吉田直树在采访中再次确认，《最终幻想16》将是系列正统作里第一款纯粹的动作 RPG，而非指令式战斗。不过，吉田表示也有考虑不擅长动作玩法的玩家，将提供「聚焦故事」和「聚焦动作」两个游戏模式让玩家选择。按照吉田的说法，这两个模式并不是常见的游戏难度选项。两种模式下故事内容不会有区别，但不同模式下主角的装备会发生改变。「聚焦故事」模式下，主角会自带一个特殊装备，能让角色被击中前的几帧减缓时间流速，这时候玩家按下闪避键，角色就会以非常酷炫的动作闪避攻击，而且还能连续触发。此外，主角可以随时切换不同召唤兽的能力使用，比如用「迦楼罗」将敌人打上天再切「泰坦」将其扎向地面，或者用「希瓦」将敌人冻住，在切换「不死鸟」突进冲击。想要自在地灵活使用不同召唤兽能力进行连招，需要一定程度的操作练习，但装备某个配件之后，就能在一定程度
Naoki Yoshida reconfirmed in the interview that "Final Fantasy 16" will be the first pure action RPG in the series of orthodox works, rather than command fighting. However, Yoshida said that there are also players who are not good at action playing. They will provide two game modes, "focus story" and "focus action" for players to choose. According to Yoshida, these two modes are not common game difficulty options. There is no difference in the story content between the two modes, but the protagonist's equipment will change in different modes. In the "focus story" mode, the protagonist will bring a special equipment to slow down the time flow of the characters in the frames before they are hit. At this time, when the player presses the Dodge button, the characters will dodge attacks with very cool actions, and can be triggered continuously. In addition, the protagonist can switch the abilities of different summoned beasts at any time, such as hitting the enemy to the sky with "Kalura" and then cutting the "Titan" to plunge it to the ground, or freezing the enemy with "Shiva", and then switching the "undead bird" to make a sudden impact. It requires a certain degree of operation practice to flexibly use different summoning beast abilities for continuous moves. However, after a certain accessory is equipped, you can
