Not a perfect game, but a game of so many perfect moments.
My GOTY for 2023. After the massively personally disappointing 'appeal to everyone, zero identity' Tears of the Kingdom, FFXVI boldly goes in the opposite direction with a 'game made entirely for a smaller group of people that will truly love it'.
I am so sick of the 'play your way' games that just devolve into mass appeal, egocentric gamer pandering. This game doesn't try to be everything. Hell it doesn't even try to be very many things. But what it does go for, it does with so much heart and grandeur that I fell in love with it.
I feel like even with its more focused approach it was still a bit too broad and suffered somewhat for it. The side quests and quality of animations are such stark contrasts to the main set pieces that it's pretty jarring. The upgrade paths for weapons are very tokenistic.
All that said, the art direction, voice acting, music, and boss battles are absolutely incredible in this. The combat is so satisfying and versatile. The visuals feel like an actual next gen game and playing on an OLED TV was a borderline spiritual experience.
I do not own a ps5, but bought this game and played it to completion on my brothers console. I will be buying this again for PC and excitedly going for 100%. Beat in ~36 hours focusing primarily on the main story and enjoying the atmosphere.
Not for everyone, but if you enjoy the NieR games (aka, somewhat awkward pacing, limited world, but fantastic atmosphere, music, and heartfelt story), this is a game made exactly for you.
My GOTY for 2023. After the massively personally disappointing 'appeal to everyone, zero identity' Tears of the Kingdom, FFXVI boldly goes in the opposite direction with a 'game made entirely for a smaller group of people that will truly love it'.
I am so sick of the 'play your way' games that just devolve into mass appeal, egocentric gamer pandering. This game doesn't try to be everything. Hell it doesn't even try to be very many things. But what it does go for, it does with so much heart and grandeur that I fell in love with it.
I feel like even with its more focused approach it was still a bit too broad and suffered somewhat for it. The side quests and quality of animations are such stark contrasts to the main set pieces that it's pretty jarring. The upgrade paths for weapons are very tokenistic.
All that said, the art direction, voice acting, music, and boss battles are absolutely incredible in this. The combat is so satisfying and versatile. The visuals feel like an actual next gen game and playing on an OLED TV was a borderline spiritual experience.
I do not own a ps5, but bought this game and played it to completion on my brothers console. I will be buying this again for PC and excitedly going for 100%. Beat in ~36 hours focusing primarily on the main story and enjoying the atmosphere.
Not for everyone, but if you enjoy the NieR games (aka, somewhat awkward pacing, limited world, but fantastic atmosphere, music, and heartfelt story), this is a game made exactly for you.
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8 months ago