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Imaginedvl on 26 June 2023
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gtotheunit91 said:
Imaginedvl said:

- This is not an RPG... It is really an arcade action-adventure game. I get that they do not want to go back to turn-based but they really went too far and there is really very little RPG or tactical decision at all. And it is more about button smashing/timing that anything else.
- The performance is so bad... Like seriously, this is supposed to be the flagship title for Play Station 5 this year before Spider Man 2 and nobody is talking about that but when you have Starfield announced at a locked 30FPS, it is the end of the world (at least DF, did not bitch that tho).

The game is good for other things but def. not an RPG and the performance is shit level:
-  Story is amazing so far (I'm something like 25 hours in)
- The Active Time Lore thingy is gold, they need to do that in every game... (you can pause during a cut scene or even while playing to get a sumary about all people, places and monsters you see, like the Amazon thing you can do while watching).
- That's it... No RPG element, button smashing fight with very little tactical decision (using Garuda when half staggered is one of them, and probably the only meaningful one, everyelse is button smashing).

I love RPGs and the best RPGs I've ever played had amazing and memorable sidequests. 

The fact FF16 suffers dramatically on both fronts leaves me very disappointed. The term RPG has been so watered down that it doesn't hold much weight anymore. Thankfully Bethesda, Obsidian, and inXile are still around lol.

I'll see about trying the game out when it comes to PC and I'll go into it with a completely different perspective as what to expect. So I'm at least not disappointed at the lacking of the game being an RPG lol.

Because from what I've heard, story, characters, music, and combat are huge highlights. 

I think Final Fantasy 16; is a game worth playing because of the story, settings, and presentation. The combat while being arcadish is def. amazing if you are okay with that, and by the way for the performance, during the fight, it is better. But calling this game an RPG is simply false advertising imo :) Yet again, a lot of other games are called like that while being more an adventure game at the end.

Now... Yes :) We are in good hands with Xbox studios! Def. the best place if you love RPG like me (and you it seems). This is my favorite genre and Xbox is delivering on that front.