Leynos said:
LegitHyperbole said:
Started playing Final Fantady 16 and HOLY FUCK. This shit is dark as all hell, they really leaned into the darkness here. Just the opening three hours are soul crushing. I get the feeling I'm not going to be left with a warm feeling in my stomach with this game. Not really sure that's what FF fans want out of FF games but asides from that the gameplay is even more dumbed down than FF15 and that's a feat. It's the same as Crisis Cores's remake now. Mash square, dodge and let off a cool down every now and then. I don't know if I' more shocked by the brutality of the narrative that left me feeling unsettled even into this morning. I just can't seem t getluvk with a game atm that gives me the vibe and gameplay I want. Stellar Blade spoiled me too much, the game was too good and I wasn't expecting it so it ended up blowing my mind. Now I can't reaet and even the pallete cleanser game I tried, Squirrel with a gun turned out to be dog shit 😕
Found many games to look forward ro among them, Nine Sols which looks like Hollow Knight 2 yet no confirmed ps5 date. The next time I'll be buying new releases will be in Feburary where Kingdom Come Deliverence and Monster Hunter Wilds fall into the same time period. Damn, I wish KCD would do a January launch. One will have to be chosen over the other and KCD2 might loose out because I know it's best to wait for patches with that studio.
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FF16's story is trash. Combat is overly simple and terrible. No such thing as elemental attacks or weakness in a supposed RPG is a joke. Female characters are poorly written. From evil for no reason to characters who are supposed to be powerful suddenly become helpless damsels for no reason. Most the side questes are Doordash delivery service and the second half of the game drags slower than a 3 legged turtle in a puddle of molasses. It's one saving grace in the boss battles developed by Platinum Games. TBH Stranger in Paradise is a great ARPG from Team Ninja and FF7Rebirth is great.
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I somewhat agree so far but you can't demy that it's all very cool and spectacle like, I've never been so amused and emotionally twisted so early in an FF game before. But this isn't like an FF game, it's like they built side content for FF14 online but polished it to high heaven and forgot to but in the full list of cool downs.
I'm having very bavk luck picking games after Stellar Blade despite their scores on OC. If WuKong and Astrobot faul to impress me I'll be very disapointment with 9th gen, well I am fairly disappointed already. Weird thing is, despite DD2s flaws I feel a pull to return to it and finish it. Oddly enough.
