*Square Enix hooked me up early, so I could hook YOU GUYS up early!* -BoomstickAlex

Somebody needs to write FF Fast Chocobo Drift as a fanfiction

How do I build up the gauge for spitfire faster?

XVI tips. nice

2:23 need PC mod of this sfx

I’m trying to figure out how to extend Clives spells? 90% of the time with the spell that you slash flame streaks at enemies you’ll only do 2 slashes but occasionally you do 4 slashes and I can’t figure out what is required for it

02:23 * bing boop, nop*

I liked the video for the “Bink, boop….blup.”

“that’s the number of the game!”
what the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

best gameplay video i ve seen so far

some1 gift me this game…….

I have been waiting so patiently to play this game on PC

I found Bahamut’s fire breath or whatever it’s called really op at clearing out groups of enemies. Especially because it lasts so long

Nice video, deserves a like

Amazing tips!

I wish those dots were a bit bigger

#16 existing

Me: now let’s go ahead and sleep on every single side quest, they aren’t important

Wait you can RIDE a Chocobo? I’m almost at the end of the main story and not even once they teach me how to do it

Stagger multiplier info is wrong. Don’t hit enemies with fast attacks. Hit them with high stun attacks. Diamond dust will almost get you to 1.5 by itself. Then you hit them with high damage attacks like odins level 5 special or bahamuts Kamehameha beam {forgot the name}.

Just look at the stars of the move and it will tell you how much relative stagger/damage it does. 5 stars on stun means it does tons of damage to the stagger bar and will increase your stagger multiplier the fastest.

The chapters leading to Origin to fight Ultima for some reason made me feel like I was playing Chrono Trigger. Even the game feels like Chrono Trigger.

Tip #1 — just mash buttons don’t over think it. You win!

This game is SO sick! AWESOME video!

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Bink boop. Epic.

The only good thing about the game is the combat. Not perfect just good

just started this game, the combat is amazing, playing this game feels like an epic movie

the game feels like button mashing to me.

What an incredible experience. I just finished this game yesterday and there were a couple of these I hadn’t used in the game. The Will of the Wykes skill I literally never used even though normally I love skills like that. It just didn’t match my playstyle, but seeing how you used it along with a couple other skills like Ignition I was impressed. Same with the knock up skills, I avoided doing a lot of air combat and used chain lightning or charged magic to knock them down. Really didn’t know about the Torgal punishes or the chocobo drifting! Thanks for a great video

The wall texture lol

I love this game. I didn’t have the time a few months ago. But I got it over the holiday and it’s so good. Not game of the year good. But def a can’t miss game if you own a PS5

Hi Alex im Alex too 😂

this may have worked 7 months ago, but it doesnt seem to work now

Wow a lot of these I was not aware of. I’ve been doin’ it wrong.

How do I add more bars for the limit break

Awesome video. I’m 75% done with story and learning about these new combos should help out alot.

Who has some good builds for ng+? I feel like enemies are damage sponges.

Im half way through the game and barely knew any of these tips. Subbed 👍🏻

Amazing tips! I’m 20 hours in and did NOT know about the chocobo skills 😀

LOVE this game! 🎉

This one is definitely a slow burn for me. Still not finished after taking a break for some other games. Great video too since I still have much to do in the game.

Thank you for these tips, I found a number of them very helpful and game changing combat experience. 5/5!

The best tip is the timeless rings

This video definitely helped as a refresher for coming back to play the Echos of the Fallen DLC 🎉

Game was boring and combat wasn’t good. I literally found myself dozing off during playing.

pro tip dont equip any of the rings of timely whatevers and what not unequip anything that auto does thing for you.

Last tip is best

Im dead 😂 “toggle clive off and there you go that’s how you capture a wall texture”

Edit: also near end of the game and didnt know about the charged parry makes it so much easier ty

This is my first FF game and I love it

No need for damage numbers this is just DMC game .. lol

I’m a pro and I wouldn’t use any of those tip

the point is that all these skills are useless cause is not required to beat the game, i loved the game but combat wise is not challening enough, i can beat the game in final fantasy mode NG+ with simple combos and just by spamming abilities on cooldown

almost completed the game and never realized this trick. lol

thanks anyway

If you’ve never fully charged Bahamuts circle skill use tornado and hide inside.

Thanks for the info about the berserker ring! I saw a streamer using it and thought it was a part of the limit break move set but I was so confused when I tried to figure out how to do it. It’s one of my favorite animations in the games combat and I can’t wait to try it out once I have the ring! Dope air combo in the beginning too btw. 😁👍🔥

Tnxs bro

Combat is so good. The game itself was a linear boring mess. I’ve never skipped so many cutscenes in a FF title in my life. I literally don’t care about anything or anyone except Torgul.

2:22 to 2:25 out of context is so good

I’m not one to look at any kind of video game spoiler like 99% of the gaming community does so going into this game I didn’t know anything at all. It had a slow wind up but I am pleasantly surprised with this one, love the game!

All these are great, but once you get Odin, it’s pretty much just Zantetsuken all the way.

you can also use shiva’s circle ability while an enemy is staggered to freeze the stagger timer for a couple seconds each time (if you land it right) and using it in between spamming abilities can make for some gnarly long stagger combos

and they said the game is button mashing and bland… what an idiots

If you played dmc you know you can pull in enemies to jump off them to get even higher. No whicked wheel needed.

I just started today and 3 hours later I felt as if Ive barely even semi scratched any sort of surface. 😂 but I’m hooked and can’t wait to play more, more and more. 😎👍🏻

Can you remove the button displays on right of screen?

I’m glad Ignition was mentioned because the move is almost broken with how great it is with clearing the field for you. I also give it the 10% bonus gear and tear through everything. It will also get you to the 1.5x when you open with it on a stagger, then quickly use the rest of your super moves and it will most likely be ready to use one more time at the end of the stagger.

This game starts off gentle but then keeps opening up more combat options and keeps getting better and better the more you play. I love it.

1 piece of advice

If you’re going to do the new game plus try to not upgrade or use too many eikons

I kept the stock eikons the whole first playthrough and new game plus is so fun because now I’m using the other eikons

Feels like a new game

If you use an ultimate Skill ans Stop Time it dosnt Effekt the cool down of esper skills

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

when release on steam/pc?

Pro tip dont buy

how does your game look soo smooth 😮

Nah man, you can take this downvote for the stupid title alone. I’m f-ing sick of being told what and how I should play “to have most fun”. GTFO with this elitist min-maxing BS.

Hahaha you need no tips to beat a one button game

While I really appreciate all of the tips, the enemies, even the hardest ones, are SUPER easy. I would appreciate more tips for bosses 🙏🏻

Battle performanxe does not equal damage

This is pretty good

Wow, im like 30 hours in and you literally just blew my mind with the conplexity that is possible with this combat! I’m excited to jump back in!

Ambrosia can fly???? Suddenly that makes sense.

very nice Alex, i learned quite a bit, especially about the charged shot combos

Wicked Wheel and upheaval is already max damage, no need for extra elevation but nonetheless a cool combo

Very nice.

Great video thanks! And those combos god knows if I can do them 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Nobody is talking about how amazing and not by the numbers all the side quests are. Playing any side quest in Final Fantasy XV versus XVI and the difference is ridiculous.

The Berserk Ring is amazing.

This game needs no pro tips. It has no strategy to it, no elemental weaknesses, no challenge. Literally all you have to do is be good at timing dodges. You can go through this game without even changing eikons. I beat the game and didn’t even use 20 potions. Way to easy to need a strategy guide.

Problem with berserker is the follow combo is short a few hits due to animation. It’s actually a slight danage decrease. However if use Phoenix shift right after the dodge you can get the hits back.

Game loses something since you can’t juggle bosses 🙁

How is there not a trophy for killing a chocobo while riding your chocobo?

the full burst melle combo is better for will dmg

I’m not big on how limit breaks are used in this Final Fantasy game, I prefer the other games in the series for their limit breaks. Here they’ve combined summon spells with the limit break and it kind of sucks, there’s no big monster that shows up to do massive damage to an enemy.

Sheesh. I’m just a couple quests from finishing the game and after watching this it seems like I have just mostly button mashed my way through. Like, I know some combos and stuff, but nothing like the crazy air juggles and all that. I’m going to have to go find some lower level enemies and get practicing before NG+.

Pro tip number 1 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!

I really liked this game, despite the fact that it forgo it’s roots as turn based game, but I am hoping next installment will have a bigger world and more expansive quest-by the way i really like side quests in this game- I would have liked this game to have a big world as Witcher 3 or red dead redemption2.

I finally just started playing and to see how fast those combos are at 1:40 in your vid is pumping me up.
Is there a speed skill set that im not running into just yet because my combos aren’t twerking like that

Thanks Alex ❤

6:09 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What needs to be noted regarding the Berserker Ring, it only improves your melee combo. Without the ring you can use a charged magic attack after a precision dodge, but with the ring you only do a normal magic attack, so it is not the ultimate “keep it on all the time” but use it when you want get chummy with melee combat only.

I haven’t seen one video say why to save old gear. TY 👍

Useful.

Thnx a lot for these tips, i’m a noob at the game. I won’t skip the sidequests anymore lol.

I finished my first playthrough and didn’t know most of this, thank you for the tips

Here’s a pro tip, dump this game, finish dmc5 and dragon’s dogma back to back and youl have a better experience than this trash

I’ve beaten 1-15. I know there’s no beating the MMOs but I have put 100s of hours in both 11+14. This is a Final Fantasy game regardless of what people say, and I love it. The combat makes you feel like a god when approaching new game +. All the haters need to put 30 hours in and realize its glory.

ping pup plop 🤣🤣🤣

This just shows me how bad I’m at the game. x) but I did beat it and have fun. 😛 if I only could improve my dodge-timing. x) I’m panic-dodging and failing a lot of the time. 😛

What pro trips? It’s the easiest and most uncustomisable game ever 🙁

The berserker ring is terrible, it reduces your damage by preventing you from being able to do precision counters.

This wasn’t mentioned here.. But Diamond Dust (shiva’s ult) maxes out the dmg multiplier (1.50x) immediately during stagger window. When an big enemy gets staggered, I usually open with DD then go into more devastating moves like Zantatsuken lvl 5 and Gigaflare.

Bahamut is great for juggles. Also when you are flying around while your flare meter is charging stay close to enemies and go for the precision dodge. This instantly gives you one full gauge. Also remaining stationary builds the meter faster.

Also Garuda has the best stagger meter attacks. And precision dodges with Shiva will cause it to freeze any and all enemies solid for 2 seconds even when they are in the middle of an unblockable attack creating space and giving you an opportunity to retaliate.

I love katamari

I don’t even use the esper, yet the weapon

50 hours in and didnt know you could equip mastered skills from other eikons……. Well that certainly made things much easier all of a sudden 🙂

This video changed the way i fight in the game, thanks so much:)

I have 44 hours into the game and learned some new tips! Thank you!

Underneath your health bar is the 4 meter bars and I only have two ? I can’t figure out How to get more? Please help thanks 🙏

Excellent tips as always. You make the best tips videos I’ve found anywhere online. You’ve also clearly got skillz. I’m pumped to unlock some of the abilities you showed that I don’t have yet.

Pretty sure Diamond Dust instantly puts you at 1.5

Night and day, inns, camping, way more robust open world, characters who the game made you effortlessly care about without it feeling forced.. sweet fishing mini game.. chocobo racing, FF 15 was better to me. It told a more original story as apposed to 16 that just feels like it’s trying SO HARD to be Game Of Thrones and combat that looks and feels way to much like Devil May Cry.

I suggest doing ALL side quests they are all tied to trophies and missing even one quest can lock you out of special items

I use Eikons Phoenix, Shiva, Odin

I get over 100,000 stagger easily

Chocobo Fast XVI 🤣

this game is so easy

How much is “a few hours” 😢 xd cuz I’m 12 hours in and I recently got the black and red outfit (the one shown in most of the game’s promotional material), I haven’t seen that vendor.

Duuude I didn’t know any of this. Finally new moves!

Tend to use upgraded impulse with the orb cus it still gets to the max multiply (especially if you use ignition on it) plus its also a good ranged ability as it hits enemies and hold them in place, and if its a boss all orbs focus it for free DoT

This game just looks like every other RPG on the market right now…..I struggle to get through 3-4hrs of these anymore

Lightning rod + giga flare = 50k damage everytime

Thanks for all the tips, specially the one about holding the melee and magic buttons, didn’t have an idea we could do those combos, hope i can adjust fast to type c controls fast

I really liked that you use “This Primal” and “That Primal” to indicate them. It helps preventing a lot of spoilers!
Thanks a lot!

Another tip is you cannot die while in limit break. Your health cannot go to 0 during that.

How do indo the down trust

You said “Midgame” when talking about the caster abilities and having just gotten that Eikon….WHAT DO YOU MEAN “MID-GAME”?????

Does anyone know what this guy uses for his slo-mo clips… like what program he uses to render them?

Thx Alex. Great run through

60 hours in and no end in sight yet. Been awhile that I truly felt I got my moneys worth out of a new release. If you’re considering the game i doubt you’d regret it! 🎉

Ok tbh I thought this was going to be a nothingburger. But I actually learned a bit here. Nice job.

Keep up the good video tips, thx. I learned a few things I didn’t know.

I am on a ng+.
I will most likely play it again atleast 2 or more times or more. Lol

team o dodge or r1 :)?

Finally someone explaining combat with such detail. When people say combat is boring and repetitive, they clearly hadn’t tried more combos than using Eikon skills, wait for cooldown and dodge attacks xd

I watched a recent playthrough of the demo and I was in awe! I placed an order for a PS5 the very next day just so that I could play FF16. It’ll arrives this Saturday and I’m so stoked. Thanks so much for the tips!

Like only because of the sound effects you made yourself during fourth advice. 🤌

Great video! Learned a lot here that other videos havent been covering. Good stuff!

As always, thanks for your concise, in-depth, incredibly useful tips, Alex!

If you’re having trouble doing the dodge option, you can stick with titans block. It can block most of the skills and will reflect back high stagger attack when doing perfect block.

So if you have judgment bolt, giga flare or other ultimate skills spamming on stagger enemies kind of thing, just do the block reflect and attack to dish out the stagger bar.

You have the best most concise tips on this game and makes me excited to try these out. Thanks.

Pro tip, don’t play this devil may cry, game of thrones garbage. Lol. This game is so goofy man I swear

Press 🟦

I wondered why the game’s combat wad like dmc, then i searched it up and found out the conbat designer from dmc worked on this game’s combat

Green plus signs quests on my way , this is so much helpful, so the game realy opens up after the mid part, now im excited 😮

I really love the game and I thought I would be bored of the combat but with the variety of ability combos you can make really helps and obviously the lightning orb is just stupid op…

i really don’t use the rings at all i want to be harder for my self because i don’t want to cheat

which control type is the best? Ive started with type A but I really want to master the combat and utilize every move in the future…

Only problem with this tips list: I now think I need to change my control scheme. Sigh. Thanks, though!

This game has more combos than mortal combat. It’s almost too much.

I remapped dpad up and down to L1 and L3, which made it way easier to add some Torgal to the mix. I wish i could use my PS4 controller with back buttons, though… I’m NOT going to spend 150 bucks on a controller.

Great Tips! For the combos demonstrated at 6:43, I know the 6-hit combo ending in the charged shot does the most damage, but does anyone know if the 8-hit alternating combo does more stagger damage?

Berserker ring ruined the game (hyperbole) for me. Because the reward offered by a simple dodge is too good now, skills like titan base parry or rook gambit has very little advantage over it

You just only have to bash square all the time.. equip the automatic combo ring and evade ring

I can see the power of the berserker ring but the brief pause it does each time is so irritating. Wish that could be disabled.

Great tips, I learned a lot! I want to point out one thing about the double-charging though: you should NOT wait to release both and then start charging again, it’s suboptimal. Because you can start charging the magic attack already when the melee attack animation plays out, and vice versa. So basically you keep both buttons charged all the time, and just momentarily release the other finger to release the attack, and then start immediately holding it again during the animation.

Once you find the correct rhythm, you can basically charge-dance and deliver charged attacks non-stop. At least in the early game this has given me the best stagger damages by far, when those other options are not yet available.

This was a great video for an incredible game. Thank you!

Do we get the gold gauge (limit break) upgrades gradually in game or is it a quest?

I went into this game after missing the last few. Wow, this story is so good

Redxiii skin for torg would be awesome

Bro you always have the most useful and unique tips 👌🏾

what movie is this ?

parrying with charged attack was most useful tip.

Imagine we add more ability slot R2 square, R2 triangle, R2 circle and R2 X

why do the time slows down when he precise dodge?
0:05

Damn, wish I would have known about the control types at the beginning T_T,

Stuck trying to unlearn the last 20 hours of gameplay. IT IS BRUTAL!
Control type B-C are too good for combos, specifically the basic.

Who said ff 16 is trash??? Xbox players!!!! Ff16 us the game of the year!!!!😊

so many tips videos out there but i keep coming back to this one, thank you boom

wtf im level 35 and only have 2 bars for fire mode

May I ask what the sword ur using in the charged attack tip 14?

I don’t use ring of envasion makes it to easy

Do you have any tips on how to level up torgal’s sic and ravage abilities fast?

Best tips video I’ve found yet. Amazing ty man. Finally a good tips and tricks video. Rest are all mostly common sense.

Gotta admit, the how to capture wall texture tip caught me off guard 🙃

This game is phenomenal man

Awesome tips as always! I learned a lot of cool stuff.

This game’s combat is absolutely packed with fun nuances. I love it.

The only tips you need are push forward, fight, watch cutscene.

The game is so sick, first title that has actually felt next gen

If you played dm. The first should be like common sense when you see it on the skill tree lol

What button map do you use?

Damn near every point was hella useful! Thanks!

I only use ring of timely strikes

I just have to accept that Final Fantasy isn’t Final Fantasy any more. It’s New Final Fantasy and I’m just not that interested in it. Though FF 14 is a good mmo and worth any mmo enjoyer’s time.

The only problem I have with this game is performance, it’s clear as day that at certain moments it even drops below 30 and in general it rarely goes to that 60 fps. I really hope they can improve that at least a bit like they did in Star Ocean the divine force. I remember I played the demo of SO and I was worried a bit that in open spaces it would always play bad but they fixed it enough to be enjoyable in full game.

Definitely useful! I didn’t know about the precision sic. Also that combo with charged magic is new to me. Thanks so much!

Mastering Cleves regular abilities non eikon do also change their cast times or attributes yes? Like lunge mastered adds a fire attack?

This was clutch, thank you

Pro Tip. Be like me. Best FF player and fan to ever exist.

We been playing this crap for 20years. Gets boring after about an hour.

I think the 4 hit sword combo with magic out of first melee combo and then hold until end is actually even better than stated. because since you only slow down one time out of the first hit, you not only do more dmg per combo, you don’t mess up as often, and you don’t have the input delay of the combo by having to hit triangle in between just spamming square. the time to finish the combo is tenths of seconds faster so the dps is also higher

Isn’t the training area number NOT damage and combo/style points?

wow this was amazing, most tips videos just say obvious stuff, this was more in depth

I’ve been using the combat type b as well. It feels like I’m playing God Of War

I subscribed. Thanks for the video. It helps. I’m looking forward to finding out more as I dive into the game today.

Again, thank you.

Nice 1 and timely, thank you.

I always thought I was good at action games ….

cool 👍

I really appreciate “katamari’d” as a verb. Great tips mate!

I literally just changed my control type back to A after thinking that the full Magic Burst combo is the best way to combo in the game.. I’m going back to B thanks to this… I didn’t even think about using the charged magic attack while combo’ing with standard attacks… This game kicks ass btw, didn’t expect that the battle system would be as awesome as it is…

Thanks for sharing these extremely useful tips! Love the Chocobo air juggle combos! Side quests with green plus signs – got it!!! All the best!

Love that beep boop cooldown sound effect

Thanks can’t wait to buy this game today 😍😍😍😍

Awesome 😎👍

Thanks Alex❤

Boomstick gaming- The upside to plagiarism. Thanks for the tips!

I’m so scared of this game being way too easy 😥

I see DMC and Dragons Dogma element in it, thats awesome.

SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you

Am I the only one who thinks the effects are too flashy and cause dizziness when i look at?

Great tips! This will be My first FF game! after the demo I immediately preordered the physical copy.. will keep coming back for more content 🙏🫡🛡️🗡️🙌

Thank you as always for putting these videos out Alex. Looking forward to diving into the full game myself.

Is the gameplay in the video played on frame rate or graphics mode?

quick question: how do you perform the downward flame slash of clive? i’ve been struggling to perform that move.

Amazing video, thank you for tips and tricks 😀 most blessed by your existence

Wow. I feel like i can olay this game like a pro after this. This was super extensive. Much props, Alex

huh, did you say something? I saw fire and lightning and kinda blanked out a bit – oops 🙂

Beep, boop, …..plop.

10/10 🤌

like the crafting in ff9 where you needed tons of early stage weapons to create the late game stuff

I watched until the very very very end! Awesome video man. I’d be that guy that sells all the old gear so that was really helpful lol.

Only thing I wish is for an option to remove all the damage numbers and enemey arrow signs. Too much is be happening on the screen already.

Thank you for these tips🤩🤩

Umbasa! 16 months later I STILL use your chug for days Elden Ring DAY ONE get OP video on all my new starting characters. That was a work of genius and I still am playing elden ring. Do you think you’ll be playing FF16 for a long time and does it allow “builds” per se. Anyway, I am trying to stay 100% BLIND on this one so I didn’t watch the video but maybe i’ll come back after a few hours in! Umbasa!

It’s pre-ordered and pre-installed for me. 900pm my time!

THX for the useful tips
(note taking)
damn best buy still dont wanna give my copy to me…

Of all things I’m most glad to know in advance to keep my gear around, that’ll save me some hassle.

I’m at least 24 hours away from the chance to actually play this game but I’ll be back later 😉

Do you prefer type B or C personally?

Pro tip don’t watch vids about tips and just enjoy and find out things by yourself

Cannot express how much i appreciate and enjoy your videos dude. I WAS going to wait a bit on this game

Wall texture photo got a chuckle out of me : )

You got my sub for the “Fast 16 Chocobo Drift” lmao

Thanks for the helpful tips! Really hyped to play this! The game is kinda overwhelming for me (lots of numbers and things on screen) but I’ll keep referencing this video to improve:)

dumb question. the game launches tomorrow, and I’ve seen everyone playing it already. even the ps store is still in preorder, how are they playing it?

The Ifrit abilities actually look fun. How early can you get them? I have a feeling we’re gonna be stuck with only Phoenix for a while.

As somebody who loved DMC5, and also played the demo for this game, looking forward to delving even more in depth in this game. Also suuuper jealous of the early access you had to the game lol.

Yes! Love this video. I was using type b for the demo but I think c will be better

I don’t like the game, but I am here for Alex’s unique sense of humor! Fun watch

Best game I’ve ever played in my entire life

This is great. Makes the combat so much better than I first thought. Honestly thought it felt like a Mickey Mouse button masher till I got into it and saw this video

Best tips and tricks Youtuber period! 👊

Devil may Fantasy… The fact that this game has enemy step in it is actually crazy to me

Thanks for these tips

The combat variety in this game surprised me. I love Final Fantasy XVI

Thank you for these tips. Can’t wait to finally play this tomorrow.

thank you for the video. your videos are always more helpful than other channels. greatly appreciate your content

70 bucks worth it bois?