I feel like this game kind of came out of nowhere. We got a few small announcements and then nothing major until close to the release date, unlike the insane marketing blitz that was FF15. Maybe I was just out of the loop.

Anyways I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts or opinions about it? I love Final Fantasy games but this one seems so different. Tbf I haven’t played the demo, I’m planning on trying it tonight, but I’m curious what everyone thinks about such a major release.

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My thoughts, it’s not FF6 therefor I am still unhappy. I want my sprites back :(

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Sprites are at the bottom right of the menu! :D

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Oh that’s cute!

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FF6 is so good! Amazing soundtrack, Locke, Terra, Celes, Edgar, train suplexing, world of ruin, Kefka…

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I’ve played through the demo a couple of times now. I think this one might be special.

Final Fantasy has always been different with each one, this one is fully action based, but I think it reminds me quite a bit of 6 which is my favourite.

I’ve not been this excited for a game in years! 😀

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Ooh! That has me pretty excited then! I’ve been very curious of how they were going to proceed from FFXV. It was such a weird development cycle and took forever, and then it’s release was kind of mixed. I’m hoping they have a nice polished game with a really engaging story.

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Yep! 14 was a car crash at launch too, and 13 also took forever and felt half finished. Same as 12 really 😬

From the demo at least, this is a cohesive fleshed out story with interesting characters. It also seems to play really well, and it’s gorgeous.

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You weren’t out of the loop, SE was keeping it on the down low. Partly because there have already been two major production delays (COVID, invasion of Ukraine) and it hasn’t been super clear when it would be ready for release. The producer is also doing double duty being the producer for 14 (if increasingly in name only) which probably isn’t helping anything.

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Ah that’s good to know! It felt like it went from announcement to radio silence to boom it’s releasing in a month. I’ve forgotten that it’s already been 7 years since FFXV dropped!

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Most of the time, when I play a demo, it gives me reasons not to buy the full game. This is one of the few exceptions. I can only hope now that the rest of the game ends up being as good as the demo.

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The only complaint I have that I’ve experienced in the demo is the performance mode can’t keep up with 60… it seems to drop a lot all over. It’s not the worst, at least we have the option for the performance mode but really wish it could be a bit smoother. Hopefully they can improve this aspect of the game soon.

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