Final Fantasy XVI

[Lex]

FFXVI will not be released in Saudi Arabia for unknown reasons at the moment (other than "Square Enix refused to make the necessary modifications"), but potentially it's because there's a gay character or relationship (this is conjecture, but the commonly held most likely root cause at the moment). They sometimes ban games for excessive violence and/ or nudity but there are certainly games with violent/ sexual content that have been released there, and I can hardly see XVI giving something like Dark Souls a run for its money in the violence department.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1653711143528181760

Isn't that fascinating

 

[Makoeyes987]

Oh.

Now I'm REALLY excited for this game.

 

[Tetsujin]

I have avoided leaks and shit but I let myself be 'spoiled' on this one detail because I was curious:

Spoiler

According to a leak, it's Bahamut's dominant Dion Lesage who is openly gay and has a significant other

 

[Lex]

I have avoided leaks and shit but I let myself be 'spoiled' on this one detail because I was curious:

Spoiler

According to a leak, it's Bahamut's dominant Dion Lesage who is openly gay and has a significant other

Yes I saw this too, really hope this is accurate tbh!

 

[ForceStealer]

Did VIIR release there?

 

[Lex]

Did VIIR release there?

It did indeed

 

[Odysseus]

So Andrea was okay but not the FFXVI character lol

 

[Lex]

So Andrea was okay but not the FFXVI character lol

Probably because Andrea isn't explicitly anything in the game beyond a camp man. From the potential leaks, XVI goes quite a bit further.

VII:R is a perfect example of "forgivable" queerbaiting. They went further than you'd expect Square Enix to go while maintaining a kind of homage to the racy ideas of the original, but there's actually nothing of substance in there, it's all inferences. Which is perfect for maintaining a T rating (as was their goal).

 

[ForceStealer]

Still surprising that that would make a difference to Saudi Arabia.

 

[Lex]

Still surprising that that would make a difference to Saudi Arabia.

Read the twitter replies from people in Saudi Arabia, that'll tell you all you need to know tbh

 

[Lex]

Surprised nobody has posted this yet - it's an excellent interview and I could not be more of a stan for this VA. He's such a FF stan he talks about re-speccing the sphere grid in FFX and a bunch of other stuff. He also brought his own dog into the studio when he was recording Torgal stuff ;-;

They played the Golden Girls theme whenever they finished recording stuff for a sidequest to "give a feel of completion" XD

 

[Lex]

 

[Wol]

They're clearly passionate and confident about the work they've done. Clive's hype is getting out of hand with these guys, expecting a lot from him.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Kinda surprised they haven't done PAK for Clive yet

 

[Tetsujin]

Previews are dropping

 

[OverLimit]

I'm not very interested in the game. All the action "Witcher 3" vibe is not something I'd like to see in FF game. FFXV action was fine enough, this is just to much.

 

[Deleted member 13557]

Just preordered. This and SF6 are gonna consume my life next month.

 

[Wol]

Looking great and reading about how much cutscene-heavy the game is at the beginning + the evident presentation quality makes me confident that we are in for a real treat.

Edit: btw it looks like you can carry over your data from the demo

 

[Lulcielid]

Previews are dropping

Was warming to the combat system but then it lost me when he said there'll be cooldowns. Cancerous kneecap in action games.

 

[Tetsujin]

XIV fans will recognize this

 

[Lex]

I LOVE IT!

I've watched bits of the previews but I'm mostly trying to stay fresh.

 

[Lex]

Yoshi-P continues to be the most based of all based humans.

 

[Deleted member 13557]

New FFXVI trailer from PS showcase.

 

[Wol]

For some reason, this trailer felt the most "FF" so far to me.

Edit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFXVI/comments/13qzuvs

 

[Tetsujin]