With the Sagespire taken care of Clive’s adventures in Remaining Fantasy XVI are coming to an in depth aside from one ultimate thriller. The misplaced Eikon, Leviathan, is now a part of Remaining Fantasy XVI and obtainable in The Rising Tide DLC. How nicely does this DLC shut out the Remaining Fantasy XVI journey although?
The Rising Tide
Receiving an odd letter from an nameless sender, Clive, Joshua, and Jill meet a consultant of the Motes of Water. The Water tribe that was regarded as misplaced 100 years in the past is revealed to be alive and in hiding behind a glamour to the North.
As soon as within the North themselves Clive and his get together study of the Dominant of the water Eikon Leviathan and the state they have been trapped in. Over this brief 3-4 hour story you may study the reason for the disappearance of Leviathan, and take steps to free the Dominant and switch proper a unsuitable that occurred virtually 100 years in the past.
Whereas the story of The Rising Tide is extra fleshed out and concerned than Echoes of the Fallen, it is nonetheless a really easy expertise. It is good to have closure concerning the destiny of the Leviathan Eikon, but it surely being so faraway from the remainder of the occasions of the world makes it really feel like extra of a side-quest than an vital a part of Clive claiming the facility of all Eikons.
Facet-Quests Are Nonetheless Lackluster
Other than the very linear major quest, there are a couple of side-quests, however they’ve the identical downside because the side-quests from the primary sport. I hoped going into the DLC that some distinctive side-quests might have been added however the first individual you speak to asks you to gather some flowers for his or her husband. It felt like getting handed a degree 3 quest in an MMO if you’re prepared for end-game raids.
The Leviathan Eikon’s powers permits Clive to deal harm in a brand new ranged kind. Donning Leviathan’s energy Clive can float within the air whereas firing water from a serpent on his arm, Levianthan’s different talents are additionally some vary of projectile. One allows you to create a horizontal line of explosions whereas the opposite scatters shot out.
This mechanic rang a bell in my memory of the Knowledge Kind from Kingdom Hearts 2, with a little bit of Shotlock third individual taking pictures added in. One other attention-grabbing mechanic for Leviathan to tug from is the Gears of Battle-style lively reload letting you refresh your pictures sooner.
A Struggle In opposition to Leviathan
Whereas Remaining Fantasy XVI had its justifiable share of points, the Eikon vs Eikon fights are the issues many followers bear in mind when taking part in. The struggle in opposition to Leviathan nonetheless is not something particular, the truth is, it is fairly irritating.
After a boring falling via the sky/taking pictures fireball opening the battle lands on a aircraft of water. The struggle happens over a number of phases however is generally simply you taking part in as Ifrit dashing towards Leviathan to hit them.
The worst a part of the Leviathan struggle is the “Troubled Waters” part the place Leviathan places up a protect that you must destroy in a sure period of time. This part is near the wire.
In contrast to different components of the sport the place altering Clvie’s tools or capacity loadout would possibly offer you a greater probability when combating as Ifrit there actually is not a lot to alter, it is simply how shortly can you utilize your talents and get near Leviathan.
Different Talents
After finishing the story there’s additionally a brand new Eikon capacity that Clive can choose up and a brand new problem mode that is been added. Virtually like taking part in a Roguelike you may tackle a sequence of fight rooms and procure totally different boosts and gadgets. The boosts solely stay whilst you’re within the challenges, whereas the gadgets include you.
I actually like the thought of a sport coming to the top of its DLC run and builders placing in a problem mode like this to guarantee that any participant who does need to simply maintain taking part in the sport time and again can do this.
Remaining Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide DLC Evaluation | Remaining Ideas
Total I used to be underwhelmed with this DLC. For the entire teases about Leviathan for it to be so side-lined in its personal story was a disgrace to see. Even after being discovered the Leviathan nonetheless does not really feel prefer it’s a part of the remainder of the pack.
The actual winners right here would be the gamers who’re followers of loadout crafting and pushing their combos to the restrict as they’ll problem tougher and tougher monsters to totally different outcomes.
Remaining Fantasy XVI The Rising Tide DLC was reviewed on PS5 with a duplicate supplied by the Writer over the course of 4 hours of gameplay — all screenshots have been taken in the course of the technique of evaluation.