Our Final Fantasy XVI Review w/ Alex Donaldson

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

After what seems like forever and a day, Final Fantasy XVI has finally arrived on the PlayStation 5. Except, it hasn't really been forever, has it? Game director Naoki Yoshida runs a tight ship, to be sure--but will a timely release be enough to make Final Fantasy fans fall in love with the series' first serious attempt at telling a story with Witcher levels of grit and grime? Friend of the show and VG247 writer Alex Donaldson is here to talk to us about this much-anticipated game of thrones (and Chocobos). Also in this episode: You're going to have grandkids before you see Elder Scrolls VI What's deader than dead? E3's prospects The rumored "SNES RPG remake" isn't Chrono Trigger, but it's in the same vein, kind of... A 50-foot Korra the Explorer epic beam struggles her way into Book 3 If Alf, Alvin the Chipmunk, and Miss Piggy tell you to stop doing drugs, keep at it. You're already too far gone; just get your money's worth. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro/Final Fantasy XVI Review 1:04:25 - Side Quest (Nintendo Direct/Super Mario RPG Remake) 1:10:32 - Random Encounters 1:15:12 - Summer of Korra 1:25:12 - Nostalgia Nook/Outro Music used in this episode: Let's Go Down the Wine River [Super Mario RPG] Do Your Best! [Breath of Fire III] The Legend of Korra Main Theme [The Legend of Korra] A Curious Tale [Secret of Mana] Weapons Factory [Super Mario RPG] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Hello and welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God in RPG podcast about all things RPG.
0:50.8	So clearly we're going to talk about Final Fantasy 16. Yeah, we're here. We're going to talk
0:57.3	about the big game of the week. And I'm here. Eric Van Allen hosting Kat still out at the supermarket,
1:05.3	getting some milk. She'll be back soon. Don't worry about it. Nadia Oxford, how are you doing?
1:10.1	I'm all right. Before we started the show,
1:12.2	I was saying like, oh, say, we're podcasting during the time that there's a civil war going on
1:17.7	in a nuclear armed country. So if this is our last podcast, hey, it's been great. It is appropriate
1:22.6	that you were talking about final fantasy, because this will truly be our final fantasy. But you know
1:27.0	what? we survived this
1:28.3	far with me as well just keep on going i always i always said i wanted to go down doing content
1:32.6	you know this is how i wanted to go uh let my grave don't uh he just he was very tired all the time
1:40.2	um and now he can sleep now Now hopefully it isn't anymore.
1:45.2	Yeah.
1:45.9	That's how the last,
1:47.0	the last month has felt, I guess, right?
1:51.7	Zelda into Street Fighter into Final Fantasy.
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