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Final Fantasy XVI
2023
Big takeaway from this one: No memes this time. Just an utter masterpiece, that made me revamp my entire scoring system. I will never forget this game.
Final Fantasy XVI
2023
The first half of this game really pales in comparison to the second half.
While the pacing of the first half is kinda boring at times and the sidequests are terrible at the beginning, it's a carefully laid trap to get you invested in this world and it's characters.
By the time you are done with the game, you will be invested in the situation of every single one of the NPC's that live in the Hideaway.
The spectacle in these boss fights is incredible and will have your jaw on the floor multiple times. These fights are tied to a great combat system that at first looks very barebones but keeps getting crazier.
As you can see, this is the rare case where the game is not frontloaded and it actually keeps getting better as time goes on.
The only negative is how the performance doesn't really keeps up with the game, while for the most part in combat it maintains 60 fps, the drops during exploration are egregious sometimes. On the other hand, the graphics mode and its motion blur implementation are pretty bad for such a beautiful game.
At the end of the day, there are games this year that are fundamentally better this year but I doubt I will remember them as much as this one.
While the pacing of the first half is kinda boring at times and the sidequests are terrible at the beginning, it's a carefully laid trap to get you invested in this world and it's characters.
By the time you are done with the game, you will be invested in the situation of every single one of the NPC's that live in the Hideaway.
The spectacle in these boss fights is incredible and will have your jaw on the floor multiple times. These fights are tied to a great combat system that at first looks very barebones but keeps getting crazier.
As you can see, this is the rare case where the game is not frontloaded and it actually keeps getting better as time goes on.
The only negative is how the performance doesn't really keeps up with the game, while for the most part in combat it maintains 60 fps, the drops during exploration are egregious sometimes. On the other hand, the graphics mode and its motion blur implementation are pretty bad for such a beautiful game.
At the end of the day, there are games this year that are fundamentally better this year but I doubt I will remember them as much as this one.