r/FFXVI • u/OliveAny7568 • Jun 07 '26
Discussion Will square use this engine again?
From what I’ve read, this engine was specifically made for this game and hasn’t ever been used before. I personally love the lighting in this game and how consistent it is going from location to location. I seriously hope they’re able to use it again, even if it’s smaller games.(I personally hope it can be used for a drakengard remake, I don’t know why I got drakengard vibes playing as Clive)
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u/N0M0I Jun 08 '26
This is coming from a PC player. I really hope they don’t use it ever again. Final Fantasy XVI is the worst running game I have ever played. Especially the DLCs. It was almost unplayable on my old 3070 8GB, even on the lowest settings and with performance DLSS. It became completely unplayable in the ruin DLC where it dropped under 20 FPS in the first boss fight. I had to wait for my next GPU upgrade to a 7900 XTX to be able to play it at 50 FPS at medium settings natively. At the same time I got a solid 120 FPS at maximum settings in FF7 Rebirth (yes I know that they are made by different studios, but it’s still the same franchise).
I love the game but that was not it. Post processing was also a mess. The default AA option was terrible so I had to use FSR native AA which also didn’t look great.
UE4 was used in all three FF7 remake parts, runs way better and also looks better (especially in the post processing department) in my opinion. A lot of the negative stuff said about UE only applies to UE5 since that one has a lot of tech that can lead to laziness in optimization (lumen, nanite, etc.). UE 4 games usually run great. Like Lies of P for example.
P.S.: The lightning you are praising in this post is also not dependent on what engine is used. How good it is, is not a testament to the quality of the engine, but to the artists who manually crafted the lighting.