I am desperate to discuss this game, it’s possibly one of my top 3 Final Fantasy games.

The combat feels pretty great, I don’t mind it being a Devil May Cry action system. It’s really satisfying to chain together evades and teleports and blow up the screen with particle effects. The game really opens up as you get more abilities but it does take a while to get into the full scope of combat.

The sense of spectacle is amazing, I am a huge fan of kaiju movies, so I am all on board for 50 foot monster battles.

And the story and characters are so good! It’s so refreshing to get a story where the protagonists want to make the world a better place by throwing down oppressive authority and are actually allowed to do so. Clive has a strong sense of honor and a very endearing dorky streak wrapped up behind all his emotional trauma and he’s a great sympathetic protagonist. Cid is possibly one of the best Cids of all time (where did they find the absolute mutant that voices him?). Jill is a perfect complement to Clive, they are possibly the only two people who can fully understand each other.

Additional marks for letting everyone say “Fuck.”

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  •  sub_o   ( @sub_@beehaw.org ) 
    4•1 year ago

    I finished the game a couple of days ago, here’s my thought:

    • Characters: the lack of diversity is weird, not only it doesn’t have black people, it only has white and middle eastern. That aside, the main female character is kinda bland, but the female side characters are better written, have more personality, interesting back stories. To me, Clive is also kinda boring, brooding character, probably still better than Noctis, but at some points I wished the main character is (best) Cid or Joshua.
    • Story: I truly enjoy the story, it paces itself quite well, keeps throwing mystery to get you going. The sidequests are okay, but somehow are kinda backloaded, you get tons of them near end game.
    • Gameplay: Yes, I really love the combat in this game, it’s DMC-lite, not as demanding, but still fun enough. It is also paced in such a way that you get new skills every couple of main story beats, and they are varied enough so that it always feel fresh. The treasure chests and items are very boring though. And, I love every single Asura’s Wrath moments, made me wanna replay Asura’s Wrath again.
    • Music: is probably the best part of the game.

    The other issues I have with the game is:

    • The motion blur (which is now patched) and the uneven frame rate for performance mode
    • Why in the world is the game so dark that I can’t see anything half of the time?