15 Most PHENOMENAL Video Game Moments Of 2023

2. Going Dragon Ball AF - Final Fantasy XVI

*Spoilers for Final Fantasy XVI's Bahamut fight*

How to even describe what you see during Final Fantasy XVI. I was GIDDY.

Yes, it's "Game of Thrones meets kaijus, mixed with Final Fantasy trappings", but no one was expecting the boss fights to go this all-out. The first time you fight Titan and the game's music turns into a Devil May Cry-style electro beat with rapping vocals, you'll either be in or out.

If you're in, the game is just getting started.

Cut to when main-man Clive is now in space, fighting the out of control Prince Dion Lesage, morphed into Bahamut, King of Dragons, and only the power of brotherhood between him and the thought-dead Joshua can stop the chaos.

Clive and Joshua promptly do a Dragon Ball Z fusion, uniting their Ifrit and Phoenix forms to create "Ifrit Risen", a flying, OP version of both beasts, punching right through Dion for a cinematic finish that's utter insanity in the best way possible.