Final Fantasy XV

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Yughred
    Apr 10, 2017
    10
    This game has its flaws, but it's well worth your time for its scenes alone.
    Scene: 12/10 the best scenes I've ever seen in a game. Every architecture in game is state of art, especially for Altissa and The Citadal. They put a great deal of efforts to create those various styles of buildings and delicate carvings on them.
    Story: 6/10 Has a good potential, but is badly unwounded. The    This game has its flaws, but it's well worth your time for its scenes alone.
    Scene: 12/10 the best scenes I've ever seen in a game. Every architecture in game is state of art, especially for Altissa and The Citadal. They put a great deal of efforts to create those various styles of buildings and delicate carvings on them.
    Story: 6/10 Has a good potential, but is badly unwounded. The story picks up in the final few chapters, but for the beginning I really had no idea what they are talking about.
    Battle: 3/10 very badly executed. Except for dazzled visuals, there's absolutely No achievement gained after slaying a powerful adversary. All boss fights are extremely boring, basically all you need to do is to attack.
    Dungeons: 9/10 I especially like the last imperial base. That dungeons is so long and keeps making people wonder what had happened here. But because of the existence of the ring, there's no challenging passing it.
    Extra bonus: +1 road trip feeling, pretty like the yatch travel to Altissa.
    +1 photo system
    +1 people's conversation
    +1 a feeling of reality, especially when you walk on train
    +1 beautiful cutscenes
    Negative:
    -1 most items you picked up is useless.
    -1 battle system no variation
    -1 Don't like the king's accompanies, many meaningless conversations.
    Total:9.5/10    … Expand
  4. Madareon
    Apr 10, 2017
    10
    My favourite game of the year is awesome, dont hear the opinion of the joses, this game is better than the witcher 3, thanks to game for give me this master piece
  5. elotrofausto
    Apr 10, 2017
    10
    Un Final Fantasy que debe jugarse más allá de la historia principal para descubrir sus joyas ocultas. Las mazmorras opcionales son un reto que alarga bastante la jugabilidad, por no hablar de Pitioss (no lo busquéis si no sabéis de lo que hablo).
    Es altamente adictivo. Realmente no entiendo algunas de las notas que se le han dado. Parece que hay juegos como el Breath of the Wild que no sé    Un Final Fantasy que debe jugarse más allá de la historia principal para descubrir sus joyas ocultas. Las mazmorras opcionales son un reto que alarga bastante la jugabilidad, por no hablar de Pitioss (no lo busquéis si no sabéis de lo que hablo).
    Es altamente adictivo. Realmente no entiendo algunas de las notas que se le han dado. Parece que hay juegos como el Breath of the Wild que no sé muy bien por qué tienden a sobrevalorarse (aunque no niego que es un gran juego), y otros como este con los que hay cierta tendencia a darle caña. Yo llevo 90 horas y todavía no he completado muchas de las cosas que ofrece.    … Expand
  6. shundog
    Apr 10, 2017
    0
    This game is a trainwreck of bad ideas. The only thing 'Final Fantasy' about it is the title. The series is in desperate need of a reboot after this abomination. It lacks direction and seems to have no idea what it wants to be. Had I not received it as a gift, I would have returned it after the first hour.
  7. Hoso
    Apr 10, 2017
    7
    After more than a hundred hours in this game, I have to say I have a love and hate relationship with this game. At first, I was telling myself it was amazing but the further I get in the game the more I saw there was no depth to the game.

    Pros : The graphics are amazing. The bromance is at it best. The action sequences are fun. The references to older games of the series are a nice    After more than a hundred hours in this game, I have to say I have a love and hate relationship with this game. At first, I was telling myself it was amazing but the further I get in the game the more I saw there was no depth to the game.

    Pros :
    The graphics are amazing.
    The bromance is at it best.
    The action sequences are fun.
    The references to older games of the series are a nice touch.

    Cons :
    The fighting system doesn't get deeper.
    The magic system is one of the worse in the series.
    The story is so poorly told.
    The secondary characters are poorly written and you can't get attached to any of them because they don't have much appearance time.
    The Boss fights are way too easy to make any sense.
    The world is all the same and not that big because you can't even go everywhere you want.
    The post ending is pretty useless.
    There is too many back and forth travelling with the car.
    Most of the side-quests are completely useless and are nonsense.

    With no DLC, I would say this is a 7/10. I’m going to update this review after all the expansions are out.    … Expand
  8. ProfessorMundy
    Apr 7, 2017
    9
    FFXV is the perfect next installment to the ever evolving FF franchise. The game offers its first open world style game which, though is not perfect, is still leagues ahead of the extremely linear worlds we've been given the last few main games. The story can be a bit confusing, admittedly, as you might want to watch some of the side content to get a better idea for it. The fluid and funFFXV is the perfect next installment to the ever evolving FF franchise. The game offers its first open world style game which, though is not perfect, is still leagues ahead of the extremely linear worlds we've been given the last few main games. The story can be a bit confusing, admittedly, as you might want to watch some of the side content to get a better idea for it. The fluid and fun combat system, the amount of weapons, accessories, abilities, and quests at your disposal should keep you busy enough to get your money's worth!

    The game opens with "A great FF experience for new and old fans" and it truly does deliver on that promise.    … Expand
  9. SketchesofPlain
    Apr 7, 2017
    7
    The best way that I can sum up this game is that it feels like it should have released a console generation ago. While it was nice to see a more open world than FF usually gives, it was way too empty and dull. The whole game felt like it had about 12 different character models that just changed color to indicate different strengths and weaknesses. It honestly felt like it had about as manyThe best way that I can sum up this game is that it feels like it should have released a console generation ago. While it was nice to see a more open world than FF usually gives, it was way too empty and dull. The whole game felt like it had about 12 different character models that just changed color to indicate different strengths and weaknesses. It honestly felt like it had about as many different types of enemies as the old NES games did. The magic system was AWFUL. I probably used magic less than 5% of the entire game. It was bland and, too often, hard to control. Even with the ability to add items/ingredients/treasures to your magic to create (slightly) more and different spells, that felt more like a chore than anything else. A lot of items don't do anything to magic at all and are only to sell (I guess), as if money is ever hard to come by (it isn't if you do the Bounty Hunts). Much like with the enemies, FFXV felt like it had far fewer spells than FF games did even ten years ago.

    On a related note, let' talk Summons. BOOOOOOOOO. The Summon videos were some of the most tantalizing advertisements I saw for this game. Guess what? There are only six. Again, much less than previous installments. Also, you can't choose which Summon you want to use, and you can only use them when the game allows you the option (seemingly at random in some areas, unavailable completely in some areas).

    Another huge letdown? Yes. Boss battles. I think people who consider turn-based JRPGs to be in gaming's evolutionary past don't understand the timeless elements of that structure. Boss battles in JRPGs, and especially the classic FF games, always felt like chess matches to me. Planning several moves ahead and adapting on the fly when your enemy does something unexpected. In FFXV, boss battles are mostly chore-feeling, attack-and-heal, rinse and repeat. Because of this, it feels like there is little to no strategy in any of the battles, even the most difficult (which jump from repetitive and easy, right over "chess-like," and straight to patience-testing marathons).

    I am having trouble explaining what I did like about the game. But I did like something. I put 150 hours into it, and I did enjoy much of that. But, I think as time goes on, I will continually think less and less of it. Maybe I just want to justify those 150 hours.

    SPOILERS AHEAD

    Nearly every dungeon, and ESPECIALLY the extra/hidden dungeons, are bland and boring. They were one of the worst, instead of best, parts of the game. The hidden dungeons were the most ridiculous "bonus" content I've ever seen. Floor after floor of boring battle. I also looked forward to the battle with Adamantoise for most of the game. Unfortunately, it was just another button-masher, only with a worse camera than usual (although no QTE like the battles with the Summons). More of a marathon than anything else, once again.

    The story is way too short and, much like the open world of the game, mostly empty. It really doesn't do anything to drive you to complete the story missions. I liked the villain, but only until the reveal that explains his backstory and why he is doing what he is doing. Really, everything (in the main story) after going to Altissia stinks.    … Expand
  10. Greysteel
    Apr 7, 2017
    8
    While the first act more than lives up to it's exciting open world billing the latter stages of the game, with one in particular, become far too tedious. It's a fun little journey, full of campy and somber moments alike, that makes you wish you would never reach your destination.
  11. Clintvindet
    Apr 4, 2017
    10
    I love this game,

    Granted i might not be a person to trust as i am a diehard Final Fantasy fanboy and has been that since Final Fantasy 1 on NES. but this is the fresh start the FF series needed, take all the old tropes and throw them away, i cannot stretch this enough.... this game is a freaking masterpiece. sure it has it's shortcomings like the long travel times, and the    I love this game,

    Granted i might not be a person to trust as i am a diehard Final Fantasy fanboy and has been that since Final Fantasy 1 on NES.

    but this is the fresh start the FF series needed, take all the old tropes and throw them away,

    i cannot stretch this enough.... this game is a freaking masterpiece.

    sure it has it's shortcomings like the long travel times, and the fact that you have to rent a chocobo instead of capture one yourself witch in my opinion losses some of the charm of having your own Chocobo.

    but the battles are fun, the characters feels legit and you can almost believe that they have known each other for ages.

    i have spent about 130h on this game and still haven't done everything.

    it's not for everyone but for me it is perfect    … Expand
  12. Nekotori
    Apr 4, 2017
    7
    Final Fantasy XV is a decent game, not ground breaking but it is fairly enjoyable on its own little way. The graphics is too notch especially how the hair and food looks like, the battle system too is quite fun and satisfying except for the consumables being too overpowered making you literally immortal just by chugging potions and elixirs. The sound design is somewhat decent but not asFinal Fantasy XV is a decent game, not ground breaking but it is fairly enjoyable on its own little way. The graphics is too notch especially how the hair and food looks like, the battle system too is quite fun and satisfying except for the consumables being too overpowered making you literally immortal just by chugging potions and elixirs. The sound design is somewhat decent but not as memorable as the previous Final Fantasy games.

    The story however is a complete mess, it goes all over the place, you can kinda get the gist of it but there is this lingering aura that it was rushed and incomplete. It also didn't helped that the missing story parts are sold as DLC. The characters too had little character development and their twists were lacking in impact. All in all, Final Fantash XV may not be for everyone but it is certainly not a very bad game as other people claim it to be.    … Expand
  13. Eclaire9
    Apr 4, 2017
    7
    While I'm happy that the game was finally released after a decade of waiting. It feels underwhelming, the number of characters that you can use (and that I can't switch to using any one of them as I please is a great letdown) and the battle system feels like a mess most of the time, I can see that there are similarities with FF12's battle system but somehow this game's version of it isWhile I'm happy that the game was finally released after a decade of waiting. It feels underwhelming, the number of characters that you can use (and that I can't switch to using any one of them as I please is a great letdown) and the battle system feels like a mess most of the time, I can see that there are similarities with FF12's battle system but somehow this game's version of it is chaotic. The story itself was ok, it's definitely new though you would feel that once you start the game, the story has already "played out" and it's like being trapped on the middle of the story already, like you're supposed to understand everything on hand (I know that there's the movie and the anime but that feels more like damage control since they must've felt that the story could've been told in a much better way).

    While I don't hate everything about the game, I love how they tried to make it seem like an "open world" game though it's clearly not. I still feel like the game's world is way too small and the quests are too repetitive for a game that's been in development for YEARS. Also, I found that this is the easiest FF I've played so far (and i've played almost every FF out there starting from FF3). Though the reason for that is they wanted to be accessible to the newcomers to the series but it feels like a letdown for long time fans.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. ChunkySaurus
    Apr 2, 2017
    5
    The first half of the game seemed very promising, but after finishing the game, i realized the early content was totally meaningless. Most of the people you help don't appear in the later chapters. So it has no impact on the story at all. Most of the quests consisted of fetching vegetables for people anyway. For all I know they were being auto-generated.

    The back half of the game was    The first half of the game seemed very promising, but after finishing the game, i realized the early content was totally meaningless. Most of the people you help don't appear in the later chapters. So it has no impact on the story at all. Most of the quests consisted of fetching vegetables for people anyway. For all I know they were being auto-generated.

    The back half of the game was an unfinished mess that felt like a chore to get through. I could excuse some sloppy level design or short levels but the writing started falling apart too. Important story arcs were being resolved with a bit of dialog at the end of a fight. In one scene, an important antagonist switches to your side and then gets killed for it; all off-camera. You end up finding his body later on with a stack of correspondence explaining what happened. That is not how you tell a story,

    I feel like going open world was a mistake. They could have gone with a few detailed zones and focused on the story more. Making this a trans-media production was also a bad choice. To get the full story, you needed to watch a separate movie, a series of animated shorts and play another game. The full FFXV made almost no effort to fill in those blanks. People buy these games for the story and character development.    … Expand
  18. dr0nzer
    Apr 1, 2017
    5
    I really wanted this game to be great and I feel there hasn't been a strong Final Fantasy entry since FF7, but this game feels like they're trying too hard, whilst the world is beautiful, it lacks structure and real depth.
    Navigating this world is painful, they've gone with a somewhat realistic approach, sleep, food, travel etc but it doesn't make the world fum to explore, the side quests    I really wanted this game to be great and I feel there hasn't been a strong Final Fantasy entry since FF7, but this game feels like they're trying too hard, whilst the world is beautiful, it lacks structure and real depth.
    Navigating this world is painful, they've gone with a somewhat realistic approach, sleep, food, travel etc but it doesn't make the world fum to explore, the side quests are the absolute worst I've seen in an open world game and it feels never ending and it, collect this, collect that, give this guy this, that, take a photo here and there, the sidequests don't really supplement the main story but is just a poor implementation for a reason for you to explore and see this world, the amount of side quests is too much and it kills the momentum of the story if you do them frequently.
    I also don't get the combat and half of the time I actually don't know what I'm hitting, the camera will also make things worse when you're fighting in foliage or rocks as your view is constantly obstructed.

    The story has great production value, the characters are decent but it isn't anything outstanding but not the Final Fantasy game I was expecting or wanted.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. Looser
    Mar 28, 2017
    7
    All good ideas but horrible implementation. It had an insane amount of hype and expectations put on it. And as a FF RPG it fell short in many peoples eyes.

    Graphics: 10/10
    Story/Lore: 5/10
    Battle System: 8/10
    Character Development: 5/10
    Music: 8/10
    Open-World: 6/10
    Side-quests: 6/10
    Stat Growth: 7/10
    Voice acting: 8/10

    Overall Score: 7/10
  21. TheAshenOne
    Mar 28, 2017
    8
    Final Fantasy XV in general is a good game. We all know that it has holes in its story, but the gameplay and the design of the characters, animals, vehicles, is really good. its amazing how this game looks, the incredible environments that you explore are amazing and breathtaking. The problem comes when the presents its story. The story is not as strong as for example FFIV,VI, and VII,Final Fantasy XV in general is a good game. We all know that it has holes in its story, but the gameplay and the design of the characters, animals, vehicles, is really good. its amazing how this game looks, the incredible environments that you explore are amazing and breathtaking. The problem comes when the presents its story. The story is not as strong as for example FFIV,VI, and VII, but its 10 times better than FFXIII. Like I said before, this game is amazing, but it has flaws in the structure of its story which is the most important part of a Final Fantasy.… Expand
  22. roo7788
    Mar 27, 2017
    7
    un buen videojuego podria ser mejor pero creo que despues de el eterno tiempo de juego decidiron sacarlo incompeto pero siguen trabajando para solucionar los problemas con actualisaciones.
  23. ValerieAlexis
    Mar 27, 2017
    10
    Little boy's wet dream boyband simulator with depression.
    10/10 had lots of fun playing this game, feeding my chocobo grass and having to babysit my teammates who walked into walls a lot and seemed to thoroughly enjoy death.
    If you enjoy a wicked form of escort quest where you're escorting 3 people to their neverending demise on the battlefield, you will love this game! It is honestly    Little boy's wet dream boyband simulator with depression.
    10/10 had lots of fun playing this game, feeding my chocobo grass and having to babysit my teammates who walked into walls a lot and seemed to thoroughly enjoy death.
    If you enjoy a wicked form of escort quest where you're escorting 3 people to their neverending demise on the battlefield, you will love this game! It is honestly one of the best games I have played on the PS4 so far and that's not a meme.
    Unlike all my other reviews.
    I'd give it an 8/10 but 10/10 anyways.    … Expand
  24. Coraline
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    I'm giving this game a 10 for one reason: Because I believe you can rate a game based on the way it makes you feel before, during and after playing it. The same way The Last Guardian was imperfect technically speaking but was flawless in the way it made you feel, Final Fantasy XV may have some flaws but works masterfully with the way the player feels during the story. And I'm not saying itI'm giving this game a 10 for one reason: Because I believe you can rate a game based on the way it makes you feel before, during and after playing it. The same way The Last Guardian was imperfect technically speaking but was flawless in the way it made you feel, Final Fantasy XV may have some flaws but works masterfully with the way the player feels during the story. And I'm not saying it makes you overly emotional or uses cheap tricks to make you cry; this game makes you feel exactly what the developers wanted you to feel each step of the way. I was halfway through the game when I realised I had felt excitement, happiness, curiosity, impatience, anger, loneliness, frustration, insecurity, confusion, heartbreak and many more emotions I could barely identify, all in one game. And let me tell you something, you will not find many games capable of making you truly FEEL the whole time, even if it's just feeling at peace.

    Another point many people criticize is the story. Well, I don't think it is simple, or bland, or unfinished. I think it was presented in such a subtle way that you needed to actually pay attention to details in order to understand it and put the pieces together. Everything has a reason, even those little secondary missions people won't stop complaining about. They are there simply to make you bond with your friends, to have an opportunity to show their personalities, to make you feel accompanied. And by the point where you decide you keep going with the story, you have already formed a bond, you feel better just by knowing those three characters are there by your side.

    I could use the 5000 characters to explain why I still think about FFXV days after finishing it, but I think it's better if you just give it a chance and try it for yourself.    … Expand
  25. PrinceNoctis
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    It is a great game! absolute masterpiece,I don't know why it has such a low score it was easily a goty material nevertheless,it's a great game absolutely loved the combat and game-play,and loved the story too 10/10 for me!
  26. TylerDurden85
    Mar 24, 2017
    8
    One of the best Final Fantasy games in a long time, however the story is a mediocre rehash of previous final fantasy games (not naming which ones to avoid spoilers). The gameplay was also held back by some clumsiness in close quarters combat. I still recommend it for final fantasy and action RPG fans, it's a solid game.
  27. raccoondaddy
    Mar 22, 2017
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Being a fan of the series since Final Fantasy II for the SNES (now known as Final Fantasy IV(4)). I knew very little going into this one. Which is really how I like it. I stay away from the hype, the over/under expectations after a release and all of the information sandwiched in between.

    However, I did know about this being a "guy trip" and sort of a care-free adventure. And for the most part, we got that...for about 3 hours of main quest. Then everything changes, things get darker and the story progresses. As to HOW it progresses, is what bothered me. Several parts of the progression was left with obvious story gaps. (Which are, guess what, DLC! Have fun with that Season Pass holders; here's to getting what you payed for!! $80 dollars total to get the FULL STORY!) Besides that, the progression speeds up so fast, that it leaves ALL of the other cool characters you'd met during your journey, being ignored or a swifter end than the "Red Wedding".

    On the lighter side, the world of Final Fantasy XV is astounding; teeming with monsters in their natural state, lively cities and fun little things to see and do. Sadly, those interactions fall flat with an over-saturation of fetch quests and monster hunting. (Although SOME of the hunts are fun!)

    As for the exploration, sometimes it's cool and the rest of the time, it was just F*ckn boring. Especially those damn car rides! Be honest with me! How many people truly enjoy LONG car rides! As for the some the areas; the dungeons were my FAVORITE. Which is different, as most of the time, I kind of loath long dungeons. Yet, FFXV does it right and integrates the monsters into the exploration of the caves, making them more like a haunted house, jumping out when you least expect them! This was kept my score closer to 7 and kept me interested in the game.

    Yet, when I go and look at the rest stops and the terrible Japanese adaptation of 1950s Americana, it kind of makes me gag. Most of it is done with corny mascots, dumb restaurant chains and sleeping in mobile homes. To me, it seemed more like a solid attempt to make Americans into one big-ass cliche. Sure, those years were corny, but they could've been represented in a more tasteful manner.

    It didn't have to be historically accurate, as this was a fantasy world, they could've at least made the road trip part feel less like the developers just read books, took pictures and stayed in a tour bus. (Which is, most likely what they did.) Granted, this is a video game, but if you're going to make a compelling world for a Final Fantasy game, do a better job of it.

    Gameplay wise, battles were exciting to watch, not a challenge to play. Outside of just having the right level and gear, there is no real challenge to any of the fights.

    Overall, Sque-Enix ALWAYS makes a pretty looking and sounding game! Which is where FFXV's strengths are in. The world, monsters, sound effects, summons and anything audio/visual was done right. But the overall experience was like drinking a flat soda. Either you like drinking it or you don't; I like my soda FIZZY.    … Expand
  28. Laurermd
    Mar 21, 2017
    7
    No tenía muchas esperanzas en este Final Fantasy o en los Final Fantasys en general, visto ya los últimos. Quizás por eso me sorprendió gratamante. Está lejos del sobresaliente pero es un juego que cumple.

    La historia o yo no me enteré bien, o la cuentan mal. Pero bueno, podría estar mejor, va de más a menos. Lo mejor son el colegeo de los protas, Aunque Ignis parezca sobrar más que    No tenía muchas esperanzas en este Final Fantasy o en los Final Fantasys en general, visto ya los últimos. Quizás por eso me sorprendió gratamante. Está lejos del sobresaliente pero es un juego que cumple.

    La historia o yo no me enteré bien, o la cuentan mal. Pero bueno, podría estar mejor, va de más a menos. Lo mejor son el colegeo de los protas, Aunque Ignis parezca sobrar más que Coentrao en el Madrid.

    Los gráficos están bien, aunque muchas texturas lo petaban, en la época de los 128 bits,,,
    El diseño de (personajes,enemigos,escenarios,mundillo) muy bien.

    El rol en este juego se queda muy corto, para llegar seguramente a más público. Pero de verdad, muy
    básico, el sistema de combate muy visroso pero menos estratégico que el sistema de juego de
    Sidosín Sidane con sus centros. SIento la comparativa otra vez con el Real Madrid. Los combates son
    en tiempo real obviamente, of course.

    El mundo abierto... bueno, yo los Final Fantasy los prefiero como antes.

    Tiene una buena banda sonora.

    Conclusión: Si le quitas el nombre de Final Fantasy, es un buen juego. Ahora que con ese nombre si es verdad que es muy mejorable.    … Expand
  29. GloryofPushkin
    Mar 20, 2017
    7
    Once you realize all the different harsh obstacles Tabata, the director, had to overcome to make the game what it is now, it makes it an amazing feat. Although the story isn't completely fleshed out, there is still a lot of story hidden and subtlety told. Watch 'Final Fantasy Peasant' on YouTube to get what I mean. Most of the sidequest suck and are unimaginative but a good amount of themOnce you realize all the different harsh obstacles Tabata, the director, had to overcome to make the game what it is now, it makes it an amazing feat. Although the story isn't completely fleshed out, there is still a lot of story hidden and subtlety told. Watch 'Final Fantasy Peasant' on YouTube to get what I mean. Most of the sidequest suck and are unimaginative but a good amount of them are definitely worth the play. Especially the postgame content.… Expand
  30. Memoflame
    Mar 20, 2017
    8
    Final Fantasy XV is a weird title for me. It does SO many things wrong : Horrible UI, button mapping ( x is used to both take action and jump, seriously??), mundane side quests and a story that you could see had so much depth and potential from previous trailers, but the developers did an incredibly poor job portraying it. And yet, it has some endearing qualities to it that made it one ofFinal Fantasy XV is a weird title for me. It does SO many things wrong : Horrible UI, button mapping ( x is used to both take action and jump, seriously??), mundane side quests and a story that you could see had so much depth and potential from previous trailers, but the developers did an incredibly poor job portraying it. And yet, it has some endearing qualities to it that made it one of my favorite games of last year. There is a certain charm around the characters and the world, the beautiful art direction and the music that still made go back. Final Fantasy XV is the best flawed game I have played in quite some time.… Expand
  31. EEKtheratbat
    Mar 20, 2017
    7
    This game had 2 big flaws and that was the generic missions and the combatsystem that reduced it to a semi hack and slash buttonmashgame. I watched the movie before playing the game which i would recommend to everyone who wants to pick up this game. And Square please make it turned based next time and more Final Fantasy and less generic,
  32. Yaozza
    Mar 20, 2017
    9
    Short review: If you like action RPGs this game is a must buy! It's silly from time to time but I grew to like the characters and the fighting is fun. That's the main thing. The fighting is addictive as all hell!
  33. jorgehv93
    Mar 19, 2017
    10
    I play Final Fantasy saga since i was a child, i started playing it with only 10 years and with the Final Fantasy VII. This game has all things i love of and open world game. Hunting, driving, exploration, a great dinamic cycle with a great wheather changing, in summary, all i love. Yes yes, you are thinking ok but, are you going to say more or just what you like?. Yes, i'm going to sayI play Final Fantasy saga since i was a child, i started playing it with only 10 years and with the Final Fantasy VII. This game has all things i love of and open world game. Hunting, driving, exploration, a great dinamic cycle with a great wheather changing, in summary, all i love. Yes yes, you are thinking ok but, are you going to say more or just what you like?. Yes, i'm going to say more. The plot is other of my favourites things that this game has and i say that the script of the game must go to the oscars. It's perfect. The characters, i love it, ALL OF THEM. I want to say that from my point of view, the script is perfect aparting of the script of Final Fantasy XIII. I recommend this game to all the people who want to start this saga, but what i always say, if you can play the other, just do it. The only thing i don't like of the videogame is this, at the middle of the plot, the game takes away the open world mode to start with a line mode like Final Fantasy XIII. The sound is great,, the graphics, perfects to and the script is perfect. This game must win the GOTY.… Expand
  34. MAFIAxMaverick
    Mar 19, 2017
    6
    Sunk about 60 hours into FFXV for the platinum. Game looks gorgeous and I even liked the more streamlined gameplay in terms of combat. Hunts are a lot of fun and made me really look forward to the hunts that I'll be reliving in FFXII remaster later this summer.

    It may be unfair to judge this compared to it's predecessors, but I haven't cared less about a Final Fantasy game's story like    Sunk about 60 hours into FFXV for the platinum. Game looks gorgeous and I even liked the more streamlined gameplay in terms of combat. Hunts are a lot of fun and made me really look forward to the hunts that I'll be reliving in FFXII remaster later this summer.

    It may be unfair to judge this compared to it's predecessors, but I haven't cared less about a Final Fantasy game's story like I did for FFXV. I'm hoping DLC will change that, though it's disappointing to need DLC to feel a sense of completion with the story in a series such as this. I hope Square does not continue down the path and, instead, releases a full game next go around. For all the years in development, even though the game was probably scrapped and restarted from step one, I'm disappointed.

    I really enjoyed the gameplay and side quests. If the main story was even half as good as I hoped it was going to be, then this would be a 9 or 10 for me. But the main story was so disjointed and full of holes that I felt virtually no sense of intrinsic reward/happiness/sadness/anything when it finally ended.    … Expand
  35. visiblelight7
    Mar 19, 2017
    5
    I have mixed feelings about this game. What it does well it does incredibly well.

    Pros: -Graphics, visuals are stunning -The surroundings while you drive are incredible. feels like a well designed world to look at. Cons: - Nothing is explained. You dont understand why you are going from point A to point B. - The fighting system sucks. It's too chaotic. You don't get to    I have mixed feelings about this game. What it does well it does incredibly well.

    Pros:

    -Graphics, visuals are stunning
    -The surroundings while you drive are incredible. feels like a well designed world to look at.

    Cons:

    - Nothing is explained. You dont understand why you are going from point A to point B.

    - The fighting system sucks. It's too chaotic. You don't get to enjoy anything. You have to hurry up and smash a button to get out of the way or kill. very little thought is allowed. HUGE letdown. Makes gameplay annoying.

    - So far at chapter 5. Almost no presented story narrative. Just "touch up" conversations at key moments.

    -Taking Pictures, cooking meals.... are you kidding me? Wasted resources instead of presenting a good story....

    - I skipped ALL sidequests... If I wanted to play Skyrim or a World of Warcraft Clone MMORPG. I would...

    -Choice of lore elements.... Southern Accents? Texas style music. Are you joking???

    - Having to stop playing and go "camping" when it's night because you get insta killed. Or better yet. You can't level up until you do.... WTF. This was a chore. TOO MUCH useless stuff added to this game instead of focusing on core story, background stories or amazing story development to make a novel look boring in comparison.

    To summarize:

    It's like opening a christmas present you are excited about and seeing a luxurious box of chocolate. Then opening the box and half of the flavours are stuff you don't really want....    … Expand
  36. Sirmonkage
    Mar 18, 2017
    5
    Love final fantasy. All of them except for this one. Story is boring. Characters are extremely unoriginal in personality (bland as well). I guess their are SOME fun moments in combat but honestly there isn't enough going on to keep the player actively engaged. Leveling system is dumbed down to an extreme level. Honestly I love final fantasy so much I could have looked over all of thisLove final fantasy. All of them except for this one. Story is boring. Characters are extremely unoriginal in personality (bland as well). I guess their are SOME fun moments in combat but honestly there isn't enough going on to keep the player actively engaged. Leveling system is dumbed down to an extreme level. Honestly I love final fantasy so much I could have looked over all of this if it wasn't for the boring dialogue and unlikable characters. Waited forever for this game. Just didn't cut it...… Expand
  37. marcelus
    Mar 17, 2017
    9
    I will say this game is between an 8 and a 9. I can talk hours about the cutcontent and the lack of challenge it suffered for many gamers. Of course purist will hate him but the game is great even with some very weak moments towards the last part of the main campaign. I'm glad the game was out and now after the DLC FF can move on and iterate over this. I hope the balance things better forI will say this game is between an 8 and a 9. I can talk hours about the cutcontent and the lack of challenge it suffered for many gamers. Of course purist will hate him but the game is great even with some very weak moments towards the last part of the main campaign. I'm glad the game was out and now after the DLC FF can move on and iterate over this. I hope the balance things better for old timer fans next time.… Expand
  38. eaboo316
    Mar 16, 2017
    8
    I came to FFXV with big expectations, mainly because it was promoted like crazy with movies and anime and whatnot, and I had been waiting for it when it was named versus XIII so many years ago. The Omen trailer was also super cool. It ended up not meeting my expectations for an FF game, but was fun overall, and thought it tried its best in the current popular opinion of what seems to beI came to FFXV with big expectations, mainly because it was promoted like crazy with movies and anime and whatnot, and I had been waiting for it when it was named versus XIII so many years ago. The Omen trailer was also super cool. It ended up not meeting my expectations for an FF game, but was fun overall, and thought it tried its best in the current popular opinion of what seems to be "open world = good, linear = bad."

    Some main issues I had: the story was incomplete and the pacing wasn't very good, which is evidenced by the fact that DLC focusing on the specific factors will be released. Although there was a clear main purpose through the game, there was more room to relax and explore in the first half while the story picks up greatly and goes to a linear format in the second half. It seemed like this huge open world was created, but then the developers were like "oh crap we need a story." The open world in itself was not very exciting, and contributed to the long loading times. Although the side quests yielded benefits like experience and perhaps a helpful item, they became tedious if I tried to clear them all before progressing onto the main story - which is what I usually do with FF games but couldn't do with this one because of the tediousness. The women of the game weren't too inspiring save for one though she only joins you for a moment, though I suppose the spotlight is to be mostly put on the four main male characters.

    The good: of course the graphics are amazing, the character design is top notch. When I look at these characters, I know they are FF characters which is comforting as a long-time fan of the series. The environments besides the vast, deserty one in the beginning in the game were pleasing. What was there of the story was nice, I found myself getting attached to the characters towards the end, but still think it had the potential to be a MUCH better story if so much focus wasn't put on more superficial aspects of the game. The fighting was really fun. I didn't experiment too much with the different weapons offered for Noctis, honestly, as there did not seem to much of a strategic rationale to use one over the other, but they were nice to have. I liked how the particular skills of the main characters (fishing, cooking, photos, and exploring) were used to benefit the characters in a tangible way. I also loved how you could collect music from previous FF games to play in the car, nostalgia incorporated in a very nice way. I played the game in Japanese to augment my Japanese learning, and it was top notch, though what I heard of the English seemed good as well.

    I would ideally give this a 7.5 if I could choose between a 7 and an 8. If you are a flexible FF fan, which I suppose you have to be with the game design changes this series has gone through, you might enjoy this game. In the end, I am glad I played it, though I am not sure if I would have played this if it wasn't an FF game. I am not sure how the open world aspect of the game compares with others, but I would not get this game just because it is open world if that is what you like as you would be disappointed by the second half. I am glad they are coming out with new DLC episodes for each of the characters, hopefully that'll help the story a bit. Though I wish the developers could have taken a bit more time (i know they took 10 years but an extra year wouldn't have affected the agony of the wait much) to tighten up the story and incorporate the open world better. I know FF13 had complaints about linearity, but wow what a 360 difference implemented in an imperfect way.

    Overall, definitely not my favorite FF game, but enjoyable in the end. Looking forward to see what the DLC adds!    … Expand
  39. Rtheom
    Mar 15, 2017
    7
    I'm new to Final Fantasy, but I agree with the majority of folks. This game feels like it was meant to be a lot bigger than it is, and it has a lot of little details that you can tell were meant to be expanded upon, but then they got bored of the whole thing and decided just to release it. The first half of the game is a solid 8/10, the second half is a 5/10, so I'll compromise and give itI'm new to Final Fantasy, but I agree with the majority of folks. This game feels like it was meant to be a lot bigger than it is, and it has a lot of little details that you can tell were meant to be expanded upon, but then they got bored of the whole thing and decided just to release it. The first half of the game is a solid 8/10, the second half is a 5/10, so I'll compromise and give it a 6.5, rounded up to 7 for the fun I did have in the first half. Worth picking up used for $20 when it gets that low or borrowing from a friend, but not more than that.… Expand
  40. Jasonrv
    Mar 14, 2017
    5
    I am a final fantasy fan, and this game gets the battling right, but I felt like it was wasting my time..

    The good: Great battles are lots of fun and kept me coming back for 60+ hours. The bad: So Much time wasted!!! travel gets old fast when driving around, so fast travel i guess fixes that. Hunts send you going around in circles since you can only take on one of them at a time.    I am a final fantasy fan, and this game gets the battling right, but I felt like it was wasting my time..

    The good: Great battles are lots of fun and kept me coming back for 60+ hours.

    The bad: So Much time wasted!!!

    travel gets old fast when driving around, so fast travel i guess fixes that. Hunts send you going around in circles since you can only take on one of them at a time. The enemies are fun to battle, but let me fight 5 or 10 enemies while I am out rather then wasting 1 minutes travelling back to town to take on the second hunt.

    The game ending becomes a grueling trek at the end. They strip you of your sword, and send you down long corridors fighting enemies that you should be able to kill no problem.    … Expand
  41. Juras
    Mar 14, 2017
    9
    Maybe its not Versus but at all it's better than i excepted after all thoose years. Mature and sad story, top graphics, one of the best soundtracs. Major disappointment of this game for me is causality, some of Astrals unsumonable and lack of females in party (except quests). I'm waiting for future patches and improvements.
  42. Arbanblade
    Mar 14, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Final Fantasy 15 sucks. It's completely overrated. Fanboy's world over will be screaming at me telling me how wrong I am. "How could I possibly think such things about this awesome game?". *cough* Cup Noodle *cough*
    Let's start with Gameplay. One of the few things that is actually SOMEWHAT redeemable in this game. I did find the new scheme to be fun though after a while it's all about holding the Circle button and occasionally pressing the dodge and parry buttons. If you like simply holding down a single button throughout your battles you are in luck here.
    Also Chocobos ROCK!!
    Visuals: Actually the visuals are pretty damn amazing. I found myself in awe during the better part of the game.
    Sound: Pretty damn good also. I enjoyed the throwback tracks to some of my favorite FF moments in history whilst driving along in the very linear(and quite frankly boring) car rides.
    Story: All great visuals and amazing sound aside cannot add up enough to the failing piece of crap that is this story. At best this story can be called weak. When you have to go watch a "movie" to fill in many of the holes. When I have to watch or listen to HOURS of side banter from random NPC's. When I have to purchase DLC. All of these things(plus some I am sure I am forgetting to list) are required for you to fully understand the "story". NPC banter should be supplemental, not blatantly required for me to understand the Main story. I shouldn't have to hit the fanboys forum's just to better understand the main villain. And most importantly if you are going to include a main story arc piece DO NOT make me purchase DLC just so I can get the whole picture there.

    Bottom line here is this, Final Fantasy 15 is rushed. The main character is mostly unlikable 99% of the game. The secondary characters are the best thing about this and they take 3rd or 4th in priority of story telling. The blatant commercial for Cup Noodle was **** annoying(Maybe it was a joke but it just served to break me out of what could have been an amazing game) .    … Expand
  43. Willmoy
    Mar 13, 2017
    8
    I thought the game was well done. The game does have some issues with plot,but they're not glaring enough to deter from understanding the gist of the story.Frankly, I probably would have given the game a 9 had it not been for the horrendously done chapter 13 of the game. Anyone who has played the game knows exactly what I am referencing.
  44. huudis
    Mar 13, 2017
    7
    Do you enjoy hanging out with virtual bro's, driving around with daddy's car and explore huge world with ton's of side quests? Then this game is for you. Story is confusing and characters met in the main story are fast left behind. It contains Final Fantasy type plot twists, but for some reason the game doesn't feel like one.

    The thing I loved in Final Fantasy games was that you can    Do you enjoy hanging out with virtual bro's, driving around with daddy's car and explore huge world with ton's of side quests? Then this game is for you. Story is confusing and characters met in the main story are fast left behind. It contains Final Fantasy type plot twists, but for some reason the game doesn't feel like one.

    The thing I loved in Final Fantasy games was that you can optimize your party and choose team leader, have multiple characters etc. now they have taken away that part and made the game more like kingdom hearts with 3 goofys running around and throwing one liners.

    There are good things too, the soundtrack is amazing. Graphics are good for PS4 standards. Summons are huge and epic.

    What comes for gameplay, you can beat the main story with just one button. Holding down square makes you auto attack. Summoning is not allowed always, you must meet the right conditions for it.

    They did many things great but also failed to amaze me, I must give credits to soundtrack, visual art and the effort the studio gave to actually publish this game.    … Expand
  45. Lightbearer
    Mar 12, 2017
    10
    This review is for people looking for a late unbiased opinion where the player hasn’t been affected by reviews and opinions on others sites. By that I mean from before I started playing the game to the time the credits rolled I haven’t read any reviews on the game. As such I feel that my opinions may vary greatly compared to others as it’s affected by only the game itself.

    In some ways    This review is for people looking for a late unbiased opinion where the player hasn’t been affected by reviews and opinions on others sites. By that I mean from before I started playing the game to the time the credits rolled I haven’t read any reviews on the game. As such I feel that my opinions may vary greatly compared to others as it’s affected by only the game itself.

    In some ways I believe that the best games are those that give you at least one or two experiences that you can’t help but walk away from going wow that was amazing, and after finishing Final Fantasy XV I’ve had far more of those then I feel I can reflect on and as such I’ve come to the conclusion that I may very well be thinking about these moments for a very long time. If I were asked what gave me these feelings I would say it was the way the game gave me experiences that felt extremely unique to my journey that caused them to stand out. Some of these experiences are vastly different from each other, but each carries with them something that struck an emotion out of me that stuck with me from the beginning to the end.

    To me franchises like Call of Duty and Pokemon are pulled by their fans kicking and screaming before they make any big changes, while Final Fantasy on the other hand is the exact opposite of this in that it is the one pulling it’s fans kicking and screaming into the future. I am of course talking about Final Fantasy XV action role playing gameplay(rpg) that has divided some fans, big gameplay changes to the franchise are not new though as seen in the opinions given on Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XIII which are each different, but there’s a chunk of fans and journalists that wish to see Final Fantasy return to it’s turn based origins and they have very strong opinions on this matter. Because of that I have come to the opinion that people will either love this gameplay experience given by Final Fantasy XV or hate it, and if you want to know which camp you reside in your better off just watching some gameplay online or borrowing a copy to decide if it seems fun rather then read this review.

    The story throughout the game goes at a pretty steadily consistent pace and stars protagonist Noctis who is a prince on a road trip with his closest friends where their final destination involves a marriage to an oracle/princess as a sign of peace between too warring nations. The story is probably the shortest main narrative in the franchise that I can think of especially when compared to the last three single player games. Outside the game there are two medias that introduce the plot going in to the game “Final Fantasy XV Brotherhood” and “Final Fantasy XV Kingsglaive” with the first being an short series of animated videos and the second being a CGI movie which is the prologue leading up to the events. I recommend both of them to better understand the plot of Final Fantasy XV if you’re looking to appreciate the main story more, and even though I enjoyed both of them I couldn’t help but wonder if they spent their whole CGI budget on both of them (especially “Kingsglaive”) leaving very little money for cut scenes. Despite all that keep in mind that I didn’t consider the plot bad. However, I would say the main story isn’t a big focus here, the focus resides on the small stories that you and your comrades share/create together in the open world. It’s here that the gameplay and the story merge as characters react to things around them giving insight on current affairs or quick reactions to immediate situations at hand. While Noctis holds the spot light there reside three characters that will accompany him for the bulk of his journey Gladio, Ignis, and Prompto. I found that each one brings something that enhances the party to make them feel more like real characters that I could come to depend on with their own interests and hobby’s as every event feels like a story in itself as the party reacts to each action that occurs both big and small. Beyond that the gameplay is action skilled based where enemies do large amounts of damage so you can't go in hacking and slashing and are forced to focus on defense which I found fun. The world is big filled with mini games and small sidequests to take on and the game truly feels like a journey thanks to the open road. I'll buy the soundtrack and the art is also stunning to look at and admire. I did experience a number of small tech issues like texture popins, but nothing game breaking.

    Final Fantasy XV is a game that has presented me with many great memories filled with joy, laughter, and heartache. It’s a game I will never forget that is truly unique in the way it presents the world, characters and gameplay. Thanks for all the good memories Final Fantasy XV; and just like Noctis put it, what can I say you guys are the best!

    I would say go into more detail, but character limit. I would give it a 9.5, but if I have to round I'll go up :)    … Expand
  46. DreamCore
    Mar 12, 2017
    0
    Seriously, this is truly one awful game. The story is pretty much non existant. The side quests are the worst in an RPG to date (deliver tomatoes, collect frogs, find wax for your car, collect dog tags... seriously wtf?). The combat is garbage and essentially consists of holding two different buttons. The world is too big and empty, they clearly made the retarded choice of favoring sizeSeriously, this is truly one awful game. The story is pretty much non existant. The side quests are the worst in an RPG to date (deliver tomatoes, collect frogs, find wax for your car, collect dog tags... seriously wtf?). The combat is garbage and essentially consists of holding two different buttons. The world is too big and empty, they clearly made the retarded choice of favoring size over density. The graphics range from good to garbage. This is probably the worst FF game I've ever played. The only FF thing about this game is the logo, that's it. Stay away from this garbage at all costs.… Expand
  47. Spearis
    Mar 10, 2017
    9
    The game is fantastic. It's not perfect in every way, but it's amazing. The action-y combat feels great and plays great, but there are two problems with it. First is that you have to use wait mode to ind out a monster's weaknesses, and the second is that magic friendly fires for some stupid reason.

    The dungeons are some of the best in the series. The music is some of the best since 7    The game is fantastic. It's not perfect in every way, but it's amazing. The action-y combat feels great and plays great, but there are two problems with it. First is that you have to use wait mode to ind out a monster's weaknesses, and the second is that magic friendly fires for some stupid reason.

    The dungeons are some of the best in the series.
    The music is some of the best since 7 imo.
    The fishing mini-game somehow manages to be fun.
    The graphics are great.
    The environments are a little on the empty side, but that's because quests (main, side, and beast hunts) add monsters to areas, so if you have accepted a bunch of quests at once you'll find that the areas are a lot more full than if your not doing anything
    BTW you'll never want for something to do in this game, there is a ridiculous amount of side quests and activities, and dungeons, including endgame dungeons after the credits.

    The main thing keeping it from a 10 is the story, or rather what's missing from the story. You can pretty obviously see where they intend the DLC to go. Also, a lot of characters that should get development don't get any whatsoever, especially on the villains' side.

    This doesn't mean the story is bad, overall it's still pretty great and hits all the points it needs to, and the ending is one of the best endings in FF.

    Overall, definitely worth playing.

    BTW. there are adding a lot of free updates to improve upon the story's weaknesses. For example, they added a few scenes from Kingslglaive in near the beginning of the game.

    On that note, no you do not need to watch anything else to get what's going on or to appreciate the story. It does help you get invested though and the movie and shorts are decent (but not great).

    Also, yes ch. 13 is terrible. 13 seems to be FF's unlucky number

    Don't let that stop you though FF15 is still one of the best games in the series.    … Expand
  48. robinzvak
    Mar 10, 2017
    6
    Start is not bad, vizuals looks good , combat cool, but when i player more and more game ale worse and worse. I stopped played at XIII. chapter. FF XV is crazy mix open word game with bored corridor missions (chapters) ..
  49. Deathbody1569
    Mar 9, 2017
    9
    I got the Platinum from this game because I really enjoyed playing it, It has an awesome OST, great graphics, and even when I know some people found lots of bugs, in my experience I just spotted a few minimal ones, the story and the fellowship developed so great. Nonetheless, I really don´t think it is a game every one would enjoy, but if you do like the genre you will have a blast playing it
  50. derkonig6
    Mar 8, 2017
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the first final fantasy I ever played,finished the game,did not like the party where they all die,and then you travel back in time to do the rest of the quests.
    The story is really weird presented and you have to watch the short anime and movie to understand better.I like this game don't get me wrong but I wanted the open world to be open but I found myself unable to climb over simple obstacles. I wish I could give it more    … Expand
  51. 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.
  52. Nhiamh
    Mar 8, 2017
    10
    FFXV is a game that has everything to make you happy. Beautiful open world, great characters, engaging story, amazing graphics and epic music. The gameplay is fun, dynamic and stylish.
    This game was definitely worth the wait!
  53. kelonne
    Mar 7, 2017
    8
    I am a fan of FF series. My review on FFXV could be biased.
    FFXV is a new revolution rpq compared to the previous FF series.
    + Real time battle, no more action time bar. It takes me a while to get used to it. + Graphic design is undoubtedly great. Always give me a wow when exploring new area or game element + Scale of human to monster is realistic. +/- Most of the time spent on    I am a fan of FF series. My review on FFXV could be biased.
    FFXV is a new revolution rpq compared to the previous FF series.
    + Real time battle, no more action time bar. It takes me a while to get used to it.
    + Graphic design is undoubtedly great. Always give me a wow when exploring new area or game element
    + Scale of human to monster is realistic.

    +/- Most of the time spent on travelling (consider this is a pro and con of a game with open world concept) and loading screen

    - Camera view is a headache, especially fight big size enemy, having big trouble positioning yourself
    - The way they designed the use of magic is a bad idea
    - Story is somewhat short. Replay experience is somewhat limited. I am not attracted to replay the game after clearing it once or buying the season pass just to check out on the short story that missed out in the game on the other characters.    … Expand
  54. FogCityRoller
    Mar 7, 2017
    6
    FFXV is a much better game than most of the detractors here are implying, but it does have some glaring issues. I think normally this game would have been a 7 or 8, but I'm docking it for a major issue that I cover at the end of this review. They have released updates that at least hint at the fact that they are interested in improving the game, but I don't know if my primary concern isFFXV is a much better game than most of the detractors here are implying, but it does have some glaring issues. I think normally this game would have been a 7 or 8, but I'm docking it for a major issue that I cover at the end of this review. They have released updates that at least hint at the fact that they are interested in improving the game, but I don't know if my primary concern is fixable.

    I think the story is fairly straight forward, but it is a bit weak. There isn't anything particularly gripping about it, which makes it easy to go off doing side quests. I think this is a testament to how lackluster the story is, because a good story should make you WANT to find out what happens next. With FFXV, I kinda feel like I'll get around to it whenever I run out of side quests that are level appropriate.

    The graphics are stunning and the cities are beautiful. The voice acting is well done but the main problem is they have a limited amount of lines, so in a relatively short time frame you will find yourself becoming annoyed by them. I don't think these are aspects of the game that are much debated, so I'll leave it at that.

    The soundtrack could have used a more vast arrangement of original music, but I think adding all the old FF soundtracks to the car radio is amazing (and NieR: Automata) so by that merit alone I consider the music to be a great success. The environmental music when it comes to encountering and exiting battles follows a simple formula that has been familiar to FF fans for two decades and I'm glad they didn't mess with it.

    The Ascension system is very cool and has the right balance of complication without being overly confusing. Elemancy, gearing, upgrading methods, car customization, and professions are either sufficient or great.

    The main problem I have with the game after ~30 hours played is that their attempts at implementing QoL features is hindered by horrible loading times. Yes, in theory it is great to finish a measly side quest and zip back to the car and then zip back to the quest NPC. BUT, a fast travel feature is diminished when you have to face two loading screens with the loading screens for longer distance traveling taking upwards of an entire minute. In a 30 minute time span I can spend upwards of 10 minutes on loading screens alone. That's absolutely absurd. This is the single greatest factor making me struggle to play the game for extended periods of time. Quest hubs really don't exist, because a quest hub is supposed to offer a number of quests that can be completed in a given area and turned in at another area. Lestallum will give you a bunch of quests but every damn one is 10 minutes away from each other, and it's usually some banal task like "go pick a single bean sprout from this farm in the middle of nowhere" WHAT THE SH*T IS THIS?!

    I really don't care about the way the characters look, as a lifelong FF player that is the least of my concerns at this point. The loading times and insane amounts of wild goose chases are unbelievably bad.    … Expand
  55. mrpig
    Mar 7, 2017
    8
    Graphics: 8
    Story: 7
    Gameplay: 7
    Cutscene 8
    Fun: 7

    Comment: A good game, but boring and with strange combat system
  56. Av0nart
    Mar 7, 2017
    7
    A potential masterpiece, but fail hard on telling you a story fit the FF name. Superb final, yet poor gameplay. Just an item spam. Overall it is funny but for me doesnt go over this vote.
  57. nobilki
    Mar 6, 2017
    5
    simple review from me, graphic, gameplay are awesome.
    Story ? ? haha its really suck. i dont feel anything. there is no excitement. the story really disappoint me. i give a mix score because of great graphic and gameplay, that all
  58. Arkames
    Mar 6, 2017
    7
    A história não está bem contada ou cadenciada, além do mais o protagonista é muito melindroso e cheio de mi mi mi, Gladius é bem mais tri.

    Depois que se aprende bem como usar o sistema de deslocação do Noctus, as batalhas até que melhoram, porém tem horas que está um confusão infernal de tanto inimigo, deixando difícil de entender onde está o Nuctus e o que ele está fazendo, contudo,    A história não está bem contada ou cadenciada, além do mais o protagonista é muito melindroso e cheio de mi mi mi, Gladius é bem mais tri.

    Depois que se aprende bem como usar o sistema de deslocação do Noctus, as batalhas até que melhoram, porém tem horas que está um confusão infernal de tanto inimigo, deixando difícil de entender onde está o Nuctus e o que ele está fazendo, contudo, geralmente ele irá precisar urgentemente de um "ELIXIR", o cara é um viciado!

    O que salva um pouco é o grande mapa, onde pode-se gastar bastante tempo fazendo side quests em busca de (PA), recomendo desde logo aprender a ganhar esses PA, passando pela pescaria à andar nas galinhas amarelas "Choco", comer, andar de carro...

    Vale a pena se pagares um preço razoável.    … Expand
  59. riley794
    Mar 6, 2017
    3
    You have to know this before you play the game or you may end up extremely disappointed! Do not get on the Damn Boat! Once you get on that boat the game goes from a beautiful open world game with tons of things to explore and do, to an incomplete, boring, dark, depressing dungeon crawler. Like many FF games there is a major event that occurs that completely changes the landscape of theYou have to know this before you play the game or you may end up extremely disappointed! Do not get on the Damn Boat! Once you get on that boat the game goes from a beautiful open world game with tons of things to explore and do, to an incomplete, boring, dark, depressing dungeon crawler. Like many FF games there is a major event that occurs that completely changes the landscape of the world. However, typically those games still allowed you to explore the world after the event and find and complete quests. In this game you literally and figuratively get put on a train with a one way ticket to a very disappointing ending. The story introduces a ton of interesting characters who are both good, evil or neutral. Then the game completely ignores all but 6 of them. For most of them you are not even sure if they die, they just disappear like they never existed. There are also many aspect of this game that are simply broken, for example every time you want to pick something up, open a door or interact with anything you must pause near the object for a moment before hitting the "x" button or your character will jump like an idiot and waste a second of your life. Most of the side quest in the game are boring and repetitive fetch quests. The combat system is basically Dynasty Warriors with a counter option that only works 50% of the time. Magic hurts allies and enemies equally and has to be manually setup repeatedly so its more of a pain than a benefit. The game is so in love with itself that it plays a unescapable cutscene for every simple tasks. Just the most disappointing game ever. Just writing about my experience has made me depressed again.… Expand
  60. Kakarot26
    Mar 5, 2017
    8
    Final Fantasy XV is unlike any other FF game that came before it. I absolutely love some of the old, especially IX and X, and of course VII, which I played lately and found nearly perfect.

    The most important innovation is of course the battle system, the real time action is for me a bit of a let down. Is not that I dislike real time battle systems, and I think this one in particular is    Final Fantasy XV is unlike any other FF game that came before it. I absolutely love some of the old, especially IX and X, and of course VII, which I played lately and found nearly perfect.

    The most important innovation is of course the battle system, the real time action is for me a bit of a let down. Is not that I dislike real time battle systems, and I think this one in particular is a pretty good one, but fora a FF game I prefer turn-based a hundred times, because it is a signature element which makes the franchise so magical.

    The open world I also think it was something pretty unnecessary for this game and many of the sidequests were too repetitive, with unfunny storylines and characters. The rest of the elements were mostly brilliant, from the graphics to the music, going through a story which, although a bit clumsily told, was still very emotional.

    Overall a very good game, and a good attempt from Square to bring new life to the saga, still nowhere near the FF masterpieces of the playstation one.    … Expand
  61. 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
  62. Uco
    Mar 3, 2017
    6
    Final Fantasy XV is not a bad game. It is quite good, in fact. But I cannot ignore the feeling of incompleteness it transmits.

    Talking about the artistic part, the work is awesome here. Amazing design of characters, enemies, environments. A wonderful soundtrack. The deep message about friendship. FFXV got me there. Unfortunately, it lacks of depth in every other thing that makes it a    Final Fantasy XV is not a bad game. It is quite good, in fact. But I cannot ignore the feeling of incompleteness it transmits.

    Talking about the artistic part, the work is awesome here. Amazing design of characters, enemies, environments. A wonderful soundtrack. The deep message about friendship. FFXV got me there.

    Unfortunately, it lacks of depth in every other thing that makes it a game. In one way or another, you can feel the game is sort of a grouping of bits of ideas and different courses during the development process. Lots of mechanics and new elements are introduced to the player and quickly left behind, too many characters are shooting stars whose past, future, or causes you never get to know more about.

    I haven't enjoyed the fighting system. It becomes too chaotic with more than 3 enemies at a time, and fights are sometimes so easy that you feel ashamed you can keep on just smashing the attack button, or so difficult you feel frustrated not to be able to do anything to avoid being ass-kicked and abuse your inventory's healing items. Also, I missed some plot background for most of the missions that are not part of the main storyline.

    I have to praise, though, Prompto's photography system as a fresh and funny way of keeping memories from any everyday moment, any non important thing you do, not having to be part of the story. Those moments are the really important ones as you take a look back to the journey of the main characters and how their relationship develops; and looking at Prompto's photos you can even feel them as your own trip's. It's kind of emotional.

    In summary, you should play FFXV because it really has value as a game, but, as I, you will probably not forgive it ended up being the shadow of what it could have achieved.    … Expand
  63. bodaciousfrank
    Mar 3, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers Ahead:
    This game could have been something amazing. But after 12 years in development, Square Enix has once again released a sub-par game. FF15 is an "Open world RPG" full of invisible walls barring your path, forcing you to "drive" everywhere in a car on rails much more akin to a train while you listen to underdeveloped characters talk to each other about pointless stuff.

    None of the members of your "party" bring anything new to the genre. Instead you have Prompto, a mix between Titus, Cloud, and Hope wrapped up in an annoying little man. Ignus, who is basically a reskined Balthier turned personal assistant, making all your food and driving you everywhere because you're too privileged to drive yourself, and Gladiolus, who I consider Auron.5.

    Were it not for the games stunning visuals, I wouldn't have even bothered playing through the generic, utterly predictable story. I think there were a few times the battle system ACUALLY put me to sleep, as in order to get through certain battles you have no choice but to spam the same thing over and over for 10 minutes until the beast dies.

    Development started in 2005, and even after all this time, they released a game which feels unfinished and as if they didn't know what to do with it. Instead, they just mashed a load of stuff together in hopes that it would work. HINT, it doesn't. Spent around 50 hours in game trying to finish this mess of a Final Fantasy title, and could not have been more disappointed.

    Don't worry though, if you can struggle through the story and repetitive combat, at least there's a flying car at the end.....    … Expand
  64. funkrockwarlock
    Mar 2, 2017
    5
    Preface this with I'm not quite but nearly done with the game, however I can say this game is okay at best. It looks great, and feels pretty good in the beginning but quickly runs headlong in to a forced narrative which makes about as much sense as FF13.

    GOOD graphics team bonding and personality BAD rushed confusing story characters you don't care about side quests are so    Preface this with I'm not quite but nearly done with the game, however I can say this game is okay at best. It looks great, and feels pretty good in the beginning but quickly runs headlong in to a forced narrative which makes about as much sense as FF13.

    GOOD
    graphics
    team bonding and personality

    BAD
    rushed confusing story
    characters you don't care about
    side quests are so trivial and tedious, feels forced to add game time
    The magic

    COMBAT OPINION
    I personally have always liked J-rpg turn based combat. This active combat may be great for some people who could not get into turn based game-play so I won't exactly say it's bad. It does however suffer from a horrible camera and a clumsy magic system which is deadly to your pals.

    Overall I'd say its a solid 5 out of 10, I enjoyed it more than I should have because I like the franchise. My favorite primal however is Leviathan which is a huge disappointment for reasons I'll let you google so I don't need to spoiler tag this review.    … Expand
  65. Elisabetjana
    Mar 2, 2017
    10
    As a newcomer to the series I loved this game. It played out like a mix between witcher and dragon age and I loved it! It's got beautiful visuals and a big open world with tons of missions and side quests that feel fresh. Haven't been this excited playing a game since Skyrim. I was extremely pleasantly surprised with this game!
  66. Eulenbaer13
    Mar 1, 2017
    9
    Gameplay/Battle System: 8/10
    Story: 7/10
    Characters: 10/10 Graphics: 10/10 Soundtrack: 10/10 Overall Score: 9/10 This game is about brotherhood and the bond between friends. It has an open world, which is fun to explore, but also many linear moments due to the story, especially in the second half of the game. The battle system is really fun and easy to control. Noctis’ Warp    Gameplay/Battle System: 8/10
    Story: 7/10
    Characters: 10/10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Soundtrack: 10/10
    Overall Score: 9/10

    This game is about brotherhood and the bond between friends. It has an open world, which is fun to explore, but also many linear moments due to the story, especially in the second half of the game.

    The battle system is really fun and easy to control. Noctis’ Warp Strike ability is super cool! In certain areas (like small caves) some objects can block the camera which is a bit frustrating at times. The variety of activities and sheer amount of side quests is incredible. Most of this is entirely optional, so you can enjoy the activities you like and ignore those that doesn't matter to you. Side quests also provide an extra challenge. The game has also some of the best dungeons in the whole series. After a while they might get repetitive and monotone.

    The story is intriguing - there are some scenes that surely touched me and gave me a bittersweet feeling - but fails in the way it is told, because too many scenes shown in trailers were cut or rushed. My only real issue was this lack of cutscenes to explain what happened with some characters after chapter 9.

    The road trip feels organic due to the camaraderie of the main cast. The four guys are so likable and each one of them has their own very well written character. While spending over 60 hours with Noctis, Gladio, Ignis and Prompto I easily got attached to them and their attitudes. Noctis quickly became one of my favorite characters in the whole Final Fantasy series.

    Driving the car is enjoyable; you can listen to old FF soundtracks while driving. The soundtrack is unique and has a high recognition value.

    Final Fantasy XV was the most addictive game I've played in a long time - exceeding my expectations, but at the same time it feels like the game could have been even bigger! Still I find myself smiling while looking over Prompto's photos at camp each night and wouldn't mind re-visiting Eos again. As a long-time fan of the series I can say that this entry falls into my top 3.

    + Beautiful world design
    + Enjoyable road trip
    + Touching and realistic characters
    + Amazing graphics
    + Awesome soundtrack
    + Epic summons
    + Taking pictures with Prompto’s camera
    + Fishing (who thought that this could make so much fun?)
    - The camera can be blocked in smaller areas
    - Some side quests are repetitive and poorly written
    - Lack of cutscenes
    - Trolls trying to down vote this user score

    Please note that there are haters and the so called "Real Final Fantasy (7) Fan(boy)s" who try to vote down this user score and rating the game poorly, because they are not ready for innovation. Don't let them ruin this game for you and play it for yourself, to make your own opinion :)    … Expand
  67. levinyl
    Mar 1, 2017
    8
    After spending around 20 hours on this game I have to say it is one of my favourites from 2016 - There is a real connection between each of the characters each having their own personality - the road trips are great and I sometimes would rather not drive and just sit back and enjoy the scenery - Also the developers show they care by constantly adding new DLC plus even a carnival which wasAfter spending around 20 hours on this game I have to say it is one of my favourites from 2016 - There is a real connection between each of the characters each having their own personality - the road trips are great and I sometimes would rather not drive and just sit back and enjoy the scenery - Also the developers show they care by constantly adding new DLC plus even a carnival which was added in Jan which was fantastic! If your a fan of RPG and FF then look no further buy this game you will not be let down!… Expand
  68. Zero_Tactics
    Feb 28, 2017
    6
    C'est vraiment comme un biscuit pas cuit. Ça aurait du rester au four encore un peu. Pleins de bonnes idées incomplètes, une histoire confuse, une réalisation inégale.
  69. Kamiyasi
    Feb 26, 2017
    9
    Final Fantasy XV is pure fun. I found that it offers engaging elements that one would expect from an open world RPG such as gear and loot, leveling, skill trees, and quests; but it also throws in a lot of new mechanics and details that make the world feel expansive and fresh. I really enjoy the characters and how the play off of one another, and traversing the world is fun whether it's byFinal Fantasy XV is pure fun. I found that it offers engaging elements that one would expect from an open world RPG such as gear and loot, leveling, skill trees, and quests; but it also throws in a lot of new mechanics and details that make the world feel expansive and fresh. I really enjoy the characters and how the play off of one another, and traversing the world is fun whether it's by car, chocobo, or on foot. The complaint I've heard the most from people is that they were unsatisfied with the later part of the game; but 30+ hours in and I'm still having as much fun as I did in the beginning, and I don't think a game losing focus later on should have that level of bearing on the experience as a whole.… Expand
  70. Drakon
    Feb 26, 2017
    9
    While this game is far from perfect, and I mean far, somehow, I have found that none of that even matters. What this game boiled down to for me was fun, pure fun, with an interesting if lacking story, lots of good ideas, and over all a package that manages to be worth the price. Somehow, I even would go to the extent of saying this game is one of my favorites of all time. It is quiteWhile this game is far from perfect, and I mean far, somehow, I have found that none of that even matters. What this game boiled down to for me was fun, pure fun, with an interesting if lacking story, lots of good ideas, and over all a package that manages to be worth the price. Somehow, I even would go to the extent of saying this game is one of my favorites of all time. It is quite good, with a highly relatable cast, which I found surprising, I related most to Noctis, which I didn't see coming seeing as he is royalty, but when it comes down to it, he felt human, and suffered from many of the same human issues as anyone else. Combat is fast and fun, there isn't a simple thing to compare it to, maybe something like bayonetta or devil may cry, but at the same time completely different. My only issue with combat is it never challenges the player, and it never really grows, it gives you the entire tool kit at the beginning and it is really a skill and numbers game from then on. The story like I said before, while lacking, it still tells a full story where all motives are clear, and all plot points minus one or two make sense. The world is simply beautiful and exactly what you might come to expect from the FF series, but in a open world. The later half of the game does go linear which is more of a strength to its story telling, although execution doesn't hit every beat in this later half. The long and short of it is this game will make you laugh, cry, and more than anything, it will make you care, maybe not about the bigger conflict, but about the protagonists. While the game makes storytelling sacrifices, that only stands to strengthen the 4 friends characters throughout the story, and if nothing else, that made the journey one worth taking, for me not just once, but three times, and many more to come over the years.
    A few things to note:
    Chapter 13 is hit or miss from person to person, I enjoyed it, many didn't, that is all I will say to avoid spoilers.
    They are going beyond the release to fix fan complaints with the game, this team has insane dedication to the fans, and it is refreshing to see this level of dedication, hopefully all will help to better the experience!
    There is a jumping puzzle in the end game, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you see it through to the very end, it is one of the more difficult, yet fun things I have seen in games in the last few years, and while it doesn't always appear to fit the game's style, it feels good to conquer it.    … Expand
  71. maestro_machine
    Feb 22, 2017
    10
    FFXV is an exciting, and emotional game with a story about brotherhood, coming-of-age, and tragedy. The battle system is fast-paced, flashy and is very satisfying. The open world is enormous, and the only downfall of the game is how long it takes to travel from place to place, at times. Later in the game, the player would have to be smart about where they are going, so that they can warpFFXV is an exciting, and emotional game with a story about brotherhood, coming-of-age, and tragedy. The battle system is fast-paced, flashy and is very satisfying. The open world is enormous, and the only downfall of the game is how long it takes to travel from place to place, at times. Later in the game, the player would have to be smart about where they are going, so that they can warp nearby using the regalia (car), and make the trip alot shorter. The game gives the player "the feels" at its conclusion. Absolutely loved the game, and I continue to play it as DLC comes out. It's a game worth getting the platinum trophy on; it isn't that difficult to get the platinum either.… Expand
  72. 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
  73. blue90moon
    Feb 21, 2017
    6
    Okay! Before I get mad, I rated XV 6 out of 10, and that is VERY generious. I love Final Fantasy games and I NEVER had a problem with them. Final Fantasy is my favorite of all games, but when it comes to XV, it is a COMPLETE disappointment. The game has beautiful graphics and cutscenes, but that is it. The worst Final Fantasy I have played in my entire life. Square Enix, what were youOkay! Before I get mad, I rated XV 6 out of 10, and that is VERY generious. I love Final Fantasy games and I NEVER had a problem with them. Final Fantasy is my favorite of all games, but when it comes to XV, it is a COMPLETE disappointment. The game has beautiful graphics and cutscenes, but that is it. The worst Final Fantasy I have played in my entire life. Square Enix, what were you thinking??? This game you made here, is NOT Final Fantasy, period. You know that I know that, anybody who played a real Final Fantasy game knows that. I get it, you were trying to target a new audience, but this game is NOT for Final Fantasy so-called fans at all. Why did you have to deceive us like that? WHY? You know what? FF XIII is a good game, but XV was INCOMPLETE sold at FULL price!!! The main story alone is ONLY 6-10 hours long? ALL your other FFs were 40-60 hours long, for the main story. Also, why does XV play like Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry or Resident Evil instead of Final Fantasy? WHY? You were better off naming this gaming something else, but you labeled it FF to TRICK us fans into buying it, for MORE money. I call that GREED. I can't trust you anymore Square Enix and I will not be buying your DLCs to fill in the holes of this XV game that you created on purpose. What's wrong with you people? There are invisible walls everwhere yet you claim this game to be an OPEN WORLD game. It is NOT an open world, that is a complete lie. Almost all of your fetch quests are literally COPY/PASTE. There are bugs everywhere. The button mapping is awful. Barely any magic. There is NO difficulty what-so-ever, but Easy Mode. Where is the Strategy? Boss battles are QTEs, all you have to do is press 'O' to kill the boss. Boss battles are basically cutscenes now. Really? Important pieces of the story were cut out on purpose for you to get people to buy Downloadable Content. Really? Even Tabata says he did this intentionally, in order to make it a trend. MIND BLOWN. This game was under 10 years of development, and you put out false trailers as bait and switch to get me to buy GARBAGE. This game is GARBAGE at best, but I will give you 6 out of 10, because, I am a nice person like that.

    Anybody want to see the truth of the game? Go on YouTube and watch this SHORT story of the game -> https://youtu.be/18_mwsGe72o The story makes no sense, you can't emotionally connect to the characters and most of it is boring anyways.

    Never preorder games from Square Enix and always do research before you buy their games at full price.    … Expand
  74. JacksonAkson
    Feb 21, 2017
    7
    I inadvertently reviewed this game for PlayStation. My review was meant for Xbox one.

    I originally rated this game a 4, but after returning to it for a second play thru I feel I was overly harsh. The game is much better once a better understanding of techniques, ascension, traveling, combat, magic, non-obvious content and travel is obtained. It's not my favorite game, but it does    I inadvertently reviewed this game for PlayStation. My review was meant for Xbox one.

    I originally rated this game a 4, but after returning to it for a second play thru I feel I was overly harsh. The game is much better once a better understanding of techniques, ascension, traveling, combat, magic, non-obvious content and travel is obtained. It's not my favorite game, but it does provide many hours of entertainment. Below is my original review:

    FF XV was my introduction into the Final Fantasy series. I would say I have a love / hate relationship with the game, but I really don't love anything about it. I did play for over 100 hours so I imagine I did get some entertainment out of it.

    I tend to love open world, role playing games. I would say this game is half that, and half a linear, incoherent separate story. I never grasped how the open world portion of the game related to the main story line after the first few chapters. After completing the main story line, I researched it on the web to fill in some of the blanks only to find out I had completely failed to comprehend the story line ending. But with internet help I was able to unlock a time traveling dog and return to playing the open world game. Thanks for the help, someone.

    The car / travel system gets bashed ad nausea, as it should. The amount of time wasted via driving / fast (slow) traveling to a point to allow fast (slow) travel to a different point was borderline comical. The car drives at a game clock speed of 1 mph and only holds about a pint of fuel.

    Drive to location (wait). It's getting dark (whine). Fast travel to rest area (wait). Camp (wait). Fast travel to car (wait). Walk 1/4 mile to tomato. Pick up tomato. Fast travel to car (wait). Drive back to diner (wait). Run out of gas (wait longer). Give up tomato. A new recipe!

    The combat system didn't do it for me either. The camera is bad to say the least. If my character out-leveled my enemies it worked best just to hold the attack button while ignoring the TV. Most efforts I made to dodge / think / control the action resulted in me performing worse. When fighting enemies that out-leveled me, the game became a button masher (attack, dodge, take another potion). I did like the visual appearance of most of the animal enemies though.

    I didn't care for any of the main characters. The metro boy band look, shoes 9 sizes too large, trotting around like chimpanzees, constant whining, standing around while I kill everything made me wish I could just go it alone. "its hot...its cold...i'm tired....i'm sticky and gross....camping again....can't you catch something bigger....talk about back seat fishing...whoo hoo, bath time!" Good god. I turned their voice volume off for a while, but then I could not hear anyone else who was so eloquently instructing me to fetch another tomato in Dukes of Hazard style southern drawl.

    I found the end game dungeons to be a monotonous, repetitive drag as well. How can you have the same stair case enter the same room 100 times in a single mission?

    Character leveling was sad. Fishing, cooking, photography and buying new boots? How does this fit with some apocalyptic story line going on in the background? I caught some world record fish though. My 300 pound grouper yielded one meal. The fishing would be greatly improved if there was some way to stifle the commentary. It becomes grating in a manner of seconds.

    I was dumbfounded by the ascension tree for most of the game. I searched if for hours trying to find a way to kill Prompto. I had completed the main story before I comprehended creating simple spells as well. Maybe I am just slow in my old age.

    Anyway those are my thoughts. Thanks to all the web support that helped me get through this game. I was stuck many times.    … Expand
  75. koyukon
    Feb 21, 2017
    10
    I enjoyed it a lot. It could have been longer and had various improvements and content but I walk away having enjoyed it thoroughly regardless. It felt rushed towards the end and the end game dungeon content was unnecessarily frustrating (the locked dungeons).
  76. fxward
    Feb 20, 2017
    10
    Despite of poor storytelling, dynamic combat system and outstanding visual are attractive.
    If you want a blockbuster RPG game, Here it is !
    This game is very different from the masterpiece RPG game, 'the witcehr 3'
    But, this game has it's own special virtue.
  77. klkevinkl
    Feb 20, 2017
    4
    Final Fantasy 15 feels like it should have been called Type-0 2. It lacks all the elements of a traditional Final Fantasy game. It starts off with an incoherent story. It feels like there are three story arcs going on in the beginning, but none of them result in a satisfying conclusion. Instead, we are sitting through Noctis's road trip. At no point in the game does it feel like a coherentFinal Fantasy 15 feels like it should have been called Type-0 2. It lacks all the elements of a traditional Final Fantasy game. It starts off with an incoherent story. It feels like there are three story arcs going on in the beginning, but none of them result in a satisfying conclusion. Instead, we are sitting through Noctis's road trip. At no point in the game does it feel like a coherent story. Noctis's friends already know each other very well and you only get to know them a little more through a few scenes at certain gas stations. It feels like three or four different stories were patched together to make a game with the final story arc being what should be the real story of the game.

    The game allows Noctis to switch between four different weapons and one of those can be magic. The problem is that magic is extremely scarce and hard to come by. If you give it to your allies, they blow all of it near instantly, forcing you to use it yourself. For the most part, magic feels impractical and you are forced to use your main weapons. There are also Royal Weapons that are acquired from tombs throughout the game, but they drain your HP and are thus also impractical.

    Combat isn't that good as well. It feels like a dumbed down version of one of Square-Enix's action RPGs. You just hold Square to defend and Circle to attack. Triangle and the D-Pad are basically for special attacks at this point. There just seems to be very little when it comes to combat. I feel like most of the time, I am just defending until I can get a Parry and Counter. Most enemies do not flinch from your attacks, forcing you onto the defensive while they just attack aggressively.

    The large world itself is massively disappointing. There are a few diverse regions, but it is populated by a whole lot of nothing, just open fields and if you are lucky, you will see a few monsters. Most monsters are encountered through instanced hunts until much later in the game. You will rarely run into anything in the wild, even if you are deliberately looking for a fight. There are invisible walls around many rocks that appear for no apparent reason, even when you should be able to clearly jump to them. You will spend a majority of the game just watching Noctis and his friends ride in a car as you go from point A to point B. They needed to cut the distance between destinations by like 90%. There was no justification to having such a large and pointless world when you're not even going to populate it with anything.

    A big problem I ran into during the course of the game was extremely long load times. When I press Load Game, it takes the game up to two minutes to load sometimes with two separate loading screens. Using fast travel results in massive load times. There are times when the game loads into a black screen and I have to wait even longer before I can move or do anything.    … Expand
  78. neozora
    Feb 20, 2017
    6
    Despite the advertising, this is a Final Fantasy for firt-timers maybe, but definetly not for fans.
    The scenario and graphics are beautiful and it's hard to argue with that. But the story is really shallow and the combat system most of the time way too simple and at other times confusing, specially with the weird camera angles.
    The game tries to compensate mistakes from FFXIII and give    Despite the advertising, this is a Final Fantasy for firt-timers maybe, but definetly not for fans.
    The scenario and graphics are beautiful and it's hard to argue with that. But the story is really shallow and the combat system most of the time way too simple and at other times confusing, specially with the weird camera angles.
    The game tries to compensate mistakes from FFXIII and give us a wide open-world at the begining, but then it decides to take a linear path for the second half which just setences the player for some long boring sequences (yes, chapter 13, i'm mentioning you!)
    It just looks like a half-made game, which is proved by the amount of huge updates square already released and the plenty of dlcs scheduled.
    It's decent, it's playable, just don't rush to get it.
    And it definetly doesn't live up to the name it carries    … Expand
  79. solace94
    Feb 18, 2017
    8
    One of the best Final Fantasy Games when it comes to storyline, graphics and the combat system. While mislabeled as an open world game, it gets restricted more near the end of the game. Some combat is more difficult then others and patience is key.

    This is a game that stresses storyline and gets you interested in every turn, car ride, race and major battle. The only downfall is the    One of the best Final Fantasy Games when it comes to storyline, graphics and the combat system. While mislabeled as an open world game, it gets restricted more near the end of the game. Some combat is more difficult then others and patience is key.

    This is a game that stresses storyline and gets you interested in every turn, car ride, race and major battle.

    The only downfall is the summon system, which only comes up when your party is nearly dead and certain summons occur in certain areas.

    The voice work is phenomenal and I suggest watching the Final Fantasy Kingsglaive movie before you play the game.

    8 out of 10 or in my personal scale, a easy 84 out of 100.

    Looking forward to any DLC content that is developed for the game.    … Expand
  80. andrelol3
    Feb 17, 2017
    7
    The first half of the game is pretty good, with an decent open-world. However, there's no story.

    The second half of the game, it's the opposite, now we got a plot going on, but we don't have an open-world. Instead, we have some linear levels that are pretty boring. The game also has a lot of issues: bugs everywhere, the camera doesn't work, the combat is a mess, etc. Overall, an    The first half of the game is pretty good, with an decent open-world. However, there's no story.

    The second half of the game, it's the opposite, now we got a plot going on, but we don't have an open-world. Instead, we have some linear levels that are pretty boring.

    The game also has a lot of issues: bugs everywhere, the camera doesn't work, the combat is a mess, etc.

    Overall, an interesting game, but recommended for hardcore Final Fantasy fans and people who can deal with frustration.    … Expand
  81. Viainfinito
    Feb 17, 2017
    10
    The breath-taking visual is what make the game enjoyable as you explore the fantastical landscapes of Final Fantasy 15. The story is implicit and not fully told as you take the perspective of Noctis and his friends through a journey. The game can be divided clearly into two parts. The first is like an open world game while the second is extremely linear with the plot. The battle system isThe breath-taking visual is what make the game enjoyable as you explore the fantastical landscapes of Final Fantasy 15. The story is implicit and not fully told as you take the perspective of Noctis and his friends through a journey. The game can be divided clearly into two parts. The first is like an open world game while the second is extremely linear with the plot. The battle system is fantastic and dynamic eventhough it can do more with magic variations. The absolute highlights of the game are the Astrals ( and when they decide to help in battle). Definitely the best game of the year for me.… Expand
  82. Carlitoxic
    Feb 17, 2017
    6
    I`m extremely disappointed with FFXV and Square- enix. I am not going to expect for anything from the next Final Fantasy. A good game (beautiful world, dungeons, long and great combat) but the story is very badly counted and it is very short. I feel defrauded after seeing all the trailers that I saw from FFXV not Versus.
  83. PaleNielsen
    Feb 16, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Despite being different than previous titles it's still a good Final Fantasy game. The battle system is awesome except for the annoying camera movements. The story is quite weaker than other titles, they also offer free story dlc's after release which means they release the game in incomplete form and they use the dead-protagonist-girlfriend card which is quite overused already. You can't even summon espers/aeon/gf or whatever you like without certain conditions during battle and there are only 5 or 6 of them which is very quite disappointing it's actually one of the features in previous ff titles that I really love specially in ff10. Despite all those flaws it's not a bad game. I just feel like its almost on par with ff13.… Expand
  84. pablo2008jedi
    Feb 15, 2017
    5
    Most disappointed FF game ever. The story is dull, the characters are annoying and I can't seem to be bothered to pick up the controller to play. I got to chapter 6 and was immensely bored. Also reading things that the story is "unfinished" in parts and "wait for the big patch before continuing" has put me off.

    To me FF was always about the story first and a RPG second, 7,9 and 10 being    Most disappointed FF game ever. The story is dull, the characters are annoying and I can't seem to be bothered to pick up the controller to play. I got to chapter 6 and was immensely bored. Also reading things that the story is "unfinished" in parts and "wait for the big patch before continuing" has put me off.

    To me FF was always about the story first and a RPG second, 7,9 and 10 being my favs. I'd even say 13, 13-2 and 13-3 are better than 15.

    To me this is NOT a FF game, its a mediocre Action Based RPG.    … Expand
  85. 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
  86. Pyrolight
    Feb 13, 2017
    9
    Pros
    Fun Gameplay
    Interesting story Amazing main cast of characters Open World Few loading screens Very nice Graphics Steady FPS (Frames Per Second) No Game Breaking Glitches A lot of enemies and bosses Amazing Exploration Great villain Cons Long Loading screens Minor bugs Some side characters Final Fantasy XV is a RPG made by Square Enix which has a lot of mixed    Pros
    Fun Gameplay
    Interesting story
    Amazing main cast of characters
    Open World
    Few loading screens
    Very nice Graphics
    Steady FPS (Frames Per Second)
    No Game Breaking Glitches
    A lot of enemies and bosses
    Amazing Exploration
    Great villain

    Cons
    Long Loading screens
    Minor bugs
    Some side characters

    Final Fantasy XV is a RPG made by Square Enix which has a lot of mixed reviews from love to hate. It has a very hit or miss type of combat and way of travel via car. Final Fantasy has always been a prominent figure in the RPG genre. Final Fantasy VII was a VERY popular game and has set an almost unbeatable standard for the entire franchise. The problem that people have with Final Fantasy XV is the fact it is not Final Fantasy VII which is a very unfair biased that people have The two don’t have very much in common besides the fact that they are called Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy XV is a beautiful game with real characters that you can relate to and feel emotionally attached to the characters. I would say this is my game of the year and many others agree but this has been a very you love it or you hate it type of game. The main cast of character are remarkably done and have a wonderful impact on the game.
    Noctis, Prompto Gladiolus and Ignis are the main group of characters you will be following on your adventure. The main objective of the game is to meet up with Noctis’s “wide to be” Lunafreya. The whole idea of the marriage is political and is meant to stop the war between Lucis and Niflheim. This however was a trap set by Niflheim to take over lucis. Noctis the prince of Lucis finds out about this attack on Lucis once he had left to go to Niflheim. The entire adventure after he finds out about the attack on his kingdom is to get revenge on Niflheim and find Lunafreya.
    They executed weird ideas amazingly, but it did have some problems. There were small thing that annoyed me such as loading times. It takes about a minute for something to load to completion which gets annoying at times however loading times are very rare to come by so you won’t deal with them that much but it is still annoying. I also had some graphical glitches that happened to me but my friend who played the game never experienced any glitches.Some side characters which could have had the potential to impact the story greatly and the player were not given enough screen time and we couldn’t learn about their character.
    The game was rushed and understandably why but it does have some lack of content that should have been added into the game. Most people have a very simple idea about game design and development . The longer it takes to make a game the better it will be, this statement is usually accurate until a certain point. The process of developing this game took 10 years, which was not intentional. When this game was first announced during E3 2006 it was called Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The idea of Final Fantasy Versus XIII was soon dropped and the leading developer left the people who were developing the game after 6 years of development. Final Fantasy XV then went into a state of limbo where the developers were trying to decide what to do with the game. Soon it became known as Final Fantasy XV and was back into the development stage. Square Enix kept the story idea and did some minor tweaks to the characters. Demand from the fans of the game was too large and the game was rushed and incomplete. The developers of Final Fantasy XV say they will be adding things to the story to make it better and have an entire rework on a chapter in the game that nobody really enjoyed. I would rate this game a 9/10. You should buy it especially when the game has been polished.    … Expand
  87. jalmass
    Feb 12, 2017
    10
    10/10
    Forget the reviews, forget the feedback, just play the god damn game. Judge for yourself.

    I loved the gameplay, loved the battle system, loved THE MUSIC, loved the story.
    Well done.
  88. LuizroXD
    Feb 12, 2017
    9
    After some rocky development years, Final Fantasy is finally back. I've been a huge Final Fantasy fan since I was 10, and it is my pleasure to say that this game truly has everything a Final Fantasy should have. We should go part by part.

    Gameplay FFXV is no longer turn-based. Bummer. But, Square Enix has experience with ARPGs, and this game's combat system is amazing. You'll soon    After some rocky development years, Final Fantasy is finally back. I've been a huge Final Fantasy fan since I was 10, and it is my pleasure to say that this game truly has everything a Final Fantasy should have. We should go part by part.

    Gameplay
    FFXV is no longer turn-based. Bummer. But, Square Enix has experience with ARPGs, and this game's combat system is amazing. You'll soon learn enemy's weakness to certain weapon types and magical elements. AI is great, your allies will always know what to do and when to do it.
    Exploration divides into three sections.
    Walking around the great fields is interesting, but can be tedious, and walking in towns is rather fun, but slow.
    You can divide the car in two opinions. If you let Ignis drive, the Regalia can be a fun and chilling experience, as you just lay down a while and take a view at the amazing landscapes, while listening to your favorite FF classics! BUT. If you decide to drive, Oh boy! Driving is tedious and it takes you by the hand. It's not fun.
    And then there are the chocobos. They are the best! You can easily get to your destinations in the wild. And they help you out in battle too!
    The progression system reminds me a bit of FFX. You progress in diferent astral maps, dedicated to certain aspects of the game, like combat, abilities, exploration, magic, etc. You progress trough this buying skills with AP, which is kinda hard to get.
    Magic works kinda weird. You prepare spells mixing energy from the three main elements and an item. At the beginning it is hard, but you will learn quickly.
    Soundtrack
    The soundtrack is perfect. Besides being able to buy classic FF soundtracks, the soundtrack is huge.
    When battling, you'll feel energized. Boss battles and hunt battles don't share themes, so every battle theme is way diferent.
    While exploring, the songs will remind you of Terra's theme and sorts.

    Graphics
    This... is not that good. Characters look nice, and landscapes near to you look okay. But at the distance, it just looks... wrong. Hell, FFXIII looked even better.

    Story
    I left this at the end because this is where the biggest problem is.
    The main characters are awesome. It's not just a prince and his bodyguards, it's a prince and his friends.
    Supportive characters feel underused, as they appear, say "see ya" and never come back.
    The worst is Luna. She is interesting and all, but she has little to no screen-time.
    The main villain is actually pretty interesting.
    The story is cool and well written, but it all falls down at Chapter 10, and Chapter 13 is a true mess...
    Suddenly, things start happening off screen, main characters suddenly disappear, and it just feels wrong.
    At the end, it all comes together in an interesting way, so it's not disappointing.

    Overall, Final Fantasy XV is a great experience, with just minor problems here and there. You'll get at the very least 30 good hours of gameplay. And I'm so excited for the DLCs, I already got the Season Pass.    … Expand
  89. 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.
  90. evilghost666
    Feb 9, 2017
    6
    The high praise for this game is justified... but only for the first half or so. After that, as I am sure you have probably read elsewhere, everything falls apart. My first moment of "what the **** is going on!" was the Leviathan fight. The camera is completely uncontrollable. The boss fight makes no sense. The story is completely babbling and incoherent. I shut the game off and have foundThe high praise for this game is justified... but only for the first half or so. After that, as I am sure you have probably read elsewhere, everything falls apart. My first moment of "what the **** is going on!" was the Leviathan fight. The camera is completely uncontrollable. The boss fight makes no sense. The story is completely babbling and incoherent. I shut the game off and have found little motivation to return, especially when reviewers are stating that what lies ahead only gets worse. Dont get me wrong, the first half and the open world are so, so great! It felt limitless. But once you turn the corner on the second half, if youre like me, you may not have the patience to deal with the absolute train wreck that unfolds. I doubt I will finish this game. I am just so pissed off at Square for killing the momentum established by the beginning of the game.… Expand
  91. ThecriticGoD
    Feb 8, 2017
    7
    I'm a fan since FF7 and eventhough I more or less enjoyed FFXII I just disliked FFXIII way too much, so much that I didn't even play it's sequels, being the first Final Fantasy games I missed. When FFXV was announced I was really into open world action RPG games so I got kinda hyped, this are the things I find positive and negative in the game.

    Positive: 1-Decent main story, good plot    I'm a fan since FF7 and eventhough I more or less enjoyed FFXII I just disliked FFXIII way too much, so much that I didn't even play it's sequels, being the first Final Fantasy games I missed. When FFXV was announced I was really into open world action RPG games so I got kinda hyped, this are the things I find positive and negative in the game.

    Positive:
    1-Decent main story, good plot twists and unexpected scenarios, but fails at some points (see negative).
    2-Good combat system (this one is kinda mixed, the combat system is really interesting, but it can get really boring and monotone quickly if you start doing a lot of side-quests).
    3-Graphics. The game has obviously extremely good graphics, that help creating a great environment and inmersion.
    4-World. The world is extremely beautiful, as well as the cities.
    5-Character development system: Pretty simple but it's enjoyable.

    Negative:
    1-Story content. There are some points that are not well clarified, some trivial things, and some things they work with, then they completely left forgotten, and eventhough the main story is cool, most of the time you find yourself going through stupid or cliche dialogues between the characters that take way too long.
    2-Side-quests. I know the comparison might not be fair, but if you compare FFXV's sidequests to a game like say... The witcher 3, it almost feels like they shouldn't have made it an open world. The point of side-quests is that they should give a lot more of insight into the lore, the history, or just be fun, but most quests in FFXV are just go to X position and kill Y, and it really doesn't go beyond that too much, I had to quit doing side-quests after 2-3 hours because it was just the same all over again, I tried to redo a few when I was a bit more advanced into the game but it was still the same over and over again. I know optional content is hard to criticize, but it feels so bad and such a waste to have that world at your hand and not be able to enjoy it due to how tedious and boring the quests are.
    3-Characters. The characters are boring, uninteresting, and some of then even way too whiny, you don't get any insight on most of the characters past or what led them to where they are, most of the secondary characters have the same problems too. The characters do not follow the same line as most final fantasies, that's for sure.
    4-Magic and summoning. Probably the two most distinctive traits in the Final Fantasy saga. Guess what, they are completely useless and rarely seen, you just don't need them at all, and summons can only be used in certain circumstances (very rarely ones).
    5-OST, as much as I hated FFXIII, I thought the OST was pretty decent, just like with every other Final Fantasy before, but FFXV's OST is just the first I just don't enjoy at all, I actually don't remember any of the songs in the game.

    Overall: OK game, I was expecting more and I really wanted this to bring back the hype that Final Fantasy built with their good old FF6-10 games, and eventhough some of the things it introduces are a good step in that direction, this game just fails at some points that a final fantasy shouldn't fail at and makes me wonder is Square-enix is ever going to find the key to finally start making GREAT games again.    … Expand
  92. vgm
    Feb 7, 2017
    8
    I will remember the heartbreaking story of this game for a long time, and that's mostly what I wanted from a Final Fantasy. The characters are fantastic and it makes you really miss them when they don't fight next to you. And the soundtrack... what an excellent soundtrack!

    Regarding the gameplay, I think this new action-RPG approach is taking the franchise in a good direction and it    I will remember the heartbreaking story of this game for a long time, and that's mostly what I wanted from a Final Fantasy. The characters are fantastic and it makes you really miss them when they don't fight next to you. And the soundtrack... what an excellent soundtrack!

    Regarding the gameplay, I think this new action-RPG approach is taking the franchise in a good direction and it brings the combats to a higher level of enjoyment. Unlike other Final Fantasy games, I didn't really need to do level grinding in order to progress through the story (except for chapter 14) completing only the side quests I was feeling like doing, which makes everything more dynamic.

    The only negative things about this game are: bad camera handling (sometimes I lost track of Noctis) especially during combat ; the story is told poorly with gaps here and there ; and many of the side quests are irrelevant which makes completing 100% of them not really attractive.    … Expand
  93. Glittery
    Feb 5, 2017
    9
    It feels like I haven't enjoyed a Final Fantasy this much in a long time. XIII disappointed me and worse it became a trilogy. Thankfully it's over so now onto XV! Likable charming characters, a beautiful world to explore, an amazing soundtrack, various mini-games and optional dungeons to enjoy, funny banter/character interactions. The combat is simple but enjoyable. By the end of the gameIt feels like I haven't enjoyed a Final Fantasy this much in a long time. XIII disappointed me and worse it became a trilogy. Thankfully it's over so now onto XV! Likable charming characters, a beautiful world to explore, an amazing soundtrack, various mini-games and optional dungeons to enjoy, funny banter/character interactions. The combat is simple but enjoyable. By the end of the game I was very attached to these boys. More so than I usually get in other Final Fantasy games. Rather than long periods of silence they will make comments throughout on various subjects which makes it feel like you're really on a journey with a group of friends. Its something I hope they include in their next games. Before I forget: make use of the photography functions. It plays a clever role in the end.

    Now for the problems. The story kind of feels as if they were rushed. I very much recommend watching the movie and the anime before playing this. It's not ideal but if you skip them you're not getting the full detailed picture in regards to certain plot elements and character backstories. Another issue is the lack of screen-time for the main love interest and heroine Luna. It made it difficult to care about her. While the game excelled in the brotherhood theme not so much for the romance. I didn't expect it to overshadow the friendship aspect but just a bit more of her would have gone a long way to making certain scenes more meaningful.

    That about covers it for me. Ultimately I was satisfied with the game and it left me wanting to see more of these characters so I look forward to the character episodes dlc.    … Expand
  94. jerrymimus
    Feb 5, 2017
    0
    What a dissapointment. This game could have been great if only they stuck to a more playable game style. Instead you have to sit in a car and literally put the control down and wait from point to point.. there is so much pintless crap filling this game that it is painful and I cant play it anymore. Japanese brands are trying too hard to be creative and are ruining great titles this way.What a dissapointment. This game could have been great if only they stuck to a more playable game style. Instead you have to sit in a car and literally put the control down and wait from point to point.. there is so much pintless crap filling this game that it is painful and I cant play it anymore. Japanese brands are trying too hard to be creative and are ruining great titles this way. This joins metal gear solid 5 as a ruined game.. done with square as I am done with kojima.… Expand
  95. Radwimp
    Feb 4, 2017
    8
    A lot to unpack with this game, first lets get a few things out of the way, This is not like your old school Final Fantasy game. The turn based aspect is meh. This is a blend of the monotony of Western RPGS, and JRPG ideals. Good news if you liked the FF games for their story, good news this is the FF for you. If you were into FF for the Turn-based, numbers driven JRPGS, look elsewhere,A lot to unpack with this game, first lets get a few things out of the way, This is not like your old school Final Fantasy game. The turn based aspect is meh. This is a blend of the monotony of Western RPGS, and JRPG ideals. Good news if you liked the FF games for their story, good news this is the FF for you. If you were into FF for the Turn-based, numbers driven JRPGS, look elsewhere, maybe Persona5 or Ni No Kuni 2. I am Setsuna wasn't bad either try those instead, plus they are re-releasing Dragon Quest 7 and 8 on 3ds. But is this a bad game. Short answer. No.

    FFXV is a defiantly a game for the casual FF player. If you have heard about the series and want to jump in. Now would a good time. If new FF players feel brave after that and want to try out other big hitters in the franchise like 9, 7, 6, 4 and even 12. You would not be able to recognise those games, just a fair bit of warning for anyone brave enough to trek in FF history. Maybe 12 would still be some what playable. This doesn't make FFXV a bad game. In fact it brings the franchise to a more main stream audience and that is something FF defiantly needs, because if we are being realistic turn-based RPGS don't do gangbusters, this isn't the PS1 or PS2 era. So the pool of players is smaller and smaller as time goes on. But if you were disappointed by XIII and didn't stick around till Lightning Returns, i'd say give this a chance. This is not the older final fantasies we love, but a newer breed.
    Would i recommend it to new FF players; Yes.
    Old FF players: Maybe, but know what you are getting into and keep and open mind.
    If you think the best FF was 9 and everything after that is garbage. Stay Away from this one. Because you'll just be leaving a negative review.
    All in all it is an enjoyable game, the villain is probably the best since Kefka (FF VI for newer players). **SLIGHT SPOILER**(Not much of a spoiler just the infamous bit about this game) Though Chapter 13 can be annoying, whatever you are feeling during Chapter 13 is kind of what the developers want you to feel, if you really think about it.    … Expand
  96. 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
  97. Aridos
    Feb 4, 2017
    7
    I've finished the game and spent around 60 hours playing it.

    It's alright. The game presents a simple story, and focuses more on the characters However, in its speed to be a lot more character focused, I've had a hard time identifying with the characters on a more personal level. Maybe it's because the game isn't aimed at me? Oh wait... "For old and newcomers"- Yeah, it's for everyone.    I've finished the game and spent around 60 hours playing it.

    It's alright.
    The game presents a simple story, and focuses more on the characters However, in its speed to be a lot more character focused, I've had a hard time identifying with the characters on a more personal level. Maybe it's because the game isn't aimed at me? Oh wait... "For old and newcomers"- Yeah, it's for everyone. So why do I feel detached? Maybe it's that the main character is a prince and while a lot of bad things happen to him, it also feels like a lot of things are given to him. Some of the story elements feel important but aren't stressed or made clear enough, and some might say to watch the added movies/shorts Square Enix put out for us for that, but... Why should I do that?
    Regardless, the story managed to bring me into it. I can't say why exactly since that'll be stepping into spoiler territory, however, it is suffice to say that even if you hate the characters, and don't understand the story, the game doesn't beat you around the head for it.

    More gameplay focused, the fighting system is simplified, and you don't have to understand or be very good at all its elements or tactics to move through the entirety of the game, which I always consider a plus- my problem is that those who do master a portion of it still have a very solid problem getting "Good" at it. Simplifying is good, but abandoning the 'Easy to use Hard to master' idea to streamline things, in my opinion, is a failure.
    Nevertheless, the game won't punish you too much for not being a two button master, and you could move through the game.

    Moving into open world territory, Square had a big problem with this thing called 'Immersion', Yeah, I know it's a word thrown around, but when I do something and get bumped by an invisible wall, or some prompt doesn't work fluently and I end up jumping like an ass for three times until it works, or you try to get into certain areas in End-Game territory- I won't spoil it, but listen if you may- and the game pushes you away from them, likely because it didn't actually model the area, it just wants you to sight see. And that's my issue, I want to BE there, no just SEE it. Whle most of the game doesn't have that sin, and does a very clean job of letting you look at a backdrop and also playing around in it, the fact it doesn't make the entire game world that way is highly disappointing. Back-Once-When, Final Fantasy worlds weren't that huge, and that allowed you to get everywhere at some point, and that was fine. Should they have cut down the world and made it only of the accessible areas? Yes. Instead of invisible-wall shoving, yes.

    Perhaps that's my biggest problem with it: On one side, I really like a lot of elements in it. On the other, I can't help but feel a lot of things are missed here that didn't happen in previous Final Fantasy games. That didn't happen in other games. I come to Final Fantasy for the story, and now there's also awesome gameplay. But...

    I just wish those two were polished more. Yeah, think about that, this game has been in the works for 10 years, and back in the Episode Duscae and Platinum Demo the combat system still felt bad up until the game itself.
    You can see Square is trying, but I can't say they're at that level yet.

    Try harder, Square- This is DEFINETELY better than FF 13 and its iterations.    … Expand
  98. xixphy
    Feb 2, 2017
    9
    It´s a great game if you left behind your experience with FF7 and other FF games. It´s clear that the game miss some thinks that makes FFXV a 10 poins game but for me its was great and very fun. This will open a a new stage of FF games that are going to be a 10 points games.
  99. ejoseph
    Feb 1, 2017
    0
    i truly wish that this jrpg genre would've stuck with its roots. attracting a new audience (western rpg mmo style) might be increasing the companies profits and that's why they decided to go this route instead. This game was a complete bore. I hate fetch quests in any game and I purposely avoid western rpgs as a result, but because I was a fan of old school ff I thought I'd give thisi truly wish that this jrpg genre would've stuck with its roots. attracting a new audience (western rpg mmo style) might be increasing the companies profits and that's why they decided to go this route instead. This game was a complete bore. I hate fetch quests in any game and I purposely avoid western rpgs as a result, but because I was a fan of old school ff I thought I'd give this game a go. The story sucked, the combat sucked, the fetch quests sucked. There's nothing really positive I can say about this game and that's just sad because I really wanted to enjoy this game. The pointless fetch quests reminded me of dragon age inquisition and I stopped playing that game too. just to give some perspective here I actually enjoyed playing ffxiii which actually had a story and amazing soundtrack. I Prefer linear gameplay because it gives me direction instead of getting lost. Speaking of getting lost, this game is perfect for that driving around endlessly searching for items to return to people. How exciting is that? Man games have really gone south. Looking forward to the new Zelda.… Expand
  100. GlenGames
    Jan 31, 2017
    8
    This was the first FF game I've ever played and the first RPG I ever got into and finished. The game is decent, the fighting can be difficult. One thing I hated was when people talk their mouths don't really move, the audio seems disjointed from what you're seeing. The ending cut scenes were amazing!
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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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