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Final Fantasy 16 review: if it were half as big it'd be twice as good
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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell Rock Paper Shotgun
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Gita Jackson Polygon·21 Jun 2023
Final Fantasy 16 is incredible when it doesn’t try to say anything meaningful
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Alex Donaldson VG247·21 Jun 2023
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