okay, i know costlemark soured most of you on the combat, but its actually cementing some things i use little of or didn't need as being cool af.
I fought 3 red giants a Nagarani and a bunch of flans and just couldn't get around using regular combat. Too many enemies, my team mates all died, it was insane.
Switched over to wait mode and treated it as a Srpg or something close and the battle became a LOT easier. ring for dodging, magic for blasting damage, spear for warping and daggers for dps. Wait mode makes handling tones of enemies dope. problem is the black hood auto dodges so its not really as compatible with wait mode as I'd like it to be, but i'll learn to live with it.
This is pretty much how I feel too having completed it the other night. I killed Ardyn and then I was like... wait THAT'S it? A 15 hour story… I was so getting ready for Old Noct to open up a part 3 of the game with Iris shown 10 years later and Aranea but nope we can't have that. Keep in mind that I didn't read leaks so I was unbelievably shocked by Luna's death, shocked Gentiana wasn't as important as SE made her seem and ultimately shocked the game was short as hell in story. Tabata himself said it was 40-50 hours just for story as an estimate didn't he? How does he think fans feel that the game can be bum rushed in 15 hours? There was no connection to support characters. It was an unbelievable mess for me. They obviously cut so much stuff.... Solheim isn't present in the game at all and none of the countries are explorable except Lucis which is the complete opposite of what was said. But no, I will not get hyped for XVI or... the VII remake after this mess. I know, when they dangle the carrot in front of me I'm going to go holy shite but hey I'll remember always that XV was disappointing!
Who is this person that did it in 15 hours? Because no way in hell can you be leveled enough to deal with some enemies let alone bosses after 15 hours in this game. 20, MAYBE 19 hours but no way in hell 15.
I agree with you on the 50 hour remark. That was blatantly untrue.
Gentiana is LITERALLY a god and a summon in the game. Not only that, she's basically the one who got shit rolling to save humanity. I'd say that's pretty freakin important.
Solheim isn't a country in the world. It was what Niflheim was or was founded on.
I know you didn't say it in this post , but you constantly say it, so I'll point it out. Tabata said the stuff about luna in the party a long while ago, but in a later ATR was asked the question again and said that she would not be in the party "but that you would aid her in her battle instead" (which is sort of true considering Leviathan).
Honestly (i'm probably the only one that thinks this), FF15 does a lot that I legit like and does things that i really really hope translate into future titles. I do NOT want to return to a ff12-style zoning where characters have shit running animations, where enemy positioning doesn't matter and they can attack you from 5 feet away and you trek around 1000 miles of sand with no alteration to music and no interaction of the character in the party.
I am personally super excited to see what comes next. Package in a great story, with great narrative, and iterate in parts of this game and it'll one for the books!
