We Played Final Fantasy XVI And It Is Absolutely Insane

Rosie was very lucky to get a hands-on session with Final Fantasy XVI recently, and was completely blown away by the game. Rob isn't jealous at all! Here are 6 reasons why the upcoming RPG is absolutely insane - we can't wait for the full release in June!

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00:00-01:17 Introduction
01:17-04:07 It looks beautiful
04:07-05:39 PS5 features are fully utilised
05:39-08:28 Story makes you feel invested
08:28-13:21 Combat is incredibly satisfying
13:21-16:35 The battles are great
16:35-18:03 The music is sublime
18:03-19:26 Goodbye!

#ffxvi #ff16 #finalfantasy

[maximnewman]

Still my most anticipated game of 2023

[maggiebrinkley]

I am SO EXCITED for this! My only worry is that my 68-year old reflexes will be too slow to cope with the action.... I need those Rings of Power!

[MrBergste]

I love the idea of the ability to summon being basically a super power. Absolutely brilliant.

[insecdroid]

LUCKY! I’m so excited for this game since FFXIV is my favorite game of all time. Also I can hear the music in the background and can tell that Soken is being his all as usual!

[PerhapsTheMost]

Man I can't wait to play this one. June isn't so far away!

[lionheart]

How Rosie describes this game makes me 10 times more excited to play it! Man CBU3 seems like they outdid themselves.

[nix]

I'd listen to Rob talk about Final Fantasy forever

[thepuppetmaster]

Oh my lord 🤩. The combat not just reminds me of DMC 5 but also Asura’s Wrath. It looks epic. But i’m curious with explorations, side quest, and mini games.

[RoninRon]

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ON THE MUSIC!!! By what we heard the music sounds so beautiful and I can’t wait!!!

[asunaneros]

I knew that I'll be getting a PS5 one day but FFXVI WAS the reason I must get a PS5 as soon as possible. I'm really excited for this along with RE4 Remake

[crillz]

I used to watch you guys years and years ago then completely forgot this channel existed until today. It's good to see you guys are still going strong 💪

[seyahtan]

OG FF player here. Love both turn based and action based combat. It all depends on the game's aesthetics and presentation imo. Persona 5's style really meshes well with turn based while this game and its realistic and medieval art direction suits a more real time action based approach.

Looking forward to this game! One of the few I'll preorder this year along with ff7 rebirth.

[sarawithouttheh]

HOW WAS IT NOT ROB WHO PLAYED THIS??? 😱 How could you do this to hiiim 😭

[GoodHunterBL]

FF16 is one of my most anticipated games in 2023 (alongside Bloodborne 😱)

[sonny]

Final Fantasy and PlayStation is like milk and cookies. Pure heaven

[kooljoshboy]

So jealous of Roise. I am so excited for FF16!

[jpoy]

The more videos of FFXVI I watch, the more my hype grows. I just hope it comes sooner.

[PersonofInterestGr]

Phoenix
Titan
Garuda
Ramuh
Shiva
Odin
Bahamut
Ifrit

Can't wait!

[zackcampbell]

Easily 2023's top game. Can't wait!

[Deathlygunn]

The game looks great, but I'm still bemused by the decision to name the protagonist Clive.

Don't get me wrong it's a perfectly fine name, but the idea that someone at Square looked at past Final Fantasy protagonist names like Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Tidus, Vaan, Lightning, and Noctis and decided the perfect name for the hero of a new generation of Final Fantasy was Clive just tickles me.