Final Fantasy XVI

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8.1

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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
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#16 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023
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87

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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