I read square has disbanded the ff16 team 🤦🏼‍♂️💩

I’ll be honest, I never finished FF remake. It’s a great game and the story was awesome but I got sooooo bored of the side-quests, and that feeling of being stuck in midgar for the whole game knowing I had to wait for the sequel to finally get to my favorite part of the OG just turned me off…

FF Rebirth has got me hooked though…I can’t stop playing and it captures the feeling I had when I played FF7 in 1997…

I love 16 because it felt like playing FF Classics like 4 & 6. The characters, the heavy story, the dialogues, the vibe felt exactly like 4 & 6, even down to the ‘boring’ sidequests. The sidequests from those classics are just go there, talk to X, fight Y, get Z item.

I also love 7 Rebirth because it’s simply great!

Hard to take Rebirth seriously when the game itself does not take itself seriously. You have war criminals like Hojo and the Turks and they are always allowed to walk away and that makes the whole experience a joke. Plus the jokes during serious moments. You have Berrett`s sad story climax and at the same time another characters jokes around while its happening. Really garbage writing and directing

Can some one explain what he means by saying video game music and movie music is different at around 12:00?

Fun format. Very well considered and articulated points. Subbed!

Rebirth is pretty good but I wish Final Bosses isnt same-mie as Remake. Remake combine with Rebirth is basically Disc 1 from FFVII original. 3rd Remake title is gonna be 2-3 disc. I felt different teams work on mainly mini games which is fine, I want game to be less filler and more story. FFXVI i enjoy it for combat and kaiju Bosses, kinda like Bayonetta 3.

Rebirth hands down

Ff7 rebirth is definitely SE getting on the right track, combat’s great, party compositions and variety is so good, being able to control multiple characters are great. They should keep all these concepts and apply it to the next main entry. It’s just sad that just when SE nailed it, sales are looking not too good which will def hurt their morale especially this is ff7 we are talking about. There will be some cost cutting next time for sure. Hopefully part 3 can be delivered with the same quality as rebirth and hopefully it sold really well.

I liked 16 more than Remake but with Rebirth i def like it more than 16.

I think your dueling review idea worked pretty well here as you gave a fair comparison of the two game clearly stating what you did and did not like, and why you would rank one of the games higher than the other. It will be interesting if I feel the same way once I get to these games (won’t be anytime soon). Anyways, again great video and looking forward to the next one.

haven’t even finished rebirth and I believe that it is much better than 16

I like both games. 16 has excellent combat and graphics

I’m loving the duel reviews idea! Hope it works well for you. As for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Vs Final Fantasy XVI, I really liked how you wrote and directed this video. Good job! I personally don’t think the games are similar enough for the result to be balanced. But duels aren’t necessarily fair and you made no claims to impartiality. 😉 Thank you and see you on the next one!

Rebirth has some tedious parts like the part where you control caith sith but world overall more interesting in rebirth to explore and character party system atleast was in rebirth unlike in 16. Both enjoyable games tho

My best argument for 16 vs rebirth is that rebirth lingers on boring stuff a lot, doing things that aren’t important to the story, our characters making their journey to a place with only a hunch, and in general just bloated sections of the game that aren’t important. I.E. prison, I.E. Costa Del Sol, I.E Cait Sith solo mission. It’s when you think things are getting interesting, they make you do some dumb shit that kinda ruins the momentum. I loved rebirth, but 16 was a way tighter game that really kept you on the path. Rebirth has a great story but you really have to grind through the filler.

I think I completely agree with you here. Though I’m not finished with Rebirth, if it continues to be as amazing as it is, it’ll be an 11 out of 10 for me. I felt the same way about 16s music. It was there and it was good but Rebirth is already incredible with almost every song.

Ff7 rebirth is insanely good. I hope the series continues in that direction.

I miss turned based FF. The action style isn’t as good for me. They look beautiful but I don’t get the same enjoyment out of them.

The only thing that I can say i truly disliked about rebirth was reds voice after it changed. It was actually offensive in every way. I could not STAND hearing him talk. He actually made every scene feel so unserious. Horrible creative decision. As far as ff16 goes i have to say Clive is one of the best male protagonists FF has ever had. He was much deeper than a lot of the other ff characters and he was actually likeable. He was great.

This is a neat idea, looking forward to the next one. I wonder if you’ll look at FF XIII and XV, I think it’ll be neat. The level of hate of XIII has died down somewhat and XV first started off as being called XIII versus.

Great video. Great games, specially FF7 Rebirth.

As someone who plays and has played a lot of JRPGs, FF as a series is done for me and ended with FFX. The series has never been the same since and I will never buy another. It’s gone so far beyond what it once was, in a bad way. They’re not good games, they’re not RPGs anymore. For anyone reading this, play Dragon Quest instead.

Cool concept, and very good points all around for both.

Tho I will say Find The Flame and Ascension will forever remain Rent Free in my mind

I agree. FFXVI is a solid 8/10. It seems loke CBU3 got losy in their Vision of the game, that they forgot to tighten the nuts and bolts to truly make the game a masterpiece. The game had the potential to be one, the piecea were there, unfortunately they were not arranged perfectly.

Great video, Branden! I like the format of doing 2 games together that are connected somehow. I’m just so sad I don’t have the PS5 so I can’t play EITHER OF THESE! ARRRGGGGGGH! PC Ports feel so far away

Great idea for a video / series. Look forward to seeing some future match ups.

Great video.

If easy did not block story then I would be okay with these games but it might.

PS: I have not played either of these games, mostly looking at FF7r1. I know you can find the story online, but that should not be required. Just make difficulty the challenge/achievements.
PSPS: Square Enix did talk about making the next in the series maybe hd2d after FFXVI, not sure that is still on track after ffVIIr2

I loved em both as well, and I also agree, the Rebirth is better. That said, I put down Rebirth to play Unicorn Overlord and I’m not disappointed in the slightest >.>; *Forgive me father, for I have sinned*

Love the dueling review concept!! Do more do more!! Trails? Tales? Yeah this is good stuff

FF7 Rebirth is 100% the older sibling. It’s like the older sibling that’s now home from college while FF16 is still going through elementary or high school.

I think FF7’s system is simple to understand, but not necessarily a simple system. FF16’s gameplay system is much more basic.

I think players new to FF7 can definitely enjoy it but they wouldn’t get as much out of it if they haven’t played the original. I think FF16 is better for new players, FF7 better for veterans of the FF franchise. They’re hard to compare because it seems like they’re for different audiences, but I definitely think FF7 is the better game.

FF16 is a focused experience makes you feel like a powerful god while also including tender moments. very rare for video games to provide both of those kinds of experiences. FF7R feels so much less impactful and I don’t have time as a working dad to explore all the side stuff. also, and most importantly, I have no nostalgia for FF7, so my enjoyment is less. It’s still a GREAT game though.

Love the dueling format, the thumbnail, the man, the myth, the gem–great video!

This is such a great video. Final Fantasy XVI is a great game, and I think it has its own strengths (the quality of the vocal performances still stands out to me), but I very much agree that it’s solidly an 8. However, I’m completely blown away by Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Remake was great, but there were aspects of it that I was not completely sold on (I thought the story was a little bloated, but I understand why). As someone who doesn’t love open world games, I was even initially more skeptical of Rebirth when I started playing. But the way they handle the characters, the setting, the pivotal story moments, the music is all SO GOOD that I actually feel bad for ever having any doubts about the game. Easily sits up there with the best games in the genre in my opinion!

Ooohhhh, cool concept for reviewing games! Still guilty as charged over here having never played an FF game before, but I would say FF7 Rebirth would take the cake from everything I’ve seen. Awesome video man!

Two completely different game with the same title

when it comes to music, i personally loved the battle themes of FFXVI. main battle, boss battle and especially the eikon battles. I thought they were phenomenal. rebirth has a massive soundtrack and of course, nostalgia plays a huge part. you touched on it many times in this video, but pitting these two together is just not fair. they are both trying to achieve different things in completely different ways. i love both titles! dual review is a cool concept, but i feel like i wouldve preferred a review focusing more on just one title. doesnt have to be a super technical review, but an honest thoughts video similar to this, but just a little more in depth! anyway, great stuff!

I laughed for joy when you said “10/10”! 🎉 I was just telling myself that if I had to measure REBIRTH’s impact on me and gaming, as a game of a literal dreams, I would have said it was the most fun I have had with a JRPG since Chrono Trigger, and then you said just that! 🤣 great minds think alike! I love FF16 too, 16 is fantastic and I am looking forward to revisiting it one day. Great format for this video! It’s nice to juxtapose different similar games as long as it’s not in the service of tearing them down. I hope everyone plays both!

Valisthea just like Eorzea and Ivalice are just the names of continents not the name of the worlds.
Eorzea is a lot like Zemuria from Trails we know so much about these countries and we haven’t even scratched the surface of the whole world.

Great video! I agree with your review of FFXVI. I finished it last week and had a great time with it. It was a great, solid game with characters I enjoyed but it wasn’t mind blowing. I’m currently playing links awakening as a palate cleanser before I start FFVII rebirth.

the problem with Final Fantasy 7 Remake and now Rebirth, is the story and use of the multiverse-timelines, why can’t they make 1 to 1 remake from the og FF7 ???
also they made Tifa so desperate for cloud “what i have to do for you to believe me”, now i’m fan of Jill from FF16 over Tifa even if she “useless”, at least Jill don’t act like so desperate !!!

Rebirth is one of the best JRPGs I’ve played in a very long time! I’m loving every bit of it and even the down sides aren’t all that bad (cough cough 2nd half of ch. 11 lol). Also I played 16 last year and went into it not expecting to enjoy it very much. Surprisingly I had a better time than I thought! But even once I beat it, I thought it was a good game that had some great moments. But now that it’s been a while and I’ve let it sit in my mind some more, I have a little more appreciation for it and kinda like it more than I did last year. But Rebirth is still the better experience for me! Awesome video!

The video I’ve been waiting for!