FFXVI or this game?

[Ashuran]

Hello everyone. Now that both of these games are on sale, I might pick one of them up. For those that have played both which would you recommend of the two? thanks

[Leon [UA]]

I haven't even played this game yet and I will tell you this over FFXVI any day

[㊈ y u w e i]

Definitely Metaphor.

FFXVI can hardly be called an RPG.. all you do is manage your equipment and that's about it. Any other character that fights with you is a guest and just that, they can't even be called party members cause you can't manage them whatsoever.

Metaphor, on the other hand, has a lot of RPG features, it also has press-turn combat system.. I personally dropped FFXVI and actually beat Metaphor.

[⛧Vinn⛧]

Originally posted by Leon Kennedenko:

I haven't even played this game yet and I will tell you this over FFXVI any day

On the other hand, I have not played FFXVI yet but have played Metaphor.

Knowing Square has ruined what was great about FF games for me, i wont touch FFXVI until its on a 20€ sale or less. Nice visuals arent everything. From what I read online its one of the most bland and I am not sure what to think about this franchise anymore.

However Atlus never disappointed me so this game was an instant purchase, really enjoyed it so far.

At the end of the day its all personal preference tho. What do you prefer? Animu style games with turn based combat or beautiful AAA graphics with action based gameplay?

[[MnP]MagiChrist]

Metaphor, you won't regret it.

[Ashuran]

Thanks guys for the feedbacks

[RoKnight]

i played both,in terms of story ffxvi if you are a enjoyer of a story like shakesperian, this hstory is more like a "metaphor" about humanity and social events
in terms of gameplay ffxvi is more action, full action, effects for every thing and everywhere, this game is more paused and strategy
about other things that made metaphor special is it is like a persona, you have social skills, a lot of characters with the ones you form bonds and are complex
i recomend to play both but if you dont have money you can find this if you are the type rpg classical and like a lot the roleplaying, if you like the hack a slash mixed with rpg in terms of gameplay ffxvi is more like it

[Gio]

one is a videogame other is same old run of the mill action slop movie... why compare them

[moosieth]

for me, it would honestly come down to how much time you want to spend in the game. if you wanna spend ~30 hours, just play through the main story, and move on - get ff16. If you want to spend >80 hours, do side quests, explore a lot, and dig deeper into the game - get metaphor. both are enjoyable games, and i really don't think either one is a bad purchase.

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by Shadowheart Jiggle Physics 4K:

for me, it would honestly come down to how much time you want to spend in the game. if you wanna spend ~30 hours, just play through the main story, and move on - get ff16. If you want to spend >80 hours, do side quests, explore a lot, and dig deeper into the game - get metaphor.

FF16 is only 30 hours?

[qsdww]

What's your specs?
From a technical standpoint FF XVI feel more modern and needs a strong GPU+CPU to play smoothly.
On the contrary Metaphor is easier to run and doesn't require a beefy specs.
Anyway I love both, you won't be disappointed with either games.

[Milka L.]

I played Metaphor and watched my wife played FF16, I love Metaphor more for the traditional RPG element, personally I love metaphor much more. However FF16 has insanely beautiful CG movie and summoner monster fights, however for me the battle system and balance is bad, Clive (prota.) is stupid, I couldn't stop to be backseat driver and complain about it.

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by qsdww:

What's your specs?
From a technical standpoint FF XVI feel more modern and needs a strong GPU+CPU to play smoothly.
On the contrary Metaphor is easier to run and doesn't require a beefy specs.
Anyway I love both, you won't be disappointed with either games.

Yea this is true. I read FFXVI is heavy on the pc. My pc is only midrange. 12th gen intel cpu and rtx 3060ti GPU.

Yes tbh I love both too. But I really do not have time to play both at the same time. I am still active on WoW so playing one of these games on the side.

Originally posted by Milka Lam:

I played Metaphor and watched my wife played FF16, I love Metaphor more for the traditional RPG element, personally I love metaphor much more. However FF16 has insanely beautiful CG movie and summoner monster fights, however for me the battle system and balance is bad, Clive (prota.) is stupid, I couldn't stop to be backseat driver and complain about it.

Did your wife like FFXVI?

[Raiko]

i loved both for their qualities
FFXVI has game of thrones vibe, gameplay is action-rpg, loved the cast but you only play one character. CG movies are awesome. DLC are great.
Metaphor is a great classic jrpg. it was great to up everyone and their relations to the max. tpt and archetype system is great and you feel very powerful in endgame. loved art direction and travelling the world with competitors.
took me 60h to finish FF16 + DLC, Metaphor in 86h (did everything in both games)

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by Raiko:

i loved both for their qualities
FFXVI has game of thrones vibe, gameplay is action-rpg, loved the cast but you only play one character. CG movies are awesome. DLC are great.
Metaphor is a great classic jrpg. it was great to up everyone and their relations to the max. tpt and archetype system is great and you feel very powerful in endgame. loved art direction and travelling the world with competitors.
took me 60h to finish FF16 + DLC, Metaphor in 86h (did everything in both games)

Thanks. I am leaning towards FF16. I am usually a turn based and party based rpg usually too. But black myth wukong allowed me to experience action rpg in a very enjoyable experience and so I am now more open to action rpg styles. Before I usually avoid action rpg. Only the witcher series was the other action rpg that I enjoyed and played aside from wukong.

[Dagný]

Final Fantasy XVI isn't an action RPG, it is a hack and slash game.

It's like devil may cry but somehow even more simple and spammy.