Final Fantasy XV

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  1. dashantaozi
    Aug 25, 2018
    4
    Horrible story and gameplay, this game hurts the franchise more than the 13 trilogy.
  2. SerMillian
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    Final Fantasy XV is a game that not only manages to disappoint fans on a colossal level, but the game industry itself.

    its a perfect example on how regardless how bad a game can be, people will still buy it based off the brand name itself, even if the game is terrible. Square enix is capitalizing on emotions and its unacceptable.
  3. Cloud87
    Aug 7, 2018
    1
    Worst game in the series, the only good thing about the game are graphics and sound, gameplay is bland, the story is a mess, and it's unfinished...
  4. symmetriebruch
    Oct 18, 2018
    0
    i played every ff game apart from the online ones and would consider myself quite the fan of the series.
    i thought it coukdn´t get any worse after i played 13 but they actually did it with this one. i don´t know what went wrong with square and which imbecile made the decisions that led to the garbage that was 13 and this stinking pile of manure that is 15 but they should never be able to    i played every ff game apart from the online ones and would consider myself quite the fan of the series.
    i thought it coukdn´t get any worse after i played 13 but they actually did it with this one. i don´t know what went wrong with square and which imbecile made the decisions that led to the garbage that was 13 and this stinking pile of manure that is 15 but they should never be able to find work in the industry anymore. this is no final fantasy the combat is just as nonsensical as the story you just hold two buttons and that´s pretty much it no strategy or tactic or fun. and i know most of you have bought it anyway because you´re fans of the actual final fnatasy games from long long ago but you´ll be disappointed again with this one. i heard how bad it was from many people i knew and told myself come on it can´t be THAT bad. but yes it actually is THAT bad. at least i waited and just now bought it used for 4$ and even that is still way too much. they have to pay me to actual waste enough time to finish this crap. maybe it´s time to give up hope on square forever the square we knew and loved is dead    … Expand
  5. mauso
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Very disappointing. I expected a lot more after ten years in development, but I guess an amatuer like Tabata can't perform miracles even with all the time in the world.
  6. kpc
    Dec 13, 2016
    4
    I think between this and Diablo 3, we can safely conclude that 10 years is just too much time to spend continually revising an iconic RPG that depends on a coherent story and deep character development. I simply don't get how you devote that much time to something and have the final product be this incomplete... full of holes and leaning heavily on some CGI movie prequel since the gameI think between this and Diablo 3, we can safely conclude that 10 years is just too much time to spend continually revising an iconic RPG that depends on a coherent story and deep character development. I simply don't get how you devote that much time to something and have the final product be this incomplete... full of holes and leaning heavily on some CGI movie prequel since the game can't be bothered to spend 15 minutes setting the stage or introducing the characters. This feels more like something that was thrown together in a few months, focusing primarily on combat mechanics and terrain textures over the kind of engrossing storytelling one expects from a Final Fantasy title.

    Overall, I played it, I enjoyed it, and it was worth the money I paid for it. That's far more than I could say for FFXIII. Still, this is more of a Skyrim + Shadows of Mordor clone than a Final Fantasy game. The combat is fluid, but way too simplistic. The magic of building up your character over time is lost to a skill tree that is, again, just a SoM clone. None of the choices you make meaningfully change how you play, it's just "gotta catch em all" AP farming through mundane tasks. The quest system feels like the love child of an MMO's "go kill boars" and Infamous's "run around the map and clear all these pre-marked objectives" grind fest. Graphics feel more like remastered previous gen than something developed for current gen consoles. Least likable/relatable FF protagonists ever, and even more forgettable villains. Female lead is reduced to a damsel in distress fetish with no reason to care what happens to her as a character, as her fate is just a (poor) plot point in the male lead's development. The story climaxes far too abruptly, with a Deus ex Machina finish.

    Looking forward to the FF7 remake and hoping against all hope they don't find a way to screw that up as badly.    … Expand
  7. IgnitionWeb
    Jan 18, 2017
    3
    I am saddened, I loved the FF but this title is even more of a tarnish on the series than XIII was. I like the combat system and the open world. But the story is so thin and empty and the sidequest are useless filler.
  8. Fulle
    Jan 23, 2017
    3
    FF15 is half a good game. I'd probably rate the first half at around an 8. Sure, it's flawed, but there's enough neat things going on that it's overall a slightly above average experience. The second half of the game, however, is just lazy, rushed, terrible gameplay with no redeeming qualities. You basically run through dark hallways constantly re-using the same textures and enemies byFF15 is half a good game. I'd probably rate the first half at around an 8. Sure, it's flawed, but there's enough neat things going on that it's overall a slightly above average experience. The second half of the game, however, is just lazy, rushed, terrible gameplay with no redeeming qualities. You basically run through dark hallways constantly re-using the same textures and enemies by yourself, because the MC Noctis got separated from his bros. It's not fun.

    For the half of the game that is fun, it's not great, just good. You have an illusion of a big world to explore, but if you go off the beaten path for even a moment you will run into invisible walls and such. You are not meant to explore this world, but stick to the main paths. The combat, honestly, is pretty bad in comparison to some rival RPGs, so that wouldn't be a big draw to keep me interested in the game. The fishing minigame is not very well done... it just kinda... blah in most of the things it attempts to do. For instance, there's this big emphasis on the car. Is it fun to drive the car? Nope. It pretty much drives itself. SO WHY? It's my opinion that the best games have a gameplay first mindset, but this game just makes how things look the priority.

    Why can't I jump on top of the hood of a car? There's an invisible wall there. Plastic lawn chairs are like cemented down, and can't be moved. The day to night cycle is so fast you can't do much before nightfall.

    You know what? Actually it's not half a "good" game, it's half a mediocre one. That makes it about a 3/10 by my math. Don't buy this thing for full price.    … Expand
  9. StageLXdk
    Dec 19, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love Final Fantasy! I've always loved Final Fantasy! I enjoy the quirky nature of the narrative which drives the protagonists, if it's to save the world, the girl, the crystal or whatever needs saving in their respective games. I love to hate the weird dialouge, the annoying voice of the ever-present high pitched upbeat female party member. The 'you'll-only-get-it-if-you're-from-Japan' jokes that aren't funny but they are because they're not. Make sense? Even the sounds in the menu, the blips and plings that carry through all the FF games. Yes, FFXIII wasn't what we hoped for gameplay wise, but in terms of its characters and narrative it was very much a FF game. So why is it, that FFXV doesn't feel like FF at all?!
    Well, the story is an absolute mess, barely coherent and extremely poorly executed. That any respective writer would attach his/her name to this is beyond me! The true story is actually the story behind the game and it shows! Re-write after re-write does nothing good to any narrative. And to top it off, if you haven't seen the companion pieces Kingsglaive or Brotherhood you'll miss out on huge chunks of it as well. Oh, and if you really want to know everything, you had better be ready to dish out some more money as the DLCs will focus on your companions during the main plot, basically filling in the gaps that made you go "huh?" during the main game. Why does Gladio leave the party all of a sudden? Why does he come back in disguise? Hope you've saved up some dough if you want to find out. A quick calculation: 60$ for the main game, 25$ for the Season Pass and 5$ to rent Kingsglaive (Brotherhood is free on Youtube) so that's 90$ for a game! I'm sorry, but that's just not OK! How would you feel if you saw a movie with several key scenes removed, and the studio then said, "if you want to see those scenes to even get a sense of the plot, you have to pay extra"? The best example of the anti-FF vibe this game gives is all the stuff you can do AFTER the story is done. Yes, after the plot is (somewhat) resolved, the game opens up and even introduces new gameplay mechanics (eg the flying car) and lets you explore new dungeons previously unreachable. Now, there is nothing wrong with expanding a game, quite the contrary, but doing it after the narrative has ended begs the question: why? Why would I want to continue playing when it's all said and done? What's the carrot to keep me interested? FFXV is not Destiny or The Division, it does not need an "endgame" to keep players playing. Are we going to see seasons, co-op play and the like? I doubt it! They could (and should) have made it an original IP since it has nothing to do with the FF brand, save for a few callbacks like chocobos and the like. The developers have said that they intend to patch the game, giving a better pace, fleshing out story moments and the like. So thanks Square Enix for letting us pay to be your beta testers! Maybe in a year or so, the game will be more in line with what the developers intended, but right now it's just an action-rpg and FF should be so much more. So to sum it up, a terrible, amateurish story wrapped in a descent JRPG which calls itself Final Fantasy, but has nothing in common with it's predecessors. Skip this one.    … Expand
  10. Talhante
    Jan 12, 2017
    2
    This Final Fantasy is not a good one. It is incomplete, it is shallow, it is incoherent. It's a disappointment.
    The gameplay is bad, the story is horrible, the world is poorly developed. It's a disappointment
    It is an involution in relation to the other games of the franchise. It's a disappointment. It is not a good final fantasy game.. it is not a good game. Everything about this game    This Final Fantasy is not a good one. It is incomplete, it is shallow, it is incoherent. It's a disappointment.
    The gameplay is bad, the story is horrible, the world is poorly developed. It's a disappointment
    It is an involution in relation to the other games of the franchise. It's a disappointment.
    It is not a good final fantasy game.. it is not a good game. Everything about this game is shallow and disappointing    … Expand
  11. jpacor
    Feb 12, 2018
    4
    As a huge fan of Final Fantasy and action-RPGs, FFXV is a HUGE disappointment.

    The combat is dull, uninteresting and repetitive. Most (if not all) fights can be one by smashing the attack button, magic is useless and not even necessary. Summons are also unnecessarily difficult. The open world is huge, but mostly empty, lacking in meaningful side quests, stories or characters. Also,    As a huge fan of Final Fantasy and action-RPGs, FFXV is a HUGE disappointment.

    The combat is dull, uninteresting and repetitive. Most (if not all) fights can be one by smashing the attack button, magic is useless and not even necessary. Summons are also unnecessarily difficult. The open world is huge, but mostly empty, lacking in meaningful side quests, stories or characters. Also, traveling is really boring and can it can take a very long time to drive from point a to point b, where if you travel at night and hit a monster on the road, you are forced to stop and fight the monster. Awful and disruptive.

    Worst of all with FFXV is the story. Awful, terrible, abysmal. Several plot points are left out, it's hard to know what's fully going on if you don't watch a movie (what?!), and the twists are all lame. This is easily the worst plot of any FF game.

    I give this game a 4 because the post game content is excellent (somehow I finished this game... not really sure how). You gain the ability to travel in a much faster and easier manner, and there are plenty of legendary weapons, dungeons, and large bosses that are actually really fun. I thought this game was a complete disaster until this part of the game.

    But even then, good post game content can't save a terrible game. The repetitive, boring contact lacking in RPG elements and horrendous story make this game my most disappointing of 2017. Not worth playing by anyone, even the most hardcore FF or action-RPG fans.    … Expand
  12. Joko
    Jan 24, 2017
    0
    "A Final Fantasy for fans and for first timers." This, because only diehard fans will play this crap, and only first timers will be stupid enough to buy it. Right from the very beginning this game was terrible. I have no clue why this took them 10 years to make, it's complete trash. Not only trash compared to other jrpg's, but it's the worst FF game in the series. Mystic Quest was more"A Final Fantasy for fans and for first timers." This, because only diehard fans will play this crap, and only first timers will be stupid enough to buy it. Right from the very beginning this game was terrible. I have no clue why this took them 10 years to make, it's complete trash. Not only trash compared to other jrpg's, but it's the worst FF game in the series. Mystic Quest was more fun. The world is empty. The characters are the worst characters ever to be seen in an FF game. And the gameplay isn't that great either. This game has nothing going for it.… Expand
  13. Liitle_My
    Dec 19, 2016
    4
    И что мы имеем в итоге? Фантазию без фантазии!
    Графика - это конечно замечательно, FPS - это чудесно, геймплей - это основа основ, комбо всякие разные, оружия, и камера, про камеру, конечно, не забудем.
    А где сюжет? Или нынче сюжет играм не обязателен? Нет, разумеется, мы в седьмую часть играли только ради черного чокобо и алмазного оружия. А в восьмую, что бы на бюст Шивы лишний раз    И что мы имеем в итоге? Фантазию без фантазии!
    Графика - это конечно замечательно, FPS - это чудесно, геймплей - это основа основ, комбо всякие разные, оружия, и камера, про камеру, конечно, не забудем.
    А где сюжет? Или нынче сюжет играм не обязателен? Нет, разумеется, мы в седьмую часть играли только ради черного чокобо и алмазного оружия. А в восьмую, что бы на бюст Шивы лишний раз полюбоваться, ну или широкую грудь Ифрита, кому, что ближе.
    Знаете, я люблю яблоки, особенно некоторые сорта яблок, но когда я беру яблоко, а полвина из него гнилая, я не могу сказать, что это хорошее яблоко. Оно вообще-то плохое, даже если вторая его часть вполне себе ничего, все равно, яблоко от этого лучше не становиться.    … Expand
  14. redpathcc
    Dec 17, 2016
    3
    Disappointing.

    negatives: as already mentioned here... poor intro, unlikable characters, repetitive missions, menus and map / compass poorly designed, buggy animation, repetitive and uninteresting combat, magic system sucks. game world is huge but poorly designed, not really open world (oh a waist high fence, can't go there!). The fights are purely about your character level and how    Disappointing.

    negatives: as already mentioned here... poor intro, unlikable characters, repetitive missions, menus and map / compass poorly designed, buggy animation, repetitive and uninteresting combat, magic system sucks. game world is huge but poorly designed, not really open world (oh a waist high fence, can't go there!). The fights are purely about your character level and how many potions you have. Forget strategy. Loading times. Car sucks. fetch quests, which you have to return to the quest giver to complete. uninteresting story.

    positives; looks good, car stereo is good, chocobo's are fun.

    trying to convince myself why I want to finish this?    … Expand
  15. jfctis
    Feb 12, 2017
    2
    Ultimately a flat, uninspiring button basher without the story depth you once expected from Final Fantasies of the PS1 era.

    There is no need to explore the battle/magic system, the whole game could be completed without opening either menu option, and nothing would be lost in doing so.
  16. Mannar
    Jan 20, 2017
    2
    Well I thought it is really a good game from beginning. Then there was driving around, which was major let down for me, but I thought - alright I will deal with it. After chapter 8 it goes so wrong and especially chapter 13 is WTF?!?! What am I playing???
  17. Critic_Says
    Jan 22, 2017
    2
    Final Fantasy continues to lose any magic it ever had with the latest entry. "A FF for first timers and fans alike" interpreted means, "Not a game for FF fans". IMO, FF lost what made it FF when Squaresoft became SE, and FF15 is a continuation of this. It has a bland, empty, illogical world that mixes 1950s automobiles, blues music, camper trailers, and gas stations with antique gasFinal Fantasy continues to lose any magic it ever had with the latest entry. "A FF for first timers and fans alike" interpreted means, "Not a game for FF fans". IMO, FF lost what made it FF when Squaresoft became SE, and FF15 is a continuation of this. It has a bland, empty, illogical world that mixes 1950s automobiles, blues music, camper trailers, and gas stations with antique gas pumps (all things associated with this world not a fantasy world) with space age technology. This, among a multitude of other examples, makes no sense. For an "open world" game, it has a hauntingly linear feel to it. The "dungeons" are mostly linear hallways with a "go from point A to point B" design in them. There is nothing about them that is outstanding, creative, or pulls the player into a mesmerizing world. The voice acting is obnoxious and horrible. From stereotyping Southern accents and dumb phrases like, "varmints", to cringe worthy Italian stereotypes like, "you'se guys" and "bada bing- bada boom", etc. it is a chore to sit through. What's more, like in the case of the teenage kid with blond hair and blue eyes who has the voice of a middle aged Italian guy, it isn't even remotely believable or accurate. We also have a "crystal crashed into the middle of the world" thing going on again. Because we didn't get enough of that with 3 FF titles that were arguably the worst of all FF games. Rinse and repeat theme and boring. The world environment is not impressive graphically at all. Compare to a game like MGS5, or even FF14, and it is bland and basic.

    While I love the classic characters associated with FF (behemoths, iron giants, bombs, etc.) the constant, cookie cutter recycling of these enemies, and their being the majority of the bestiary, is a sign of creative deficiency. At least give a creative twist on these enemies that binds them to a unique story world, makes them slightly different, and make them a minority if they are to be constantly included.

    The battle system is horrible. It's very dumbed down from the classic turn based FF even with wait mode. Magic is a constant chore to obtain, create, equip, and use. The camera and lock on features are obnoxious and burdensome. At least in FF12 with the gambit system there was control over the whole party and you could switch characters depending on the scenario. In this one, constant pause for menu re-arranging and equip changes are needed to respond to enemy weaknesses.

    I fail to see years worth of creative design and fine tuning in any way with this title. I've had to save and reload several times because I was unable to get the "X" (PS4 interact button) to function properly. And no, I'm not talking about the constant "X" for "pick up" or "quest" that inevitably turns into "jump in place" 3 or 4 times before he actually picks something up or initiates a quest. I'm talking about a pure glitch that required a restart and wait for the super long re-load time. Also, who at SE was under the impression that sitting in a car waiting to arrive somewhere is fun? Or pumping gas? It is not. Who was under the impression that being constantly nagged by an NPC to pose for, or take, screen shots of game play was fun? It is not. What about having to sit through constant mini cut scenes just to apply experience points? Or being forced as much as possible to be dependent on constant food recipes? Again, not fun.

    I could go on but will say that I'm grateful my memory goes far enough back to appreciate the amazing FF games such as FF6 and other great Squaresoft titles like Secret of Mana and Chronotrigger. SE games have borrowed from the legacy of these gems but fails to deliver anything more than an occasional honorable mention at best, and FF15 does not even merit an honorable mention in the series.    … Expand
  18. Archangl508
    Jan 24, 2017
    4
    I wanted to like this game, but I struggled with whether I should give it a 5 or even rank it lower. I've been a huge fan of the Final Fantasy games since the first one on the NES, but the quality in recent installments has gone down dramatically from the heyday of the series, especially gameplay/story. So, let's get into some more details:

    Graphics - 9/10 : It goes without saying    I wanted to like this game, but I struggled with whether I should give it a 5 or even rank it lower. I've been a huge fan of the Final Fantasy games since the first one on the NES, but the quality in recent installments has gone down dramatically from the heyday of the series, especially gameplay/story. So, let's get into some more details:

    Graphics - 9/10 :

    It goes without saying that an A-list title should really have pretty amazing graphics and I think Final Fantasy delivers on that. The cutscene graphics are great. The overall character/enemy design is great and the graphics of the action scenes look really fluid. The world looks beautiful and well designed graphically. There really aren't any complaints that you could make about the graphics.

    Open world - 6/10 :

    Decent open world environment. Two main factors contribute to the reduced score here. First, the open world is very empty. You can run (or drive) a LONG way without actually contacting any enemies. Thankfully the game doesn't really require grinding or this would be an even bigger detractor. Second, there isn't a huge difference in environments. You eventually end up in some caves (like the ice cave) or swamps, but in general the vast majority of the open world area is very similar and consistent geographically and design wise. It's beautiful, but just isn't very exciting.

    Character development/story - 2/10:

    It's hard to believe that the same company that put out amazing stories like Final Fantasy 2, 3 (SNES versions), 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 can't manage to put together a decent story with decent characters. Even Final Fantasy 13, which had a difficult to understand story, was light years ahead of this game in regards to character development and overall story arc. I know many people have noted the "boy band" quality of the 4 main characters and it is true, although I think boy bands actually have better characterization. You never really learn much about those 4 characters apart from the main character. They are all just kind of there, with the main character having slightly more characterization. You don't really care about their pasts or their motivations. They are just bland. If you expand out to other characters, you learn even less. There are characters that should be important to the main story that you only see in fleeting moments then never see again. The lack of diversity among the characters is also pretty clear, spending most of the game with 4 guys, never really spending much time with anyone else. Would have been wonderful to have a non-human character or even just a female character that you got to play as or be a part of your team for at least a little while. Overall, it felt like a major lost opportunity in the game.

    The story is pretty unintelligible and confusing. Perhaps if I had watched the Kingsglaive movie it would have made more sense, but I don't think that you should have to watch a prequel movie to be able to enjoy the story of the game. I never played a single Witcher game, but easily followed along with Witcher 3's story and characters, clearly being able to understand and figure out relationships and feelings between the different characters, really caring what happened to them. I just didn't care about any of these characters, even when the big "shock" moments occurred. They just didn't seem to feel like they needed to make an exciting or interesting story.

    Gameplay/Combat - 4/10 :

    Hope you like driving a car on an empty road (or just having it autodrive for you) for long periods of time. I don't think I ever played a game that contained so much waiting to go from place to place. Perhaps if there was more to do along the way it would be more exciting. The main quests are pretty straightforward and move reasonably quickly, especially once you get out of the open world. The side quests are pretty much MMO like. You goto point A, collect item B, and return to questgiver - rinse and repeat - over and over. Not much story for the sidequests either, especially compared to a game like Witcher 3..

    Combat, like the story, just didn't seem to matter. It's basically pressing or holding 1-2 buttons over and over again. Magic is mostly useless because you'll hurt your own teammates whom you can't really get out of the way as you have little to no control over them. For a game that wants to be an "action" RPG, it just never felt like you had to do much. Contrast that with Witcher 3 where you had multiple options and ways to play. The leveling/advancement system really never seemed to matter much and many of the options required far too many AP to be worthwhile.

    Overall, a disappointing game, failing to live up to any of the Final Fantasy games that went before it. If you're a fan, maybe you might find it worth playing. I won't say I hated the game, I just wish they had called it something other than Final Fantasy, because this wasn't a Final Fantasy game.    … Expand
  19. vindiexel
    Jan 25, 2017
    1
    So sad... Still trying to find a Final Fantasy game inside Final Fantasy XV. Still playing the game, saying to myself: "the problem is you. You have grown older". But deep inside I know is decieving myself. Goodbye my loved final fantasy.
  20. DarthNihilus
    Dec 30, 2016
    4
    JWhere do I even begin...... This game has so many flaws its beyond ridiculous. I've seen quite a few perfect or high scores and I can't help but think that SE paid people to review this game. I'll list my pros and cons to give you an accurate picture of the mess called Final Fantasy XV:

    PROS: Battle System The battle system has been streamlined to make it easier for newer players    JWhere do I even begin...... This game has so many flaws its beyond ridiculous. I've seen quite a few perfect or high scores and I can't help but think that SE paid people to review this game. I'll list my pros and cons to give you an accurate picture of the mess called Final Fantasy XV:

    PROS:

    Battle System

    The battle system has been streamlined to make it easier for newer players to get used to. As a long time fan of the series I was somewhat disappointed that the battle system was not turn based as we have all become used to seeing. The battles are fast paced and I like that you can change gear mid battle. There is no hard thinking required whatsoever

    Graphics/Scale

    The world is pretty big and the environments look beautiful. I'm glad they invested time in making a large scale world that feels vibrant.

    CONS:

    Story

    This game has one of the worst and most confusing stories in the entire series. You spend half the game not even knowing what's going on. The first 8 chapters will bore you to death and the last few chapters are each less than an hour. Chapter 14 is nearly unbearable to play through. This is not what I was expecting from a FF game. Narrative is nonexistent, you basically had to watch the Kingsglaive movie to learn anything about the world you inhabit.

    Characters

    You play as the lead singer of an emo Jpop band. The 4 main characters are so cliché its pathetic. There is absolutely NO character development for anyone not named Noctis. You spend the entire game traveling with companions that you know nothing about. Even the villains fall flat. Most characters are poorly designed and have terrible voice acting. The majority of characters that you meet suddenly disappear and are nowhere to be found later on in the game with no explanation of what happened to them.

    Battle System

    The battle system is basically a button mashing system with one button. You can hold down the attack button and basically win every battle you fight. There is no strategy involved which is very big disappointment. The old FF games had large scale battles that actually felt like accomplishments when you beat them after multiple tries. This battle system has absolutely no soul. Its almost too easy. The magic system is such a chore and you can't even really die. They made it nearly impossible to die which takes the fun and challenge out of the battles. You spend long battles to acquire Astrals that the game gives you no information on how to use so they're basically useless.

    Car

    I was expecting a fast travel system/airship that all fans have become accustomed to. What we're stuck with is a car that is a pain in the ass. You can manually operate a car on rails or have one of your companions drive. You can't skip the driving part, you'll spend long spans of time just watching the characters drive from quest to quest. The loading times are ridiculous for the so called fast travel system.

    World

    For such an open world concept I was shocked at how empty it is. FF is usually filled with memorable locations that are truly a sight to behold. There is no such thing in this game. You'll spend a lot of time camping and at outposts that all look exactly the same.

    Music

    FF is usually blessed with some of the best music of any RPG. This game's music is pretty much forgettable. Not a single track worth replaying. Most of the music doesn't even feel like it belongs in a FF game.

    Conclusion

    This game feels like it was rushed. It feels unfinished. There is so much missing from it that I can't believe they released it. I'm sorely disappointed. If you were expecting a true FF game you'll be sadly mistaken. The hype surrounding this game was massive. The trailers all contained content that was not in the game at all. Classic Bait & Switch. You've been warned!    … Expand
  21. H_SnypeR
    Dec 19, 2016
    3
    I've played FF7(fantasic), FF8 (my favourity), FF9 (a bit childlish theme, but still had a decent story and structure), FF10 (so-so hate the level grind design but good ability unlock system) and FF13 (the worse FF out there)

    Pros + Good Graphics + Not bad voice acting + some good journey relationship building dialogue, but also a lot of useless trash talk too Cons - Bland story    I've played FF7(fantasic), FF8 (my favourity), FF9 (a bit childlish theme, but still had a decent story and structure), FF10 (so-so hate the level grind design but good ability unlock system) and FF13 (the worse FF out there)

    Pros
    + Good Graphics
    + Not bad voice acting
    + some good journey relationship building dialogue, but also a lot of useless trash talk too

    Cons
    - Bland story and doesn't make sense
    - Boring Combat system - just button mash the circle button or hold it down. Not much strategy and can't use other characters and other abilities
    - Poor and boring level design
    - Story is poorly paced. Your kingdom is taken over Imperials, but you have time to go fishing and drive slowly. No sense of urgency.
    - No driving skills needed - boring watching someone drive
    - leveling exploit - can level up super fast and too easy to get all abilities and summons unlike FF8
    - can't use much summons
    - too much useless cut scenes
    - loading scenes take too long
    - cooking system isn't that rewarding or interesting to level up
    - not much customisation for weapons, abilities and armour/clothing with different stats
    - soundtrack is inconsistent and doesn't match certain timings of the story i.e

    Can't believe there are so much good reviews. Game is probably more fit for really young kids who like filler tasks and fetch quests. Witcher 3 is definitely the better open world RPG.    … Expand
  22. petertosh
    Dec 27, 2016
    4
    I give this game a 4 just for the effort of the graphics soundtrack please story the worst ever its a crime to give this game the title of game of the year its a game i played and i never want to see it again the logo its the only trademark of the final series
  23. Ebtehal
    Dec 31, 2016
    2
    After seeing the ratings for this game i now know for certain that reviewers get bought and there is no integrity in humanity anymore. because this game is one of the worst RPG games i have ever played .
    i mean the game in a nutshell is: bad messy story + holding one button to fight+sitting in a car for long hours + doing repetitive boring side quests over and over again. so you can    After seeing the ratings for this game i now know for certain that reviewers get bought and there is no integrity in humanity anymore. because this game is one of the worst RPG games i have ever played .
    i mean the game in a nutshell is: bad messy story + holding one button to fight+sitting in a car for long hours + doing repetitive boring side quests over and over again. so you can imagine what does that equal    … Expand
  24. vereonos
    Dec 14, 2016
    4
    FFXV is a disjointed hodgepodge — an endless cycle of mundane quests and hobbies slapped onto a sprawling world that gets increasingly claustrophobic as you reach its unsatisfying conclusion. If you enjoy a good plot and solid character development, look elsewhere. The characters are paper thin.

    This game is like a disappointing hookup with someone you've been lusting after for 10    FFXV is a disjointed hodgepodge — an endless cycle of mundane quests and hobbies slapped onto a sprawling world that gets increasingly claustrophobic as you reach its unsatisfying conclusion. If you enjoy a good plot and solid character development, look elsewhere. The characters are paper thin.

    This game is like a disappointing hookup with someone you've been lusting after for 10 years. You build them up to be enticing and attractive, creating all these grandiose expectations — but when you get to know them, they're a vapid, boring **** who just wants to fish, cook, and dabble in photography while the world crumbles around you.

    If you enjoy past FF games, avoid this. I cannot recommend this to you in good faith.    … Expand
  25. Ellidor
    Dec 25, 2016
    3
    I so wanted to love this game the nostalgia of Final Fantasy makes me want to rate this game at least an 8 but then I think back to the original Final Fantasy XIV before realm reborn and realize that this game is in par with what that game offered as an MMO. It was so incredibly horrible that the developers gave a free year of game play and focused on recasting FFXIV Realm Reborn. I putI so wanted to love this game the nostalgia of Final Fantasy makes me want to rate this game at least an 8 but then I think back to the original Final Fantasy XIV before realm reborn and realize that this game is in par with what that game offered as an MMO. It was so incredibly horrible that the developers gave a free year of game play and focused on recasting FFXIV Realm Reborn. I put Final Fantasy XV right on pace. The Developers created a story with such lack luster that they should be ashamed to call this title Final Fantasy. When I think Final Fantasy I think of a story so compelling it draws you in and its almost like watching a movie. It was apparent within the first 15 minutes of Final Fantasy XV that this was not going to be the case. At the beginning my father says to take care as I am the heir and the last son of the royal family. I knew immediately that something tragic was about to unfold. About 40 minutes later in the game it happened my father the king died in a less than epic fashion. There was absolutely zero character development or emotion for the passing of my father. In some strange way I was more relieved that my companions sister lived and was less concerned with the death of my own father the king to the empire. I never really fell into the story of how now I am the king as the passing of my father happened. I never felt the drama of my future queen and her departing. In fact it was so clunky I had a hard time following the story. I agree that the open world, side quests and dungeons are great but with the ultimate sacrifice of a compelling story that drives me. I never felt connected to the story in a way that felt epic or made my heart skip a beat. I am trying to not give too many spoilers but if your considering purchasing a final fantasy go buy the hd remake of final fantasy 10 as it is 100% better than this garbage. Please save your $60 and don't support the developer and bad games as this only encourages them to produce more bad games. As gamers we deserve more especially from a franchise name such as final fantasy. Don't get caught up in the nostalgia of final fantasy thinking OMG another Final Fantasy this has to be good because if it were any other game it wouldn't score over a 5 star review by any site. You have been warned don't purchase unless you are willing to accept a disappointment to the franchise yet again. Good Job Square Enix you matched Final Fantasy XIV the original yet again what a shame.… Expand
  26. WagyuMeatloaf
    Dec 30, 2016
    4
    I've put 40 hours into the game so I haven't seen everything but more than enough for an educated opinion. My feelings for FFXV are so strong that I actually signed up just to review it. I don't think it's a good Final Fantasy and it's also not a good open world RPG. I got my hopes up after reading good publication reviews but wound up disappointed that it continues to drift further fromI've put 40 hours into the game so I haven't seen everything but more than enough for an educated opinion. My feelings for FFXV are so strong that I actually signed up just to review it. I don't think it's a good Final Fantasy and it's also not a good open world RPG. I got my hopes up after reading good publication reviews but wound up disappointed that it continues to drift further from what I enjoyed from its 90s entries. X was really the last one I enjoyed and I guess this is their version of a modern Western RPG but, even then, it's not as nearly good as their peers. There's some good aspects but, ultimately, too much is shallow and half-baked. I work in the non-gaming software industry and it's very obvious that the product suffered greatly from its multiple reboots and changing of hands. FFXV is not a keeper for me and I'm definitely selling this one back.

    + Graphics are among the best on PS4
    + Open world in the first half of the game is fun to discover, works well enough, and gave me hope for a good game
    + Leveling grid is good. At any point, you can save up points to buy big perks or spend them on lots of smaller ones.

    - Closed world in the second half of the game is where it completely falls apart. There are a couple of sections where all you do is walk through a train and pick up items. After that, the game weaves mechanics into the storyline to physically slow you down. I just wound up being annoyed and frustrated from literally stumbling around corridors for hours. Chapter 13 is so egregiously bad that it took me a week to beat it because I could only stand it for 20 minutes a day.
    - Side quests: A precious few are ok but too many are simply people asking you to go fetch this at a random location, go search a field for that, or go take a picture of something. Why you do this to me? It's not fun. Please have real storylines for side missions.
    - Sometimes you have to ride 5 minutes in the car until you unlock the fast travel point. I just fired up Youtube on my computer to pass the time.
    - Combat: I guess button mashing fighting is the RPG norm now but most fights are mindlessly holding down R2 and circle to spam attacks. Use Protect for a weaker member? Nope. Shell or Wall for defensive buffs? Nope. Link attacks are a good concept but bad camera angles and controls makes it and everything else about combat super clunky and it's not worth the struggle. Status effects are an afterthought. Warping is the best new wrinkle but not enough to make up for everything else. It's all just so shallow and I'm probably the exception but I'd much rather have the complexity afforded by the old menu battle system.
    - Magic: Not necessary and extremely shallow. You'd barely even know it's there.
    - Summons: I heard they exist but I have no idea how to use it.
    - Items: The usual restorative items are essential (potions, elixirs, and phoenix downs) but
    - Story: Rushed and underdeveloped and I actually kind of dislike the main character.
    - Controls: X is the non-combat interaction button to pick up an item, get in the car, mount a Chocobo, etc. It's also the jump button which is a huge problem because it often doesn't realize you want to interact with the environment and so you irritatingly wind up randomly jumping around like an idiot.
    - Party: You can't control the other members and the roles are poorly differentiated so they're all generic to me. They're all melee characters except one gets guns and has much lower health. One guy can take photos and another can give boosts through cooking.
    - I think sometimes the lips were not completely in sync with the dialog. Minor nitpicking but it's a little jarring when I notice it.    … Expand
  27. mrlee97
    Apr 3, 2017
    4
    This game is completely unfinished. I don't think I've played a game from square enix as half baked as this. This is honestly the worse final fantasy entry in the entire series. It's an abomination that this is a main installment. SO much potential wasted.
  28. nestle12345
    Aug 7, 2017
    0
    Story: Dreadful, full of plotholes, don't even bother trying to understand it.
    Gameplay: Worst gameplay of all time, camera continuously getting in the way, hold down x and square and hope for the best.
    Music: Good. Sidequests: Shoot yourself in the head because that's way more enjoyable than doing these. Open world: It is very open, with a lot of space... and that's it, just space.    Story: Dreadful, full of plotholes, don't even bother trying to understand it.
    Gameplay: Worst gameplay of all time, camera continuously getting in the way, hold down x and square and hope for the best.
    Music: Good.
    Sidequests: Shoot yourself in the head because that's way more enjoyable than doing these.
    Open world: It is very open, with a lot of space... and that's it, just space. Nothing worth mentioning goes on, except for helping the occasional broken down car. WHAOSOCOOL.
    Second-half of the game: Get yourself some chips and a soda, put on some netflix, lay back and hold down the analog stick forward, because all you will be doing is going in a straight line from here on out.
    Overall: False advertisement, none of the trailers from 2006-2013 (that basically sold the game for a lot of people) contain anything in the final game.    … Expand
  29. Femto90
    Apr 21, 2020
    0
    Unfinished garbage, played it at release and it was literally unfinished, full of bugs etc It's kinda better now after more than 2 years but it means nothing to me. Hell they just now adding the villains backstory in the game, **** this piece of ****
  30. treken1
    Nov 9, 2017
    3
    Final Fantasy se ha caracterizado por ser una saga con una historia densa y profunda, con cientos de líneas de diálogo y por un mundo basto y mastodóntico. Este proyecto ha tenido cientos de problemas en su desarrollo, y al final han recortado parte de lo que debía traer para meterlos en otros formatos, como la película y las series de anime que perfectamente podrían haber sido parte delFinal Fantasy se ha caracterizado por ser una saga con una historia densa y profunda, con cientos de líneas de diálogo y por un mundo basto y mastodóntico. Este proyecto ha tenido cientos de problemas en su desarrollo, y al final han recortado parte de lo que debía traer para meterlos en otros formatos, como la película y las series de anime que perfectamente podrían haber sido parte del videojuego, tanto la película como parte del prólogo, y el anime como flashbacks. No me siento identificado con lo que ha hecho sentir este Final Fantasy, teniendo en cuenta lo que he sentido en otros momentos de mi vida. Si este es el camino que Square Enix ha decidido tomar, que no cuenten conmigo. ¿Mundo abierto? ¿Y la narrativa, mero complemento de relleno? Bah, otra más que no sabe que hacer para sacar dinero.… Expand
  31. PavelCech
    Aug 30, 2018
    0
    I am experienced gamer, played dozens of similar games by end. FF XV says it is for First Timers so I was curious. The result - no its not. From my point of view this is cheap looking and crap feeling game with 10+ years old mechanics and graphics. But what I dislike most are main characters. They are all looking unmature, like EMO gay singer group (like Backstreet Boys). Their stupidI am experienced gamer, played dozens of similar games by end. FF XV says it is for First Timers so I was curious. The result - no its not. From my point of view this is cheap looking and crap feeling game with 10+ years old mechanics and graphics. But what I dislike most are main characters. They are all looking unmature, like EMO gay singer group (like Backstreet Boys). Their stupid haircut, simple dialogues makes me feeling I must have installed different game for PEGI 3 or something. The quests are simple, straight nothing special and predictable. System of skills and everything is half interesting in comparison to Skyrim for instance. If you are First Timer you must love japanese style of games or skip this garbage. It will be completely waste of time for you.… Expand
  32. Bibit
    Aug 25, 2018
    3
    It was going ok, I was enjoying the general gameplay but the story ruined it.
  33. Offyourocker
    Apr 3, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i really didn't like that "just us pals" feel of the game. i always end up turning voice volume down eventually in games, and this is one of the fastest in a while. driving or walking anywhere will stuff meaningless and repetitive banter down your throat. putting that aside, a lighthearted adventure between friends seems like a really dumb thing to do after your father was killed and your kingdom crushed. enemies are a nuisance. seriously. i don't know which is worse, the seemingly endless fetch quests, or the literally endless spawning enemies that try to get in your way. the world is too big and if you're trying to get anywhere that isn't part of the main road you need to sprint, BUT there's a virtually meaningless stamina bar. if you time it right, your stamina bar completely refills. all this serves to do is keep you from falling asleep while trying to get places you can't with your car. trust me, there are plenty of those. finally, when they steal your car. they steal your car! even if it's only temporary, it's like they took the best part of the game away from you and force you to walk/sprint literally everywhere until you get it back.… Expand
  34. STEntertainment
    Dec 18, 2016
    2
    If you're a fan of the old school Final Fantasy games this isn't for you. In an attempt to attract new and old fans Square-Enix has failed in making a game either side wants. It's the first button masher Final Fantasy game. That pretty much says it all. A fast paced, action rpg with elements of fantasy. Geared towards teen boys. I wasn't really expecting much anyway this time around, but aIf you're a fan of the old school Final Fantasy games this isn't for you. In an attempt to attract new and old fans Square-Enix has failed in making a game either side wants. It's the first button masher Final Fantasy game. That pretty much says it all. A fast paced, action rpg with elements of fantasy. Geared towards teen boys. I wasn't really expecting much anyway this time around, but a small sense of hope was lingering in the back of my head. But alas, all hope was gone when a cover version of "Stand By Me" was played in the intro of the game, That set the mood for the entire game. A buddy/bromance coming of age story with button mashing....No thanks. By the end of the game, one is just happy to be done with it.… Expand
  35. thekindsirpoopo
    Dec 24, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay - 3/10
    At its current state it is still filled with bugs and no where near as polished as it should be. Fighting is as simple as holding down attack and dodging buttons. It's cooler to watch than control. Tactics for other characters is weak and boring. I don't know how many times I tried to pick up an item, open a door or hop on a chocobo and I jumped 10 times before actually accessing the desired task. You constantly tip toe in dungeons and towns forcing you to sprint and kill your stamina. Just let me run dammit! Summons? Cool but random. Just let me summon them like previous games.

    Graphics - 9/10
    No doubt this game is beautiful. There were many moments I had to stare at the scenery before I could carry on. Entering Altissia blew my load. As pretty as the game is, it still lacks the character of previous games. Promto is photographer of the year!

    Music - 7/10
    Yoko Shimomura's contribution to the Final Fantasy series fits well. Main battle themes are awesome and the boss battles give you a real epic feel. If you like Kindom Hearts soundtracks, you'll like this one. One thing I hated was the town music. Other than Hammerhead, I found all town tracks to be SO ANNOYING! The redneck themes in Lucis had me muting the game while I was in towns.

    Story - 2/10
    Hands down the worst and more boring FF story to date. The original concept from Final Fantasy Versus XIII had me excited. I really wanted to feel like this was a modern Final Fantasy with a touch of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet mixed with the whole "Fantasy based on reality" theme. The relationship with Notic and King Regis is nowhere to be found. So many interesting characters not given a chance to shine such as Lunafreya, Ravus, Iedolas Aldercapt, heck even Arden didn't make as big of an impact. Kingsglaive gives you the background leading up to the game but the game does a poor job of connecting them. The whole Lucis area had me cringing with redneck NPC's and towns. The second half of the game transitions from open world to a much more linear approach but gives you much more story and less redneck BS. Character relationship between the group is ok but I honestly didn't know if Prompto was gonna build up the courage to ask to suck my dick. Either you're gay or not, just stop bugging me with your BS! As a prince/king, Noctis is alright but nowhere near as cool as Cloud or Lightning. I really wanted to see Tetsuya Nomura's version of him.

    Cutscenes - 4/10
    Previous FF games made cutscenes feel like a reward for kicking some serious ass. For the first half of the game, cutscenes feel no different than those from a free MMORPG. The second half is better with actual pre-rendered cutscenes. I will say the scene where Lunafreya gives Notis the ring is one of the most beautiful FF cutscenes I've seen in a while.

    Voice Acting - 1/10
    Complete **** Everyone in Lucis is a redneck except for one douchebag who has a New York Italian accent. Dude even says cliche **** like "bada bing bada boom" and "fa-get-about-it". I kept pretending Ignis was Balthier from FFXII.

    TL;DR
    Beautiful game with mostly good soundtrack killed by lacking story, no polish and an even further push away from the true Final Fantasy feel. Name it something else and it might be seen as a decent game.    … Expand
  36. sudderandomuser
    Jan 3, 2017
    3
    I'm going to review this as both a standalone title, comparing it to other RPGs, and as a Final Fantasy title. I've played every mainline FF title except for I and XI, but recognize some titles may have been better received if they were not under the Final Fantasy title.

    Regardless of how you look at XV, this game is a mess. There are parts that work. The dungeons are fun to explore,    I'm going to review this as both a standalone title, comparing it to other RPGs, and as a Final Fantasy title. I've played every mainline FF title except for I and XI, but recognize some titles may have been better received if they were not under the Final Fantasy title.

    Regardless of how you look at XV, this game is a mess.

    There are parts that work. The dungeons are fun to explore, the music is better than average, the banter livened up some areas, and there are short sections of the game plot which are a nice touch. It provided an amazing amount of laughter at times, but that was not intentional on behalf of the game. The trees and rocks were impressive.

    Sadly, even the positives have negatives attached. Most of the dungeons have no lore or reason for existing, the vast majority of the music is simplistic and wasn't made to fit specific circumstances (i.e. you'll have no You're Not Alone, The Truth Revealed, or Fallen Angel), the banter is largely not related to the plot and offers no insight beyond "bugs are icky" or "Cindy needs to take out a restraining order towards Prompto," and the sections which don't work outnumber those that do. The trees and rocks WERE impressive though.

    There are some aspects which were okay, but too botched to be good. I would say this would be a good first step for an open world FF game, but even Lightning Returns had a more memorable, albeit smaller, open world. This whole world is massive, which I'm sure took some amazing graphic work, but it's so empty in that most of it is just scenery you're meant to drive by and there's not much to discover other than random items in the field. On top of it, the areas aren't built up to have different cultures or heart. To compare it beyond FF, it fares even worse in comparison to anything open world Bethesda makes, and even the world of Dragon Age Inquisition - which filled its world with many fetch quests - since that open world understood the importance of lore and allowing player to discover things when exploring.

    Speaking of boring fetch quests, that's exactly the method this game takes up for its sidequests. There are a couple I'd willingly do that were a bit different, but they by and large just felt pointless. This lack of purpose made even worse by how the open world is abandoned in the second half of the game, as it pulls a reverse FFXIII and becomes linear.

    The worst part of the game happens during this linear part. There's a city that we hear of repeatedly, but when we arrive, we're limited to a small patch of grass. To top it off, I've rarely been as miserable playing a game as I was when I was playing Chapter 13, which dragged on, didn't have the right game mechanics to pull off, and offered nothing rewarding.

    Most of the characters get no development or background, a lot of vital plot points happen off screen, and the plot itself pulls off something I would have thought impossible: Being very simple while also being as disjointed as possible. The plot is told in chunks, flashbacks, or in extra material the game assumes you've seen. I had watched the anime, movie, and played the platinum demo, and even then the latter half of the game had few answers. To avoid going into later spoilers, even the first quest you get opens up a ton of questions: Why would a prince leave without money to the point he has to slay monsters to pay his car bill? If he doesn't have the currency of that area, why didn't the more cautious Ignis think to convert it beforehand? Why does an area still in their Kingdom even use different currency? And that is nothing in comparison to the lack of logic later.

    Even the central theme of friendship is something that doesn't make sense beyond their movements in battle. Prompto, Ignis, and Gladiolus have no relationship to each other and are only there because of Noctis. One of them ends up yelling at Noctis more than acting anything like a friend, another comes across as more of a highly paid servant, and the final member can act like a friend, but then Noctis can be horrible to him in return, completely destroying any sense of that "brotherhood." It does not help that we don't even know much about even their motivations for being there, particularly Gladiolus and Ignis. There were characters in FFII that I knew more about in terms of motives and background.

    I'm fine with trying new things, but it has to be engaging. Most of the battle system was pressing O and occasionally warping while the camera focuses on the wrong place. I would've preferred something more similar to the tactics screen + pause and switch between party members method of Dragon Age games to add a more tactical edge to it.

    Yes, there are sections which work and it might be an "okay" action game by a company without deep pockets, but given how RPGs rely more on story, there's no way this can get a high score when the writing is such a mess and the last half of the game feels unfinished.    … Expand
  37. ElroyJetson
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    FFINO - Final Fantasy In Name Only.

    If you were a fan of the previous FF classics, stay away from this game. Why, you ask? From a lacklustre, non-engaging story to over-simplified combat, annoying as HELL camera, filler side-quests, barren open world, cars on train-tracks, terrible magic system, and mediocre character customisation – it’s hard to find a reason to play this mess of a    FFINO - Final Fantasy In Name Only.

    If you were a fan of the previous FF classics, stay away from this game. Why, you ask? From a lacklustre, non-engaging story to over-simplified combat, annoying as HELL camera, filler side-quests, barren open world, cars on train-tracks, terrible magic system, and mediocre character customisation – it’s hard to find a reason to play this mess of a game.

    Where do I even begin? The truth is nowhere - don't even waste your time. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU WERE A FAN OF PREVIOUS FF CLASSICS LIKE X, VII, OR VI.

    Never have I quit a FF game midway until XV. I got to 5-10 hours in and the complete lack of an engaging story, boring watered down combat system, and the worst side-quests known to mankind ensured that I could no longer continue. If I could give one word to describe this game, it would be: unfulfilling.

    I’m rating this game a 0/10 instead of 4/10 because I’m comparing XV to previous non-MMO mainline FF titles and considering development time. Biggest gaming disappointment of all time.    … Expand
  38. Andyo
    Dec 30, 2016
    3
    I don't normally bother writing reviews for games however, after having played and completed Final Fantasy XV I feel compelled to share my opinion with others in the hopes that this rubbish game doesn't ruin such a great franchise.

    Now don't get me wrong, I bought this game with much excitement and anticipation. I didn't expect this game to be the best game I have ever played, I didn't    I don't normally bother writing reviews for games however, after having played and completed Final Fantasy XV I feel compelled to share my opinion with others in the hopes that this rubbish game doesn't ruin such a great franchise.

    Now don't get me wrong, I bought this game with much excitement and anticipation. I didn't expect this game to be the best game I have ever played, I didn't really have any major expectations. I didn't play any of the tech demos and stayed away from previews etc. In fact, I knew very little about the game prior to playing the full release version.

    I'm not going to bother going into the pros and cons of the game, but let me just say that I gave this game a good 15 hours or so playtime before I could admit to myself that the game was bad. I really wanted to love and enjoy this game, and tried so hard to get into it. But unfortunately I couldn't and each time I played it seemed more like a chore than anything else.

    I feel as though any fan of FInal Fantasy will be going through the 5 stages of grief after playing XV. The first stage being denial, which is likely to account for most positive reviews that weren't paid for by SE.

    If you have yet to play FFXV, save your money and wait for a price drop. If you want to play a fantastic open world RPG then play Witcher 3.    … Expand
  39. BoundingSuccubi
    Jan 17, 2017
    0
    Another wasted opportunity for Square. Very little depth. Another story along the lines of FFXIII. No reason for anything, just thrown together. Character customization and party mechanics are awful. Square has lost their ability to tell a captivating story and create characters who have real personality and draw you in and this is just the latest example. I have played every FFAnother wasted opportunity for Square. Very little depth. Another story along the lines of FFXIII. No reason for anything, just thrown together. Character customization and party mechanics are awful. Square has lost their ability to tell a captivating story and create characters who have real personality and draw you in and this is just the latest example. I have played every FF since 1 including Gameboy and I have been let down every title since 12. Square - there is reason you make the online games with jobs and classes and magic and story. Why can't you do that with an offline title? Your fans want it. And now you suck at it. Go back to the basics.… Expand
  40. hulkmaster
    Dec 13, 2016
    0
    If it was "just some JRPG" i would gladly place 8 or 9, because game have its pretty good moments.

    But as Final Fantasy game it lack of too much things. Why would they give that game to Tabata, instead of Nomura?
  41. americanbeast
    Feb 4, 2017
    1
    I created a metacritic account just to review this game. Absolute rubbish. A boring world, characters, and a story that requires to watch movies and anime just to understand. You'd think that with a 10 year development time and a massive budget that Square could have come up with something better. The combat is just okay. The final few hours of the game are absolutely terrible. AlsoI created a metacritic account just to review this game. Absolute rubbish. A boring world, characters, and a story that requires to watch movies and anime just to understand. You'd think that with a 10 year development time and a massive budget that Square could have come up with something better. The combat is just okay. The final few hours of the game are absolutely terrible. Also you can't save in most dungeons so if you have time constraints (or the game crashes which happened to me twice) you can lose significant time.

    As long a time fan of the series, I would rank this just above FFXIII as the 2nd worst. Here's to hoping that FFXVI can pick up the pieces.    … Expand
  42. donagher2004
    Dec 17, 2016
    3
    terrible game I couldn't even finish it, characters are boring and the story feels remote .......................................................... !!!
  43. Galenmereth
    Dec 21, 2016
    3
    The game is mediocre in possibly the most frustrating way possible. Some parts truly shine, while other parts are terrible to play and atrociously boring. I can't bring myself to finish it; I've spent 35 hours in the game so far, and every time I think I get the combat, my AI road-trip pals decide to stand in fire for no reason. Or let themselves be surrounded. Or something else stupidThe game is mediocre in possibly the most frustrating way possible. Some parts truly shine, while other parts are terrible to play and atrociously boring. I can't bring myself to finish it; I've spent 35 hours in the game so far, and every time I think I get the combat, my AI road-trip pals decide to stand in fire for no reason. Or let themselves be surrounded. Or something else stupid which I have zero control over. It's beautiful most of the time, and ugly sometimes. The best music is the CD's from the previous games you can buy ingame. The story is... OK? Like a summer blockbuster. It has enormous plot-holes and is in general not interesting. The world is huge, beautiful, and mostly empty. In the beginning the characters talked together in the car and held interesting, character building conversations. Past the midpoint they just... Sit in silence and stare at their phones. Much like I ended up doing. And then I stopped playing.

    I'm disappointed, and frustrated that some parts shine while overall it's just so utterly average an experience.    … Expand
  44. Cloud9000
    Jan 28, 2017
    0
    To be Honest this is Really not good.
    Reviews have to be at least 150 Characters so Let me fill in the blank.
    BADDDDD GAME DONT WASTE YOUR Money unless u like **** games
  45. sweed1234
    May 31, 2018
    0
    This game was a disappointment. It had good music and the game had a good start but after chapter 8 you know the game was rushed and that is when the game took a really bad nose dive. Parts of the game were missing only to be released as DLC way too late (99% of people had already finished the game, no point in mid game DLC, it really needed to be a part of the game from the start). TheThis game was a disappointment. It had good music and the game had a good start but after chapter 8 you know the game was rushed and that is when the game took a really bad nose dive. Parts of the game were missing only to be released as DLC way too late (99% of people had already finished the game, no point in mid game DLC, it really needed to be a part of the game from the start). The game doesn't feel like an RPG and the magic system was bland. Many side quests but a very short main story, way too short. World was beautiful but also too big and empty. The game did not feel like a Final Fantasy game. The game was rushed at the end. The ending was too bland, short, filled with loop holes and dark for my taste.… Expand
  46. GamerZero
    Sep 10, 2017
    0
    If you've never played a Final Fantasy game before you might like this trash. However, if you came in expecting a good story, likeable characters, an interesting world and an exciting adventure where you're drawn in...you will be disappointed. Yes I am a long time FF fan which means I expect good games, this game is garbage.
  47. turdking
    Jul 21, 2017
    1
    10 long years I waited for this. What are the paid shills who write the 7-10 score reviews saying?

    - "A Beautiful Open World" - that you can't even explore openly because of invisible barriers. While some parts are nice (the parts shown in the trailer) most of the world feels barren and empty as if it hasn't seen any attention from the developers. The cities are lifeless and there is    10 long years I waited for this. What are the paid shills who write the 7-10 score reviews saying?

    - "A Beautiful Open World" - that you can't even explore openly because of invisible barriers. While some parts are nice (the parts shown in the trailer) most of the world feels barren and empty as if it hasn't seen any attention from the developers. The cities are lifeless and there is absolutely no sense of exploration, any secret area you find usually contains nothing more than a crafting material. Even the need to talk to a NPC merchat is alleviated by allowing you to shop from your car.

    - "easy to learn and fun combat mechanics " - yeah its pretty easy to hold a button down to Auto Attack and a button down to dodge. Its especially easy to learn when you its pretty much impossible for you to die - when you "go down" you simply limp about with your MAX HP draining until another party member can bring you back to your feet. Phoenix Down's are also so plentiful that even when my entire party was wiped out "Downed" Noctis was able to throw a Phoenix Down and we are back in business holding Auto Attack and Dodge - SO FUN.

    - "a lot of depth to the combat that can be reached by the big verity of weapons" - This i don't get. Its fake depth, with the exception of a few , most weapons are re-skinned melee weapons , the game is essentially a Hack-n-Slash. Magic has been dumbed down to 3 basic elements that can be infused to give bonus effects. (not to mention you have to gather materials to craft the spell) Even the summons have been dumbed down to a RNG chance of occurring.

    - "So many side quests you can't hardly focus on the main story (a pro, not a con) and that don't feel at all repetitive" - NOT REPETITIVE? Every single side quest in this game is a shallow attempt at adding depth to a lifeless game. --- Talk to unimportant irrelevant NPC with no memorable quotes or background, go to Point A. Return to NPC. Receive Item. Every "side-quest" has this structure. Think Preston Garvey in FO4.

    - "challenging hunts" - the only challenging thing about the hunts in this game is finding the willpower to continue playing the game long enough to reach the interesting hunts.

    i'm not going to comment on the story because I personally couldn't find the strength to finish it (stopped at Chapter 11)

    People who claim that the bad reviews are from Turn based purists or whatever need to have a serious think about what this game does right. No sense of exploration, simplified and dumbed down RPG mechanics, shallow lifeless world and characters, and don't even get me started on that horrible car.    … Expand
  48. akiranet666
    Dec 23, 2016
    1
    Something is SERIOUSLY wrong!
    God how I wished this was a Final Fantasy game!!! It is only by name.

    If you want to make a flawed action game that:
    i) steals a million ideas from many other games of various genres, however with VERY poor incorporation (cooking, fishing as MAIN SKILLS?) OR
    ii) an action RPG with some Final Fantasy momments...

    WHY THE HELL CALL IT A FINAL FANTASY GAME?
  49. antivirtue
    Dec 10, 2016
    3
    This game pales in comparison to other Final Fantasy games. It pales in comparison to most games at that. Playing this game was sincerely frustrating at points, you would think it would be this wonderful world with just TONS to explore, right? Given how it took a whole decade to make! Haha. Wrong. The story can hardly be called a story due to how badly put together it is. It's upsetting.This game pales in comparison to other Final Fantasy games. It pales in comparison to most games at that. Playing this game was sincerely frustrating at points, you would think it would be this wonderful world with just TONS to explore, right? Given how it took a whole decade to make! Haha. Wrong. The story can hardly be called a story due to how badly put together it is. It's upsetting. Now, you may think that expectations made this game bad for me, well no. I didn't think it was going to be a masterpiece, but I also didn't think it was going to be this much of a let down. Let's talk about its gimmicks promoted as features now.

    The Open World:
    Given how big the entirety of the map is, you'd think that there would be dungeons and cities at every corner, wrong. There are around a dozen or so dungeons and, get this, two whole cities. It's pathetic. There is so much empty space. There are certain points, campsites, called havens and using these is redundant given there's practically always a rest point much more convenient in a little town or at a gas station. There's really no exploration to this game as walking on foot looking for dungeons would be a royal pain in the ass and using a chocobo to find dungeons would be slightly less aggravating, but you'd still end up finding practically nothing in all the empty space which is sprinkled with rather useless items here and there.

    Combat:
    It's tasteless, repetitive and rather devoid of need of any sort of skill. The attack patterns of the monsters are inclined to aim for you even if you're far from them and trying to "hide" to regain health and mana, but they'll still find you and try to attack you. The whole "hiding/crouching" gimmick is practically non-existent throughout the game, so why even implement it? There are no combos, really, and just consists of spamming one button the majority of the time. Trying to be skillful will be rewarded with inescapable incoming damage. Maddening.

    Equipment and items:
    Awful. There are only a handful of weapons in the game and an even much smaller amount of armors/outfits.
    The system for armors and equipment is very lackluster and, get this, each outfit counts as two, one with a jacket and one without. How lazy. Customization is nonexistent and could have added a nice touch to the game. There are accessories, but these don't even appear on your person or your teammates. It's a shame, as customization could have been a nice and easy touch.

    Story:
    Messy, forgettable, poorly brought about.

    Music:
    Forgettable.

    Movement:
    Just including this because it irked me, how the main character has to wipe his hands after every mob not permitting you to run. You can't grab on to any sort of ledge to boost yourself up on a rock for a better vantage point or anything of the sort. Your teammates will get in your way a lot of the time while anywhere. Accidentally running into a wall or object will cause you to bounce back off it. Lengthily. It's a nuisance.

    Driving:
    You aren't really even driving. Why even have a car?

    Characters:
    They're okay, and I use that in the loosest sense. The idea of what little this game is, is countered by the constant pushing of dialogue of how great and long an adventure this was, by the main characters. Which I easily see it could have been had things been executed more properly.

    All in all, this game was disappointing and I wouldn't recommend it.    … Expand
  50. michail89
    Jul 5, 2017
    0
    Graphics are insane
    Musics are good
    Timeplay : Short
    Gameplay : Sucks
    Story : Totally Sucks
    Difficulty : Very Easy
    Side Quest : Repeated boring side quest
    Overall : Boring game and nothing special to be remembered.
  51. Jonnyboi123
    Jan 11, 2017
    3
    this game is dull. the lack of atmosphere due to the dull surroundings lacks any motivation to explore. Graphics are bad and it takes forever to get anywhere. Driving the car is so dull that its a snoze fest. The fighting is ok but its hard to keep track of enemies. The side missions are fetch quests which are awefull. Avoid this game
  52. Zakarius
    Dec 20, 2016
    4
    This game was really painful to complete, esp. from Chapter 13 on. The only thing I really enjoyed about this game was being able to listen to the great soundtracks from previous Final Fantasy games while staring at the screen as the Regalia cruised around, only hoping to recoup the AP I spend on this and that.

    The combat was often a complete disaster in which I couldn't see where the    This game was really painful to complete, esp. from Chapter 13 on. The only thing I really enjoyed about this game was being able to listen to the great soundtracks from previous Final Fantasy games while staring at the screen as the Regalia cruised around, only hoping to recoup the AP I spend on this and that.

    The combat was often a complete disaster in which I couldn't see where the enemy was -- the camera controls in the Wait Mode were often impossible. The only challenging fights were gimmicked -- you had to use a summon to win the fight. The price was also far too high for the quality of the gameplay.

    (For context, I completed the game before the first update & got 78% of the trophies.)    … Expand
  53. SaintRosette
    Dec 22, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:
    The game's beautiful. I particularly loved the opening scene when the characters arrived in Altissia. Overall, I also liked the design of the world for much this same reason.
    The music's also pretty good; though, I prefer the non-Western/Southern sounding pieces (i.e. Somnus as opposed to the music that plays at the outposts). That's mostly a matter of preference than anything else, though.
    Combat can be fun.
    While there are very few of them, the tours were a nice addition to the game.
    I like side quests, so I worked on pretty much most of them before leaving to Altissia, and subsequently finished those before hitting the point of needing to use Umbra to do anything at all in either Altissia or Lucis.
    Realistic food with boosts!
    Experience bonus at inns.

    Cons:
    The side characters are pretty much flat, but I was at least happy with being able to interact with Iris and Aranea, even if they were for short periods of time. Cor, on the other hand, seems randomly thrown in. You see him at the beginning of the game for a short period of time and see him one last time before setting off for Altissia. That's literally it for him.
    Lunafreya is supposed to be extremely important (and to an extent, she is), but it doesn't actually FEEL that way. You learn about her through very brief and few cut scenes until eventually Noctis gets to finally see her. But he never actually gets to interact with her, and as the player, we don't get to actually know her. Also, I've seen that her character section in the guide book claims she's much better than Stella, and Luna's supposed to be independent and strong by comparison. Stella was apparently going to be a damsel-in-distress? But, if anyone saw Kingsglaive, Luna doesn't come across this way at all. If anything, she's extremely troublesome and IS a damsel-in-distress in the sense that 1. she needed to be saved from the Empire in the first place by the Kingsglaive and 2. her irrational and stupid behavior got Nyx into more dangerous situations than would have happened had she just stopped trying to wander off on her own. She reasons every time with Nyx by saying she's not afraid of death, which just makes her come across as suicidal instead of actually caring one way or the other about fulfilling her destiny as Oracle. Had Nyx not been with her, there's a good chance Luna would have died, wouldn't have gotten the Ring of the Lucii, and Noct wouldn't have been able to acquire the ring himself later in the game.
    It's also worth noting that Luna reasons with Noct's dad that she can't join Noctis' group because this would put him in even more danger as a result of the Empire looking for her. She acknowledges she's a danger to Noct, but, for someone who's supposed to come across as selfless and dutiful, she doesn't seem to be concerned about this in regards to her role in Altissia. Noct and his friends are the ones who have to make sure that 1. there's minimal casualties/harm done to the civilians as a result of the Empire stepping in and 2. that Leviathan causes minimal damage to the surrounding area as well. At no point did Luna consider the people and their homes? Or, if she did, there was nothing to show as much.
    In short, Luna had the potential to be a great character, but the little we've seen of her shows otherwise. And her character, for this reason, also seems contradictive/unbelievable.
    Then there are the characters from the Empire itself... We see very little of their Emperor (once in Kingsglaive and one or two times in the beginning of the game). Aside from showing some officers in a cut scene that includes Aranea and Ravus, we never see or hear from the other officers ever again. Aranea's decent somewhat since you do get to interact with her here and there. Ravus...doesn't make a lot of sense. Kingsglaive contradicts what is later shown of the character in the game. He also comes across as an antagonist in the beginning, but the game never follows through with this one scene that shows it. Instead, towards the end of the game, he's dead as a result of Ardyn.
    A lot of important elements end up taking place off screen.
    In comparison to other Final Fantasy titles, the story is extremely short. I only have 100+ hours on the game as a result of side quests and other things on the side. The story itself is probably only between 20-30 hours long, if that.
    I also really wanted to explore Tenebrae, but only Lucis is actually explorable. That was disappointing to me.
    Also, there's a bit about Prompto being an MT in chapter 13, but this just seemed randomly thrown in. Neither Brotherhood nor the rest of the game even hints at as much.
    In terms of combat, the camera can be pretty atrocious. The magic system also is terrible, and I usually refrained from even using it at all. Summons are also random, and I usually only ever get Ramuh.
    Prompto's photography can seriously suck at times.

    Overall, it's good-ish, but it's not the Final Fantasy it should be.    … Expand
  54. Daniel_Keelh
    Apr 14, 2017
    1
    En mi vida he jugado juegos malos, juegos horribles pero pocos juegos que me insultaran como jugador, FFXV es uno de esos pocos elegidos. En FFXV tenemos todos los componentes que pueden convertir un buen juego en uno insultante. El sistema de combate es aberrante, la cámara hace lo que le da la real gana y las asignaciones de enemigos se cambian como les sale de las narices, las magiasEn mi vida he jugado juegos malos, juegos horribles pero pocos juegos que me insultaran como jugador, FFXV es uno de esos pocos elegidos. En FFXV tenemos todos los componentes que pueden convertir un buen juego en uno insultante. El sistema de combate es aberrante, la cámara hace lo que le da la real gana y las asignaciones de enemigos se cambian como les sale de las narices, las magias no sirven de nada y ni en el modo táctico acabas por entender todo lo que pasa en pantalla. El mundo abierto es horrible, un fail completo, misiones estúpidas de recadero soportando a los estúpidos de tus compañeros, a cada cual mas estereotipado. Chorradas y chorradas a kilos para rellenar horas de juego, que si ahora pesca, que si haz fotos, que si vamos de excursión o a correr... lamentable. Y la historia, madre mía la historia, mala no, lo siguiente y todo eso remarcado en la peor OST que haya escuchado nunca en un JRPG y en un FF. En fin, un juego execrable, horrible, ofensivo y que debería hacer que aquí se acabará con el cadáver que es desde el X FF. Good Job Square.… Expand
  55. zephir93
    Dec 29, 2016
    3
    such a product should not be on the market and have a critical and / or sales success (the phantom pain), should throw down the same manufacturer that sells these days. if he had any name (which is not mgs or ff) and an advertising campaign mounted on purpose to sell, it would have been struck down and the company would have gone bankrupt at least having regard to multi-year investments.such a product should not be on the market and have a critical and / or sales success (the phantom pain), should throw down the same manufacturer that sells these days. if he had any name (which is not mgs or ff) and an advertising campaign mounted on purpose to sell, it would have been struck down and the company would have gone bankrupt at least having regard to multi-year investments. disappointed by critics who praised him for the name it bears, and not following the objectivity that meant entering the square blacklist.

    ffxv does not reach in any way the previous saga exalted, resulting in an empty product, incomplete and botched badly. each component of the game is not worthy of a AAA title: a poorly defined graphics, with frequent dips in frame and a hateful camera; a shallow gameplay and mechanical very slow designed to extend the life and unnerve; a meaningless plot, with characters (presented in all these years of trailer) reduced to miserable appearances (lol); longevity of the main quest of 15h, with fetch quests all the same to all, and the only good of the game is successful about the soundtrack (I guess you could say made by third parties), wasted on this failure. ffxv first not to be a ff is not even a video game because it is incomplete, poor in every component and by far the worst chapter in this saga almost waned. goodbye final fantasy    … Expand
  56. minamoto
    Jan 9, 2017
    0
    Easy battle, boring story, and empty world.
    SE and the director give us unethical and dishonesty trailer to increase its sales.
    You will find to many messy story and plot from these game, and it took only 15H to complete the game
    The worst Final Fantasy Franchise ever!! Thank you.
  57. lukvit
    Jan 10, 2017
    3
    The only reason I bought ps4 is the release of FFXV, I have been waiting for 9 years since the trailer of FF versus XIII. The trailer before showed a girl named Stella will has to fight against Noctis (a magic master vs a weapons master) where the story seem like very attractive and remarkable. However, now they changed and made the story very poor, rushed, incomprehensible and short. ThisThe only reason I bought ps4 is the release of FFXV, I have been waiting for 9 years since the trailer of FF versus XIII. The trailer before showed a girl named Stella will has to fight against Noctis (a magic master vs a weapons master) where the story seem like very attractive and remarkable. However, now they changed and made the story very poor, rushed, incomprehensible and short. This is very disappointing me and most of the FF fans.

    Amongst the FF series game, I love FF type-0 the most as it has excellent story, free style combat system, including 14 playable characters with different weapons, tons of magic can be used, summons that can be controlled in battle, chocobo and flying ship available to be used to explore the open world, same level sadness of ending compared to FFXV. So tell me with a better console, why FFXV can't has the same (or better) contains?    … Expand
  58. matt123
    Aug 8, 2017
    0
    0/10 this game is trash, name one good thing about it i dare you cos i cant find anything good to say at best id give it a 3/10 but from a company this large with this much money and time to put into a game this is a shameful product.
  59. Taitaloscriba
    Feb 19, 2018
    4
    Da amante di Final Fantasy devo dire che il 15 mi ha deluso tantissimo. Ho giocato tutti i final fantasy escluso i 2 online(11 e 14), e se dopo il 10 hanno quasi rovinato la saga, col 15 hanno dato il colpo di grazia . Open world e combattimenti real time non sono da final fantasy. Storia piena di lacune, evocazioni in quasi 70 ore ne ho viste solo 3(sono automatiche). Non si sente laDa amante di Final Fantasy devo dire che il 15 mi ha deluso tantissimo. Ho giocato tutti i final fantasy escluso i 2 online(11 e 14), e se dopo il 10 hanno quasi rovinato la saga, col 15 hanno dato il colpo di grazia . Open world e combattimenti real time non sono da final fantasy. Storia piena di lacune, evocazioni in quasi 70 ore ne ho viste solo 3(sono automatiche). Non si sente la necessità di rafforzare abilità o armi, avrò potenziato una decina di abilità in tutto, solo per curiosità. Lo scontro finale è guidato e non da nessuna soddisfazione. Grafica bella ma chissene.....La macchina risulta totalmente inutile. Praticamente hanno fatto un GTA coi chocobo XD.… Expand
  60. klaoaj77
    Aug 7, 2018
    0
    so ein müüülllll ey square kannix nächstes mal bitte bessere spiele machen und net so ein totaler dreck ey
  61. alexandershalin
    Oct 22, 2018
    0
    I registered here just to give this game 0. Worst Final Fanrasy ever! No story, no visible progress, stupid jobs and terrible combat mode. Never ever will buy a game by SE before trying it.
  62. kelldore
    Dec 11, 2016
    1
    **** gartbage, the tutorial alone made me want to rage quit, the **** ass tutorial if **** visual aids, the fact that i was super frustrated 30 seconds into the game should speak volumes on the **** square enix abortion fluid rejects that wrote this. MOTHER**** CANCER, the tutorial will give you **** AIDS , and you will die a horrible death trying to understand these stupid **** tutorial.
  63. governadorma
    Jan 5, 2017
    4
    Para um jogo que está há mais de 10 anos em produção é uma vergonha, ainda mais quando se trata de uma empresa renomada, tal como a Square. São tantos problemas em um único game que citarei apenas alguns: missões secundárias repetitivas e desmotivadoras, que se resumem no defasado sistema de leva e traz de determinado item de um ponto A ao B; ausência de magias e summoners; falso "mundoPara um jogo que está há mais de 10 anos em produção é uma vergonha, ainda mais quando se trata de uma empresa renomada, tal como a Square. São tantos problemas em um único game que citarei apenas alguns: missões secundárias repetitivas e desmotivadoras, que se resumem no defasado sistema de leva e traz de determinado item de um ponto A ao B; ausência de magias e summoners; falso "mundo aberto" (os personagens não trafegam livremente por todo ele, por exemplo: você não consegue atravessar um córrego, tem de contorná-lo até encontrar uma ponte parte para fazer a travessia; você não tem total liberdade para controlar o Regalia (automóvel utilizado para longas distância - vai tudo no automático) e a versão melhorada dele que o transforma em "avião" consegue ser mais absurda ainda; narrativa confusa; árvore de habilidades desinteressante; jogo de pescaria monótono... ...ah, cansei...… Expand
  64. seraphsfist
    Dec 22, 2016
    4
    As a long term fan (over 20yr) of the Final Fantasy series I found this game to be a disappointment overall. While nowhere near as bad as XIII, it is not the franchise redeeming title I had hoped for.

    Gameplay: I was initially really looking forward to the open world action combat, and at the start of the game I still was, but as the hours passed and the combat remained the same    As a long term fan (over 20yr) of the Final Fantasy series I found this game to be a disappointment overall. While nowhere near as bad as XIII, it is not the franchise redeeming title I had hoped for.

    Gameplay:

    I was initially really looking forward to the open world action combat, and at the start of the game I still was, but as the hours passed and the combat remained the same stagnant affair of warping around/block/parry while potion spamming to keep idiot party members alive (they will die to almost everything unless overlevelled), it became clear that things will get no better.

    Bosses have absolutely no difference in tactics than normal fights, they have more HP and hit a little harder, that is it. Magic is almost completely useless and boring. You only get 3 flavour of spells, Fire, Ice and Lightning, and using them almost always damages your own party members.

    Quests are almost all fetch quests in mmo style, there are only about 20 or so quest givers in the whole world, most have a quest chain where they want you do to the exact same task but in a different location or a harder target each time (e.g. find red frogs here, next quest - find yellow frogs here).

    You can undertake hunts to enemies which are more powerful than usual, and while this is a fun diversion you can only pick up one hunt quest at a time, the vast majority of your time spent hunting is the long drive to and from the quest givers, if you could pick them all up at once it would only take you an hour or two to complete them all.

    Story:

    The story is definitely a strong point in the first half of the game, but the pacing is completely broken, and by the final half you just want it to end because you realise the developers have rushed the last part and it's no longer any fun.

    Character:

    This is a much hyped aspect of the game, with people claiming character development is a strong point. Within the game itself there is BARELY any character development amongst your characters. If you count 4 men making reactive superficial smart ass wisecracks at eachother for hours as development then so be it, but compared to FFX's journey which managed to flesh out 7 characters, FFXV just falls completely flat. They are about as compelling as Vaan from FFXII. The game does a good job at point of soliciting an emotional reaction from the player, but this is due to the situations you are witnessing, you could replace the characters involved with almost any generic puppet and the scenes would still have the same impact.

    Despite all of the above, I did have fun with this game (albeit just under 85 hours to do everything without a guide, very short for full completion of a FF game).    … Expand
  65. xellos81
    Dec 11, 2016
    1
    you have plenty of reviews to read here...
    I'm going to be quick

    Is just garbage putted in a sparkling bag... that'all
    Don't waste your time on this, really

    And also, I bet that square enix is paying for reviews, and created some fake user review... because.. it's not possible to give 6 or more to FFXV
  66. hyhy19
    Dec 29, 2016
    2
    This game is just a cooking and camping simulator.

    Full of boring fetch quests.
    Brainless combat. just mashing one button.
    Terrible storytelling.
    Lots of important events occur offscreen.
    Terrible AI party.
    Load of hype cutscenes from 2013-2016 trailers not even in the game.
  67. joannako
    Feb 14, 2017
    4
    I was so disappointed to be disappointed by this game. I've loved FF series since FFX and was so looking forward to a new full FF game. I really tried liking this game but I couldn't.

    First off, don't really like the reality based theme with the route 66 and all. Where are the beautiful fantasy worlds that you get to immerse yourself in like you often times do when playing the FF games?    I was so disappointed to be disappointed by this game. I've loved FF series since FFX and was so looking forward to a new full FF game. I really tried liking this game but I couldn't.

    First off, don't really like the reality based theme with the route 66 and all. Where are the beautiful fantasy worlds that you get to immerse yourself in like you often times do when playing the FF games? There's just one huge "hey y'all" area with hours of walking around, driving a car with real-time minutes going by and even the chocobos don't really help. You're just bored, utterly bored.

    But hey, how about the side quests? Those are always fun in a FF game right? Wrong. Go to the science lady, pick up some frogs. Go to her again, pick up frogs. And again and again. If you get tired doing that, go to the dog tag guy and pick up some dog tags. Over and over and over again. Yeah but there are hunts aren't there like in all FF games? Yes, but you can only pick up ONE at a time, so good luck going picking up hunts individually from all around the hey y'all-world. Well, you can always take the car to pick up hunts, it only takes maybe 8 real life minutes or so. Or you could go do the fishing side quests and sit there an hour and thinking nothing is happening and I'm hating this game. Fishing, what a nice side quest. Not.

    Leveling up. Oh I love it, it is so addicting!! Well, not in this game. Actually, there really isn't any fun in leveling up. Ascension grid? Yeah it's there. That's about it.

    Acquiring new weapons and spells, that's also fun in FF games. This games gives you the option of, oh about 3-5 weapons from which to choose from per character in the entire game. You're welcome. Actually you're lucky there isn't so many choices, comparing your old weapon to the new is difficult, since the screen is really poorly constructed. Spells, nah, don't bother, they're consumables and will very likely hurt you too if not kill you in combat.

    The storyline in short is uninteresting. The only time I got excited was the zombie-apocalypse like warehouse, only to find out that this is about it, the story is about to come to an end. I thought I was maybe half-way or not even that. And then Noctis gets a moustache. I mean wtf? At that point I stopped believing in this game and quit playing.

    The graphics are nice at least. But there's no addiction to this game and when there's no addiction, it probably isn't a very good game. I mean why else would you play a game, any game? Because it's addictive and you want to keep on playing on and on because it's so fun and addictive. If you're like that, then there's nothing for you in this game.    … Expand
  68. Gloin
    Dec 21, 2016
    3
    Really poor gameplay.
    fake loading screen with the car travel when you go somewhere for the first time can take up to 5 6 min when you just shouldn't look at the screen and do something best with your time.
    the camera is unable to follow with the high speed gameplay of the fight even at the highest sensitivity. the "open world" is filled with wall and barriers you can't jump above that    Really poor gameplay.
    fake loading screen with the car travel when you go somewhere for the first time can take up to 5 6 min when you just shouldn't look at the screen and do something best with your time.
    the camera is unable to follow with the high speed gameplay of the fight even at the highest sensitivity.
    the "open world" is filled with wall and barriers you can't jump above that forces you to go back constantly to the road and remove all feeling of open world you could have.
    There is no difficulty at all, being a hit and run or hold square and hit when you should.
    And to sum it up they change the rule of the gameplay (second life bar when you can only use item) on the last fight which is really poor game concept to say the least.
    The story is nice and the character mildly interesting that is all the pro i could come up with after 50h of gameplay.    … Expand
  69. ShiningLion
    Dec 8, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Because this probably matters to some reviewers, I've played all of the FF games from 4-15 (minus the MMOs), and the sequels of the ones that have them.

    I'm not sure how to express my disappointment with this game after 10 long years of waiting excitedly, ever since that first trailer quoting Shakespeare and depicting Noctis unleashing hell on the insurgents trying to take over Lucis. We can only imagine what this game would have been if Nomura had remained the director instead of Tabata, if it had vaguely resembled the original Versus 13 story instead of this rebranded one, if it had had the more complicated battle features the early trailers showed conceptualized, and most of all, if fans hadn't thrown an absolutely **** fit over 13's gameplay and linearity (which is no more or less linear than 10, but no one complains about that) and scared the developers into changing a game that was probably linear with a good story into a game that is sort of open-world and has a horribly paced story that feels incomplete and unrewarding.

    There were so many moments I was actually confused as to what I was supposed to do next. With the option to screw around doing fetch quests and a main quest line telling me to press onward into the plot, and what level it was appropriate to do it at, I eventually felt that by exploring the world more I was over-leveling and went to go forward with the story. I'd gotten a bit bored of all the dilly-dallying and shilly-shallying watching four men go glamping while the rest of their kingdom is literally at war, so on I went.

    Altissia and the Leviathan sequence are perhaps the best part of the entire game. These were the only moments I felt truly moved by the plot in an emotional way, the only moments the events unfolding seemed significant, and even the gameplay of this section was outstanding. The interview with the First Secretary reminded me of the courtroom scene in Chrono Trigger, and despite that Leviathan was basically a no-fail auto-battle, the cinematics and ensuing drama were a spectacle. During the FMV scene with Luna and Noct, I was awe-stricken. The art and visuals made me think "this is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life." I felt overjoyed to get to experience something like this.

    If only I'd have known that the plot completely falls apart and nothing more rewarding is to come, I'd have considered that the tragic ending and quit the game right there. Everything from here on just made me question what the hell went wrong in the making of this game. There is a time travelling dog that no one but Noctis seems to know about. This breaks the entire story. You are given the option to travel to the past before the events of Altissia. I was so excited thinking the game was about to take a time-travel twist a la Chrono Trigger, and that the guys would realize they needed to do something to change the outcome, to save Luna. Maybe if I collected all 13 royal arms this time I could go back and be strong enough to prevent that tragedy? But considering the high levels required to visit some of the dungeons which house the royal arms, I figured they'd be revisited later in the plot, so I pushed forward. By the time I hit the time lapse and the so-called "final battle" I thought I was at the mid-point of the game and that it'd be a false ending, and I'd have to time-travel and get the rest of the royal arms to get the real ending. NOPE. I finished the game with just 9 of the 13 royal arms, leaving me to wonder, what even was the point of collecting those?

    Summons are a letdown, hardly ever seeing them other than Ramuh. Magic was so limited. Look at what Nyx can do with the ring of the Lucii in Kingsglaive (summon the Old Wall), but all Noctis, the actual king of Lucis, can do are a few weak spells that rarely even work on basic mob enemies, and sure as hell don't work on bosses. Really?

    The story felt so rushed and so weak after Luna's departure from it, and all the other character deaths were completely unceremonious, happening off-screen and for almost no reason. Ravis's role in the story and motivations are still unknown. And what of the Empire? Did they all turn to daemons? Is the Empire truly a threat that is gone now? Surely they have various levels of rulers throughout the kingdom and aren't gone entirely. What of Noctis's ultimate sacrifice in the end? A Pyrrhic victory: the world gets daylight back and no daemons but the kingdom of Lucis, which is already reduced to a wasteland, literally has no heir to the throne now. So am I expected to believe their continued survival will be peaceful and there won't be continued warring over rulership? We’re supposed to accept all the characters we were supposed to have grown to love (but didn’t get enough backstory or development to love) are all dead but it’s okay because a bunch of rednecks hulled up in Lestallum survived? Yay?! The final "dream" scene was a depressing stab at a happy ending that didn't happen.    … Expand
  70. dypsomaniart
    Mar 8, 2017
    0
    boring slow uninspiring gameplay, so much time wasted just travelling and doing pointless boring stuff, random story that didnt get me in, boring fetch quests and fights. After ps4 patch 1.05 the graphics seemed even worse, muddy blurry bad looking game with bad framepacing. I tried several sessions to get into it but couldn't. And god the music was terrible. Traded it in for a new game.
  71. ElKorko
    Dec 20, 2016
    3
    Este juego no se merece todo lo recibido tiene falta de contenido en la parte de historia si solo vas a pasártela te pasas el juego en menos de 20 horas , tiene algún que otro bug y las misiones secundarias son algunas muy repetitivas.

    Me esperaba mas de este juego pero no vale tanto la pena.
  72. crescentsmile
    Dec 22, 2016
    3
    I have been playing Final Fantasy since FF7. This... this felt nothing like a Final Fantasy to me. The story is just completely lacking. You don't feel drawn to the characters in any fashion. I found myself 20 hours into the game and had accomplished very little. Initially I felt the new combat system was pretty interesting, however it was apparent after awhile that it simply doesn't takeI have been playing Final Fantasy since FF7. This... this felt nothing like a Final Fantasy to me. The story is just completely lacking. You don't feel drawn to the characters in any fashion. I found myself 20 hours into the game and had accomplished very little. Initially I felt the new combat system was pretty interesting, however it was apparent after awhile that it simply doesn't take any skill, however it is still satisfying when you get in a good rhythm. You don't need to think very much. I think that's what bothers me about this game - it takes out the thinking aspect. The car driving, the meal preparing and the photography really just turned me off of this game. The game is gorgeous, which is awesome. However it's like they created the entire game around you looking at things. Driving the car is pointless and annoying. Taking pictures of random things is cheesy and serves no purpose. Long drawn-out scenes of making food is just laughable. I really don't want to spend a quarter of my game play looking at different dishes of food. I love being able to build out my characters and that aspect is also gutted. Even the magic system and summoning is gutted. I can see how this might appeal to a wider general audience, however the lack of depth just left me feeling empty and is making it feel harder to come back to.… Expand
  73. Renzokuken
    Dec 10, 2016
    4
    The good:
    - Graphics are excellent for the most part, some minor frame sync issues but otherwise fantastic.
    - Soundtrack is great, some tracks feel like out of place tie-ins but otherwise it's good. - The open world feels alive, and it's a real pleasure to explore during the first 9 chapters/post-game. The Bad. - The Story makes absolutely no sense and reeks of cut content. - The    The good:
    - Graphics are excellent for the most part, some minor frame sync issues but otherwise fantastic.
    - Soundtrack is great, some tracks feel like out of place tie-ins but otherwise it's good.
    - The open world feels alive, and it's a real pleasure to explore during the first 9 chapters/post-game.

    The Bad.
    - The Story makes absolutely no sense and reeks of cut content.
    - The characters are bland and character development is almost non-existent, with most characters not even introduced.
    - The final six chapters are dire, with incredibly linear environments.
    - Set piece bosses look fantastic but are essentially huge QTE events.
    - Combat is shallow and doesn't evolve as you progress, you hold circle to kill, and hold square to not die, and press triangle to warp into range so you can continue to hold circle to kill.
    - During most battles enemies attack in large packs, telegraphing of attacks is poor, so evading damage is a matter of either luck or just not attacking at all.
    - Companion AI is bad, you have zero control over them, and you'll spend a good chunk of most boss fights either soloing or picking them up off the ground.
    - 9.4gb day one patch (might be higher if buying after the date of this post).
    - Loading times are horrendous.
    - Side quests are almost entirely fetch/kill quests.
    - Chapter 13 is the most tedious, poorly designed section of a game I've ever had the displeasure of playing.
    - The ending.    … Expand
  74. NotMyFinalForm
    Jan 14, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Battle system is mostly braindead button mashing, no skill or strategy required. The story is rushed and unfinished. The world is basically empty. The sidequests are either a fetch-quest or killing something a hundred times each. The loading screens are constant and all over the place. The driving is boring and it takes a lot of time. The dungeons are intriguing at first but then you realize they are all actually extremely dull an uninteresting.

    So what exactly is good about this game? I have no idea. Maybe the graphics... Although there was a cut-scene near the end of the game were we see some aeons battling it out and it was pretty good. That was the one and only highlight of the story, if you can call this unfinished rubbish with plotholes everywhere a story at all.

    I wish I was joking but I am not. This game needed like 1 or more years in the oven to be honest. It had potential but in its current state the game's simply unfinished.    … Expand
  75. drwho13
    Dec 9, 2016
    4
    I haven't written a review online in ages but seeing the scores hover around 80-85 is blowing my mind.

    I'm trying to think of a Final Fantasy that I've played that's worse than this one. I'm hard pressed to think of one. The combat system is pretty good. It's fun at least. Other than that the story is at best nonsensical and at worst completely terrible. It's not an awful game    I haven't written a review online in ages but seeing the scores hover around 80-85 is blowing my mind.

    I'm trying to think of a Final Fantasy that I've played that's worse than this one. I'm hard pressed to think of one.

    The combat system is pretty good. It's fun at least.

    Other than that the story is at best nonsensical and at worst completely terrible.

    It's not an awful game because it tugs on the nostalgia strings enough but it's certainly one of the worst in the series.    … Expand
  76. dimasok
    Dec 12, 2016
    1
    Garbage story, garbage characters, garbage open world, garbage length.

    The only good things about it were the vistas when driving, the flying Regalia, the music and the summons (when you actually met the requirements to summon them (*sigh*).

    Anyways, I would nominate FFXV as the worst game I played this year easily.
  77. Truthhurts
    Jan 24, 2017
    0
    Bad combat with little to no input (hold down circle and do nothing else) besides throw a "grenade" spell every now and then, story makes no sense and is incomplete unless you watch animes and movies that cost money (that are terrible btw)

    This is what 10+ years of constant reimagining of a rpg will do, give you a inconsistent broken mess that pleases no one except the fanatical    Bad combat with little to no input (hold down circle and do nothing else) besides throw a "grenade" spell every now and then, story makes no sense and is incomplete unless you watch animes and movies that cost money (that are terrible btw)

    This is what 10+ years of constant reimagining of a rpg will do, give you a inconsistent broken mess that pleases no one except the fanatical fanboy (but what doesnt please weird people like that?)

    As a real FF fan who grew up with the Final Fantasy series stay far away or rent the game if you are curious just how low this legendary franchise has fallen thanks to the industries obsession with trying to reimagine franchises and fix things that are not broken, 1 extra point for the cringe worthy banter that is only their to distract you from how bad the gameplay is    … Expand
  78. Endinion
    Aug 15, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The final fantasy franchise was built around characters and stories. Multiple characters gained our affection, both villains and heroes, Sephirot, Zell, Stainer, Mika, etc. Every time I played I final fantasy game I prepared my self for some of the most joyful hours of my life. This was not the case.
    Final Fantasy XV is shallow, the characters are not developed, the story is poorly presented and incredibly short, the world is absurdly small with one area, one city and one linear dungeon, giving the player no sense of exploring a world.
    One of the greatest tools for a story teller is empathy, I felt none for the characters or the world, except the very last moment, where a Father must kill his son to save the world, that moment was good, but only because of the Movie.
    The game play and graphics are the only good thing about the game, that's why it gets 3, but those things should come in second, because I still love to replay any final fantasy previous to X, but sure as hell I won't replay final fantasy XV ever.
    Disappointed.    … Expand
  79. oklolo
    Aug 11, 2017
    3
    This game was a disappointment. It seems that this game was too long into development that they decided to just publish it in order to get some revenue. But let's go to the review.

    First the core thing in any RPG. The story. It fails to get you invested in the characters. The have removed a large part of the narrative and made it into an also disappointing movie. Without the movie you    This game was a disappointment. It seems that this game was too long into development that they decided to just publish it in order to get some revenue. But let's go to the review.

    First the core thing in any RPG. The story. It fails to get you invested in the characters. The have removed a large part of the narrative and made it into an also disappointing movie. Without the movie you lose a lot of the backstory needed to understand the characters. I cannot even understand the logic behind this.

    Then the characters. They seem well thought and well written, but none of the gameplay supports this. The characters seem superficial. There's the distant hero, the cook/driver, the tough/camping guy and the photograph guy. Maybe it's just me, but I cannot identify with either of them. I don't care about these characters. Also you cannot control any other guy than the hero (compared to older FF) and there's a lack of women in your squad. So all guys and superficial characters, means that this game is aimed at very young boys and not mature guys (like the ones that have played the first FF games).

    So no gripping story and no interesting characters. But let's go to the gameplay.

    You've got a car! And you move great distances with a car. And it's the most boring thing in this game. Dude I've got a car in real life. Putting fuel in it, or listening music in the car, or getting bored while driving is not an experience that most seek. Only if you're very young and haven't experienced this, then you'll might find it interesting. I load up the game, excited to play the hero, and I'll have to wait 6 real life minutes in order to reach my destination. Meh I'll watch some videos on my phone, or go make a coffee in order to stay awake from the boredom.

    The open world is very sparse! I get bored walking (or riding the chocobo) from point to point, for hunting and generally explore the world. I they could shrink the whole world by 50% then it would be perfect. A few steps and here's something interesting.

    Oh the fighting...! I don't feel that I'm doing anything heroic. I'm definitely not getting bored, but the only thing that makes you feel like a hero, isn't there! I don't decide any strategy for the squad (see FF13), I don't have the choice of actions (see all FF), I don't have an option to pick priorities for the characters (see FF12), no special skills (see FF7), no variety of magic (see FF8). There's nothing special. I can only chose the type of weapon I will use. This makes all enemies the same. I'm leveled up enough, I can kill it. No thought/skill required. This means no challenge to make you feel like a hero.

    Next.... The controls... are "disconnected".

    I'm in a town. I push max forward the stick and the hero is slowly walking. DUDE just run! I don't have time for this. If I wanted to walk, I would press lightly forward. I want to change direction. NOPE. The character needs to think about it. In a few seconds you change direction. Meanwhile I'm raping the controller with my fingers as if its not even listening.

    The same in dungeons or open world. I press max forward. The character runs fast. I'M HAPPY! Then he slows down for no reason! DAMN IT DUDE! Are you tired? I click the left stick in order to force him to run again. He runs for a few feet and then slows down again. RAGE! It's like I'm controlling a bored horse and I have to hit it every few feet in order to run fast.

    This is how I feel like a hero. I'm whipping the hero in order to run!

    Oh and the AI of the other characters. First of all they're usually in the way! WHY OH WHY do you make them run in front of you?! DUDE I'm the leader. I run forward and YOU ALL follow my lead. Nope! After a few feet they run in the same direction as you and pass you. But YOU DONT KNOW WHERE IM GOING YOU IDIOT! I'm the one that controls the game! Just follow me.

    The controls make you disconnected from the character. I want to feel that I'm controlling the character, not that I'm fighting the character for control. And this is constant!

    And another thing. I DONT CARE ABOUT THE PHOTOS. Dude we're trying to save the world and you're asking me "who do you want to take photos of?". I don't care dude. I'm not here for the photos. Not even in real life people care about photos, unless it's someone naked or in embarrassing funny situations. And I haven't seen any photos like this in the game. It's photos of four dudes smiling and/or acting tough and If you're lucky there's some picture of an NPC character. Imagine how ridiculous would be to take a photo of Sephiroth in FF7, or Squall in FF8. The moment they would see you taking a photo, either of them would break your camera on the spot. This silly superficial photo thing breaks the whole immersion.

    The creators in this game seem to lack direction. It seems that the guys that made the previous FF games have left and the latest games lack this glue that makes the games special. Maybe it's just me...    … Expand
  80. AJFreeney
    Nov 25, 2018
    0
    Played this game for 8 hours so far and nothing good to report. Apparently, the game expects you to have watched a 1-hour movie about the story in this game because it can't be bothered to do it itself so basically I have no idea what is going on. The quests are boring, most of them consist of finding things or killing things and that's pretty much it. The combat just doesn't work at all,Played this game for 8 hours so far and nothing good to report. Apparently, the game expects you to have watched a 1-hour movie about the story in this game because it can't be bothered to do it itself so basically I have no idea what is going on. The quests are boring, most of them consist of finding things or killing things and that's pretty much it. The combat just doesn't work at all, it's annoyingly slow and is seriously dull, some of the things you fight fairly early on just one shot you and then you have to hide behind a rock and wait for Ignis to heal you. The story is actually boring as hell, where so far I have driven to a gas station, fixed the car, driven down to a beach to catch a boat, not caught the boat and driven to some random city and then entered a cave behind a waterfall. The characters are seriously dull with three of them being the most uninteresting people ever and Promptus providing a couple of primary school jokes now and then. I cannot understand why people play this game. I have the Royal Edition and haven't played any of the DLC yet, which I'll probably get round to but it just strikes me that this game isn't a Final Fantasy game. Where are the cool steampunk sci-fi cities and boss fights? If anyone wants to give me a good reason to keep playing then holla back.… Expand
  81. Trahmada
    Dec 11, 2016
    4
    Way too many glitches for a game that took 10 years to make, froze up on me in a dungeon which i couldn't save in lost an hour of game play. Story is WAAYYY too short and unfulfiling, not enough character development and side missions are generic and boring. Probably one of the worst Final Fantasy games ever, Square Enix should be ashamed of this giant piece of crap.

    Camera angles are,    Way too many glitches for a game that took 10 years to make, froze up on me in a dungeon which i couldn't save in lost an hour of game play. Story is WAAYYY too short and unfulfiling, not enough character development and side missions are generic and boring. Probably one of the worst Final Fantasy games ever, Square Enix should be ashamed of this giant piece of crap.

    Camera angles are, horrible. Allies block you from going into places and you cant move them or go through them and they also get lost while doing some dungeons because the creators clearly didn't care about Final Fantasy fans when they made this game. Lost all of my respect for Square Enix.    … Expand
  82. SUD2001
    Dec 23, 2016
    4
    This game is ok I guess. The story doesn't make much sense, characters are boring af and the combat is good to an extent. After a while it gets boring though it's not like dishonored 2 where you can kill people multiple ways you just button mash until the monster or whatever you're fighting is dead. And the final boss like really come on. Graphics and the scope of the world are niceThis game is ok I guess. The story doesn't make much sense, characters are boring af and the combat is good to an extent. After a while it gets boring though it's not like dishonored 2 where you can kill people multiple ways you just button mash until the monster or whatever you're fighting is dead. And the final boss like really come on. Graphics and the scope of the world are nice though and there's a lot of side quests you can do even though some of them are pointless. If you're the type of person who can only buy around 3 games a year and needs a game to play until another one comes out then I'd recommend this. But if you want a good game worth your money I'd pass on this.… Expand
  83. Carda1972
    Apr 24, 2017
    4
    What a horrible experience... and they call this for fans and first time players??? Frameskips through the whole game, terrible Depth of Field, and the battle system.... oh my god it's horrible. Please do what other software developers are doing and go BACK TO THE ROOTS. Glad I bought it used to SE doesnt profit from my buy. Persona 9/10, FF15 4/10. Compared to this bullcrap FF13 is GOTYWhat a horrible experience... and they call this for fans and first time players??? Frameskips through the whole game, terrible Depth of Field, and the battle system.... oh my god it's horrible. Please do what other software developers are doing and go BACK TO THE ROOTS. Glad I bought it used to SE doesnt profit from my buy. Persona 9/10, FF15 4/10. Compared to this bullcrap FF13 is GOTY material.… Expand
  84. Snowdog84
    Aug 26, 2017
    4
    I can't keep it inside any longer. These Final Fantasy XV pointless updates make me sick. Most of those contents should have been in the game since the very beginning.
    Final Fantasy XV is a bad and frustrating game: horrible story telling, quests poorly rewarded, nonexisting combat system, crazy camera angles and an extremely outdated concept of open world.
    Under Hajime Tabata direction,    I can't keep it inside any longer. These Final Fantasy XV pointless updates make me sick. Most of those contents should have been in the game since the very beginning.
    Final Fantasy XV is a bad and frustrating game: horrible story telling, quests poorly rewarded, nonexisting combat system, crazy camera angles and an extremely outdated concept of open world.
    Under Hajime Tabata direction, the studio even managed to ruin the most characteristic and fun part of the franchise by removing the manual use of summons. Tabata made, in my opinion, a series of very poor business choices...    … Expand
  85. sleepinxonxbed
    Dec 7, 2016
    3
    A game has failed when it makes you wait and auto-pilot for half the time. In FFXV, it felt like there waa so many things that obstructed me from actually playing the game. For the first threee chapters it forces you to use auto Pilot for the car so you sit there watching them sit around doing nothing for 1 to 5 minutes. There is fast travel (for the arbitrary fee of 10 gil) but theA game has failed when it makes you wait and auto-pilot for half the time. In FFXV, it felt like there waa so many things that obstructed me from actually playing the game. For the first threee chapters it forces you to use auto Pilot for the car so you sit there watching them sit around doing nothing for 1 to 5 minutes. There is fast travel (for the arbitrary fee of 10 gil) but the loading times can take just as much time as the auto pilot so theres no point to it.Most of the time the hunt fight itself would last even less than the drive it took or fast travel loading screen to get there. Then you'd have to auto pilot back another 1 to 5 minutes. Instead of stacking hunt quests and running from hunt to hunt, clearing the region in one clean satisfying sweep, the back and forth just wastes so much time. There's a lot of other similar things that just waste your time in the game. This is the reason why people have so many hours in the game, because half of it was spent idle, not doing anything but waiting to get to your destination.… Expand
  86. thedaarkbatty
    Jan 20, 2017
    0
    The combat system is incomprehensible to me, everything happens too fast and feels overly chaotic. I don't feel like I am making choices or that i have any ability to control the combat. I don't see how the game has as good a score as it does. It irks me to no end that I have to manually control the camera.
  87. masterorionx
    Apr 3, 2017
    2
    This is a completely sell-out promotional product. I was able to literally button mash through this. There's no thought or strategy really required in this game. As for characters and plot, I found them uninteresting and flat - I couldn't care less if they completed their road trip or died. It's sad when the incoherent writing of FF XIII is superior than this. It's a beautiful game butThis is a completely sell-out promotional product. I was able to literally button mash through this. There's no thought or strategy really required in this game. As for characters and plot, I found them uninteresting and flat - I couldn't care less if they completed their road trip or died. It's sad when the incoherent writing of FF XIII is superior than this. It's a beautiful game but ultimately it's a hollow experience.… Expand
  88. FFFiend
    Jan 28, 2017
    0
    For a one word answer - Disappointing.
    1. Battle is literally 1 button to win
    2. weakest story ever with less than 20hrs to beat the game 3. side quests are weak back forth npc chat or delivery item quests 4. only 3 useable spells all with cool downtimers that can kill your allies 5. only 4 useable summons - not counting carbuncle only useable in easy mode 6. maybe the shortest cast    For a one word answer - Disappointing.
    1. Battle is literally 1 button to win
    2. weakest story ever with less than 20hrs to beat the game
    3. side quests are weak back forth npc chat or delivery item quests
    4. only 3 useable spells all with cool downtimers that can kill your allies
    5. only 4 useable summons - not counting carbuncle only useable in easy mode
    6. maybe the shortest cast of characters in an jrpg game and they r all MEN sucks
    7. seems like u care more for your GUY friends than your father or the girl he "likes"
    8. Story skips 3 majors parts that arent playable unless buy the DLC that arent even available yet.
    9. Completely rushed, you'll see lots of unfinished content not even including the 3 DLCs that part of story
    10. Not really open world from Chapter 8 til the end of the game is more linear than FF13's beginning.
    11. Cuz of you people buying and supporting this game they will continue to make more half ass'd games

    absolutely no strategy, just spam potions all day.
    Summons - huge let down, you can never call them out when you want to.
    besides that there is only 4 useable ones. man you cant even use Bahamut (just once at the end)
    If you like this game, the graphics is the only thing you care for than. I actually think FF13 is better.
    If you thought FF13 was Linear, Ha! your in for a surprise when u get half way in the game, FF15 is Worst    … Expand
  89. Editman3
    Mar 4, 2017
    2
    In January I gave this game a 4/10 for some things but after looking at the positive reviews of the User Score I see that people need to think better of why this game is the Biggest disappointment in Final Fantasy History

    Gameplay/Combat: The gameplay of FFXV has become more watered down (and its crazy these are the guys who did the gameplay combat for KH1 and 2) having to only press    In January I gave this game a 4/10 for some things but after looking at the positive reviews of the User Score I see that people need to think better of why this game is the Biggest disappointment in Final Fantasy History

    Gameplay/Combat: The gameplay of FFXV has become more watered down (and its crazy these are the guys who did the gameplay combat for KH1 and 2) having to only press square or hold to dodge and block and Circle to attack and X to warp strike is fun at first but then doing it over and over again is quite boring especially when the game packs you with Healing items a lot also the enemies mainly stand there and attack randomly also it lack indepth and strategy compared to older FF's 90% of the time even bosses sure there are different weapons you can use in combat but very few are situational. Having team mates to help you is quite random sometimes they help and sometimes they don't , but in our Experience they die 98% of the time MAINLY against bosses with either higher level or lower level (and also to mention that the leveling system is unbalanced with low level enemies can still wreck you at a ton of damage even at LV 99 which is not good balancing) MP or Magic is not what it used to be MP is replaced with your warp strike which is exploitable (you can get up to 200mp Warp strike uses 5-10mp than any other ARPG there are 3 Magic Fire, Lightning, and Ice which are not very good crafting them is such a grind and there are barley any enemies that are weak to magic just use weapons with the magic element overall magic is pretty poor even you're team abilities are better and not having to control you're party member until DLC is a painful attempt to expand their game season pass is 30$ it almost feels like SFV again.

    Story/Characters: The story of Final Fantasy 15 is the shortest and weakest up to date continuing the downside of FF13 it suffers a Kingdom Hearts Syndrome where you are force to watch the Anime brotherhood and the movie Kingslieve in order to know what's going on like in KH you have to play all the spinoffs to tie the story of KH together. The characters are likeable at first but you can easily tell that they try too hard for you to get attached to the 4 men Noctis,Promto,Ignis,and Galdius where they have little to no back story of how they meet each other (It was never seen in brotherhood) nor did they grew as the story progress PLZ Tales of Berseria (though I wasn't super hyped and had good graphics) had a much better story and character development between Velvet and her party members about how they help her get revenge on Artorious and how Velvet and the others have to face the truths and betrayls and challenges in their hard lifes while still not giving up on each other they may not be Heroe's but it was still awesome that's the development FFXV is missing the Character Development is bland in here they act a bit EMO on the train cutscenes. The Story can be completed in less than 20 hours wow Square congrats

    Content: Usually RPG's would have unique content here in there but in FFXV case its not FFXV has nothing but fetch quest worst than Lightning returns at east in that game there was some fun and character development with side characters only here its basically go get some forgs meet the science lady again pick up some frogs meet her again then pick ups some more frogs ok that can't be too bad oh meet a guy and he tells you pick up some dog tags... :o ok get some repair kits to help people stuck on the road get potions to help injured people it gets repetitive over time. This is why I prefer the Yakuza series with its side content at least you can have fun make a laugh and have emotions to the people you help in the city better than go collect things just because... OPEN World is barren meaning there aren't much citys and the gas stations look pretty much the same and its mostly empty.

    Final Verdict: Compared to FFIX that I played and liked before FFXV came out and the 2,003 users and counting praising this game and saying that this is a masterpiece and GOTY should do better research and look what Final Fantasy truly is and not be a fanboy I give FFXV a 2/10 with the cheap DLC packs in order to save this broken glitch mess of the game I think Tabata should learn better and so does the SE defense force you know who they are.    … Expand
  90. SeloJRPG
    Dec 9, 2016
    2
    Playing both FFXV and World of Final Fantasy its clear to me, even though with a much cmaller budget, World of Final Fantasy is the superior game.

    I dont know what happened with the FF series but its more aking to DMC or GoW than FF nowadays. The battlesystem is better in WoFF due to its turn based combat, a testament that the system has not died. FF15 combat is uninspired and    Playing both FFXV and World of Final Fantasy its clear to me, even though with a much cmaller budget, World of Final Fantasy is the superior game.

    I dont know what happened with the FF series but its more aking to DMC or GoW than FF nowadays.
    The battlesystem is better in WoFF due to its turn based combat, a testament that the system has not died.

    FF15 combat is uninspired and quickly becomes boring, baiscly pushing a button over and over.
    Holding circle or square to win every fight, and the magic system is so boring.
    Changing weapons doesnt do much either.

    The characters are uninteresting and sotryling isnt much better.

    Im scared what SE is gonna do with FF7 Remake if they use this as the measurement.    … Expand
  91. laky
    Dec 3, 2016
    1
    what a buggy hell of a mess.... not just the jaw dropping amount of bugs the character design is bad and camera is basically broken for all boss fights. some design choices feel like they are punishing players on purpose.. what happened??????
  92. GlennLimos
    Dec 6, 2016
    3
    I expected more from 10 years. I liked it in the start but it quickly went down hill, the side quests are MMORPGish in deapth (run there and get me this), the main story is messy and boring, I get teary-eyed from dog videos on facebook, stuff in this game meant to move you doesn't move you an inch. The battle system is messy, and spell crafting gets tiresome after a while. I had to forceI expected more from 10 years. I liked it in the start but it quickly went down hill, the side quests are MMORPGish in deapth (run there and get me this), the main story is messy and boring, I get teary-eyed from dog videos on facebook, stuff in this game meant to move you doesn't move you an inch. The battle system is messy, and spell crafting gets tiresome after a while. I had to force myself through the last half of the game.

    Update: I lied, I had not cleared the game when I posted the update, but though the game could not disappoint me any more than it did, oh was I wrong. Messy story, does not move me an inch (i shed a tear over puppy videos on youtube), just a bad, bad game. I like japanese games, the Tales series are fun, I like close to cringey japanese story moments in anime and games, I like MMO quests to a certain degree, but FFXV just doesn't do it for me. The game quickly funnels into a linear nightmare towards the last quater of the game, and here the nightmarish mess that is the combat camera becomes clear. According to the amount of praise this game gets it seems I just don't like Final Fantasy any longer, my love for the franchise died with FFX.    … Expand
  93. WondemanLocke
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    I had to change my ratings after dlc is out. This is now completely sell out that made me lost faith in this developer.

    Do you like it or not, depends much do you count of things that is has, or what is should have. Personally i kept it enjoyable, i gave it 5 because it is only a half done from 10. It was cut off from most important things and included some unthinkable game design. You    I had to change my ratings after dlc is out. This is now completely sell out that made me lost faith in this developer.

    Do you like it or not, depends much do you count of things that is has, or what is should have. Personally i kept it enjoyable, i gave it 5 because it is only a half done from 10. It was cut off from most important things and included some unthinkable game design. You need to see the movie and TV-show, interviews and fan fiction plot analysis from people who love this franchise to have that story because in the game, there is not very much, even the Noctis friends back stories was not told.

    Sadly, about a month of its release, i kind of wish of remake of this game in such way it should have been done. When developers say that they could dlc some of plot content, it may sound suspicious for people who have not played this game, but this game is designed to be such it might work.

    Final Fantasy title is something developers should not use excuses to cut off from content and story just for that reason they does not have skills or time to do this or that. FF13 was miserable attempt, FF14 was so bad they had to do whole game again, FF15 is great. Positive side is if it takes 10 years to make a new game, they can achieve this title's former glory only in about 40-80 years.

    Sakagutchi worked hard to achieve Final Fantasy greatness and was the one who had enough honor and ambition to push up game completely made to match its original vision. Title was known for thrilling and cleverly made scenes and they had all potential to add such scenes in FF15 but maybe they all was cut off.

    Game developers should also respect the time what people use in these games because people nowadays have very less free time. Pointless fetch quests what are designed to be possible time consuming (drive around, loading screens if fast travel, you only can have one hunt active at the time). Every time you return side quest you have this feeling let this be the last one.    … Expand
  94. Kenjiron
    Apr 21, 2017
    0
    Mediocre action gameplay, incoherent story, lack of customization and party control. Poor/low character development. Feels like different IP with FF cameos. ie not really FF at all in gameplay and has poor story telling. Only positive is graphics..
  95. SpunkyMonkey
    Feb 23, 2018
    0
    I'm genuinely gobsmacked at how bad & dull this game is. I love the FF series up to number 13, but it took a real downturn when Lightening got involved. I detested all the FF13 series, and just wanted something half decent from this. Instead what I got was a dull, empty open world with an absolutely threadbare plot, & 13-style simplified combat which played itself. It's truly abysmal. YouI'm genuinely gobsmacked at how bad & dull this game is. I love the FF series up to number 13, but it took a real downturn when Lightening got involved. I detested all the FF13 series, and just wanted something half decent from this. Instead what I got was a dull, empty open world with an absolutely threadbare plot, & 13-style simplified combat which played itself. It's truly abysmal. You really couldn't have made a worse game chaps, I even think I hate it more than 13. Pathetic… Expand
  96. brat1111
    Apr 12, 2017
    4
    FFXV : This game has many problems : the dialogue is very repetitive, they say the same things over and over again, it's so annoying. Plus, if you fight enemies in a place where there is bushes the bushes get in front of the camera and you can't see what you're doing. Also, the driving scenes are so tedious, you can't fast travel anywhere and you have to sit there and just wait, and whoFFXV : This game has many problems : the dialogue is very repetitive, they say the same things over and over again, it's so annoying. Plus, if you fight enemies in a place where there is bushes the bushes get in front of the camera and you can't see what you're doing. Also, the driving scenes are so tedious, you can't fast travel anywhere and you have to sit there and just wait, and who thought it would be a good idea to make us refuel the car all the time? Reminds me of ghostbusters for the NES. Another problem is that you can accidentally warp too far away in a battle and if the battle takes place on a bridge you cannot get back up there, it's so messed up. Lastly, they don't bother explaining the plot a lot and this is very confusing. I am very disappointed with you guys. I have been playing ff since ff 7 but no more.… Expand
  97. defive
    Feb 22, 2017
    2
    A chaotic and confused mess. Everything from the story to the combat system is poor - clearly the result of many half-finished systems being glued together in an effort to get something out the door after 10 years of Square doing god only know what. Tedious repetitive combat with very little tactics involved, a gorgeous but uninteresting open world and let's not talk about the hideousA chaotic and confused mess. Everything from the story to the combat system is poor - clearly the result of many half-finished systems being glued together in an effort to get something out the door after 10 years of Square doing god only know what. Tedious repetitive combat with very little tactics involved, a gorgeous but uninteresting open world and let's not talk about the hideous Chapter 13......

    It may end up being a decent game in a year after Square are finished patching it but for now stay away.    … Expand
  98. advidgamer
    Aug 24, 2017
    3
    combat is actually bad. FF15's "open world" is to open worlds what FF13 was to linear games. Systems and menu usage are clunky af. I timed a fast travel loading screen at 1:33, brutal. Im having a really hard time finding anything redeemable about this game. honestly just go play witcher 3 its the game SE was trying to duplicate here.
  99. Relenita
    Jun 11, 2017
    2
    It was a big disappointment.
    A really long development, change of titles, project reformed, two other artworks created and STILL feels rushed.
    Between the plot that's nothing new from SE, Nomura's designs being a reuse of other characters and not owning this entry of the saga, the game being really pretty but empty of content other FF had. And really, making mandatory to watch both    It was a big disappointment.
    A really long development, change of titles, project reformed, two other artworks created and STILL feels rushed.
    Between the plot that's nothing new from SE, Nomura's designs being a reuse of other characters and not owning this entry of the saga, the game being really pretty but empty of content other FF had.
    And really, making mandatory to watch both Kingsglaive and Brotherhood so you have the background of the MAIN STORY of a JRPG? Look, those works are supposed to EXPAND the in-game story, not being the **** main source. And the very fact they're patching the plot, you know, the strong part in any RPG game, it's the final nail in the coffin.
    The combat is dynamic but the very fact you have to maintain pressed the buttons instead of the classic tapping makes it strange to form combos to quickly eliminate enemies, the fact you can't change your party members at ANY MOMENT (A Final Fantasy video with no other option for party members, what?!) and oh boy, the magic.
    This is the first Final Fantasy game I'm not using either magic or summons in a tactic scenario, because one happens in random occasions and the other is "Friendly fire for everyone"
    And so far the DLCs lauched should have been in the story. From the beginning.
    I'm sorry, SE, but you can't live up by the name alone.
    You need to back it up with good games.    … Expand
  100. logi_flyer
    Jul 31, 2017
    2
    I had hope for this game, because of the good user and critic reviews. Ultimately, it was disappointing. If you take away the repetitive and intentionally time-consuming side quests, this is a very short game, with only a few small set pieces. I quickly went from start to sidequests, then immediately to end game.

    The world also feels small. Much of it looks and has the same feel.    I had hope for this game, because of the good user and critic reviews. Ultimately, it was disappointing. If you take away the repetitive and intentionally time-consuming side quests, this is a very short game, with only a few small set pieces. I quickly went from start to sidequests, then immediately to end game.

    The world also feels small. Much of it looks and has the same feel.

    I never connected with the characters, either. Prompto is unnecessarily insecure and his personal twist falls flat, feeling like an afterthought. I watched the anime beforehand, which does help to provide some background.

    It's upsetting that the success of this may force a similar direction in the future.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 109 Critic Reviews

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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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