GAMES
[ Words Alan Wen ]
FIRST PLAY FINAL FANTASY XVI
PS5
OUT 22JUN
FinalFantasy has been moving away from the old turn-based role-playing battles for some time, as seen by FF7 Remake and even the last mainline entry. But it’s still not quite shaken off the classic command menus or timed gauges.
So there’s something very exciting about seeing Final Fantasy XVI fully embrace lightning-fast and crunchy real-time combat as if you were playing Devil May Cry. Not that we should be too surprised, as the new game’s combat director worked on Capcom’s action series as well as the cult classic Dragon’s Dogma.