After nearly a year, I've completed FINAL FANTASY XVI. The extensive world and team building are significantly enhanced by the side quests, which often feature MMO-like dialogue. While these may seem mundane if you're not patient enough to appreciate the subtleties, they're integral to the game's depth.

Initially, I considered playing with Traditional Chinese subtitles and Japanese voice acting to maintain authenticity. However, switching to English voiceovers and subtitles greatly improved my experience. The English version seamlessly bridges the translation gap, making the storytelling more cohesive and engaging. For those proficient in English, I highly recommend this setting.

Progressing through the story was challenging due to my limited comprehension skills, but the game's system, which allows pausing to review idioms and story summaries, was incredibly helpful. This feature greatly enhanced my gameplay experience, allowing me to fully immerse myself in the rich narrative and complex world of FINAL FANTASY XVI.

Wow this damn good one can be sooo addicted. The reason I called myself finished the game was just because my deadline would crash me down if I keep driving these goddamn trucks.

The only 7 hours in is nothing to this game. I've only had enough money to buy and customize my first truck while owing 2/3 of the debt from the bank lol

If you play the game on a handheld console like me using Steam Deck, it would not be the best option to play this game, unless you want to keep your arms sour the whole 30 minutes.

(The game is still in develop at the moment)

To be short, the develop process have not even been polished once. Although I can feel that the Oppai Studio really want to simulate the system and the vibes from Persona series, there is no way that the mechanics can be so out of order when I play this beta.

The first annoying thing was that: the protagonist can only do one thing a day. It'e either hitting on girls, running the hotel or do the errands and each thing must consume a whole day.
It's unrealistic in fact. Running Quicie Hotel while studying in college can be a challenging thing, but I can't be involved in such experiences.

The second thing was the gameplay. There are so many useless and boring save/load thing when interacting with the girl, guessing what they really like and giving what they want. Come on its 2023, there has to be a way to avoid this thing.

Not least was the UX. The item slot when I open it was first shown every blueprints I have to read, which stands a very little chance I would like to check, and lack every important loots at the bottom which I need to click more to get there. It could be not a big deal but it does annoy me.

However there is still some good thing if you want to give it a shot. The mechanic of running a love hotel itself can be something if you haven't play any kind of it before. Although it feels more like a tiny game and the only tiny game in whole, but it's playable and do brings joy. The visual sense is outstanding too and I quite like it.

I've seen this game in wide variety of media when it announced, and decided to give it a try. However, I feel only shame to this game which It can be much better if the studio can do more polishing and testing at the early beta and brings some touchable fans like me to anticipate TBH.

No. I won't play this game anymore.

It may be disrespectful, but I hate this mobile spin-off. I don't want to see such a great game overwhelmed with terrible battle gameplay and gotcha elements everywhere.

I'll only wait 'till Rebirth. Let us meet on 2/29, 2024.
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Update: I redownloaded it after the Rebirth released last month. Maybe I should give it a try again