I watched the whooole thing during my lunch hour.
+ Soundtrack and sound design is amazing.
+ Combat looks snappy, responsive, and better paced.
+ Love the banter between the main characters.
+ The animation work done on the main characters in general is incredibly well done.
+ The UI is very simple and clean.
+ The Overworld Map is detailed and looks easy to navigate.
+ Old Noctis is sexy as fuck. Oof.
+ Chocobo racing.
+ Fishing mini games.
+ Ardyn being creepy as fuck at tail end. Everything about Ardyn is awkward to the max but him being some creepy dude who just shows up to give the guys a push in a certain direction works for the character I guess. I mean, Galenth Dysley basically fulfilled the same role in FF13 but at least Ardyn is easier on the eyes.
- Lot's of texture pop in. Aside from the obvious pop in issues on the overworld there was one scene where Cidney was chatting with the group and her goggles texture didn't pop in until the end of the conversation.
- The VA is all over the place. Noctis sounds great. Still not sold on Ignis. Gladio's sister sounds find. Cidney sounds ok. And after having to listen to Vanille in FF13 Cidney's accent doesn't really bother me. That scene with the reporter on the bench? What the shit was that. I get it's an NPC but it just really took me out of the experience.
- Still not sold on newspapers and radio announcements being used for the purpose of narrative and exposition. Metal Gear much?
- Game starts off in Hammerhead, you hear about the invasion from a newspaper, travel back to Insomnia, only to receive a phone call from Cor telling you to go back to Hammerhead? What the fuck? Meh.
Can anyone get any clear shots of the final boss or whatever at the beginning sitting on the throne? Also I'm convinced that that scene does not start with that opening shot of Noctis gasping, there has to be more build up. I refuse to believe Chapter 0 is literally just old sexy Noctis ice skating in that room while the naked Final Boss shoots fire at him from his chair.