The weeks following the release of a new Final Fantasy game are always fraught with endless, grating debate and social media in-fighting. And Final Fantasy 16, naturally, is no different. But I’d argue that this time around, people are asking the wrong questions. A quick scan of my Twitter feed (when it works, anyway) inevitably tosses up all of the discourses one would expect; there’s hand-wringing over if this is a ‘real’ Final Fantasy game, a heavy back-and-forth about if the game’s...
Final Fantasy 16 is a firm reminder that with RPG elements, sometimes less is more
VG247 - 5 Jul 2023 18:00
The weeks following the release of a new Final Fantasy game are always fraught with endless, grating debate and social media in-fighting. And Final Fantasy 16, naturally, is no different. But I’d argue that this time around, people are asking the wrong questions. A quick scan of my Twitter feed (when it works, anyway) inevitably tosses up all of the discourses one would expect; there’s hand-wringing over if this is a ‘real’ Final Fantasy game, a heavy back-and-forth about if the game’s...
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