Comment on Final Fantasy XVI - Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and punch big, dumb monsters
PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
turn off your brain>
This has not been my experience with practically any Japanese RPG, haha. Each time I’ve tried to play a Final Fantasy game, I’ve gotten immediately turned off by the complex menus/rules, and needlessly long “click through” tutorials showing me every menu page with an accompanying small novel of instructions. Its not that I’m afraid of having to learn a game (I’m a big fan of Paradox games if that’s any indicator), I just find the presentation of it all such a slog.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Ah yeah, this one’s not nearly complicated enough to have all that, hah. You’ll get a prompt concisely describing a new system each time comes up and a small summary of new powers when you get them and that’s about it.
If Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the ultimate hand-holding tutorial experience, FFXVI is about as far as you get on the other side of the spectrum while still having tutorials/descriptions.
PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Quick update, I decided to try out FFXV, and it was far more approachable then the other entries to the series that I’ve tried. A few hours in and I think I’ll stick with it, thanks for the rec!