With the Sagespire taken care of Clive’s adventures in Ultimate Fantasy XVI are coming to a detailed apart from one ultimate thriller. The misplaced Eikon, Leviathan, is now a part of Ultimate Fantasy XVI and obtainable in The Rising Tide DLC. How effectively does this DLC shut out the Ultimate Fantasy XVI journey although?
The Rising Tide
Receiving a wierd letter from an nameless sender, Clive, Joshua, and Jill meet a consultant of the Motes of Water. The Water tribe that was considered 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 occasion be taught 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 be taught 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 simple expertise. It is good to have closure concerning the destiny of the Leviathan Eikon, nevertheless it 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 ability of all Eikons.
Facet-Quests Are Nonetheless Lackluster
Apart from the very linear main quest, there are a number of side-quests, however they’ve the identical downside because the side-quests from the primary recreation. I hoped going into the DLC that some distinctive side-quests might have been added however the first particular person 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 once you’re prepared for end-game raids.
The Leviathan Eikon’s powers permits Clive to deal injury 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 skills are additionally some vary of projectile. One helps 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 particular person 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 Ultimate 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 battle in opposition to Leviathan nevertheless is not something particular, in actual fact, it is fairly irritating.
After a boring falling by the sky/taking pictures fireball opening the battle lands on a airplane of water. The battle happens over a number of phases however is usually simply you taking part in as Ifrit dashing towards Leviathan to hit them.
The worst a part of the Leviathan battle is the “Troubled Waters” part the place Leviathan places up a defend that that you must destroy in a sure period of time. This part is near the wire.
In contrast to different elements of the sport the place altering Clvie’s tools or capability loadout may offer you a greater probability when preventing as Ifrit there actually is not a lot to alter, it is simply how shortly can you utilize your skills and get near Leviathan.
Different Skills
After finishing the story there’s additionally a brand new Eikon capability that Clive can decide up and a brand new problem mode that is been added. Nearly like taking part in a Roguelike you’ll be able to tackle a collection of fight rooms and acquire totally different boosts and gadgets. The boosts solely stay when you’re within the challenges, whereas the gadgets include you.
I actually like the concept of a recreation coming to the tip of its DLC run and builders placing in a problem mode like this to guarantee that any participant who does need to simply preserve taking part in the sport time and again can try this.
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General 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 will problem tougher and tougher monsters to totally different outcomes.
Ultimate Fantasy XVI The Rising Tide DLC was reviewed on PS5 with a duplicate offered by the Writer over the course of 4 hours of gameplay — all screenshots have been taken through the means of overview.