If Final Fantasy 16's combat is what breaks new ground for the series, it's the story that keeps it rooted in its past. Gone is the machinery born of magic that routinely appears in the series following its sixth entry, and in its place is a more concentrated focus on the medieval fantasies of the Famicom games that have only appeared periodically since.
Final Fantasy 16 takes place in a war-torn land where alliances between kingdoms are uneasy and betrayal for political advantage is swift, though the real conflict driving the narrative is an inner one brought about by a fledgling’s sense of devotion to their sibling.
