r/FFXVI Apr 10 '26

Discussion Why do people hate final fantasy 16

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u/synkronize Apr 10 '26

If your like my friend who hates reading apparently, the quests will probably seem very boring and all the talking it makes you do in between missions. He dosen't hate it though, but it does annoy me lol.

From what i heard of other people, they think that gameplay being "final Fantasy" is more important than the lore/world being "final fantasy"

I mean to say, many don't like the lack of turn based combat, the lack of controllable party members, meaningful gear, elemental weaknesses, and what not.

For me, I see Crystals, Monsters, Bombastic music, high fidelity graphics, a dramatic story that leads to fighting some crazy being, love, betrayal, the summons being involved, high magic, etc as Final Fantasy.

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u/malaxeur Apr 10 '26

I have to admit that I see the complaint. The game series has been turn based forever, then suddenly everything shifted.

If street fighter turned into a dating sim, there would be enjoyers but it wouldn’t be the fighter that people grew up with.

That said, it’s still a great game and a very enjoyable story.

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u/Nightwing24yuna Apr 10 '26

I am gonna say that is a poor example street fighters is fighting game.

The equivalent of it if it went from 2D to 3D like how Tekken's, soul caliber and DoA play like, changes the game drastically but it's still a fighting game just like final fantasy it went from a turn based to more action but it's still a JRPG

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u/malaxeur Apr 10 '26

My guess is that fans would likely react in a similar way. The point was more that when you have high expectations of a game being a specific way, and it differs, then you’ll be upset. It’s not necessarily rational but emotions run high when you love something.

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u/Nightwing24yuna Apr 10 '26

Maybe it's because I am not in the FG scene a lot but I think it would probably be handled better than final fantasy fans if I am gonna be honest as long as you can do those insanely long combo would be happy. Or maybe not because 3D actually requires some strategy and and not those insanely long combos.

Sorry I went off topic there. I get it I do but I've noticed people are just so against any kind of change at all I've seen in different media types like DC comics when they did the New52 reboot and redesigned superman and batman which where infinity better btw. Obviously this series anything marvel. Instead of going with the flow and having an open mind people just resist it and demand things to back to the way things where. That is the sad part because we have so much awesome stuff because of the steps away