Final Fantasy XVI

[BufferAqua]

FFXVI is apparently banned in Saudi Arabia now because of a gay character in it.

 

[Rydgea]

FFXVI is apparently banned in Saudi Arabia now because of a gay character in it.

Honestly... awesome.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

FFXVI is apparently banned in Saudi Arabia now because of a gay character in it.

It’s okay. A bunch of rich Saudis in America and Europe will purchase hundreds of copies to sell in SA

 

[Idreamaboutcats]

I can't believed I caved in and pre-ordered instead of waiting for a sale.

FFXVI is apparently banned in Saudi Arabia now because of a gay character in it.

Where'd you read that? I heard about swearing, sex, sex work, blood, drug use, but not any homosexuality. Saudi Arabia bans just about everything for the silliest of reasons. I think they even banned Pokemon and its TCG because "evolution".

 

[Chaser]

A gay character was mentioned in a leak that the last state of play got other details correct.

I believe that’s why the decision to ban the game was made.

 

[BufferAqua]

Where'd you read that?

Pretty much what Chaser said. A gay character was leaked.

And if it’s real then hell yeah.

 

[Elysium]

Oh, wow.... I was already excited for this based on everything that I've seen, now I'm looking forward to this even more.

I wonder if LGBT characters could end up showing up in KH (or characters already in them could end up depicted that way in future) since both Square Enix and Disney are open to it now after all these years.... I guess it just depends on what Nomura would want to do.

 

[Idreamaboutcats]

Oh, okay, neat.

I’m hoping this game turns things around for Final Fantasy. After FNC and XIV 1.0 the series’ reputation took a hit, and I have to admit I’m cautiously skeptical of Yoshi-P in producing a single player RPG, but hopefully my doubts are misplaced.

 

[Chaser]

Previews are out. Here's the b-roll the previews are using:

 

[Launchpad]

I've stopped interacting with any trailers or previews for this game, since I was actually well convinced by the look we got a month or so ago that it's going to be straight up heat. While I can understand that it's a bit sad for some to see FF go into full-on action game territory, I much prefer what this looks like to the half-measured flimsy 'action' of XV. It looks like it's going to be a huge spectacle and invoke a more classic sense of adventure.

It'll be nice to play a huge game built ONLY for next gen hardware as well. My PS5 has been desperate for something like this, so this is a day one for me.