Ffxiv arr designed as a time sink8/18/2023 ![]() Weirdly enough, the first preview featured almost entirely human opponents outside of the boss fights, which is perhaps why it felt so in-line with the Game of Thrones comparisons that have come up time and time again in FF16’s rollout. ![]() Ahead of the inevitable conflict Elwin gives Clive-who, despite his royal lineage, has faced an uphill battle in the hearts and eyes of Rosaria’s people and soldiers-a mission to prove himself.Īt this point, Clive and a reliable pair of himbos embark on a mission through a swamp that gave a great look at some of the monster designs in Final Fantasy 16. Soon after returning home, Elwin lets Clive know that the situation in Valisthea, whose various nations have been warring over mothercrystals that grant magic and protection from something called the Blight, is quickly making its way to their own doorstep. Importantly, you get to know his parents, Elwin and Anabella, whom Naoki Yoshida (director of Final Fantasy 16) undersold months ago as Clive’s “gentle father and strict mother.” To say that their relationship is complicated would be putting it too lightly. You get a semblance of his love and overprotectiveness of Joshua, who seems sickly and maybe a bit too weak to currently handle the power he contains, as well as Clive’s fondness for Jill, who not only becomes the Dominant for Shiva, but an ally in Clive’s journey later in life. This section runs for about two hours as you get a feel for the politics of Valisthea and the internal conflicts of Clive and his family. Before long, the conflict erupts and Clive lose consciousness, prompting a tutorial and flashback for the players that sees Clive as a teenager back in the Duchy of Rosaria, where he trains as a Shield to protect his younger brother, Joshua, the Dominant of the Eikon of fire, Phoenix. True to what the developers told us back in February, Final Fantasy 16 briefly begins in Clive’s present as a conscripted soldier on a mission to find a Dominant, someone who possesses the powers of an Eikon. What Final Fantasy 16 needed, in my eyes, was a solid foundation to build upon, which makes it all the more appropriate then that I recently got to play the game’s opening five-ish hours, which works really hard to establish this game’s tone and characters ahead of what’s sure to be a long and hard journey for Clive and his allies. ![]() As the latest entry in a long running series that has often remained light-hearted despite apocalyptic stakes, the bloody, grim and foul-mouthed nature of Final Fantasy 16 is downright off putting, if still promising. When I first previewed Final Fantasy 16 some months ago, I was struck by two things in particular: how fluid an action-RPG it had become and how much darker the title was than a lot of its predecessors. Disclaimer: This preview is based on a special version made for media to experience, and contents may differ from the final version.
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