Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
I mean, we were expecting it to be like the FF15 event, which was about the same. It was always gonna be a slow, over-telegraphed version of what the game is actually like with mostly just a fight with a primal from the game and then a bunch of gold saucer rewards.
I preferred the FFXV event to this one. It had more stuff to do. There was an open world FATE you could run a few times to get all the orchestrion rolls, as well as a unique solo instance boss battle with a demon in East Shroud, and then finally the awesome battle against Garuda where you could use the Warp Strike. The dodge action they gave us in the FFXVI Ifrit battle was fun, but I think the Warp Strike's utility was more satisfying.

I think the story scenes in the FFXV event were more fun too, like how Cid is involved, you have the little campfire scene in the forest, having Garuda from Noctis's home world be a conduit that ends up being the solution to him getting back. As someone who still hasn't played either FFXV or FFXVI yet, the FFXV crossover story made more sense to me and was more interesting. I found the FFXVI crossover dialogue pretty boring, and him turning into Ifrit to beat up the other Ifrit is just nonsense with no explanation. Also, I didn't know that Clive was responsible for Joshua's death. Seems they spoiled the story of the game..??

It was cool that they were able to get the producer of FFXVI to do a cameo appearance though. I wonder if he plays FFXIV. Someone should tell him about the expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward, and thrilling Stormblood expansions up to level 70 for free with no restrictions on playtime.