Final Fantasy XVI

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8567 Ratings

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  1. JohnHamad5050
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    You can watch this game on YouTube and you will not miss anything. You watch a cutscene then walk for 5 minutes and another cutscene. The game play is repeatitive and the abilities are not satisfying. I miss the old FF, it was at least unique.
  2. saptar
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. FFXVI is a bad game and the worst FF ever made.
    -Story has poor pacing, many inconsistencies and dropped plot points
    -Characters are dull and some have incomplete arcs -Performance is terrible -The action combat has no dept and every enemy can be countered in the sale way, no strategy is required -Exploration Is either non-existent or pointless since the rewards are poor -Side quests

    The 16 flaws of Final Fantasy 16:
    1 - the game is an ignorant action that can be completed by holding down the square button all the time
    2 - the framerate dancer slows down the flow of gameplay and cutscenes too often even with the DayOne Patch
    3 - flat and linear level design makes corridor exploration useless
    4 - the gameplay becomes repetitive already after the first three hours, given how the combinations of elements do not lead to different results of the battles, marking its disarming superficiality
    5 - texture pop up is ugly to see in 2023
    6 - the plot starts with rhythm and ends with boredom.
    Bringing ridiculous motivations and turning many situations into meaningless bad moments
    7 - there are no minigames
    8 - once the story is completed there is no secret content or endgame. Only the New Game +
    9 - the "dungeons" are all linear, flat and copy paste
    10 - it's too easy even on hard mode. So much so that I could call it a joke even for a casual gamer
    11 - there is no party, only Torgal the dog who can do 2 commands and that's it
    12 - there is no World Map, but only a map menu where you can select the mission...
    13 - The final Boss is an insult compared to all previous Bosses in the game.
    And it's also one of the worst when compared to the Final Bosses of previous Final Fantasy games
    14 - side quests are awful. Deliver flowers, escort items, collect item, etc...
    15 - the "hunts" are not well built and indeed are tedious and essentially useless since they are nothing but mobs that are easy to exterminate
    16 - the inconsiderate and bad use of the Quick Time Events. Because usually in games like God of War they have a more marked value to affect the game itself. But here in Final Fantasy 16 they're overdone, to the point where 99% of enemies are demolished by these Quick Time Events just to disguise a load-up between the end of a battle and the start of a cutscene    … Expand
  3. Majoretx
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    I really wish they stayed with the combat from ff remake. This is a dumbed down version and its terrible. also peformance mode is not good
  4. Belior
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    This isnt a Final Fantasy! Its a casual dumb ass action button smasher. Boring and not a JRPG!
  5. Keav
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juego aburrido, lineal, repetitivo, gráficas de PS3 a 720p y 28ftps es una vergüenza, no gastes tu dinero, además se va a quemar tu tostadora.… Expand
  6. Shadowpunch99
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    It has the same flaws as FF13 minus the combat i.e linear level designs ,walking and talking simulator until the game opens up. Also it is probably the easiest final fantasy since every enemy can be overwhelmed easily with an easy-mastered combo, even the final boss. I used quality mode for exploration and performance mode for battles since the stuttering and screen tearing areIt has the same flaws as FF13 minus the combat i.e linear level designs ,walking and talking simulator until the game opens up. Also it is probably the easiest final fantasy since every enemy can be overwhelmed easily with an easy-mastered combo, even the final boss. I used quality mode for exploration and performance mode for battles since the stuttering and screen tearing are intolerable with all the dips in fps.… Expand
  7. Dad_Zayed
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This is not Final fantasy that we know Story is destroyed with ****

    Fighting is not final fantasy style Rename it with any new game name but not Final fantasy And keep it clean with clean story and normal one
  8. MaxPainAlchmst
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    As long time Final Fantasy fan, as a man who's life was somewhat touched by the FF series, especially 7,8,9 and 10. This game is blasphemy.
    THIS IS NOT A FINAL FANTASY game period, it might have the same name, but that's about where the similarities end.
    I'm all for trying new concepts and game ideas, however, don't mess with the original formula. you only get to make one of these games    As long time Final Fantasy fan, as a man who's life was somewhat touched by the FF series, especially 7,8,9 and 10. This game is blasphemy.
    THIS IS NOT A FINAL FANTASY game period, it might have the same name, but that's about where the similarities end.
    I'm all for trying new concepts and game ideas, however, don't mess with the original formula. you only get to make one of these games every 6-7 years, go experiment with a spin-off
    If I can refund this I'm definitely going to.    … Expand
  9. neilmagic
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Sorry, but you take away the traditional combat, you take away the legacy and you ultimately get a zero rating. Stop butchering legacies such as Final Fantasy by turning them into dumbed down generic hack and slashes, we have enough of that.

    Battle system is critical! You simply don't mess with the core structure of this,it's what made FF stand out as it utilised tradition and made it    Sorry, but you take away the traditional combat, you take away the legacy and you ultimately get a zero rating. Stop butchering legacies such as Final Fantasy by turning them into dumbed down generic hack and slashes, we have enough of that.

    Battle system is critical! You simply don't mess with the core structure of this,it's what made FF stand out as it utilised tradition and made it modern in all other aspects, this is a compliment to the games not a detriment and tearing that out leaves it as a nothing, zero!    … Expand
  10. Narheru
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Donc quand on est pas d'accord avec la majorité on se fait supprimer son commentaire et sa note ?
    je n'ai pas aimé le jeu et j'ai expliqué pourquoi. Je ne vois pas pourquoi mon commentaire a été supprimé. Mais je garderai mon 0 ! Par contre je comprends mieux pourquoi le jeu grimpe depuis le début alors qu'il était dans les 6/10 (sa vraie note pour moi). Il suffit de supprimer les notes    Donc quand on est pas d'accord avec la majorité on se fait supprimer son commentaire et sa note ?
    je n'ai pas aimé le jeu et j'ai expliqué pourquoi. Je ne vois pas pourquoi mon commentaire a été supprimé. Mais je garderai mon 0 ! Par contre je comprends mieux pourquoi le jeu grimpe depuis le début alors qu'il était dans les 6/10 (sa vraie note pour moi). Il suffit de supprimer les notes négatives. Bravo !    … Expand
  11. neohpgfra
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    La vérité éclate enfin malgré les fanboys sonyais qui se relayent à coups de multi comptes pour mettre des 20 !
    Ce jeu est une daube infâme, FF est mort après le FF X !
    Ce FF XVI regroupe tout ce qu’on peut faire de pire dans un jeu : - un gameplay simpliste, assisté à outrance (imposé par Sony pour aider les casual) - une difficulté PEGI 3 risible - des quêtes annexes FedEx    La vérité éclate enfin malgré les fanboys sonyais qui se relayent à coups de multi comptes pour mettre des 20 !
    Ce jeu est une daube infâme, FF est mort après le FF X !
    Ce FF XVI regroupe tout ce qu’on peut faire de pire dans un jeu :
    - un gameplay simpliste, assisté à outrance (imposé par Sony pour aider les casual)
    - une difficulté PEGI 3 risible - des quêtes annexes FedEx inintéressantes au possible - des combats de primordiaux avec des QTE des années 2000
    - pas de vraie mécanique RPG
    - pas de loot / craft d’armes et de tenues dignes d’un RPG
    - des cinématiques Netflix faisant passer Kojima pour un réalisateur de court métrage ! Rien que la démo c’est 1h15 de cinématique sur 2H de démo !     … Expand
  12. krutoj
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Just another Final Fantasy game, that fails to deliver. The world looks great, but it's just a lifeless scenery. There are barely people you can actually talk to and if there are, they don't have anything interesting to say. The characters also look too clean for a medival fantasy game.
    The battle system is again very chaotic. Once you gain more abilities there are light shows all over    Just another Final Fantasy game, that fails to deliver. The world looks great, but it's just a lifeless scenery. There are barely people you can actually talk to and if there are, they don't have anything interesting to say. The characters also look too clean for a medival fantasy game.
    The battle system is again very chaotic. Once you gain more abilities there are light shows all over the screen and you barely know what's going on. It just isn't a problem, because most enemies don't even pose a threat. Except for their large health pools they don't have anything going for them. So even with blind button mashing you'll be fine. The battles just drag on for way too long.
    Also it's very annoying, that you often get animation locked by your abilities. This is so counterintuitive for an ARPG. If you want to make action combat, design your skills for action combat, so that my character responds to my input and isn't locked for 3 seconds, because he has to go through a lengthy animation.
    If you want to make lengthy and flashy animtions, go back to making turn based games. At least there players can enjoy those animations. In an ARPG they are just an hindrance.
    The side quests are the worst type of fetch quests you'll ever see in a video game. It's unbelievable how a series known for their great side quests could turn into this.
    There is barely no RPG and almost no J left in this JRPG. It's more like a character action game than anything else. The skill progression system is so shallow, they could just have removed it all together and turned the whole game into an Action game instead of an JRPG.

    But the worst thing are those Eikon battles the game advertises with. They just aren't fun and fell so out of place. You see like 20-30 seconds of interesting animations and actions, but the battles drag on for 5 minutes or more. You just keep repeating the same mind numbing stuff over and over and over again, barely doing any damage to your enemy and having to rewatch the same animations over and over and over again. So after a while you get really annoyed by those animations, that were supposed to be cool and awesome. You just wish to finally get over with this fight and move on with the story. It would have been much much better if SE made the Eikon battles just 20-30 seconds long cutscenes.

    The story and characters are the only good aspects of this game, but they can't save this trainwreck. Before you buy this game check out the demo.    … Expand
  13. hrrhrst
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    It’s really no fun to play. It’s like a bad Bayonetta or Devil May Cry. Story is weak. It’s just running forward and pressing square. By far the worst FF ever.
  14. mike346
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This is just a bland boring Dmc, this isn't ff at all lol appealing to a broader audience kills Games
  15. Foxtnv
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Disappointment is the right word, I played about 18 hours and I can say that this game is not Final Fantasy, it’s something else, it looks more like a Devil May Cry with big fps drops and look that I’m not complaining about that, I miss the old Final Fantasy.
  16. SnakeCritic
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    Che fine ha fatto Final Fantasy?! Non vi è nulla che riconduca a tale franchise. Totale assenza di componenti rpg, esplorazione non pervenuta in un level design piatto e imbarazzante, combat system monocorde, nessun segreto (d'altra parte, non essendoci minimamente esplorazione degna di tal nome, non poteva essere altrimenti), storia convenzionale e per nulla originale con un ritmo nelChe fine ha fatto Final Fantasy?! Non vi è nulla che riconduca a tale franchise. Totale assenza di componenti rpg, esplorazione non pervenuta in un level design piatto e imbarazzante, combat system monocorde, nessun segreto (d'altra parte, non essendoci minimamente esplorazione degna di tal nome, non poteva essere altrimenti), storia convenzionale e per nulla originale con un ritmo nel complesso assai lento e sinusoidale, una moltitudine di fetch quest ridicole all'ennesima potenza, tecnicamente instabile con cali di framerate, eccetera, eccetera, eccetera...
    Bene solo la soundtrack, ma sotto questo aspetto il brand non ha mai fallito. Troppo, troppo poco.
    Delusione totale.    … Expand
  17. Andryu180
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    I play on a 83'' OLED and having to play at 30 fps on such a big screen is a horrific experience. I can't play in 30 fps and 30 fps shouldn't exist anymore in 2023, 60 + fps should be the minimum standard. Unfortunately, performance mode in this game is super choppy, fps constantly drop below 48 thus disengaging vrr and causing microstutters. I can't give anything other than 0 because II play on a 83'' OLED and having to play at 30 fps on such a big screen is a horrific experience. I can't play in 30 fps and 30 fps shouldn't exist anymore in 2023, 60 + fps should be the minimum standard. Unfortunately, performance mode in this game is super choppy, fps constantly drop below 48 thus disengaging vrr and causing microstutters. I can't give anything other than 0 because I paid 80 euros but i can't play the game because it hurt my eyes. I'll give an actual vote if a patch is released that improve the performance mode and I can actually play the game… Expand
  18. NotShared
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Not an RPG, boring button mashing gameplay, do not waste $75 on a 17 hour cutscene masquerading as a DMC knock off action game with god awful voice acting. It is cringe inducing garbage. All you do is press square, walk down hallways and watch cutscenes. Even the boss fights are just cutscenes with QTE prompts to make sure your still awake.
  19. caiocsampaio
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The battle system is just amazing. The main story is pretty good. Didn't like the main ending villain, but the Game of Thrones feel for the first 90% makes up for it. The only problems are that loot is pretty much useless, making exploration also useless. And the sidequests are a MAJOR slow down to the main quest rhythm, specially towards the final mission when all of the sudden you get like 15 quests that take about 4 hours while you should be going after the bad guy that's about to destroy the world.… Expand
  20. PedroCarvalho
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Muito triste ver uma franquia tão aclamada como Final Fantasy ir do luxo ao lixo, falo em relação aos gráficos e as limitações bizarras de cenários, as quedas de resolução, etc .. o jogo simplesmente não tem nada de final fantasy apesar do nome.
  21. Mortanius_lok
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    J'espère que les prochains jeux AAA ne fassent pas comme FF16 qui pousse l'assistanat à un niveau honteux. On en est encore en 2023 à se rertrouver bloqué pendant 15 minutes dans un tuto qui t'apprend à appuyer sur carré pour attaquer au corp à corp, et triangle pour à attaque distance... on te met le jeu sur pause dès le début pour t'indiquer que le petit truc sur ta manette, ce qu'onJ'espère que les prochains jeux AAA ne fassent pas comme FF16 qui pousse l'assistanat à un niveau honteux. On en est encore en 2023 à se rertrouver bloqué pendant 15 minutes dans un tuto qui t'apprend à appuyer sur carré pour attaquer au corp à corp, et triangle pour à attaque distance... on te met le jeu sur pause dès le début pour t'indiquer que le petit truc sur ta manette, ce qu'on appelle stick gauche sert à déplacer ton personnage, star pour ouvrir le menu et stick gauche pour contrôler la caméra....etc, je vous le jure ce n'est pas une blague, FF16 te met encore en 2023 des indicateurs lumineux de 5 mètres de hauteur sur les objets pour te signaler leur présence, histoire de ne pas le rater dans ta progression dans des couloirs fermés, on sait jamais, y en a peut-être qui oriente la caméra tout le temps vers le ciel quand ils parcourent ces couloirs vides. J'ai 10 heures de jeu et je n'en peux plus... c'est du vandalisme intellectuelle et le jeu ne fait aucune confiance à notre intelligence en tant que joueur qui considère qu'on est des attardés.

    Edit (30-06-2023) : Je reviens changer ma note après 30 heures de jeu, je sais qu'il me reste encore beaucoup à faire mais j'arrête définitivement. Heureusement je peux toujours me faire remboursé 90% le prix que j'ai déboursé.    … Expand
  22. Reuben78
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    was a great game super happy its moved on from all the bugs and glitches of the last instalment. smooth gameplay and good story no regrets in this purchase
  23. Vexmythoclast
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    rpg elements: absolutely terrible, have played 5 dollar indie games with far better rpg in it

    pacing: I literally fell asleep during one of the many unnecessarily extended cutscenes. sometimes i would ask myself, what were they even thinking in these situations, i.e 2 charscters looking at each other, no words exchanged. I get it you had actors, who do a good job, but still man. 80% of    rpg elements: absolutely terrible, have played 5 dollar indie games with far better rpg in it

    pacing: I literally fell asleep during one of the many unnecessarily extended cutscenes. sometimes i would ask myself, what were they even thinking in these situations, i.e 2 charscters looking at each other, no words exchanged. I get it you had actors, who do a good job, but still man. 80% of the game is watching it play itself. I can prepare a cheese plate and eat it while just moving from cutscene to cutscene.

    I thought, this game might kindle some joy for this genre, but I still wait for a enjoyable rpg from the east.    … Expand
  24. Biggun
    Jun 28, 2023
    0
    C'est le pire Final Fantasy jamais créé. Ca n'est pas un JRPG mais un action RPG lambda très action les textures sont grossières les personnages sont sans charismes la difficulté est au plus bas le gameplay est ultra répétitif. Et le jeu est tellement mal optimisé qu'il fait surchauffer les consoles PS5.
  25. psbrann
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    First 10 hours are great. Last 50 hours are complete dog **** Never have I seen a game decline in quality so fast.
  26. wnedgar
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    A última vez que fiquei tão no hype com um jogo na vida foi com GTA V, em 2013, e FFXVI não decepcionou nem um pouco. Eu terminei o FFVIIR no final de 2022 e me deu uma leve empolgada com Final Fantasy, até então uma franquia desconhecida pra mim. Resolvi pegar o XVI por conta dos trailers e, principalmente, depois de ler mais sobre a lore. Acabei comprado na pré-venda.

    O hype era tanto    A última vez que fiquei tão no hype com um jogo na vida foi com GTA V, em 2013, e FFXVI não decepcionou nem um pouco. Eu terminei o FFVIIR no final de 2022 e me deu uma leve empolgada com Final Fantasy, até então uma franquia desconhecida pra mim. Resolvi pegar o XVI por conta dos trailers e, principalmente, depois de ler mais sobre a lore. Acabei comprado na pré-venda.

    O hype era tanto que joguei o IV, V e VI (ainda preciso terminar) pelo Pixel Remaster e rapidamente me apaixonei pela franquia.

    O XVI é diferente de tudo, muito mais puxado para a ação, mas o que realmente me fez apaixonar pelo jogo é a forma que tudo aqui é extremamente linear. Eu sei que hoje em dia isso é um ponto negativo, mas pra mim é onde o jogo realmente triunfa. Eu não quero coletar coisas inúteis, não quero matar 9999 inimigos aleatórios para uma quest, não quero ter que explorar um mapa apenas por explorar. Esse jogo me lembra muito os jogos da era do PS2: somente jogue e se divirta da maneira que desenhamos o jogo - e tudo funciona muito bem! A lore do jogo é um ESPETÁCULO, o sistema de combate é muito bom (tanto para casuais quanto pros mais tryhard), os visuais são lindos e a música é simplesmente fantástica. Até agora é o GOTY para mim. Achava impossível que esse jogo fosse alcançar o hype que eu tava, mas ele superou em tudo. Pela primeira vez em anos eu fiz 100% (main e sidequest + hunts) de um jogo, isso diz muito. As únicas coisas negativas são o modo desempenho não cravar 60fps e as side-quests que, em alguns casos, são muito “pega isso e entrega ali” - mas mesmo assim, as histórias por trás das sidequests valem muito a pena (tanto que fiz todas e enriquecem muito a lore).

    Já estou vivendo numa depressão pós-FFXVI, que venham DLCs em Valisthea.    … Expand
  27. ItsMeMrX
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The worst final fantasy I've ever plays was FF13 series, but this one beat the worst, and achieve the worst FF I've ever played.
    No good sound tracks, no summons (just story line summons), and you can use its power s limit break. Finished within 30 hours (full of boring cutscenes), NO SECRETS, no ultimate weapon.
  28. woaimiyabi
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    The rpg elements are almost devoid of branches, boring and lengthy performance maps without exploration, which is simply
  29. yigeguangtou
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    ff16 has abandoned all the features in the previous series, but it is not rpg that has lost its traditional core
  30. derekshreds
    Jun 28, 2023
    0
    - Side quests are 100% fetch items and return them.
    - Performance mode averages 20-40 fps.
    - Graphics mode averages 10 fps, with so much motion blur that it looks terrible. - The dubbing is atrocious. Lips NEVER match the voicing. Their fix for this is to cut to the non-speaker in cutscenes, so you can’t see the bad mismatching. Games as far back as FFX had better dubbing. - The    - Side quests are 100% fetch items and return them.
    - Performance mode averages 20-40 fps.
    - Graphics mode averages 10 fps, with so much motion blur that it looks terrible.
    - The dubbing is atrocious. Lips NEVER match the voicing. Their fix for this is to cut to the non-speaker in cutscenes, so you can’t see the bad mismatching. Games as far back as FFX had better dubbing.
    - The graphics in general are worse than PS4 era games.
    - The sound mixing is TERRIBLE, with battles being 3x the volume of the out-of-combat world. This is through high end reference speakers and subwoofer. I’m a music producer, so I’m not ignorant when it comes to this.
    - The combat is generally too easy. You spam the square button and wait a minute for cooldowns.
    - Clive’s sword always clips through the sheathe, and they try to mitigate this by cutting to the front, so you can’t see him holster it in cutscenes.

    This game by all measurable standards is a pile of unfinished garbage. 0/10 for sound mixing, 0/10 for combat, 0/10 for performance, 0/10 for side-quests, and a 0/10 for a derivative storyline that basically carbon copies The Witcher and GoT.

    … Expand
  31. William666
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    It's missing that classic turn based combat that help the old games pop. I mean. 50 hour game playing as one character? No thanks you. Old Final Fantasy 4 - 10 let me play as multiple characters. Finak Fantasy 9 has a better story and characters and music than Final Fantasy 16.
  32. wmurphy011
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    This is not the worst, but is one of the worst FF's ever made. (I've played them all.) It has shallow, clichéd characters, a sub-par story, the most generic soundtrack I've ever heard in a FF game, no real exploration (everything is linear and you simply keep going from point A to point B in different places) and it has extremely (and I do mean 'extremely') shallow gameplay systems. YouThis is not the worst, but is one of the worst FF's ever made. (I've played them all.) It has shallow, clichéd characters, a sub-par story, the most generic soundtrack I've ever heard in a FF game, no real exploration (everything is linear and you simply keep going from point A to point B in different places) and it has extremely (and I do mean 'extremely') shallow gameplay systems. You can't even call this game an RPG because it has almost no RPG elements, whatsoever. It's basically a long action game with 6 different sword slashing moves you can do, and some magic. It's set in a boring world that does not give you that same magical, awe-inspiring feel that you got with FF5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 & 13. It also has the worst side quest content ever put into a FF game. Even worse than FFVII Remake's side quests, and that's really saying something. It is, in reality, a cheaper more stripped down game than FF15, and FF15 was already a pretty bad game compared to the previous games in the series.

    FF16 is, very honestly speaking, considerably worse than 15 and the sales are proving it. This game has only been out for a week and it's already bombing. During it's launch week, physical sales were 74% lower than FF15's launch week's physical sales. It's digital download sales are also far lower at less than 1/3 of FF15's download sales during it's launch week. And both of these figures are already dropping and it's only week 2! At this rate, this game is going to be one of the worst selling FF titles since the SuperNintendo era. And that is saying a lot. By FF standards, this game is tanking.

    On top of all that, players opinions of the game do not match what the main stream critics have been saying, which sends up major red flags. It seems very clear to me that we have yet another case of a major developer paying-off mainstream reviewers for high review scores. I mean, SE were already saying they were worried about the game selling well due to very low pre-order numbers. It seems more than likely that they "spent" some money to try to garner some positive feedback for the game. It obviously didn't work though, since in week 2 of it's release it's sales are plummeting as if off a sheer cliff. Don't be fooled by video game addicted, fanboy reviews. Do your own research. I made the mistake of buying this game (and have beaten all the previous games in the series) and quit playing it at the 6-1/2 hours mark. I just couldn't justify to myself spending any more time playing such a shallow, linear, stripped down, generic game.    … Expand
  33. Laleb
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    A ps5 videogame has repetitive wooden animations, bad graphic, small empty maps, ridiculous chocobo riding and side missions. I see a ton of game of thrones references here. When they dont it sucks. For Japmaniacs only...
  34. NatalyaS
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is Hugely disappointing, especially from Yoshi P.
    Boring, meaningless, stiff characters and Clive's Death is Pointless.    … Expand
  35. Damashi
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    I just cant in good conscience rate the game highly it's not an awful game by any means, but it's just not what I want out of a Final Fantasy game, or an action game. The story just isn't doing anything for me, and the combat is so painfully easy compared to other games in the genre that I grew bored quickly. Maybe it's a old man can't get over the game not being FF 5, 6, or 7 situation,I just cant in good conscience rate the game highly it's not an awful game by any means, but it's just not what I want out of a Final Fantasy game, or an action game. The story just isn't doing anything for me, and the combat is so painfully easy compared to other games in the genre that I grew bored quickly. Maybe it's a old man can't get over the game not being FF 5, 6, or 7 situation, but I'm just not feeling it.… Expand
  36. Atreus69
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Se me ha desconectado 3 veces por sobrecalentamiento la consola con un juego que no llega a 1080 y 30 fps.Las misiones secundarias son aburridas a más no poder y no sigo escribiendo más para no perder más tiempo con esta porquería.Al Game a ver si puedo recuperar algo antes de que baje precio.
  37. alissonvisa
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    A nota eh zero pq esse game fez tudo de forma superficial, se ele tem craft, eh um craft basico, se ele tem combate eh um combate basico, nao se engane pelas animacoes bonitas, se torna repetitivo e sem profundidade ao longo do game, pois voce so tem um personagem pra jogar e a progressao nao eh complexa e nem cheia de opcoes. NPCs sem vida, side quests ridiculas que vc pode skipar e naoA nota eh zero pq esse game fez tudo de forma superficial, se ele tem craft, eh um craft basico, se ele tem combate eh um combate basico, nao se engane pelas animacoes bonitas, se torna repetitivo e sem profundidade ao longo do game, pois voce so tem um personagem pra jogar e a progressao nao eh complexa e nem cheia de opcoes. NPCs sem vida, side quests ridiculas que vc pode skipar e nao vai perder nada. Qualidade do jogo como um todo eh bem questionavel, podemos ver varios titulos de 2023 que foram executados de forma muito mais detalhada, e que eh notavel o esforco de desenvolvimento nele, ja FF 16 passa a sensacao de que tentou ser algo mas saiu do forno antes da hora.… Expand
  38. Toicinhu
    Jun 23, 2023
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Infelizmente o jogo é muito ruim, não roda 4k, muito menos 60fps, a ambientação é ruim, e o combate pior ainda.… Expand
  39. Zartul
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    The fights are repetitive, the loss of control in the middle of some Boss fights is ridiculous, and the earlier bosses can be easily cheesed... Besides, the scripted "run for your life" scenes offer no real danger of a game over and you mostly can just walk without risk... The side quests are tedious, and the hubs are empty... If I wanted to see a movie I would have gone to the theater,The fights are repetitive, the loss of control in the middle of some Boss fights is ridiculous, and the earlier bosses can be easily cheesed... Besides, the scripted "run for your life" scenes offer no real danger of a game over and you mostly can just walk without risk... The side quests are tedious, and the hubs are empty... If I wanted to see a movie I would have gone to the theater, not to play a game!… Expand
  40. Matthew0340
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This is not a "review bomb", user reviews are a rating of how much they enjoyed the game.
    Of you want technical review scores pay attention to Profesional reviews. I was a huge ff fan, a fan of turn based and pause and play.
    These types of action games just turn into button masters and get really old really quick. Can't control other party members. Hated this game. Half way through and    This is not a "review bomb", user reviews are a rating of how much they enjoyed the game.
    Of you want technical review scores pay attention to Profesional reviews. I was a huge ff fan, a fan of turn based and pause and play.
    These types of action games just turn into button masters and get really old really quick.
    Can't control other party members.
    Hated this game. Half way through and too annoyed by combat to continue. If you like devil may cry and god of war type games that's great you probably will love this game. But am sad they changed my favorite series into something I can't even play anymore, aren't there enough triple A game like this out there already?    … Expand
  41. Djinn_A
    Jun 23, 2023
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    A Game "pumped up" by the critics but full of flaws.
    Flaws of Final Fantasy 16:
    - The game is an ignorant action that can be completed by holding down the square button all the time - The framerate slows down the flow of gameplay even with the DayOne Patch - Flat and linear level design makes corridor exploration useless - The gameplay becomes repetitive - Texture pop up is ugly to    A Game "pumped up" by the critics but full of flaws.
    Flaws of Final Fantasy 16:
    - The game is an ignorant action that can be completed by holding down the square button all the time
    - The framerate slows down the flow of gameplay even with the DayOne Patch
    - Flat and linear level design makes corridor exploration useless
    - The gameplay becomes repetitive
    - Texture pop up is ugly to see in 2023
    - The plot starts with rhythm and ends with boredom.
    - Once the story is completed there is no secret content or endgame. Only the New Game +
    - The "dungeons" are all linear, flat and copy paste
    - It's too easy even on hard mode. So much so that I could call it a joke even for a casual gamer
    - There is no party, only Torgal the dog who can do 2 commands and that's it
    - There is no World Map, but only a map menu where you can select the mission...
    -The final Boss is an insult compared to all previous Bosses in the game.
    -Side quests are awful. Deliver flowers, escort items, collect item, etc...
    -The "hunts" are not well built and indeed are tedious
    -The inconsiderate and bad use of the Quick Time Events
    -Story has poor pacing, many inconsistencies and dropped plot points
    -Characters are dull and some have incomplete arcs
    -The action combat has no dept and every enemy can be countered in the sale way, no strategy is required
    -Exploration Is either non-existent or pointless since the rewards are poor
    -Side quests are boring and often a waste of time
    -The sex and nudity on screen feels extremely cheap and a poor way to copy from the main source of inspiration for this game.    … Expand
  42. neonvega
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Game lacks the feel of FF , slow movement, easy and unrewarding combat system, bland and non looking FF characters , poor optimization, this isnt FF this is bloodborne LITE meets Oblivion with slightly upgraded graphics from Ps4 era , Story is boring and slow as molasses pace, Clive is stoic and boring, no minigames or other content; Non-Linear gameplay worse than FF13 with scriptedGame lacks the feel of FF , slow movement, easy and unrewarding combat system, bland and non looking FF characters , poor optimization, this isnt FF this is bloodborne LITE meets Oblivion with slightly upgraded graphics from Ps4 era , Story is boring and slow as molasses pace, Clive is stoic and boring, no minigames or other content; Non-Linear gameplay worse than FF13 with scripted battles and events ;

    This title is only in name of FF and does not represent the core tradition of its predecessors they should have called it FF: Interactive Edition because the amount of time your watching cutscenes vs exploring or doing battles is about 70%-30% it would make the Yakuza series blush the amount of time your forced to watch scripted cutscenes back to back to back

    the demo fooled everyone core and casual audience alike I feel sorry for those poor souls that I read many a times on forums and YT that claimed they actually bought a PS5 system for this abomination at least you will have Spiderman 2 to have for hope ;;; wow 2023 was supposed to be excellent for gaming so far outside of Hogwarts its been poor to deliver    … Expand
  43. Jesadu
    Jun 23, 2023
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    I prefer replay Chrono Cross 200 times rather then make a second run with FF16
    Because Final Fantasy 16 become horribly bad from the second half of the plot
  44. Alono
    Jun 23, 2023
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    An even worse final fantasy game than FFVII Remake and FFXV
    This is Hugely disappointing, especially from YoshiP
  45. Chyfu
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    An awful and easy action game, and a bad Final Fantasy
    This atrocious movie game is empty in every aspect except the plot, the cringe plot...
  46. Marvilion
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Poor gameplay and bad optimization, performance mode drop to 30fps and resolution drop to 720p this is 2023 and this is not acceptable, and very disgusting story, this is not final fantasy that I know
  47. KateJN
    Jun 24, 2023
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    Massively disappointing Final Fantasy game.

    - Absolute shallow RPG elements. - Tries too hard to be a Devil May Cry game. - Generic, dull, boring and unrewarding side quests that actually hurt the pacing of the game. - Tries to be so many things but fails to be the one thing it needs to be: a Final Fantasy game - Poor performance and limited graphical settings. - Good characters    Massively disappointing Final Fantasy game.

    - Absolute shallow RPG elements.
    - Tries too hard to be a Devil May Cry game.
    - Generic, dull, boring and unrewarding side quests that actually hurt the pacing of the game.
    - Tries to be so many things but fails to be the one thing it needs to be: a Final Fantasy game
    - Poor performance and limited graphical settings.
    - Good characters and voice acting, held back by a terribly written story that falls apart quickly.
    - Cinematic battles feature Quick Time Events that give you more than 1 minute to react, completely eliminating the intended effect.
    - Semi-open areas that feel genuinely lacking; they either have the same types of monsters and/or bland side quests.

    I don't personally recommend this at full price.    … Expand
  48. Xhas
    Jun 23, 2023
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    For who exactly is this "Final Fantasy" supposed to be?
    For lovers of action games?
    I don't think so... This gaming joke, over 6 years in the making, is built as if it were going to mimic an old fashioned way, failing spectacularly. It's worse than DMC5, and manages to have even more flat and repetitive gameplay than games like Tales of Berseria or Scarlett Nexus. Because ff16 is    For who exactly is this "Final Fantasy" supposed to be?
    For lovers of action games?
    I don't think so...
    This gaming joke, over 6 years in the making, is built as if it were going to mimic an old fashioned way, failing spectacularly.
    It's worse than DMC5, and manages to have even more flat and repetitive gameplay than games like Tales of Berseria or Scarlett Nexus.
    Because ff16 is framed on a gameplay that runs on 1vs1 for 80% of the game, with multiple invisible walls, with closed / linear maps with no secrets and practically empty, sometimes with fixed camera areas, with a totally linear and chock-full plot of clichés, and with no dialogue choice options.
    I regret wishing I had at least one decent final fantasy game on ps5 given how bad this 16 ended up...    … Expand
  49. Phasi
    Jun 23, 2023
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    Usually in a series of JRPG games you would expect to have an RPG to play.
    But unfortunately that's not the case in Final Fantasy 16.
    Since FF16 is an Action Adventure game with "rpg" elements... It's literally like a bad copy of Devil May Cry or God of War, and if it's good for you to morph a historical JRPG series for another generic action game, then Final Fantasy as a series is    Usually in a series of JRPG games you would expect to have an RPG to play.
    But unfortunately that's not the case in Final Fantasy 16.
    Since FF16 is an Action Adventure game with "rpg" elements...
    It's literally like a bad copy of Devil May Cry or God of War, and if it's good for you to morph a historical JRPG series for another generic action game, then Final Fantasy as a series is really over.
    Because this Final Fantasy 16 is not a real Final Fantasy game    … Expand
  50. PapaChief
    Jun 25, 2023
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    The Game is struggling on mantaining the FPS and Resolution even in performance mode. Also, most of the battles can be succeded just pushing one button without having the items that makes the game easier.
    The Soundtrack is acceptable but not the best I ever heard. Elden Ring is much superior on this field too.
    Finally the overheat warning on the console is something unacceptable, even it    The Game is struggling on mantaining the FPS and Resolution even in performance mode. Also, most of the battles can be succeded just pushing one button without having the items that makes the game easier.
    The Soundtrack is acceptable but not the best I ever heard. Elden Ring is much superior on this field too.
    Finally the overheat warning on the console is something unacceptable, even it is not a game issue(it is due the PS5 poor cooling system), the game should have been deep tested before the release.    … Expand
  51. Wesom
    Aug 13, 2023
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    An embarrassing game lacking in content
    The gameplay is basic, repetitive, and so simple that you can finish it with your eyes closed (literally)
    The plot never stands out and can't even be original, since it recycles monotonous and banal situations and contexts, trying to build the plot clumsily mimicking even shows like game of thrones and failing The lack of customization is    An embarrassing game lacking in content
    The gameplay is basic, repetitive, and so simple that you can finish it with your eyes closed (literally)
    The plot never stands out and can't even be original, since it recycles monotonous and banal situations and contexts, trying to build the plot clumsily mimicking even shows like game of thrones and failing
    The lack of customization is unacceptable, and the constant popup of low-res textures between cutscenes is awful to see in 2023
    This is a disappointing final fantasy, which has practically nothing fantastic about it, but just a lot of glowing particles for cover a forgettable plot    … Expand
  52. Xinon
    Aug 14, 2023
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    One of the worst games I've ever played
    This Final Fantasy 16 it's even worse than FF12, FF13 and FF15
    Trash plot, trash gameplay, trash characters, trash game
    Also, FF16 is the worst game I've played this year and easily the worst Final Fantasy mainline game ever, because it's not a JRPG
    Avoid this
  53. brain123
    Jun 26, 2023
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    -linear and corridor-like ff13 tier level design -way WAY too many cutscenes. over half of the game is uninteractive -exploration when it finally opens up 20 hours in is unrewarding and empty -loot is terrible, -weapons, accessories, items and build progression are an afterthought. they're nothing more than stat sticks -lacking rpg…
  54. madsociety20294
    Jul 21, 2023
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's way too repetitive takes 0 strategy to play just doge attack doge attack the older final fantasy games took strategy to beat. Final fantasy 16 is a repetitive mess.… Expand
  55. TDKGilgamesh
    Jun 25, 2023
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    This game is a betrayal to fans of the series. It does less to set itself apart from a simple Hack n Slash adventure than God of War. Assassin's Creed has more RPG Elements at this point and that is sad for a game that is marketed as an RPG Game. Hope this is not the direction that Final Fantasy is headed because if it is then this will be the end of the road for me. If you want to playThis game is a betrayal to fans of the series. It does less to set itself apart from a simple Hack n Slash adventure than God of War. Assassin's Creed has more RPG Elements at this point and that is sad for a game that is marketed as an RPG Game. Hope this is not the direction that Final Fantasy is headed because if it is then this will be the end of the road for me. If you want to play Devil May Cry with a Final Fantasy Skin here it is.… Expand
  56. Bigflo77
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    Overrated, story is pretty good (nothing awesome), the OST is meh, gameplay is okay but too easy and too much repetitive, no RPG aspect, no diversity on gameplay, the VF is horrible, worst sidequest and filling task (Fedex task) between two main chapters, the global game design is very outdated, no exploration, graphics are limited for a linear AAA only on PS5
  57. Mokon
    Jun 23, 2023
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    Basically Final Fantasy 16 is the worst Final Fantasy game, made in the worst possible way
    And I say this as a longtime fan of the franchise
    Who blindly yell the praise for this isn't able to get what the Final Fantasy franchise is
  58. Migass
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This game sucks on many levels
    A tremendous experience from the first hour to the cringing last one
  59. Dalob
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Boring linear maps, a overall badly written plot, flat characters and 0 exploration
    This isn't what I'm expect from a Final Fantasy game
    So, as a Final Fantasy, FF16 Fails
    As action game is too easy and weak
  60. Umjogador
    Jul 22, 2023
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    A trash!! Very generic, dated graphics, nothing new generation.
    There are RPG games a thousand times better than this one.Obsolete, repetitive, tiring, too many scenes, linear. Most of the positive comments are from people who are afraid to speak the truth of the game and not receive it to play, hilarious haha
  61. Phono
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    I've put this in the simple way:
    Baldurs Gate 3 is a much better game than Final Fantasy 16
    For the long explanation: FF16 has a dull and forgettable plot FF16 has a terrible action gameplay without any kind of evolution, 0 personalization, 0 strategy, and 0 fun FF16 has basically just linear and empty map FF16 dungeons sucks And FF16 has 0 endgame contents, literally. Because    I've put this in the simple way:
    Baldurs Gate 3 is a much better game than Final Fantasy 16

    For the long explanation:
    FF16 has a dull and forgettable plot
    FF16 has a terrible action gameplay without any kind of evolution, 0 personalization, 0 strategy, and 0 fun
    FF16 has basically just linear and empty map
    FF16 dungeons sucks
    And FF16 has 0 endgame contents, literally.
    Because when you finish the boring story, there's just nothing more to do

    Mainwhile, Baldurs Gate 3 menage to create a truly great experience for a real gamer.
    For these reason I think Baldurs Gate 3 is much better than this terrible FF16
    And so if I need to give you an advice, just don't waste your time with FF16 because Final Fantasy 16 isn't worth your time and money    … Expand
  62. Washun
    Aug 7, 2023
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    Soulless game, and definitely not a Final Fantasy game
    It is more like a generic action game with iconic names, like Ifrit, Shiva, Cid... But after that, there's nothing
    0 strategy 0 exploration 0 personalization 0 difficulty (even on "final fantasy" difficulty mode...) 0 post game You wonder why they have choose to just build a empty content game like this? Because they prefer    Soulless game, and definitely not a Final Fantasy game
    It is more like a generic action game with iconic names, like Ifrit, Shiva, Cid... But after that, there's nothing

    0 strategy
    0 exploration
    0 personalization
    0 difficulty (even on "final fantasy" difficulty mode...)
    0 post game

    You wonder why they have choose to just build a empty content game like this?
    Because they prefer make money just with the name, rather than create an actual good experience. Since this game wasn't a JRPG anymore, and it was even an awful action game, filled with cinematics and QTE all over the place.

    I rather stay with my old final fantasy games, and play actual good jrpg games (like Persona 5, Octopath Traveler, Tails of, Dragon Quest, ecc...).
    And even RPG like Baldurs Gate 3 show how much rich and satisfying can provide a truly great game.
    For this reason I suggest you to avoid this Final Fantasy 16
    Because it is sadly that bad

    P.S.: and if you're looking for better action games, play Nier Automata and Bayonetta 3. They are both better than FF16.    … Expand
  63. NotYetRated
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Absolute mediocrity. From Clive having the personality of a cardboard, the low resolution landscapes and poor framerate, to the mindless button spam and the embarassing dialogue.

    Square Enix misses the mark once again.
  64. Kasum
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This is probably the most easy action game that I've played
    And it's so dull to see the whole game being so painfully empty in every aspect.
    Even in the general generic art design
    It feels so forgettable
  65. Ceratking
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    So much cutscenes, so much interruptions, so much fps drops, so much quality drops, so much performance issues, There is no RPG elements in the game which is actually JRPG game. I don't want watching anime bro! I just want play the game!
  66. AGALL4GHER
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    I preordered this game as soon as it was available honestly I’ll never do that again the only decent part of this game is the combat so if you don’t care about anything other then combat then this is the game for you ok for starter what is with these long ass cutscenes the don’t know about everyone else but the fps and image quality kept dropping for me honestly I wouldn’t recommend thisI preordered this game as soon as it was available honestly I’ll never do that again the only decent part of this game is the combat so if you don’t care about anything other then combat then this is the game for you ok for starter what is with these long ass cutscenes the don’t know about everyone else but the fps and image quality kept dropping for me honestly I wouldn’t recommend this game unless you care for nothing but combat… Expand
  67. Otodo
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Once again we are faced with a bad new Final Fantasy game.
    I wish I could say I was surprised, but unfortunately I'm not.
    The plot is absurdly banal, to the point that you can already understand how the game will end after 2 hours. (and I've finished the game, completing all the hunt quests, in 31 hours) Clive is a bad protagonist, monochromatic and grumpy with a fixation of    Once again we are faced with a bad new Final Fantasy game.
    I wish I could say I was surprised, but unfortunately I'm not.
    The plot is absurdly banal, to the point that you can already understand how the game will end after 2 hours.
    (and I've finished the game, completing all the hunt quests, in 31 hours)
    Clive is a bad protagonist, monochromatic and grumpy with a fixation of "revenge".....
    The gameplay is a basic and very easy action, to the point that I've never done a single gameover, not even in the secondary hunts, which I found flat and repetitive.
    Adding that the whole game is linear (with some areas that are larger, but practically empty), and taking into account an absence of post game (since the game is literally only the Main Quest for 90%), I consider this Final Fantasy 16 another bad final fantasy game.
    No real challenges, no secrets, no minigames, and no "real" world to explore. And since I didn't like the banal revenge story I'd say it's a complete failure from my point of view.    … Expand
  68. Kamek81
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    It's so easy that spamming the normal attack is enough to finish the game. You can literally defeat anyone this way.
    This is Final Fantasy 16
    One of the easiest and most boring action games ever made. Capable of offering gameplay worse than Scarlet Nexus or even worse than Tales of Arise, FF16's flat level design presents us with 95% linear maps a non-explorable map menu with only    It's so easy that spamming the normal attack is enough to finish the game. You can literally defeat anyone this way.
    This is Final Fantasy 16
    One of the easiest and most boring action games ever made.
    Capable of offering gameplay worse than Scarlet Nexus or even worse than Tales of Arise, FF16's flat level design presents us with 95% linear maps a non-explorable map menu with only linear, empty and flat dungeons, and boring fetch quests, repetitive and useless.
    We thought that the "plot" would have been its strong point, but instead.... The Demo paradoxically presents the only decent part of the plot, since everything else is managed in a trivial way, without soul, and with stereotypical scenes that they hit embarrassing cringe notes.
    This game, stripped of its garb of particle lights, is ultimately a dull action game and a disappointing Final Fantasy    … Expand
  69. Renoir1995
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Limited action gameplay, too easy and repetitive, technically backward and artistically anonymous.
    These are undoubtedly the most serious problems of this ffxvi.
    The technical problems concern pop up of textures in loading camouflaged and in situations that herald cutscenes, drop below 30fps during the cut between the end of the Boss fight and the beginning of a new cutscene and    Limited action gameplay, too easy and repetitive, technically backward and artistically anonymous.
    These are undoubtedly the most serious problems of this ffxvi.

    The technical problems concern pop up of textures in loading camouflaged and in situations that herald cutscenes, drop below 30fps during the cut between the end of the Boss fight and the beginning of a new cutscene and sometimes some stuttering, and glitches during some quests of hunting.

    If this represents for YoshiP a game that doesn't need patches....    … Expand
  70. BellCarZar
    Jun 23, 2023
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    Here's another serious case of "Game" pumped up by the critics but full of flaws.
    The 16 flaws of Final Fantasy 16:
    1 - the game is an ignorant action that can be completed by holding down the square button all the time 2 - the framerate dancer slows down the flow of gameplay and cutscenes too often even with the DayOne Patch 3 - flat and linear level design makes corridor exploration    Here's another serious case of "Game" pumped up by the critics but full of flaws.
    The 16 flaws of Final Fantasy 16:
    1 - the game is an ignorant action that can be completed by holding down the square button all the time
    2 - the framerate dancer slows down the flow of gameplay and cutscenes too often even with the DayOne Patch
    3 - flat and linear level design makes corridor exploration useless
    4 - the gameplay becomes repetitive already after the first three hours, given how the combinations of elements do not lead to different results of the battles, marking its disarming superficiality
    5 - texture pop up is ugly to see in 2023
    6 - the plot starts with rhythm and ends with boredom.
    Bringing ridiculous motivations and turning many situations into meaningless bad moments
    7 - there are no minigames
    8 - once the story is completed there is no secret content or endgame. Only the New Game +
    9 - the "dungeons" are all linear, flat and copy paste
    10 - it's too easy even on hard mode. So much so that I could call it a joke even for a casual gamer
    11 - there is no party, only Torgal the dog who can do 2 commands and that's it
    12 - there is no World Map, but only a map menu where you can select the mission...
    13 - The final Boss is an insult compared to all previous Bosses in the game.
    And it's also one of the worst when compared to the Final Bosses of previous Final Fantasy games
    14 - side quests are awful. Deliver flowers, escort items, collect item, etc...
    15 - the "hunts" are not well built and indeed are tedious and essentially useless since they are nothing but mobs that are easy to exterminate
    16 - the inconsiderate and bad use of the Quick Time Events. Because usually in games like God of War they have a more marked value to affect the game itself. But here in Final Fantasy 16 they're overdone, to the point where 99% of enemies are demolished by these Quick Time Events just to disguise a load-up between the end of a battle and the start of a cutscene    … Expand
  71. Ares3
    Jun 23, 2023
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    Easiest Final Fantasy game ever.
    The only one where not only have I never had a Game Over even in secondary hunts, but I've hardly ever needed to use objects.
    Played and finished in 28 hours, and brought back to Gamestop.
    To see how this series fell so low is just sad
  72. Lirikon
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    An easy action game for 5 year olds who have to learn shapes and colors.....
    And the "modes" unlocked after beating the game are always too easy, even for a casual.
    Final Fantasy 16 fails to engage with the plot which, if we exclude the beginning, only gets worse until its very bad conclusion.
    Probably among the worst endings of the franchise.
    Another nail in a franchise coffin basically
  73. ReiWalk
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Proving how even YoshiP can't make a real Final Fantasy game offline today = FF16

    Do you know what I look for in a Final Fantasy game? A world to explore, and in FF16 there is practically nothing to explore. I remember playing blitzball in FF10 and FF8's Triple Triad, and that's one of the things that drew me to the franchise. But in FF16 there are no minigames... Another thing I    Proving how even YoshiP can't make a real Final Fantasy game offline today = FF16

    Do you know what I look for in a Final Fantasy game?
    A world to explore, and in FF16 there is practically nothing to explore.
    I remember playing blitzball in FF10 and FF8's Triple Triad, and that's one of the things that drew me to the franchise.
    But in FF16 there are no minigames...
    Another thing I usually look for in a Final Fantasy game is secret dungeons and secret bosses.
    But in Final Fantasy 16 there are no secret dungeons and no secret bosses.
    (yes, because those pseudo hunts made with copy and paste monsters are indecent)
    And if I add how all the Boss fights in history are filled with QTEs and cutscenes, it's almost like playing a simpler version of Kingdom Hearts 3.
    You heard right.
    Because the QTEs of FF16 are the equivalent of the Attraction Flows of KH3, but worse because they are more guided.

    Conclusions, Final Fantasy 16 is in my eyes a horribly bad Final Fantasy game.
    And it's not enough to create a story with quotes and telephone references to create a good story.    … Expand
  74. ILoveSonyPS5
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the only good game I was hoping sony would release this year. I am pretty sure spider man will be delayed. This game disappointed me. I preordered this game, payed 70 bucks and now I cannot refund it. Thats sony for you. This is not a JRPG. This is an action game like spiderman. I hate it!

    Oh well. Diablo here I come again    … Expand
  75. Gamerboy1991
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Another game boosted by the gaming media. You know why? Because they are afraid that if they dont give good review to sony, they wont get review codes and sony will not let them get their hands on the games early.

    So listen carefully, here is a non biased review from a person not afraid of sony: 1. This is not optimised well. Falls below 30fps during battle. 2. Battles are too easy. You    Another game boosted by the gaming media. You know why? Because they are afraid that if they dont give good review to sony, they wont get review codes and sony will not let them get their hands on the games early.

    So listen carefully, here is a non biased review from a person not afraid of sony:
    1. This is not optimised well. Falls below 30fps during battle.
    2. Battles are too easy. You only need two buttons to kill bosses
    3. Story is messy and weird
    4. Rated M for clout. Nothing mature about this game
    5. Only good thing is that the main character looks good.
    6. Side characters are meh.

    If I am going to rate this, this is like a game trying hard to be xenoblade chronicles, but failed miserably. Disapointed with square enix for this game and disappointed to the biased media.    … Expand
  76. jujuka
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This game is not good and not bad honestly, it is just ok.
    It has its own soul for sure, story is good, some fights are completely epic and make you shiver, but this is it, nothing else outside of this part feels like AAA title.
    - Combat is nice and feels like it has depth in it, but few skills for each "tree" no real combos outside of few that you can unlock at the start of the game in    This game is not good and not bad honestly, it is just ok.
    It has its own soul for sure, story is good, some fights are completely epic and make you shiver, but this is it, nothing else outside of this part feels like AAA title.
    - Combat is nice and feels like it has depth in it, but few skills for each "tree" no real combos outside of few that you can unlock at the start of the game in 10h make you just suffer internally from eachfight, because yes you can do different "small" combos like push enemy jump to him and do some big damage, but this big damage feels like nothing and you will need to repeat such combos on non-boss enemies over and over again till it becomes tedious, I was tired of clicking square button.
    - Locations - bland, yeah some of them look nice but this is just 100x100 square meters polygons with same mobs and same loot (healing potions, common items for crafting)
    - Quests - outside of main story big no from me, some of them are nice but because of gameplay loop there really can't be anything except of go kill, go fetch, go speak. Some of them make you feel and know this world more but still you really never know will it be another fetch mission or there will be some story told... And because this is not open world each location feels like another fragmented world part which you really can't connect together.
    - Characters - Jill is nice, Clive is edgy boy with "revenge" on his mind, there is mostly zero to none interactions between characters outside of main quest which is really really bad for character building
    - Performance - I wish it was better but right now it is horrible, really horrible I think I have never seen worse PS5 exclusive till now. 30fps/1080p or 40-55fps/720p in fights and 30fps/1440p or 35-50fps/1080p world exploring, I was playing with VRR enabled on 1440p screen and this game just felt so choppy and so blurry because of low resolution that I just can't... Wait till they will do something with it.
    - Visuals - it feels like visuals should be insanely good maybe on par with some AAA titles like HFW, but lack of open world and poor performance on par with poor resolution just can't make it click, I was playing in performance mode and everything was so blurry half of the time that I just couldn't enjoyed what I was seeing
    Last thing to say, this game is not action-rpg, it is just pure action, all rpg elements in this game are completely useless and were done just to add it in genres for this game. So if you are looking for different builds, different play styles, maybe different companions setup, you will not find any of this here, all that you have is customizable skill bar that's it.    … Expand
  77. Symka
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This game was busted by the gaming media a lot. It's not as good as they made it look.
    First, the game has so many flaws...
    It was some sexist in it. The female characters aren't well written. Most of them are there to boost the masculine protag. And it is literal, the villainess it's just so boring and bland. Her writting it's based on depending on her power and men. Her on her own    This game was busted by the gaming media a lot. It's not as good as they made it look.
    First, the game has so many flaws...
    It was some sexist in it. The female characters aren't well written. Most of them are there to boost the masculine protag. And it is literal, the villainess it's just so boring and bland. Her writting it's based on depending on her power and men. Her on her own means nothing in the story and what happens with her it's just bad writting.
    Clive is just a boring protag with almost no grow on personality. Not from when we see him in his teen years or later.
    The lack of diversity and the lack of woman in the game, even strong NPC's that could be woman, they are all men.
    The story is bland and it's just Clive's.
    No party members, they join you sometimes, can't play them or give them orders. Almost no banter between them.
    The music is ok, not the best in the series at all.
    The level design areas are mostly lineal, which I don't care if they weren't boring and didn't have almost nothing to explore.
    The battle system which seems nice, is not a RPG, we knew it was going to be a hack and slash game but it's not even that not even RPG. It's like the failure child between them. In the beggining it's fun but later no.
    Bosses are just sacks of HP for Clive now... not strategy, nothing. Just press 1 button or 2.
    The absence of lipsync for japanese and the rest of lenguages, why???
    Why not add castillian from Spain and only just latam spanish if you have BOTH translated texts?? because spanish from spain texts aren't the same of latam...
    The designs are not so well done but some are ok. In general this game it's not a 10, it's doesn't deserve anything you all say. The best of the game are the Eikons and their battles. Nothing more because even the graphics from FF7R and FF15 are better than this!!
    Awful game, pls I don't want Yoshi-p touching another main game from this franchise. Not even this writter or the director. Soken It's a good compositor, I know he can do better.    … Expand
  78. kgauj
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1, Bearer related settings are messy
    As for why bearers are being discriminated against, it's too inappropriate to say that it's just a crude reason that they can use magic without crystals. Stop making a story with just persuasiveness or setting and moving the story

    What's more, the main character himself was treated as a bearer, but it's strange that he doesn't have any knowledge about bearers.
    In particular, it's a complete opportunism that Bearer didn't know that if he used too much magic, he would be petrified after living for 28 years.

    The 13 years and 5 years in the game are so bad that the main characters are asleep.
    In particular, the miserable treatment of the bearers and the sub-quests are appealing, but it's strange that Clive and Jill, who have lived in this world all their lives, would say, "I just found out for the first time! We didn't know anything." didn't you think
    It's not made by the player = hero, and the hero's ignorance of the common sense of the world is a complete flaw

    2. Childish political drama and last
    All the politicians are drawn incompetent and the political side is not drawn well at all
    Conspiracies and tactics swirling If you think they're going to do something politically dramatic, no ruler will think about the future Let's plunder the land, for now we're strong, so let's become rulers Only brain muscles that think about things not present
    They're all idiots who don't have any idea what to do when the crystal goes bad
    Childishness that goes on the ground that "a character who is smarter than a screenwriter will never be born"
    It's really hard not to be able to write a detailed depiction of politics even though you half-heartedly incorporate social ideas into a fantasy world.

    Even if you write about politics and slavery, if you want to blow it away at the end and run away from the epilogue without depicting difficult problems, don't write from the beginning.

    3, padding quest
    Find people, collect things, defeat enemies.
    If you have time to do boring errands, draw properly how the hero's 13 years of slave life was harsh and how his resentment against the Dominant of Fire grew.
    I can't imagine even if you said something like you licked the bitterness with just your mouth
    More to the point, it's questionable that the main character's resentment against the Zambrek Empire, which caused the Phoenix Gate to be attacked and forced him to leave the country, is almost completely absent. I don't understand why it's not suitable for the Zambrek Empire.

    4, the goal of Clive's revenge is a farce
    The mystery punch line of whether it was Clive (Efreet) who killed Joshua drawn in the trial version is also as expected, and there is no twist such as misleading, which is disappointing.
    What's more, in the early stages, most of the mystery is revealed, and the main character immediately recognizes herself and immediately reforms, and the process of her suffering and growth is bland and disappointing.
    A man caught in revenge realizes his mistake and struggles with what to do, but since there is no depiction of the period when he was caught in revenge, from the player's point of view, there is no persuasiveness and it is just a child deception.

    5. Character drawing is symbolic and childish dialogue
    The depictions of the dominants of each country are only symbolic, and they are the same characters as you see them, and there is no duality at all.
    None of the characters have a human smell, and this character is like this! I can't feel the emotion behind the words because I only say the words that are set

    6, the world cannot be saved for the hero's purpose
    The purpose of destroying the main character's mother crystal is not directly connected to the story of people living as humans.
    Rather, it accelerates the conflict between countries and people die, and it turns out that it was as expected by the final boss.
    Even if you defeat the final boss, it won't be convenient for the conflicts between countries to disappear after that.
    If you seriously think that if you break the mother crystal, you can't use magic, and the discrimination between bearers will disappear, it's too corny to be amazed

    It's really childish to unify and simplify the root of all evil, and the main character's actions can only be seen as an escape from real troublesome problems.
    It was necessary to solve both the environmental energy problem and the slavery problem, or at least one of them, in a convincing way, but the worst thing is to somehow solve it by defeating the last boss who is the cause of everything.

    8, rip off this work steals elements from other works such as GOT Naruto Hagaren, Dragon Ball Witcher, and manga games, and it's amazing that you don't have any pride as a creator.
    Moreover, it's made up of patchwork quotes that remove the points, so it's not respectful, it's out of place
    Both the story and the world view character settings are a collection of déjà vu    … Expand
  79. Merlov
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    I was excited to play this game and bought into all the hype that surrounded it. Unfortunately it did not match expectations by a large margin.

    The game looks amazing at first but then you start seeing all the cut corners. Things in the distance are fine, but often times you'll find really low resolution textures. On the flipside this isn't even benefiting the performance, which is    I was excited to play this game and bought into all the hype that surrounded it. Unfortunately it did not match expectations by a large margin.

    The game looks amazing at first but then you start seeing all the cut corners. Things in the distance are fine, but often times you'll find really low resolution textures. On the flipside this isn't even benefiting the performance, which is unstable. There's never an excuse for a console game to have unstable performance.

    The gameplay is something different to the series, but not really anything new in the wider world of gaming. It ends up lackluster and especially early on lacks any sort of depth.

    Final Fantasy tends to have strong stories with interesting characters. This seems like the writers just watched a couple of seasons of Game of Thrones and decided to try their own hand at that, but forgot to give us a reason to care about any of it.

    The music is fitting, but extremely forgettable. Audio design in general works, but is not exceptional. There are times where the audio mixing seems to be just wildly off making me wonder if QA was rushed on the game.

    I have a hard time figuring out who this could be recommended for. I certainly would not recommend it to any fan of the Final Fantasy series so far. Perhaps fans of Devil May Cry might find the combat interesting down the line, but the rest of the game is too self-serious for DMC fans. Maybe if you like God of War you may enjoy this, but even then I would not recommend paying full price for the game. Wait for at least a -50% sale.    … Expand
  80. J_Moraz
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Ce jeu me donne du fil à retordre. Bien qu'il ait un combat admirable, c'est à peu près tout. Pour un RPG, ce jeu est terrible, et à part le combat, c'est terrible. Comment la série Final Fantasy est-elle devenue ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui? Sera-ce le cas à l'avenir? Honnêtement, je suis déçu.
  81. KIRITOLVK
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    NO PUEDO CREER que tanto tiempo de desarrollo y el juego valla a 30 Fps de y en modo rendimiento de tirones de verdad que la experiencia se hace Horrible
  82. Mandarax
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    It's the First Time that I have to give a 0 to a videogame. Final Fantasy 16 Is an absolute disaster. I really don't understand how It Is possibile ti create a game like this in 2023. A decent story and main character development are the only positive things of the game. The gameplay Is awful and pointless, you don't need to Dodge, you don't need to level up, you don't need to learn newIt's the First Time that I have to give a 0 to a videogame. Final Fantasy 16 Is an absolute disaster. I really don't understand how It Is possibile ti create a game like this in 2023. A decent story and main character development are the only positive things of the game. The gameplay Is awful and pointless, you don't need to Dodge, you don't need to level up, you don't need to learn new abilities. If you die you will continue exactly at the same point you left with potion refilled (even in boss fights!!) and this mechanic destroys an already way too simple game.
    Secondary quests are 90% fetch, boring, and worthless.
    This Is not an RPG, this Is not an action. This game Is only a disaster and offends a legendary saga like Final fantasy.    … Expand
  83. Valkyreo
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Mashy gameplay, horrible fetch quests, zero exploration, no party, no likable characters, no customization, barebones RPG elements, policital boring story, bad soundtrack. What else? Huge dissapointment, was very hyped but in the end it turned out worse then FXV and XIII. Il stick to FF VII Remake and other RPGs. This is clearly not it.
  84. RyukaX
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This is the perfect entry-point for casual gamers who have never played a game in the series it heralds from. It forgoes strategic combat for single button-press play. For that reason accessibility has never been higher, but this is not something you want to play if you want to use your brain.

    As for the plot, it's a typical savior revenge scenario, and while there are companions to aid    This is the perfect entry-point for casual gamers who have never played a game in the series it heralds from. It forgoes strategic combat for single button-press play. For that reason accessibility has never been higher, but this is not something you want to play if you want to use your brain.

    As for the plot, it's a typical savior revenge scenario, and while there are companions to aid you, none of them are directly controllable. The world is drab and every new area is basically on railroad tracks without room to move much to the left or right, so don't expect to be able to explore fleshed out environments and enjoy the surprise of a worthwhile discovery. The music is nice, I'll give it that, but the other stuff bogs it down majorly.

    Overall, the game isn't going to do anything new for you that you haven't seen in countless other action games, and since it's not even trying to be an RPG, I would look elsewhere for your fix. If you insist on playing, wait for Black Friday or some other super sale which is no doubt just around the corner. This is not worth your time and money, and Square-Enix should go back to what they do best and stop trying to emulate western style design. No one buys Japanese games to experience a poor attempt at a western game. They should play to their strengths in future titles and aim for more originality, versus trying to expand their market by copying the current popular thing.    … Expand
  85. maliou
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    I don’t know what idea SQUARE ENIX has to make this Final Fantasy. This work completely betrays players who like Final Fantasy. It is not an RPG at all, but an ACT work without depth, and it only Learned the fur of DMC5. In terms of plot, the producer strongly denied that he was making a JRPG game, and said that he was making a "dark fantasy RPG". Judging from the results, this isI don’t know what idea SQUARE ENIX has to make this Final Fantasy. This work completely betrays players who like Final Fantasy. It is not an RPG at all, but an ACT work without depth, and it only Learned the fur of DMC5. In terms of plot, the producer strongly denied that he was making a JRPG game, and said that he was making a "dark fantasy RPG". Judging from the results, this is undoubtedly a failure. This Final Fantasy only has "J" and no "" RPG", the work has an extremely simple plot, but they didn't tell the story well at all. The character of the protagonist is full of loopholes at the beginning of the game. The heroine is useless, and she is not even as useful as the dog in the game! There is no map design, no system depth, equipment and level systems are almost useless, side missions are as simple as MMORPG 20 years ago, even the heroine is ugly, the heroine of this work is the ugliest in the Final Fantasy series heroine. This Final Fantasy is undoubtedly a failure, it does not deserve to be called Final Fantasy at all!… Expand
  86. DreamCastGuyy
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Said it would be 60fps and it can hardly run it at 60 and the game dips down to 720p when playing at times and gets like 30fps. Like how can you even play this crap like that. And don’t get me started on the cut scenes cause that’s over have the game right there. Love, DreamCastGuy… Expand
  87. Zelt
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    La exploración es pobre, por no decir inexistente.
    Apenas hay elementos rpg(apenas hay equipo donde elegir, vulnerabilidades inexistentes, subir de nivel apenas es necesario).
    El juego consiste en ver cinemáticas y avanzar en línea recta pulsando un par de botones. Eso si, con muchas lucecitas para que parezca menos malo de lo que es, digno de un juego de móvil.
    No tires tu dinero.
  88. Alexachi
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    Le tenía mucha fe al juego, pero terminó siendo una gran decepción. Malos gráficos, mala historia, mala jugabilidad, malos personajes, etc.
  89. flamec4
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This is a very shallow RPG. It strips out many RPG elements like items, status effects, elemental effects, party control, shallow mmo-like sidequest design, etc. In a desperate ploy to attract call of duty players and gta "modern gamers" this game just ends up being even more polarizing then FFXV A
  90. Merlindos
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    El pasillo más espectacular de la historia, especialmente diseñado para lelos que se pierden. Pero señor, tenga cuidado de despistarse, y termine viniendo por donde vino. En la siguiente actualización pondremos un botón para que cuando lo active usteds, el personaje se mueva hacia su destino automáticamente para su comodidad y su tranquilidad. podrá usted jugar y follar a la señora alEl pasillo más espectacular de la historia, especialmente diseñado para lelos que se pierden. Pero señor, tenga cuidado de despistarse, y termine viniendo por donde vino. En la siguiente actualización pondremos un botón para que cuando lo active usteds, el personaje se mueva hacia su destino automáticamente para su comodidad y su tranquilidad. podrá usted jugar y follar a la señora al mismo tiempo. Así son los dos protagonistas, él y ella, sosos como nunca antes se había visto en un FF.… Expand
  91. SiliconN00B
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This game feels like the death of Final Fantasy.

    It's not a JRPG by any measure, and by that I mean that it isn't even an Action JRPG. I have never seen Youtube astroturf a game quite like this one. The presentation is very pretty (despite terrible motion blur and an iffy framerate), and the story is very interesting (so far, I'm ten hours in). The gameplay is terrible though.    This game feels like the death of Final Fantasy.

    It's not a JRPG by any measure, and by that I mean that it isn't even an Action JRPG.

    I have never seen Youtube astroturf a game quite like this one.

    The presentation is very pretty (despite terrible motion blur and an iffy framerate), and the story is very interesting (so far, I'm ten hours in).

    The gameplay is terrible though. There is just nothing to the gameplay. VII Remake's battle system had the perfect compromise between between action combat and command based combat, but YoshiP decided to throw the baby out with the bathwater and make this a full DMC style button masher with no character building.    … Expand
  92. yzi6
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Another over-hyped game by the medias and the players.
    After finishing the game I am only disappointed by the lack of fundamental designs
    Conclusion First: This is not a numbered Final Fantasy game I was expecting after waited for so many years. Story is bland and feels more cringe each time with those stupid dialogue lines. Side quests are boring and no rewards or even fulfillment    Another over-hyped game by the medias and the players.
    After finishing the game I am only disappointed by the lack of fundamental designs

    Conclusion First:
    This is not a numbered Final Fantasy game I was expecting after waited for so many years. Story is bland and feels more cringe each time with those stupid dialogue lines. Side quests are boring and no rewards or even fulfillment from completing extra contents.

    Cons:
    - A cutscene viewing game, half of the playthrough are just cutscenes and sometimes QTE
    - Demo is the best part of the game, after that the story just keeps going downhill for me at least
    - No magical elements, all the skills felt the same just various dmg and stagger points
    - No strategies at all, the entire game i can just smash square and R1 button
    - All the maps are linear, basically zero explorations, the fact it lets Torgal guides player where to go makes me chuckle
    - Terrible loot reward from chests, mob hunts and side quests. No need to bother with them unless you are completionist or want to level up the character
    - Many unnecessary naked scenes and character introductions
    - No weapon/accessories system, just buy the weapons every 3-4 missions and you are good to go, blacksmith and crafting weapons in this game is an absolute joke
    - Character runs slow, and only sprints outside of cities/towns. Besides, you can't manually sprint unless you push L3 buttons for 5-6 seconds, even DMC5 isn't this disgusting
    - 10 seconds unskippable checkout screen when you finished the fight to show what you earned and got from each fight/quest. This killed my motivation to do the quests
    - Side quests are long and boring, Plus. you have to click on the items to give it to the NPCs despite you can't even choose the items. Why would you keep this in the game? I feel like I am playing FF14 with all these bad quests and extra steps
    - Story battles feels like a FF14 dungeon, adds, adds then boss, repeat it for three times
    - Eikon battles are long and repetitive, I would not bother to play the game again if I have to do those fights

    Pros:
    - Good music, cinematic and presentations throughout the entire game
    - Clive's character development is good

    They understand what FF is but are missing so many fundamental details. I hope Yoshida just go back with Division III on FF14 and never put those stupid MMORPG designs in another single-player game    … Expand
  93. Phil123111
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is this game some kind of a joke? I have been an avid final fantasy gamer since ff7 and was as proud as a golden pigeon to spend hundreds of hours grinding away and mastering every element of every game in the series some games were better than others but all had their plus points.
    However I fully completed this game 100 percent all main and side quests all weapons and all hunts completed in less than 30 hours that’s embarrassing £65 for 30 hours of the worlds easiest boring game.
    Yes you can fully complete the game again in a more difficult mode if you’re an absolute maniac with no life but I would rather scrape my eyes out with a toothpick.
    Don’t waste your money on this square bashing joke of a game which isn’t a final fantasy game it’s a game like genshin that’s just used final fantasy characters.
    Absolute joke don’t buy try bee simulator instead it’s free.    … Expand
  94. gh991
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 缺点严重的游戏，RPG做得跟屎一样，支线无聊到爆，优化也是一坨屎，除了战斗一无是处的游戏，还不如直接做成ACT，500多人民币玩了是觉得真不值，不推荐购买… Expand
  95. NoUse
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    I long for the pure-hearted, inspirational Final Fantasy games that Square used to create. I've played them all (except the two MMOs) and spent over $2,000 on Final Fantasy games and merch over the decades, but sadly I won't be purchasing this one. I loved the dark undertones of games like 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, and 15, but this one takes things to a ridiculous extreme with no satisfyingI long for the pure-hearted, inspirational Final Fantasy games that Square used to create. I've played them all (except the two MMOs) and spent over $2,000 on Final Fantasy games and merch over the decades, but sadly I won't be purchasing this one. I loved the dark undertones of games like 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, and 15, but this one takes things to a ridiculous extreme with no satisfying payoff. The change in style strays unimaginably far from the mark as well. It's a betrayal of the fans who helped to build Squaresoft/Square-Enix's brand. Shame on you guys, we deserved better. I used to buy every new game without hesitation, but now you're going to have to earn me back as a customer for anything but remakes; the trust is broken.… Expand
  96. Joeuw
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Final Disappointment 16. My expectation for Final Fantasy is already low after 13 and 15 but this is just a new level of let down. They abandons their identity and try whatever popular at the moment, so I'm not surprise if Final Fantasy 17 is just battle royal mix with Call of Duty gameplay
  97. vilkazar
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Bland world, boring characters, too many cutscenes, lack of any challenge. They made this game using a ff14 formula with the summoner class as a action class now. Literally the same engine but tweaked , therefore you get choppy empty landscapes, crappy ui, with cutscenes taking over 90% of the gametime and boring, dull sidequest. It's really not a final fantasy game at all, more like aBland world, boring characters, too many cutscenes, lack of any challenge. They made this game using a ff14 formula with the summoner class as a action class now. Literally the same engine but tweaked , therefore you get choppy empty landscapes, crappy ui, with cutscenes taking over 90% of the gametime and boring, dull sidequest. It's really not a final fantasy game at all, more like a spin off title like 13, 15 another bad final fantasy game.… Expand
  98. pamplus123
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This is the most disappointing game I have ever played in these year. Story is terrible. I really really think we should re-evaluate Final Fantasy Origin after this game.
  99. Artist84
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    A boring action game, 99% devil may cry 1% final fantasy. All the positive aspects of traditional Gdr, have disappeared.
  100. Polka43
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. FF XVI wants to be many things,both RPG and action,both a classic ff story and a game fo thrones one. Does it achieve that? Well if you are a new casual fan who never played a deep jrpg before it works as you don't have to worry about any mechanic just spam the same attacks until the stagger while evading some of the most telegraphic attacks ever seen in a video game ,with huge openings in between. FF16 is a game for everyone to just turn your brain off and enjoy the ride through some stretched cutscenes and the worst exposition witnessed in a video game with Clive many times repeating the same freakin thing to everyone. After 30 hours it was surely an experience to go through,a bad one and I at least hope new game plus improves that with final fantasy mode to let the combat flow.… 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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