Final Fantasy 16 truly was a phenomenal game from start to finish. The game immediately grabbed me in the beginning as I played the demo, and I was hooked for the long journey this game took me on. The game's narrative isn't super complex or groundbreaking, but it still serves the game very well. The true strong point of this game's writing has to be its characters; The characters have such a strong start in the story, and seeing how they develop throughout made this one of my favorite casts by far.

This game has such an awesome action combat system, and the boss fights are so fucking epic. They mix cinematics into the combat flawlessly and it makes for such an awesome experience in this game. The only complaint i have here is that I wish the party members were more involved in combat, something slightly similar to Kingdom Hearts' party system would have been nice. Again, I'd just like to make a big note about this game and its boss fights because they are so memorable and executed so well. The cinematics behind some of the more intense story bosses are just so beautiful and awesome that I truly believe no other game comes close to what I experienced in this title.

Onto the more negative points of this game is some of the MMO-styling of the Open world. There are a lot of side quests that are fetch quests or are just plain annoying. There are also a lot of side quests that build up certain characters and ones that are just really great. It's a bit of a mixed bag with the games sidequests and I think everyone should be aware of that. I would also like to note that this game has an awful traversal system lol. Thankfully you get a chocobo later in the game but Clive is definitely a slower runner than he needs to be. There is also some unfortunately paced moments in the story that can be pretty hard to get through, but I'm glad to report that they were worth it.

Overall, this game is really amazing despite some of the off-putting parts throughout it. The characters are stellar, the combat is peak, and it's just an all-around gorgeous game. Also I should mention that the music is a complete banger.