Final Fantasy 16

[Mobius 1]

No **** sherlock ! I just didn't want to play the demo, have a hiatus, then pick up the game again at release. My preference was to go in without any prior exposure to reviews/demos/opinion pieces.

Come on he was just pulling your leg and having a jest chill

 

[Plainsong]

Got a lol out of me anyway

 

[xaldub]

Come on he was just pulling your leg and having a jest chill

I'll leave chilling to the Shiva Dominant

 

[Mobius 1]

Really enjoying this. Still playing in performance mode. And while a little choppy in places, it’s no worse than totk.

Man this story is getting gooood.

 

[Plainsong]

Couldn’t connect to Diablo this morning so gave the demo a bash. Wow it is pretty epic to be fair. Tried both gfx modes and performance is where it’s at for me. I will be buying this very soon. I usually play these games in Japanese but the lip sync is in English and the acting is pretty decent for a change. Yeah very impressed with it. Quality.

 

[DanF]

I'm going to wait a few weeks before continuing and see if they do any patches for motion blur or performance. In Quality the motion blur is fine in cutscenes but in movement it's a smeary mess. Performance just dips below VRR too often and is really annoying.

 

[Moonpie2]

So....is there any way to stop the game from auto-using your R2 skills?
It's kinda annoying when they get used on an unnecessary enemy, also especially as doing an R2 skill can change your element too

 

[Mobius 1]

So....is there any way to stop the game from auto-using your R2 skills?
It's kinda annoying when they get used on an unnecessary enemy, also especially as doing an R2 skill can change your element too

Check your equipped rings. I think one of them will auto use your skills.

 

[Moonpie2]

Check your equipped rings. I think one of them will auto use your skills.

Hmmm.... seems obvious now you say it, but I'm sure I didn't equip anything with that description.
I'll take a look !!
(Maybe it's part of the 'make your dog auto-act' ring?)

 

[Mobius 1]

Hmmm.... seems obvious now you say it, but I'm sure I didn't equip anything with that description.
I'll take a look !!
(Maybe it's part of the 'make your dog auto-act' ring?)

No it’s not. I have that dog ring equipped. And my skills are still manual use.

 

[Moonpie2]

No it’s not. I have that dog ring equipped. And my skills are still manual use.

It's "The Ring of Timely Strikes"
The description on the item could be better, but that's the one auto-using R2 attacks.

Now unequipped

 

[Mobius 1]

It's "The Ring of Timely Strikes"
The description on the item could be better, but that's the one auto-using R2 attacks.

Now unequipped

Thought so. I had that equipped at the start too now I have the auto-Torgal and auto heal rings on only.

Managing Torgal mid battle is too much !

 

[Mint8]

Must be getting old - I am finding the unrelenting pace of the action a bit much.

Would actually like a bit of quiet downtime in between slogging through the (admittedly epic) battles.

The approach seems to have been - why have 1 sub-boss when you can have two in a row followed by a big boss and then an Eikon battle thats after you have waded through several screens worth of cannon fodder first.

 

[HungryHippos]

Going to try the demo of this soon, is the consensus that the game is good?

I haven't really played much else in the FF universe but I understand the games aren't really connected.

Edit - played the demo think I'm sold on it, will pick it up!

 

[Mobius 1]

Think I’m quite far in now !

The story is great - hasn’t let up yet.

And I’m actually enjoying the side quests too. Won’t post any spoilers etc.

Although here’s a screenshot I took

Spoiler: Screenshot

 

[Raymond Lin]

Big spoilers....

Spoiler

So FF16 is pretty much a video game version of GoT?!

I am so in lol, but will wait until it's price drop.

49 Times Final Fantasy 16 Is Just Game of Thrones

Here are 49 times Final Fantasy 16 is pretty much just Game of Thrones! FF16 producer Naoki Yoshida has made no secret about drawing inspiration from GoT for...

youtu.be

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[Mint8]

Going to try the demo of this soon, is the consensus that the game is good?

I haven't really played much else in the FF universe but I understand the games aren't really connected.

Edit - played the demo think I'm sold on it, will pick it up!

Its basically an action rpg with the Final Fantasy logo stuck on the front and a few chocobos and moogles added to say its an FF game.

In all other respects it just isnt.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Going to try the demo of this soon, is the consensus that the game is good?

I haven't really played much else in the FF universe but I understand the games aren't really connected.

Edit - played the demo think I'm sold on it, will pick it up!

I was listening to Gamescoop this weekend and the reviewer on IGN who gave it 9/10 said that it's a bit like Devil May Cry this time round, it has the least RPG of all Final Fantasy. The RPG element is weak in this and one aspect to illustrate this is that there is not much item finding and everytime he went to a merchant he just gets the latest thing and put it on to use without really considering any thought.

After watching that video above, I am incline to think this is an Action RPG (more Action than RPG) with GoT storyline. I mean if you look at it that way, it sounds great!

 

[Mobius 1]

It is basically an action rpg game. In the same style of dmc and maybe even bayonetta. It also has a darker story - which turns out is great so far! I played most of Saturday and all of Sunday

I don’t really care for turn based combat anymore.. after playing this, honestly, it’ll be difficult to ever go back. I can see the appeal of turn based as it is much more chilled and relaxed etc.

 

[Plainsong]

Definitely an action RPG. No bad thing in my opinion. The combat is fast and fun and the story, from what I played in the demo, is very good. Much improved over the mess that was XV.