I remember when Clement was the Sonic review guy, now its kinda amusing that most of the newest fans know him as the Final Fantasy or Street Fighter retrospective guy due to how those videos blew in popularity. Good for him being known for more things.
Clement, I agree this game is dark, but point is that even if life gets dark, life is still something to fight and live for. Both Clive and Jill started game wanting to die. Clive especially at the end has a total shift in character and decides to live to fight for his loved ones. I'm surprised you didn't talk about Ultima, he's a great villain. Final Fantasy 16 end message is a positive one. I played all the side quests and that one with the wine bottle was the only one I absolutely hated.
I find the game has some similar themes to Berserk to some regard. At least the themes of finding light in a seemingly dark and desolate world and conquering the trauma and scars of one's past.
@@FunnyMonkey781 Excellent comparison! Anyway, game is not Grim Dark. It is Noble Dark. It really bring my memory of Final Fantasy IV, FF VI and FFVII.
@@FunnyMonkey781 An apt comparison. People compare this game to Game of Thrones, but i believe Berserk to be more similar in nature. They're both about the darkness and evil inherent in humans and life, and the human resilience and strength to overcome that and find people who you can call your own. Berserk is way more dark and intense, final fantasy would never get away with half of what's in berserk.
There is one complaint I have regarding the "voice acting" in the game (spoilers, obvs) It's the scene where Clive and Anabella meet in Sanbreque. The reason I say "voice acting"... is because it's not really Anabella's actress at fault. The problem is that I felt a mismatch between how she was performing the scene and how the animation was portraying her. I just felt like a disconnect between the two. That being said, everything out of Clive's mouth in that scene is 24k gold
I really liked this game, I give it a solid 8/10. I'm not sure if others are the same, but as much as I like the game I found myself liking the main cast of 15 more than the main cast of 16 (except for Joshua and Clive).
So my personal opinion. Final Fantasy XVI take position of Best Final Fantasy Game Ever Made, and that include already excellent remake of Final Fantasy7! They hit all things I actually expected from franchise. Good drama, intense plot and high involvement of godlike Summons. This game is F amazing!
I actually enjoyed the side quests. Yes, they weren't really well integrated into the gameplay, but they were short and provided great world building. The major fights were so intense I physically felt drained after each major plot point. The side quests were a great way to break away from that and frame Clives journey within the context of the world. Sure, when looking at the total count of side quests it seems like a lot, but there were only two points in the game where I felt like I was doing more than a handful at a time. I think enjoyment of this game really comes down to what you're looking for. If you're more invested in the gameplay bit, then you're far less likely to enjoy it. If you're more invested in the story, then you may just love it, including even the side quests.
I just finished this one yesterday! Overall I was blown away multiple times throughout this game, after the titan fight I wondered “how are they going to top this?” Then you went to SPACE. I do think the game kinda loses some momentum towards the end, mainly because I indulged a little much in the sidequests to upgrade my abilities. I really loved the game still, 9/10 and my game of the year.
"Please Don't Do the Sidequests" is absolutely terrible advice to give, especially since many of them open up game features, improve your inventory, or provide huge character depth.
I don't think you realia how far you've come Clement. Your Sonic 06 review allowed you to realize what was important. You value life and your taking the steps to be better. I'm proud of you.
Honestly bro I was hoping this would come out after all the DLC was finished but I'm just glad to be able to sit back with another "Remember Final Fantasy" video of yours, this time under a new name but with the same damn energy. That Clement. I commented on your other video but no pressure bro. Get the videos out as you can. I've rewatched all your FF retrospectives and pretty much all your retrospectives because of how they do EXACTLY as they should. Go thru the story first for context, then break down everything else after. Its some of the best and I'm thankful I found your channel while lookin for Pixel Remaster reviews to see if i should get it or not. One of my favorite finds. Love you bro. Keep it safe and give yourself grace.
The dark material in 16, just makes the reality pop. Given how everything operates and the power being thrown around, it just makes sense. Hell our reality is absolutely bleak, if you peal back all the “barriers”. I’m not trying to be a downer, but Iv done a lot of traveling.
Yes, i am that person, I like dark themes. We should tackle dark thrmes. Also, most of us grew up with/playing ff games. Late born community really has to understand these themes happen all around the world everyday. Everything can't light hearted all the time. Contrastingly, every theme can't always be dark. Like a see saw, both are necessary within a ff game or every other ff game.
Final Fantasy XVI = Solo Leveling i agree skip most of the side quest BUT DON'T SKIP THE SIDE QUESTS NEAR THE END, it give you different interpretation the the post credit scene who wrote the book ??? ALSO they may change the ending, with the Leviathan DLC When Clive get all the eikon... I'M HOPING FOR CLIVE X JILL HAPPY ENDING 😉
The timing couldn't be funnier. I was literally going to watch some of the older videos in the Final Fantasy playlist when this entered my sub notifications.
Fun fact: Benn Star said that him voicing Clive was his way of grieving after he lost his own father while on production. He turned his grief into a performance that made him fell more personal and connected to Clive.
6 weeks later, on 29 February 2024, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth comes out. This will be the continuation to Final Fantasy VII Remake, and I cannot wait for the day that this chapter of your Final Fantasy retrospective is appended.
A few things I would like to say. 1) when you go through and tell everyone kupka is dead, you're doing so because they attacked the hold hideout and traumatized everyone. Especially blackthorn who hails from Dhalmekia. 2) The game is more action oriented because they want that distinction between 7 remake and this with one being more rpg more true to the og ff and this is more action oriented and its own thing. I can see if people dont like that but I personally prefer having 2 very seperate very different experiences releasing around the same time.
Would love to hear you talk about even more FF games. There's something about your retrospectives that are so perfect it's hard to put into words. I have probably revisited every retrospective about 20 times by now and I'm sure that will be the case with this one too.
Finally, a positive take on this brilliant game. FF16 got too much negativity thrown at it. Sure, it was a bit too easy but sometimes all I really want from a Final Fantasy is a great story and technical spectacles..
Soken did the music so well, I had to hunt down the collector's edition soundtrack for the bonus tracks. Sadly the songs he used in the Awakening trailer were not in the soundtrack. It haunts me....
I must say that. Final Fantasy IV become famous because death of protagonists was something new back then. Final Fantasy VI already have theme of Ekspres, while having amazing powers being doomed. And Final Fantasy 7 environmental message being bleak. Final Fantasy XVI was somewhat culmination of those themes. So we can't say that this game is exception, more that it was not limited by expectations of the medium. I understand your concern, but for my that is what FF was always about!
Honestly the bad pacing in games is due to the fact that all of the story is oh so much with its story and its characters! I honestly really like almost all characters, especially Torgal’s side quest, it made me tear up. And i really love every ounce of all characters! I Love this game!
Despite the flaws 16 is an amazing game when you don't have a bunch of FF Twitter Fuck heads yapping in your ears how bad it is and how's not Final Fantasy 7 or Final Fantasy in general.
Clement you did a great job with this video expressing your opinions on XVI and honestly mine are quite similar to yours. I like XVI for what it was trying to be but I do wish they did borrow a couple of things from previous FF games to make it even better. That said though, man did I enjoy my experience with XVI quite a bit especially at launch as I was wanting a PS5 just for this game and at least to me it was worth the wait with how hectic the first few years of getting a PS5 were. I can’t wait to see how this series evolves from this and VII Remake. I’ve been watching your videos for about 4 years now with the Retrospective and as a newer fan of the series I would always watch them immediately after finishing one of older games I know that was a long comment but seriously thanks for making all of these FF video’s throughout the years they made me get into the series more
That’s actually sad that Final Fantasy got jealous of Donald Duck and matched Zetaflare, but even then they still didn’t dare to outmatch Donald’s power 😂
Hard disagree. The combo system in 16 is much more rewarding (at least to me) than 7 remake. Not to say that 7R's combat was bad, but I found more enjoyment in combining combo strings and eikon abilities than being unable to do anything but mash square until a bar fills.
@@ShermTank7272 oh please saying 7R combat is button mashy is like saying Sonic Unleashed day stages are “boost to win” until I watch those same people play the stages and push every button on the controller or they’re complaining that it’s the hardest sonic game every made. There’s no way in hell you got through every battle and every boss fight just by mashing Square until the stagger gauge fills. Cut it out.
@@brycetheoddball I'll commend FF7R's combat for its variety and challenge, but as an action game it felt clunky and unresponsive at times. Some specific grievances I have are the Rufus fight and Hell House where it feels I have to take damage and attacking just feels off because of how punishing and instantly the enemy can snap to animations and negate my actions. Not to mention flying enemies just not being a good experience at all to fight. I'm not a master at the game, I'm sure there's some obscure solution to every problem but I'd prefer the base moveset to not feel so clunky.
@@clintwaki6936 For Rufus, just build up atb, use triple slash on the dog to separate them, kill the dog first, then for Rufus when he’s reloading, hit him with Braver to stagger him automatically. With Hell house use triple slash as soon as the third of all three Tonberries drop to kill them quickly, block against the flying chairs, have proper element materia for weaknesses for whatever mode the house is in (fire, ice, wind, lightning) and keep cure on Cloud and Aerith
Clement, I don't mind spoilers since this game isn't coming to PC for over a year and it's impossible to go silent for such a long time waiting on a PC release because people will just out of nowhere anywhere can spoil a big moment. I don't mind just watching this anyway since been watching your videos since 2010.
I wish I liked this game more than I do. It's got some great elements, the spectacle is gorgeous, a few of the characters are great (Dion is best)...but man it is overall just everything I wouldn't want in a game. From it's tone, to it's visual style, to it's world layout...it's just not my kind of game. I won't say it's bad, but it's definitely not a favorite in the series for me.
Largely agree with your review Clement. While the heavier topics didn't bother me, I can see how it wasn't implemented in an overall good way that enhances the story. And I couldn't agree with you more on the pacing and side quests, outside of the side quests just before the final fight, they were largely boring and a slog. And the whole boat quest was just boring. A couple of other things that bothered me that I'm surprised didn't make it into the video: 1. Not having Jill along for the final fight was very disappointing. Having such an important character sidelined just was a let down. I get why it was the case story-wise, but it definitely didn't sit well with me. 2. The Waloed arc was largely disappointing to me. All game Waloed is built up as this mysterious yet fiercely powerful force on another continent and then when we get there, and it's just zombies which was a huge let down. I really wanted to see the culture of Waloed and having none of it was severely disappointing. 3. I thought Ultima was a weak villain and agree that having Annabella or even a re-written Barnabas would have been a better main antagonist. 4. Having the game be grey the rest of the game was a let down as well as I missed seeing the colorful environments. I was hoping the sun could come out one last time before the ending but alas. Still, the combat was great if a bit repetitive once I got into my final set, voice acting was top notch, and the story had me hooked. Not the best in the series, but a solid entry
Flawed as it was, XVI is still the best mainline Final Fantasy game we've had in over a decade now. Thanks for making Final Fantasy games mid, Square Enix.
@@USMC49er XIV had to die to get good. And even then 2.0 and 3.0's moment to moment gameplay at the time of their release were still pretty bad. I remember how miserable the post ARR and Heavensward content was when they came out.
@@1wayroad935funny thing is that part of the team that was responsible for those failings also worked on 16. A game with almost the same failings. I'd argue that 16 is the logical extension of arr and hw into a single player game. The same bad pacing and spotty writing. The same reliance on tropes and stereotypes. But compounded by the inclusion of themes the developers and mostly the writers knew nothing about. Bringing down what could have been a decent by the books dmc like ff game. And turning it into a dour mess that by many accounts is or borders on offensive. It's a fun when it's dumb, it's bad when it's trying to be more than that.
thats...not really much of an accomplishment. Especially considering that FF hasn't been good in 20 years and better games like Yakuza and Persona exist
Wonderful analysis of the basis on FF16. I love the game to death but I'm still torn on how they made a game with this many side quests without thinking they could trim the fat. This is the same team that's had to rework FF14 into being easier to digest for newer players but I suppose old habits old hard. I love and have cosplayed as Clive and while I understand the qualms with the "bring up and never elaborate" writing that is Jill/Anabella/etc's writing, I'm still pretty in love with the rest of the game's writing to sort of sideline it. That said I do agree that I don't like how that's the path they took with it, but other people have pointed out how the writer of FF14 Heavensward has this oddly peculiar way of writing women that could've been better had it been handled by somebody else. Still though it's an amazing game held back by some impossible to avoid flaws
The problem of Square-Enix and Final Fantasy is that since the main creator left the company they treated the main line as a spin-off, yes Sakaguchi wanted to be creative with final fantasy since final fantasy 6 and he supported chrono trigger and stuff, but if you look at stuff like Lost Odyssey, you can see that he didn´t want creative for creative sake, but only when it made sense, final fantasy used to be like the Gibli studios movies, about epic stories, almost like the old Disney animation movies, and then it all became too "post-modern" if you will, creativity ate itself and all the main entries started to feel like spin-offs, i like spin-offs but to have spin-offs as the main line FF games just reduce the quality of the franchise, in that way they lost the rpg factor, epic factor and quality factor to make a niche genre into a mainstream product, so nowadays Square-Enix can´t even make a decent jrpg like everyone else in JAPAN and it is kinda sad
Overall enjoyed this game. I enjoyed the story and characters and had fun with the game. Not my favorite and I know it has some flaws, but still a fun time.
I ended both FF7 Remake (normal) and FFXVI (no Timely accessories) with some days of difference and the combat in XVI was actually fun, while the combat and the last bosses of Remake were the most infuriating thing ever, especially Sephiroth. FFXVI was much more balanced. It allowed me to be strategic on the go, while in Remake, my only concern was trying to survive because the enemy kept interrupting all my skills.
I love final fantasy 16 it was really awesome and badass and playing this game on the ps5 was super awesome and badass I love it so much at least in my opinion.
16 is a game with stupidly high highs but also contrastingly very deep lows. 1 moment you fighting a giant Eikon in a spectacle battle, the other moment you are doing yet another very semi sidequest or killing the same enemy for the 100th of time.
Good review! Even though I didn't like FF16 as much as 7 Remake, this was still my Game of the Year and the story to 16 is the best Final Fantasy's had since 10 imo. 😎
Sidequests should either have meaningful world building or character development and unique gameplay (enemies, minigames etc) or have no cutscenes and just be ‘kill X number of Y’ and things like that. Either make them compelling for those that want to see more of the characters and world or make them purely a box ticking exercise for those that feel compelled to tick those boxes
What? Side quests should expand the world or provide optional loot for doing something challenging or unique. For example you don't need to know people in city X as main plot, but you can if you want. What Clement was complaining was exactly that many quest were Fetch Quests, where you wasted time on pointless BS and basically didn't get anything from that. Including wasting time on unnecessary dialogue.
This was a great video I agree with a lot of your points. Although I feel like you could have talked more about the games main antagonist perhaps it was to avoid spoilers which is fair. Personally I enjoyed the side quests, although I will agree that what you do in those side quests is boring but I enjoyed the world building. Plus perhaps since I played the entire Trails series those games have conditioned me to enjoy that type of content. That series lives and dies by its world building and this is only one game where Trails is 10 and they are all interconnected and one side quest in game 2 could have a quest that continues in game 6 or from 1-10. All in all if people say they don’t like the side quests in FFXVI I agree they could be more engaging.
Watched this when you posted a couple weeks ago, went back through and rewatched your FF videos starting with VII and rewatched this one - great videos especially while I work. I am slogging through FF mode now to get the platinum before Rebirth. Everything was fantastic on my first play through, not having any idea what was going to happen, how epic the fights were going to be, making sure I didn’t miss any side quests and in this FF play through it’s just skip skip skip, fight, skip skip skip lol
Honestly I'm hoping the series goes in the direction of FF7 Remake/Rebirth in the combat system as that one at least is still an RPG even if Action! My only gripe being an old grandpa (of 37 years who started with FF7 back in my teens on the original PSX as my entry to Final Fantasy and RPG IN GENERAL! Yeah DnD, Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, never would have found them if I never accidently rented FF7 because I was tricked by the commercial that only showed it's cutscenes LOL and it got me curious to keep on looking into this genre! Never beat FF7 and never beat FF8 till LATER on the PS3 because I didn't get a memory card for the PS1 till I got the FF that was the first one I beat! FFIX I got them on the dates they came out in USA by the way) for FF16 combat is that it doesn't even FEEL like it's an RPG PERIOD compared to the mentioned Remake which still feels like an RPG. An EXPANSION of OG FF7 systems, making the weapons have MORE purpose beyond their Materia Slots to make them more interesting for Builds, Characters have unique playstyles so it's not "slight Stat differences, weapon and limit breaks" as was in the original! Something I criticize FF16 as it really should have tried to have you play as others! While yeah frankly giving you the Eikons playstyle makes playing the Eikon Dominants irrelevant! Keeping you regulated to just SWORDS means while you can change how you fight and function with the sword fighting, you're still only using the sword! DMC gave you SOOOO many different weapons to use NEXT to Dante's fighting styles. So no surprise you get bored QUICKLY once you get a new Eikon Style as weapons feel like upgrades to the last. Which is BAD when you only have ONE CHARACTER as the only uniqueness is their appearance and that's IT! If you're sticking me with one character you better give me more then different ways to fight with the SAME WEAPON STYLE. (I'm a lover of Action, Turn-Based and In-between systems as I love the Tales of series and Pause & Play of Baldur's Gate 1 & 2! And Technically Final Fantasy was an Action RPG when the ATB system was implemented, so on it's way to being more action! And FF15, the press and hold a button to auto dodge isn't TOO bad as long as it's balanced where they're ARE a good frequency of undodgable attacks that WILL hit you if you miss the cue to FULL Dodge, meaning GET OUT THE WAY of the attack instead of relying on an auto dodge! But then a Block or GET OUT THE WAY is far better because you HAVE to pay attention! And I mixed with the story, I enjoyed the story, but it also had the trappings of what I expect from a "Game of Thrones" copycat (as in the SHOW! Copycats of the BOOKS tend to be alot more focus like Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War and Ogre Battle/Tactics FREAKING Ogre!) and this annoyed me. Sex Scenes and nudity did little for me and the "bedroom talk" felt like it could have been done without the sex and nudity and something among what I dislike as I mentioned! Only parts of those I say I will like is Clive x Jill! I'll give it to Square, after the fudge that was Squall and Rinoa, and whatever the fuck Noctis and Luna was! They did right with Clive and Jill. I will say the plus was the whole "following Clive's life" following his escape from a decade of slavery and how he rose to becoming a THORN in the side of "his former masters" but was slight disappointed with everything "Clive & Annabelle" as they barely interacted after the prologue and even the point they DID it. Well everyone has seen the scene, but still not being old enough, I won't spoil it! And fuck the ending, why do pretentious writers keep pulling the "did they survive or not" endings and just say "yeah they fucking survived" you are NOT Final Fantasy Tactics where the PSP version OUTRIGHT made the ambiguous ending of Ramza and Alma survival into a "yeah they survived" and even then I'll give the PSP version credit for doing this as it felt SILLY to make it ambiguous in THE FIRST PLACE! God I'm frustrated. I was likely Barnabas as the Big Bad, wish they didn't do what they did to him. Seriously they need to stop Necron-ing the visible Big Bad's Overall, I enjoyed my time with the game (And I'm going to say this here. Fetch Quests don't disturb me! I love to see LESS of them, but there like Poison after giving my self small drops of it and surviving! You learn to develop a resistance to them LOL But again, I prefer more UNIQUE quests that are NOT fetch quests to too many of them! At least Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom weren't full to the brim with them over unique quests) though I will add I bought the game on a "blink and you miss" sale and happy I did as I don't care too much for the price asked (too much for what I got in my opinion, the sale was the PROPER price in my opinion....or close to it at least) so I'm waiting for the DLC to see if my opinion will change (and by WAIT I mean wait for a SALE! Till then I'm enjoying myself replaying FFIX as it's been so long! I already got everything I wanted out of Dead Space 1 & Resident Evil 4 Remakes! So time to move on and play em again once I forgot how I 100% them LOL)
My biggest gripe is how cid dies far to early imo and Jill gets very little to do, haven’t played the dlcs so I have no idea if they expand it more. Also would love a Torgal backstory as he is from the north continent
just want to say, this game looks AMAZING! Also I'm making my own content! It's mainly inspired by your LP's but I don't want to advertise lol. Keep up the good work!
it’s a shame for the sidequests really, because narratively their are amazing. They conclude a lot of character arcs, give a lot of depth to the world, and later in they give big revelations about how things came to be and truths about Valisthea. But the problem is that they are BORING. It’s always go to point A, fight, cutscene, point B, cutscene, ect. There’s no variety, no minigames, no cool gimmiks, no wierd tangents, nothing at all. It’s either walk, fight or talk. Together with the fact that there’s so many of them, the result is dreading them during the playtrough. Finishing a story arc and then seeing your map FILLED to the brim with green markers is so discomforting, especially near the end of the game where they shower you with those. What a shame :(
@@TheRezro absolutely, considering FFXV had over 250 sidequests and they didn’t even try to be good, except a weird 2 or 3. I just hoped they went the VIIR way, with few sidequests but actually meaningful (without dumping them all in one place obv). The game would have been so much better with like 5 or 6 tangents where Clive went out with Gav or Otto or Joshua on long(er) expeditions, getting to know them better and stuff like that.
Guess I'm different. I loved every side quest and didn't find them to be too numerous when compared to other RPGs. They all gave something to the story and the characters (like you said).
21:00 making a guess without knowing the game, the hooded figure is Joshua/his essence that split when he gave powers to our hero Sour Cream and Chives. Lets see if im right.
My feelings ebb and flow as time goes by. I really like it in the moment when I played it, but after finishing it sometimes I get sour, sometimes I smile thinking about it. The Kaiju fights are definitely why I signed up for it and while I do agree some of it can get long, they're still my highlight. I like the gameplay just fine. I had to remap the buttons Dark Souls style because my thumbs physically hurt in very not okay ways after intense button mashings, but I liked the momentum a lot. I must say I prefer 16's gameplay than 7R's, but I do agree that 16 could adopt the complexity 7R's gameplay has. My main problem is on Ultima as a final boss, I don't find him as compelling. His fights are easy compared to the Eikons and I felt some characters were robbed during that final chunk of the game. Like Bahamut stole all the boss fight brownie points that Ultima just felt like a mid-way boss placed at the end.
I think the issue with ff16 is that game really falls of at the 75 percent mark. The game is full of cool characters, cool set pieces and all sorts of epic moment. The game starts really strong and it's boosted up in the middle, but once you get 3/4's of the way through, it starts to drag. It's like, come on, can we get a move on?
I thought that it was well known that standard Final Fantasy was going to be action oriented. While I haven't enjoyed the JRPG/hack and slash middle ground of previous games, I have come to accept that this is the default from now on, and I'll have the classics to go back to, which Square has been pretty good at re-releasing in recent years. At the same time, though, XVI does look really cool that I want to get a PS5 for.
Great review, we need more of those for 16. The only thing I disagree is the sidequests. Some of them are really good and give you more context for the ending
I remember when Clement was the Sonic review guy, now its kinda amusing that most of the newest fans know him as the Final Fantasy or Street Fighter retrospective guy due to how those videos blew in popularity. Good for him being known for more things.
And before he was known for Sonic, it was Mega Man
@@BH-98 Yeah it's kinda awesome that fans have different starting points. Shows how well Clement does with different franchises and interests.
@@BH-98 Back in the day, he was the go to for Sonic playthroughs. Still, I adore his newer videos.
Street Fighter? I literally do not remember that one...
@TheRezro dropped last year
So glad to hear from you again, Clement! Hope the schedule’s going okay, take care of yourself!
34:30. Dion Bahamut is one of 3 entities in Square Enix history to perform Zettaflare. Him, Donald Duck, and Airy from Bravely Default.
Ah yes, the infamous King of Drakes, savior and destroyer of empires, destroyer of worlds... the eternal font of power that is Donald Duck.
Lord, the voice acting in this game is freaking fantastic.
It's not as good as Witcher 3 or yakuza 0
@@frogglen6350 I've never played either of them, but I've heard only good things about them.
@@frogglen6350all of them are phenomenal fuck you gotta compare for
@@frogglen6350 In what way?
@@frogglen6350well I agree that Yakuza 0’s voice acting is some of the best the industry has ever produced, but 16’s is pretty good too
Clement, I agree this game is dark, but point is that even if life gets dark, life is still something to fight and live for. Both Clive and Jill started game wanting to die. Clive especially at the end has a total shift in character and decides to live to fight for his loved ones. I'm surprised you didn't talk about Ultima, he's a great villain.
Final Fantasy 16 end message is a positive one.
I played all the side quests and that one with the wine bottle was the only one I absolutely hated.
I find the game has some similar themes to Berserk to some regard. At least the themes of finding light in a seemingly dark and desolate world and conquering the trauma and scars of one's past.
@@FunnyMonkey781 Excellent comparison! Anyway, game is not Grim Dark. It is Noble Dark.
It really bring my memory of Final Fantasy IV, FF VI and FFVII.
I liked that side quest because everything was so dark.
@@FunnyMonkey781 An apt comparison. People compare this game to Game of Thrones, but i believe Berserk to be more similar in nature. They're both about the darkness and evil inherent in humans and life, and the human resilience and strength to overcome that and find people who you can call your own. Berserk is way more dark and intense, final fantasy would never get away with half of what's in berserk.
There is one complaint I have regarding the "voice acting" in the game (spoilers, obvs)
It's the scene where Clive and Anabella meet in Sanbreque. The reason I say "voice acting"... is because it's not really Anabella's actress at fault. The problem is that I felt a mismatch between how she was performing the scene and how the animation was portraying her. I just felt like a disconnect between the two. That being said, everything out of Clive's mouth in that scene is 24k gold
I really liked this game, I give it a solid 8/10. I'm not sure if others are the same, but as much as I like the game I found myself liking the main cast of 15 more than the main cast of 16 (except for Joshua and Clive).
It’s hard not to prefer the bros on a road trip vibe of 15 but I prefer Clive as a main character
So my personal opinion. Final Fantasy XVI take position of Best Final Fantasy Game Ever Made, and that include already excellent remake of Final Fantasy7! They hit all things I actually expected from franchise. Good drama, intense plot and high involvement of godlike Summons. This game is F amazing!
Oh the timing, I was just binging your videos ironically. Great work, Mate!!!
Same lol.
This was well worth the wait. Another well crafted Final Fantasy video done!
And now the final fantasy retrospective continues.
Comeon Clement!!!
This is a dark Fantasy medieval story!
Of course it is Gonçalves have all these!
I would actually be mesmerized if it were not
I actually enjoyed the side quests. Yes, they weren't really well integrated into the gameplay, but they were short and provided great world building.
The major fights were so intense I physically felt drained after each major plot point. The side quests were a great way to break away from that and frame Clives journey within the context of the world.
Sure, when looking at the total count of side quests it seems like a lot, but there were only two points in the game where I felt like I was doing more than a handful at a time.
I think enjoyment of this game really comes down to what you're looking for. If you're more invested in the gameplay bit, then you're far less likely to enjoy it. If you're more invested in the story, then you may just love it, including even the side quests.
I just finished this one yesterday! Overall I was blown away multiple times throughout this game, after the titan fight I wondered “how are they going to top this?” Then you went to SPACE. I do think the game kinda loses some momentum towards the end, mainly because I indulged a little much in the sidequests to upgrade my abilities. I really loved the game still, 9/10 and my game of the year.
Don't think we didn't notice you skipped Stranger of Paradise. You have to complete the circle and bring it back to 1.
Clement released a new video
Jack: Bulls**t
(Walks away as “I am the Eggman theme plays)
"Please Don't Do the Sidequests" is absolutely terrible advice to give, especially since many of them open up game features, improve your inventory, or provide huge character depth.
I don't think you realia how far you've come Clement. Your Sonic 06 review allowed you to realize what was important. You value life and your taking the steps to be better. I'm proud of you.
Honestly bro I was hoping this would come out after all the DLC was finished but I'm just glad to be able to sit back with another "Remember Final Fantasy" video of yours, this time under a new name but with the same damn energy. That Clement. I commented on your other video but no pressure bro. Get the videos out as you can. I've rewatched all your FF retrospectives and pretty much all your retrospectives because of how they do EXACTLY as they should. Go thru the story first for context, then break down everything else after. Its some of the best and I'm thankful I found your channel while lookin for Pixel Remaster reviews to see if i should get it or not. One of my favorite finds. Love you bro. Keep it safe and give yourself grace.
The Great Clement has graced us once more
The dark material in 16, just makes the reality pop. Given how everything operates and the power being thrown around, it just makes sense. Hell our reality is absolutely bleak, if you peal back all the “barriers”. I’m not trying to be a downer, but Iv done a lot of traveling.
Yes, i am that person, I like dark themes. We should tackle dark thrmes. Also, most of us grew up with/playing ff games. Late born community really has to understand these themes happen all around the world everyday. Everything can't light hearted all the time. Contrastingly, every theme can't always be dark. Like a see saw, both are necessary within a ff game or every other ff game.
"I promise 2024 will be better"
**IMMEDIATELY UPLOADS FF16 RETROSPECTIVE**
Damn. You weren't kidding.
The Final Fantasy 16 review we’ve all been waiting for.
I love this vid but I love that we still have the not a charge shot bit as well. Love it!!!
These Retrospectives are the reason I love your channel so much dude. That and the Tekken video of course lol😊
Love your final fantasy videos. I promise I will watch it as soon as I finish 16 lmao
Good to see you're back to doing retrospectives. It's actuslly shocking how short this video is compared to most you've done since FFVII.
I got the ps5 specifically for ff16. I loved many parts of it and like most of It. It's a solid 8 out of 10 for me
Final Fantasy XVI = Solo Leveling
i agree skip most of the side quest BUT DON'T SKIP THE SIDE QUESTS NEAR THE END, it give you different interpretation the the post credit scene who wrote the book ???
ALSO they may change the ending, with the Leviathan DLC When Clive get all the eikon...
I'M HOPING FOR CLIVE X JILL HAPPY ENDING 😉
I understand why some wouldn't be into XVI, but I love the ever living JESUS out of it.
Great review and i hope you do a Remembers 16 at some point. I love your analysis of the entire FF plots.
Ironically xenogears was a dropped idea for final fantasy 7 because square thought it was too dark, oh the irony
Soken delivered like I could never imagine, the climax being the Dion encounter
The timing couldn't be funnier. I was literally going to watch some of the older videos in the Final Fantasy playlist when this entered my sub notifications.
Fun fact: Benn Star said that him voicing Clive was his way of grieving after he lost his own father while on production. He turned his grief into a performance that made him fell more personal and connected to Clive.
Sticking to your goals proud of you bro
I don’t care what anyone says. I love this game. Story, characters, world. It’s beautiful and it’s one of those games i’ll play it once a year
6 weeks later, on 29 February 2024, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth comes out.
This will be the continuation to Final Fantasy VII Remake, and I cannot wait for the day that this chapter of your Final Fantasy retrospective is appended.
You should never skip any side quests in this game.
A few things I would like to say. 1) when you go through and tell everyone kupka is dead, you're doing so because they attacked the hold hideout and traumatized everyone. Especially blackthorn who hails from Dhalmekia. 2) The game is more action oriented because they want that distinction between 7 remake and this with one being more rpg more true to the og ff and this is more action oriented and its own thing. I can see if people dont like that but I personally prefer having 2 very seperate very different experiences releasing around the same time.
Would love to hear you talk about even more FF games. There's something about your retrospectives that are so perfect it's hard to put into words. I have probably revisited every retrospective about 20 times by now and I'm sure that will be the case with this one too.
Finally, a positive take on this brilliant game. FF16 got too much negativity thrown at it. Sure, it was a bit too easy but sometimes all I really want from a Final Fantasy is a great story and technical spectacles..
Make an easy spectacle action game. But dont call it final fantasy FFS ! What next ? Uncharted with sword ?
Soken did the music so well, I had to hunt down the collector's edition soundtrack for the bonus tracks. Sadly the songs he used in the Awakening trailer were not in the soundtrack.
It haunts me....
Just finished this game. Wasn’t convinced until seeing the intro of this video.
I must say that. Final Fantasy IV become famous because death of protagonists was something new back then. Final Fantasy VI already have theme of Ekspres, while having amazing powers being doomed. And Final Fantasy 7 environmental message being bleak. Final Fantasy XVI was somewhat culmination of those themes. So we can't say that this game is exception, more that it was not limited by expectations of the medium. I understand your concern, but for my that is what FF was always about!
Honestly the bad pacing in games is due to the fact that all of the story is oh so much with its story and its characters! I honestly really like almost all characters, especially Torgal’s side quest, it made me tear up. And i really love every ounce of all characters! I Love this game!
Despite the flaws 16 is an amazing game when you don't have a bunch of FF Twitter Fuck heads yapping in your ears how bad it is and how's not Final Fantasy 7 or Final Fantasy in general.
I'm surprised he didn't really give his opinion on Ultima or his goal.
It's been since Final Fantasy Tactics that I've enjoyed a FF story so much.
Clement you did a great job with this video expressing your opinions on XVI and honestly mine are quite similar to yours. I like XVI for what it was trying to be but I do wish they did borrow a couple of things from previous FF games to make it even better. That said though, man did I enjoy my experience with XVI quite a bit especially at launch as I was wanting a PS5 just for this game and at least to me it was worth the wait with how hectic the first few years of getting a PS5 were. I can’t wait to see how this series evolves from this and VII Remake. I’ve been watching your videos for about 4 years now with the Retrospective and as a newer fan of the series I would always watch them immediately after finishing one of older games
I know that was a long comment but seriously thanks for making all of these FF video’s throughout the years they made me get into the series more
That’s actually sad that Final Fantasy got jealous of Donald Duck and matched Zetaflare, but even then they still didn’t dare to outmatch Donald’s power 😂
Also I love how Clement voiced my grievances with XVI compared to VII remake. The gameplay in VII remake was so much more dynamic and rewarding.
Hard disagree. The combo system in 16 is much more rewarding (at least to me) than 7 remake. Not to say that 7R's combat was bad, but I found more enjoyment in combining combo strings and eikon abilities than being unable to do anything but mash square until a bar fills.
@@ShermTank7272 oh please saying 7R combat is button mashy is like saying Sonic Unleashed day stages are “boost to win” until I watch those same people play the stages and push every button on the controller or they’re complaining that it’s the hardest sonic game every made. There’s no way in hell you got through every battle and every boss fight just by mashing Square until the stagger gauge fills. Cut it out.
Both are amazing in different ways. One is not better than the other, though. "Cut it out."
@@brycetheoddball I'll commend FF7R's combat for its variety and challenge, but as an action game it felt clunky and unresponsive at times. Some specific grievances I have are the Rufus fight and Hell House where it feels I have to take damage and attacking just feels off because of how punishing and instantly the enemy can snap to animations and negate my actions. Not to mention flying enemies just not being a good experience at all to fight.
I'm not a master at the game, I'm sure there's some obscure solution to every problem but I'd prefer the base moveset to not feel so clunky.
@@clintwaki6936 For Rufus, just build up atb, use triple slash on the dog to separate them, kill the dog first, then for Rufus when he’s reloading, hit him with Braver to stagger him automatically. With Hell house use triple slash as soon as the third of all three Tonberries drop to kill them quickly, block against the flying chairs, have proper element materia for weaknesses for whatever mode the house is in (fire, ice, wind, lightning) and keep cure on Cloud and Aerith
Clement, I don't mind spoilers since this game isn't coming to PC for over a year and it's impossible to go silent for such a long time waiting on a PC release because people will just out of nowhere anywhere can spoil a big moment.
I don't mind just watching this anyway since been watching your videos since 2010.
I wish I liked this game more than I do. It's got some great elements, the spectacle is gorgeous, a few of the characters are great (Dion is best)...but man it is overall just everything I wouldn't want in a game. From it's tone, to it's visual style, to it's world layout...it's just not my kind of game.
I won't say it's bad, but it's definitely not a favorite in the series for me.
I'm so proud of you man. Can't wait to watch it later after I finally beat the game myself. This only gives me more motivation to do that.
THANK GOD SOMEONE SAID IT! Yes Clement I thought the Eikon battles went too long also!
People like you hate fun
You can never have too much of a good thing
i dont care what people say this was a great game i did everything even beat final fantasy mode
Hearing you talk about this game really makes me want to play it. You're killing it Clement.
Largely agree with your review Clement. While the heavier topics didn't bother me, I can see how it wasn't implemented in an overall good way that enhances the story. And I couldn't agree with you more on the pacing and side quests, outside of the side quests just before the final fight, they were largely boring and a slog. And the whole boat quest was just boring.
A couple of other things that bothered me that I'm surprised didn't make it into the video:
1. Not having Jill along for the final fight was very disappointing. Having such an important character sidelined just was a let down. I get why it was the case story-wise, but it definitely didn't sit well with me.
2. The Waloed arc was largely disappointing to me. All game Waloed is built up as this mysterious yet fiercely powerful force on another continent and then when we get there, and it's just zombies which was a huge let down. I really wanted to see the culture of Waloed and having none of it was severely disappointing.
3. I thought Ultima was a weak villain and agree that having Annabella or even a re-written Barnabas would have been a better main antagonist.
4. Having the game be grey the rest of the game was a let down as well as I missed seeing the colorful environments. I was hoping the sun could come out one last time before the ending but alas.
Still, the combat was great if a bit repetitive once I got into my final set, voice acting was top notch, and the story had me hooked. Not the best in the series, but a solid entry
At this point, I'd pay some pretty good money for Clement to do a 1.5-2 hr long video on his top 10 mainline Final Fantasy games.
Flawed as it was, XVI is still the best mainline Final Fantasy game we've had in over a decade now.
Thanks for making Final Fantasy games mid, Square Enix.
If you don't count the FFXIV expansions, then I guess so.
@@USMC49er XIV had to die to get good. And even then 2.0 and 3.0's moment to moment gameplay at the time of their release were still pretty bad. I remember how miserable the post ARR and Heavensward content was when they came out.
@@1wayroad935funny thing is that part of the team that was responsible for those failings also worked on 16.
A game with almost the same failings.
I'd argue that 16 is the logical extension of arr and hw into a single player game.
The same bad pacing and spotty writing.
The same reliance on tropes and stereotypes.
But compounded by the inclusion of themes the developers and mostly the writers knew nothing about.
Bringing down what could have been a decent by the books dmc like ff game.
And turning it into a dour mess that by many accounts is or borders on offensive.
It's a fun when it's dumb, it's bad when it's trying to be more than that.
@@cresentdragon The MMO pacing formula truly is the problem. The whole thing was just Setup > Busywork > Cool Thing > Busywork > Setup
thats...not really much of an accomplishment. Especially considering that FF hasn't been good in 20 years and better games like Yakuza and Persona exist
Wonderful analysis of the basis on FF16. I love the game to death but I'm still torn on how they made a game with this many side quests without thinking they could trim the fat. This is the same team that's had to rework FF14 into being easier to digest for newer players but I suppose old habits old hard. I love and have cosplayed as Clive and while I understand the qualms with the "bring up and never elaborate" writing that is Jill/Anabella/etc's writing, I'm still pretty in love with the rest of the game's writing to sort of sideline it. That said I do agree that I don't like how that's the path they took with it, but other people have pointed out how the writer of FF14 Heavensward has this oddly peculiar way of writing women that could've been better had it been handled by somebody else. Still though it's an amazing game held back by some impossible to avoid flaws
glad ur doing well clement been here since '12!
This was the best video on the game. I hope the lack of views doesnt dicourage you (im shocked to come back and see so few), more Clement analysis!
The problem of Square-Enix and Final Fantasy is that since the main creator left the company they treated the main line as a spin-off, yes Sakaguchi wanted to be creative with final fantasy since final fantasy 6 and he supported chrono trigger and stuff, but if you look at stuff like Lost Odyssey, you can see that he didn´t want creative for creative sake, but only when it made sense, final fantasy used to be like the Gibli studios movies, about epic stories, almost like the old Disney animation movies, and then it all became too "post-modern" if you will, creativity ate itself and all the main entries started to feel like spin-offs, i like spin-offs but to have spin-offs as the main line FF games just reduce the quality of the franchise, in that way they lost the rpg factor, epic factor and quality factor to make a niche genre into a mainstream product, so nowadays Square-Enix can´t even make a decent jrpg like everyone else in JAPAN and it is kinda sad
Great video, clement, and the audio sounds really good!
This is the only final fantasy that puts respect on ifrit because every other entry made ifrit the first summon so everyone thought he was the weakest
true. In earliest ff series Ifrit is probably the least in primal summoning.
Overall enjoyed this game. I enjoyed the story and characters and had fun with the game. Not my favorite and I know it has some flaws, but still a fun time.
I ended both FF7 Remake (normal) and FFXVI (no Timely accessories) with some days of difference and the combat in XVI was actually fun, while the combat and the last bosses of Remake were the most infuriating thing ever, especially Sephiroth. FFXVI was much more balanced. It allowed me to be strategic on the go, while in Remake, my only concern was trying to survive because the enemy kept interrupting all my skills.
I love final fantasy 16 it was really awesome and badass and playing this game on the ps5 was super awesome and badass I love it so much at least in my opinion.
I’ve gotten into this series because of your taken lore video and im about to scream cause I wasn’t sure when you’ll do this game
Babe wake up, new Clement just dropped 😩
Meme is cringe ..
16 is a game with stupidly high highs but also contrastingly very deep lows.
1 moment you fighting a giant Eikon in a spectacle battle, the other moment you are doing yet another very semi sidequest or killing the same enemy for the 100th of time.
Good review! Even though I didn't like FF16 as much as 7 Remake, this was still my Game of the Year and the story to 16 is the best Final Fantasy's had since 10 imo. 😎
Title suggestion: I'm getting Old, so Clement Remembers Final Fantasy XVI
What are you talking? Y’all so random
@@MrAjking808 The fact you haven't seen the previous videos in this series, makes you more random than me though.
@@mechashadow I have .. this is dumb
Sidequests should either have meaningful world building or character development and unique gameplay (enemies, minigames etc) or have no cutscenes and just be ‘kill X number of Y’ and things like that. Either make them compelling for those that want to see more of the characters and world or make them purely a box ticking exercise for those that feel compelled to tick those boxes
What? Side quests should expand the world or provide optional loot for doing something challenging or unique.
For example you don't need to know people in city X as main plot, but you can if you want.
What Clement was complaining was exactly that many quest were Fetch Quests, where you wasted time on pointless BS and basically didn't get anything from that. Including wasting time on unnecessary dialogue.
Aloha, Clement! Welcome back. Sorry you've been having an rough time last year. Hopefully things will pick back up this year.
Man just comment about the video lol he don’t know you
The retrospective is not even close to be done
This was a great video I agree with a lot of your points. Although I feel like you could have talked more about the games main antagonist perhaps it was to avoid spoilers which is fair. Personally I enjoyed the side quests, although I will agree that what you do in those side quests is boring but I enjoyed the world building. Plus perhaps since I played the entire Trails series those games have conditioned me to enjoy that type of content. That series lives and dies by its world building and this is only one game where Trails is 10 and they are all interconnected and one side quest in game 2 could have a quest that continues in game 6 or from 1-10. All in all if people say they don’t like the side quests in FFXVI I agree they could be more engaging.
This is easily the darkest Final Fantasy game I ever played and it is awesome!
Watched this when you posted a couple weeks ago, went back through and rewatched your FF videos starting with VII and rewatched this one - great videos especially while I work. I am slogging through FF mode now to get the platinum before Rebirth. Everything was fantastic on my first play through, not having any idea what was going to happen, how epic the fights were going to be, making sure I didn’t miss any side quests and in this FF play through it’s just skip skip skip, fight, skip skip skip lol
42:41 Valisthea would be at the very bottom of the worlds I would want to live in.
Honestly I'm hoping the series goes in the direction of FF7 Remake/Rebirth in the combat system as that one at least is still an RPG even if Action! My only gripe being an old grandpa (of 37 years who started with FF7 back in my teens on the original PSX as my entry to Final Fantasy and RPG IN GENERAL! Yeah DnD, Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, never would have found them if I never accidently rented FF7 because I was tricked by the commercial that only showed it's cutscenes LOL and it got me curious to keep on looking into this genre! Never beat FF7 and never beat FF8 till LATER on the PS3 because I didn't get a memory card for the PS1 till I got the FF that was the first one I beat! FFIX I got them on the dates they came out in USA by the way) for FF16 combat is that it doesn't even FEEL like it's an RPG PERIOD compared to the mentioned Remake which still feels like an RPG. An EXPANSION of OG FF7 systems, making the weapons have MORE purpose beyond their Materia Slots to make them more interesting for Builds, Characters have unique playstyles so it's not "slight Stat differences, weapon and limit breaks" as was in the original! Something I criticize FF16 as it really should have tried to have you play as others! While yeah frankly giving you the Eikons playstyle makes playing the Eikon Dominants irrelevant! Keeping you regulated to just SWORDS means while you can change how you fight and function with the sword fighting, you're still only using the sword! DMC gave you SOOOO many different weapons to use NEXT to Dante's fighting styles. So no surprise you get bored QUICKLY once you get a new Eikon Style as weapons feel like upgrades to the last. Which is BAD when you only have ONE CHARACTER as the only uniqueness is their appearance and that's IT! If you're sticking me with one character you better give me more then different ways to fight with the SAME WEAPON STYLE. (I'm a lover of Action, Turn-Based and In-between systems as I love the Tales of series and Pause & Play of Baldur's Gate 1 & 2! And Technically Final Fantasy was an Action RPG when the ATB system was implemented, so on it's way to being more action! And FF15, the press and hold a button to auto dodge isn't TOO bad as long as it's balanced where they're ARE a good frequency of undodgable attacks that WILL hit you if you miss the cue to FULL Dodge, meaning GET OUT THE WAY of the attack instead of relying on an auto dodge! But then a Block or GET OUT THE WAY is far better because you HAVE to pay attention!
And I mixed with the story, I enjoyed the story, but it also had the trappings of what I expect from a "Game of Thrones" copycat (as in the SHOW! Copycats of the BOOKS tend to be alot more focus like Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War and Ogre Battle/Tactics FREAKING Ogre!) and this annoyed me. Sex Scenes and nudity did little for me and the "bedroom talk" felt like it could have been done without the sex and nudity and something among what I dislike as I mentioned! Only parts of those I say I will like is Clive x Jill! I'll give it to Square, after the fudge that was Squall and Rinoa, and whatever the fuck Noctis and Luna was! They did right with Clive and Jill. I will say the plus was the whole "following Clive's life" following his escape from a decade of slavery and how he rose to becoming a THORN in the side of "his former masters" but was slight disappointed with everything "Clive & Annabelle" as they barely interacted after the prologue and even the point they DID it. Well everyone has seen the scene, but still not being old enough, I won't spoil it! And fuck the ending, why do pretentious writers keep pulling the "did they survive or not" endings and just say "yeah they fucking survived" you are NOT Final Fantasy Tactics where the PSP version OUTRIGHT made the ambiguous ending of Ramza and Alma survival into a "yeah they survived" and even then I'll give the PSP version credit for doing this as it felt SILLY to make it ambiguous in THE FIRST PLACE! God I'm frustrated. I was likely Barnabas as the Big Bad, wish they didn't do what they did to him. Seriously they need to stop Necron-ing the visible Big Bad's
Overall, I enjoyed my time with the game (And I'm going to say this here. Fetch Quests don't disturb me! I love to see LESS of them, but there like Poison after giving my self small drops of it and surviving! You learn to develop a resistance to them LOL But again, I prefer more UNIQUE quests that are NOT fetch quests to too many of them! At least Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom weren't full to the brim with them over unique quests) though I will add I bought the game on a "blink and you miss" sale and happy I did as I don't care too much for the price asked (too much for what I got in my opinion, the sale was the PROPER price in my opinion....or close to it at least) so I'm waiting for the DLC to see if my opinion will change (and by WAIT I mean wait for a SALE! Till then I'm enjoying myself replaying FFIX as it's been so long! I already got everything I wanted out of Dead Space 1 & Resident Evil 4 Remakes! So time to move on and play em again once I forgot how I 100% them LOL)
WAKE UP HONEY THE GREAT CLEMENT IS BACK
My biggest gripe is how cid dies far to early imo and Jill gets very little to do, haven’t played the dlcs so I have no idea if they expand it more. Also would love a Torgal backstory as he is from the north continent
just want to say, this game looks AMAZING!
Also I'm making my own content! It's mainly inspired by your LP's but I don't want to advertise lol. Keep up the good work!
You've come so far, I remember finding you talking about Sonic Rivals of all things back in the day.
it’s a shame for the sidequests really, because narratively their are amazing. They conclude a lot of character arcs, give a lot of depth to the world, and later in they give big revelations about how things came to be and truths about Valisthea. But the problem is that they are BORING. It’s always go to point A, fight, cutscene, point B, cutscene, ect. There’s no variety, no minigames, no cool gimmiks, no wierd tangents, nothing at all. It’s either walk, fight or talk. Together with the fact that there’s so many of them, the result is dreading them during the playtrough. Finishing a story arc and then seeing your map FILLED to the brim with green markers is so discomforting, especially near the end of the game where they shower you with those. What a shame :(
It is still improvident from dark age of franchise.
@@TheRezro absolutely, considering FFXV had over 250 sidequests and they didn’t even try to be good, except a weird 2 or 3. I just hoped they went the VIIR way, with few sidequests but actually meaningful (without dumping them all in one place obv). The game would have been so much better with like 5 or 6 tangents where Clive went out with Gav or Otto or Joshua on long(er) expeditions, getting to know them better and stuff like that.
Guess I'm different. I loved every side quest and didn't find them to be too numerous when compared to other RPGs. They all gave something to the story and the characters (like you said).
I've been waiting for this, thank you sir
Can we talk about how Titan's second phase is eeirly similar to Perfect Chaos in SA1?
21:00 making a guess without knowing the game, the hooded figure is Joshua/his essence that split when he gave powers to our hero Sour Cream and Chives. Lets see if im right.
My feelings ebb and flow as time goes by. I really like it in the moment when I played it, but after finishing it sometimes I get sour, sometimes I smile thinking about it. The Kaiju fights are definitely why I signed up for it and while I do agree some of it can get long, they're still my highlight. I like the gameplay just fine. I had to remap the buttons Dark Souls style because my thumbs physically hurt in very not okay ways after intense button mashings, but I liked the momentum a lot. I must say I prefer 16's gameplay than 7R's, but I do agree that 16 could adopt the complexity 7R's gameplay has. My main problem is on Ultima as a final boss, I don't find him as compelling. His fights are easy compared to the Eikons and I felt some characters were robbed during that final chunk of the game. Like Bahamut stole all the boss fight brownie points that Ultima just felt like a mid-way boss placed at the end.
Another great video from the Great Clement
I think the issue with ff16 is that game really falls of at the 75 percent mark. The game is full of cool characters, cool set pieces and all sorts of epic moment. The game starts really strong and it's boosted up in the middle, but once you get 3/4's of the way through, it starts to drag. It's like, come on, can we get a move on?
Yay, a new Clement video. You're sounding good, and that's great
I thought that it was well known that standard Final Fantasy was going to be action oriented. While I haven't enjoyed the JRPG/hack and slash middle ground of previous games, I have come to accept that this is the default from now on, and I'll have the classics to go back to, which Square has been pretty good at re-releasing in recent years. At the same time, though, XVI does look really cool that I want to get a PS5 for.
The king returns
Great review, we need more of those for 16. The only thing I disagree is the sidequests. Some of them are really good and give you more context for the ending
Love your content my friend - keep at it! Do not look too deep into me... just ride the popularity that you have gained.