The covering staff of Skewed and Reviewed at Pax East shared a look at FFXVI.
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.
the more i see, the more i can tell this is gonna be my game of the year!!.
whoever gets my pick this yr will have really earnt it as across all 3 systems there are some big bangers coming, so it will be a tough decision, but ff 16 just looks so freaking epic!! trust in yoshi p!!
Looks to be a GOTY contender including best rpg of 2023.
my only concern is big open worlds with no explorative intuitive, will monsters just stand there like mobs placed in a map? Will they interact with anything in the world?
I hate how it's still acceptable to make monsters just...stand there. Elden ring did it beautifully, hell even World of warcraft have nice mob interactions, monster hunter does it in grand turf wars.
Please let the open world feel like a world and not an environment with fauna littered about.
Every time FF16 has a new video, it's the same reaction. Wow!