FFXVI changes I’d like:
Going through my annual playthrough of this game and gosh I just love it so much. BUT! There are things that I wish they would have done differently to make it even better. Obviously I’m no game dev so this is just a fun little list I came up with of things I did miss in the game and that definitely lent to some of the valid criticisms. Below are some of my ideas and would love to hear what others think and what you wish they would have implemented:
—I really can’t think of any story changes or anything major
—ELEMENTS! You have access to all the elements and they don’t mean anything. It would have been really interesting having weaknesses and immunities and what not. Imagine Clive only having the Phoenix abilities early game and comes across a fire bomb—you’d really have to think about strategy. I don’t think anything crazy but why have us change elements if they don’t mean anything.
—Status conditions! They didn’t need to be crazy but they could have gone the route of FFXV and implemented confusion, toad, petrify, and poison at least. Would have made some of the mob and boss encounters more interesting
—Torgal, Joshua, and Jill should have had more party involvement. I don’t necessarily think they should have been playable, but I think having them have visible stats, armor and weapons to equip. Especially when they become permanent. Realistically they could have had it be like how XV was or even the sync system from Rebirth, but that’s probably asking too much.
—speaking of Torgal, the finest hound I’ve ever seen, I think his lore and connection to Fenrir should have been expanded upon. I think that Fenrir should have been an Eikon or close to it and added Fenrir to the ability tree. Maybe even have just 2 sub abilities linked to Shiva’s circle as he is Shiva’s partner.
—a few more secrets to come upon while exploring. Finding something off the beaten path other than just 2gil. Maybe another dungeon akin to Sage Spire. But these are being greedy a little bit maybe haha
And that’s basically it? Maybe that is a lot but I feel it would take it over the edge and make it many people’s favs. Otherwise I’m so content with what we got this was just fun to talk about :)