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finalfantasy2023-06-15 08:44 am
chicago_ruth) wrote in finalfantasy2023-06-15 08:44 am
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Final Fantasy 16 demo
Hey! Who's played the FF16 demo? Any thoughts? :)
Things I enjoyed
- I liked Clive! and his dad
- Benedikta/that big dude, right at the start, oh that is some very nice size difference
- The eikon abilities were pretty cool
- For the most part the battle system was enjoyable
- I actually didn't expect things to turn as dark as they did but oh my god the entire tragedy of it all. I'm here for it.
Things I am more meh about
- I wish the game difficulty weren't mostly tied to those rings. I ended up equipping the auto-dodge because too many things were going on at once. I think I'm gonna have a hell of a time remembering to switch Eikons during battle too.
- I'm not a fan of the stagger system, but I guess it's here to stay
- I wish the character designs were a bit more unique. I actually had to wonder if Clive's mother and Benedikta were the same person. Even the men were pretty similar, all of them in drab colors. (Please, Square, I'm begging you. Let them wear colors!)
- Maybe it'll work out better in game but that active lore thing where you interrupt a cut scene to read up on the lore--because nothing is explained properly otherwise--was kind of intrusive but I ended up using it because I kept thinking "who is this character even??" on a few of them.
- All the text, outside of subtitles, is so tiny :(
I've preordered the game and am definitely looking forward to playing but I suspect I will not enjoy it as much as I enjoyed FFXV or Remake. I guess I won't know until next week.
Things I enjoyed
- I liked Clive! and his dad
- Benedikta/that big dude, right at the start, oh that is some very nice size difference
- The eikon abilities were pretty cool
- For the most part the battle system was enjoyable
- I actually didn't expect things to turn as dark as they did but oh my god the entire tragedy of it all. I'm here for it.
Things I am more meh about
- I wish the game difficulty weren't mostly tied to those rings. I ended up equipping the auto-dodge because too many things were going on at once. I think I'm gonna have a hell of a time remembering to switch Eikons during battle too.
- I'm not a fan of the stagger system, but I guess it's here to stay
- I wish the character designs were a bit more unique. I actually had to wonder if Clive's mother and Benedikta were the same person. Even the men were pretty similar, all of them in drab colors. (Please, Square, I'm begging you. Let them wear colors!)
- Maybe it'll work out better in game but that active lore thing where you interrupt a cut scene to read up on the lore--because nothing is explained properly otherwise--was kind of intrusive but I ended up using it because I kept thinking "who is this character even??" on a few of them.
- All the text, outside of subtitles, is so tiny :(
I've preordered the game and am definitely looking forward to playing but I suspect I will not enjoy it as much as I enjoyed FFXV or Remake. I guess I won't know until next week.