I feel like this game kind of came out of nowhere. We got a few small announcements and then nothing major until close to the release date, unlike the insane marketing blitz that was FF15. Maybe I was just out of the loop.
Anyways I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts or opinions about it? I love Final Fantasy games but this one seems so different. Tbf I haven’t played the demo, I’m planning on trying it tonight, but I’m curious what everyone thinks about such a major release.
Aside from all the other praise people are giving it (which I completely agree with) I have to say, the ability to pause during cutscenes and access the database or whatever they call it to read about the characters involved in the cutscene is truly revolutionary.
Pausing during cut scenes is huge.
I finished the demo this morning and pre-order the game. It’s light, fun, easy combat similar to Nier Automata or Kingdom Hearts mixed with a good story and voice acting and beautiful visuals. It is definitely very different than previous Final Fantasy games, though.
Most of the time, when I play a demo, it gives me reasons not to buy the full game. This is one of the few exceptions. I can only hope now that the rest of the game ends up being as good as the demo.
The only complaint I have that I’ve experienced in the demo is the performance mode can’t keep up with 60… it seems to drop a lot all over. It’s not the worst, at least we have the option for the performance mode but really wish it could be a bit smoother. Hopefully they can improve this aspect of the game soon.
I’ve played through the demo a couple of times now. I think this one might be special.
Final Fantasy has always been different with each one, this one is fully action based, but I think it reminds me quite a bit of 6 which is my favourite.
I’ve not been this excited for a game in years! 😀
Ooh! That has me pretty excited then! I’ve been very curious of how they were going to proceed from FFXV. It was such a weird development cycle and took forever, and then it’s release was kind of mixed. I’m hoping they have a nice polished game with a really engaging story.
Yep! 14 was a car crash at launch too, and 13 also took forever and felt half finished. Same as 12 really 😬
From the demo at least, this is a cohesive fleshed out story with interesting characters. It also seems to play really well, and it’s gorgeous.
Trying not to get sucked into the hype since I only game on PC and it will be years before it’s available here ;(
Oof, hopefully it comes sooner than it took FFXV to get ported. Although I appreciate that they release eventually I wish they would just drop it cross platform and forget about the whole console exclusivity BS.
I’m REALLY excited. The demo was incredible. I love the battle system—I really enjoyed FFXV’s battle but did feel like it could use a bit more variety, and that’s exactly what they’ve done with the Eikonic abilities. The story and characters seem compelling. The graphics are gorgeous (after playing the demo, I went back to FFXIV and it was a rough contrast lol, though obviously not a fair comparison). I’m an FF optimist and have found a way to enjoy basically every game in the main series—I actually enjoyed the entire XIII saga, which I know is a very unpopular opinion—but this one really feels special.
I haven’t had any interest in FF games since the original 7, but I played the demo after I saw it on the store just for fun. I think I’m gonna buy this one.
Other than some gripes and annoyances, it’s fucking fun. Closer to dark souls combat than the weird ATB stuff they’ve had for a while.
The writing is surprisingly okay, albeit with some cringe lines here and there and and overall trope-ey lore. Some of the exposition actually didn’t feel totally out of place!
My biggest concern is about grind, as is the case with much of the series, but we’ll see I guess.
The demo has me fully sold on the game. Really love the action combat they have in this one and think it feels way better than what they had in XV. I’m intrigued by the story so far and was pleasantly surprised that the demo gives you a good amount of story with both of the modes offered. All in all I think it’s one of the best demo’s I’ve played in a while and can’t wait to get my hands on the full release.
