{"id":61560,"date":"2023-05-29T17:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/pc\/final-fantasy-xvi-will-have-its-sci-fi-ui-but-perfect-grapes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:20:41","slug":"final-fantasy-xvi-will-have-its-sci-fi-ui-but-perfect-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=61560","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XVI Will Have Its Sci-Fi UI, But Perfect Grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you don\u2019t follow a game particularly closely, then the storms that occur within its communities can seem very bizarre. Take Final Fantasy XVI<\/em>\u2014obviously a game with a huge fanbase and a lot of people very excited for next month\u2019s release\u2014but one where you might have missed the furore over its UI. Or indeed the fuss made over Final Fantasy XIV<\/em>\u2019s grapes<\/span>. Both issues have been addressed in a recent wave of publicity for the game, but in the case of the former, with the surprise move of reversing the changes previously made in response to fan fury.<\/p>\n

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A Foe From The Next Team Ninja Game Is Giving Me Sekiro PTSD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Final Fantasy <\/em>fansite, Final Fantasy Union<\/em><\/span> (via VGC<\/em><\/span>) put up a video in which they asked producer Naoki Yoshida about the fan reaction to the game\u2019s UI. After the first trailer was released, viewers were deeply upset that the game\u2019s UI looked like something from a fighting game. Which is true. Neon-glowy italic text would sproing up next to the combat, stating the moves played. But, it was argued, this didn\u2019t match the fantasy setting, and in response to the uproar, Square Enix put in something fans might find more appropriate. But guess what? It\u2019s gone! They\u2019ve put it back how it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely heard the feedback when we released that first trailer and people saw the UI and then gave a lot of feedback about how maybe it looked too much like a fighting game,\u201d said Naoki Yoshida in response to FFU<\/em>\u2019s question. \u201cIt was too sci-fi, didn\u2019t fit the style of the game. We heard that and went back and we redid the UI and made it into something that fits the style a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, despite this sounding like a fairy tale ending for loud internet people, in recent months they changed their minds again. \u201cBut we found that it blended too much with what was going on,\u201d continued Naoki. \u201cIt became difficult to see because in the end, Final Fantasy XVI<\/em> is an action RPG, and the action is very fast and things are moving. And so you need those numbers and those graphics to pop out or you\u2019re going to miss them in the heat of the action.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accepted that at first \u201cit takes you out,\u201d but argues that \u201cthe more you get used to it and the more you realize that it actually fits with what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n