Final Fantasy 16 was met with critical acclaim from reviewers and fans, but it also lacks many of the franchise's staples and moved away from the JRPG genre. Final Fantasy is capable of being many things, so the developer of Final Fantasy 16 deciding to make it an action game isn't astounding, but many fans were left missing longtime series fundamentals that were omitted. One of the biggest complaints levied against FF16 is its abandonment of the party system. While a traditional party likely would have felt clunky alongside the game's action-oriented combat, one existing apparatus could have been expanded to fill the gap.