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Completed my first playthrough of FF16 last week. Great experience, although not perfect. It's the opposite of FF15 for me: while 15 gradually narrowed down the openness toward the end to achieve a tight narrative finish, FF16 pacing in the final act really faltered. The penultimate boss is generic religious nutjob spouting generic obedient sentiment compared to the previous personal fights. And they bombarded you with too many side quests right before the final fight, which massacred the pacing. So it's not perfect pacing-wise, but with excellent gameplay and characters, overall I still really enjoy this.

Meanwhile, just started the Burning Shores expansion of HFW. Love how "good" it is to explore the world on the PS5, excited for the future sequel.

Rocky Romero continues to connect NJPW and the world.

Just bought Burning Shores expansion for Horizon FW. Been waiting for it to go on sale for the first time since buying the PS5. Time to experience the next gen version of the game.

Having followed Kiryu from Yakuza 0, this sure looks to be a sad reunion

I think the current discussions on c/ps5 is about PlayStation in general instead of just console exclusive already, I don't think keeping it separate from c/Playstation would foster any diverging discussion environments, and as the communities here are still small-scale, conglomeration would generate much livelier climate and new discussions. So, in favor of joining forces

Bought a PS5 and have been waiting for Burning Shores to go on sale

Probably time to update that cover innit?

Maybe I'll install the Dreamcast emulator on Vita and try it out

This gotta be the most lively Collision thread in this community since establishment lol thanks CM Punk 😂

Switching brand to finish his story

Yakuza 0 is the pinnacle of the series, you should absolutely try it. Tbh, you can just play 0-Kiwami 1-Kiwami 2, it serves as a great trilogy, with one great game and two good remakes, while the Remastered trilogy (3-4-5) can be skipped if you already experienced them. I personally don't like 6 that much, but you can go for it for the story.

It's definitely difficult to go through the entire series consecutively. You can avoid burnout by breaking up your playthroughs with the spin-off. Both Judgment games are amazing and offer a fresh take on the old RGG formula.

Are you playing original XI or the S version? Learning that the battle speed QoL is a S exclusive I can't imagine playing the original, but with such a good base game ultimately it's doesn't affect the experience that much.

I also just plat'd Marvel's Avengers, which started fine as I enjoyed its single-player campaigns, but the post-game grinds got really monotonous after a while. Had they just focused on making a tight single-player game like GotG I think it would have sold better and not get delisted.

Currently playing Marvel's GotG (great game), Alan Wake (played on PC, replaying the Remastered on PS5), and Like a Dragon Ishin (more grindy than regular Yakuza games so not as fun for me).