After playing this (coming from FF16 directly). FF16 combat felt lackluster to me. To each his own I guess.
The punchy feeling is indeed missing but that is because of trashy sound effect. Gets much better from mid game, when you get more weapons.
Played it for 3 hours yesterday. Plays okay, for some reason combat isnt as resppnsive, feels slightly laggy. No punch to combat.
Locations look good, but after playing FF16, the combat feels lackluster. I still dont think FF16 is a very good Final fantasy game but it was an excellent hack and slash