#( con. | clive. ) byron.

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clive tag drop !

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ff16 thoughts 

pros: 

dion exists 

cid exists 

joshua exists 

clive is a good mc, he’s nowhere near my fave character but i like him

i really liked a bunch of the side npc characters, such as gav, byron, and mid 

the eikon battles are incredible (bahamut’s especially) 

the combat isn’t that deep but it’s fun (i understand why some people hate it though)  

dion exists

amazing soundtrack, inject it into my veins please 

clive and joshua’s relationship makes me cry 

cons are under the cut because it’s waay longer and spoilery 

cons 

the story has such weird pacing. i haven’t played ff14 but from what ive heard from ff14 players, the game’s story structure feels like an offline mmo (i mean. it makes sense because the ff14 team made this game) 

i know there needs to be downtime in between major story beats, but the mandatory fetch quests really grind the pacing to a halt 

there are so. many. cutscenes. dear lord. 

my favorite ff is probably 10, which also has a ton of cutscenes, so idk why the cutscene/gameplay ratio feels super off in this game, despite me liking other cutscene-heavy games

i really can’t articulate why ff16’s cutscenes feel so overwhelmingly long but they do

don’t get me wrong a lot of the cutscenes are great!!! but some could’ve been trimmed down and it would’ve achieved the same effect

despite being the female lead, why does jill feel underwritten to me 

jill has all the components to be a great character but i feel like she’s never fully realized (she’s not horrible though, i still like her) 

benedicta, hugo, and barnabas were all underutilized/wasted 

the world is pretty but there’s nothing to really do in it, the game doesn’t reward exploration 

why the hell isn’t there any party banter, ff7r and ff15 did party banter so well 

jill is with you for a good chunk of the game but doesn’t really talk outside of main story sections, even generic battle dialogue like “watch out clive!” or “leave it to me!” would’ve been nice? sometimes i forgot she was even there while i was out fighting 

where are the classic ff creatures, i mean there’s literally a moogle in this game despite its clashing aesthetic, so you’d think there’d be more? where are the cactuars and tonberries... 

speaking of creatures, the lack in enemy variety started to really wear on me by the end of the game

a bunch of bosses were reskins of earlier bosses. they clearly put their whole final fantussy into the eikon battles so i guess i cant even be mad

the story transitioning from being a more grounded political plot to a typical jrpg “kill god save the world” plot isn’t handled that well

ultima is such a boring main villain im sorry 

i think they could’ve cut 70% of ultima’s dialogue and his character would’ve been much better

speaking of villains, they really needed a “face” villain that they encounter consistently throughout the game before transitioning to ultima 

barnabas should’ve been that face villain but he’s not relevant until the last quarter of the story 

i definitely have more cons but i cant think of any atm 

[gemarcas]

#SinTantaPaja  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “The Bride of Frankestein” 

Secuela de “Frankenstein” (1931). “El monstruo” sobrevivió a su supuesta muerte y, apoyado por otro científico, exije a su creador una amiga parecida a él y no sentirse tan solo.

Peliculón. Más que una película de terror es una película de profundo drama social: la ciencia, la discriminación, la necesidad de socialización, la venganza, el amor, los vicios, etc.

Narrativamente muy buena. Enlaza con la anterior y va presentando esa “humanización” del monstruo hasta llegar a exigir una pareja. A mi gusto termina muy de golpe, pero era algo común de la época (me hubiera gustado regresar a la sala donde hablan Mary Shelley, Lord Byron y Percy Bysshe Shelley, por ejemplo).

En fin. Muy buena, un clásico para verse.

The Bride of Frankenstein (75 min.)

1935 -  🇺🇸

Dirección: James Whale

Reparto: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger

Terror. Ciencia ficción.