Final Fantasy XV

 PlayStation 4
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5428 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 810 out of 5428
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  1. Gemazuhoru
    Nov 30, 2016
    0
    Everything concerning this game is opinion...except combat. As a long time FF fan combat is most important to this franchise. Thus, limit breaks come to mind of what to expect combat wise from a "modern" FF game, in XV there are no moves of such a caliber. The combat is too simplistic, and SE fails where Tales games excel. The combat is hack and slash, and if I want that...I can playEverything concerning this game is opinion...except combat. As a long time FF fan combat is most important to this franchise. Thus, limit breaks come to mind of what to expect combat wise from a "modern" FF game, in XV there are no moves of such a caliber. The combat is too simplistic, and SE fails where Tales games excel. The combat is hack and slash, and if I want that...I can play Dynasty Warriors games. This game is too Westernized, and strays far from what Versus XIII's concept was.

    "Professional" game journalist and critic reviews of this game are jokes...as well as user reviews gibing this game a 10. This game is game is far from flawless.    … Expand
  2. navaga
    Nov 30, 2016
    0
    No han sabido innovar, se hace repetitivo, el argumento e historia me parece un refrito, sin sustancia y sin ningún interes en todo momento sabes lo que va a ocurrir .Defino el juego como una gran basura.
  3. Darksiusx
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    Final fantasy XV simplemente es un juego casualizado que me a decepcionado muchisimo, ¿Motivos?

    Porque para empezar me parece un juego que quiere engañar con una falsa profundidad, quiere ser la sombra de los grandes FF sin ni siquiera arriezgarse lo suficiente. Es triste que las ventas transformen y degeneren generos tan buenos como los Jrpg como Final Fantasy, ya que lo que muchos    Final fantasy XV simplemente es un juego casualizado que me a decepcionado muchisimo, ¿Motivos?

    Porque para empezar me parece un juego que quiere engañar con una falsa profundidad, quiere ser la sombra de los grandes FF sin ni siquiera arriezgarse lo suficiente.

    Es triste que las ventas transformen y degeneren generos tan buenos como los Jrpg como Final Fantasy, ya que lo que muchos llaman evolucion tanto del sistema del combate, se queda muy corto y es muy aburrido comparando con el antiguo modo de batallas por turnos. Pero claro es un modo para jugadores de nicho y no para las masas que no le gusta pensar.

    Puntos negativos:

    El combate; su gran punto negativo es aburrido. Es muy facil es practicamente un machaca botones que en algun momento en particular te hace tener algo de (pero muy poco) de cuidado.

    La profunidad que no existe en ninguno de los apartados, ya que no es un rpg completo, casi no se tiene espacio para equipar, las estadisticas no evolucionan como deberian, muchas cosas han desaparecido, y como genero de accion tambien es malo.

    Los personajes, replicas uno del otro poca personalidad y no se profundiza mas que en el central.

    Diversion nula, un juego bastante aburrido sobre todo al pasar las horas, y que estas no son muchas.

    Y el punto mas negativo es la falta de ambicion y personalidad ya que no tuvieron el valor de hacerlo un verdadero final fantasy simplemente hicieron lo que sabrian que venderia mejor, y asi una saga tras otra muere. Ojala siguiera como Dragon Quest, pero bueno...

    Puntos positivos:

    Sonido
    Ambientacion    … Expand
  4. dsmith99
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    This game Is ASS. All the characters are watered down versions of the classic FF characters. The main character is just a watered down combination of Cloud and Sasuke that fights like he's still in the beta. Well you can't blame Square Enix they had 10 years to make this and its not even 30 hours long. Many other games like Sonic 06 offer at least 100 hours of gameplay and has a lot ofThis game Is ASS. All the characters are watered down versions of the classic FF characters. The main character is just a watered down combination of Cloud and Sasuke that fights like he's still in the beta. Well you can't blame Square Enix they had 10 years to make this and its not even 30 hours long. Many other games like Sonic 06 offer at least 100 hours of gameplay and has a lot of vivid gameplay and even runs 60fps. Final fantasy 15 is still stuck at 30fps. I guess Square Enix couldn't use that time to update the frame rate. Don't buy this game unless you are a fanboy.… Expand
  5. RichmanJoe
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    This is a different game with Final Fantasy as the title, while it use many of Final Fantasy's assets, it's not a Final Fantasy game.

    Gameplay is simplified and a bad story only fit for the younger generation.
  6. JudgeBao
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    The game is very boring, you can only play as one character, with a choice of several weapons and magics which is less than what FF usually have.

    Kingdom Hearts fans may like this game, for REAL FF fans I suggest to avoid this game completely it will NOT meet your expectation at all.
  7. BatmanGame
    Dec 5, 2016
    0
    Final Fantasy XV it is a disappointment from start to finish , the combat system poor leveling system , power ups based on food get real. magic is very limited and doesn't come by unless you draw from certain locations. this game has nothing to do with final fantasy and more to do with typical waste of any real fans
  8. catscan5522
    Dec 5, 2016
    0
    Final Fantasy XV it is a disappointment from start to finish , the combat system poor leveling system , power ups based on food get real. magic is very limited and doesn't come by unless you draw from certain locations. this game has nothing to do with final fantasy and more to do with typical waste of any real fans.
  9. malanior
    Dec 5, 2016
    0
    The travel system in this game is god awful, worse than witcher. The car system is so retarded. You can kinda drive the car "manually it's called" which means steer left/right, brake and accelerate. If you dinge something with the car, it will suffer massive damage and cost you 500 credits to get it repaired. You can't go offroad or anywhere. Secondly if you set ignii to drive somewhere onThe travel system in this game is god awful, worse than witcher. The car system is so retarded. You can kinda drive the car "manually it's called" which means steer left/right, brake and accelerate. If you dinge something with the car, it will suffer massive damage and cost you 500 credits to get it repaired. You can't go offroad or anywhere. Secondly if you set ignii to drive somewhere on auto and you haven't been there ever get ready to wait 10 minutes straight to get there.
    But WAIT!. If say he's driving there and suddenly it turns into night time, guess what. The idiot will stop the car and tell you it's better if you return back to camp/post to sleep the night because it's dangerous. So this means teleporting back to where you started from 8-10 minutes earlier.
    But wait, there's more, say you want to force through the night and try driving manually, if a monster shows up on the road the car will either A) automatically U turn or B) stop and kick everyone from the car forcing you to fight the insane damage daemon that will kill you.
    All in all you'll spend endless hours just driving to places.

    Bad game    … Expand
  10. Henta
    Dec 6, 2016
    0
    The game is no story, no characters, no combat system, no open world. Sheer frustration. Forbid Tabata create games, he killed one more game. Sony return my money!
  11. nazgul_tv2
    Dec 6, 2016
    0
    Everyone reading the negative reviews, realize that the game didn't adhere to what the reviewer was looking for before the game was played. The game delivers a one of a kind incredible experience with fluidity and immersion in combat and exploration unlike any game I have ever seen. Notice how the reviews are mainly 8-10 or very poor. This describes a demographic of people who love anEveryone reading the negative reviews, realize that the game didn't adhere to what the reviewer was looking for before the game was played. The game delivers a one of a kind incredible experience with fluidity and immersion in combat and exploration unlike any game I have ever seen. Notice how the reviews are mainly 8-10 or very poor. This describes a demographic of people who love an awesome experience and people who are crying about it not being what they wanted.… Expand
  12. Toybirdy13
    Dec 10, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a mess with its story half of its chapter's is open world kinda, and the last half is super linear more linear then FFXIII. Imo FFXIII story plot was much better then FFXV i Felt like they rushed this game and didn't give it the attension it needed. i play Final fantasy For the amazing graphics and character design's i Love Nomura's character designs , plus i play for the story and beautiful cutscenes and of course combat diffculty. sadly this game only had one . and that's the Graphics which only looks good on a 4k HDR TV. it even haves a setting for HDR in the option. so if u don't have a 4k hdr 65" tv u wont get the full experience which is sad. plus the game doesn't even have a Hard mode. highest mode is normal mode. which is super easy. i was able to level up to lvl 70 on chapter 3 in the story with ease. since they allow you to do almost every side quest that gives you a bunch of Experiance and whats makes it more easy level is they give tally experience point bonus like 2x lodge so i pretty much got 600k+ experience in 4 in game days . Making me go from level 53 to level 68. game haves no challage. one other thing that is annoying is prompto asking me what he should shoot with his camera. every in game day. i wish their was a option in game that i can tell him what to shoot instead of having the game slow down to wait for him to ask me the same question over and over again. ok thats just a few small things i didn't about the game mechanic's. now for the story and boss battle's. What the ****was Hajime Tabata smoking when he made that leviathan battle? the camera was all over the place u can barely control are see warp spots. and if u fall in the water the camera get stuck looking down at the water for 4 top 5 minutes(for me it did) plus the second half of the fight reminded me of sonic Adventure chaos boss battle when sonic goes super sonic. its litearlly the same concept a giant water monster in the middle and u flying around it hitting it. compared to the 2013 e3 game trailer for that fight. you could tell it was downgraded by alot and rushed. when i met downgraded i mean tetsuya nomura had to give it to someone that mostly makes handheld/mobile games. chapter's 11-14. enough said WTH? more linear then ff13 one chapter is you in a train. just riding a train to lunafreya's home to talk to a old lady and then go back to the train. plus they kill off the main villien in kingsglaive off scree. okay i am done the only good thing is graphics on 4k hdr tv and free roam. there's alot more cons for this cons but i don't wanna spoil this mess of a story mode… Expand
  13. Fusion916
    Dec 10, 2016
    0
    I am complete dumbfounded as to how this game currently has a user score of 7.9. Does SE have some kind of paid reviewer campaign to bump up the score?

    Don't be fooled. This game a complete sack of dog **** Do not buy this game if you're a final fantasy fan. Do not buy this game if you're a fan of ARPGs or WRPGS. Do not buy this game if you're a fan of games in general. It straight up    I am complete dumbfounded as to how this game currently has a user score of 7.9. Does SE have some kind of paid reviewer campaign to bump up the score?

    Don't be fooled. This game a complete sack of dog **** Do not buy this game if you're a final fantasy fan. Do not buy this game if you're a fan of ARPGs or WRPGS. Do not buy this game if you're a fan of games in general. It straight up sucks no matter what type of game you are looking for.

    I'm keeping my review spoiler free but I'll just say this - The story sucks and it's short. You start off with your entire crew, NO BACKGROUND as to why they are even friends or together in the first place. You meet a bunch of people once or twice but apparently very familiar with them but the story explains none of it. Everybody you meet you leave the interaction asking "why does my character know this person and why do I care about what they have to say?" In summary, you will get nothing satisfying from the story.

    With that out the way, let me go into the pros and cons of the rest of the game:

    Pros:

    + Graphics are decent. However it is apparent that there is quite a bit of reuse from when this game was intended to be put on the PS3.
    + Townz and a World Map (barely, more on this)

    Cons:

    - The combat is complete ass. It's two button combat, there is no depth or strategy. Just attack an dodge by holding down the button (you dont even have to time it properly). They made the game so easy it's impossible to die. There is nothing tech or complicated about the system.

    - The magic system is complete ass. Instead of casting magic, you craft it using mats you find into a sort of alchemy bomb. Once you do this, you have to use your weapon slots for magic, there is a cooldown once you pop it, and you only get a maximum of 3 charges. One it runs out you have to go back into the menu, craft more, or equip something else or just run around like a dumb ass with one of your 4 weapon slots empty. Why would you ever create a system where you have to constant go back into the menu during battle over and over to use magic? Seriously what the ****

    - Townz and a world map are great, but they also decided to add roads to and from every town along with a car......yes a car. This is final fantasy right? Not only that, much of the game involves driving from town to town doing bull**** quests so most of the game you are just sitting there staring at the ass of your car. Boring. There is a fast travel option, but that pops a loading screen that takes as much time or even longer than traveling there manually. Oh by the way, even though you have "manual" control of the car you can't go off the road. Dumb. Next time, make the townz closer together and stick with Chocobos for ground travel.

    - Crappy characters. Why am I going on a adventure with 4 jpop stars that all look and dress the same? I couldn't care less about this sausage fest. No playable female characters seriously? Just the same emo dudes going on a bro trip all game. I couldn't even think of a worse idea than this.

    - The leveling system is ****ty. You get EXP for just talking to people or driving around instead of only from killing mobs or completing quest. You can talk around town talking to a few different people, sleep in the inn and pop a few levels. Oh yeah lets talk about that. In this game, instead of poping levels as soon as you get enough EXP, you have to sleep at a inn or camp to have that exp actually tallied. Why? What is the purpose of this system other than just to add extra annoyance for the player? These is nothing strategic about requiring sleeping at a inn for your EXP to really count. Also, levels dont add much to your stats anyway and there not even much stats in the game anyway. FF has been on a long trend of dumbing down the amount of stats characters have, well this game just took it to the logical conclusion of only having HP and MP (and not MP for magic.....) pretty much.

    - Another sphere grid, one I couldn't care less about. You get very very few new abilities from this sphere grid, nothing really all that exciting. Leveling up used to be a fun process to unlock tons of new abilities for your character, not so much here. From level 1 to level 99 you will pretty much be using your character the same way.

    - Although this game is open world, which I consider a plus, there is actually only one continent you can freely explore. There is not really a entire world map with different kingdoms and different continents you can visit. Also, in the open world you can explore, it's largely empty and uninteresting.

    In summary, on it's own, this is just a bad game. Do not buy it.    … Expand
  14. I3LINK
    Dec 14, 2016
    0
    I was looking forward to this game and got it on the day of release, but never have I ever gotten rid of a game in less than a week of playing because it's just that bad. I completed the story in 20 hours, and the story fails to engage you in any real way, or to shine a light on any characters to make you care about them. It's the least enjoyable, and least memorable story I've everI was looking forward to this game and got it on the day of release, but never have I ever gotten rid of a game in less than a week of playing because it's just that bad. I completed the story in 20 hours, and the story fails to engage you in any real way, or to shine a light on any characters to make you care about them. It's the least enjoyable, and least memorable story I've ever experienced in any RPG, let alone how short it is. Even if you were underwhelmed by the story like me, you'd hope that at least the endgame content would be extremely epic. Sadly no..... actually this part of the game is even worse than the first 20 hours. You'll spend your time watching your car auto drive around a Texas style setting, you might hop out and run around some wetlands and when enemies appear you just hold the attack button and auto kill anything. If your health runs low you just pop potions and rinse repeat, this gets tedious real quick. I failed to enjoy any music score throughout the game because you spend most of your time listening to music from previous final fantasies, I didn't find any of the other music memorable like it usually is. Side quests are a complete joke, and there's far too many of them. I almost feel like I should rate this game a little higher, maybe because the graphics are nice or something.... But no, for a game that couldn't entertain me for even 1 week, it's just not a game worth playing or spending any money on, I'd sooner give FFXIII another playthrough than play this.… Expand
  15. kneegajohnson
    Dec 15, 2016
    0
    INCOMPLETE, RUSHED GAME. More than half a game is cut off.

    Wow what an insult to fans of the series. Having played the entire series multiple times and play this premaejac game is so disrespectful to diehards. You can fool the casual fans but this was just a hot mess. No prologue, no story focus, rushed chain of events, no character development or substance, boring fetch quests, too    INCOMPLETE, RUSHED GAME. More than half a game is cut off.

    Wow what an insult to fans of the series. Having played the entire series multiple times and play this premaejac game is so disrespectful to diehards. You can fool the casual fans but this was just a hot mess. No prologue, no story focus, rushed chain of events, no character development or substance, boring fetch quests, too much time driving, trying to hard to be emotional when the characters themseleves aren't fleshed out, multiple plot holes all over the place, lack of closure, and is probably the shortest FF in terms of story. This is such a try hard wannabe RPG. JUST STOP! Tabata has once again proven to be an incompetent director like the mess that is Type 0. I rather have waited 20 more years for Nomura to direct this than the quickie given by Tabata. The only good thing is the fishing, they might as well have done a mobile game out of that and it would be more enjoyable. What a sad excuse for people waiting for 10 years...    … Expand
  16. TetsuyaNomura
    Dec 19, 2016
    0
    Tabata is a failure as a director not in terms of financial success, but being a creative driving force while Nomura had the vision but was crappy at deadlines, if he stayed the director he would have had a finished product albeit longer time to get released. What Tabata did was basically destroy 80% of the game and did what he could with the remaining content which is bad. Bad repetitiveTabata is a failure as a director not in terms of financial success, but being a creative driving force while Nomura had the vision but was crappy at deadlines, if he stayed the director he would have had a finished product albeit longer time to get released. What Tabata did was basically destroy 80% of the game and did what he could with the remaining content which is bad. Bad repetitive combat (basically hold phase out to never get hurt lol), bad disconnected story with multiple plot holes (what happened to Ravus, where's cor? where did Gladio go oh wait paid dlc, who the hell is jared and talcott, no point of Umbra and Pryna, stella had more time in the trailer than luna who was a glorified plot device LOL), and weak characters with no character development unless they cut out huge portions which they did, boring driving and fetch quests which is the majority of the game, inaccessible lands like the continent for Nifleheim and Tenenbrae as well as Insomnia and Altissia and Chaos Realm, and a crappy cringey forced ending. Wasted millions of dollars on Kingsglaive (sucked), Audi, Brotherhood (boring), making food look good, entire UNCOVERED event and mass marketing when they could have focused all resources to COMPLETING a game. Because of this game, any Tabata game will diminish in preorders and release day sales due to bad User reviews. SE is on it's way to becoming a pachinko business. But I will anticipate and buy any Nomura products if they are ever released because although his games have flaws, they are complete and are always classics with a great creative mind. Thanks SE...not!… Expand
  17. Voyager236
    Dec 19, 2016
    0
    - Terrible plot with many flaws and irrelevant characters.
    - Story had a great potential, mas Hajime Tabata's director ruined it.
    - The majority of scenes showed on trailers since 2013 doesn't appear in game.
  18. Alviere
    Dec 21, 2016
    0
    Hajime Tabata ruined FF for me once and for all.
    Story, which is quintessential for every FF game, is garbage here. I was so dissapointed with the story, that post game didn't do any better. Deleted the game from my console and sold the disc. I'll never play any FF from Tabata. (Played almost all FF games and huge fan of series)
  19. zero314
    Dec 21, 2016
    0
    This was barely final fantasy for me, the cooking, driving, camping, selfies forced on you to earn AP was less final fantasy and more mainstream culture shoved down your throat. This game definitely has its merit but it is not final fantasy and shouldn't be advertised as such.
  20. kokotas
    Dec 28, 2016
    0
    Totally uninspiring game. It utilizes graphics and obscene scenes to try and get you gripped. It only consists of mindless fetch quests as an attempt to make the game last longer. If that is what you want out of a final fantasy game then go ahead and buy it.
  21. michail89
    Jul 5, 2017
    0
    Graphics are insane
    Musics are good
    Timeplay : Short
    Gameplay : Sucks
    Story : Totally Sucks
    Difficulty : Very Easy
    Side Quest : Repeated boring side quest
    Overall : Boring game and nothing special to be remembered.
  22. guyza123
    Jan 6, 2017
    0
    Hello! I am 26 now, and started with Final Fantasy 8 as a kid, fell in love with it, got to the end of the third disk and could never find Rinoa. Lvled up 3 characters to 100.
    Next was beating Final Fantasy 9, pretty good, if unmemorable.
    Lastly was FF10, absolutely loved that game, bet it 3 times and consider it a masterpiece. I skipped past the next few (10-2 sucked btw) and got FF15    Hello! I am 26 now, and started with Final Fantasy 8 as a kid, fell in love with it, got to the end of the third disk and could never find Rinoa. Lvled up 3 characters to 100.
    Next was beating Final Fantasy 9, pretty good, if unmemorable.
    Lastly was FF10, absolutely loved that game, bet it 3 times and consider it a masterpiece.
    I skipped past the next few (10-2 sucked btw) and got FF15 a month ago.

    After 20 hours gametime, I have gotten to the end of the main storyline in FF15. I have one bit to go but can't be bothered lvling up to beat it.

    It's a real shame. I really wanted to like this game but it is a trainwreck. You start by getting thrown into the middle of a story where everyone knows each other. You're expected to jump into it, with the main character being engaged to some chick across the continent. You're a prince and your guardians are mates already, no idea why. Half an hour in, your father dies and it's meant to be sad, except I don't give a **** because I never got to see any decent character interaction. That sums up the story. It's all tragic but it's impossible to care because the storytelling is rushed and garbage. It's also super predictable and unimaginative.

    The gameplay is also **** Much of the game revolves around walking, riding a chocobo or driving a car around a world that is way to freaking big. And the world is filled with nothing interesting to do. You can catch frogs or fish. You can take photos. The problem with this game is that it tries too hard to emulate real life. Real life is boring as hell and I don't play final FANTASY to relive that ****.

    The open world does not suit this game. I wanted to do the main questline, even though the story sucks, just to be done with it. Sadly a bit of side questing is necessary and it's South American based, with full yee-haw accents. Good job Square-Enix, you have photorealistic outback environments with accurate voiceovers, too bad I don't care. The quests are all uninspired fetch quests.

    Okay, onto the combat. Enemies are out in the field, and they have a circle of influence. If you enter the circle (some 50 yards usually) you are in combat, which is usually a **** The idea is okay, hit circle to attack, square to dodge and triangle to warp around. Now have 4 characters, 10+ enemies, rockets flying everywhere, snipers, poision spray and other **** Combine that with a spastic camera. Combat is usually a frantic pain in the ass.

    Using items feels cheap, as unlike the old turn based FF's, it doesn't waste your time. So if I have 90 potions and 10 elixirs, good luck ever killing me. I can just use them whenever in the middle of battle and boom - instant hp. And it is necessary, as some fights are just **** with no control. At one point I encountered 3 separate monster packs together, and it was harder than any boss battle.

    Another thing is the random level jumps in enemies. There will be a lvl 20 and a lvl 40 in the same area, and it makes you wonder what lvl the area is aimed at.

    Overall, the only highlights of FF15 are the graphics. The music has its moments too. The overall experience sucks ass and reeks of a team that was too big, with no unified vision. I can tell the frustration in the team just through playing the game. It is a disjointed mess, and a sad waste of effort for whoever modelled and animated it, because they worked their ass off. I just can't bring myself to care about the game, it just feels like a chore to play.    … Expand
  23. minamoto
    Jan 9, 2017
    0
    Easy battle, boring story, and empty world.
    SE and the director give us unethical and dishonesty trailer to increase its sales.
    You will find to many messy story and plot from these game, and it took only 15H to complete the game
    The worst Final Fantasy Franchise ever!! Thank you.
  24. richard01
    May 12, 2017
    0
    I loved final fantasy franchise but FF XV shouldnt have final fantasy on it, why? because its totally SUCKS! The director didnt understand about RPG!
    - Story SUCKS!!
    - Game play SUCKS!! - Camera SUCKS!! - Magic SUCKS!! - Summon SUCKS!! - Party member SUCKS!! Cannot play as other member and support character!! - Repeated BORING QUEST!! - World was EMPTY AND BORING - 20H of GAME    I loved final fantasy franchise but FF XV shouldnt have final fantasy on it, why? because its totally SUCKS! The director didnt understand about RPG!
    - Story SUCKS!!
    - Game play SUCKS!!
    - Camera SUCKS!!
    - Magic SUCKS!!
    - Summon SUCKS!!
    - Party member SUCKS!! Cannot play as other member and support character!!
    - Repeated BORING QUEST!!
    - World was EMPTY AND BORING
    - 20H of GAME PLAY!!
    - EASY SUPER BOSS!!
    - EASY GAME PLAY!!
    - FISHING, FARMING, COOKING, AIRPLANE, and RESIDENT EVIL in the game!! The Director can give us these useless content, but cannot give us a good story and gameplay because there was not enough time as an excuse of his failure, hello? why you focus on these useless content if there was not enough time? Dude, learn more about RPG!!
    - Dishonest trailer, Omen Trailer!! Not in the game!!

    The best thing of these game :
    - Amazing graphics on PS4 Pro
    - Good musics
    - Cannot find another positive things, sorry!    … Expand
  25. BoundingSuccubi
    Jan 17, 2017
    0
    Another wasted opportunity for Square. Very little depth. Another story along the lines of FFXIII. No reason for anything, just thrown together. Character customization and party mechanics are awful. Square has lost their ability to tell a captivating story and create characters who have real personality and draw you in and this is just the latest example. I have played every FFAnother wasted opportunity for Square. Very little depth. Another story along the lines of FFXIII. No reason for anything, just thrown together. Character customization and party mechanics are awful. Square has lost their ability to tell a captivating story and create characters who have real personality and draw you in and this is just the latest example. I have played every FF since 1 including Gameboy and I have been let down every title since 12. Square - there is reason you make the online games with jobs and classes and magic and story. Why can't you do that with an offline title? Your fans want it. And now you suck at it. Go back to the basics.… Expand
  26. mathios
    Jan 23, 2017
    0
    The game is not finished!!
    The story is an underdeveloped mess where the important characters barely get any screen time or character development. Characters are introduced in one scene only to never be seen again in the whole game. Very important events plays off off-screen and plot devices either don't get explained properly or not at all. Main characters leave your party without    The game is not finished!!
    The story is an underdeveloped mess where the important characters barely get any screen time or character development. Characters are introduced in one scene only to never be seen again in the whole game. Very important events plays off off-screen and plot devices either don't get explained properly or not at all. Main characters leave your party without explaination only for this to be explained in DLC that players must pay for. This is dishonest and unacceptable as players payed full price for this game.

    The first part of the game have a big world to explore. The problem is that most of the world is empty and barren. There are barely any enemies roaming the fields even less any npcs. The side-quests are either very repetetive or depthless all together. Tough some of the optional dungeons where pretty fun. The game also does all it can to make all tasks take more time than necessary. For instance, you can only take on hunt-mission at a time. This leads to constant travels between monsters and tipsters which becomes irritating very fast.

    Half-way through the game it really shows that this is a rushed product. The game has a identity crisis as it suddenly turns into a FFXIII-like game that is very linear and restricting. The next moment the game even changes genres and turns into a horror-game. The already non-existent story totally falls apart and gets nonsensical beyond words.
    I don't have problem with the more action-focused battle system but I really dislike not being able to control other characters besides Noctis. It is even worse that I can't even tell my non-controllable characters how to act during battle as the AI is very stupid. This is extra hard for me as a longtime fan of Final Fantasy as the series have always been known as a full-cast series where you can control multiple characters during battles. Also the camera can be very problematic during battles.

    The story is so incomplete that Squareenix has even promised fans to patch in new cutscenes in the future.
    This is just a big mess.    … Expand
  27. FFFiend
    Jan 28, 2017
    0
    For a one word answer - Disappointing.
    1. Battle is literally 1 button to win
    2. weakest story ever with less than 20hrs to beat the game 3. side quests are weak back forth npc chat or delivery item quests 4. only 3 useable spells all with cool downtimers that can kill your allies 5. only 4 useable summons - not counting carbuncle only useable in easy mode 6. maybe the shortest cast    For a one word answer - Disappointing.
    1. Battle is literally 1 button to win
    2. weakest story ever with less than 20hrs to beat the game
    3. side quests are weak back forth npc chat or delivery item quests
    4. only 3 useable spells all with cool downtimers that can kill your allies
    5. only 4 useable summons - not counting carbuncle only useable in easy mode
    6. maybe the shortest cast of characters in an jrpg game and they r all MEN sucks
    7. seems like u care more for your GUY friends than your father or the girl he "likes"
    8. Story skips 3 majors parts that arent playable unless buy the DLC that arent even available yet.
    9. Completely rushed, you'll see lots of unfinished content not even including the 3 DLCs that part of story
    10. Not really open world from Chapter 8 til the end of the game is more linear than FF13's beginning.
    11. Cuz of you people buying and supporting this game they will continue to make more half ass'd games

    absolutely no strategy, just spam potions all day.
    Summons - huge let down, you can never call them out when you want to.
    besides that there is only 4 useable ones. man you cant even use Bahamut (just once at the end)
    If you like this game, the graphics is the only thing you care for than. I actually think FF13 is better.
    If you thought FF13 was Linear, Ha! your in for a surprise when u get half way in the game, FF15 is Worst    … Expand
  28. Cloud9000
    Jan 28, 2017
    0
    To be Honest this is Really not good.
    Reviews have to be at least 150 Characters so Let me fill in the blank.
    BADDDDD GAME DONT WASTE YOUR Money unless u like **** games
  29. 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
  30. Kenjiron
    Apr 21, 2017
    0
    Mediocre action gameplay, incoherent story, lack of customization and party control. Poor/low character development. Feels like different IP with FF cameos. ie not really FF at all in gameplay and has poor story telling. Only positive is graphics..
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 109 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 109
  3. Negative: 0 out of 109
  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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