should i buy ff16 or this one

[m3rto]

i just want open world, side quests and a lot of useless things to do? which one is better for that case?

[Wes Mantooth]

I played both on PS5.
XVI mogs this one.

[Zhaidel]

Originally posted by CHAO$$$:

Originally posted by Zhaidel:

You should buy Xenoblade Chronicles, instead.

Specifically, if you simply want the most ludicrously massive world to explore and do tons of side quests than you want Xenoblade Chronicles X

read: Infinite MMO fetchquests
fixed it for you
youre welcome!

You obviously haven't played the game or only barely touched the quest system.

Yes, a lot of them are killing monsters/fetch quests, kind of what mercenaries do to make a living, and you can only boil quests in a video game down to a few categories (collect/kill/NPC interactions/mini-game).

The game features an affinity system and an entire menu for this system where you have competing questline routes between NPCs that influence their affinity, who becomes friends/enemies, who joins your city, and so forth. A lot of quests are related to those NPC storylines and not just simple fetch/kill quests. Some of the Xenoblade games have, likely, the most proper large number of NPC related meaningful quests of any game. Most games tend to have very few meaningful NPC related quests, including even games like Skyrim paling compared to Xenoblade on this point. A lot of them also are character development (lore/background, relationship, etc.) specific quests, events, or city development content as well.

In addition, the games often make it easier to manage the fetch and kill quests, at least, particular in XC1. You can complete most of the quests as you explore the world rather than going out of your way. This is further reinforced due to the future vision mechanic letting you know what you need to collect or the ability to turn in quests remotely and also the ability to start a large number of quests to carry out simultaneously. It removes a great deal of the tedium and lets you focus on exploring and progression.

They're also optional if you don't like them. Now, do they include chain linked quests as well? Yes, though the individual quests aren't as complex as some of the ones you might find in, say, Skyrim but they're also two different types of game genre to begin with.

Besides, OP was specifically asking for an experience like Xenoblade Chronicles and they already played the crap out of Final Fantasy XV, a similar game.

[bad at buttons]

For what it's worth, with good PC specs (4070 TI, i7-12700K, 32gb DDR5) FF16 ran like ♥♥♥♥ for me. FMV/prerendered cutscenes are hard locked at 30fps and often dip down to 20ish for absolutely no reason. Actual gameplay was pretty smooth, but at least in the first 1.5 hours there are SO MANY cutscenes that it just felt unacceptable. And yeah, I switched settings around... 1080p with and without upscaling, 1440p native to monitor, vsync on and off. There really weren't that many options to fiddle with so I'm pretty sure I tried them all. Maybe some mods could fix this but I just refunded instead of wasting my 2 hours of play time testing things out.

I don't have a PS5 so I haven't even played this game yet, but YouTube reviews are saying it's running even better than FF7 Remake and that was leaps and bounds better than my limited experience with FF16.

[NobodysLaw]

Why not FFXIV?

It's an MMORPG and can be played free until level 70 and has a main story as well as lots of other things to do, alone the free trial can occupy hundreds of hours.

[Birdii]

FF16 is a very safe but dull experience in my opinion. I played it on PS5 at launch. Purchased it on PC to play at a higher FPS, since the PS5 was butt ugly and couldn't maintain a solid 60. Also, so I could play the DLC.

The story starts really interesting, but gets very dull very quickly. It's storytelling is incredibly safe and does not push any real boundaries after the introduction. You will probably be able to spoil the story for yourself if you've ever read a basic medieval-style fantasy series. (Which is probably why I was so bored with it.)

Side Quests are outright bad. and only a handful of them have any meaning. Even those that have "meaning" are bad.

The world is a dull slog of generic fantasy landscapes with hardly anything unique about it.

The regular combat in FF16 is not very deep or engaging. It lacks depth. It's fun for a bit, but never really changes. All encounters are played the same. It gets boring quickly once you notice it.

Eikon fights drag on way too long. (I'm one of the weirdos that hates the Eikon fights though.)

FF7 Rebirth is a better game. Also played on PS5 at launch. Purchased PC version because the PS5 is incredibly underpowered. PS5 version either looked or ran like dog dookie.

Story is more interesting to me than FF16, probably due to the changes from FF7. (Not going to say I like the changes or not)
Combat is more engaging, with multiple characters to play as.
More side content to do, most of which is busy work. Though, a handful of content is actually good.
Actual mini-games... so many that the mini-games are simultaneously a praise and a criticism.

They're both good games, but FF7 Rebirth is the better of the two.

[goodgame]

FF16 is much more boring and content-less then FF7 Rebirth, but FF7 rebirth is quite the insult to your intelligence if you know very well the lore and story from FF7 OG. They destroyed the best scenes of the game, and Aerith's special event is impactless and badly managed.

[Bansheedragon]

My opinion is to get this game(FF7) over FF16 and the reason is that FF16 comes with Denuvo.
I understand and respect that not everyone is bothered by this or care about it, but for many like myself, Denuvo is a deal breaker.

In the end it's your choice to make.

[Lord_Danielsan98]

I'd say get both. They're both really great games! But if I had to choose, I'd go with Rebirth. There are a crap ton of stuff to do in the game outside the main quest. On my PS5, I sunk about 200 hours into FF7 Rebirth.

[Firmamento]

If it has to be a FF then Rebirth I'd say but FF games are bottom of the bucket for open worlds with meaningful things populating them. FF16 is actually a good game but not really a good FF game, IMO, the combat is shallow and even though I like real time stuff over board game speed, this is not how you do it. Go Rebirth it's cheaper than a new game even.

Have you played Remake? I found that to be kind of boring for me, was an entire game where you just feel like you're getting ready to do something, but that something never comes. You combed your hair, get your cloths on and stand at the door for the next game to open the door so you an actually go out and have an epic adventure. You can probably just grab a recap, the story was kind of silly anyways.

[Zhanzara]

The Question is... did you play the original or the first part (FF7 Remake)? For the open world aspect, definitly FF7 Rebirth. Personally, I loved FF16 and will play it a second time on PC =) But FF7 is and will always be the ultimate Final Fantasy.

[Klown Killer]

FF16 is just trash.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Klown Killer:

FF16 is just trash.

Hard disagree, it's a good game that is marred by bad decisions. Combat is good, difficulty is not so combat is never really tested. Boss fights/music and sets are top notch though!

[Shade]

i consider 16 to be the better game, but its not an open world adventure truly. rebirth is like final fantasy merged with ubisofts open world concept.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Originally posted by Rüdiger Seepferd:

i just want open world, side quests and a lot of useless things to do? which one is better for that case?

If you just want a chill action game with hardly any reason to explore go with XVI. Also way less RPG elements. You won't have to worry about changing gear out between party members and focusing on weaknesses. You quite literally just attack and dodge. XVI had a good story and good characters but the actual game part was lacking.

[ADHDmania]

If you haven't played FF7 Remake, FF7 Rebirth makes no sense to you.
But in terms of pure quantity of content, FF7 Rebirth has so much more, even a little "too much"

In terms of gameplay, I have more fun in FF7 than FF16