man the steam discussion forum for the ffxvi demo is absolute cancer. it's mostly people arguing over whether the game is a "final fantasy" game or not. i'm just looking for people talking about performance lol.

i wonder if it would have been better received by these people if it was a spin off, but really EVERY final fantasy game is a spin off since there's no sense of a singular world and plot, just shared elements.

idk man to me, ffxvi seems to be the best final fantasy has been in a long time. you can't do the same thing over and over again. i get that people might see the setting as being boring but i really like it. the combat is simple but refreshing.

the cutscenes are pretty long but i don't see any meaningful difference between that and previous ff games which, instead of having fully rendered stuff, just have dialogue boxes appearing. the beginning of ff7 is a slog and this is way more engrossing to me. does clicking X a bunch of times to progress dialogue really make things that much more engrossing than watching scenes?

i see people saying that ff13 was better and i'm like damn... you must have not played ff13 since it came out and you were like 8 years old.

maybe i'll change my tune after playing more than just the demo, but i have watched a good amount of it as well and i liked what i saw. takes a lot to get me hyped to buy a fully priced game and i was even tempted several times to buy a ps5 for this shit. happy to see it on pc now.