Final Fantasy 16 is new-gen only because its combat system relies on the memory and transfer speed of the PS5 system.
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.
What do you mean there’s no role playing? Also, I’m fairly certain I made builds with Eikon abilities and I’ve gone to the blacksmiths to literally select craft weapons and gear. 🤷♂️
How many 'builds' can you make?
Weapons and gear only increase numbers. Tell me about elemental weaknesses and status.
@EternalTitan
Elemental weakness isn’t an RPG defining end-all-be all element.
What statuses are you asking about? F*cking status buffs and debuffs? You talking about stats that increase with gear crafting? Because all that’s present in the game.
The fact that you even admit there’s builds and RPG elements contradicts your claim. No matter how limited they may be, they exist in the game, therefore it is an RPG. I think the correct critique is instead of claiming it’s “not an RPG” you really mean to say it’s an RPG not as in-depth as it’s contemporaries. Regardless, it’s an RPG nonetheless even without “elemental weakness” playing in combat.
@CrimsonWing69
"Elemental weakness isn’t an RPG defining end-all-be all element"
Why not?
Where is your source for this?
@EternalTitan
So you’re telling me if a game has all the elements and mechanics of an RPG except elemental weakness exploits in combat that they’re not an RPG?
C’mon man, how about you show me where it says an RPG must have elemental weakness mechanics?
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.
Good! It’s time to leave last gen behind. The game looks amazing.
Game looks stunning fr
After finally getting the chance to read all the previews and watch all the new footage, ff16 went from tied most wanted with sm2, forza, starfield and Totk to straight to the top of my most wanted list.
It's literally looks insane, god of war levels insane if not more so, iv been saying that creative business unit were going to knock this out of the park but man it's starting to exceed even the high expectations I had for this already.
The last FF I truly loved was x and this is so far from that type of game yet I'm so goddam ready for it.
I just hope fans of ff don't hate on this cause it's not traditional, I mean I get it i feel the same, but this just looks so insanely good and devs behind it are super talented and they are showing it again.
Love that this game is truly based around eikon/aeons/summons or whatever else they have been called story and gameplay wise.
The thought of using and having proper massive battles against some of my favourite aeons is gonna be so sickkkk.
This is what our new consoles should be giving us, that feeling of excitement!! More games like this pls!
Only 3 more months to go!!!
im glad its current gen only. let it take advantage of the ps5 :)
As stated by everyone else, so far... I'm so damn glad they decided to keep it away from being cross-gen. I've had full faith in this from the very beginning. I know FF XVI is going to be incredible. I can almost guarantee this is going to rival some people's long held favorites of the franchise.