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| Topic | Leonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups! |
| LeonhartFour 01/26/20 11:21:28 PM #45: | #97. Final Fantasy XV Man, my feelings on this game are so conflicted. I still havent recovered enough from the last DLC episodes getting canceled and Tabata being canned to actually play the Ardyn episode. They looked like they had so much potential and would have finally closed the game out on a satisfying note. I realize that Final Fantasy XV is so disjointed in many ways, and it never really felt like a cohesive game because of the way they designed it, but I still enjoyed the experience all the same. The flaws with Final Fantasy XV are easy to pick apart, but none of them were deal breakers to me. People didnt like that there were no female party members (at least permanent ones; there are a few who join temporarily, and you can glitch Aranea into joining permanently, or you could at one point! Dunno if they eliminated that glitch), but I liked the idea of this being a bromance road trip. The concept worked for me. I enjoyed the battle system of switching between weapons for the situation and linking up with the other party members. I kind of liked that there was no sense of real urgency for the first half of the game or so, and then they flipped the switch starting in Chapter 9. I liked being able to ride around in the car listening to classic Final Fantasy tunes and completing sidequests at my leisure, followed by camping out with the guys and Ignis boasting about discovering a new recipe. This was the first non-VN type of game that I actually had the desire to Platinum. I wish Final Fantasy XV had more overt storytelling, but I was still able to get invested in the journey of Noctis and the guys. I remember saying to user SaveEstelle after I finished the climactic moment of Chapter 9 (I wonder if he remembers this, too!) that this was what I waited a decade for. All the frustration over the development of this game just melted away. I also really liked Chapter 13. Its a really divisive section of the game, even by FFXVs standards, but I liked that the game forced you to adapt to a completely different style of fighting and justified the reason for it. The atmosphere was fantastic as well. I enjoyed the last couple chapters of the game and the ending as well. It felt like a strong ending to the journey, and it had a few poignant moments to drive it home. Ill say a quick word about the DLC and wrap this up. Episode Gladiolus was whatever, which is fitting because he was pretty whatever as a party member! Episode Prompto was good fun, although nothing special. Episode Ignis was where it was at, and I was glad they saved that for last. Ignis is one of my favorite characters in the series, and his loyalty to Noctis is something special. I loved how it filled in the blanks behind what happened to him in Chapter 9, and it even opened the path to an alternate timeline (which at least one of the remaining DLC episodes would have built upon, which is the main reason I was so disappointed they got canceled). If that was the last thing I ever play from FFXV, it was worth it. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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