Playing FF16 now! Just started, but it is lots of fun so far!
Let us know how you like it. Previews peaked my interest, but review sources that I trust have been rather mixed on the game.
Not finished yet, but a couple of disjointed thoughts (negative sticks out more than positive obviously, so don't take these as a sign i hate the game, I don't.):
- if you don't like QTEs move on, entire sections of the the big boss fights feel like cutscenes that the devs said "ugh, fine, we'll let the player do something I guess, let's throw in a QTE here and there" - that said, if you are able to immersive yourself in the moment, the QTEs can feel like a natural extension of what is going on. Hard to explain, but you'll know when you get there. If the illusion breaks however, it's bad. - main story quests can be really good, but also straight up fetch quests from an mmo. You can see the FFXIV influence everywhere for sure. - voice acting is good, maybe not FFXII good, but good. - music is what you expect, very well done - don't let the demo mislead you, it's 100% a Final Fantasy story/game, with all the good and bad that comes with that. - Combat can be very simple, or quite complex actually depending on how you want to deal with it. I've grown to enjoy it for the most part. - Bosses aside, enemies never feel as tanky as they looked in the previews. - SPECTACLE, SPECTACLE EVERYWHERE. - exploration is completely pointless, there is literally nothing to be found. Okay, 2 gold pieces, and some crafting materials that you won't need. - It's less RPG than other Final Fantasy games, which is saying something lol - fairly somber atmosphere, they tried to throw in a couple of silly moments, but they fall flat most of the time, the game is good when it's moving the story forward and not trying to be something it isn't. - performance I haven't really noticed actually. The demo section seemed worse than the rest of the game.
overall, having a good time, but it's not remotely perfect, take the 10/10 scores with a grain of salt for sure. The game is essentially combat and cutscenes. Nothing else matters.
