Final Fantasy 16 - Ultimate Beginners Guide! Gameplay Tips & Tricks You Need To Know Before You Play

[@bigmicki]

Great tips. Thanks! I just ordered the game after watching this video, primarily because they've designed the game to be more action heavy than grind heavy (which almost all modern games are). Games make you grind so much (looking at Diablo 4), just so that they can tempt you with add ons and micro transactions to ease the progress. It just takes the fun away and turns a game into a full time chore. I also like that FF16 is a more linear game compared to a massive open world (also a popular feature of most modern games), because that just takes the focus so much away from the main story that one eventually burns out before ever completing the main story quest. I think Square Enix got it just right in FF16, and am really looking forward to start playing this game.

[@curtthechameleon]

I'm a Final Fantasy junkie and it has absolutely been worth buying. Great arcade style fights too!!!

[@blakemayo2898]

Late to comment, but for anyone new, don’t sleep on the Wypes ability you get after unlocking Limit Break. The description makes it look weak, but it’s honestly one of the best skills in the game. Deals multiple damage near enemies, no damage from attacks, recharges right after use (meaning you still have it for a while even while it recharges) the ability is absolutely broken but it’s easy to miss because the skill description makes it feel non appealing

[@Cman04092]

Finally, someone explained the difference between the + and ! quests. I'm right before the final mission and still didn't know the difference, lol. I'm pretty sure it's the final mission anyways, you never know with rpgs. Could be the "this is my final, final form" tropes, lol.

[@michaelcampbell1170]

the dodge ring will probably be permanently worn as my brain won't tell me to dodge until after I've been hit.

[@tubbtubbs1572]

I’m the same lmao I’m either dodging as soon as i see the enemy breath or I’m dodging after they already went home.

[@jonathansoko1085]

The dodge ring is a brilliant inclusion. I found it taught me how to dodge, it actually helped me learn when to do so. Half way into it i was good enough to take it off

[@TheSolarium18]

play darksouls, it will smack your brain until it learns how to dodge 😂

[@michaelcampbell1170]

@TheSolarium18 Oh, I've been playing Souls games since Demon Souls. My ability to dodge has not improved a bit. Which is why I go full block builds, hah.

[@FreshPenguin918]

For me it’s the dog ring. I don’t have time to micromanage a pupper while I’m killing things

[@MaffeGamer]

Based on preformence mode not being that stable. I also found quality mode more enjoyable.

[@edmilsonjunior3916]

This game IS A BLAST!

[@timtaifig6873]

Thank you. Very helpful 😃👍

[@Yuzoboy]

I switch between Quality and Performance modes depending on the location. Quality mode's lower FPS actually hurts my eyes when i turn the camera, as the scene is hard to follow whilst moving, but Performance mode gives a smoother experience which i prefer. I use Quality mode when i want to see great scenes in the game 😊

[@jonathansoko1085]

My main complaint? No outfits, i really wish the game had them. Quality mode is the way to go here. The visual hit you get in perf isnt worth it, its rarely at 60 fps and 30 fps mode is so much more steady. Upscaled 1080p with a couple frame boost, that goes up and down all the time just isnt worth the visual hit. Graphics mode. Perf is just too blurry, the world is too pretty for that.

[@Metso-ateco]

I,m thinking of buying this, is it on a par with elden ring ???

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@Metso-ateco completey different kind of game. I hate elden ring, I love this

[@GhostsGraveYT]

@@jonathansoko1085who hates elden ring

[@proshepherd]

​@@GhostsGraveYTanyone who dislikes soulsbourne games, myself included.

[@GhostsGraveYT]

@@proshepherd i mean i get being apathetic and not really caring about the games but why hate them

[@Mohawk_Productions]

Apparently I bought this at Launch. Forgot about it and then noticed the game case and the steel book as well. Installed it and played a few hours this morning before crashing for my 6 night work week. Great fun so far and just taking my time with it

[@dominicp9296]

I am so slacking on this game havent bought it yet and i truly dont know why looks absolutely amazing watched the first 5 6 hours of it everything looks amazing just gotta get it truly don't know what im waiting for

[@greggmcfarlane4267]

Amazing video thanks!!!

[@amx9122]

Parrying is odd in this game so imo dodge works so much better

[@abdulrahim2540]

Great information thanks

[@sagarsaxena8052]

Loving it so far! TOTK or this for GOTY!

[@dhaynes325]

I would vote for FF 16 over Tears. I love Zelda my 2nd favorite franchise behind FF; however, Tears IMO is an extension of BoTW. Both are good games but I lean FF 16 especially the story even though I just beat the 1st major boss

[@SUPREMERoyale]

@@dhaynes325you are in for a TREAT, my friend 🫣

[@TheSolarium18]

Don’t get me wrong i really enjoy the game but it’s definitely not a GOTY game. It serves for me as a much needed easy cheasy fun summer break from better more complex games like Eldenring, Anno 1800 complete edition, Baldurs Gate3 beta, GoW Ragnarök. Its a fun stupid cinematic popcorn action bombast which you can play at evenings for a hour but certainly not a anything relevant for the gaming industry. It has the most generic and boring sidequests i can imagine, very outdated immersion (npcs without daily routines, invisible walls, gear without optical representation, very few world interactions, incapsulated fights, no dialogue options, no choices etc) Loot is completely uninteresting, levelling itself is irrelevant except for unlocking the abilities, etc The only thing this game has going for it are the cinematic presentation of the story and the chill action gameplay (which either isn’t even far the best in the industry) Even the story is pretty dumb and a lot of it is just cheap game of thrones copy but with practically an embodying of what dragged the got series down and nothing of the grounded inner logic it made it great in the first place or the complex characters. All in all this game is a simple over the top popcorn movie entertainment at its best points and a filler with boring mmo gameplay at points were the plot is sagging

[@arborstone6546]

Not an rpg. It's a dmc game with light rpg elements. It's beautiful but not ff.

[@redcloud0]

Do you lose score points after the battle if you equipped these help accessories e.g dodging accessory? Because if u do that will effect the quality of rewards

[@randiannahdi]

No i dont think so

[@acecha05]

It will most likely increase your score and give you better items. This game forces you to choose between cheesing the game or not. Using ring of timely evasion, ring of timely strikes and ring of timely healing creates a game that smashes square and will always score high. Just smash square and get on with the story. Or don't use the rings and actually face the challenge of combat.

[@TranscientFelix]

As I understand it, dodges done with the accessories don't count as Precision Dodges so they do not contribute to the score

[@artemkoropotkin3047]

​@@acecha05Kinda want to sell these items. Unless you have an actual physical disability then what's the point on playing this game with these items. Just pure cream cheese.

[@kinsan89]

​@@artemkoropotkin3047wish you could sell them, but they're permanently in your inventory

[@Juanpabloceballosgarcia]

Great tips thanks. One tip I'll add is that you can turn off the motion blur in the settings.

[@shannonsamaroo469]

Coming from tales this is refreshing

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for making this kind of comment!

[@BrosBGaming]

Rings of timely aka the rings of *I didn't play dmc5* 😂

[@raggedcritical]

BTW, the game using FSR 1was just Digital Foundries conclusion based on telltale artifacts but Square Enix haven't confirmed one way or the other. Just in case anyone is thinking that the devs can just slot in the latest FSR at some point and get a visual boost.

[@Ashtarte3D]

I believe they are also basing that on the rumors that 16 is using a modified RE Engine given they worked with DMCV's combat director.

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@Ashtarte3D Just becuase the combat guy from dmc helped with the combat here, does not at all mean its RE engine, in fact, its not re engine and anyone telling you otherwise is making things up

[@G8oo8N8]

This will be my first F.F. Game...noob status .. I'm excited for the story.

[@cadenhannon3273]

I hope you enjoy it!! If you ever wanna try the turn based final fantasy’s I reccomend final fantasy x

[@proshepherd]

​@@cadenhannon3273I second this. Great final fantasy game

[@colt4505]

Well don't let this game make you think it's what the others are like. It's so different in so many ways. The closest one would be FF15

[@G8oo8N8]

@colt4505 I'm a pro since this I've played 2 games already haha. Wow this was 9 month ago.

[@godlike69r]

can you use the accesories in ng+ hard mode??

[@tb6664]

Anyone knows how to do doubl shift?

[@Vartazian360]

GOTY so far. If star field dissappoints even a little bit, this is it.

[@Statistic189]

TOTK is by far better lol

[@aynman171]

@@Statistic189Nah game mechanics wise this is probably the best game of this year very easily. Plus the cinematics with eikons are insane

[@Statistic189]

@@aynman171 hell no. Game mechanics easily TOTK. Most innovative mechanics of the past 6 years lmao. What's innovative about ff16? It's devil may cry and final fantasy mixed. It's nothing new at all

[@aynman171]

@@Statistic189 innovative doesn’t mean it’s good. Ff16s combat is the smoothest transition which doesn’t turn into a single button mashing. The way you can pull of so many combos is very good

[@Statistic189]

@@aynman171 I disagree, it's floaty and doesn't feel smooth at all. I'm not a fan of the combat at all and find it to be the single weakest aspect of the entire game.

[@keeganscales7938]

Bro MIGHT WANNA CHANGE YOUR LOGO, great video though

[@colt4505]

Why?

[@doctorshiki20]

I've got a question. I unlocked arcade mode and got S rank on the first mission. I didn't see any rewards besides maybe bragging rights. Does it actually give you anything?

[@danquaza9275]

I don’t think so, pretty sure it’s just a way to replay chapters of the story. Once you beat the game there is a very in depth new game plus mode. So it seems like the “arcade mode” is just simply for replaying cool segments with your upgraded stuff

[@munky342]

Pretty sure it's just so you can replay sections with further upgrades and to practice the combat in a proper fight. I used it to nail down the parry timing and it made me so powerful in battles. Clive is now unstoppable, parrying and perfect dodging everything.

[@jonathansoko1085]

I hope they add rewards eventually. Its so sad that we cant really use outfits, it blows my mind they they dont have them. Arcade woulda been a great place to utilize them, and let you earn new ones

[@danquaza9275]

@@jonathansoko1085 I’m not to sure, on one hand new skins and outfit choices are cool, but that’s totally not the type of game we have. I could see doing what DMC does and do like 1 alternate outfit, and one “super” outfit where you constantly are in limit break (Devil trigger) mode. But as for having a bunch of cosmetics, I’m glad they didn’t go that way

[@jseigle_]

You can replay section to pick up an item you may have missed. Not a lot of items are necessarily worth picking up, but there are a few weapons you find out in the world. Also let’s you relight bosses if you wanted too

[@Ashtarte3D]

The Digital Foundry bit is interesting because I had be wondering about the FPS complaints I've been hearing and I have seen almost no issues except a few very rare dips compared to the bouncy FPS I've read about. It's a console, I was fine with it being only 30fps. I only expect games to run high FPS on my beast of a computer.

[@artemkoropotkin3047]

Current gen consoles all have frame rate option which means it should have a 60 fps target. This game is dog shit in performance mode. Only time I've seen it hold a stable 60 is inside small houses where it doesn't need to render anything. I don't expect 4k or even native 1440p at 60 fps. Just a stable 60fps at the least.

[@zowbaid89]

I had no ideas about the Mastery thing. I’ve been sitting on 2 Mastered skills and didn’t know you could equip them to other bars. I really think it’s an absolute shame the devs didn’t allow you to equip all 3 abilities to your face buttons. Seriously…they’re only active when holding R2..why did they not allow that? Is Jump really that important to have no matter what?

[@binhthanhmai7160]

I thought the same thing, I never use the jump in combat, but the ability for O is used constantly, so that at least makes sense.

[@zowbaid89]

In fact the Jump button is utterly useless. Just think about it, Clive already auto climbs things when you run into them. Anything he can't auto climb, you can't jump. So why the heck is there a jump button to begin with? Can you even think of the last time you used Jump for anything? I sure as heck can't. Wasted button.

[@binhthanhmai7160]

@@zowbaid89 There are some skills that use jump, but other than that useless indeed. I'm only using it to hop around when walking from A to B

[@TheSolarium18]

@@zowbaid89immersion. I hated that you are not able to jump in gow ragnarök

[@mahki80]

U need jump in some moves and combos.

[@hineighbor]

Help, I need FFXVI tips!

[@JWSoul]

30FPS is not ok. In any game at all now. This trend needs to stop. Im playing on FPS mode and it is choppy at times.

[@gregoryacton3155]

Um… quality mode isn’t one of the graphics options

[@aviatinggamer9051]

5:14 30fps is perfectly fine for single player RPGs

[@Mmackay65]

How in the name of fatalis can you pronounce charon wrong when it's said in the game 😂

[@reefermon7048]

Yo

[@terry85mar]

Performance mode is way better.

[@kurizu007]

a little sad that square enix change FF from a turn base rpg game to an action one, i hope in the future they will bring back an FF chapter as turn base (probably not as Square are pubblishing other turn base game like Octopath with that genre)

[@fishsohorny]

Final fantasy hasn't been turn based for 22 years.

[@joshdix0n]

@@fishsohorny Not true. FF12 was released in 2006 and is turn based - that would make it 17 years

[@storm1364]

​@joshdix0n his point still stands. Why are people saying it's no longer turn based when it hasn't been turn based in 17 years.

[@27fevilien]

For a 80$ game is kind of short 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔🤔🤔 stilling people money 😆😆😆😆

[@mpaone18]

If you do all the side quest it adds another 25 hours at least or more. And there's a new game plus mode but it's difficulty and better gear.

[@skankhunt4527]

Just play it, the game is easy af.

[@mpaone18]

Only if you use the rings, if you don't equip them then the game is actually a challenge to chain combos. It makes a big difference.

[@thorinhannahs4614]

@@mpaone18 Nah the game can still be button mashed without the rings. Even on NG+ enemy aggression is the same so you can mash and heal your way through the whole thing.

[@Legendarysetsandtapepacks]

30fps for an action game? 🤮🤮

[@dmill96]

Just like starfield🤮🤮

[@ChipB1t]

Eeeeh I'm used to playing oot at 20 fps so I'm not worried about 30 fps :P

[@wuwei473]

Don't worry it's still epic

[@artemkoropotkin3047]

​​​@@ChipB1tIt's 2023 with next gen consoles and even more powerful computers and you're used to playing at 20 fps? It's time to upgrade your toaster my guy 😅

[@mpaone18]

I think it's commendable that a game can run at 4K and have a locked 30 frames just for a console. But I do agree with the performance mode not holding a steady frame rate at 60 that's inexcusable. Hopefully they'll update in the future and optimize it better for performance mode.

[@greggmcfarlane4267]

Amazing video thanks!!!