Final Fantasy XVI Requires Ample Hours to Conquer Main Story and a Tad Extra for Side Quests

Nowadays, people measure the worth of a video game by the amount of time it takes them to complete it. Another thing is replayability, the number of times they can go back to a game also matters to many gamers. Final Fantasy XVI would not disappoint any such players; this game’s length is long enough to satiate such gamers.

According to very recent reports, this game’s campaign offers long enough playtime to keep gamers busy for a long time.

Final Fantasy XVI Campaign takes at least 30 hours to complete

Final Fantasy XVI is a Japanese role-playing game, and it even has some open-world DNA in it. This semi-open world JRPG has recently launched, and for people wondering if it contains enough content for them to consider buying it, this game contains an ample amount of stuff to do.

The biggest factor here is that it would take them close to 30 hours to complete just the campaign for this title. On the other hand, if someone decides to do everything there is to do in this game, they will find themselves spending somewhere between 45 and 50 hours with it.

Final Fantasy XVI is a special game in many ways, it features a bunch of things that are firsts for this series. Most importantly, combat has shifted from turn-based to real-time. This game’s protagonist, Clive, can scale the whole arena while combating his enemies.

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Besides that, this game would feature close to 100 side quests that would vary in nature. Everything from small fetch quests to taking care of some monster’s kind of quest exists in this game. While going through a mammoth campaign, completing such a high number of side quests can be good for the sake of grinding, but it’s no joke whatsoever.

Hence, for anyone looking for a sizeable adventure that features never-before-seen elements in this series of games, such as racism, etc., this game would be a godsend. For players looking for an interesting campaign with an exciting combat system, this game is perfect.

And it’s nothing new for a Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy XV’s story campaign took around 30 hours to complete. And its 100% completion took around 94 hours. It would be safe to say that Square Enix is only doing the usual with their latest game. Only, this time it looks insane and plays far better.

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