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[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.

[MikkoAkure]

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.

The difference is that while those Final Fantasys were serious and their stories were well liked, Stranger of Paradise tried to do the same and missed the mark and is more recent than those games by over a decade. Type-0 is the newest of those listed and came out in 2011.

I'm excited to see a return to classically medieval and gritty and FFXII was one of my favorites, but if Clive spends the whole game screaming "EIKONS!!!!!" over and over, it's going to suck a bit of the enjoyment out of it so I'm keeping my hype down for now and being cautiously optimistic.

[Theodric]

The difference is that while those Final Fantasys were serious and their stories were well liked, Stranger of Paradise tried to do the same and missed the mark and is more recent than those games by over a decade. Type-0 is the newest of those listed and came out in 2011.

I'm excited to see a return to classically medieval and gritty and FFXII was one of my favorites, but if Clive spends the whole game screaming "EIKONS!!!!!" over and over, it's going to suck a bit of the enjoyment out of it so I'm keeping my hype down for now and being cautiously optimistic.

From what I gather, Stranger of Paradise was always intending to be a sort of niche entry rather than a mainline entry. I doubt it was prioritising its storytelling over its combat system, especially since it was trying to be a sort of pseudo 'Dark Souls' type of game.

For the type of game he was in, I thought Jack worked pretty well. I doubt Clive is at risk of randomly pulling out a phone and start blaring music through it, so I'm not too worried about FFXVI becoming too much of a meme/parody.

My gut feeling is pretty positive where FFXVI is concerned.