174: Final Fantasy XVI [Part 1]

11/22/23 • 74 min

Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We activate our Eikon Abilities with Final Fantasy XVI.

Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023

Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson wait for our cooldowns, appreciate Torgal and go get five piles of dirt.

PLAYERS:

Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)
Katie Lesperance (@lesperak)
Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

SPECIAL GUEST:

Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Start
1:20 Intro to Dave Jackson
4:30 The Gauntlet
9:20 The Fast Pitch
10:55 Our Personal Histories with Final Fantasy
13:45 How is FF16 Different than Other Numbered Games?
15:25 The Game’s Demo
17:00 Setup of the World
24:00 Spoiler for the First Five Hours
25:40 Intro to Eikon Battles
30:30 Intro to Combat
38:30 “Is This a Bad Game?”
45:10 Sidequests
50:20 Full Spoiler Warning
51:00 Ambrosia Sidequest
54:00 Torgal Sidequest
57:30 Tentpole Story Moments
1:03:45 World Building Lessons from George R.R. Martin
1:07:00 Dave Brings In FromSoftware
1:10:45 Outro

RESOURCES:

DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

We activate our Eikon Abilities with Final Fantasy XVI.

Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023

Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson wait for our cooldowns, appreciate Torgal and go get five piles of dirt.

PLAYERS:

Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)
Katie Lesperance (@lesperak)
Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

SPECIAL GUEST:

Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Start
1:20 Intro to Dave Jackson
4:30 The Gauntlet
9:20 The Fast Pitch
10:55 Our Personal Histories with Final Fantasy
13:45 How is FF16 Different than Other Numbered Games?
15:25 The Game’s Demo
17:00 Setup of the World
24:00 Spoiler for the First Five Hours
25:40 Intro to Eikon Battles
30:30 Intro to Combat
38:30 “Is This a Bad Game?”
45:10 Sidequests
50:20 Full Spoiler Warning
51:00 Ambrosia Sidequest
54:00 Torgal Sidequest
57:30 Tentpole Story Moments
1:03:45 World Building Lessons from George R.R. Martin
1:07:00 Dave Brings In FromSoftware
1:10:45 Outro

RESOURCES:

DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!

Previous Episode

Introducing: Crossplay Conversations (Feed Drop)

Introducing Jacob’s new podcast Crossplay Conversations! In this episode, the lads discuss the past, present, and future of Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man series!

Every other week, we dive deep into gaming industry topics and host light-hearted conversations around our favorite video games.

With a combined 15 years of video game content creation, Luke Lewis (LukeWarmGames), Joseph Hooper (Player Player Podcast & Can’t Pause) and Jacob McCourt (Left Behind Game Club, The Gaming Brief & Video Game Trivia) publish their gaming group chat in audio form. The gang is here to break down the latest and greatest in the world of gaming with a mostly positive, insightful and fun style. New episodes release every other Tuesday at 9am PST.

Check out the show on your podcasting platform of choice: https://plnk.to/crossplayconvos!

Don’t worry, more episode of the Left Behind Game Club are coming soon including a two-part FFXVI series starting next week and Until Dawn in January!

Listen to our Spider-Man 2 Spoilercasts here:
– Player Player Podcast
– The LukeWarmGames Podcast

Find us on Twitter for show updates and more:
– Podcast: @crossplayconvos
– Joseph Hooper: @Th3HoopMan
– Jacob McCourt: @JacobMcCourt
– Luke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis

Next Episode

175: Final Fantasy XVI [Part 2]

We fight god in the second part of our Final Fantasy XVI podcast series.

Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: June 22, 2023

Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guest Dave Jackson say nice things about the game, read about so much lore and tell a great story about a chivalrous man.

You may want to listen to Part 1 before jumping into this spoiler-filled discussion! This is our last show of 2023 – see you in 2024!

PLAYERS:

Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)
Katie Lesperance (@lesperak)
Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

SPECIAL GUEST:

Dave Jackson (@TFTBLpod) | Tales from the Backlog: Podcast | Twitter

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Start
1:30 Fave/Least Fave Characters
6:00 What We Loved About FFXVI
10:50 Active Time Lore
18:50 Eikon Battles 201
27:10 Jill and Clive
35:40 Final Loadouts
42:15 Favourite Moments
45:50 A Ben Starr Moment
48:50 Okay, Back to FFXVI
51:20 Final Boss Battles
55:50 Ultima Explainer Speedrun
59:45 Making FFXVI Better
1:05:50 The Future of Final Fantasy

RESOURCES:

DISCORD: The Left Behind Game Club is a monthly game club podcast focusing on positivity & community. To talk to members of the community, join our Discord server!