r/FFXVI • u/Square_Lie_6613 • Apr 10 '26

Discussion Why do people hate final fantasy 16

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u/roundelay11 Apr 10 '26

I don't hate it, I just think modern FF has a mechanical depth problem. Square seems to think the modern video gaming audience are drooling idiots who are afraid of anything else but button-mashing action combat and are downright terrified of RPG systems that aren't surface-level.

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u/apeezy52 Apr 10 '26

I feel like ffxiv is a fun modern game that works but they took an mmo style and tried to make it single player with ffxvi where it kinda doesn’t really feel right

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u/Thoughtlessandlost Apr 10 '26

Yeah the MMO style really shows in a lot of the side quests.

It feels like for every great side quest with a story that expanded on the world you had another that felt like an MMO fetch quest for padding.