We dare to compare: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth vs Final Fantasy XVI | Friends Per Second Ep #40

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring the video. If you want to set up your own website (and get a discount while doing it), hit this link for more info: http://www.squarespace.com/skillup -- Big show this week! First up we're joined by Tamoor Hussain of Gamespot and Gene Park of The Washington Post for a deep dive discussion into Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (spoiler free). We all love it to different degrees, but some pacing and story issues threw a few of us. We also spent some time comparing the many (many) things that FFVII Rebirth delivers that FFVXI didn't. Following that we were joined by Seth Rosen, game director for Pacific Drive, a game that both Ralph and Jake reviewed and loved. It was a great chat delving into how the game came about, the biggest challenges developing it and how the studio is responding to feedback since launch. #FinalFantasy #PacificDrive #Dune2 -- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 7:17 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Chat w/ Gene Park and Tamoor Hussain 01:03:07 Squarespace (ad) 01:04:45 User Question 1 01:14:17 Interview With Pacific Drive Game Director Seth Rosen 01:54:10 User Question 2 02:02:38 What We've Been Playing 02:16:45 Show And Tell 02:35:51 Wrap Up -- Let's meet our hosts! Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (   / jakebaldino  . If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since. -- Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Twitter:   / thefpspodcast   Follow on Instagram:   / friendspers.  .

I *very* strongly recommend: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Review)
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I *very* strongly recommend: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Review)

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Spoiler Mode w/ Maximilian Dood

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Final Fantasy XVI - Review (Spoiler-free)

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