![]() No previous experience is required or especially beneficial here. There is a sprinkling of Final Fantasy-lite tropes throughout, such as a revenge quest for Clive, magic-granting crystals, an assortment of familiar monsters, and some other recognisable iconography and terminology. Despite its breadth, it is carried by lightweight yet entertaining writing that casts the largest possible net for its mature audience, which I mostly admire here but all things told, it feels like it’s for the sake of newcomers. It is a fairly standard medieval fantasy that wants to weave a tapestry of all the events occurring simultaneously in this world, including who its power players are and their contexts. If it seems like I’m discussing the story in broad, macro-political strokes, that’s because this game’s story deals with just that. No one nation wants to aimlessly harness their dominant’s Eikon due to both the risk of mass destruction and provoking retaliation from a neighbouring territory’s dominant. Ruling nations throughout the world of Valisthea are desperate to ensure they have their own dominant, a kind of nuclear power with which to ensure an international status quo. Alas, it’s his younger brother that ends up blessed with the mantle of ‘dominant.’ This is a power bestowed upon very few, allowing them to manifest the form and abilities of demigods known as Eikons. Familial lovin’, that’s the Game of Thrones inspiration you’ve no doubt heard about. He is looked over in terms of succession and is considered something of an outcast within his family, as the practice of incest within his family ancestry was meant to yield him great power, yet has not. ![]() Old mate Clive, surname Rosfield, is the firstborn son of a prominent Duke-ruled territory. Yet it is a relatively successful experiment that I greatly respect and if you’re new to Final Fantasy and like a hearty dose of heart-pounding action with your fantasy, this will be a great entry point into the series and is sure to be a fast favourite. It is an entry unlike anything I expected from this series, and certainly not a title that wholly met the loaded expectations I had going in. ![]() With this in mind, I found reviewing Final Fantasy XVI to be a humbling experience. ![]() I see this as a rite of passage, having considered myself a fan since adolescence. This is my first review of a major mainline Final Fantasy release. ![]()
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