Replaying FF15 and forgot how bad it was

I replayed it first thing when I got my ps5 and enjoyed it once again.

Ardyn is an excellent antagonist.

It's just a big mess; you can definitely "sense" the potential for a great game somewhere in there.

The game was thrown together from the remains of VsXIII and it really shows, it's almost painful. The funny thing is, I think Nomura is slowly trying to bring his orignial vision back to life in the next Kingdom Hearts entry.

Every time I start to get excited about an FF game, I just remember they haven’t actually made anything brand new that didn’t have major flaws since literally 2001, pre Square and Enix merger.

I definitely don’t agree that it was a bad game. I really enjoyed it. While there was clunky bits from the development hell it experienced, it was worth it. Ardyn was amazing and I LOVED the last few hours of the game.

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I definitely don’t agree that it was a bad game. I really enjoyed it. While there was clunky bits from the development hell it experienced, it was worth it. Ardyn was amazing and I LOVED the last few hours of the game.

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Me either. From what I can remember, I had a blast playing it.

Totally forgot that when Noctis wakes up from 10 years of crystal hibernation everyone's just like oh hey, welcome back. Let's catch a ride and end the game now, but not before we bang out a handful of side quests.

Also the final battle was just Super Saiyan showoff scene more than an actual fight. I guess all the minibosses leading up served as the ultimate party battles, although they were some just random as frick baddies (I think).

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Didn’t they make some online game mode or quasi mmo to justify the 10 year span of time while noctis was out of the picture?

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Yes, this was Comrades, supposedly trying to fill in that 10 year gap. I think you can still get it for like $10.

They also released a NOVEL later on that served as the "definitive finale" of the game, instead of more planned DLC. Instead of...you know, including all of that content in the game like they should have.

Seriously, anyone interested should look at the cliffs for this final book. It's just as crazy as anything out of Square Enix recently, but they could have taken some more time and completed their vision.

The Dawn of the Future

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My least favorite FF game.

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It's baffling to me how Square Enix has lost the plot so hard with Final Fantasy when they have proven to be perfectly capable of creating an amazing traditional JRPG with Dragon Quest 11.

I mean, FF15 isn’t a perfect game and playing it on launch was about a 4/10. They put years of work into the game and tying the games story and gameplay and bro adventure into a coherent, well fleshed out, coming of age prince theorized to save the world. They massively fixed and upgraded return to darkness insomnia and the game has a a strong emotional pull on you. It’s a very emotional final fantasy game if you go into all the side/micro content which yeah is bullshite but still required.

I very much enjoy the 13 trilogy. 13-2 is one of the best JRPGs of all time, If nothing else is gameplay and design. Lightning Returns flips all of it on its head and some of the hardest FF gameplay ever created is in that game. The first part of the trilogy was pretty great too imo about 7/10 but they botched the first 3 hours of the game sooooo bad most hate it for that

You can downvote for the 13 takes because I accept I am very likely in the minority of opinion on that one. Saying FF15 sucks 2023 when you’d have to be a a blind retard actively trying not to play the crystal kings version so you get a ton of free extra content the devs spend 3-4 years fixing that shite but at least it got fixed and if you drop like 75% of combat and just so story, mini games, set pierces, etc it’s an 8-8.5/10 easy