New Dump of Final Fantasy XVI Visuals and Info
Without going too terribly much into those spoilers myself, I can say that the videos show off a lot of combat in various modes, including solo and party combat in both normal encounters, boss encounters, and an Eikon battle. The boss-level encounters showed off a number of quick-time events within battle, certainly more than I expected. Personally, I felt vibes of both Final Fantasy XIII and XV in the combat sequences.
There are some pieces that show where the devs are working towards that M-rating with the ESRB, as well; I caught a bit more bloody violence than we're used to in a Final Fantasy game during the Eikon battle, and I'm pretty sure I caught an f-bomb in one of the boss battles, though I admit I watched the videos at 1.5x speed due to a general lack of time this morning.
Gematsu also published a transcript of a roundtable with the executive team for Final Fantasy XVI, conducted earlier in February in conjunction with RPG Fan and Den of Geek. The interview touches a lot on bringing the "constant" elements of a Final Fantasy game into this new version that steps further into the action genre than any Final Fantasy before it. The entire interview is quite long and covers a number of other topics, too, including the design of boss and Eikon battles to mash-up genres and some questions about how the game looks pretty grimdark overall so far.
The media tour continues, too - Square Enix announced today that there will be another panel discussion about XVI at PAX East at the end of March (there will be a panel for XIV there, too). Final Fantasy XVI is still scheduled for a June 2023 release.
Source: Gematsu, Square Enix on Facebook
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AltheaValara | Comment 1: 2023-02-28 18:25 |
Thanks for posting this, R51! My life has exploded the past week so I haven't been keeping up with playing my video games, let alone news for them. Quote The boss-level encounters showed off a number of quick-time events within battle, certainly more than I expected. NOOOOOOOO! I vehemently dislike QTEs! Especially if they are the kind where you are to mash a button repeatedly very fast. Being a gamer of A Certain Age, those kind of mechanics are getting harder and harder for me. I think I'm going to forego watching the videos for now, but I appreciate you doing the update just the same! | |
NinjaViet86 | Comment 2: 2023-03-15 15:28 |
Maaaaan this game is looking so good! I'm extremely hyped! | |
Kane | Comment 3: 2023-03-19 00:04 |
Quote (AltheaValara @ 28th February 2023 10:25) Quote The boss-level encounters showed off a number of quick-time events within battle, certainly more than I expected. NOOOOOOOO! I vehemently dislike QTEs! Especially if they are the kind where you are to mash a button repeatedly very fast. Being a gamer of A Certain Age, those kind of mechanics are getting harder and harder for me. This^ is exactly how I feel. I'm old now and can't be bothered to engage in such things. I'm super bitter about Squenix's turn toward Action RPGs over Tactical RPGs. Someone please explain to them that there's nothing wrong with turn-based gameplay. | |
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