Playstation Final Fantasy XVI - PS5 Official Release Date - 22.06.2023

[Necrokiller]

OG

Sums up the state of this franchise. Not that different from a certain first party studio stuck in the PS2 era game design

Meanwhile, CerebralTiger's fav Eurogamer is back!

 

[CerebralTiger]

I have other favorites that gave it a high score ️

 

[Necrokiller]

I have other favorites that gave it a high score ️

Ill take this opportunity to ask: which ones?

 

[Necrokiller]

@iampasha

Lo bhae, final release code shit the bed as well.

Unfortunately, performance mode delivers noticeably poor image quality throughout and also suffers from an unstable frame-rate.

Performance mode tops at 1080p, often as low as 720p (ROFLMAO) with poor upscaling (likely FSR1) with stuttering and unstable frame rate falling out of VRR window, dipping into the 30s.

As cross-gen is phasing out, things not looking so good for these consoles.

 

[Chandoo]

 

[Radical]

Saeen, jahan Xbawks k huuuge 1st parties 30 fps pe stuck hay, phir wahan k log kis kalay moo se sony k 3rd parties ko le k joke kernay aa jatay hay ?

Kuch ziyada hee jala di hay MS nay inki iss gen

 

[Chandoo]

Them using FSR 1 and still dropping so many frames in 720p to 1080p means they had little to no headroom. FSR2 is more taxing and while it might have made the IQ issues better, it would have come with an even worse performance penalty.

Square's kinda shit.

 

[Necrokiller]

Them using FSR 1 and still dropping so many frames in 720p to 1080p means they had little to no headroom. FSR2 is more taxing and while it might have made the IQ issues better, it would have come with an even worse performance penalty.

Square's kinda shit.

It also means the CPU is bottlenecked in town/city locations so FSR2 wouldn't have helped either way.

 

[Danish_karachi]

The game is an overhyped garbage. I don't think the game deserves the scores given by reviewers, who may be motivated by the 'porn' in the game to give it a high score.

Games like FFXVI, Starfield, Redfall and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that run on 30FPS are an utter embarrassment for console owners.




I am an objective gamer that play on both PC and consoles. And if a game is garbage irrespective of the platform - PC or console, I prefer to say it out loud.

Lately, PC games were a stuttery garbage at launch - The Last of US, Wild Hearts, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Star Wars Jedi, Dead Space, Horizon Zero Dawn, Elden Ring, which Digital Foundry said "simply isn't good enough, and many more. Only blind PC fans who seem to stutter in real life will deny this fact.

But now, the poorly optimized new console games have leveled the playing field for garbage games.

We need to boycott pathetic games with stutters, poor quality graphics, and below 60 FPS games, so that devs are encouraged to release quality games that most gamers like.

 

[Danish_karachi]

Final Fantasy is banned in the entire Middle East including UAE and Saudi Arabia for being an M rated porn game.
Square Enix is gay.

Can i use the disc version of FFXVI? Since It's banned in UAE. - Final Fantasy XVI

For Final Fantasy XVI on the PlayStation 5, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Can i use the disc version of FFXVI? Since It's banned in UAE.".

gamefaqs.gamespot.com

 

[CerebralTiger]

After the abysmal Final Fantasy XV, CBU has restored my faith in new Final Fantasy entries. Final Fantasy XVI plays like a dream. Seems like this may end up being the best game of 2023 for me after Tears of the Kingdom. There's Armored Core 6 and Spider-Man 2 still to go, so let's see.

A mini boss fight from very early in the game. Only have one Eikon atm, so the combat isn't very varied.

 

[Necrokiller]

Final Fantasy XVI plays like a dream.

Unfortunately, performance mode delivers noticeably poor image quality throughout and also suffers from an unstable frame-rate.

Sounds like a nightmare tho

Other elements of the game are far less interesting though, with the side quests in particular feeling like something out of a bad PlayStation 2 game.

And plays like a bad PS2 game. Another thing in common with Insomniac


lol @"after Tears of the Kingdom". Zero impressions in the ToTK thread and 2 videos on FF XVI already. Yikkkkkes

 

[CerebralTiger]

It's mostly a stable 60 fps during combat, as the resolution drops and stays at 720p. Hopefully they patch an option to play the whole game at 720p. I don't mind

Necrokiller already knows capturing gameplay on the Switch is pretty much a non-option. Rest assured, I have finished TOTK and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it

 

[Necrokiller]

Hopefully they patch an option to play the whole game at 720p. I don't mind

"Benefit" of playing Switch games on a 4KTV, CerebralTiger is used to shitty looking PS3 era image quality

Abhi to 2023 hai aur current gen only games ka ye haal hai if you want a "most stable" 60fps.

Rest assured, I have finished TOTK and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it

Actual worth of ToTK, a one liner in a thread not even about the game. Fucking yikes

 

[CerebralTiger]

It's unfortunate that the game suffers from 50 ms spikes during exploration due to targeting 1080p. I'll take PS3 era IQ of fixed 720p (w/ FSR 1.0) for a smooth performing game. Deikhtay hain PC version ka kia haal hoga

Also, according to John Linneman (I'm sure he consulted Alex on this), the game appears to use a combination of ray-traced and baked shadows. Ray-traced shadows should've been disabled in Performance mode. Both Jedi Survivor and FFXVI want to force RT on console users, which is a bad approach.

 

[Necrokiller]

I'll take PS3 era IQ of fixed 720p (w/ FSR 1.0)

Imagine thinking this is a plus point when DF already called it poor. FSR 1.0 likely makes the image worse here

Deikhtay hain PC version ka kia haal hoga

If FFXV is anything to go by, it'll "unlock the full potential of the game"

 

[CerebralTiger]

Except FFXVI doesn't run on the now dead Luminous engine

 

[Necrokiller]

Except FFXVI doesn't run on the now dead Luminous engine

The platform unlocks the full potential of the engine, whichever it is

 

[CerebralTiger]

The only thing that platform unlocks (or unleashes, rather) is the full potential of stutter

 

[Necrokiller]

But CerebralTiger is perfectly happy with stutters, as evident by his enjoyment of this game and Jedi Survivor

inb4 the usual "my shit stinks less" analogy