Hope you enjoyed the critique. What's your thoughts on FF16?

@ggmasterguiltygear6315

10 ай бұрын

I appreciate the thorough critique of the game, the dealbreaker for me was the excessive bright lights making it very hard to see what you or the boss is doing(and that garuda tornado ability). the final boss is like fireworks going off 2 inches from your face. And the difference in damage between staggered and non-staggered is like 5%. boss fights are too long, no optional superboss, no ACTUAL party members, the "limit break" is just an install, and the world is essentially like FF13; a hallway with 1 open area.

@MrCanhaha

10 ай бұрын

I really like it lol. Deep character, focus on main story till more side quest open once you already know the most of story. Try out new Eikon skill and enjoy epic Eikon fight.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@MrCanhaha Glad you liked it! I was not as much as a fan

@chriselias3881

10 ай бұрын

I really liked the game and I thought the side quests were not so great in some areas, but really enjoyable in others. Such as when you get to the later parts of the game. I feel they could have done more with Ultima and he was an annoying antagonist, but aside from that I have no complaints really. The compendium and the Vivian mechanics are really thought out as well.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@chriselias3881 Well Im glad you enjoyed it more than me!

The game also felt long for the sake of being long. One point in the game, I was ready for it to just be over, then I learned that point wasn’t set up for the final boss, there’s 11 more sidequests, and at this point it’s basically the same message they were repeating throughout the story.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

YEPP

This game left me feeling hallow and empty. Not how I want to feel after playing a game.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

couldnt of said it better

@SephirothOwa13

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Kingdom Hearts 3 at least upset me. This game left me bored and emotionaless. And the big bad villain, for me, ruined what could've been an interesting story with the strife between the kingdoms. I rolled my eyes so hard since I knew XVI was doing the classic: kill god Final Fantasy story plot. So I was done with the story by that point and saw the death flags for certain characters and wasn't surprised when those flags waved for certain characters. Annabella was wasted. I wanted her more than Ultima.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@SephirothOwa13 Annabella could of been a perfect big bad surrounded by strong armies

I haven't finished the game yet but something that bothered me about the story was the 5 year timeskip in which a MAJORITY of the characters, especially Jill, went through almost zero character development or appearance changes. It felt super unnatural to me.

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Yeah 5 years and basically nothing has changed? Kinda weird

My biggest problems lie with the story tbh. There’s so much plot that happens off screen even tho there’s also so many useless cutscenes and filler. And I absolutely hate the main villain. Also the ending was left ambiguous, but without reason. Like for Clive, we’re told that all he knew was revenge and killing, that he believed he was only good at killing and didn’t have a life outside of it, but we just didn’t really get to see Clive like that. For Jill, we really only see a bit of her story, which sucks cuz she had potential to be an amazing character, but I really didn’t like her. Cid, we never got to see what really made him the way he was, if there was any events or anything that led him to be like that. But this doesn’t really bother me as much as other characters, cuz cid is just a good character during the story anyways, unlike others imo. Benedikta, we only see like 20% of her story before they kill her off, and then none of it is ever expanded on again. It’s never explained what her goal was during the main story either. Kupka has like almost no story tbh. It’s just a revenge story for him, which is the biggest waste of potential ever. Because they could’ve executed a cool dynamic between Clive and kupka, a man who abandoned revenge and a man who thirsts for it. But they didn’t, it’s just a couple weird cutscenes of kupka mad and then 10/10 boss fight. Dion. The best character in the game tbh, his entire story arc was absolutely fantastic. No problems tbh. Barnabas, man huge wasted potential imo. Every barnabas scene is just build up to a reveal, but there’s no reveal, none of his story is ever even talked about. It’s never shown why he’s like this, his mom had significance, but we don’t know what the significance was. He should’ve been prioritized as the main villain imo, and should’ve got more story. Ultima. He ruined the story for me, he doesn’t fit. This game opens up as a grounded world inspired by game of thrones, with a huge political aspect to it, but as soon as ultima enters the story, all of the world they built up is just kinda thrown away. The poetical aspect is killed off, and you can tell immediately it’s another situation of killing god, which I wish ff would step farther away from already. This villain ruined the story and should have never existed imo, barnabas could’ve filled his role thematically of wanting control and Clive wanting freedom. And then there’s Joshua. He should’ve stayed dead. Him being alive kinda says “f u” to Clive’s character development. Even aside from that, he’s a whole nothing burger of a character, he does nothing. It’s never explained what he was doing for these years, how he knew of ultima, why he never joined up with Clive, nothing. He’s just wise mystical mysterious boy for the sake of it. Another gripe with this game for me is the fact that they had Suzuki, platinum games, and the kh team yet they couldn’t implement melee combos or just a combat system as good as dmc4 at the least, nor could they implement any good rpg elements in a rpg series. The game is piss easy even on ff mode, it gets hard in the ultimate mode or wtv tho, but you really do need to play the game once to get to these modes. Really the thing I came out loving about this game was the first half of the story, some of the characters, some of the characters in a conceptual way, and the eikon boss fights. And honestly, that would be enough for me to come back to this game, if it wasn’t for the amount of shit and boring filler that serves no purpose, not even good or fun world building. This game takes you out of the combat so much, In a character action like game. It really does ruin the game for me for replay ability, which matters a lot to me in games.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Very in depth review. I agree, a lot of the characters were extremely wasted. Personally the combat is not enough for me to come back I dont think Ill ever even think about playing the game again

@Ed-ow8ng

10 ай бұрын

Very true on Ultima. Just ripped any political intrigue out of the game and tied it all into a stale anime trope. Actively made any character he interacted with into a predictable bore

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@Ed-ow8ng yep its unfortunate

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Dude, Ultima made sence, he is a great villian ,you are unhinged

@justinsinger2505

7 ай бұрын

@@fredy2041ultima is just Bhuenvelze all over again. Lightning: humans deserve free will and the ability to craft their own world. Bhuenvelze: humans are sheep meant to have no free will and live souless in a paradise i created. Clive: humans deserve free will and the ability to craft their own world. Ultima: humans are sheep meant to serve a paradise I created as souless puppets. Ultima isn’t original at all and is downright boring. I’m all for a let’s kill god story in ff. 13’s trilogy earned the point to killing a god given all the hell the gods put lightning and the world through over the course of 3 games. 16 wanting to be more grounded and Clive wanting freedom from the crystals could of easily been done without Ultima. Barnabas could of easily fulfilled Ultima’s role and in a much better way without the whole mythos bs.

Finally someone else mentions how weird it is that they continue destroying the mother crystals, when it has 0 effect towards their goal of stopping the blight.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I couldnt believe no one else noticed lol

@nswmeeuwes89

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon It's absolutely bonkers. Every time they talked about it as if we knew it was the right thing to do, I went: "is it tho? Are we absolutely sure, because it seems to be making things worse..." At the end when he says that it was part of Ultima's plan to have us destroy the crystals, I was so mad... Then they just win and they did the right thing anyway. The most unearned victory ever.

@alexclaton

10 ай бұрын

@@nswmeeuwes89 fancy seeing you here lol whats funny is i watched someone stream the game and the whole time they were questioning the breaking of the crystals and when it was revealed at the end he was like "i knew it!" lol

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@nswmeeuwes89 I was clueless to what the plan was because of how bad it was lol

@nswmeeuwes89

10 ай бұрын

@@alexclaton Hey there! x) That sounds a lot like my experience, lol. At least I'm not the only one. You really start to feel crazy when you keep hearing how amazing the story is, but you don't agree.

Why doesn't Joshua tell Clive he's alive after Pheonix gate? He could easily save him from slavery at any time. Makes no sense. He could warn him hey gods trying to possess you and end the world, btw. For all the hand holding this game does with it's story there's baffling major plot points are never explained.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

It honestly makes no sense

@themisheika

9 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Cid, to Ultima: I know who you are. Also Cid, on the cusp of dying: Lights a cigarette, doesn't exposition dump about Ultima, dies.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

@@themisheika lol FACTS

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Yes it does make sence, your unhinged

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

He was in a coma the whole time...

Thank you! Someone gets it!! IDK how the majority of players are saying this game is 10/10 GOTY there is SO many flaws! My experience was identical lol

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Im glad Im not the only one! I honestly enjoyed the first 5 hours or so but it just kept getting more and more dull throughout.

@alchemist-173

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon honestly I got to about 80% just after beating Odin, my friend streamed where I left off because we were at the same part, I watched him complete it…I then uninstalled it, deleted my save and sold it the next day. This is the very first FF i’ve ever returned. I was not about to subject myself to whatever that slogfest of enemy waves were leading up to Ultima lmao!

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@alchemist-173 LMAO I dont blame you at all, unfortunately I had to struggle through but I definitely could of stopped halfway and never thought about it again

@TruePeaceSeeker

10 ай бұрын

​@@alchemist-173much over reaction i'd say

@alchemist-173

10 ай бұрын

@@TruePeaceSeeker Wait what’s the overreaction? I genuinely found it a slog and a bore, why would I keep the game? The vast majority of gamers do find it to be a 10/10 GOTY, which is fine if that’s what they’re into but it’s not an exaggerated statement?

Thank you for commenting on the narrative mess on display in this game. By the end I was so bored and so disconnected that it was painful to complete this game.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Im just glad im not the only one

@HHTwice

10 ай бұрын

It was so simple to follow and understand lol sounds like an IQ issue

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@MarvelHelmet325 Idk who youre responding too haha but I liked every comment

@moiseiloo3809

9 ай бұрын

The game has many flaws, but the story is the only thing that kept me engaged

@izaacmarketing9306

9 ай бұрын

this is what i am dealing with now. I've just beaten one of the large Eikon's (don't want to spoil) but this game basically puts me to sleep. I try and play and the only enjoyable thing about this game is the main story. Anything else...omg a snooze. Side quests are a joke. You basically run around the "town" just talking to several NPC's and have to sit through the most bland, and dull visual conversations I've ever had to go through in a video game. Where is the adventure? Just when you in the story hear how you need to trek through an area to get to the next major mother crystal and feel some excitement for adventure, what ends up happening? Screen goes black and you just are automatically at the mother crystal area. Oh...so us getting here, trekking through an interesting area, none of that is here??? Where is the journey? Where is the adventure? I know this game wanted to focus more on maybe fast paced combat and all but it just makes me feel disconnected to this world. I don't know what the names are of places, or who's name is who, because quite frankly, I don't really care anymore. It's so boring. This game so far for me is such a let down. While I love the setting, the characters, the battling can be fun but for me feels repetitive and lacks any strategy, and also is extremely easy. I just feel like they should have gone full blown DMC if thats what they wanted to do. Get rid of all the lame side quests, and just have it be a very linear story. Prob would have made a bigger impact. Also the crafting sucks, and I have so much money, I have nothing to spend it on. Oh well. If I have to give it a score, 1 - 10 (and 10 being INCREDIBLE), i'd give it a 7 so far. It's a "GOOD" game, but definitely not one for the books and DEF low on my Final Fantasy list of games.

They somehow made the most basic FF story to date, a dumbed down baby mode version of Devil May Cry combat, less RPG elements than most modern shooter games.... they really tried to make the cinematics and "epic battles" carry the game. Also iv never seen worse side content in any game.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Preach. I couldnt agree more

@zalden2565

2 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why people thought the “spectacle” eikon battles were so fantastic. The gameplay wasn’t anything ground breaking, and this was 2023, it’s not like people haven’t seen good graphics before. Remember in the ps1 era the FF summon animations took FOREVER? No one complained and we all loved it because we had never seen graphics like that before. I didn’t think it was a “wow” factor anymore and if that’s the best thing going in a game then it’s pretty shallow in my opinion

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

@@zalden2565 Neither is baldurs mid 3 gameplay, yet the wank for that game is insane, what's your point?

@zalden2565

Ай бұрын

@@someguy-kv6xv I played BG3 and I don’t recall any graphical spectacles, so I guess I don’t understand what you’re asking. My point is self-evident in my opinionated comment.

It has been like 4 months since this game came out, and I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that a writer thought it would be a great idea to have Jill need to be saved from enslavement at the beginning of the game and then two instances of captivity during the story. Shes one of the most powerful entities in this game's universe, yet even Princess Peach would blush at how good Jill is at being taken prisoner.

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

LMAO is it not insane!?

As much as I really enjoyed the game, it did feel like it was lacking in a LOT of areas and ur video pretty much sums up the negative points I have with the game. Also with the combat, it really would've been better to have the higher difficulty setting unlocked from the beginning and would've gave other players a reason to actually get into the nuances of the mechanics.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Yep and those people who maybe didnt love the story would still have so much love for the combat!

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Get a life weirdo, your a liar, this wasnt wasted potencial

I saw how shallow and contrived it was in the demo. Watched a few streams and didn't see anything that would redeem it.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

sucks that it happened

I did enjoy my time with the game. But I felt it lost focus after the fight with Bahamut. Hell even before then it went from armies using dominants as nuclear deterrents and weapons during battle, to dominants just being gods and the average soldier ceased to exist. Why didn’t we ever get a chance to shred a large group of enemies as an Eikon. And the crystals were being shattered for absolutely no reason. I was enthralled by the first 20 hours of the game, only to be kind of disappointed by the next 30.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Yep. Agreed

@jakeking3859

9 ай бұрын

I agree about the Eikons. One thing that annoyed me was how they tried to build these Eikons up as caring about the foot soldiers, only for them to trample over everyone while changed. Like...Jill DECIMATED that battlefield with her ice, and Bahamut did much the same. I'd lake to give Dion a talking to about all his Dragoons who were caught in that crossfire.

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Wrong, very wrong

It is so nice to see someone critically reviewing this mess. I was so excited to play it - I saw one trailer and was hooked, but I've loved many of the Final Fantasy titles before, and even enjoyed the rather disappointing flop that was XV. I hadn't looked at any reviews, but after I started playing it, and found it be a boring, sloppy style-fighter minus the points, I was confused. And then I was predicting story beat after story beat, and I finally just looked up reviews, only to find 90% of them to be POSITIVE. I was scratching my head, thinking I must be missing something. I kept playing to the end, but almost wish I hadn't. Any character I actually cared about was either pushed aside or ended up dead (my poor Theodore). I felt like most of the story was happening somewhere else. The Eikon fights were just a huge question mark as to what was going on the whole time. The political stuff didn't matter. The epilogue had no bearing on anything at all, except for maybe implying that none of it actually happened, in which case, why should I care about it. Like you said, the abilities in the end game are heaped upon you so quickly, and have such similar uses to the other things that...they don't mean anything. I forgot I had the abilities half the time, and the way they introduced them had no mention of the buttons I was supposed to push to activate it that I was just confused. I found the hit boxes, with the auto lock-on to be exceedingly frustrating, since it would sometimes randomly lock-on to an enemy halfway across the battlefield. One thing that really got me was when you're fighting Hugo, with Garuda's abilities, and he doesn't give a single shit about it. Like, I FELT BAD that I was using his dead lover's abilities to claw his face. And further on Hugo, I kinda just felt bad for the guy. He was a spoiled brat for sure, but that's kinda just what happens when you're a hulking, intimidating mass. And he was purposefully incensed (by who, I guess we'll never know). Like...I dunno. I feel like they wanted us personally involved in his demise, but everyone's relief at the news came so out of left field I was left reeling a bit. Furthermore, in the story, characters were having revelations about things, but then not explaining it well enough, or seemingly pulling the explanations out of their own asses, so much so that I just tuned it out. Like when Joshua comes back from his expedition off into the keep in the last area (Ash, was it), and tells Clive that it's the two of them together that's Ultima's "Ultimate form" - or was that even what he said, when he said it? Who knows? Not me, because I was not paying attention. I feel like I could go on for a whole century explaining why this game sucked so much. I just don't understand how hours and hours of testing were put into this game, hours of planning and graphics, and so much money, and THAT'S what ended up being spewed out.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

The prologue was so good but then the rest of the game just sunk. Its like they made the mystery for the viewer but assumed it wasnt a mystery for the characters it was weird

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon No, it was good, your on complete utter denial, your a nobody

I think MGSV has the best difficulty system in any video game. If you play well, the enemies become stronger and faster, and come in greater numbers and has stronger enemy variants in their groups which normally appear in scripted sections of the game. If you play bad or die a lot, the enemies go back in difficulty and come in lesser numbers, you can even get a new difficulty mode to help you get through the game easily although you also have to use a forced accessory that makes you look like a chicken.

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

That is interesting

@theelectricprince8231

5 ай бұрын

MGSV is the goat

I really, really appreciate your segment discussing the bizarre pacing of the story, and the specific scenes that seemed designed to deliberately confuse the players, and the time-skips in which the characters did basically nothing for no apparent reason. And I completely agree that the beginning of the story pretty much completely hooked me, only to be left bored and annoyed for the next 25 hours. I can't believe Svarog the optional hunt dragon was the mechanical highlight of the game.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Its such a weird dynamic. Its almost like they purposely made these decisions but no way they thought this was the way to go right??

@cameronmenzies7603

10 ай бұрын

@Brayzon it feels like they had the "mysterious hooded figure" in the script before the script was done, bit by the time they decided who it was, the hooded figure had to be in places that no longer made sense, so they kind of... left him in places that don't add up but said "that was actually 3 different people so it's fine." Like, Clive fought Evil Clive in an imaginary metaphor space, and in that metaphor space the "hooded figure" is used as a metaphor for Clive accepting that he is his own worst enemy. But... Joshua ACTUALLY wears that same cloak in real life. As well as human-form Ultima, 13 years earlier. What the fuuucckk

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@cameronmenzies7603 Yeah like the hooded figure was so cool until they said F the continuity lets just yolo this

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Dude, you did not payed attencion at all

Finished the game and got platinum for it. Not a fan of FF16 too. Graphic are amazing but 1) isnt the map too linear ? Its like running from Point A to Point B. The same goes to all dungeons. Clearing this map monsters then move to another map until you reach the boss map and defeat the boss for another cutscene 2) Why the hell they included lots of Fetching side quests in the main quest (Lots of quests are not necessary in the main quest) 3) not able to control running by yourself is annoying as hell. Not able to run in town is a waste of time. 4) The only time i use jump is when i use Garuda. Most of the time i used Phoenix, Odin and Shiva. 5) Chocobo is extremely slow. Chocobo is quite annoying too when you are looting chest. Everytime you loot a chest, you need to resummon chocobo again. 6) The game is fun until Benedikta dead and the narrative just became bored ? There is too many flaws, i will just list a few. 7) during my first play through, I was forced to stare at NPC face for like 5 seconds when accepting quest :). Oh ya another 5 seconds for Clive to give goods to the NPC. 8) Quest rewards are not worth doing. Plus not worth to explore the map too, because the treasure is like 15Gil?

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I agree with all of the flaws you put here. So close to being great but they ended up missing the mark sadly.

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Your wrong, very wrong

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

@@Brayzon "I agree I would rather completely linear" Ain't this you? How do you completely agree with his flaws when you specifically went against it in another comment?

@Brayzon

Ай бұрын

@@someguy-kv6xv Yes I would rather completely linear than an "open world" where I'm basically forced to be linear anyways.

No party that travels and fights with the main character was a major deal breaker for me with FF16, who thought that's a good idea!!!!!!?, the most iconic element off FF games (specially the mainline games since FF1) is having a full party of diverse and interesting characters from all kinds of different backgrounds and each with their own powers and backstories ... it's absolutely NOT a mainline FF game if you don't even have a party (heck my fav characters in many of the FF games are usually some of the party members not the main character). Also the RPG elements being reduced to rudimentary laughably shallow upgrades compared to the complexity of FF12 Job Board and Gambit System or FF7 Materia system just to give few examples, even worse is that there are no interesting mini-games or side-activities that don't involve regular combats (like the card games from FF8 and FF9 which made the world feel alive and interesting to explore). As for the combat, FF7 remake already CREATED and PERFECTED the ideal FF ATB combat system, one that marries the tactical depth of regular turn-based combat with the speed and pacing of action combat without sacrificing anything, it's pure genius and the reason I muscled my way through the FF7 Remake Hard Mode (which was brutal) .. yet they ditched it away for a mindless shallow Devil May Cry style combat system, absolutely baffling.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Its just weird decision followed by more weird decisions

@southpawlibranine3511

5 ай бұрын

7 remake is shit

@AscendantStoic

5 ай бұрын

@southpawlibranine3511 Only story wise due to the stupid meta changes, everything else is 10/10 and far better than any of the trash in 16.

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

@@AscendantStoic right having a useless block and dodge button is so 10/10

@suokkis

Ай бұрын

They could have made it like in ff7 rebirth, have 6 or 7 characters you can customize and have to switch between them on a fly in a combat. But noo, we just get Clive. I think the ff7 remake system is a good basis for going forward. It works, so why fix it or change to something else?

I don’t like half assed open worlds which it seems that’s all square can do. No point in just having wild Chocobo, scorpions , whatever to kill it’s just a way to pad time. Make it completely linear lol I know some people don’t like that but it’s just better for a game like this. Scrap majority if not all those boring sidequests. Delivering apples? Cmon now😂. DMC 5 is better. That being said this game is epic don’t think it’s bad at all the pros outweigh the cons overall

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I agree I would rather completely linear

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

@@Brayzon That's what this game is? it's in no way open world

Also how did Joshua even survive the fight with Ifrit

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

We still dont know lol

@alexclaton

10 ай бұрын

plot armor ;)

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@alexclaton Power of the plot armor. wins every time.

@Sawngawkuh

9 ай бұрын

He was heavily injured when reverting back to normal and the Undying saved him.

@themisheika

9 ай бұрын

@@Sawngawkuh Must be some heavy duty medication considering how tenderized he was.

5/10 FF game i rather go back to X dodge those lighting n chocobo ballon

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

So sad too because it had hope

While I did thoroughly enjoy my experience, I agree with you. Some of the story beats did get boring, especially when dealing with the useless npcs. And they fumbled the story a with Anabella and the politics. If they had stayed that route, the story wouldve been better. While I personally liked Ultima, they could've saved his entire story for DLC or great side quest content instead of the 70 something fetch quests. There were only 2 good side quests out of it.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Yep, they could of narrowed it down and kept the experience more engaging! Instead of losing my motivation

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Dude, is clear that this game wasnt for you

This game left me jaded at the end. I am done with FF.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I feel that

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@MarvelHelmet325 you good bro? who hurt you?

Ive come to the conclusion that square should clearly define what a ff# game is. They should just adopt ff7 remakes battle system moving forward with any ff# game. Taking out the status effects and strategy of fights for more action doesnt work. Also partys should be 3 players minimum. I really wanted to play as jill but instead they gave me useless torgal. Yea i didnt really care for the story but the characters were good. The weapons, armors and crafting were kinda bare bones. I would argue the hunts in ff15 were better than 16. But i do think the warp strike and dodge mechanics are great for combat. The items were so miminal. Id replay an rpg like chrono trigger b4 i play this a 3rd time. The only reason i suffered through a 2nd playthrough was for the trophy. Also with the sidequests the only good thing about having so many is that if you keep the exp boosters on for the 1st n 2nd playthrough you can reach lvl 50 n 100 without having to grind enemies for the most part.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I really like turn based combat games if Im being honest. Like I like marvels midnight suns and I like gloomhaven as well. I know they wanted a larger audience though

@who_hurt_youproductions8826

10 ай бұрын

@Brayzon that's the thing. Just use ff7 remakes battle system. That's probably the best of both worlds in my opinion. Also they need to start adding more races like from ff14.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@who_hurt_youproductions8826 I didnt get to play ff14 so I dont know the races

@who_hurt_youproductions8826

10 ай бұрын

@Brayzon oh man idk if you're a fan of the mmorpgs but it's pretty fun. But they basically have their versions of elves and dwarves. Honestly I wouldn't mind if they brought back the class system because I really want to play as a dragoon especially seeing some of the designs for them in this game.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@who_hurt_youproductions8826 I love MMORPG I still play Runescape everyday almost lol

As a long time final fantasy fan, I was very disappointed especially the battle system. I look forward to it in every FF game. - enemies don't have any weakness to exploit even though Clive has an arsenal of Eikons and heir abilities. - no stats effects to inflict on enemies - they don't inflict any either -magic is useless -no stat buffs only bravery for the enemies - staggering enemies is boring not like ffxiii where you have to keep on top of it otherwise the stagger bar goes down, it kept you on your toes -story meanders and drops off a cliff -no party with different abilities - Torgal is useless -items are useless -lack of enemy variety I thought after ffxv they would have gone back to the roots of ff, nowntey have alienated their hardcore fans in order to recruit new players who think that ff is a slog. We(the hardcore fans) love the slog. Regretting buying the collectors edition. Can't wait for rebirth and have a fun battle system with stats effects, materia system, party member etc

The reason why Joshua stayed away those early years was because he initially didn't know where he was. At some point, The Undying did discover him and told Joshua of it, but it's stated that they perceived him as a threat after what happened at Phoenix Gate (and were even planning to assassinate him before Joshua told them not to). Joshua already being on the quest and so far away, along with the Undying protecting him from meeting up with his brother, made it difficult to go in search for Clive by that point. It's why even in the noted desert town, Jote's the one who has Joshua hastily leave after witnessing what was going on downstairs. The real questionable part is how, upon Joshua seeing Clive for the first time in years, he doesn't just opt to meet him then there. Apparently his research just took that much priority, I guess. :P Speaking of which, how he wound up learning about Ultima was also attributed to the Undying. He states that he initially went in search of a reason why the incident at Phoenix Gate came about, and they eventually learned about Ultima in old texts. This is kind of haphazardly explained as, even though Joshua does say this in a scene, the actual specification of what texts he read were relegated to the Active Time Lore stuff, stating it's some book by Moss the Chronicler. And yes, Ultima sucks as a villain. It's one instance where the conventional JRPG "Kill God" plot just isn't welcome. It completely hijacks the story at the expense of its more interesting premise revolving around battling nations.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Interesting I didnt know the first part! and yep.. BOO Ultima!

@themisheika

9 ай бұрын

Do you have the side quest or approx timeline where the Undying revealed that they planned to assassinate Clive?

@Sawngawkuh

9 ай бұрын

​@@themisheika Memory's a bit hazy other than the obvious earliest point being when you reach Tabor. I recall that dialogue being available a bit later than that though, after Clive established a rapport with Cyril. The side-quests associated with his group are the Duty Undying ones, as well as Joshua's end game one. One of the interactions when visiting him for those probably covered it.

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Ultima is a good villian, your an utter liar

Wow. This review nailed it all perfectly. And you laid everything out clearer than I could. Kudos.

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

Thank you appreciate it

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonno, you didnt Buffon

Two major gripes in my case that just destroy my enjoyment of the story: -The wasted potential when it came to the relationship between bearers and non bearers. EVERY SINGLE TIME bearers are perfectly good people being oppressed and non bearers are either evil or misguided. With so much world-building, even I could've written some decent, nuanced stories, but no. The writers just decided to quadruple down with the message of "bearers good" for like 70 hours, terrible waste and it gets boring 15 hours in. In a story that is all about self determination and having the will to define your place in life, bearers and non bearers are collectively written as good and evil respectively in the laziest manner possible. Hated it. -Joshua being alive ruins Clive's character development and nukes all the stakes that the amazing prologue sets up. The game went down two gears after we find out that Joshua is alive and it never recovered. Beyond my personal problem with the quest to destroy the mothercrystals, Clive dooms thousands of people to death and chaos just to "end the bearers plight".

@Brayzon

Ай бұрын

Yeah seemed like Clive had to take up the mantle after Joshua is gone but then hes just there again lol

The only issue ff16 had was not having difficulty modes instead of having that one item that made the game easier and people saying "but it's an upgrade" when it's been stated that it's not.... It should've had difficulty options like Devil May Cry has, heck that one even has a mode where if you get hit once, you're dead. I definitely think a lot of misinformation is spread and mostly to just promote hate. "not my final fantasy" etc. To me the game felt more heavily story driven and if you've played final fantasy games, there's always side quests on them and the story is always the main part. But of course, many provided challenging optional bosses in them, some even had some challenging main story bosses...

There is way too many cutscenes for my liking I haven't even finished it. Got so bored, this problem would also existed in Final Fantasy 7 remake. Square seems to prefer making a movie than a videogame.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I dont mind the movie aspect if its actually a good story

@DetectivePikachu37347

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon That's understandable

As much as I enjoyed the game, it has so many flaws. I bought and played Final Fantasy 7 Remake after finishing 16, and I was just confused by all the mistakes made in 16. 7 remake is better, and by far. And this comes from someone who doesn't have any nostalgia for Final Fantasy 7 (I wasn't born in 97). I feel like Yoshida and his team have spent so much time on Final Fantasy 14 that they haven't seen how single player games have evolved over the years. Regarding the story, I do not really agree. It is true that in the beginning we are presented with a conflict between different nations, but when Ultima is introduced there is a weird shift. But over all the story makes sense. What bothers me is that there is such a emphasis on Clive, that all the other characters are not explored as they should. Also, a big problem with this game's story is that if don't do all the side quests (or at leat the important ones, and some are chained), you won't understand the full story or even get to know some characters on a deeper level. But as you said the side quests are mechanically boring (and I did all of them), even those that are necessary to understand the story. This is sad because if you do them you can see that the characters are really good. And finally, I disagree about Ultima. I do think his introduction and development could have been better, but what he does and why he does it is completely logical. He's an okay villain, just not exceptional.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I guess since I did the story without every side quest I got more confused

How about their mother be assumed dead and later come sheming as ultimas and is super class with people have to know their place that all is well, and thats why she bought into ultimas plan. She could at least be the human face for ultimas plans to flesh him more ideological by default. Like even with ultima, she cloud be his number one human henchmen out of her buying that there cant be progress, and humans cant be trusted to bot have to be their exact role they are supposed too, and she is crazy but wants to save humans?! She could be that human face of ultima.

Not gonna lie, the FFIII games and all its later releases up until Lightning Returns had me engrossed with its story and characters than this one.

I actually liked the game and I played all of the final fantasy games. It’s interesting to hear other perspectives!

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Well glad you enjoyed it! Unfortunately I just couldn't get into it

The biggest issue for me was by far the pacing. Going from an awesome story moment to getting badges for town leaders really hampered my enjoyment of the game. I mean if you’re gonna have a super boring section of your game at least make it mean something. The ironwood section of GOWR was boring and long but at least it meant something to the story. Getting the ship parts for Mid just for her not to go to Cids grave with you. I might be misremembering, but that never really gets mentioned again. Right after that we have to chase some kid because Goetz lost his pass. The purpose he served in the Dominion was to sell us potions. Like why am I spending that time just doing things. I’m not doing anything of value. There’s no reason to any of this but to just waste my time. It was genuinely frustrating. I heard all this hype of CBU3 being amazing devs, but this game just didn’t do it for me unfortunately.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I dont remember it being talked about either. I agree it was super weird timing its almost like they didnt play through and check it

@Eversoul12

10 ай бұрын

CBU3 has a weird cult surrounding them. FF14 has been on a steady decline for the last 2 expansions, but said cult still thinks theyre the best dev team to ever grace the earth. its very much parallel to that meme of the dog sitting at the table with the house on fire saying this is fine.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@Eversoul12 Lol i love that meme

I stopped playing after Bahamut and finished the game on youtube, and even that was gruelling. Started out great and just got more and more boring. The story is not interesting AT ALL

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Could not agree more

@etzioschmetzio2168

10 ай бұрын

@@MarvelHelmet325 I think its just that I had expecations........People with zero were pleasantly surprised I guess. Dont get me wrong - Visually - the game is stunning. its just missing everything else.

@etzioschmetzio2168

10 ай бұрын

@@MarvelHelmet325 T R I G G E R E D ! ! ! hahahahahahahahahhhahahah

No ff game has ever risen above a 0/10 score.

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

A bit harsh?

36:20 I got the feeling that Ultima was taking control of Joshua's image or body and that's why he looks like Joshua back at Pheonix Gate, somehow messing with time. But it's implied and I never saw any evidence for it

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Hmm interesting take. Idk if you play Assassins Creed but the new ones are similar! So I guess I could see that.

square enix just needs to stop making games in general

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

oof

The main quest boss fights were so cool. But everything in between ranged from ok to just good for me. I'm at the final boss and just now finding out how to increase my potion capacity. Had the side quests been more interesting I may have done these sooner. But after 5 or so side quests I found myself skipping through dialogue or skipping side quests all together. If it has nothing to do with the main cast chances are I'm skipping it. Combat is fun. I'm definitely not as advanced as most people are though. I found myself sticking with 2 summons for most of the game because I struggled with getting used to using 3. Then again this may not matter because you can just brute force your way through the game like I have so far. I kind of wish we only had access to 2 summons instead but with 3 abilities each instead of 2. This may just be me though. Despite all of this I'd still give the game a 7/10. I still enjoyed myself.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

7/10 is not horrible at least you had fun overall thats all that really matters in the long run!

@jakeking3859

9 ай бұрын

Anything with a little plus, as opposed to an exclamation mark, is something that adds equipment or whatever to Clive's arsenal. It took me doing like 50% of the quests to figure that out though, which I would agree is a really big problem. There were also side quests in the late stages of the game that expanded quite a lot of some of the more main characters, like Otto and Charon, but I didn't see any telegraphing for those ones, so they really expected you to be invested enough to do all the quests. I think they tried to 'save' themselves by having the later stage quests give you reputation as well as EXP and gil, but the rewards for reaching each stage of that aren't enough of an incentive, especially since the gameplay isn't very challenging. I agree with you about the summons thing - after Garuda, you really don't need any of the abilities. Your block is fine by itself, and Phoenix is WAY overpowered for your first set of abilities. I mean, you only need 1000 AP to unlock the revival thing (the ability that nukes everything while healing you at the same time) and that ability can basically wipe out anything within a couple of hits and takes only a couple of minutes to recharge. I don't understand how the devs thought people were going to be experimenting with anything when Phoenix, especially the nuke and uppercut abilities work just fine to punch anything and everything out of your path. I wish they'd had your shift actually change your fighting style - I would have loved the ability to work in some harder hits with Titan and change quickly to Garuda for a quicker dodge.

@zalden2565

2 ай бұрын

@@Brayzoni would give it a 5/10 because I also enjoyed it, though I wouldnt say I loved it and it has absolutely no staying power for me. I have no desire to play through again.I tried to go again on the harder difficulty but when you know what coming next, there’s literally nothing left. I really wanted to love this game though. I bought the dlc to revisit this world and these characters and give it another chance. It’s just so dull though…

FF16 didn't need a turn based battle , turn based battle systems are for beginners in the RPG genre, ARPG are for intermediate and Advanced or Seasoned players, I think the problem with FF 16 is the lack of party system FF7 remake gives the option of classic time based or Action RPG but it still maintain a party system with switchable players and the difficulty of the game is too easy, not enough exploration

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

I disagree with it being for beginners turn based is like chess it just depends on how hard or easy they make it. It can be extremely hard if they made it that way

I think it would have been interesting if Ultima, instead of being yet another One True God big bad, was the embodiment of the Blight itself.

@Brayzon

2 ай бұрын

interesting!

@christopherbravo1813

2 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon wow, I wasn't expecting you to notice my comment! If you're interested, I've been thinking up a whole bunch of things I'd do differently if I were writing FF XVI, though in all honesty they're mostly focused on the Eikons and other supernatural elements of the setting rather than the sociopolitical stuff.

@Brayzon

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherbravo1813 Haha the eikons is the part I didnt like as much tbh!

@christopherbravo1813

2 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon I can see why. I'd honestly like a more "grounded" Final Fantasy title that focused more on mortal characters rather than this week's chosen one fighting God for the seventeenth time. Of course, if I were writing XVI, I'd *definitely* give Clive's mom a significantly larger role.

@Brayzon

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherbravo1813 Thats where I thought we were headed!

As someone who never played a FF Game before this game was honestly breathtaking for me. The story and combat were awesome imo

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

Interesting you feel that way

@chaoticpuncher8756

2 ай бұрын

Play final fantasy 7 remake and then try out 16 again. 16 would’ve benefited much better from being linear instead of semi open world. The closest thing I can compare 16 to is god of war 2018/ragnarok only difference there being that the side stuff in GoW all built on the characters and world in a meaningful and non repetitive way and the combat had way more depth to it.

Thing I like about this game: The world is good, the story is one of the better ones ive seen in a while, but there are some things that could have been better. Graphics and audio is amazing. Eikon battles are epic, at least the first time. What I dont like: Simplifying it, making it into a one man action battle aka Kingdom Hearts, they should have allowed party members and ability building with more robust inventory like in FF7 remakes. Characters should have been somewhat more intresting, some of them feel rather generic or bland. Also some of the locations feel more like Dioramas than actual explorable areas, for instance you never get to explore Oriflamme or the Iron Kingdom that much. It's like in FFX, you see bare minimum of some of the areas while a lot of others while passing through. It is better though than in FFX or FF13, youre not just limited to some corridor you run(until certain points), you can actually explore some areas(in a limited way). Problem is because the item and inventory system is bare bones, most of the discoveries amount to pretty much nothing. Sidequest are the worst kind of you see in mmorpgs, mostly fetch or hunt quests aside from some exceptions that actually expand the world a bit. The amount of cutscenes compared to gameplay should have been more balanced too. Also, Final Fantasy, please, you don't need to copy Game of Thrones or Witcher or any other IP, just be your own thing like you used to be. If this wasnt named FF, and didn't have some of the things like familiar enemies in it, id seriously think I might be playing some Game of Thrones or Witcher like game. Score 7.2/10

@Brayzon

Ай бұрын

Fair assessment. and agree games need to stop copying other ips just make your own

Nice video. Don't agree with all of your points but I did listen to and respect some of the points you made nevertheless. For me the Clive/Joshua story arc really carried the game's story, helped in large part by the voice acting/dialogue and music. But even this had some flaws. Like you said why did Joshua not come forward sooner and reveal to Clive that he is alive? They could also have at least discussed a way to remove the Ultima fragment from Joshua's chest (without it being fatal), should the time come. Tragedy was more than likely a 'when' than an 'if' the minute Joshua absorbed the Ultima fragment. They also never addressed the Ifrit killing Phoenix segment at the beginning of the game, which somehow Joshua figured out to be Ultima's doing. The biggest miss with the game narrative wise was the Jill story arc, which kinda got dropped after the Liquid Flame/revenge segment, and even then Clive took the Liquid Flame out and destroyed that Mothercrystal. Jill had promise early on in the game and ended up being a damsel in distress/plot device character. I did feel a little for her by the game's credits, and appreciated some of her scenes on second playthrough with that in mind, but I feel like there was missed potential with her character arc. Combat wise it was kinda on the easy side, like you said its a case of spam dodge and Eikon abilities. There were still some awesome moments with the combat though, but there were some downsides and certain Eikon fights just seemed awkward (the Garuda fight in particular). Anyways, liked and subbed :)

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree I wish they addressed some of the Joshua and Clive stuff more. I really liked Jill and growing up with Clive and Joshua could of made for a larger plot point than she ending up getting I agree. Thanks for the comment and sub I appreciate it!

@rredix

10 ай бұрын

Jill, like all the dominants and bearers, is a mcguffin. Everything is a mcguffin. Everybody wants dominants and bearers, but they don't actually do anything once obtained. And Clive, Clive is the most mcguffin of the mcguffins because Ultima must have him, but opening the arc of the mcguffins can only cause self-destruction.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@rredix Idk what a mcguffin is lol but I honestly seem to agree! Unless its a bad word or something that I dont agree with lol

@rredix

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon an object that drives the plot only because some person or persons want it,

@rredix

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon an object that drives the plot only because one or more persons want to have it. Like my car or a continuum transfunctioner. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXyXvM6ue5ncqMo.html

No minigame, no elves or dwarves, no party, no exploration or dungeon crawling, no hidden content, no reason to have an inventory system at all, no elemental damage, no status effects, no real leveling or equipment... It was a great spectacle fighter, but not an rpg at all

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

definitely had its problems Ill agree with that, although I dont think elves or dwarves make it a RPG lol

@Helion102

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon For sure, but they're called "fantasy races" for a reason. It's weirdly rare not to see them in a fantasy setting, and weirdly rare for an rpg to be set anywhere else

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@Helion102 I mean Elden Ring is an RPG theres do dwarfs or elves right?

@Helion102

9 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon No, but it does have reedlanders, nightfolk, draconians, and numen - on top of a whole lot of tribes of monster-people. I suspect the merchants are their own race too. I suppose they both have goblins and something like demi-humans, but in any event, Dark Souls isn't really a great role-model when it comes to worlds I'd want to spend time in. Also, doesn't Elden Ring have Maleketh?. He tends to be linked to dark elves and such

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

@@Helion102 Yeah Im not too sure of all the race lore in Elden Ring it was just the first one I thought of! Assassins Creed would be another and its all humans except for the supernatural in the last couple

2:48 what is going on with Clive's right flank here. You can see the water through where his ribs should be normally

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

what do you mean?

@nickahn7054

7 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon look under his hoodie next to his right arm and sword. you can see the water through that area. it doesn't make sense anatomically. Must be a glitch I think

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

yeah that is weird@@nickahn7054

Game is trying to be mature but it's still a jrpg at heart, design-wise and gameplay elements. It has an identity crisis and this is the reason the game is shallow to me.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Great way to put it

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon No, your not, your an awfull reivewer

Can someone please tell me I’m not the only one who HATES Clive’s running physics??? It’s like he’s gliding across the ground there’s no weight to it, it feels like a ps2 arcade game. I mean compare it to noctis’s run in 15, it looked so good and realistic. I can’t believe nobody has talked about what a downgrade the physics are

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Honestly I didnt really look at that I need to go back and check it out!

I’m not a big final fantasy guy. I have played ffx and ff15 and didn’t beat either of them, although I enjoyed them. I got half way through ff7 remake and stopped for reasons I can’t remember. I am currently playing this game now and I love it. This game was probably aimed more towards casuals at least to the franchise like me. Seems they don’t care about the hardcore fan base. Trust me I get it. I’m a huge fan of other game franchises and hate how casual they’ve become. I totally get these points. Luckily I’m a casual fan here so I can enjoy this one 😂

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

haha I just feel like I didnt like the casual aspects either! But thats the thing about gaming its all opinion i'm glad you had a good experience with this game!

@RickGrimes97

5 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon yeah I get your points though. Great video

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

appreciate it@@RickGrimes97

Most Final Fantasy games have a difficulty similar to Final Fantasy 16 on normal difficulty. However, Ultimaniac mode offers a greater challenge than almost every Final Fantasy game ever created, and Final Fantasy mode is mainly about being a combat god with stronger enemies rather than the difficulty. The game is a little harder on Final Fantasy mode, but the combat is much more enjoyable. Just like with other Final Fantasy games, you are supposed to beat them more than once to truly enjoy them.

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I was so bored theres no way Ill put myself through that again

Final Fantasy already moved on from turn based to action with FFXV.

I played the trial and couldnt wait to finish those 2 hours. And am a ff fan...

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

In a good or bad way?

FF was a turn based game. From 1-13. They have been trying these fighting game styles. And none of them work. It's time to return to turn based.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

I actually like turn based games i think they are underrated

@clydelilly3960

7 ай бұрын

I am tired of everything becoming a fighting game. They are all action based now. FF has a long history of doing turn based games. They should go back to what they perfected years ago@@Brayzon

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

If it aint broke dont fix it is my motto@@clydelilly3960

My only gripes are the normal interactions which the game is coded into, they talk and just stand around, animations are slow and unskippable. I do enjoy the narrative of these side content and non-main setpieces but the structure and pacing could be better. I see they have an issue to connect main set-pieces (boklad and northreach for example). The ash region is also wasted potential along with barnabas and harbard, still very cool villain i'd say but there's so much to explore from his early ambitions, to unite all the dominants so the realm wouldnt be at war. Even with that, i'd still give this game a solid 9, it's a complete FF experience which i haven't felt in a long time and has experiences cannot be felt in any other title

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Im glad you liked it I definitely would not give it a 9 for me personally but obviously opinions are each their own!

@TruePeaceSeeker

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon I would definitely rate it so. Other final fantasy games got a pass for having much of the same problems. Being critical is fine, but from enjoyment alone that is my rating. If we're being critical for FF7R example, people would've also given it a score lower than a 9 but since its FF7, many gives it a pass.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@TruePeaceSeeker Thats true people do love to pick and choose when to critique something!

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Your very wrong

Game is gow with worse side quests and customization

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Fair

Playing FFX again and 16 is simply a disgrace

@Brayzon

4 ай бұрын

its not the best

By the end of this game I was still waiting to play the 10/10 game that people were talking about. This game is a solid 6/10. It would have been better off ditching all of its piss poor RPG and crafting elements and just go full DMC. What a disappointment this game was.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I agree! Just go full on story

@Gekkoukitsune9

4 ай бұрын

Honestly, after 14 is done, I'll be saying goodbye to ff 😢 I didn't sign up for this dmc crap and they said all newer games will be like this is a spite in the face to fans of the series but it is what it is I guess I still have persona and bg3 ect

@AstonishingRed

4 ай бұрын

@@Gekkoukitsune9 Even with BG3 and Persona, I’m still going to miss what FF used to provide. If the next game is anything like 16, I’ll be skipping it also.

RPG can mean anything in today's gaming: No. Just, no! It means exactly one of TWO things. Period: You are either stepping into the shoes of the "role" of a predefined character, to control their actions and outcomes, thus "shaping" who they may ultimately become; OR you are stepping into the place of a "blank slate" character whom you get complete control of insofar as the confines of said game will allow. These two things can apply to just one character, or an entire party, but that is the definition of ROLE PLAY GAME. You are playing a role. End of. Whether that role is fully yours to customise, or pre-gen'ed to start, is up to the Devs. Too many take RPG to be it's "elements" which are usually stat growths, skills and abilities, and gear that you can choose to go out of your way to find, or may not. That's not the CORE of what an RPG is. Those are the things that do make the RPG genre special, and stand out. The rest is about customization and choice, as the role you've bound yourself to. What pace you want to set, how high a level you want to grind to, or will you test yourself at lower than expected against the end boss. Will you go out of your way to collect all the special easter eggs for maybe that one massively powerful end game "ultimate" weapon, or say bugger it and use the best you've found to bludgeon things into getting the same job more slowly done. Elements of, are not the same as RPG. They never were, and never will be. They should never have been taken to be.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

While I agree with your sentiment, in todays gaming the two are usually connected in a lot of ways, I agree that it stands for Role Playing Game and were playing a role. But usually games like lets say AC2 for instance, goes by action adventure games although we are still playing a role for the character. Over time the term has gotten more broad

@TheRavenShadowsWolf

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Fair enough - but it's termed action adventure game because up to a set point within that series it didn't actually account for most of the RPG genre's conventional points. Like stat growth, or gear upgrades, or level ups. So while you are playing a role; the "role" was not as much what was focused on. Thus the definition as stands is NOT that broad even to today's standards. Otherwise Cyberpunk 2077 would have still billed itself unto the disastrous end as an RPG instead of switching to like AC the action/adventure category. Unless you really want to stretch for it in a broadened definition. Then by all means, go ahead and play Plastic Man - he deserves more credit than he gets. From what I've seen in other reviews, FF16 is more Devil May Cry than Final Fantasy True RPG. Which to some is fine... but to me, is why FF9 still rules as the best in the series for me personally. (I didn't get to play 7 when it originally came out, and 8 confused the hell out of me)

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@TheRavenShadowsWolf You still had gear upgrades, base upgrades, cosmetic options, those are all choices in your "role"

@TheRavenShadowsWolf

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon True, but you're arguing semantics. The role was not what was actually focused on; or again, they would have called it in category an RPG. That they could not, by set legal standards meant that the Role was not what was by and large, focused upon. Hence it is not called an RPG. Yes, I am also arguing semantically if you really want to split hairs, and it appears we won't agree. So feel free to leave this topic, as naught but a circular argument.

@someguy-kv6xv

Ай бұрын

Don't you describe every game here? in what game do you not take on a predetermined character or create one yourself?

Nice video! I tend to mostly agree with you. Especially, I feel like what you said about the focus of the story is on point. The tried to imitate George RR Martin, but failed to see what makes his books interesting. They got the background lore just fine, but then they don't use it... why not? To tell a story about some boring villain who thinks he's Nietzsche when he's more like a teen on tumblr? What a stupid idea. This is not to say that the game is bad; they did quite a few thing very well, but it does drag a lot like 20-25% of the time and that's wierd for a main line FF. Also, the idea of making the game so bleak and miserable was terrible.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Glad you agree, just sad because it had so much potential

My only issue with the game was the crafting could have been better. But that doesn't ruin the game in any way. The main story was amazing the combat was incredibly fun the music was epic and I have never cried as hard at any game than I did to the ending of 16. 10/10 game easily for me.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I guess we disagree on story I thought it was a snooze but that's the fun in gaming! We all have our own opinions! Crafting definitely should of been left out or made better.

@nath7486

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon yeah I don't think anything of you for your opinion, you're entitled to it and if this is what you thought then all the power to you! I'm a big story lover and if the game has a good story my enjoyment of a game increases ten fold. Although if the story was worse the combat and music would have kept my interest anyways. I'm sorry you couldn't find the same level of enjoyment as I did!

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@nath7486 Im sorry as well believe me I love great gaming experiences as much as the next person! The music was top notch I loved it.

@nath7486

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Yeah I'm just a big believer that good music elevates a game to new heights. So I have a weakness for good music and story in a game and imho 16 had both in spades. I do have to say it is one of my favourite games of all time. The reason I love FF14 so much too.

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@nath7486 I feel like either ways its a very polarizing game to say the least!

Demo did it for me,hard to believe they can make octopath traveller 2 and then this crap.

GAME DEVS. STOP LOCKING HARD MODES/NEW GAME + BEHIND COMPLETION. ITS A TERRIBLE IDEA AND SERVES NO PURPOSE AND BENEFITS NOBODY. Holy shit I can’t believe this idiotic trend still persists. I could have enjoyed this game TWICE as much and all it would have taken was a toggle in the menu settings like every game ever made used to have. It’s a story driven game, I BEAT IT already, I’m not gonna play it again just because enemies have bigger health bars. You could have made my FIRST experience with the encounters 10x more memorable by just letting me sweat it out the first time. I’m not gonna fuckin jump back in and skip cutscenes for 14 hours just to get to that ONE fight I wanna play on NG+ difficulty. This shit literally pisses me off, it’s such an experience killer for no reason whatsoever.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

YEPPP or at least have a way you can just play back the boss fights later on after you finish!!

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonyour a liar

i have fallen asleep midfight mashing square and won just subconsciously mashing attack. on more than one occasion. which is ridiculous for an action game.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Agreede

Great video, giving you a sub 👍 I think the sidequests were really good. Sure they seem basic at first, but I thought to myself, it's pretty hard to help your neighbors in real life, i.e. helping a friend move, getting things for an elderly person, going to a protest etc. Clive is working from the ground up, building a community and solidarity. The sidequests get really deep IMO some of them heartwarming, some heartbreaking Agreed the game is super easy. I had 2 game overs in my 70 hour play through. I got CLOSE to being bored with the combat, but I'd switch abilities around and find new ways to take down enemies as creatively and quick as possible. It really is a rush to plan out your attacks and crush bad guys I liked the story myself. It really pulled my heart strings especially the end, but that's just me

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Appreciate the sub! Interesting insight I guess thats why we can all appreciate different games!

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Your an utterly nobody kid that did a complete bias reivew

This game like others fell victim to being developed during the pandemic. Which is no excuse in my opinion since others were too and didn’t have these issues. But I agree with so much of what you’re talking about.

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

That could be a reason unfortunately but still sucks :/

@Awdreejahslin

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon it does! I really wanted to love 16! Like I skipped 15 cause it felt too action-y for me… this was likely even more so… like ff7 remake was a fantastic balance of rpg with a party, ATB, and still action in a way too! I say this as someone who wants a more turn based gameplay though… I miss games like original 7, 8, 9, 10… and I even liked the gambit system for 12 which kinda allowed an auto play but the user could interrupt and change things if needs be. An they still had ATB! Like not all games need to play like other games… what’s the point at that point?? The animations of handing things over from you to npc and vice versa you could tell that mo cap was done separately likely for covid protocols… but it looked so stiff and meh to me… reminded me of early pc gaming haha. A the cutscene stuff 2 seconds of gameplay/combat followed by 5 min of dialogue/cutscenes… felt more like MGS an kojima gaming which again isn’t bad as I too enjoy mgs… but if I wanted to play mgs… I’d go play mgs…. I beat the main story and need only beat it on ff mode and complete the eikon board for all abilities in order to get the platinum and I have next to no desire to do it cause I got board with it…. The story was okay enough but it didn’t suck me in like other FF’s… I played like 30 hrs and over a month and literally took a month off before powering through it for 60 more hours taking my time cause I’d get distracted with other stuff… overall I enjoyed myself, I was entertained, just it was not like others and that too made me sad.

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

Personally it was more of a chore for me than enjoyment @@Awdreejahslin

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonyour a awfull reviwer

Knew this game was going to be dog shit lol

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I thought it was gonna be good :/

I am not a fan of this game. But by your own Logic, you can just pick Magic builds in Dark Souls andspam magic

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely true! Except its a lot harder to do in Dark Souls and in Elden Ring for instance, almost impossible to use just magic on a boss like Malena( idk if i spelled that right)

Some of yall clearly dont know anything about final fantasy or just demand every game be dark souls. Its okay to not have an open world in every game and the cutscenes were spectacular. I will admit i see where combat could be repetitive but you have like 8 different things to mix n match sooo

@darkstarproductions9276

8 ай бұрын

Bro battling gods in space and all he can think about is the hit detection 😂

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

I would have prefered it to be turn based tbh I dont need an open world but they tried to put like a halfway open world for no reason IMO

I'm halfway through and it's a toss up whether I'll actually finish. Not one single element of this game is strong enough to carry the overall weakness of the whole. I give it a 4 out of 10. It's playable, but it's not really fun. Even the "cinematic" fights just aren't that great imo. If I was watching them like a movie, I'd wonder what the heck was wrong with the cinematographer. So, yeah, I'm sure that they're great compared to other games, but they aren't worth the hours of playtime it takes to get to them. Just finished off Titan and - like you - was basically bored by the fight.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Yep, its unfortunate that the fights are in fact that boring. I really expected more with how the game opened

Best game I’ve played in years

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Thats a hot take

2:258 I would say Devil tigger give the genre.

For people who think this game is “final fantasy” enough and want turn based, I just always like to point out that final fantasy hasn’t been turn based since final fantasy 3, with X being the ONLY more modern outlier. I’ve always loved every entry, and have gravitated towards the more divisive ones, and XVI is no different. Could there have been a little more to combat(delayed attacks would be a godsend) and story, and a more conclusive end, sure. But I’m still 100% happy with what this game was. The story was great, the cutscenes and escalating bosses was pure anime nonsense in the best way, and Clive is just the man. It’s cool to hate on every new entry. Give this one a few years and people will look back more fondly- look at 8,12, 13 to some degree, and 15 for proof of that. If final fantasy is about pushing boundaries and changing things up, 16 is the most final fantasy final fantasy since 1.

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Im glad you like it up personally I just dont agree about the story or bosses being great

@kennethhernandez9243

5 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon I respect it. It’s the nature of narrative games to ultimately be more subjective than anything else. One persons favorite story can put someone else to sleep. 16 definitely is not perfect. It straddles the line between character action and rpg valiantly, but by not committing one way or another both parts are hurt. For me, like I said, the story just resonated with me. A mature, adult protagonist dealing with his past, his guilt, and learning to love, lead, and sacrifice himself just hits all the right notes with me. The performances and writing also really drew me in. Again, very subjective stuff. I do think by the time final fantasy 17 comes out, people will look back at the experience that was 16 more fondly. No we’ll see the reactions to final fantasy VII rebirth, because that’s going to be a nightmare depending on how they handle that game.

@Brayzon

5 ай бұрын

Its definitely subjective Ill agree with you on that! Thats the beauty of gaming! The story didnt resonate with me but with others it does!@@kennethhernandez9243

Benedikta was the greatest character for a loooong time. And what? Yeeeaah

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

best definitely out of the villains

You can totally tell what was popular during the creation of the game that’s for sure.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

What do you mean by that?

@stevenparker9911

9 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon I’ve just noticed a lot of games kinda mirror what’s a popular play style,movement system, character design, even copying things from tv shows sometimes. (not just this game just games in general)

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Oh definitely gaming is a lot of copy and paste@@stevenparker9911

@stevenparker9911

9 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon agreed

This is the first Final Fantasy game I havent bought day 1 (and most like will never buy/play). Ive been a long time fan of the franchise but after 13 and with each one after I was becoming more and more unsatisfied with the series. Progressively worse, nonsensical writing, boring combat with an ever increasing emphasis on spectacle over substance. After 15 I decided to take a wait and see approach with 16 and im glad I did. I did give the demo a chance and I immediately saw very similar problems I had with 15 and new ones. Only one character party, story that was extremely predictable (I mean, come on, Joshua is the Phoenix, you really think he was going to die there?). Once the full game came out I did watch some spoilers on the story and its the same poor writing with enough holes to make swiss cheese blush like the last few entries along with a combat system that looked like it never really evolved much past what you play in the demo.

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

The demo was really good and then it just got worse tbh

this was defo one of the worst RPGs i have ever played. the cutscenes were nice, and in general the visuals were beautiful, but everything else was such an unbearable slog. the rpg mechanics feel pointless, exploration of the zones they drop you in felt pointless and don't reward any meaningful items. the base felt pointless since you never have to restock on potion with how many of them you get from the dungeons alone. from all the quest i did only 2 were all that memorable and even those were just basic MMO quests. i might have forgiven or simply tolerated a lot of these issues if at least the story and its characters turned out great, all the interesting characters either left early or died. so you are left with the stoic hero guy, his dog and jill the girl that shows as much emotion as a cardboard-cutout of vin diesel. as well as the temp party member they give you once in a while. oh and the combat that they made such a big buzz around was worse than pretty much all character action games i have played. i think this is it for me and FF. i just can't connect to any of their current titles anymore.

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

Sad to hear but honestly I agree. Would have preferred turn based combat

People who finish play FF 16 go back play Trial of the sky see wat good story about

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Hmm

I didn't play this gane but really? Why is Malboro, usually one of the hardest monsters in Final Fantasy the intro boss in the game?

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Tbh none of them are crazy

@s-wo8781

7 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon You talking about the XVI bosses? Yeah I saw in your video. Just a shame about Malboro.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Yeah they are all fairly easy @@s-wo8781

@suokkis

Ай бұрын

Their not even called Malboros anymore but "Morbol". Im guessing the tobacco company finally found out and didn't like the connection. Or some big wig in there at Square-Enix got too nervous.

I basically hate this game. It looks bad and runs bad, and I can’t believe people don’t admit this. I hope my next Souls game doesn’t go full party turn based or then I’ll really lose hope.

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

I dont think they would do that after Elden Ring

@Idkwhtpsipto

6 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon well that’s essentially the inverse of this so wilder things can happen 🤷🏼‍♂️ (in seriousness I agree with you; it won’t happen (thank god))

@Brayzon

6 ай бұрын

I guess you are right lol! But agreed I think were safe@@Idkwhtpsipto

Had they ditched 90% of the side quests and just went balls deep into the story and character dynamics being more akin to the 4 boys in FFXV, it would have been 10/10. But they missed the mark and I'm giving it a 7/10, better than average and one of the first games in a long time I've actually enjoyed but it did have its moments of just dragging ass.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

The first half was better but got worse throughout the game IMO

Once I realized you had the dodge accessory on, I lost interest. Let’s talk how easy it is when we’ve got accessories to make it easy. You HAD valid points till then.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

The parts that had that weren't my footage some of mine corrupted:/ But I respect your opinion

@OhDoyleRulesGaming

9 ай бұрын

If that be the case, then I apologize for my previous comment. @@Brayzon

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

its no problem I understand where you are coming from! @@OhDoyleRulesGaming

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonyour a Buffon of a reviwer

I stopped playing after about 2 hours realizing its a hallway simulator with shitty loot that follows basically a template. Story is good, sure (although sadly had to take outside inspiration which is weak imo) but not when ts overlaid on a hollow game. $90 wasted.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

I didnt like the story or the gameplay tbh

FF16 would've become the next Forspoken if it didn't have the FF name attached to it. It's plagued by mediocrity and nothing but the graphics going for it. Story and gameplay are mediocre at best. For what should be a high budget AAA ARPG with famous people behind it, it should have been a lot better

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. The first few hours are great but then its boring

I agree, the story is lack lustre. This bad story writing reflects in ffxiv endwalker expansion. I had more fun with Sea of Stars and Baldur’s Gate 3.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

I havent played those yet!

exclusivity must die it hurts gaming

@Brayzon

4 ай бұрын

Agreed

I really am glad I'm not the only one that just... really doesn't like this game. Like... at all. I kind of hated it a few hours in, and despised it more and more as it went on. There are some great moments, but the slog between those moments are atrocious. I've never been more bored playing a FF Game than with XVI. The combat, once you realize how completely uninteresting the entire system is, gets boring real fast so even that doesn't break up the monotony. Story is a mess with two different stories being told and which are at odds with each other. The tone is all over the place, and the pacing. Oooooh the Pacing is some of the worst I've seen in any video game. I think the game peaks at the Titan Lost fight (Visually, it's still not interesting mechanically), and then falls off a cliff after that in every regard. On top of all that, I can't even say it's an RPG anymore, it's more shallow than a kiddie pool. I didn't even do the side quests because the main quest had enough side quests that it made me not want to even try the side quests. Got bored with the hunts as well, once you realize that Will-of-the-Wykes and Dodge break this game in half like a nilla wafer, nothing in the game matters anymore. I agree with you that having to self impose a difficulty curve on yourself does not recuse the developers for designing a terribly boring system. It's kind of like Pokemon in that regard. Boring, uninteresting combat, with self imposed difficulty in the form of Nuzlockes. It is pretty, but at the cost of running properly, not something I liked to sacrifice. I prefer smooth experience to slightly prettier, and it's unacceptable IMO for a PS5 exclusive. This game made me go back and play FFXII and the FFVII Remake again. I recommend XII if you want the more Political Story, and VII Remake if ya want action combat done better. (Not perfect, but better).

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

Couldnt have said it better myself

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonno, your an unhinged Buffon

This was the most boring AAA game I’ve played…ever. There’s more cutscene than actual game

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

If the story was good I wouldnt care but it was putting me to sleep

@theboogiemanstan

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon the story was wildly plain. Dull, slow, predictable, etc

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

And had massive plot holes@@theboogiemanstan

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Wrong

10 out of 10 for me until bahamut kisses another dude.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Well Im glad you enjoyed it until then!

The fun is hidden in the training.. 20 minutes in the arena... and I'm excited beyond words, at the new combos I've made... look deeper.. train harder.. become legendary... 👑💯

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

interesting

This game sounds like a repeat of ff15 meaning all eye candy and no style or substance and no heart and soul . Ff6, Ff7, Ff8, Ff9, Ff10 all had personality, heart and soul looked great and were made with a one year development cycle unlike the 7 year development cycle that square enix does just to make an average game. Times have changed and the new class of writers directors artists just don't know what made final fantasy great

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately thats the name of the game now :/

@ganshrio7336

8 ай бұрын

Nostalgia. If any of those were made today they would also deserve a 0/10 score.

I shelved the game about half way through got to the first titan fight i'll say that and beat him. but man is this game poorly paced and poorly written (sometimes). Its honestly just not a good game in my opinion. not to mention the characters after the time jump aren't interesting and it seems like Clive and Jill's character growth just stalled for five years.

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

Couldnt agree more

Such a good review. You need more subs

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate it. Just trying to make good content every day!

@bauloprete3905

8 ай бұрын

​@@Brayzonyour a Buffon on a reviwer

@ds1448

7 ай бұрын

@@bauloprete3905you’re * Some people have standards unlike you

16:01 youre litterally just intentionally making your experience worse

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

why do you say that?

@Astreon123

7 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon youre going out of your way to avoid the depth the combat has

@Brayzon

7 ай бұрын

What that I did made you feel that way? I didnt feel like I was@@Astreon123

Great video... also felt like a single player version of ff 14 ...

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

I only watched my brother play that one never played myself!

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon That explains why your en complete utter buffon

Titan's fight seemed so out of place, specially with that Devil May Cry like soundtrack. To me it's when i realized how boring and repetitive this game can be. I only beated it because i was invested on the story and already had spent a lot of time and actual money with this game.

@Brayzon

9 ай бұрын

Literally the only reason I beat it. And the fact I wanted to be able to make a video lol, but if I didnt create a video from it and didnt buy it full price I would of quit 10 hours in

@fredy2041

8 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon Unhinged bufoon

6.5outta 10 for me

@Brayzon

8 ай бұрын

Thats fair

Also none of this review talks about story

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

Well then you did not watch this video all the way through. I absolutely talk about the story.

I’m new to ff, having only really gotten into the franchise recently with 16. While waiting for 16 to come out I tried the older games, like 4, x, 12, and 15. And non of them really clicked with me. But 16 really did hook me. if I had to explain this game to someone. I’d say it’s an amazing story, passionately written and crafted to tell a beautiful story. On paper……… and that’s the painful part This games story is good on paper and that’s where it’s quality ends…… You can tell the real meat of the story is about 10-15 hours of the game with 40 hours interwoven in between that kills any chance of caring about the story……. The story feels unfocused and way to big. Maybe a 2-3 hour movie would’ve been better at telling the story than a 70 hour game…. But I know that’s unpopular The length and filler also gives the story so many fucking holes, like ultima being the hooded man (dumb), Joshua just surviving (dumb), the mother crystals being destroyed not doing anything (dumb), the blight and bearers ceasing to fucking exists after the 30 hour mark (sooo dumb) The game needed to be focused. It’s like a steak that’s 90% fat and the 10% left is really really good…. I just hate how clear it is that the devs needed to add runtime to the game….. it ruins so much of it…. But, I’d also have to say that the story itself is betrayed by almost EVERYTHING ELSE. One of my close friends told me he wished this game was 10-15 hours and a more narrative focuse linear story game. And I agree. The story of this game had so much potential to be told in an amazing way. But the story was not told the right way, the gameplay betrays it, and the devs betray it. 40:35 THIS…. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN…… thank you for finally being the person to call this out… masterfully done…. Anyways, love to see people really breakdown games like this! Great video!!!!

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

haha when I read your comment Im like I think I said the same thing!! Honestly I would love a 2-3 hour movie of this game! Appreciate the support glad you liked it! I plan on continuing to break down more games like this I have one Im working on now.

@diegeticfridge9167

10 ай бұрын

@@Brayzon I appreciate you being welcoming despite me not knowing much about ff. That’s a very hard thing to find. I’m definitely subbed 🫡

@Brayzon

10 ай бұрын

@@diegeticfridge9167 Tbh I dont know that much either! Ive kept up with some but hard to play all 16!Ive watched my brother play some

@SephirothOwa13

10 ай бұрын

I'm a vet FF player and aggre with pretty much everything you said here. Also I wish we had more time with the "party members" getting to know them. Actually know them. I wish I cared about Jill but I don't. After her moment she fall off and was just there for plot. Even the beach scene. I should've have looked it up in Japanese. Clive just takes her powers, she doesn't give them. That's why Joshua punched Clive later.

@diegeticfridge9167

10 ай бұрын

@@SephirothOwa13 I will say I really liked Jill but I just wished the game let you play as all the party members. I think that would let us connect with the side characters more. And 15 nailed the “friends together” vibe that 16 just lacks…. Still love the game and the story it tells but the game has sooooo many issues 😭😭😭😭