Jaoquin - The perfect combination of narrative, visuals, composition, rhythm, tension, and combat came to tell us the rawest story the saga has seen in its 35-year history and it will be positioned without a doubt as one of the best games this year, as well as one of the best Final Fantasy games to date.
Bobby writes, "Final Fantasy 16 — The Rising Tide is a great expansion but it's on the short side."
The Nerd Stash: "Final Fantasy 16's DLC is a worthy adventure that adds a lot of jaw-dropping moments and more Hollywood-style fights to an already great RPG."
I don't know about ''great'' rpg.
Most epic fight sequences and presentation? Yes
Worst side quests ever? Yes
Boring traversal? Yes
Empty worlds? Yes
Demo is infinitely more mature than the actual game? Yes
FF16=MMO side quests + Devil May Cry Lite
There is no Roleplaying/decision making in this game.
No crafting there isnt even character builds because just like Dante/Bayonetta Clive has all skills and loadouts available to him.
Let’s be honest, this isn’t a “great” RPG. I am in the camp that it IS an RPG, no DMC game I’ve played is designed like this… but in terms of being a great RPG… well, I much prefer the RE-Trilogy over this.
That being said, I do think the DLCs have probably the best boss battles I’ve played in a game. Omega was crazy and the battle theme just amplified that for me. In the other hand, I’m struggling to think of a game that has a boss battle as great as Leviathan. Like, I played it on FF mode and it was sooooo intense and just a gorgeous and fun experience. The music was also top notch!
However, I really disliked most of everything of FF16. The Benedikta arc was fantastic, but after that the game was boring and a slog to get through. I think the boss battles were the best parts, but also inconsistent for me. Bahamut was peak for the base game, but everything else didn’t surpass that experience until you play the DLC bosses.
The 2 DLC's were great. 2 new eikon ability sets (leviathan and...) and a survival/bloody palace mode with Rising Tide were great as well.
From the best abilities to their rotation in combat, learn everything that makes the best build to use in The Rising Tide DLC for FF16.
I've not been around to see these review rolling in. Just checked: 94/100 from 45 reviews! Bonkers! this game is clearing up. I'm pleased to see it's every bit as good as the demo indicated.
Good review. I wish more reviewers took a note from the use of bolded text to highlight important parts of an article as this one does.
So far I’m loving it. I read the 6/10 reviews just to see if I can experience the cons of what they critiqued, but I’m doing the Ifrit and Garuda fight and I’m just sitting there thinking how in the hell you could give this game a 6/10?
It’s GotY nominee worthy to me at this point.
Great so far. I look forward to making my way through it, but they should have called this something other than Final Fantasy as it definitely doesn't feel like a final fantasy game. Feels more like a really solid spin off than a main entry.
I am thoroughly enjoying this game. Square really doing God's work. I'm not ready to read comments and talk about it and I play in bits... But I really like this game.