, this game is for you. If you love Final Fantasy games, this game is NOT for you. I've literally played all previous FF games and I love the RPG games in general. So here are my reasons for giving it a zero:

    1. The story is terrible and terribly written. 2. It is absolutely NOT an RPG game. 3. Dialog is very boring. 4. Characters are forgettable. 5. Side    If you love Devil May Cry, this game is for you. If you love Final Fantasy games, this game is NOT for you. I've literally played all previous FF games and I love the RPG games in general. So here are my reasons for giving it a zero:

    1. The story is terrible and terribly written.
    2. It is absolutely NOT an RPG game.
    3. Dialog is very boring.
    4. Characters are forgettable.
    5. Side quests are boring.
    6. Battles are very easy.
    7. Item and weapon pallet is small.
    8. Crafting is terrible, you collect a ton of things that you have nowhere to use.
    9. You can't buy back items, so don't sell anything because you will miss an opportunity late in the game without warning.
    10. Music is not on par to previous titles.
    11. Some aspects of the game design are very unnecessary.
    12. OVERALL: this is a complete failure as a "Final Fantasy" title. As a "Devil May Cry"-type title, it works. Graphics are nice too. But the most important aspects of the game are terrible.

    If this is the direction SquareEnix is going with Final Fantasy, then Final Fantasy as we knew it is dead.    … Expand
  99. Joseafc1
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mal juego, muy repetitivo. Mala banda sonora, gráficos con caídas en FPS y lo más importante. Me pasa sacando de mi playstation por problemas de calentamiento. Increíble que saliera a la luz tan verde el juego. Dato curioso. … Expand
  100. siksik81
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Boss fights are super Easy, boss doesn't damage you much, Boss health is enormously huge, it feels like you are hitting a huge rock which doesn't respond back and above that when boss staggers he doesn't wake up for 30 seconds which is huge feels like hitting a dead body. Story is like Ubisoft's game like you start with a good mission that creates hype and then the game leaves you like anBoss fights are super Easy, boss doesn't damage you much, Boss health is enormously huge, it feels like you are hitting a huge rock which doesn't respond back and above that when boss staggers he doesn't wake up for 30 seconds which is huge feels like hitting a dead body. Story is like Ubisoft's game like you start with a good mission that creates hype and then the game leaves you like an orphan and you keep doing the same thing over n over again. Overall Boring game… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 146 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 134 out of 146
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 146
  3. Negative: 0 out of 146
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    100
    Final Fantasy XVI is an excellent game in every way. If you're a fan of the series for the stories and characters, you won't go wrong here, and if you've avoided the series for, say, turn-based combat, the sixteenth installment offers the perfect opportunity to get started with this legend of the gaming industry. [Issue#329]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Oct 30, 2023
    73
    This is a solid RPG/action game. Some elements of the game are unusual and fresh for single-player parts of the Final Fantasy series, but some are too dull and rudimentary.
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  3. PLAY
    Sep 17, 2023
    90
    New numbered FFs are good again. Stunning to look at, with new, punchy combat, and a great yarn, it is, if anything, too focussed, lacking a bit of the weird. [Issue#30, p.78]
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