I've never been less interested in a new FF as I am with 16. How come? Just curious. Just for the record, I'm not as big a FF buff as others, as I've only actually beat like 3 FF games (FF1, FFVII and FFVIIR). The video I watched/skimmed through looked quality through out. It wasn't blowing me out of the water, but with the
meh reveal back then, this looks much improved, so I guess my expectations were low enough to not have this on the radar initially. I'm still more excited about FFVIIR2, but XVI looks to take a more serious tone than FFXV... Which I played for like 10-15 hours, but couldn't take the modernized soyboy road trip crap. This looks like a better attempt to return to form than XV was.
VIDEO I'll admit, the initial part with the castle like dungeon aesthetics instantly is a big plus for me. If there's a bunch of that with a FF twist, heck yeah... But I can understand when you come across parts like any modern game, like the button prompts to hold the gate open type stuff.. it's easy to eyeroll to such worn out gaming tropes like that, but honestly... I'd rather somewhat interact with it than just sit there and watch (like brain dead cinematics like RDR2 or modern day Kojima).
That being said however, I can see the opposite happening during the crazy looking beast mode boss fights... What's actually playable there? Yeah, there's more timed button prompt cinematics mixed in with panned out camera regular play, so it does look rather typical. I guess I'm not expecting them to revolutionize any type of gameplay that hasn't been done before... but has FF ever done that though? FF to me has always just been
story, graphics, graphics, story, drama, graphics, story, drama, chocobos, graphics . This may trigger a
FF Defense League , but it's true.. The jerb system of old is probably the only unique thing they've established in the gameplay department... If you'd even call that gameplay. More like menu configuration cycling.
Now, is it
throw down $70 to play day one on PS5 only exciting? Not so much... But it still looks pretty cool so far, imo.