Current Events > Finally beat Final Fantasy XVI (Major Spoilers)

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Aw man, that shit was awesome. Loved the direction they took with it, loved the characters and overall story, it was good shit.

Clive's awesome, he honestly might be my favorite FF protagonist. He's got such a good arc, with moments that genuinely punch you in the gut at times seeing the shit this poor dude had to go through.

Like, shit, this guy watched his younger brother die TWICE (I know the first time he wasn't really dead, but Clive didn't know that for like, over a decade), his own mom betrayed him and got his dad and pretty much everyone he knew and cared about killed, was in slavery for years, thought he killed his brother, watched the man who freed him and became his mentor die...

And this dude just went all in and became this bandit paragon of justice, and ended up killing a god.

Also I know "party members" is kinda loose in this game, but if you count anyone that fights alongside Clive, this game's party cast is pretty fucking great. Cid, Jill, Gav, Byron, Joshua, Dion. Mother fucking Torgal. All of them were genuinely interesting and unique character wise.

I think my only issues with the game are, as I know a lot of people have said, some of the gameplay and quest mechanics get a bit repetitive after a while. I missed a couple of early on quests before Cid died, but I think I did every single other one after the time skip, and it started to drag a bit by the end. That said though, the side quests story wise were all mostly pretty fun, had some interesting character development and world building. I wasn't expecting that Crimson Caravan lady's brother to die in that late game quest, god damn. I think that death somehow shocked me more than any other death in the game, I guess mostly because his death is technically optional. I just went to knock out a couple side-quests and suddenly this poor dude's getting zombified.

I did enjoy the Hunt Board more than I thought I would; ended up doing all of them.

Had a lot of fun with the game overall. The boss fights were all mostly pretty solid, Titan's second form def being my favorite though. And that fucking soundtrack, god damn it's so good. Only FF game that's hooked me enough to beat since X, although I do kinda wanna circle back and give 12 another shot, I only got a handful of hours into it.

Oh hey, just got that cute little after credits scene, that's a fun way to end it. Good shit.

Loved it it. The main villain being basically an eldritch, Lovecraftian horror, was amazing. My favorite big bad since FFXII's Venat.

Yea it was great, I want more though lol

variasuite posted...

Loved it it. The main villain being basically an eldritch, Lovecraftian horror, was amazing. My favorite big bad since FFXII's Venat.

Completely agree. The game did a great job of slowly building him up, slowly giving more and more clues about what the fuck he is and what he's actually trying to do. It was also a good call to have a bunch of smaller big-bads as basically a distraction while Ultima was scheming. All of the major threats in this game were pretty fucking awesome. Benedikta, Hugo, and Barnabas were all super intimidating in their own ways too.

Shah138 posted...

Yea it was great, I want more though lol

Agreed. Sad that we probably wont get anymore though, I know I read that the game didn't sell as well as they were hoping for it to, which is very disappointing.

Why can't THIS be the game we get a bunch of sequels out of!

I thought they said they were making DLC?

Shah138 posted...

I thought they said they were making DLC?

Oh shit are they? If so that's dope. I'll take as much content in this setting as possible, it's such a good game.

Theres still some loose ends like that big random crystal and Leviathan.

Looks like they said two paid DLCs are coming.

Shah138 posted...

Theres still some loose ends like that big random crystal and Leviathan.

Looks like they said two paid DLCs are coming.

Oh hell yeah, that's good to hear. I'd be excited to see them do something with Leviathan.

Bump

Shah138 posted...

Theres still some loose ends like that big random crystal and Leviathan.

Looks like they said two paid DLCs are coming.

What was the big random crystal again?

Also Leviathan is definitely one of the two, no way it's not

Thought it was great for the first 80%, but hated the ending.

Looking forward to the DLC, though.

DarthAragorn posted...

What was the big random crystal again?

Also Leviathan is definitely one of the two, no way it's not

in one id the areas if you look out into the distance theres a large crystal thats never referenced