• Hey everyone, staff have documented a list of banned content and subject matter that we feel are not consistent with site values, and don't make sense to host discussion of on Famiboards. This list (and the relevant reasoning per item) is viewable here.
  • Do you have audio editing experience and want to help out with the Famiboards Discussion Club Podcast? If so, we're looking for help and would love to have you on the team! Just let us know in the Podcast Thread if you are interested!

Pre-Release Final Fantasy XVI - Pre-Release Discussion Thread (UPDATE: new trailer, launching summer 2023)

Reader mode
Party Sklar said:
According to a Sony commercial (0:15 in the video), Final Fantasy XVI will only be a PS5 exclusive for six months. PC version is probably coming after that, and I’d bet an Xbox version as well. It’d make sense, FF is too important to Square to be limited to one system anymore.

Click to expand...

The exclusivity window has been a bit of an open secret I think. PCGamer mentioned it a few weeks ago in their coverage of the last trailer:

www.pcgamer.com

Final Fantasy 16 trailer provides tasty worldbuilding and some badass summons

Benedikta, tho.
www.pcgamer.com www.pcgamer.com
 
Party Sklar said:
According to a Sony commercial (0:15 in the video), Final Fantasy XVI will only be a PS5 exclusive for six months. PC version is probably coming after that, and I’d bet an Xbox version as well. It’d make sense, FF is too important to Square to be limited to one system anymore.

Click to expand...

I am glad to see the exclusivity may be shorter this time around, waiting for 7 remake on steam was really annoying.
 
0
smoothies said:
Have we talked about the recent IGN interview with the developers yet?

Link

Their answer about the lack of diversity is really disappointing. It's a stark reminder that Final Fantasy has struggled mightily in this area for a long time, and unfortunately, it looks like not much effort is being put into improving it.
Click to expand...
Definitely felt like a workshopped non-answer to the question when what they really wanted to say was "look, we wanted to do an all-white classic fantasy medieval Europe setting and we didn't really put any more thought into it than that, okay?"
 
0
Party Sklar said:
According to a Sony commercial (0:15 in the video), Final Fantasy XVI will only be a PS5 exclusive for six months. PC version is probably coming after that, and I’d bet an Xbox version as well. It’d make sense, FF is too important to Square to be limited to one system anymore.

Click to expand...


I’d love for it to hit Xbox, but I just don’t see it. Sony managed to pay for VIIR this long - If XVI is good (and it looks pretty damn good) they’ll probably try hard to keep it exclusive.
 
0


blog.latam.playstation.com

Final Fantasy XVI llega el 22 de junio de 2023

Nuevo tráiler y detalles del juego revelados; las reservas empiezan hoy
blog.latam.playstation.com blog.latam.playstation.com

yQkUIuq.png


OMG, the game is getting a latam spanish dub, this game is literally being made for me.
 
This game is looking greater and greater with each new trailer, I really hope the pc release is not too long after the PS5 release.
 
It's also the first time a mainline FF is getting an Italian dub. And that, coupled with Twilight's post, makes me believe that the series latest entry is being localized and dubbed in more languages than ever. Maybe due to SIE's involvement? I can't imagine SE investing all of that money in loc. work ahahah

Also, I kinda guessed the release time frame. Obviously with early June I meant early (summer), June ;p
 
0
I didn’t watch the game awards so I’m just now catching up with the trailers, and wow.

Here’s the English version



Zelda’s got some stiff competition next year, is all I’m gonna say.
 
Red Monster said:
I didn’t watch the game awards so I’m just now catching up with the trailers, and wow.

Here’s the English version



Zelda’s got some stiff competition next year, is all I’m gonna say.
Click to expand...

I will agree the game looks very good; however, Final Fantasy games have a cycle much like the Sonic cycle. The games always look amazing up until release and then when its out the other shoe drops and there are some glaring obvious issues with it that prevents it from being a masterpiece. It has been this way for a while now.
 
Scrawnton said:
I will agree the game looks very good; however, Final Fantasy games have a cycle much like the Sonic cycle. The games always look amazing up until release and then when its out the other shoe drops and there are some glaring obvious issues with it that prevents it from being a masterpiece. It has been this way for a while now.
Click to expand...
Throwing caution to the wind, I'm gonna hype irresponsibly! FF16 GOTY 2023 let's gooooooooo
 
Scrawnton said:
I will agree the game looks very good; however, Final Fantasy games have a cycle much like the Sonic cycle. The games always look amazing up until release and then when its out the other shoe drops and there are some glaring obvious issues with it that prevents it from being a masterpiece. It has been this way for a while now.
Click to expand...
In my opinion this is how it's been for me since Sakaguchi left, and yet..
Red Monster said:
Throwing caution to the wind, I'm gonna hype irresponsibly! FF16 GOTY 2023 let's gooooooooo
Click to expand...
..this is me. 🤣

I'm still a bit jostled by the series moving decisively into the action genre but if that's the only "glaring issue" then 🤷‍♂️
 
chocolate_supra said:
In my opinion this is how it's been for me since Sakaguchi left, and yet..

..this is me. 🤣

I'm still a bit jostled by the series moving decisively into the action genre but if that's the only "glaring issue" then 🤷‍♂️
Click to expand...
Based on the last trailer, I am not convinced this game will not be hyper linear like FFX, FFXIII, and FFVIIR...
 
Scrawnton said:
Based on the last trailer, I am not convinced this game will not be hyper linear like FFX, FFXIII, and FFVIIR...
Click to expand...
The linearity actually doesn't bother me so much in FF for some reason. I tend to play them in a sort of linear fashion anyway, going from story beat to story beat even if there's other stuff to do, because the story is what I'm in it for. I remember enjoying XIII quite a bit and only finding out after the fact that the internet really didn't like the linearity, while my only issue with the game was the battle system.

Actually sounds like XVI might be the same thing for me as XIII was. 😅
 
This looks so much more to my liking than anything we'd seen pre-release about XV, it's not even funny anymore. Too bad it seems like it's PS only up until the end of 2023 even, going by the latest trailer's footnote there at the end. Booo.
 
0
FFXVI aims to be a showcase of the PS5’s power

www.tweaktown.com

Final Fantasy 16 will flex the PlayStation 5's power, Yoshi-P says

Final Fantasy XVI will be a spectacle that showcases the power of the PlayStation 5's graphics & performance capabilities with real-time loading and more.
www.tweaktown.com www.tweaktown.com

During a recent Final Fantasy XIV livestream, Yoshi-P had some interesting things to say about the development of Final Fantasy XVI and how it will look and play on the PS5. The producer says that FF16 will essentially be a testament to the PlayStation 5's enthusiast-grade performance.

Yoshi-P also commented that the recent Final Fantasy XVI Revenge trailer was all in real-time: "It's all real-time rendering. No loading! It's become a game that is like 'look at the power of the PS5!" Yoshida-san said during the stream, as translated by Genki.
Click to expand...
 
Red Monster said:
FFXVI aims to be a showcase of the PS5’s power

www.tweaktown.com

Final Fantasy 16 will flex the PlayStation 5's power, Yoshi-P says

Final Fantasy XVI will be a spectacle that showcases the power of the PlayStation 5's graphics & performance capabilities with real-time loading and more.
www.tweaktown.com www.tweaktown.com
Click to expand...
This is great news. The loadtimes especially are something that when they really try for them (which usually means more PS5-exclusives) it's really incredible how seamless and quick they can be. I still marvel at hopping in and out of zones in Demon's Souls.
 
0
it seems a preview embargo is ending next week and we should start seeing previews soon. take it with a grain of salt.

 
Lol the crevice there doesn’t even seem to be hiding a load time. It reminds me of the sewers in 7R where you had to do those contextual jumps and ducks and shit for literally no reason
 
0
Red Monster said:
Final Fantasy XVI has gone gold
Click to expand...

That's just fantastic news, not surprising though, they've made their case loud and clear! Nice to see Square release the best turn-based RPG AND the bast action RPG of 2023 all on their own.

Also I totally didn't post this exact tweet in the preview thread nope ;P this thread is more fitting though ahah
 
Vernal said:
That's just fantastic news, not surprising though, they've made their case loud and clear! Nice to see Square release the best turn-based RPG AND the bast action RPG of 2023 all on their own.

Also I totally didn't post this exact tweet in the preview thread nope ;P this thread is more fitting though ahah
Click to expand...
aw dang, sorry pal, I didn’t see that! as for having the two threads, it does seem kinda confusing doesn’t it? in my mind the preview thread was specifically for the previews, and this one is kind of a general discussion thread. but lines get blurred and who knows what thread to use!

anyway my hype for XVI is as high as ever and I can’t wait for the updates on all the “RPG” elements in the game that we’re supposed to be getting this month
 
Red Monster said:
aw dang, sorry pal, I didn’t see that! as for having the two threads, it does seem kinda confusing doesn’t it? in my mind the preview thread was specifically for the previews, and this one is kind of a general discussion thread. but lines get blurred and who knows what thread to use!

anyway my hype for XVI is as high as ever and I can’t wait for the updates on all the “RPG” elements in the game that we’re supposed to be getting this month
Click to expand...
Oh yes, absolutely no problem! I wasn't joking when I said this is the more appropriate thread.

And same, no other game, not even TotK, has me as interested. (though I'll be playing Zelda day 1 and not 16... But that's besides the point)
 
Last edited:
Reader mode
You must log in or register to reply here.


Back
Top Bottom