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Honest Game Trailers | Final Fantasy XVI
Written by Bailey Meyers, Max Song, Fin Carew, and Spencer Gilbert
Edited by Max Song
Produced by: Bailey Meyers & Max Song
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Content Manager: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Post-Production Specialist: Rebecca Castaneda
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne
#HonestTrailers #HonestGameTrailers #finalfantasy
HOW COULD YOU MISS AND NOT CALL IT *DEVIL MAY CLIVE* ?!
"We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close!"
Eikon May Cry😉
haha I posted the same captions in my post about FF XVI 😂
Trueeee
Because it isn't funny anymore
"You're probably just now getting a PS5" Never have I felt so called out
I bough mine for this game be proud.
Literally got one last week. Sigh.
I feel attacked and I don't like it.
Gonna get mine this weekend.
Waiting til GTA 6 for that, but who knows at this rate it'll be PS6 or 7 by then.
"The only FANTASY here is yours. And we shall be its FINAL witness!" - Clive Rosfield FFXVI
Does he really say that?
@@goldenfiberwheat238 Yes and it's the greatest scene in the game
@@aytony4090 well it only took them 30 years so at least they didn’t do it sooner
I cried
A but surprised they didn't make a joke about this. What a waste opportunity. But still the scene is awesome.
Holy Ultima really does look like Mads Mikkelsen. 10/10 trailer just for that alone.
Now I can't unsee it lmao
For reference see him in Doctor Strange. His eyeballs aren’t sunken back but he still really funky.
I had to choke down my coffee at that
Gave me Johnny Depp vibes
I was never able to not see Ultima as Mads specially after Death Stranding.
Missed opportunity to say Clive has the power of gods and anime on his side
Plot armor, non sense power ups, just like your typical shonen manga/anime.
Attack and dethrone god
@@abelcarrion7256 Who had a nonsense power up lol?
@@abelcarrion7256 yes becuase , last boss want his body he protect by last big boss himself !
Who had nonsense power ups? Let me allow to fuse with my bro, dbz style. For next to no reason, or sense.
I felt attacked when he said unless u a maniac that has to kill every creature in your way , cuz that exactly what I did 😂😂😂😂😂 every time I got into a new area
Damn I just wrote this and I’m just now seeing your comment. Now I gotta delete mine. We in the same boat!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Same here my friend 🫣
Same here. I went to every region and killed everything in site. Multiple times.
I only did that at the beginning of the game and in Final Fantasy mode. Otherwise it didn't feel worth it anymore loot and exp wise
Let's face it. Most jrpg heroes are thieves and a psychopaths, raid every home, kill all things they can kill on the fields, and guess who control them.
That nod to the clueless game journalist with that "until you realise that you have all of your cheat rings equipped....or don't..." :D
dude didnt realized the devs put the icons on your UI knowing ahead that people will think they can get away with it. 5head move square.
I don’t understand, can someone explain?
@@aSHTEBALA XVI gives the player rings that will automate or make certain gameplay elements more generous toward the player (e.g., stamping the dodge button input on screen when you are able to dodge an attack). These exist as an accessibility feature for players who would otherwise struggle or not want to engage with combat. Some players do not realize they have these rings equipped, and there have been complaints about "easy" combat that then revealed the critic in question was using these accessibility features to make things as easy and simple as possible.
@@SuperCrunched thanks
I played mostly with the rings, but my issue wasn't the ease of the battles. It's that, no matter if you're just hitting square or mashing a mix of buttons... It was still just never-ending button mashing with no real strategy to it.
The scene where clive just stares at Gav till he gets uncomfortable will stay with me
I needed them to be canon
I love your profile pic
I had hopes for a kiss
...You know, I ship characters, but never in a million years would I have thought of ClivexGav 😂. I'm not sure how I feel about that one. I guess I just liked Jill with Clive too much to ship him around, lol. Now, Joshua and Dion in a forbidden love triangle (given the fact that they're technically step-brotherd), yeah...I like that ship, a little 😅. Or Joshua and Theodore, if he could've met him before the incident where Theodore goes and chases the dragon. Not sure why not just Jote (or was it Yote?). Maybe because she came across as a little fanatical for Joshua (like all of the Undying) and that's not the grounds you want base a relationship off of.
Fun fact: Ultima means “the end”, “the last”, or just “final” and the word Mythos (which he calls Clive) mean “Fantasy” so if they merged like Ultima wanted they’d be a “Final Fantasy”. Also makes sense to why the last weapons are also called the Ultima in a square Enid game.
which kind of ironic because from what I remember Ultima doesn't accomplished its objective which is to end something something defending on what games so no "final" in this fantasy.
@@Markcus003or justva call out that the series, despute having Final in the title, would not end anytime soon 🙂
But also… the kids playing post credits… a world without magic… as if eras after the events of 16… destroying crystals etc… like you ended that world of magic and fantasy. The true final fantasy game.
Mythos doesn't mean fantasy. Not since the word appeared in Archaic Greek of the 6th-century B.C. has it meant fantasy.
"I'm here to even the odds, any objections?." - Cid
2:22-2:32 As an rpg vet, this is entirely accurate.
One moment: "AAH! MONSTER!" The next: "Ooh, shiny."
But not a JRPG one. I mean, 2:11
Guilty of all charges! 😂
As skyrim and the Witcher veteran i can confirm
Yeah, I'm feeling a little called out too... XD
Lucille Bluth’s “I don’t care for [CLIVE]” was just… *chef’s kiss* c’est magnifique
That was beautiful. Jessica Walter was essentially THE actress of terrible, uncaring mothers. Still sad she's gone ...
Not just me that felt Clive's and Gav's chemistry ❤
Should been Clive and Gav lol
Clive and Gav bromance > Clive and Shiva romance (by far imo)
@@bungifish2227 Clive/Jill is still probably one of the best-portrayed romances in gaming, ever. .... but I can acknowledge one without dismissing the other, of course.
@@rogthepirate4593Polygamy ftw ^-^
the real OTP from FF16
That Hodor mention. 😂 I was terrified that they were going to give him some heart wrenching execution. I flinched whenever he came and did anything remotely impulsive.
i am upset the part about the side quests didn’t mention that they range from “glorified uber eats drivers” to very important to character development and world building so you feel compelled to do all of them 😅
Lostwing anyone?
@@GuyverU01Lostwing hurts like a motherfracker.... I refused to do Lostwing again in final fantasy mode for... reasons...
i think one of my favorites was More Than Words bc torgal. what else can i say? 😅
Conclusive side quests tend to be nice like Torgal, Gav, Jill, and Joshua, and Theodore then we have Dame Isabelle and L'ubor conclusion which looks like dora the explorer rejected plot.
@@beckt333 That one and Priceless, for obvious reasons. But while there is some inane fetch quest nonsense in there, a surprising amount of sidequests is just really, really good.
Aw man, Best Boy Torgal deserved WAY more than just Paw Patrol!
German Clive here - Huge Fan of Honest Game Trailers since forever! THIS WAS MARVELLOUS!!!
Not a bad Honest trailer; I'm suprised y'all didn't poke fun of the (Pokemon gym) badges you earn in each new place... That system made me laugh.
Every so often, I lay in bed, knowing that someday there will be a final Final Fantasy.
Tell that to FFXIV xD “Behold the finale! What it’s been building up to since 2013, ENDWALKER!” Lol sike, our journey never ends. Here’s Dawntrail
@@ChristopherG1990the time travel and multidimensional aspect of FF could be milked for content. Like having Lightning shows up in FF7 remake.
@@arkeshn729dissidia is there for that if they ever make a new one.
@@ChristopherG1990 its literally in the song "our journey will never end". The only clumsiness of this in a MMO is now you gotta press the reset button with Dawntrail, You go to the end of the universe and kill the manifestation of sadness and depression, how do you top that? Ya don't! You go to the beach and drink some mooglerita's and start building up the next god sized shoe to drop.
@@ChristopherG1990they never said Endwalker was gonna be the end. They just said it was the end of the Hydaelyn v. Zodiark saga and the start of something new, which it has been
Honestly this is one of the most fair reviews of the game I've seen yet. I had a blast, and while I've got my own criticisms of the game (mostly focused around the shallow gearing system), I'm really bewildered by some of the pure hate the game has gotten for things that have been in every FF game since III.
but in the last few years, hate is the thing to do about everything... I don`t know why, but this the the law for some!
Well for some reason people just love to hate everything they can possibly hate. Doubly so if someone dares to like something that doesn't suit their tastes. That on top of evergoing battles between old and new fans of FF starting from first few games - didn't help either. But yeah... I am torn of gearing and macgic stuff. I feel like I would loved the game so much more if those systems were deeper, but at the same time I kinda can't imagine 16 with those. Maybe in the next action like FF we will see such improvments
What things has been criticized for that has been in FF since 3?
I think hate since 3 is kinda overblown, it's there but mostly can be categorize as loud minority but if you talk since 12/13, this where FF start to crack
They've invested money in canceling it because they hate me. And because everyone I'd white lol. Seriously, they won't say that but that's exactly why.
The subtle power of making everything explode 😂😂.. I am atomic
I totally lost it at "gee, I thought Tidus had it rough *laughmeme*"
Futurama and Arrested Development references in the same video. I love this channel.
"All in an attempt to stop the apocalypse perpetuated by a creepy-eyed nudist, that no one else seems to think is that important except for you" Me watching the characters tour the realm while I sit in my couch sweating and waiting for Ultima to give Clive another nosebleed and a migraine:
"Come on Barbie, let's got party" greatest punch line to honest trailers
That 'contentiousness' line is real! Just returned from FFXIV Fanfest and spoke with someone who won't sniff at 16 because there's no ATB system. Folks never argue whether the story and themes're true to FF...just the shiny UI and system. Back to Valisthean UberEats for me!
I'd say they're pretty true to the game. I would have preferred a few more RPG elements but I'm just glad we have another 9/10 Final Fantasy game again. Don't worry though, in a few years when 17 comes out people will be too busy arguing about that one to dunk on 16 anymore.
Should have mentioned that the first FF game didn't have one either.
@@dosbilliam it is what it is. Back in the day old fans were fighting in similiar way every 1-2 games due to changes n shit.
I do think the battle system in ff7 remake is the best mix so far, but I loved FFXVI.
It feels like it's just a random generic action game they slapped the Final Fantasy name on, changed a few of the boss skins to be Final Fantasy-shaped, and called it a day.
That Bayonetta comparison is very true Especially the thigh high part
I mean, Ifrit is pretty _hot._
Clive himself would wear em better, though
I got more Metal Gear Rising or Asura's Wrath vibes than Bayonetta personally, during those big fights, but that could be because I never got around to playing Bayonetta much.
@@Gamer3427 it's a bit of both some lean more bayo some lean more asura the Titan fight did both
Gav got his eye slashed but still risked his life to go back and retrieve the crystal with two swords... What a good bro!.
Thank you for having the balls to acknowledge Cloud and Tifa are the most iconic FF couple
Lol my thoughts exactly. Very refreshing to see the truth acknowledged
more like boring couple forced on you from the beginning Kirito and Asuna style
You mean aside from Tidus x Yuna, Clive x Jill, and Clive x Gav 😉
@@B-rex395 i prefer tidus and his blitzball
@@MikadoYuma The LAST thing in the world Cloud and Tifa are is *boring* LMAO! Or forced 😂The couple with probably the most complicated story.
Finally, someone else who shipped Clive/Gav - Gav just lights up when Clive appears!
Can't believe you miss the part when clive said "it's Eikon Time"
Brilliant! "Jog around till your cool down runs out" had me in stitches 😂
Totally not me in FF mode when there's more than one big mob around 😅 maybe I should put on some help accessoires after all...
Berserker Ring, Genji Glove, and spell accessories are all you need. Only use cheat accessories for replays so you can get special rewards by beating bosses without taking damage. That said..... Just keep practicing, you will inprove.
or if you are in Bahamut mode - "Float around" lol
Yes, gav and Clive definitely had a lot more chemistry than most characters in the game!
Please say the climax line. "The only FANTASY here is yours, and we shall be it's FINAL witness!"
There is no beating FF-X's maniac laughter, that's the purest form of Final Fantasy.
Dion deserves a DLC
Cid Vicious!!!
They all do. Jill, Cid, Dion, Joshua, Gav, and Torgal deserve DLC campaigns.
@@joefloggg3257 and if you've dug deep enough into the game you'll know about ''leviathan, the lost'' so possible secret eikon DLC
@@joefloggg3257 Bruh, how could you forget Medicine Girl !? She's clearly the key to everything!
lol why?
The kaiju fights are great
Bruuuhhhh I'm literally crying! This is hilarious! It's so accurate. I personally love this game. The story, the characters, the designs, I think it's fantastic. And I liked that I could choose to either have fun and breeze through the story, or challenge myself into making complex combos, learning the moves of bad guys to properly dodge and earn the trophies in the arcade mode from the Arete Stone.
If I had a nickel for every time Harry Lloyd played the emotionless god manipulating the world behind the scenes, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right?
Ultima∞
Aw man and then at the end when they tried to force Ultima to get emotional like it was learning how for the first time? Complete BS. Like I'm supposed to believe he wasn't roasted by his kin occasionally in the way back.
How many GoT actirs have done FF roles now? I think it’s up to at least 6.
@@gateauxq4604Harry Lloyd, Ralph Ineson, Gemma Whelan, Joe Dempsie as far as I could catch, there could be more. Edit: forgot Lena Headey and Sean Bean from Kingsglaive
Same with Barnabas being voiced by David Menkin, who also played Malos. They must really love the Xenoblade Villains.
Never had there been a character list so accurate. Especially mads. Amazing
The way Gav cried at the end of the game for Clive.....now you got me thinking it was more than a bromance lol
Spoiler alert damn bro
@@selfhealing DAMN BRO!!! My bad man!!!!!! Sorry 😞
Can't spell bromance without romance. Now go watch Top Gun again... _if you dare._
So you would not cry if you thought your best friend/brother died? Good one
@@danutghidia5820 didn't know people could nail a person's real life emotional perspective through mere text given the humor the was geared towards the characters at the end of the video. Nah brah, good one to you.
Facts! The actual couple is Gav and Clive 😂😂. Also Prince Dion is the overall best character in the game. Fleshed out so well with his limited screentime.
Eh Uncle Byron is better imo, he’s the best character.
Dion had the best optimization of screen time. For a guy only on screen for like 20 minutes you feel you know his entire history and motives
Dion never batted an eye to the empire's bs and cruelty to bearers for years even though he had influence. In fact I don't think he even cared about them at all unless I'm missing something
Dion is my waifu
I’m not gonna lie, this is probably the most compelling argument I’ve seen to play this game lmao
Mads Mikkelsen as Ultima. I’m dead. 😂😂💀💀
Begrudgingly, this game delivered many emotional gut-punches. So, yeah…it was a great game. Very much worth a look.
GOTY for me ( but I know Zelda game might get it ) but ima say something if this game doesn’t win best music , it’s rigged cuz ost slaps all games I’ve played this year , masayoshi soken goat
I can't believe they didn't mention the similarities between FF XVI Dominants and Naruto's Jinchuriki Awesome video though, like always!
Yes, _absolutely_ do a Legacy of Kain honest trailer. And when you do, see if _your_ epic voice can out-epic Kain's " Vae Victus"
that tidus laugh gets me lolin every time 😁
"What if you combine the violence and political intrigues of game of Thrones with chocobos" BRUH, Final Fantasy Tatics already was released several years ago.
Who uses "several" to mean "twenty five"??
@@SuperCrunched and 25 years is not considered "several years ago" why?
No mention of uncle Byron 😭
Now one of my all-time favorite FF Characters. That introduction was beautiful, but the fight at the inn clenched it for me.
And the music (as with FF14) is absolutely amazing thanks to Soken (seriously listen to FF14 boss themes and music scores it’s beautiful!)
I love Sokens ability to compose fantastic scores. He really knows how to weave in loads of leitmotifs too.
I'm actually lowkey mad the music didn't get mentioned, it's a great review besides that.
Titan Lost gives Heavensward and its so good
I always love the "Starring..." gags, but Mads Mikkelsen for Ultima got me good. xD
I need this man’s voice on my Waze app or Google assistant voice!
straight facts about feeling under leveled and this game making you feel like an exterminator.
Unless you stumble/go to the high rank hunt mark that is 10-15 levels ahead of you. It is beatable but holy fuck your mistakes are punished hard
@@zenixvampirchik652 That F-ing dragon rank S....... Had to go three times against it before finally beating it. The experience XDDDDDD
This was a wonderful honest trailer!! Thank you ❤🎉
This game is a 9.5 out of ten for me. Absolutely incredible, bad ass, and just fun as hell in an epic way. The eikon fights are some of the most insane cinematic gaming experiences I have ever witnessed. Go buy it, play it, beat it. Worth every second.
the Eikon fights against Titan and Bahamuth in particular had no business being THAT epic!!
insane cinematics. insane @@NoctLightCloud
Dave the diver deserves an honest trailer
The Bender cutaway was perfect 😂🙌🏻 1:17
I’m having a bad day but this brought the biggest smile to my face - thank you!
Clive and Gav are just really good friends. I know that’s rare now, but it used to be a thing.
Real talk i just beat the game. As someone who never playes a FF game b4, this game was so awesome to play tbh lmao. The game play was incredible.
Try FFtype0, it is amazing and really underrated
Really was. I just beat it yesterday. Gonna do new game + now. Haha
Glad to see my "Ultima does look like Mads Mikkelsen!" thoughts be verified!
Man, this had me going nuts bro! The fucking accuracy of the games premise, the side quest bull, the name, everything was perfect😂 You earned a new sub my guy! P.S. Clive and Gav including cid had the best bro moments dude and you can’t change my mind.
Say, "I can't believe we still haven't done a Honest Trailer for Hyperdimension Neptunia."
Never even heard of it
Literally no one is asking for that
@@pikaboom6539The fact that your literally responding to someone asking for something you say no one is asking for my be the greatest example of narrative dissonance I've seen all week.
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I honestly really enjoyed this entry, to the point that it's up there competing with X and XIV for my favorite, which is saying something since X has the nostalgia factor and XIV has the MMO benefit. That said, I can absolutely get a lot of the complaints about certain aspects, particularly in the first third of the game where it's extremely slowly paced for a while. It's just that many of those complaints really don't bother me. I think it's kind of the issue almost every FF game has, where none of the entries will be for everyone, but everyone can find their own favorites as a result. I mean, I personally don't really like VII much, but everyone loves it, and I've known quite a few people who love XII and XV despite them both being really bad by my standards.
A Horse Girl got me lol! 🤣🤣🤣 Though Momma's Boy might have been more accurate. 😅
Have to admit that for a minute there i legit thought Gav was going to be the love interest. It lessens throughout the game but it was definitely in the subtext at the beginning
This final fantasy is a masterpiece!!! ❤❤❤❤
You could have called it „Final Fantasy - The interactive movie“
That's pretty much the title of every Final Fantasy.
"Grey Pupon" the most accurate one word description of anything ive ever heared 😂😂😂 💯
Mads Mikkelsen 😂😂😂 I was actually surprised he wasn't who they modeled ultima after
Listen, if the devs didn't want me running around the maps like a maniac and fight everything that moves (except Chocobos and Antelopes), then they shouldn't have made the combat so much fun to where I want to find and fight every Elite mob on the map.
Can we get a trailer for Dave the Diver next??
Very fun video! The narration is hilarious, love the jokes. I think the similarities you see in a lot of the other games you mentioned are definitely valid and it's fun to think about, but it didn't stop my enjoyment of the game for the most part. I did have some specific criticisms of it though like the amount of times Clive says Torgal's name in some parts of the game drove me nuts XD also some inconsistency in the storytelling as far as showing the character relationships build. You get really great scenes but then the in-between gameplay a lot of times has almost no interactions between them, like when battling or running together. Nothing that stopped me from playing but definitely noticeable and one thing Remake and other games definitely have over XVI. Overall have loved XVI though. Your video is a fun way to digest what you can expect out of the game, even if I don't agree entirely with everything but thus the nature of life! And especially love the Tidus/Yuna and Cloud/Tifa shoutout at the end. I agree, and people in the FF fandom have been screaming about the obvious CloTi/CliJi parallels for a long time haha, Clive and Jill are definitely iconic at this point! Gotta say it feels good when someone isn't scared about mentioning Cloud and Tifa are obviously the couple of FFVII! Been obvious for 26 years (who else is wearing matching outfits? lol) but some ppl still acting like they just can't tell XD
"Thats the secret word of the day" in Peewee Hermans voice
Gav + Clive really best friendship.
Okay... the Ifrit in leather thigh high's bit nearly made me choke on my food!
I love this game! And I don't say that often. I literally ran home from work last week to continue playing it😂
“Decimating the ecosystem as you run to the objective” OMGGGG 💀💀💀💀
This game is so addictive
Awesome series 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Jill: this is my boyfriend Clive, and this is my boyfriends boyfriend Gav 🤣
"After three years, you're probably just getting a ps5." Roasted me, absolutely you're right
Please do the Ace Combat series. I can't be the only one who wants it.
You and me, man. We got this.
Trust me your not! 🫠
Let’s go FF! Gotta love those monsters
audibly cackles at "until you realized that you had all your cheat rings equipt, or don't" Idk why but i'm howling
If my UberEats come by riding a giant chicken. I am definitely going to order again 🤣 Those deliveries has a really good story.
Odin vs Bahamut lasted for 51seconds. The problem is in the other 36 hours of cutscenes 😂
"Jump into the title that doesn't understand the word Final once again" and hopefully they never will honest trailers guy :)
Final Fantasy is one of the greatest game series of all time
3:14 shadeee 🤣 "TEEdus" oh, so we're gonna go there, huh 😂 Cloud and Tifa appreciators, I see you're people of culture, too
Do Croc Legend of the Gobbos, it needs one
Can you do an honest trailer for the Sly Cooper Series?
Oh my god this was pure epic you made the final fantasy trailer seem like a movie with a voice that reminds me of the 1990s movie trailers
"The subtle power of making things EXPLODE" Gold
This makes me want to play it again, I loved this game! 😭
Please say "We did say we won't do an Honest Trailer for Batman Arkham Origins so we will do one for Prince of Persia instead." Then do an Honest Trailer for Prince of Persia.
YES!!
... which one? Original, Sands of Time trilogy, or the new one?
"Scooby Doo around" had me
When he was trying to pronounce Valisthea, for some reason I imagined the next thing that was about to play was that clip from the Interdimensional Rift when Ultima says it.