Right after beating Echoes of the Fallen, I went straight for the follow up with The Rising Tide. At long last, the DLC featuring Leviathan the Lost is finally here, just like its predecessor it takes place before the finale of the base game and leads the party towards the hidden region of Mysidia, where its clear skies are a sight for sore eyes after having to deal with a gloomy purple filter for the later bits of the main story, specially when you first see how visually stunning the sights in this new zone are.
TRT takes its more self contained story as an advantage as it serves to do some very well received complementary worldbuilding through a story that is quite easy to follow and stays true to the themes of the base main quest and doesn't overstay its welcome. As usual, Sidequests can be very hit or miss but they are still as brief as ever.
But enough of that yapping, lets talk about what everyone was looking forward to about this particular DLC: Leviathan himself. It turns out you actually get his powers quite early into the new story, with his playstyle focusing on projectiles that pack way more of a punch than the standard ones, while giving Clive much more improved mobility when it comes to dodging.
Leviathan himself is a phenomenal fight with phenomenal music that reaches the same peaks of Hype that both Titan and Bahamut do, with the extra bonus that not only he hits hard, but he can fuck you up if you let your guard down for a moment, the hype really paid off with this one.
Oh and if you have already beat both the game and the dlc, pay the Arete Stone at the hideaway a visit. You won’t regret it
With this DLC, my time with FFXVI has officially come to an end, until I feel the need of revisiting it once again. However I am glad to have been part of this journey from the moment of its announcement to the point where I got to meet the amazing cast of characters and fall in love with the world, story and music, however flawed they might be.
By the way CBU3 you bastards you still owe Jill (my beloved) more screentime, like, give her a solo game at this point now 😤
TRT takes its more self contained story as an advantage as it serves to do some very well received complementary worldbuilding through a story that is quite easy to follow and stays true to the themes of the base main quest and doesn't overstay its welcome. As usual, Sidequests can be very hit or miss but they are still as brief as ever.
But enough of that yapping, lets talk about what everyone was looking forward to about this particular DLC: Leviathan himself. It turns out you actually get his powers quite early into the new story, with his playstyle focusing on projectiles that pack way more of a punch than the standard ones, while giving Clive much more improved mobility when it comes to dodging.
Leviathan himself is a phenomenal fight with phenomenal music that reaches the same peaks of Hype that both Titan and Bahamut do, with the extra bonus that not only he hits hard, but he can fuck you up if you let your guard down for a moment, the hype really paid off with this one.
Oh and if you have already beat both the game and the dlc, pay the Arete Stone at the hideaway a visit. You won’t regret it
With this DLC, my time with FFXVI has officially come to an end, until I feel the need of revisiting it once again. However I am glad to have been part of this journey from the moment of its announcement to the point where I got to meet the amazing cast of characters and fall in love with the world, story and music, however flawed they might be.
By the way CBU3 you bastards you still owe Jill (my beloved) more screentime, like, give her a solo game at this point now 😤
petro_sino
20 days ago