Are you interested in FF XVI?

[RitsukoSonoda]

FFXVI is a game I look forward to. I like that the teasers show something more akin to pre FF7 fantasy as a setting and less sci-fi elements being apparent. I wouldnt be opposed to another entry later that returned to the more cartoonish art style we had in FF9 either as a break from all the "realism"

[SenorPatty]

The whole thing gave made me reminisce about FF type 0, just the way it looks like different factions are using their own summons mid-skirmish so yeah, I'm interested.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'm curious, but unless I find a PS5 in the meantime, it's a moot point. And I haven't actually enjoyed a single-player FF title since 9, so.....curious, but not a must-buy.

[SeverianLyonesse]

the next new jobs be based on FF16?

Quite probably no, for two reasons:

1) The obvious job to design based on the main character is already basically Summoner. They wouldn't duplicate efforts like that (though I could see them giving SMN an ability or two from FFXVI).

2) Anything resembling FFXVI's main gimmick or world design on release is a threat to FFXVI sales. If FFXIV players can already get the coolest parts of the FFXVI experience for free, why would they even buy it? I think a crossover is extremely likely, but nothing that appropriates core features of FFXVI for FFXIV's benefit.

Also, I am not really interested in FFXVI. I think some of the art design looks good, but overall I think FF has been slowly going downhill as it has written its stories more and more around "summoning" and the same 6+Odin/Bahamut/Phoenix summons.

Summons were just spells in FF III-V that had almost nothing to do with the plot. Then since VI made them a minor plot feature, they were given tangential plot arcs in VI-IX (less so VII), which I think was fine since they featured different summons (Maduin/Ramuh, Bahamut/KoR, Quetzacoatl/Griever/Eden, Alexander/Atomos). Then they had entire lore and plots crafted around them and I think reached a natural apex in X and XII--X revolving completely around Summoning and XII introducing a whole new suite of unique summons and lore. You could argue that XI/XIII were a kind of threshold, where XI started to settle into a "canon" of summons with a lot of side arcs written around them, and XIII sacrificing so much of a potential story and character writing to revolve around Eidolons (albeit with a "Transformers" gimmick and two newly designed summons).

But XIV (ARR), XV, and XVI have all indicated that they don't want to design new summons, and even moreso don't feel comfortable writing a story that doesn't heavily revolve around them. XIV ARR was initially just a rehash of XI's summons. XV was just a rehash of XIV's summons, just "bigger" and "in higher definition" (except Shiva, who is still normal-sized, and like an even more sexist hybrid of XIII's and XIV's iterations). And XVI is looking to just be a rehash of both of those again. We already had "giant Titan" before, so this one is nothing new. We have already had several iterations of Ramuh with a magnificent beard, and Shiva with some queenly ice gown, and Ifrit just generally looking like Ifrit. And now it looks like the plot will revolve even more heavily around the summons instead of going somewhere new and interesting.

I only give FFXIV a pass because (a) it moved past the "canon" summons fairly quickly and has been mostly new territory in the expansions, and (b) it's a kitchen sink FF MMO anyway and has nearly every other FF reference in it as well. But as a general trend, I have not been impressed with FF's need lean more and more on trademark summons without adding much new to the franchise.

[EnigmaticDodo]

Please share your sentiments towards the latest mainline upcoming installment in the Final Fantasy franchise.

- Concerned they showed all the cool stuff in the trailers, like they did 15 and every other recent game.

- Not really a fan of exclusivity, especially to a console people STILL can't really buy without being scalped or having to wait on a list to be given the opportunity to buy one from sony.

- Feel like it took away from 14, because its headed by Yoshi, is it not? Trying to burn him out like they did Nomura and all those projects. Cool!

[Lihtleita]

Perhaps I'd be more open to the concept if Clive wasn't so boring.

the man has barely strung two sentences together, give him a chance

"cloud isnt an interesting character, all hes done in the trailer is get off a train"

[IkaraGreydancer]

It essentially appears to be a character action game, so hard pass.
Perhaps I'd be more open to the concept if Clive wasn't so boring.

Plot seems engaging enough, but not to the point where I would outright purchase the game.
If there are no streaming restrictions planned I might just digest the story through commentary playthroughs posted on YouTube.

Even if I wanted to genuinely buy the game, PS5 is currently the only announced platform.
I don't own a PS5, nor am I certain that they actually exist.

Please share your sentiments towards the latest mainline upcoming installment in the Final Fantasy franchise.

How can you call a character you know next to nothing about boring?

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I have a ps5, I am hyped and don't care that Clive is the only person you play, the action combat looks great and I am hopeful it is fun and the story is good. Soken being the composer is also great, looking forward to the compositions in game. I like the game is in a classic fantasy setting as I rly don't like steampunk. I hate machinery, it just bores me.

I see so many on twitter hating the game because it is not a clone of old ff titles with a party etc. Whereas I kinda like the attempt to do something different.

[IkaraGreydancer]

I have a ps5, I am hyped and don't care that Clive is the only person you play, the action combat looks great and I am hopeful it is fun and the story is good. Soken being the composer is also great, looking forward to the compositions in game. I like the game is in a classic fantasy setting as I rly don't like steampunk. I hate machinery, it just bores me.

I see so many on twitter hating the game because it is not a clone of old ff titles with a party etc. Whereas I kinda like the attempt to do something different.

This is why I don't to much care for alot of the ff community. SE could put out gold and many would still call it garbage because "its not turn based" or "6 is better".

And SE has already shown they can do amazing things with one person parties. Lightning Returns has imo one of the best combat systems in the franchise

[Heavenchild]

In short words: no

I am a fan of the original FF. And I don't want to play another action-rpg.
But that's just my personal feeling about it. :3