Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing?’ thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like

FFXVI: I'm about a 3rd of the way though. I like that its a very cinematic, cutscene heavy game, but the combat is pretty braindead, exploration sucks, and the RPG elements are severely lacking. That being said, I wouldn't mind the flaws nearly as much if there was an actual party system. A shallow action rpg could be way more interesting with a whole party to deck out and optimize and the one thing that makes a final fantasy game a final fantasy game is the party. I heard the combat is actually good on new game plus but I have no desire to experience the same game with better combat.

Street Fighter 6: This is the first fighting game I've really tried to get into and i'm having a blast. I'm playing chun li with classic controls(keyboard) because I am both a thigh fetishist and I like playing challenging classes/characters in games. I'm a shitty iron player but I think my inputs are getting more consistent. I definitely have some bad noob habits like jumping in to attack a lot and panic mashing so i really need to work on that. I'm also horrible at reacting to drive impacts, and i need to focus my eyes more on the opponent's character and not my own so I can react to things better. I have mixed feelings about modern controls because it sucks getting autocombo'd by some other noob, but at the same time it means I get to practice against more challenging opponents at low rank. I am too bad to comment on the games' balance, but I along with many other players think getting pushed into the corner is too punishing. If the stages were a little wider it would at least feel like you deserve it when you get someone in the corner.