sure if you like one note throughout the whole game hes great

thats the point. he doesn't know how to show emotion well@@kar12894

@@kar12894 That is the doing of the writers bud. Need to separate the two

@@kar12894one note how? random assertion with nothing to back it up makes you a moron

@@kar12894 Lol you're literally just going to every comment and bitching about everything

Honestly...I was expecting him to just not finish it and a year from now off-hand mention that he was gonna finish it someday and then continue to never finish it lol

Okay. Next up: flying cars.

FF14 online is not a normal FF game. It's a mmo and cannot really be finished.

Unless the MSQ Tracker in the top-left says "To be continued".@@kaiderhai86

It's just really that good

tbf, His chat also said "cap, this is a 7/10 at best" and "Too many cinematics" to a story focused game....

Those people think they never cried in their life

I mean this is nothing new, his chat gets really weird. Bizarre even

ugly crying part is probably the most realistic way to cry to be honest , the VA really nailed the emotion

That was like, one of the best parts of the game, with how the VA nailed the crying there

Ben Starr, lost his father, during the creation of the game, that's why his acting is on point. He was channeling his grief through Clive.

Twitch live chats (mostly if it's with a big streamer) tend to just be a weird competition to see who's more snarky and 'cool'.

@@afxbocyeah, it’s cringey. Especially when they say “I WAS HERE”, ok habimaster123, I’m sure the world will remember your presence in a twitch live chat.

@@Maxxximilian90 Yup lol. Some try to act cool so hard they end up being cringe tbh. Honestly that's why I don't tend to pay attention to chat when I'm watching a popular streamer. Most people just say random shit and then ask dumb questions about the plot after not paying attention to the story lol

MonkaS

his chat is absolutely horrible

Finished A game. Literally any game ever* There fixed that for you.

I hope he plays FF 7, 9, 10 and 12 one day!

@@fernandozavaletabustos205don’t hate on 8

@@fernandozavaletabustos205would never happen unless it was new

Is it rare for him to finish games?

Just like BG3 lol

No it doesn’t

​@Saadbasha90 go back to warzone and fortnite

@@ninjastar4076 Exactly microtransaction is a live service games thing, saying a single player game is good because it doesn’t have micro-transactions is like saying this restaurant is 5/5 great because it’s clean

@@Rennyblue But that's not true? Like single player games still very often have micro-transactions, DLC, random stupid cosmetic shit they lock behind paywall, etc

He didn't really split himself, there were 16 of them, some trapped in crystals.

@@braidena1633 They were like Legion, all one being. In order to set about their plan they needed enough aether, so they split up and became mothercrystals in order to syphon it out of the land. It's also why Ultina looks like a dried out fish, because he's part of the Ultima collective. When they all join back together, he's normal looking. Clive just helped free them from their slumber and enabled them to join back together.

@@Trueo9re yes. but they're all individual entities of an alien race, not one being split up and spread around, is all i was saying.

@@Bahamut3525 no shit. That doesn't make them 1/16th of an Ultima, it makes 16 Ultimas/1

@@braidena1633 It's technically both, since they share a hive mind. So each Ultima is a different entity yet all act as one person so it's though as if you had 16 twins that shared one consciousness.

My fave series of all time. To bad the last decade has been pathetic apart from ff14. Yoshi is a god and has kept the company floating for far to long. He deserves more recognition then he gets.

@@wrangchops cringe comment i have played every non XI FF and VII-Remake is BY FAR one of the best FFs EVER the combat system is much better than any other SE or SS ever made saying that anything non XIV has been pathetic just makes you a meme

I really feel like this is FF4 fully realized

Older FF from playstation one has better story and pace. It's just the old turn based is not good today, that's why FF7R combat got remade.

I hate ff16. absolutely awful game.

For sure! I need to find time for a second playthrough so I can go for the Platinum trophy, but I definitely don't regret purchasing this game at all.

I’m still playing it. On my 3rd playthrough rn😭

gonna start my third play through as well at max level!

@@Bahamut3525 The 2nd playthrough gave me a lot of appreciation for different abilities I thought would have been useless on playthrough 1. It also partially fixes the fact that 90+% of trinkets in playthrough 1 are totally useless cause once they're upgraded and the cooldowns or other effects are doubled they become a lot more reasonable of choices

@@Bahamut3525 Oh, yeah, FF mode is still easy. I think Ultimaniac mode might be hard but I never tried it. I mostly didn't use Odin in NG+ because I wanted to try out all the abilities and comboes I hadn't had. I kept learning more and more new things too. Like Satellite was an ability I barely used but eventually I realized you can shoot the blasts from the satellite while in Megaflare stance which made it a lot more interesting. I also started using the long-range fire counter attack (Flamewave or something?) a lot. I gained a big apprecaition for all the abilities except Rime and Earthern Fury which I never found a way to not have be complete trash. I kind of liked them removing the QTE buttons but there are a couple times where it is really ambiguous if you're supposed to dodge or attack lol. There is also bonus little items you can get for beating bosses without taking any damage which is a cool little additional thing you could do beyond platinuming if you wanted.

It’s not perfect and it’s too easy and the game is mostly filler however when it gets good it gets good I loved just about every fight especially the bosses we might not get one like this ever again sadly but if they do return to turned based I wouldn’t be mad

the ending was shit, is was generic and truly disapoinment for great story and build up from the start

​@@popoch2I am curious, how do you think it should've ended?

It's unfortunate how close to perfection it is, like, remove the fetch quests, add a little bit more variety for the side-content, add a little bit more depth to the RPG mechanics and fix the frame rate, and that's it. It's an excellent game nonetheless though, my favorite FF alongside FF7 Remake and FF9, just very close to being perfect.

It's a tricky one for me to grade, critically for its issues (pacing, lack of rpg elements, inconsistent quality of MSQs/SQs, minor lack of party dynamics, repetitive mobs) I want to give it an 8 but that almost feels wrong because some parts were so monumental, epic was their bread and butter and they set a new standard for large scale boss fights. I can't in good conscience put FF16 in the company of other 8/10 games because it felt much more special than that. If I step away from the general action rpg rubric and look at the overall experience ie the Eikon fights (which sometimes exceeded 10), music, performance, story beats (the prologue, Benedikta, Cid's arc, Dion), the underlying themes (fate, brotherhood, duty) and overall narrative I have to score it higher. Overall 9/10.

CBU3 always does.

It was 9/10 for me, up until the last few hours; then it went into 9.5/10, excellent game but not perfect. It's honestly my favorite FF game alongside FF7 Remake and FF9 ❤

​@@yannispirou101This is a wonderful comment. Need plenty more like this in the world honestly.

​@@yuzuki2385This line needs to be ammended in the new new testament of the Bible.

@@Heroisback92192 I am not smart enough to tell if this is sarcasm……

It would be better if they removed the bizarre skyrim fire salts collection like quests and the crafting.

I'd add that watching the highs from a streamer doesn't hit nearly as hard as playing this yourself. There isn't a single twitch stream that could handle the bahamut fight.

epic game with great story and side characters like Dion and Byron

Your comment perfectly sums up my problem with the game - yes, some of the sequences are incredible, VISUALLY. But for me and many others that's not why we play games, so no matter the spectacle if the rest doesn't feel "right" then it doesn't elevate the game. So no, it's not glossing over the fact, but it's simply not the main focus for many.

@@Sakisasvictorianmask I just finished FF16 today, so I can give my fresh thoughts. Really enjoyed the combat, and I'm glad they didn't go turn based or even a hybrid system. While I enjoy turn based games like the Persona series, the RPG elements of this game weren't strong enough to utilise that kind of battle / party system. So the game plays well into its core DMC strength in that sense. I also REALLY preferred the more mature tone with 16, and I was able to connect with Clive way more because of it. As a result, I was quite invested in the story. Some pacing issues aside, my only critique is that I wish the game could be condensed a little. My save clocks in at 75 hours (I did all the side quests!), but I imagine with the fat trimmed it could probably be around a more comfortable 40 hour experience. All in all I would be very curious to see what CBU3 have got planned in the future, if they ever get another shot at making another mainline entry.

For some odd reasons, the patched cgi cutscenes don't have any audio just subtitles. I feel 15 should have been made like this, a movie game, instead of a game after making the movie and this could be a better approach going forward.

They should just keep making movies like Kingslglaive even lmao, that one is really great and make me hooked with FF XV, too bad the actual game is disappointing

only non FF fans would complaint about cutscene its like you playing football game but complaint spend too many time on field lmao

We don't want aaa movies - we want aaa walking simulators.

People complain because the story sucks. if it were captivating, they wouldnt realize time is passing.

Bro what games have you been playing this year.

@@Joseph_Siri all of them pretty much, FF16 has been my fav. BG3 is close tho

@@foob420imma play baulders gate 3 next I want it to win just because I don’t see FF16 getting it due to the critics and sales

​@@thegamewin100bg3 blows this shit out of the water, especially if we compare them as rpgs

@@stormy6029 why would you compare it as rpgs when (as far as I know) the dev team never mentioned or marketed the game that way? It's just player's assumption that its an rpg game. Games can have rpg elements but cant really be considered as an rpg game

if you cried playing this cringefest then you must have some internal issues that have nothing to do with the game

@@kar12894 I think you're projecting there, mate

@@Pancakespls im not the one who cried at this basic bitch plot though

@@kar12894 who cares what you think, moid

@@Pancakespls you do cuz you are still answering, and wtf is a moid? lol

agree

That's what final fantasy is, welcome to the fold may the moogles light your way

life changing? i mean cmon man, the games ok and even if you really like it like 10/10 best game ever..life changing? thats a sretch and a half. unless you are some kind of streamer and streaming this game got you popular, i highly doubt it changed your life in any meaningful way

@@PowderedNuts you never know any art form can potentially resonate with anyone in a way that it's life-changing, in the end it's a personal opinion

@@PowderedNuts you must be new to art subjectivity

⁠​⁠@@PowderedNutswho gave you the power to decide what is life changing for people? Maybe this could be a life changing moment for you, where you have an epiphany and realise other people in the world think differently to you

Agreed. Hopefully they apply our feedback and criticisms for the PC launch if it ever happens.

Lmao

They have been adding in these skyrim level fire salt collection nonsense into the ff series for a while now! Madness!

Yeah one of the best, it's in the top 16 ff games

Final fantasy tactics? 1,2,3,4,5,9,12,13,14 have happy endings if I remember correctly.

Cloud got a happy ending as he hooks up with big tiddy tifa.

Then go play them. There are more ff games that have happy endings than those that don't. Lmao

Most of them have happy endings. And even then the sad ones could be considered bittersweet. In XVI the protags save the world which is what they wanted.

You didn’t play IX then? Or 1, 2, 3? Pretty sure XII too. There’s a good balance in happy v sad, but I personally prefer the realistic nature of not everyone making it through an epic fight with god like beings.

it was so corny but also extremely satisfying LOL

Look at asmon's face he was creaming at that line lol

Every game has its lows 😂

What bothered me was when he called Jill a bitch when it wasn't necessary

@@abcdefghi1948 She aint real it shouldnt bother you

The flaws just happen to be extremely important core mechanics lol. That’s why people are so waffling on this game. It should get a higher score based on the way people praise the combat and boss fights, but it fucked up the wrong things (RPG mechanics, itemization, and overall design of the quests/world) that it really brings the experience down. Devs have figured out how to make these systems decades ago, really no excuse for a triple A blockbuster in 2023 to screw that up.

@@TheTinyTimmyTimTim I feel like the average score it got (87/10) is pretty justified. It's average was brought down alot from some reviewers hating on the game because of diversity. I'm sorry it wasn't the type of game you wanted it to be. Assuming you actually played it, of course.

"Logos" is Latin i'm pretty sure

Logos isn't a person; though I can't actually recall what it means. I do remember it being in the menu when you press the touch pad though

Logos isn’t Latin it’s Greek, Greek philosophy to be exact. Kinda hard to explain, something along the lines of god, creation, and the human mind.

Logos means will or willpower personified, loosely translated. That's what Ultima kept referring Clive as whenever he went on about consciousness.

1. Not all FF games are cutscene heavy, and this game cutscene to gameplay raito is more then most FF. 2. its a fuking video, game, no esception. so yeah shocker when people raise some eyebrow when a game is trying to be some pseudo movie.

​@@Wintermute--FF games have been heavy story based since 7.

@@nerostark4320 Learn to read, i said cutscene heavy. 11 isn't, XII isn't, 15 isn't. And again even with the ones on the lengthier side of cutscenes, 7-10. X for example has 10 hours of cutscenes, this game has about 20 hours. Twice as much. Its too much even in the case of FF.

@@Wintermute-- eh. FF has always been cutscenes heavy especially now that the series became more linear. I remember playing ff7 MSQ as a child and get annoyed why the game keep telling me stories, I want to kill shit 😂 Now they're trying to interwoven cutscenes in battle which means they can make cutscenes for killing blow for cooler effect in a War of the Eikon theme, but it means the cutscenes gameplay ratio will be bigger than the rest of the series. They're trying something new to deliver their narrative for more immersion. It turned out okay, doesn't break the game albeit some fps issues. One thing I wish they would take out is the Cinematic Dodge. I want to figure out dodging killing blows myself. I swear they do be babying the players. Though I'm not blaming them since this is FFXIV team, they had to baby tons of people being bad at games 💀

@@giannabrown867 There's nothing "new" about doubling up the amount of cut scenes in your game "The interwoven of cutscenes in battle" is honestly even more obnoxious and breaks the pacing of the combat for me, there's nothing immersive about the gameplay constantly being interrupted mid combat to give me another railroaded cinematic set piece , just more unnecessary padding out of the game(Which this game does a lot of.)

they put in way too fucking many. There was one point where u have like, 20 quest markers. wild.

atleast he did the chloe sidequest, which is one of the best early sidequest

The price of doing videos for money

Max looked like he didn’t care at all lol. Then he said 15 was better and I couldn’t believe it

a little bit greater LOLOL ff 16 will be forgotten in a year tops. square enix going under rip

@@kar12894 well it pretty much depends on ones expectations. I love baldurs gate 3 for its free approach and truthful dnd adaption but i can also enjoy a 40 hour cinematic style brawler game with great soundtrack and fighting. Will it be relevant in five years? Yeah, I guess kinda. It really set a standard for presentation and atmosphere. It lacks freedom and its equipment system is flat as fuck, but comboing along was super fun.

Resonant Arc. That’s by far the best podcast.

@@juanvsreviews naw brother theyre too busy caring about the criticisms they have than actually looking at what the game is giving them. they are a great podcast tho

true, I love final fantasy series but baldurs gate 3 gonna win GOTY. Final fantasy was great but too much way way long cutscenes and the effects during fight was too much that you cant even see most of the combat, thats why it wont get GOTY, thats the flaw of 16.

Basch Barrage The long cutscenes & huge combat effects are very reminiscent of the PS1 & PS2 era Final Fantasy games. Kinda takes me back to the old days of the franchise but I hear you dude.

@@DragonHeart613 but to be fair tho, back then the cutscenes are good and it doesnt even feel that long, back then it just feels enough, not too long not too short and full of information.. but in 16, its just way too long sometimes I just like "when can I play the game, jeez".. sometimes it makes me feel sleepy. I remember FF9, FF6 and FF7, those do have cutscenes but it has some flavour in it, we felt the excitement from it, like a kid on adventure, thats why it kept us engage and not feel sleepy, but 16 the story at times are just too mellow, yes its dark but it felt mellow at times, alas the feeling of boring and sleepy. Yes, they do have huge combat effect in the old game, but the old game is Turn Based, so you dont mind the huge effects.. this new 16 game is Action game, therefor the huge effects is a nuisance, since you cant dodge most of enemy attack due to you got blinded by these huge effect, its unnecessary in action games.. I mean, look at FF7R, they did it better with the skill effects, you still can see the enemy attack in FF7R, thats how they should do it in 16. I hope they do well in 17, they forgot to put the feeling of adventure into this new fantasy world, FF series needs that just like the Golden age of FF where everything felt fresh and amazing. I understand the feeling of 16 is more like FF Tactics, but also that is why FF9/6/7 is always at top 3 and not Tactics. Dont get me wrong, I love all of Squaresoft FF, I grew up with it, but it is what it is. As much as I love FF, Baldur's Gate 3 is GOTY for sure.. I only been playing for 2 days, but its crazy, I got fully immersed in it, the sense of adventure and everything you want from RPG is there, its amazing, which 16 lacks of.

Absolutely agree. They straight up wasted Anabella. It was so unsatisfying.

What? Archetypal villains are what the ff series has been known for. We are going to get Sauron or Morgoth rather than jaime lannister, especially in this game wherein the vision was to go back to the first few final fantasies.

@@nightfears3005 They could've made Anabella the Ultima type villain and the story would've been far more interesting. Instead she is built up as a threat the entire game only to go down as if she was never even relevant. She is barely ever even mentioned again after she dies.

@@nightfears3005 Ok but why set up all of these interesting characters around the world if you're just going to kill them off before giving them any depth or payoff. And this wasn't a complete return to form, it was clearly inspired by GoT. So either commit to that style or just get rid of that stuff and go with the standard FF story.

4/10. The selling point was the story and it was real bad. I like the easy gameplay and linear dungeons

Kinda same, I got it exactly one week after it came out and just finished it last Sunday night. I'm relatively new to FF having only played FF7 remake, FF16 and I'm currently 6 hours into FF10 (and I plan on trying FF15 at some point since I bought it years ago but never did anything past the tutorial). From an outside of the series norm, as a standalone experience, I thought it was probably an 8.5/10, since I don't think I have enough experience to give it a proper rating as a Final Fantasy Series game. It was fun enough and impacted me enough that I'm sad it's over and can only hope for a DLC. Currently trying to fill the gap with playing through 10.

I played it day one and just finished it yesterday. I only played it on mondays! It was an incredible experience!!! :)

Heroes dying for what they believe in is beautiful and perfect for the way this game went. Everyone tried their hardest no matter the cost

I know everytime I watch the end I get tears...

There are some theories that the medicine girl who nursed dion is the unawakened leviathan dominant, but we can never know for sure unless we get like dlc or if the devs confirm anything

Yea but compared to 15 you actually can die so that’s a plus and the combat isn’t garbage 😂😂

CBU3 always listens.

there is no royal edition incoming, maybe dlc or future sequel.

What about it the main character dieing AGAIN, or the open ended ending and pointless after credit cenematic

Try FF14. It’s 10 times better at least

the after credit cinematic is not open-ended at all, you're just dumb lmao

Not to mention we never see him die, and a couple side quests hint at it as well. He said he would write a book after all is done, and Jill says she knows when dawn comes Clive will return to her. Before the battle she prayed for his return, when the star went out it actually meant her wish was fulfilled. I really hope we get a definite answer, especially for Jill.

​@@MuMasooAlso, its so in character for Clive to pen a book in Joshuas name, same as how he took on Cids namw

Yeah but for me combat got really boring towards the end … had to use the newbies rings just to make it tolerable and fast forward to the story

Yea, the much better game in my opinion. And FF7 is part of gaming history

@@Coldsilfur4😭😭 you mean filler fantasy 7 at least this game has cool bosses and fun combat ff7 remake is like 80% filler and 20% first half of disc one OG FF7 still on top

same but he only plays new games now days. any hype game. id bet he play ff7 part 2 before he ever played part 1 lol

It's good but it being incomplete is a bother, not to mention it can be slower than 16 at times and more confusing

@@northwestclasspnw7974 completely disagree. I had much more slow and boring parts in FF16.. alone the start in FF16 is like 1 1/2 hour cutscenes until your first real gameplay / combat mission. You walk from cutscene to cutscene.. it has 13 hours of cutscenes.. its an overload.. and typical MMORPG sidequests (gather xy). FF7 remake entertained me from beginning (gameplay after 5 mins Intro) until the end. And the new FF7 trilogogy is like FF13 trilogy.. you have to see it from that angle, especially when you get thrice the game time and content than the OG. Its pure fanservice for non toxic dumb fanboys who still live in the 90s. Its very obvious how newcomers really enjoyed the Remake. But OG hardliners didnt.

while FF7 pacing better for side stuff but that game side quest is so just SIDE side stuff it not add much but good to do for random NPC moment 16 aide quest add a lot more some are so so good it should be msq

@@warm-heartedreaction6191 Your a liar

they were better. I played FF7R immediately after 16. Not only are there far less of them (FF7R has 25 side quests total and are much better paced than 16 which has 76), there is actual gameplay variety in 7Rs. 16 sorely lacks variety on all fronts. its time to look at things objectively instead of fanboying for the yoshi p cult

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Eversoul12 Speak for yourself. The fact that are more side-quest in FF16 shouldn’t be a bad thing. I get more time to play the story based game I payed for this way. As for the “tedious fetch quest” people keep talking about…. You ROLE PLAY as Clive (it’s HIS story). (Think fetch quest hypothetically in real life: if you wanted to go out to the bar or whatever this weekend, but your car didn’t have gas; you would have to give yourself a tedious side quest of ‘filling your car up with gas’, before continuing your main story of heading to the bar or whatever.) You have to do the little tasks before you tackle the big ones The last few side quest of FF16 are some of the best the game had to offer. Yet many people missed them because they lacked the patience of a “tedious” quest. And if you’re gonna bring up FF7R, then at least bring up Madame M when she says “good things come to those who work, and in ways that just might surprise you.” (Also face it, FF7R had its fair share of fetch quests, and it did not have as much bounties at like 16 did. Soooo “sorely lack gameplay variety”…. What?

Remove all of these skyrim collect fire salt quests out of the final fantasy series!!

even better than Bahamuth imo

I think the Eikon portion was not as good as the regular version just because nothing new was introduced. Whereas every fight before that had a new part of the eikon's power revealed and elevated the scale of the fight

​@@willywitchdoctorI can see your point but I'd say this is also the final fight unlike the previous eikon fights. Interrupting the battle with a mini tutorial where the game gives you an attack you'll only use in this battle would be weird imo

@@afxboc that is true, but can be said for any of the other fights. Like you wouldn't normally interrupt a fight like Bahamut's with a tutorial menu but they did. Just for me, it was like the fights in God of War 3 where Poseidon's was so grand in scale and then every fight after that wasn't as impactful. The fights after Bahamut didn't hit the same for me at all. The only part of Ultima fight I liked was him spamming all the high level spells like Holy, THAT to me was cooler than the Eikon fight because it was something new

@@willywitchdoctor that's a fair point. I just think it would have been even weirder to interrupt ultima's fight for a new skill After Bahamut the only remaining eikon fight is Ultima's second phase though but I understand what you're saying