The thing is, taking the comparasion aside from FF7 Remake, FF16 I feel has a major issue with the gameplay. The issue is that theres 6 Eikon's with 5 abilities each, and you can only equip 2 moves of the 3 Eikons you have equipped. About half of all your moves are unusuable at any one time.

Then you have the issue with the movesets themselves. One the most fun Eikon's to use is Titan. You have a great move called Titan block, but then you have a similar move which can be assigned to a face button called Raging Fists. Its a better version of Titan block. Why didn't they combine the two moves together and have less moves, so you can assign more abilities to the face buttons.

It was so dissapointing for me to finally get Titan's moves, but have to unequip another Eikon to use Titan. I don't understand why they created so many awesome moves and gameplay mechanics for people to end up not bothering with half of them, because a lot of players will turn to fail safe moves like Heatwave when they are blocking projectiles. Theres no reason to bother with anything less capable than that.

I agree the interactions between the characters is fantastic. The relationship between Clive and Jill is 10/10, I don't want to spoil anything, but for me it was written and execuited really well. I even thought the way they handled the gay kiss was done very well and very tasteful. It dosen't feel forced.

At the same time, I still feel FF7 Remake slighty edged it out in that department. The relationship with Cloud and Barret starts off frosty and ends up with a bit of a bromance. Theres good banter between the characters. You don't have as much banter in FF16, its more serious conversations, which is fine, but for me I loved the banter of Remake.

Yep I'm playing the patience game... so far I think I only saw 25% off, but it should get 70% cheaper within a couple years.

I recently beat Alan Wake Remastered and now I'm extremely hyped for Alan Wake 2.

Enemy variety looks promising, and in my opinion, it has some of the best visuals so far. I'm hoping Remedy nails the Dualsense implementation to match Alan Wake's incredible tension.

I don't want to be that guy but I can see Sony doing another showcase in September lol.

You can definitely not say that about 9.

Looking forward to getting it tomorrow from playstaton +.  I almost bought the game so many times, but I'm glad I held off.  I didn't play the original version, so I'm excited.

Either that or they will have a beefy State of Play that will be more liked than their Showcase.

There were a few notable XDev games missing from the showcase.

- Stellar Blade

- Rise of the Ronin

- Firewall Ultra

- Any potential surprises. 

There will definitely be a State of Play/Showcase in August/September, Sony likes doing a show every few months. There's certainly enough material for a Showcase.  

I bought it like couple months ago, can't complain, was a nice discount and I liked the game even if a little lacking.

 Good because Stellar Blade was slated for this year and the devs social media and Sony have been silent for a year. Getting nervous. I can take a delay but worried it's canceled.

Same for me. I felt like it was showing its age in some parts but the atmosphere is astounding. Actually beat it relatively quickly compared to how I usually go through games.