Those two directions clash within the uneven fantasy epic like two towering summons duking it out.įinal Fantasy XVI delivers on the “action” side of its action-RPG formula. However, it can’t fully divorce itself from that past its RPG instincts are still in its blood.
Square Enix’s latest charts a new future for the long-running RPG franchise, confidently stepping into a more cinematic, action-packed territory that’s all the rage in Western video games these days. It’s a line that sticks with me as I play through Final Fantasy XVI, a game dealing with its own version of that identity crisis. “I want to live on my own terms,” she tells Clive midway through their adventure, “but first I must come to terms with my past.”
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