Final Fantasy XVI - State of Play

[Mummelmann]

BasilZero said:

Mummelmann said:

Wow, that's certainly a take and-a half. I still enjoy games and gaming, but I've grown to sift away the generic, formulaic stuff, something which the industry is overflowing with. Look at the release schedule for 2023 and tell me about all the orginal and exciting concepts on their way.

I used to love FF, I even loved FFXII the most, despite it taking a turn away from the classical recipe, combat-wise. What I've found is that the series has become less and less tactical, and more and more action-focused, and that's not for me. If that makes me cynical, I think a great many other gamers would have to be accused of the same.

Edit; for anecdotal note on the subject, refer to my post in this very thread being by far the most liked one.

You should play the Bravely series (Bravely Default 1, 2 and Second).

Its basically old school Final Fantasy with everything but the name. Even the item names, magic spells, etc are the same.

Hmm, I might give it a whack! I also loved the Grandia games, they had some original ideas and the combat was quite dynamic, despite being turn-based. I've been playing a lot of CRPGs in the past few years as well, love the strategical element of it. FFXII had great combat as well, they changed it up, but did so in a good way. And you were still fully in control of all the party members. The gambit system was brilliant, essentially enabling a tailor-made and unique set of layers of control, all manageable as the player at any time. What I'm seeing now is simply what every other 3rd person action game seems to be doing, and it's tiresome. Dragon Age is still the biggest disappointment though; Bioware have lost their shit with that one.