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FFXVI Fan Warns Players Are Missing Some of the Game's Best Content

Final Fantasy 16 is finally available via PS5 and it's one of this year's biggest and best games. So far, the game has sold over three million copies and earned an impressive 88 on Metacritic. These are two great returns for Square Enix. That said, while most playing the latest Final Fantasy game are enjoying it, there have been some that have been very critical of not just aspects of the game, but the game as a complete package. One of the bigger talking points that has divided some fans are the side quests, largely because the gameplay is a step down from the main part of the game. However, one fan has argued that those that are skipping this content are missing some of the best content in the game.

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raWfodog316d ago

I’m the type of completionist player that would normally take the time to complete all side quests anyway so I’m looking forward to experiencing these stories for myself. The Witcher 3 had some great side quest stories.

blackblades316d ago

I try to do most as i can cause it's that how it suppose be done and played. Except hollow knight path of pain optional path. That's way to hard I'm sure I can do it with in 1,000 tries but its called path of pain for a reason.

Sonic1881315d ago

The Witcher 3 had the best side quest and I still consider it the best Western RPG out there

Rocketisleague315d ago

Witcher 3 is leagues above all ffs for side quests though. Unfortunately including this new one. These are a cut above 'flag collecting' style quests but not much

--Onilink--314d ago (Edited 314d ago )

They are a bit hit and miss on this game, some that evolve over the course of the game’s story are pretty good overall, but they do feel a bit repetitive by the end (especially AT the end because in typical RPG fashion they drop like 14-15 at once right before the last mission)

My biggest issue is that if you do like to do all the side quests and want to get some of those cool stories in the 3rd act, it does significantly drag down the pacing of the main story.

They didn’t quite nail the balance, but overall they are mostly good. A bit fetch questy but simple in the beginning, better stories in the end but slowing down the story. Still miles better than the side quests in FF7R, those were atrocious

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Flawlessmic316d ago

Iv said that a few time son here, the act of the doing the actual side quests suck, but the story and world building g behind 90% of them is fantastic.

If your digging the world and story I would defs do them or a good portion of them atleast.

shinoff2183316d ago

Ff16 nails it on the story and world for sure

Bobertt315d ago

What do you not like about doing the side quests? I think they are decent compared to other games. I never felt bored or that they were a chore. They aren't repetitive like other games and they don't take too long.

Adrian_v01314d ago

They are repetitive, most of them follow the same structure. Talk to npc - go to a location - defeat some monsters - pick up items - return to npc. It's a bit disappointing to be honest after the hype they did about side quests pre release.

-Foxtrot316d ago (Edited 316d ago )

The side quests are such a slog to get through, like I don’t know if it’s the travelling to them (lack of a dedicated sprint button sucks and not being to do it in villages/towns suck harder), having to fight along the way where battle repetition starts to grate on you or if the side quest just sucks in general

The world building and lore is great in them but I’d rather they have halved the side quests to create more complex ones. They had the same issue in the ViI remake where it felt it was quantity over quality.

The game is so weird because it’s like for every pro to the game there’s a straight up con, that leads to a pro…which leads to a con and so on. I’ve never been so conflicted. I suppose the final say for me will rest on the story and how it ends.

Eonjay315d ago

For the side quests I fully maximize the fast travel. I save an incredible amount of time that way. The quest themselves are sometimes boring but sometimes 100% essential. Sometimes they are incredibly dark. Also, I have tons of Gil from doing the quests and I have attained much better gear.

MrNinosan315d ago

I didn't even have gil for everything after my first playthrough.
Did all sidequests and hunts etc, and still I couldn't manage to buy every single accessory and Music Tome, even thou I never spent money on Weapons, Armlet or Necklace.

The Gil flow, is really low, but I like that 😊

Sonic1881314d ago (Edited 314d ago )

"lack of a dedicated sprint button sucks"

Just ride Chocobo. He's always with you

-Foxtrot314d ago

Yeah but you can’t ride them through certain areas and the little animation to get on / off is only a few seconds I kno but gets annoying after a while because you are constantly on and off it.

Just give us a dedicated sprint button and let him go a little faster

Even if they reworked his Phoenix Shift to allow you to dash or something

SullysCigar315d ago

Not everyone has the time to do al the side quests, even if they'd like to. Would be handy to know which were the best ones, so people could make sure they catch them on their playthrough.

luckytrouble315d ago

XVI's side quest system isn't as straight forward as "just do these ones". The entire game from the main story, to side quests, to even what a random NPC might be saying is all interconnected to build the full view of the world and people, and you could probably make a fairly interesting flow chart on how side quests chain together throughout the game.

AnotherGamer315d ago

They're gonna be miss able as the story goes on though.

SullysCigar315d ago

Yeah, it's the sort of thing you'd need to follow along to, rather than just head straight to.

P_Bomb315d ago

I quite liked the ones in the village before the first point of no return. I knew something was off when the music hit. Soon enough, I stumbled upon a couple dark stories related to bearers and slavery.

rayford15315d ago

The back half the side quest are some of if not the best I’ve ever played and experienced

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Just Where is Project Awakening?

After years of development, Project Awakening is still nowhere to be seen. What exactly is going on?

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ApocalypseShadow11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

I was impressed with the trailer and hoped to find out more and then it fell off the map with no new information. Not sure if it's vaporware or not but I stopped thinking about it and moved on. Maybe it was moved to a new and improved engine, moved to PS5 development and suffers the long Dev times that many games had/have suffered from lately. Who knows. But we'll see.

As for gaming bolt, that video was trash. A long winded video that says nothing for 7 minutes going back and forth on it may or may not still exist and just kept going and going and going trying to produce an informative video with barely any information. Like an article with a word quota that's just paragraphs of nothing. Showing me that they haven't gotten any better at game journalism. If we can even call it that.

Eonjay2m ago(Edited 1m ago)

Gaming bolt is a low effort scam that only exists to collect ad revenue. They don't play the games they review either and everybody knows

XiNatsuDragnel9h ago

I'm interested in project awakening still

lodossrage5h ago

One of the directors for the game already said that game was still being worked on just last month....

https://80.lv/articles/proj...

DOMination-2h ago

It's coming out next year with Deep Down, Agent and Pragmata!

Eonjay4m ago

Completely forgot about Pragmata!. You know what's gunny is that Deep Down was a Vspcom property too. It's like once generation one of Caps games ho awol

Christopher2h ago

It's trying to not go woke. Okay, I'll see myself out.

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Boycott EA trends on X as community savages FC 24

EA has come under fire for making unexpected changes to its FC 24 Team of the Season unlocks.

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anast2h ago

It's like boycotting 'your' local crack dealer. I'm sure it will change everything...

Xzila112h ago

they manipulated the pack weight and admitting it on twitter

Kaozz19791h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Stop buying the fucking game! It is no secret that the game is based around opening packs that need to be bought with real money if you want to be competitive. Yes I know, you have the chance to get the cards without investing real money, but that is a real grind and you still may never get the cards you want. This is not new and it will not change if people keep buying the game/packs.