Final Fantasy 16 was announced

[usernameuwu]

We need another love/romance themed ff...i hope this isnt another edgy boi title lol. i really didnt care for ff15 story.

[Arillyn]

I must be the only one who hates the action combat and misses the old style turned based rpg style.

I like the old style turn based rpg too. One of the reasons I really enjoyed Octopath Traveler.

[MikkoAkure]

I must be the only one who hates the action combat and misses the old style turned based rpg style.

SE has stated for years that Final Fantasy is their "for everyone" brand and where they test new things. They still publish games like Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default, both of which have turn based combat and there are other studios making those kinds of games too. Persona 5 is a turn-based game that ended up being pretty popular, but it's still "niche" and for the most part, wide crowds across the world don't play turn-based games as much anymore. You can't expect a company to fund and deliver a AAA turn-based game these days.

I'm cautiously optimistic since Yoshi-P is involved and the action director is from Dragon's Dogma and DMC5. But SE has a track record of bringing the "right people" in and setting our expectations high, only for it to fall apart in the end anyway.

[Vahlnir]

It looks okay. Gonna need more information and game footage to get a better idea of whether I might like it or not though. Looks promising, I'm just not sold quite yet.

[Haruka_R]

the action director is from Dragon's Dogma and DMC5.

Holy shit really?

Well now that I know this I have already pre-ordered the game mentally.

Anything even remotely similar to Dragon's Dogma is an automatic win/buy.

[Xatsh]

Looked decent I want to see more though. I have not liked the more recent actiony Final fantasy titles so far compared to the older turned based ones. They are good games just I would rank them lower then say FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX and so on on my ranking scale. FF sorta ends up competing against itself, not sure if anything will be able live up to what the earlier titles did when they revolutionized the rpg genre.

My opinion though.

[Lily_Skye]

We need another love/romance themed ff

thats boring

[Liam_Harper]

I must be the only one who hates the action combat and misses the old style turned based rpg style.

Definitely not. I'm a big fan of turn based rpgs.

I'll keep an eye on ff16 reviews and remain open minded, but I haven't had much interest in their single player FF's since X-2 onwards.

[StriderShinryu]

Looks great so far. I'm liking the story direction and the clearly 14 adjacent character designs. Definitely curious if it will stay single character focused or if that's just all they had to show at this point.

[Sathona]

That explains why there is no content in XIV, dev team is actually making FFXVI.
So, will people who sub to XIV get XVI for free or for -50%? We already funded the game.

You funded FF7R as well and you didnt get it cheaper from SE, why should this apply for XVI? xD

developed by business unit 3, aka the one Yoshida's in charge of, if I saw it correctly.

well, time for some speculation now: I recall an older interview in which Yoshida stated that he'd be willing to pass on one of his 2 positions (can't remember if it was director or producer specifically) to someone else with MMO dev experience. Yosuke Saito (the other guy from the NieR raid) jokingly stated in his video message during last years anniversary stream that he'd love to join the XIV team and take over as producer. Saito and Yoshida have already worked together before on Dragon Quest X.
So, should Yoshida be involved with FF16, then I won't be surprised if Saito fully joins the XIV team and takes over one of Yoshida's positions

Yoshida in another interview said hed only stop working on XIV if he got fired or died.