1.21 Features
Inner Voice
- A new Inner Voice option has been added to the Grand Cast menu, which can be viewed upon inquiring with Vivian about the State of the Realm
- Hover the cursor over a character and press the touchpad to view their inner feelings toward their allies and enemies. These feelings will update as the story progresses, so be sure to check in often for further insight
Orchestrion Rolls
- Several new orchestrion rolls have been added
- These can be obtained from in-game vendors after progressing a certain way through the story
Changes to Arcade mode
- A technical bonus feature has been added that increases battle performance scores
- Attacking enemies and performing a variety of battle techniques fills the technical bonus gauge, which increases your score multiplier each time it crosses a certain threshold. The gauge depletes over time or upon taking damage
- New accolades have been added
- These can be earned by clearing stages within a certain time limit or with a final battle performance score above a certain threshold
- Ranking thresholds over individual legs and stages have been adjusted
- This will allow players to earn higher battle performance scores than they could previously. The ranking thresholds are adjusted to account for this
- A new leaderboard has been added
- All scores earned after the update is installed will be recorded to this new leaderboard
- Allows you to view leaderboards and rankings from previous versions
- Adjusts the difficulty level of Ultimaniac stages
- Adds and adjusts explanations of various features
Changes to Training Mode
- An Immediate Takedown option has been added
- With this option turned on, attacks will reduce an enemy's will gauge by 50%, allowing you to partially stagger enemies with a single attack, then fully stagger them with a second attack
- A Megaflare Level option has been added
- This option allows you to fix your Megaflare level to any value
- A Zantetsuken Level option has been added
- This option allows you to fix your Zantetsuken level to any value
System-Related Changes
- A Photo Mode shortcut option has been added
- This option, accessible from the Game Settings tab of the System menu, allows you to launch Photo Mode by pressing the touchpad with two fingers
- The ability to enter Photo Mode from the pause screen has been added
- This allows photos to be taken during cutscenes, with certain exceptions
- The option to retry from the Game Over screen when Clive is defeated by a notorious mark has been added
- Retrying will return Clive to the point immediately before the battle with the notorious mark began
- Allows you to examine the details of the rewards available from the Patron's Whisper in the hideaway
- The option to filter save data in the Load Game tab of the System menu has been added
- Press □ to cycle between the following filtering options: Show All Saves, Show Auto-saves, and Show Manual Saves
- A Credits option has been added to the title menu
- This option, which allows you to view the credits sequence, becomes available after completing the game
- Adds and adjusts various UI elements
Final Fantasy 16 1.21 Update Patch Notes - Final Fantasy XVI Guide - IGN
The 1.21 Update for Final Fantasy 16 has arrived, bringing with it the ability to purchase the first DLC, Echoes of the Fallen, an Inner Voice option, changes
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