Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Theodric]

It's very much to my personal tastes on many fronts. I like the aesthetics and the character models are conventionally attractive. It appears to be willing to embrace some gritty realism and meaningful intrigue, too.

It gives me major Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy XII and Heavensward vibes.

[Lauront]

The set up with the eikons reminds me a bit of AoT, and the Mothercrystals refs of Type 0. I don't want to hype myself up too much, but it is looking good, especially if it's going for a grittier theme.

The other two games which caught my eye were Eternights and The Callisto Protocol. Love me some space horror.

[Fukuro]

I'm also hyped for the Resident Evil 4 Remake! I heard it's from the unit that developed RE 2 Remake and Village, both fantastic games IMO! (RE 3 seems to have been developed by a different unit)

Also, Street Fighter 6 looks good too, an open-world Street Fighter game! It got me hooked too!

[MikkoAkure]

Mostly optimistic about the gameplay, a little worried that the script and acting could be as goofy as Stranger of Paradise and that the bedroom scene thrown in the trailer is going to be cringy.

At least they gave us a date and I know my deadline for getting a PS5.

[Tehmon]

The FFXIV trailer does not look good.

Final Fantasy has always had an essence of wonder, comedy and whimsy about it, and the worlds have always had great colorful high fantasy and sci-fi elements to break the otherwise bleak settings.

This game looks to take itself way too seriously, and lacks those elements completely. It's just too far from what I want from a Final Fantasy game. Take me back to Besaid Island and Balamb Garden!

[RyuDragnier]

Looks similar to FFXII to me, which also seemed pretty serious before it came out from the earlier trailers. But as we know, the full game itself was pretty whimsical and whatnot. If the rumor that the Heavensward writer is behind the script is true, then we will very likely see some wonder, comedy, and whimsy.

[Theodric]

Pretty much every Final Fantasy game has set out to do something new in order to stand out from the others. We've also had 'serious' entries in the past. Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy Type-0 instantly come to mind. They had much more grit, tragedy and intrigue than comedic moments but still did pretty well for themselves.

[Tehmon]

When the trailer for a Final Fantasy game is shoving a post-sex scene into your face, it feels unreal to me. Definitely not the direction I would've taken the game after XIII trilogy and XV. I'm hoping XVII will be a more of a return to form, all things considered. Even if it feels reductive.

[Theodric]

Eh, each to their own I guess. The game's rated accordingly for such things and I have no aversion to sex if it's handled tastefully. People who fight alongside each other in bleak, life and death situations usually develop that sort of bond with one another so I appreciate that FFXVI is actually following through with it and not dancing around the subject.

[Knot_D]

Well that's where the FFXIV fund and resource goes... to FFXVI