Current Events > Im looking back at FF16 and my god, they really just said

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here's a dozen enemies, and a dozen bosses, fight them for 40 hours

I swear there was like 2 or 3 instances, where id beat a hunt, then have to fight another of that same monster in the main quest soon after.

game would have been better if it was a little shorter, but i still had a great time with it. Easily the best single player mainline ff game since 12 imo

I should try it but outside of FF7R, I couldn't manage to be interested in a FF game since FF12, which was a LONG time ago...

I watched Maximilian Dood play it (well, I played it fully too) and by the end he said that the game would've been unironically a lot better if the gameplay was just the linear action stages, no open areas and no side quests. And I think I agree. A purely action game that didn't bore you with fetch quests and had a great story would've been fire. Sure people would've been pissed at it being a mainline game but it would've been better than it is now, IMO.

BakonBitz posted...

I watched Maximilian Dood play it (well, I played it fully too) and by the end he said that the game would've been unironically a lot better if the gameplay was just the linear action stages, no open areas and no side quests. And I think I agree.

I feel like this is the case for a lot of games. Not enough variety to have the player run back and forth between areas. A more focused experience is much better.

BakonBitz posted...

I watched Maximilian Dood play it (well, I played it fully too) and by the end he said that the game would've been unironically a lot better if the gameplay was just the linear action stages, no open areas and no side quests. And I think I agree. A purely action game that didn't bore you with fetch quests and had a great story would've been fire. Sure people would've been pissed at it being a mainline game but it would've been better than it is now, IMO.

Yeah, I really liked the game, but I agree with his assessment. He said that it should have either leaned harder into straight action adventure, or harder into RPG with minimal DMC-style action. But it tried to do both and came up short on both traits.