it sold 5 million day one and 10 million lifetime so it had good legs
Imran Khan: Square Enix "slightly panicking" over Final Fantasy XVI pre-orders, tracking below Final Fantasy XV
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…Okay? Claire got a whole trilogy of games and I never saw anyone complain about her name being common so idk why people feel so strongly about Clive.
Honestly, I wouldn't play it even if it were free.
It has nothing of the charm I used to associate to FF, I find the trailers boring and samey, I just wouldn't want to spent my limited play time on this game.
In the the end, I'm sure it will be fine, but FF is just another jrpg-ish series now, nothing special. With time it will be ported to everything, got on sale for 3 bucks at times like XV and rack up those sales numbers.
It has nothing of the charm I used to associate to FF, I find the trailers boring and samey, I just wouldn't want to spent my limited play time on this game.
In the the end, I'm sure it will be fine, but FF is just another jrpg-ish series now, nothing special. With time it will be ported to everything, got on sale for 3 bucks at times like XV and rack up those sales numbers.
It's all just very strange. The developers made a game that maybe had a chance at expanding audiences on both Xbox and PC but the business people made a deal that limits potential growth.
What you seem to not understand in your poor attempt at condescension is there is nothing else to articulate. I told you why and, again, you chose not to believe me. Nothing else to it
Well, it wasn't, but your sky can be cotton candy if you want it to be
Final Fantasy XVI Is Like A "Playable Hollywood Blockbuster Movie," Says Producer
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the game's PC port will begin development shortly after it releases on PS5.
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That kind of statement doesn't help at all.
Now you've caught on.
Final Fantasy XVI Is Like A "Playable Hollywood Blockbuster Movie," Says Producer
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the game's PC port will begin development shortly after it releases on PS5.
That kind of statement doesn't help at all.
Which part of it do you take issue with?
The statements around this game are a bit like... try hard?Final Fantasy XVI Is Like A "Playable Hollywood Blockbuster Movie," Says Producer
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the game's PC port will begin development shortly after it releases on PS5.
That kind of statement doesn't help at all.
"Don't call us JRPG, we're a serious cinematic action RPG for Serious and Adult Gamers."
Final Fantasy is divided.
On one side, you have the anime games: 7, 10, 13, and 15. Melodramatic stories. Nomura character designs.
On the other side, you have the fantasy games: Tactics, the MMOs, 12, and now 16. More serious tones. Traditional fantasy character designs.
9 is kind of a mix. It looks like the fantasy games but has the tone of the anime games. 8 is weird and in its own category. The 2D ones are hard to pinpoint.
But I think most people are partial to the anime games. That could be hurting 16's numbers. I prefer the anime games but am still excited for 16.
Well, yeah, you called me a liar and even made up quotes I didn't say. You weren't being subtle
All they focus on this game is the combat which to me I can barely understand what's happening on screen given the shit ton of effects and other garbage that just haemorrhage out of anything that gets hit once. So their biggest selling point is already a negative to me. Then there's all of Yosh-P's awful takes regarding PoC characters that just makes it even more of a skip to me.
EDIT: Finally, I'm tired of this bullshit dark gritty 'mature' washed out dull look the game goes for that reminds me of the PS3 era. My favorite FF is 9 which is pretty much the polar opposite to this one in a lot of ways.
EDIT: Finally, I'm tired of this bullshit dark gritty 'mature' washed out dull look the game goes for that reminds me of the PS3 era. My favorite FF is 9 which is pretty much the polar opposite to this one in a lot of ways.
Then I sure hope anyone who takes issues with that statement didn't like FF from VII till now because SE has been aiming for the feel forever.Final Fantasy XVI Is Like A "Playable Hollywood Blockbuster Movie," Says Producer
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that the game's PC port will begin development shortly after it releases on PS5.
That kind of statement doesn't help...
Like people loved motocycle chases of FFVII, moving cities waging FFVIII, a castle in FFIX turning a gundam and firing lasers etc. Summon battles are no less over-the-top.
They held an SoP a month ago gave indepth of the game including showing combat, exploration, story scenes and character explanations which was well received on the net.
Anyone who saying they only shown combat have definitely haven't watched an FFXVI showcase i recently.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfP_3UD5qF8
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the 2d ones are more intentionally about the role-playing aspect - especially the first three and kinda six (with its many characters who may or may not affect the plot). the closest thing to those in the numbered series have been the online games - although there have been several spinoffs and spiritual successors (bravely in particular).
Yeah this is what I don't get about these complaints. SE have been making FF games that aimed for a Hollywood movie-like feel for 25 years. And they've talked about it explicitly.
For me I'm significantly less excited for a sequel to a game that very clearly said "this ain't for you," near the end.
Tbh it doesn't feel like any modern non-MMO Final Fantasy is 'made for me.' I am going to be buying and playing FFXVI (and I just bought the Pixel Remasters on Switch), but compared to a 'Tears of the Kingdom' or even a Street Fighter 6 - which has made great strides to be as welcoming as possible to a scrub like me - I just don't have the experience to make me excited for the changes these new games bring.
Both the FFVII Remakes and FFXVI seem to be made for the 'Maximillian Doods' of the world; those people who are nearing 40 and have significant experience with the series in their true historical contexts. People who are old enough to have long-built nostalgia and qualms with the series, having played most-if-not-all of them at, or very soon after release. As someone who doesn't have that, the FFVII Remake Trilogy feels like some weird 'answer' to a bunch of questions I literally couldn't have ever asked, and FFXVI feels like a response to a gameplay and setting fatigue I couldn't have possibly experienced.
Neither are for people who just want to play a Final Fantasy that is "Final Fantasy for people born after the early 90s." Instead, those who have been playing the series since the early 90s get the attention. It's honestly a bit tiring at this point, and I would not be surprised if this has led to a greater fatigue with the (non-MMO) series from those of us who aren't coming up to being middle-aged.
I guess. I don't really think of them in that way, but I can see the divide you're making. I don't think it has to be like that, though. I think you can have 'anime' game that is about adults and is 'serious.' I don't think there has to be this dynamic of 'if the games want to be serious, it has to be medieval fantasy.'
We both know what you're doing, I'm just not going to take the bait. You can keep replying and being coy if you want, it doesn't matter to me
Not gonna lie, i would be pretty hyped if FFXVI trailers had motorcycle chases and moving cities.
I'm already checked out at this point dude. Most of the things I've seen about this game don't appeal to me and the dev's shitty views make me even less interested giving it a chance.
Yeah, you can even include the SNES FFs, particualry FFVI which had been emulating cinematic storytelling even before FFVII.
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Lol, for the love of god, man. If all you're doing here is trying to get the last word in then be my guest: have it. I'm too old for that kind of kiddie game. Make another weird cotton candy reference if that makes it better.
Oh yeah, I was. FFVI was going for that feel without a doubt.
I have read this critism multiple times now but Zelda TotK had even less story trailers and that game is breaking records.
The marketing definitely isn't the problem. It's much more realistic that some people have lost interest in the franchise after XV. PS5 games aren't selling in Japan, Square enix games drop in price really fast so buying day one for 70/80 euro seems unnecessary, there are to many triple A games this summer, ect, ect.
I also don't believe the game would sell beter if it was a traditional jrpg. Octopath Traveler 2 is probably among the best jrpgs ever made but is hardly selling. People seldom speak with their wallets
But then they wouldn't have got the moneyhat and development/marketing support from Sony, I guess.
They still might've gotten the deal conideration they've done ps and pc exclusivity deals before but likely less money than single platform exclusivity.
Well being on internet around era FFVII came around oldschool SNES FF fans penned that stuff like some people are doing with spectacles in FFXVI. Heck when I was younger the stuff FFXVI was a lot of people dreamed about.
I mean my point was to contest your claim all they shown is combat because the team has shown plenty outside of that. If you didn't like any of it thats another thing entirely. I'm not trying to convince you to like it or not.
Hollywood movie-like is one thing, big blockbusters is another thing entirely. They are going after the extreme big noisy flashy action movie audience. Hollywood is not all that, isn't it?
I mean when FF dev teams in the past said they were going after Hollywood movie they meant that they were trying to be more cinematic, tell a story in a movie like fashion, just like The Last of Us games do. But being cinematic is not a bad thing per se, it's a bad thing if they choose to chase the blockbuster action turn off your brain and just enjoy the spectacle movies.
This is why those words are worrying, especially considering that they says Eikons battle should be the blockbuster part. Eikons battles, from what they showed, are extremely boring gameplay wise, except the part with Phoenix. They are all about mashing the same buttons again and again and then some cinematic qte giving massive damage every new phase.
I really hope they are keeping the most interesting ones secret.
It is fascinating how Square Enix currently has two types of games: Moneyhats with temporary exclusivity of either the game (Nintendo, Sony) or the port (Epic, Microsoft with Gamepass) and on the other hand multiplatform games that it launches without any marketing directly to die
It could just a Square thing as well. They randomly don't have PC versions of games sometimes. Octopath didn't have one, Final Bar didn't, either.
All the emphasis being on the combat has definitely limited my hype for this tbh.
I generally don't like flashy combat focused games like Devil May Cry, and while I'm sure it's not going to be as combo-heavy as that...it still doesn't look all that fun to me. It's a shame that this is likely why they had to ditch a proper cast of party members, too. Can't have multiple unique combat systems.
I generally don't like flashy combat focused games like Devil May Cry, and while I'm sure it's not going to be as combo-heavy as that...it still doesn't look all that fun to me. It's a shame that this is likely why they had to ditch a proper cast of party members, too. Can't have multiple unique combat systems.
She was known as Lightning in the mainstream, not Claire. Like Solid Snake isn't generally called David. I don't think being called Clive matters anyway, the protagonists don't all have cool sounding names.
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