I started the game about a week or so ago to coincide with the DLC and I'm glad that the full game will be even better in a couple days. I'm honestly having a great time with it but I understand how being literally a linear action game with extremely minimal traditional FF elements would rub a lot of people wrong. Probably would have made my top 10 for 2023 if I played it then!
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The Skill Set feature made me decide to wait for the update before jumping back in to finish my New Game+ run.
A real game changer for me that constantly adjusted my ability and accessory loadout depending what I was fighting.
New Game+ and Ultimaniac will make you consider what you are using against what enemy.
A real game changer for me that constantly adjusted my ability and accessory loadout depending what I was fighting.
New Game+ and Ultimaniac will make you consider what you are using against what enemy.
Yeah. I liked the lighting in the game, I thought the different quality of light in the different areas of the game before that event really added to the character of them. But then it's taken away when the whole world is finally opened up to explore around and do sidequests? It's annoying.
Agreed. This has to be the way going forward, and something we as gamers need to do more of. Just don't put up with it and reward them. Just wait it out. Or pass, and play something else.
Seems like it, outside of boss/eikon battles. Thank god, some of the enemies are so bullet spongy that it sometimes makes the game feel like a chore.
Not mentioned in the notes or the previous panel they had on the DLC so I am very much taking it as a no.
Would have loved a 40FPS mode personally.
They said 10+ hrs for everything. Probably tack on a few more if you want to do that ultimate fight they're adding
Seems like a great update. Hope there's a pro patch later in the year as well as I've been holding off doing ng+.
Depends on if you bought the first DLC or not. The first DLC was a 2-3 hours long (really just some story and a dungeon), but the second DLC is supposed to be something like 8-10, so altogether I figure the whole thing would accumulate to about 11-14 hours.
Really looking forward to returning to this game, but I'll have to boot up my endgame save instead of my NG+ one since I haven't made it that far.
ff16 was perfectly playable and enjoyable without these changes, these are changes made because of FAN feedback. You need people playing your game to offer ways to improve it sometimes and 16 is getting updated because people asked for things.
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Did they fix Jill's chainmail walking sound effect that was too high pitched in the 5.1/7.1 audio mix?
I can't believe they still don't let you skip mid-battle cutscenes. I think I had a very different gameplay experience from others because I just went for the no-hit medals as a first playthrough when I realized the game was too easy. Upping the stakes encouraged me to use different eikons, play differently, and sidestepped the whole refill potions issue.
But I cannot in good faith recommend anyone else do it because not being to skip some of those 5min+ worth cutscenes was asinine. Truly felt like a PS1 FF 🙃
But I cannot in good faith recommend anyone else do it because not being to skip some of those 5min+ worth cutscenes was asinine. Truly felt like a PS1 FF 🙃
I haven't played XVI, but the overall impression I get is that people say the game is too easy because most enemies outside of boss fights aren't really threatening at all. Such tweaks would be more about getting through them faster to contribute towards improving the game's pacing, more than anything else. Issues with the enemy design would require a lot more work than tweaks to player strength, and attempts at that might make the game worse in unforeseen ways.
It's like how people are voicing displeasure with late game Dragon's Dogma 2 not only having low monster variety, but simultaneously having high encounter density highlighting that issue even more.
Wouldn't it be wild if by finishing the Rising Tide DLC, Clive and company learn how Mysidia maintains its blue sky under Primogenesis and manages to spread it back to the rest of the world?
People would complain you need to pay for DLC to get the nice sky back, but honestly, I'd take it as a solution to the narrative issue they've created for themselves. Would also explain why its not a toggle. The devs seem so acutely aware of how much people dislike the purple filter, so much so that they marketed the DLC all around the clear skies.
People would complain you need to pay for DLC to get the nice sky back, but honestly, I'd take it as a solution to the narrative issue they've created for themselves. Would also explain why its not a toggle. The devs seem so acutely aware of how much people dislike the purple filter, so much so that they marketed the DLC all around the clear skies.
Nah the problem extends to the bosses too. The game is too easy overall, some bosses are just cool to fight regardless of that. But once you get the final set of abilities, nothing in the game lasts more than a few minutes at most, final boss included. And no fights really dragged, they barely lasted. There are many problems with the game's combat, including pacing and variety issues. But "I don't do enough damage" wasn't one of them.
In the end, I don't know if they matter, since it's not gonna change the fact that the game is still "Tap the attack button to win"
Loadiuts should have absolutely been there since launch. All those aoe skills had next to no purpose taking up a valuable slot when they were trash against bosses. Being able to finally use different stuff when fighting trash will freshen the experience alot because otherwise every fight started to feel the same because you were locked in
I mean technically it's somewhat true in that you could just do your basic Square combo over abd over and theoretically whittle down enemy health.
Pretty awful way to play though.
I mean that's technically true but wow that would be the worst way to play the game. Plus that describes about 90% of all RPGs.
I was waiting the full release of the DLCs to replay the game.
I just kinda wish the Leviathan fight don't have deep sea realistic giant serpent swimming underwater around you because this probably will trigger my thalassophobia a little... Yeah I know it's a game, but makes me uncomfortable.
Looking forward to listen Forevermore again in the beautiful fields!
I just kinda wish the Leviathan fight don't have deep sea realistic giant serpent swimming underwater around you because this probably will trigger my thalassophobia a little... Yeah I know it's a game, but makes me uncomfortable.
Looking forward to listen Forevermore again in the beautiful fields!
I think it's mostly true if you're using some of the timely accessories. Not viable for some bosses and hunts, but for mobs, the "all flash/no fun" method works 99% of the time. LOL
Sucks that there is no tweaks to the performance mode. Other than that a lot of those changes are pretty substantial