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After playing FFXVI for about 5 hours, I'm stopping for a bit because my room is getting uncomfortably hot xD I'm playing at 4k max settings and actually getting 60fps for the most part, so my PC is cooking lol. I think this is the first game to really stress my system like this.
The game is really good! I'm enjoying it a lot. So far, I think the combat has leaned to the easy side even though I have it on the harder difficulty, but considering I'm only like 1/10 through the game I'm sure it'll get harder.
A lot of people were comparing the story/setting to Game of Thrones but idk, it still seems VERY much like Final Fantasy to me. Feels more FF than driving around as a boy band in a car shilling Cup Noodles that's for sure 
@m1ss4ndry looking more into it, the entire development team was forced to watch the entirety of game of thrones in order to understand the tone and themes.
i really think it's only skin deep, though. it's darker, medieval fantasy with some magical elements and kingdoms that are struggling against each other alongside some rebels.
if they really did take a lot of inspiration, then i think they did it in an actually positive way instead of it just seeming like a cheap clone. but i mean come on... game of thrones really is still typical fantasy stuff at the end of the day. the flavor is what really sets fantasy franchises apart from each other, and FF16 has the final fantasy flavor.
