Final Fantasy 16

Mobius 1 · 26 Jun 2023 at 14:57

Story is great, characters are likeable, almost all dialogue is spoken (and thank god no cringey anime grunts have been added like ffviiR..insufferable) the combat is tight, with a cool skill tree. The graphics are stunning honestly, even tho it does suffer some frame dips and bad motion blur. Edit. Oh and that soundtrack, is damn fantastic.

HungryHippos · 26 Jun 2023 at 16:09

Mobius 1 said:
Story is great, characters are likeable, almost all dialogue is spoken (and thank god no cringey anime grunts have been added like ffviiR..insufferable) the combat is tight, with a cool skill tree. The graphics are stunning honestly, even tho it does suffer some frame dips and bad motion blur. Edit. Oh and that soundtrack, is damn fantastic.

I was saying to my friend on WhatsApp that I usually play such games in Japanese audio with subs, but I tried the English version out and it seems to flow well, and fit in thematically.

I like how the characters don't sound like they're trying to voice anime characters, which is the biggest reason I don't ever watch dubbed anime, the VA's sound like they're trying to play a character, rather than act out a character properly.

Actually the English version surprised me with how good it was, and how seriously they were voicing the characters.

Looking forward to getting back into the game when I receive it tomorrow. I was always intending to check out more of the FF games as I've not really played any of them, so seemed like a good place to start.

robj20 · 26 Jun 2023 at 16:12

It's it at all like FF 15? I enjoyed that, and like the FF7 remake.

Mobius 1 · 26 Jun 2023 at 16:41

robj20 said:
It's it at all like FF 15? I enjoyed that, and like the FF7 remake.

Aye. Try the demo. I think if you like both of those you will like this.

Mobius 1 · 26 Jun 2023 at 16:43

HungryHippos said:
I was saying to my friend on WhatsApp that I usually play such games in Japanese audio with subs, but I tried the English version out and it seems to flow well, and fit in thematically.

I like how the characters don't sound like they're trying to voice anime characters, which is the biggest reason I don't ever watch dubbed anime, the VA's sound like they're trying to play a character, rather than act out a character properly.

Actually the English version surprised me with how good it was, and how seriously they were voicing the characters.

Looking forward to getting back into the game when I receive it tomorrow. I was always intending to check out more of the FF games as I've not really played any of them, so seemed like a good place to start.

I actually think I eventually dropped ff7r due to the gasps, groans and grunts. It’s just… eh.

The original is one of my goats. But I just couldn’t deal with the voice acting.

HungryHippos · 26 Jun 2023 at 17:10

Mobius 1 said:
I actually think I eventually dropped ff7r due to the gasps, groans and grunts. It’s just… eh.

The original is one of my goats. But I just couldn’t deal with the voice acting.

Yeah you're not wrong, and anime is the same for me, I think it's what the American VA's do with the dubs.

This cast sounds very British to me, and I think the game feels more authentic as a result, though I could also see a heavy French/German accent working well as the setting feels very central Europe.

This is pretty off-topic, but the anime for Princess Principal which is set in England used American VA's putting on English accents, and it's just no! lol. See this for what I mean:

Raymond Lin · 26 Jun 2023 at 18:05

HungryHippos said:
Yeah you're not wrong, and anime is the same for me, I think it's what the American VA's do with the dubs.

This cast sounds very British to me, and I think the game feels more authentic as a result, though I could also see a heavy French/German accent working well as the setting feels very central Europe.

This is pretty off-topic, but the anime for Princess Principal which is set in England used American VA's putting on English accents, and it's just no! lol. See this for what I mean:

I think it’s because the game takes lots of cues from Game of Thrones which also has a lot of British influences. So in a way it’s like set in a mythical British empire in an alternate universe.

HungryHippos · 26 Jun 2023 at 18:11

Raymond Lin said:
I think it’s because the game takes lots of cues from Game of Thrones which also has a lot of British influences. So in a way it’s like set in a mythical British empire in an alternate universe.

Yup and I think it captured that really well in the demo!

Mobius 1 · 27 Jun 2023 at 16:54

Holy moly

wow the fight of ifrit vs titan was stupendous. Seriously, what a freaking spectacle. The music too, wow !

HungryHippos · 27 Jun 2023 at 17:10

My copy landed today so onwards! Leerroyyy!

jennidc · 27 Jun 2023 at 18:49

I ran into my 1st major challenge today with the first S tier hunt. I've decided to wait until I've levelled/geared up to come back to it after wasting a bunch of gill on elixirs and potions.

jennidc · 28 Jun 2023 at 01:32

Update - I have now beaten the s tier hunt thanks to levelling a couple of levels and having crafted a better sword (excalibur).

Mobius 1 · 28 Jun 2023 at 16:27

Sales are out. 3 million in a week. It’s doing well !

hyperseven · 28 Jun 2023 at 18:58

Mobius 1 said:
Sales are out. 3 million in a week. It’s doing well !

not compared to 7 which did 3.5m in 3 days

Mobius 1 · 28 Jun 2023 at 19:08

hyperseven said:
not compared to 7 which did 3.5m in 3 days

Yep. Because 7r was on more than one system.

16 is only on ps5

Edit.
110.4m ps4 user base

38.4m ps5 user base

robj20 · 29 Jun 2023 at 13:20

Mobius 1 said:
Aye. Try the demo. I think if you like both of those you will like this.

Really enjoyed the demo. Decent length as well, wonder what percentage of the whole have it works out at.

Mobius 1 · 29 Jun 2023 at 15:26

robj20 said:
Really enjoyed the demo. Decent length as well, wonder what percentage of the whole have it works out at.

Tiny amount. This game is long. In a good way.

Lightnix · 3 Jul 2023 at 11:07

Enjoying it a lot now that I've got the full game. Only complaint might be that the quality of the voice acting quality is a bit inconsistent? Cid is massively overshadowing everyone including Clive.

Mobius 1 · 3 Jul 2023 at 14:31

Lightnix said:
Enjoying it a lot now that I've got the full game. Only complaint might be that the quality of the voice acting quality is a bit inconsistent? Cid is massively overshadowing everyone including Clive.

Cid is fantastic.

I thought all the voice acting was good to strong tbh

xaldub · 4 Jul 2023 at 13:59

Back playing this after a spell with D4. Sadly, though, the initial "wow factor" has faded and I'm finding the game rather shallow and predictable. Not enjoying the combat ; it's flashy, bit of a button-masher, repetitive and easy ( if you die during an encounter you'll get resurrected with full potions/health ). This DMC style combat just doesn't feel a good fit for the mainline FF franchise. And don't get me started on the RPG elements which are non-existent.