Final Fantasy 16 for me. I love FF. I’ve played most of the mainline stuff, so of course I was interested. The game looked good too, especially since I had only ever seen the demo section (the best part of the game). My friend had been hyping the game up—they absolutely love it. They got into FF through 15, which they also love (this should’ve been a sign). I got the game, got through the amazing opening section, and then it all started falling apart. The combat is boring, side quests are some of the worst I’ve seen, the main story is constantly going from awesome to boring to awesome, but the awesome moments don’t last long enough to really make a difference and they killed off the only character I liked really early on. That death made me lose interest in playing the game, honestly. I got about halfway before I dropped it, knowing that I wasn’t going to enjoy the rest of my time with it.
Also, it’s barely a JRPG, so that was disappointing. I wish I could say that I didn’t buy it, but I did. I could’ve gotten something better with my limited funds, but I didn’t.
Final Fantasy 16 for me. I love FF. I’ve played most of the mainline stuff, so of course I was interested. The game looked good too, especially since I had only ever seen the demo section (the best part of the game). My friend had been hyping the game up—they absolutely love it. They got into FF through 15, which they also love (this should’ve been a sign). I got the game, got through the amazing opening section, and then it all started falling apart. The combat is boring, side quests are some of the worst I’ve seen, the main story is constantly going from awesome to boring to awesome, but the awesome moments don’t last long enough to really make a difference and they killed off the only character I liked really early on. That death made me lose interest in playing the game, honestly. I got about halfway before I dropped it, knowing that I wasn’t going to enjoy the rest of my time with it.
Also, it’s barely a JRPG, so that was disappointing. I wish I could say that I didn’t buy it, but I did. I could’ve gotten something better with my limited funds, but I didn’t.