Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition

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  1. Luigichief
    Jun 18, 2020
    9
    448/5000
    It was my first real JRPG, I was introduced to the genre and for that I am grateful. The story is interesting to follow, fun, it has exciting points and some unexpected events, but it has holes, it becomes broken at the end and some points at the beginning of the story are kind of strange and could be better worked. The characters are cool but none of them are VERY cool or    448/5000
    It was my first real JRPG, I was introduced to the genre and for that I am grateful. The story is interesting to follow, fun, it has exciting points and some unexpected events, but it has holes, it becomes broken at the end and some points at the beginning of the story are kind of strange and could be better worked. The characters are cool but none of them are VERY cool or charismatic. When I played I really liked the combat.    … Expand
  2. Ghivyv
    Jun 15, 2020
    9
    Absolutely amazing game. With outstanding graphics, and really cool and fun gameplay.
    This game is an amazing journey, rich and spectacular, with cool Summons and amazing monster design.
    An awesome openworld game to explore with amazing Chocobos, or with the Regalia.

    Definitely my favorite game of the generation, and easily one of the best Final Fantasy game that I've ever played.
  3. Lizarino
    May 31, 2020
    2
    I wanted to play this game so badly, but I just couldn't
    The game is incredibly badly optimized, mouse doesn't function properly and even crashes the game when you click
    Settings don't apply and going into gameplay it just randomly crashes
  4. bancandrei
    May 16, 2020
    7
    A bit too linear and unoriginal to be considered a good game, it is however a solid entry in the series and a comfortable experience for RPG fans. It is surprising how well put together it is considering the troubled production. A more lighthearted theme of the 4 main characters just cruising along getting into random adventures in an open world would have been much nicer, basically I wantA bit too linear and unoriginal to be considered a good game, it is however a solid entry in the series and a comfortable experience for RPG fans. It is surprising how well put together it is considering the troubled production. A more lighthearted theme of the 4 main characters just cruising along getting into random adventures in an open world would have been much nicer, basically I want it to be FFX2 but with a boy band instead of a girl band.… Expand
  5. underoath05
    Oct 10, 2018
    10
    I watched the movie and some recaps of the anime series to get deep into the story and lore, this was an awesome adventure, its an original and awesome game, one of the best games I have ever played. Not a perfect game, but for me this was a deep emotional adventure, so for that alone this game gets a 10.
  6. mugsy
    May 9, 2020
    6
    Pros:

    - Great graphics - Interesting world design, mixing futuristic tech with classic architecture and down to earth stuff from our present world - The concept of warp strike and magical floating weapon is interesting and looks cool Cons: - plot is a far-fetched mess - characters are kinda lame and make dumb decisions - side quests are worthless, it's always kill something or    Pros:

    - Great graphics
    - Interesting world design, mixing futuristic tech with classic architecture and down to earth stuff from our present world
    - The concept of warp strike and magical floating weapon is interesting and looks cool

    Cons:

    - plot is a far-fetched mess
    - characters are kinda lame and make dumb decisions
    - side quests are worthless, it's always kill something or go get something
    - you can win basically all battles by spamming warp strike and holding one button, magic is weak and useless
    - you often have to travel long distances either by car or on foot, and that's tedious and boring as hell

    Overall a fairly pleasant experience, but it's more due to the overall presentation of the game rather than the greatness of the plot or game mechanics    … Expand
  7. Jrson
    May 5, 2020
    9
    The graphics in this game look very good, in my opinion, XV's artstyle is more appealing than the anime-like graphics seen in games like Tales of Berseria. The characters have nice and fluid animations making the game more enjoyable than the janky animations usually seen in games with lower budgets. Also, the english dub of this game is, in my opinion, very well done. My only complaintThe graphics in this game look very good, in my opinion, XV's artstyle is more appealing than the anime-like graphics seen in games like Tales of Berseria. The characters have nice and fluid animations making the game more enjoyable than the janky animations usually seen in games with lower budgets. Also, the english dub of this game is, in my opinion, very well done. My only complaint with this game is how easy it was. As long as you had money, you could use as much potions as you needed. The game is also very short, but that doesn't mean that the game is bad. The game has little to no padding unlike games like Ni No Kuni II. And the story it was trying to tell concluded well. Overall, very divisive game.… Expand
  8. Treborresor
    May 3, 2020
    10
    Beautiful soundtrack, great graphics (if your pc can handle it, get the 4k texture pack even with lower resolution monitors), emotional and powerful story (thankfully, only contains minimal anime-trope stuff unlike other entries in the series). This game gets a lot of criticism for key parts of the story being in different media formats like the anime and movie. If you have the time andBeautiful soundtrack, great graphics (if your pc can handle it, get the 4k texture pack even with lower resolution monitors), emotional and powerful story (thankfully, only contains minimal anime-trope stuff unlike other entries in the series). This game gets a lot of criticism for key parts of the story being in different media formats like the anime and movie. If you have the time and are interested, check them out for maximum context and enjoyability. They really flesh out the world of FFXV.… Expand
  9. alanwaketan
    May 2, 2020
    8
    从FF13-V到FF15，十年的等待。要说值得多少也值得，要说失望多少也失望。先说优点吧。本作诺克特的战斗多少还原了十年前播片的感觉。幻影剑的各种攻击手段那是相当的酷炫。尤其是集合了十三把之后的真幻影剑简直就是万剑归宗。普通状态下瞬移攻击也颇有乐趣。本作的画质可以说是相当的优秀，无论是人物或是场景都可能是本世代最强之一。前半程的开放世界，我能想象到的最终幻想式的开放世界也不过如此，融合了现代建筑风格的写实与幻想世界的天马行空，如真亦如幻。另外一点很突出的就是美食的还原。然而本作的优势在开放世界旅程结束的那一瞬间也结束。后半程的体验真的是一言难尽。如果本作做完了野村所想亦或是由田畑从零开始打造开放世界最终幻想，结果都可能会不一样。遗憾即是如此。从FF13-V到FF15，十年的等待。要说值得多少也值得，要说失望多少也失望。先说优点吧。本作诺克特的战斗多少还原了十年前播片的感觉。幻影剑的各种攻击手段那是相当的酷炫。尤其是集合了十三把之后的真幻影剑简直就是万剑归宗。普通状态下瞬移攻击也颇有乐趣。本作的画质可以说是相当的优秀，无论是人物或是场景都可能是本世代最强之一。前半程的开放世界，我能想象到的最终幻想式的开放世界也不过如此，融合了现代建筑风格的写实与幻想世界的天马行空，如真亦如幻。另外一点很突出的就是美食的还原。然而本作的优势在开放世界旅程结束的那一瞬间也结束。后半程的体验真的是一言难尽。如果本作做完了野村所想亦或是由田畑从零开始打造开放世界最终幻想，结果都可能会不一样。遗憾即是如此。
  10. petricakerempuh
    Apr 27, 2020
    5
    for pc(i7/4gen.,16gb ram,1070,ssd)
    stuttering fantasy fifteen ;-)_
    bila bi viša ocjena da mi je bolje radila.
  11. Lorack
    Apr 27, 2020
    3
    Pro
    +Relation between the main group feels real
    +Riding Chocobos is fun +Good graphics Con -Super boring combat system -Way too easy -You need to play DLCs to get development for a majority of the characters -Getting from point A to B takes ages -Incredibly long loading times -Car is stuck on the roads and doesn't drive really fast -Boring open world that doesn't reward you    Pro
    +Relation between the main group feels real
    +Riding Chocobos is fun
    +Good graphics

    Con
    -Super boring combat system
    -Way too easy
    -You need to play DLCs to get development for a majority of the characters
    -Getting from point A to B takes ages
    -Incredibly long loading times
    -Car is stuck on the roads and doesn't drive really fast
    -Boring open world that doesn't reward you for exploring
    -Underdeveloped generic female characters
    -Bad villain with a motivation that doesn't make sense
    -Boss fights are designed terribly
    -Linear part of the game is even more boring than the open world    … Expand
  12. StoiaAlex
    Apr 22, 2020
    7
    Nice one Square Enix. This is the first FInal Fantasy that really got me!
    Beautiful graphics and maybe the best sceneries I've seen to date.
    I think the open world aspect needs a lot more work, but it does the trick for now.
    Looking forwards for the next one.
  13. Rakszma
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Ultimate edition of the best game I've ever played! It also gots funny mods, cool gameplay and is great in general.
  14. DrDRA
    Mar 29, 2020
    10
    Ну что, пришла пора обсудить такую великолепную игру как Final Fantasy XV, сразу хочу сказать что в те, типо старые классические и т.д. и т.п. я не играл и играть не собираюсь, как минимум из-за того, что пошаговая боевая система вызывает отторжение своей глупостью, но это проблема большинства таких игр, пожалуй тут только Персона 5 реально выходит вперед, но мы не о Персоне.
    ФФ 15 это    Ну что, пришла пора обсудить такую великолепную игру как Final Fantasy XV, сразу хочу сказать что в те, типо старые классические и т.д. и т.п. я не играл и играть не собираюсь, как минимум из-за того, что пошаговая боевая система вызывает отторжение своей глупостью, но это проблема большинства таких игр, пожалуй тут только Персона 5 реально выходит вперед, но мы не о Персоне.
    ФФ 15 это воистину восхитительное и удивительное приключение, меньшего и сказать нельзя. Игра, своим великолепным сеттингом пусть и не уникально, но удивительно миксует в себе магию и технологические достижения, за одно это уже можно ставить 910.
    Музыка сделана очень достойно, я бы даже сказал круто.
    Визуально игра страдает, но это проблема консолей, а не игры. На ПК я думаю игра будет выглядеть просто великолепно.
    Сюжет в конце слегка разочаровывающий, но очень сильный и стройный, вначале позволяющий нерасторопно исследовать мир, а потом начиная адский круговорот событий, которые захватывают игрока настолько сильно, что оторваться почти невозможно.
    Боевая система на данный момент одна из лучший. Наравне с ней только новый Ассасин Ориджинс. Дерьмак 3 рядом со своими бесполезными комбо даже рядом не стоял.
    Отдельно нужно вывести эпичность этой игры в плане призыва богов, эти сцены прям играют на струнах души. У меня все. 1010    … Expand
  15. ghisen
    Mar 28, 2020
    9
    Undoubtedly a beautiful and amazing game. One of the best action jrpg I've ever played. Really epic and with an exceptional Lore. Beautiful graphics and splendid soundtrack. The best for lovers of the action genre.
  16. deathmake317
    Mar 27, 2020
    5
    Aweful, this is the game of thrones of story telling, Grand beggining to really bring in the players, halfway through the game everything u worked for did not matter at all and the story just gets worse and worse from there with half ass'd boss fighting mechanics. WHAT EVEN IS THAT SUMMONING MECHANIC ITS LITERALLY RANDOM AND NEVER WORKS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED IT BUT RANDOM MOB POPS OUT 30Aweful, this is the game of thrones of story telling, Grand beggining to really bring in the players, halfway through the game everything u worked for did not matter at all and the story just gets worse and worse from there with half ass'd boss fighting mechanics. WHAT EVEN IS THAT SUMMONING MECHANIC ITS LITERALLY RANDOM AND NEVER WORKS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED IT BUT RANDOM MOB POPS OUT 30 LEVEL LOWER THEN YOU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE GODS LINE UP TO BE SUMMONED?… Expand
  17. tericks
    Mar 27, 2020
    8
    A great game and a great Final Fantasy. Fast, dynamic and fun gameplay, a simple but very beautiful and really interesting plot. Lore is gorgeous as is the game world, the dungeons, and the beautiful designs of the monsters and Summons. Live and charismatic characters and a truly unique and fantastic villan are accompanied by one of the best OST I've ever heard. Really excellent experience.
  18. gusman
    Mar 26, 2020
    2
    Menuda castaña infumable de juego!!! ¿Esto que puñetas tiene que ver con Final Fantasy? Lo podían haber llamado "los niños pijos se van de paseo en su coche". El peor FF de todos los tiempos.
  19. Edibh
    Mar 5, 2020
    9
    Definitely one of the best experiences of the generation. I'm enjoying the story and I've had a lot of fun with the spectacular gameplay, and especially with the legendary Astral's the Summons God's of this game. The main villain is super charismatic and the soundtrack is just amazing. A really beautiful experience.
  20. AllNewSuperfake
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    This is an interesting example for a completely overdesigned game. You will find nothing but love poured into the smallest details, but the overarching narrative and gameplay concepts are so convoluted, bloated and disconnected that the result often seems like an elaborate joke.

    Controlling the game, especially it's menus and map, is riddled with useless extra steps and needless    This is an interesting example for a completely overdesigned game. You will find nothing but love poured into the smallest details, but the overarching narrative and gameplay concepts are so convoluted, bloated and disconnected that the result often seems like an elaborate joke.

    Controlling the game, especially it's menus and map, is riddled with useless extra steps and needless prompts, animated sequences and transitions. Travelling, moving around and exploring is barred by invisible borders, infuriating level design, stupid collision detection and random spawns.

    For several reasons you'll wish you would have taken the bus to your wedding. The godforsaken car will cost you more playtime than the main questline, and not just because half of the missions seem to deal with that stupid vehicle in one way or another. It runs on rails, stops whenever an enemy is approaching and throws you out, and you can't use it at night without getting the same unskippable warning from your manservant that riding the car at night is bad.

    This is only one of a thousand ways that your little team is going to annoy you, not because their little quirks aren't funny or cute or heartwarming, but because it all repeats over and over again. At the same time they often fail at basic pathfinding, stand around gawking during combat, talk about things that haven't yet happened or aren't happening anymore and therefore often seem oblivious and whiny. What should breathe life into your long travels, and is certainly needed (going from place A to place B will take up 90 % of your time) adds to the now infamous weirdness, but it's far less charming than people told me it would be.

    They are one of the many reasons why combat also is mainly an exercise in patience. It's yet another system that is riddled with several features and control schemes that are just getting into each other's way, and I have yet to fight a single battle where simple button mashing wasn't faster and easier (while manifesting in the same incomprehensible scores).

    The narrative however takes the cake. It has no structure, no pacing, no buildups, manages to be overly long and full of holes at the same time and seems to be hellbend on keeping the player in the dark at any time. It manages to introduce new characters and lore out of nowwhere and doesn't care about the contradictions and logical fallacies that kill the whole thing roughly 20 minutes in when your prince and his entourage fail to aquire the necessary funds to repair their car - in a world with phones, with the heir to the throne in their mids. The introduced story elements seem random and oftentimes agressivly out of place just to be forgotten or reinvented only minutes later.

    It certainly didn't help to cut huge chunks of said narrative out the game to put them into a (terrible) movie and resell them as DLC. For some reason this has not only been widely accepted by the fanbase of this franchise, but is even used as an excuse for the shortcomings.

    So if this is your first experience with that franchise, you might wanna drink some of that cool aid first. If you don't, you'll be left just as confused, annoyed and irritated as I was most of the time. After finishing this mess I think that maybe just making a game about a road trip of four friends to a wedding was the idea the developers actually liked, and deep down they did not want to make a fantasy rpg - because everything outside of that concept feels glued on, is full of tired tropes and oftentimes undercooked. And I think I would have liked that game better as well, as boring as it sounds.    … Expand
  21. abc15871137127
    Feb 11, 2020
    5
    战斗系统看似华丽但是非常无聊，后期的剧情仓促完全可以看出这是个半成品
  22. compukn1ght
    Feb 6, 2020
    8
    Pretty good game, loads to do. Only one bad thing for us old school players... where is the true turn based battle system? I absolutely hate the way Squaresoft has taken the Final Fantasy battle system in their games. I long for the days when it was turn based like with FF VII/VIII/IX & X.
  23. Mazhi
    Dec 17, 2019
    8
    Jamás he entendido el odio que se le tiene a este juego. Es de los pocos Final Fantasy en los que los compañeros del protagonista interaccionan con él. La música es casi perfecta, a cargo de Yoko Shimomura. La exploración es una delicia, y aunque parezca limitada por el hecho de que el Regalia no pueda salir de la carretera, siempre puedes aparcarlo en una cuneta y echar a caminar hastaJamás he entendido el odio que se le tiene a este juego. Es de los pocos Final Fantasy en los que los compañeros del protagonista interaccionan con él. La música es casi perfecta, a cargo de Yoko Shimomura. La exploración es una delicia, y aunque parezca limitada por el hecho de que el Regalia no pueda salir de la carretera, siempre puedes aparcarlo en una cuneta y echar a caminar hasta que te aburras.

    La única pega que le pongo es que la historia parece estar un poco mal contada al terminarlo por primera vez, pero si te lo vuelves a jugar y te fijas en los detalles que el propio juego te va soltando te darás cuenta de que todo encaja.    … Expand
  24. pedraww
    Dec 8, 2019
    9
    Definitely a great game. The combat is different from all the other FFs and the development of the story is very good.
  25. joaovicers
    Dec 7, 2019
    9
    Great game, It was a huge map with so many things to explore. The immersion of the game is one of the big points for me
  26. svonton
    Dec 2, 2019
    10
    this my first game of final fantasy series ,yea i haven't play previous games.so as for man who never played this series but played another square enix games can say this game is one of perfect creations of SE studio. Perfect story about young prince and his retinue, about their long intense adventure to become a real king of the kings. Yea maybe for some people early part of the game canthis my first game of final fantasy series ,yea i haven't play previous games.so as for man who never played this series but played another square enix games can say this game is one of perfect creations of SE studio. Perfect story about young prince and his retinue, about their long intense adventure to become a real king of the kings. Yea maybe for some people early part of the game can be kinda boring, but from middle it become really eventful. i'm finished main quests in one breath cause is so amazing and bewitching (don't wanna spoilers, but believe me it really is). you are so immersed that start experiencing all the bad and good what happened with you and your faithful friends. and when you finished you realize that it was amazing adventure.… Expand
  27. ernesto_saca
    Nov 9, 2019
    7
    Un juego bueno con una historia interesante que lastimosamente no sera terminada del todo por la cancelación de los dlc que faltaban, tiene un sistema de combate distinto al del resto de entregas de final fantasy que proporciona mas libertad pero desafortunadamente solo se queda muy cerca de ser entretenido pues es un combate demasiado automatizado y te deja con mucha libertad para usarUn juego bueno con una historia interesante que lastimosamente no sera terminada del todo por la cancelación de los dlc que faltaban, tiene un sistema de combate distinto al del resto de entregas de final fantasy que proporciona mas libertad pero desafortunadamente solo se queda muy cerca de ser entretenido pues es un combate demasiado automatizado y te deja con mucha libertad para usar items por lo cual sera muy difícil que pierdas mientras tengas suficientes elixires y pociones con una cámara que no ayuda demasiado cuando estas en lugares estrechos y con un sistema de magia no esta tan bien pensado pues puedes matar a todos tus compañeros accidentalmente al usarlo, tiene una buena variedad de misiones secundarias por lo que puedes pasar mucho tiempo completándolas, Al final del día es un juego que cumple con su objetivo de entretener ya que aun con los fallos que mencione se puede disfrutar de el y como consejo si eres fan de los final fantasy anteriores te recomiendo entrar con la mente abierta y no esperar algo como los juegos que jugaste antes pues este ya esta muy distanciado de ellos en cuanto a jugabilidad y puedes llevarte una mala imagen de el antes de avanzarlo por ese motivo.… Expand
  28. death12123
    Nov 3, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphically it's amazing, Soundtrack is awesome and I love the characters.

    Unfortunately the gameplay to me is where it lacks. It's too basic and most of the RPG elements are dumbed down heavily to what I call a button masher. That's my number one issue with this title. I expected alot more than just basics. It's all equipment stats and basic skill learning. Nothing really in depth. I expected learning heavy spells, learning complex builds, learning more combos and skills, etc. etc.

    The story was amazing up until after chapter 7 or 8 when it becomes a hallway and all freedom is gone. It looks like they could've done more with the game especially proven with the unfinished areas. I like it but it definitely could've been something grand.

    The quests and the traveling I really love with this game though.
    Optimization on this title is about average and can be better.
    Voice acting is suberb (Both ENG and JP) and I never got tired of Ignis's British accent. I loved it from beginning to end.

    I'm gonna keep this review short though. Long story short they should've left more development time to finish the work that was needed and gave us the unfinished regions. I still think today we should get all that missing stuff from XV as DLC because it's a shame. I would love for them to add new content for the game. Initially 60 dollar title was worth every penny for what it was but I feel like they could've done alot more too.

    8 out of 10. A great experience of a game but too basic for fans looking for something more complex and/or faster paced.    … Expand
  29. Viiihtinho
    Nov 3, 2019
    10
    Quem jogar Final Fantasy XV com pressa de atingir o final perderá uma jornada muito agradável, que levou dez anos para ficar pronta; esse merece ser degustado com toda a calma do mundo.
  30. rostov778
    Oct 10, 2019
    9
    Maybe if I'm trying harder to be objective, I would give 8. But as a long-time fan who is thoroughly disappointed by 13, I really like 15 and I want it to be successful.
    Pro:
    - Very uniquely final fantasy. - Good presentation of characters. - Attention to detail - So many small mechanics that cohesively create an interesting world. - Production quality Con: - confusing combat    Maybe if I'm trying harder to be objective, I would give 8. But as a long-time fan who is thoroughly disappointed by 13, I really like 15 and I want it to be successful.
    Pro:
    - Very uniquely final fantasy.
    - Good presentation of characters.
    - Attention to detail
    - So many small mechanics that cohesively create an interesting world.
    - Production quality
    Con:
    - confusing combat system
    - confusing equipment system

    haven't finished the game yet so I can't comment on the story at this stage.    … Expand
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#19 Best PC Game of 2018
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#18 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#48 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. MMORPG.com
    Sep 18, 2018
    90
    Final Fantasy XV may not feel like an older game from the franchise, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I grew up with the older Final Fantasy game and while XV is different, that doesn't make it a bad game in the franchise. I enjoyed my time spent in game and look forward to doing more.
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  2. RPG Fan
    May 23, 2018
    83
    While FFXV is at times engrossing and beautiful, it can also feel like a pretty, hollow shell. The last quarter of the game feels rushed, as if the developers had to wrap things up under pressure, and that's after waiting over a decade for this to come out. While it is not the stellar titan we hoped for, it's certainly Final Fantasy, and we can all be thankful for that.
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  3. GameStar
    Apr 3, 2018
    84
    The PC port of Final Fantasy 15 is a monster regarding scope, but the gameplay isn't on par with older series milestones.
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