Compare this to Final Fantasy 15, the Windows Edition of the game (that’s what Square Enix calls it) peaked at a much higher 29,498 concurrent players on Steam when it released in March, 2018. Under 30,000 isn’t itself an achievement, but it’s almost double that of Final Fantasy 16’s.

In an action game like this having twice, thrice, or even four times the visual information to react makes all the difference.

Final Fantasy 16 's action-oriented combat is widely regarded as the best example of a pure action combat system in a Final Fantasy game. The Eikon abilities system gives players ample opportunity to customize their play style, whether they prefer a crowd controlling magic user or a counter-punching melee bruiser.

While a great RPG, Final Fantasy 16 is missing some PC specific features it really needs at launch, so the ‘FFXVIFIX’ mod adds them in.

Having trouble running Final Fantasy 16 on PC? Here are a couple of settings and tricks you can try to get better FPS.

Final Fantasy XVI Complete Edition, thankfully, sticks the landing with all the elegance of an Imperial Dragoon.

Final Fantasy 16 released on PC yesterday and there's already a nice little discount available. At Green Man Gaming, you can get 15% off Final Fantasy 16 by using the code 'SEP15'