Opinion: I've Never Liked JRPGs, But Xbox's New FF16 Demo Has Me Hooked

I feel like a changed man.

Look, I'll admit it, I've always been a bit of a JRPG snob. That attitude doesn't come from the quality of these sorts of games, not at all, more my own reluctance to try something totally new and completely foreign for a guy that grew up playing very westernised video games. This week though, I decided to download the Final Fantasy 16 demo that shadow dropped on Xbox during Microsoft's recent games showcase - and what I thought would be a bit of a 20-minute laugh has me completed hooked. I'm hovering over that buy button as we speak.

Of course, I'm coming in as a complete newbie and don't understand much of the lore that props up FF16's storyline, but I didn't feel like that really mattered during my few hours with the demo. The Square Enix RPG does a good job at establishing itself anyway, and I quickly latched onto the game's characters, their motivations, and where the story is heading next as I finished the intro. The voice acting and performances are top notch, and everything oozes AAA quality, which certainly helps as well.

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