Final Fantasy 16

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Kinda shocked this game was controversial

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The FF purists hated it. I get their argument, I just don't agree. Which says a lot because I tend to side with the purists on the FF7 remakes debate. I find those to be garbage compared to the original. Loved 16 though. You're in for a treat.

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I ain’t even a big action game guy (other than Devil May Cry 4) but absolutely everything for this is hitting for me so far.

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This makes a lot of sense because the guy responsible for DMC 5's combat also designed the combat in FF16.

I loved 16. I understand the criticisms about the combat and some of the side quests being repetitive, but I could definitely overlook that for everything this game did right. Amazing story, memorable characters, great music, and the fights against Titan and Bahamut were insane. Personally I think the combat catches too much flack. I enjoyed setting up different abilities and finding cool combos that can go off. I don’t regret one second I spent playing this game.

Story and boss fights are incredible. Music and voice acting/lines are also top-notch.

Battle does get incredibly repetitive, but I didn't really mind it because the boss flights were some of the greatest in the entire series.

That said, the ending was awful (no spoilers). I didn't mind what they did, but it was done absolutely poorly. For a game to have so many epic moments and tell a story so, so well, to end on a dud was a huge let down.

Did u finish it? I loved the beginning but got bogged down in the third act. I did eventually go back and finish though and i agree the game was good overall. But man the opening act is so good that I was expecting the story to continue that way. It was the Ultima stuff that threw me off. Was better when the villains were humans.

The beginning is the best part. It gets worse as you play. Bad game imo but to each his own.

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The beginning is the best part. It gets worse as you play. Bad game imo but to each his own.

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I've never felt so betrayed by a game before.

The demo (which is basically the first two hours of the game) establishes a dark and mature tone unlike anything we've experienced with an FF game. It was like Game of Thrones + Attack On Titan and everything had a sense of weight and gravity to it. I was all in

Then after those first two hours, you get nothing like that for the rest of the game Unbelievable rug pull. I still enjoyed some of the narrative elements and execution, but god what a missed opportunity. Repetitive combat coupled with some of the worst MMO-level quests you've ever played and another "kill god" main plot

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Then after those first two hours, you get nothing like that for the rest of the game

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I never finished it, just became so boring. Looked up how the plot finished on Wikipedia and moved on.

Can you tell the computer that?

That really wasn't so much of a "heavy" scene as it was a "thank fricking god that bitch is dead" one.