Final Fantasy XV

 PlayStation 4
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5428 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 810 out of 5428
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  1. DeathGigas
    Aug 8, 2023
    4
    STAY AWAY
    It's the worst FF ever created
    Incomplete, full of plot holes, bad characters, bad combat where you just need potions and phoenix down
    Side quests all to throw away
  2. Toshi_inu
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Buena banda sonora, pero la historia esta pesimamente contada, el juego asume que viste la película, el anime, que leíste la novela y viste los mensaje de nomura, el juego por si solo no te explica nada de la historia del juego
  3. Marcovalente88
    Jul 17, 2023
    0
    Gioco proprio brutto, personaggi senza spessore trama quasi inesistente e gameplay confusionario
  4. Antoniods
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gioco senza identità vecchio che non è neanche un Final Fantasy piatto ed anonimo.… Expand
  5. Thom17
    Jun 29, 2023
    4
    Everyone reccomended me not to play this game, but I still wanted to give it a chance.
    This game was really hard to beat for me, not because of its difficulty, but because it was really boring and not interesting at all. There are a lot of issues in this game.
    I'll start by the pros: - The graphic is really amazing - It has one of the best ost I have ever heard in videogames - The villain    Everyone reccomended me not to play this game, but I still wanted to give it a chance.
    This game was really hard to beat for me, not because of its difficulty, but because it was really boring and not interesting at all. There are a lot of issues in this game.
    I'll start by the pros:
    - The graphic is really amazing
    - It has one of the best ost I have ever heard in videogames - The villain is really one of the best in FF's history
    And that's it.

    The cons:
    - The open world is lifeless, boring to explore and not rewarding. - The story might be good, but it is told in the worst way possible, its really hard to understand it without watching any video online. Many things happen and you dont know why. The ending was really amazing, and that makes you angry, because only in the end there are good scenes, and there are some emotional scenes that you just cant feel them, because the game did nothing to make you like the characters.
    - Combat is just boring. You can finish it by using 2 buttons and if you are dying you can easily revive your team.
    - The subquests are really bad, boring and basically useless to complete. There are too much of them and most of them are not that rewarding, plus they add like nothing to the story.
    - The second part of the game was different from the rest of the game. From an open world it becomes a very linear game. - Regalia. Thats the car you can explore the world with. It basically drives alone, you dont have to do anything special if not moving it. Many times it takes ten minutes to go from a place to another and more than once i didnt pay attention to the game and just waited those minutes to arrive at destination...

    Final fantasy XV is a game that really suffered its bad development, it could have been one of the greatest game of all time, but there are many missed things that just cant be unseen. I really wanted to enjoy it, but it felt like the game did nothing to be interesting in any way.    … Expand
  6. probono
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    It's just not Final Fantasy. FF16 showed me what a true entry looks like, and now I can't play this one anymore.
  7. Zeon1982
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    Bland and boring. What happened to this franchise. The Final Fantasy games on PS1 are some of the best RPG's ever made. Get you're act together Square Enix.
  8. DingerDonger
    Mar 23, 2023
    1
    This isn't a Final Fantasy game, this is an atrocity cobbled together by the husk of a company who now focuses almost exclusively on crappy remakes and gacha games. Play 1-13 (and avoid 7) if you want a good Final Fantasy.
  9. IvanMorello
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    Questo è un gioco che mi ha spezzato il cuore. Ho sperato davvero tanto che fosse presente il doppiaggio Italiano che avrebbe regalato tutta un altra atmosfera ed immersività a questa saga, ma purtroppo non è stato così. Perciò la mia valutazione è negativa.

    Nel caso in cui dovesse essere inserito il doppiaggio Italiano la modificherò
  10. angelrubio
    Feb 21, 2023
    0
    When you’re driving and want to stop and go back you have to press L2 until you’re stopped, then let it go and press L2 again to slowly back up. Any 10/10 game becomes a 0/10 when you do stuff like that.
  11. aaronnmp96
    Jan 30, 2023
    2
    a huge and empty world and a story of insomnia, It's unfortunate that we have to buy more content to finish the game
  12. Hurrikhan
    Jan 28, 2023
    1
    I've wasted a few hours playing this god-awful game. This one of the worst of the serie, maybe on par with XIII.

    The story is ridiculous.
    The combat is boring.
    The music is meh.
    The graphics are lacking.
    The controls are bad.

    I dream of the day Square would make a FF at the level of the VI
  13. warcraftrefund2
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Biggest disappointment of the decade for me. Never have I been let down so hard. Go look up the Final Fantasy XV E3 2013 trailer. Not a SINGLE second of that trailer made it into the final game. They completely neutered this game in order to sell their movie (which bombed), and Tabata went on record saying he dumbed down the gameplay so people his age could still play it. They completelyBiggest disappointment of the decade for me. Never have I been let down so hard. Go look up the Final Fantasy XV E3 2013 trailer. Not a SINGLE second of that trailer made it into the final game. They completely neutered this game in order to sell their movie (which bombed), and Tabata went on record saying he dumbed down the gameplay so people his age could still play it. They completely wasted all the characters like Ravus, and Luna is probably the single worst heroine in Final Fantasy history. It is very, very sad.… Expand
  14. RenovatioX1
    Oct 1, 2022
    0
    I’m playing this game right now and I feel physical pain playing it. That’s it
  15. Gamepro3093
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    This game is absolute cow manure! It’s about as awful as the 13 trilogy and is an absolute disgrace to the series, genre and the fans. Everything about it is like a bad joke. The main cast of guys look like they’re going to mall to hang out and not on their way to an arranged marriage, the combat system is a disaster and is way too easy and simultaneously overly convoluted at the sameThis game is absolute cow manure! It’s about as awful as the 13 trilogy and is an absolute disgrace to the series, genre and the fans. Everything about it is like a bad joke. The main cast of guys look like they’re going to mall to hang out and not on their way to an arranged marriage, the combat system is a disaster and is way too easy and simultaneously overly convoluted at the same time, the storyline is garbage, the character designs are unimaginative and dull, the dialogue seems written by a child, the direction of the game is embarrassing and unfocused, main character is a whiny little **** who’s useless and looks like a knock off of Saskue, main villain is like Johnny Depp’s evil brother and looks like a fancy hobo. Almost nothing about this insult of a game works. If Square Enix releases anymore travesties like 13 and 15 anytime soon then I’m done with this series. It was nice while it lasted but aside from a few games between 12 and 16 like World Of Final Fantasy and 14 the games have been a disgrace! This includes 7 Remake which is more of a reimagining/sequel to 7 than an actual remake and it’s nowhere near as good as the original and it’s naturally an incomplete game to make the fat cats at Square Enix easy money off one of the only good games in this series before they released 10-2 and decided to follow that insult of a game as a model on how to make games starting with 13 with the rare exceptions.… Expand
  16. MatheusGuts
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    Descaso com o cliente, não recomendo para nenhum de vocês. A história é um cocô.
  17. rAMZA
    Jul 19, 2022
    1
    For me Final Fantasy 6 and 7 is the best ones so this xv is realy terrible and should not be named even final fantasy, cant be bothered to play it anymore, story and gameplay is a joke. This is even more worse than ff xii. If you want jrpg tales of games are that.

    Update:So finaly i got and played it to the ending and now i can finaly say this is the worst final fantasy game i have ever played.
  18. Stefanobed
    Apr 22, 2022
    0
    Boring, gameplay don't exist ,push o and stop, sad and no sense story . Don't buy this game
  19. Moriquendi
    Jan 2, 2022
    0
    Juro que estoy tratando de cogerle el gusto pero es que es infumable.
    1 No me gusta el argumento
    2 inteligencia artificial funcional mal tanto enemigos y aliados. 3 me siento atrapado en un mapa sin que pase nada. 4 no siento que mi personaje este avanzando en la historia. 5 Las misiones segundarias son una tortura a nivel FFXIV Online parece haber sido hechas por el mismo terrorífico    Juro que estoy tratando de cogerle el gusto pero es que es infumable.
    1 No me gusta el argumento
    2 inteligencia artificial funcional mal tanto enemigos y aliados.
    3 me siento atrapado en un mapa sin que pase nada.
    4 no siento que mi personaje este avanzando en la historia.
    5 Las misiones segundarias son una tortura a nivel FFXIV Online parece haber sido hechas por el mismo terrorífico desarrollador.
    6 El juego esta doblado al Frances pero no al Español idioma mucho mas hablado internacionalmente.
    7 La chica de la gasolinera termina dándole al juego un aspecto noporh en las cuales he visto mejor argumento y mejor final.
    8 El juego mas que disfrutarlo parece que termines de trabajar en la vida real para luego seguir trabajando dentro del juego de recadero tremendamente horroroso.
    9 El peor final fantasy algo bueno tendrá pero es tan malo lo negativo que no veo nada bueno en el aspecto general.
    10 Han ayudado a Sony a vender Hype "Humo" a la comunidad desde la salida de Ps3 2006 asta la salida de:
    -TheLastGuardian(2016)Diciembre
    -Final FantasyXV(2016)Noviembre
    -Final FantasyVII(2020)Abril
    -Kingdom Hearts(2019)Enero

    Asta el día de hoy con la Ps5.    … Expand
  20. Sabyrd
    Nov 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not a complete game, convicted story, bugs, boring combat, horrible menu and progression.… Expand
  21. Greenh0rn
    Nov 5, 2021
    4
    Terrible Open World with boring side quests
    Confusing story told over different media
    absolutely laughable boyband characters
    Battle system is chaotic and mindless

    Miss the good old FF Games...
  22. Smithy_VonKarma
    Sep 12, 2021
    3
    Sold on a misleading marketing and lies. This game is not what Square Enix promised.
  23. Ben_ben
    Jul 1, 2021
    3
    Disgusting story ruin the splendid world. Stupid boss logic make the beautiful character ostentation.
  24. yaqubian
    May 17, 2021
    2
    This is the Sonic '06 of Final Fantasy games, and I'll list why:

    - The world and town/rest spot NPCs feel like they don't fit the Final Fantasy universe, they are very KKona, and look incredibly generic - Combat is very hard to see, too much FX, can't properly see enemy moves to counter no matter which camera options I use, enemy attacks are not choreographed well, and they're    This is the Sonic '06 of Final Fantasy games, and I'll list why:

    - The world and town/rest spot NPCs feel like they don't fit the Final Fantasy universe, they are very KKona, and look incredibly generic

    - Combat is very hard to see, too much FX, can't properly see enemy moves to counter no matter which camera options I use, enemy attacks are not choreographed well, and they're especially bad when there's plenty of enemies

    - Magic system is horrible, no healing, status spells, feels even worse than FF8 drawing spots, much more sparse, and aiming magic feels bad

    - Open world is mostly void of anything of value, and a complete waste of time

    - Character's movements when they are talking look incredibly awkward

    - Ignis and Prompto are some of the worst and most annoying teammates ever

    - Only get gil from hunts, and hunts feel much worse than FF12 hunts do (could be different in future chapters)

    - Caves and tombs are completely out in the open, not in some faraway, beautiful, mystical area with puzzle(s) and great loot like in other Final Fantasies, so it just feels off, like they just put them in random, unfit places

    - Bad dialogue half the time, makes you roll your eyes

    - Way too much boring fetch-quests are thrown at you

    - Blocking system is abysmal, you have to be incredibly precise, so it just feels like it doesn't work sometimes despite me holding block and having MP

    - Lack of its own memorable music, which is sad because that is one of the main things I look forward to in a Final Fantasy game

    - Royal arms feel bad to use, since they take away health as you use them, but you want to have them assigned to shortcuts to get the stat benefits from them so you're left with 1-2 weapons to deal with the enemies, but each enemy has different weapon weaknesses so, ugh...

    - Ascension is generally worse than previous game's skill trees/license board/etc, just feels like a bunch of things jumbled together a lot of them useless, or of little value.

    - Characters react to negative story situations in a really unnatural way

    - There is judder on 'High' graphics mode, even on PS5, and the game looks bad on 'Lite'

    - You have to watch or buy DLC to get proper introductions to your teammates but, even then, their stories and how their connected to Noctis are bad

    - You have to watch Heavensward movie to get a proper explanation of what happens in the beginning of the game, which I did when it came out, I also bought the game and season pass, but could never get into it no matter how many times I tried over the years because the first few chapters always made me quit the game, now I've gotten further on PS5 because the load times are much better and performance is improved.

    * Keep in mind I stopped at chapter 7, I think FF7 to even 13-2 are much better than this game, and I make the comparison to Sonic '06 because this game just feels like a jumble of things that don't fit together.

    I went over all the negatives, so here's the positives:

    - Monsters look good

    - Summons, they feel good to use and look great

    - Chocobos

    - Ardyn (at least so far) but even his charms couldn't keep me playing    … Expand
  25. renatoelyone
    Apr 23, 2021
    4
    The proposal of the game is good, but the execution is not satisfactory. The game is very repetitive and there are no differences between the cars although it is a free game it could be better worked with more game modes. Overall it is a game that you will play once with friends and then forget about it.
  26. Sirflyness2012
    Sep 30, 2020
    4
    No where near square potential felt under developed, acting wasn’t anything special, combat was stale and unchallenging. Long gone the days of square soft.
  27. waserati
    Sep 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS.

    Ok, so starting out this game shows massive promise. Amazing party dynamic, great exploration, good gameplay. It's not until you find out that your kingdom was invaded by the enemy does this game go down the drain. I'm rating this a 2 instead of a 0 because of what i listed above (and also the ending is dope). But, here's the thing, without DLC this game is unplayable. Plot holes everywhere you can imagine, it's unreal how many there are. So many characters introduced only for it to go nowhere. With DLC, it's better but i still have trouble playing it. The worst part about this game is the female MC. WHy does she exist? i don't understand. I don't care who she is, what she does, and her death i could care less about. She was there and then not anymore. You know the MC loves her, but you don't know WHY. i've never played a game where the female love interest is as flat as a piece of paper, because her screentime spans around 10 minutes. UP the movie made me cry with the death of the female MC without any words being said. And yet this game can't do that? Why didn't they expand the story to make her a playable character? At the very least make us care about her. But no, she dies, the MC is distraught, and at the end of the game you see them in heaven married but you don't give a f***. Yes, the death of Noctis is sad, i get it. It's emotional. But jesus christ, fill the plot holes, make the female MC more likeable, and please make the hunt system better, it's like FFXII but on steroids and meth. FFXII system was long but it was good with equipment that was useful, in this game you can just use Star of the Rogue and vaporize every boss in the game.    … Expand
  28. overratedhuman
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    This is just the worst game I've ever played in my life. I love all previous final fantasies and I generally dig all kinds of RPGs and I really put an effort of about 20 hours before deciding life is too short to play such utter trash, bad characters, pathetic empty side quests, awful battle system, terrible progression, the worst backstory I could have possibly imagined.

    And what on    This is just the worst game I've ever played in my life. I love all previous final fantasies and I generally dig all kinds of RPGs and I really put an effort of about 20 hours before deciding life is too short to play such utter trash, bad characters, pathetic empty side quests, awful battle system, terrible progression, the worst backstory I could have possibly imagined.

    And what on earth are those loading times, holy moly, I'm shocked that some just go through with this, it's just unacceptable.    … Expand
  29. siglerj
    Sep 20, 2020
    4
    Game looks great but the story is very disjointed never really making sense and making it hard to care for the characters or the story. Visuals are all... Gameplay is somewhat fun but you never really understand how to play as the game does poorly at teaching you. It's not really open world .. it's a quasi-open world game
  30. Rholmer14
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    Clunky control scheme, annoying characters, and an uninteresting and bland story make this game far more than something to skip
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 109 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 89 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 109
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  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 14, 2017
    70
    After so many years of development, Final Fantasy XV is not what I expected it to be. The universe is immense and beautiful and the characters are just fine. But the story is short and disappointing and the gameplay suffers from lack of depth. FFXV is a good game, but it can never bring the former glories back to the series.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    Feb 14, 2017
    70
    Even as you reflect on the rarity of a blockbuster that's willing to take real risks, you'll be left with the uncomfortable realisation that ten years wasn't quite long enough, after all. Those jagged edges are, in the end, just a little too sharp. [Feb 2017, p.110]
  3. New Game Network
    Feb 7, 2017
    83
    Despite a divided feel, torn between what it was and what it plans to be, Final Fantasy XV has a lot to offer. If you're a diehard JRPG fan, then it's a positive sign that the series can cross over to a new format. And if you're just looking for an open world adventure, Final Fantasy XV certainly has that in spades, while doing just enough things differently to separate it from the likes of Dragon Age and Elder Scrolls.
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