Final Fantasy 16 review: if it were half as big it'd be twice as good

20 Sep 2024Source: RPS
I'm reasonably sure Final Fantasy 16 isn't the longest Final Fantasy I've ever played, but it feels that way, for a multitude of reasons. The major one is that a lot of its quests exist to create distance between places and plot beats.


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