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[Son Of Sparda]

Isn't that just after a fixed number of chapters?

I honestly don't know. I just got the prompt saying that I was strong enough now. Level 37.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

I got the quest from the barkeeper to kill a Catoplebas but how do I even fight them? I can approach them on the water when I'm on a Chocobo but I can't hop off.

 

[Revolutionary]

I enjoyed Leons stuff but I hated Ch13.

It was the same garbage to me.

Spoiler

A dark and boring slog through linear paths avoiding the zombies/MTs on the floor that attempt to jump scare you.

Oh, I forgot you could even upgrade weapons. Yeah, I've had like 6 Cid upgrades just telling me to do more quests and wait for about 5 Chapters straight now. I've done a ridiculous amount of sidequests/hunts/main quests and they never finished. I stopped caring.

You're supposed to camp in order for him to finish his upgrades. He'll give you a call when you wake up to go pick it up. Motels don't count for some reason lol

 

[GunBR]

Cindy's character design is kind of..cringe worthy. How was this approved?

Well, it's a japanese game
We have this type of character design in most animes

 

[Aztechnology]

Honestly, he came off the same way in Japanese to me.

Yeah, he comes off like that in JP too, lol.

Ehhhh that's dissapointing. He just sounds monotone to me in Japenese, but not necessarily aristocratic. I don't know Japenese though.

 

[ULTROS!]

My summarized review:

+ The world is amazing and very immersive. The world never felt boring to me and it was exploring every nook and cranny.
+ There's a lot of things to do, and I haven't even touched all of them yet.
+ The dungeons were fantastic. These are probably the best designed dungeons in FF.
+ The random banter amongst the bros was fun. Not to mention Prompto's photography makes it even more awesome.
+ The battle system was fine and it actually worked
+ Somnus was amazing
+ The ending was great

- I didn't feel the narrative was a mess, but rather incomplete and cut off. [Slight spoilers on the latter half]

Spoiler

The last half of the game was like Xenogears Disc 2 although more interactive. This part was incredibly short (5-6 hours from Chapter 10-15). It seems like they want to rush this out the window and cut a looooooot of stuff. Namely the exclusion of Tenebrae.

- The lack of characterization of a lot of characters. A lot didn't have screentime (or suddenly cease to exist) for me to actually to care for them.
- One chapter was terrible. [Spoilers]

Spoiler

Chapter 13 was bad. It felt like a completely different game (like MGS/RE styled) and it was a long chapter.

Story review:

Spoiler

I feel like this story has a lot of potential but a lot of it was cut off in favor of the open world and DLC. The open world was good no doubt but the story had way too many plot holes and stories happening in the background even up to the end. At least in the end it tried to solidify the story as much as it can but the other characters, even Luna, have barely been fleshed out at all. At least one positive note about this story is that it isn't convoluted and it didn't assume you know the entire mythos like what FFXIII did. It's grounded in reality so it's more relatable.

I'd give this FF game an 8.5/10. It's not perfect thanks to the narrative but it's very immersive and the open world was great.

My FF ranking:

X > VII >= IX > XV > IV >= VI > XIII > V > XII > III > I > II

If I compare it to XII and XIII. This game is much more "Final Fantasy" than XII and XIII. XII's world was boring (I know you guys loved Ivalice but I felt a mainline Ivalice-themed FF wasn't my thing), XIII on the other hand was convoluted and assumed you know a lot of things, but the story was at least coherent and contiguous. XV at least tried to make sure the story is still understandable despite the problems, though you still have to watch Kingsglaive and Brotherhood to get a better grasp on the overall story.

 

[supergiz]

Some of them are required for weapon upgrades and you can infuse them into magic for various effects so yes, there's a pretty good reason not to do so unless you have dozens upon dozens of dupes.

I usually sell the pieces that common mobs drop and leave the rest just in case as poster above said. That way I still have money coming in I spend on curatives A LOT

 

[EndlessSky]

Do you get all the royal arms through the story, or should I be out looking for them on my own?

 

[Doombear]

I did shitloads of side content, was probably about your same level when I finished Chapter 3 and now I'm hitting a big difficulty spike in Chapter 7, so it's not like doing all the sidequests in Ch3 just lets you one-shot every enemy for the rest of the game.

That's not going to happen. Leveling up absolutely makes things easier but you won't be running around one-shotting everything. My party is level 70 with some endgame gear and I don't think I can even one-shot level 25 monsters.

(Unless you use a lot of magic, of course. It's very overpowered.)

Oh good, that reassures me quite a bit. I am really liking the game so feeling like it was going to be a cakewalk for most of it was bumming me out a bit. I want there to be a challenge of course, so I am happy to hear that. Thanks!

 

[TheExodu5]

So...side quests disappear once you proceed through a chapter? I'm at chapter 2 and I recall there being a side quest at the top left portion of the map and it's not there anymore.

 

[ULTROS!]

So...side quests disappear once you proceed through a chapter? I'm at chapter 2 and I recall there being a side quest at the top left portion of the map and it's not there anymore.

No. They're there forever.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

It comes in your inventory automatically once you enter the code. So you can't choose to use it or not. It's just there. It's not a big deal for early in the game aside from the 2x XP place but that's still 5k a stay which is rough going. Most hotels are cheap and gas is like 10 gil with out it so yeah... lol

I think I might have extra codes but I don't know if they work or not.



Might be me but Takka looks like they modeled him after Forest Whitaker. Then there's guy that asks you to take pictures in Lestallum. He looks like Hurley from Lost to me...

You still have a chocobo regalia code? Been looking for it.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

So... I think I have a second Amazon road trip code from browsing through my past emails. Not sure if redeemed or not, but I'm willing to give it away to someone who doesn't have it yet. First person to quote will get the code.

Again, not sure if it has been redeemed or not but I do have 2 codes that Amazon sent me.

 

[TheExodu5]

So... I think I have a second Amazon road trip code from browsing through my past emails. Not sure if redeemed or not, but I'm willing to give it away to someone who doesn't have it yet. First person to quote will get the code.

Again, not sure if it has been redeemed or not but I do have 2 codes that Amazon sent me.

Would love one!

 

[Revolutionary]

I usually sell the pieces that common mobs drop and leave the rest just in case as poster above said. That way I still have money coming in I spend on curatives A LOT

I use the common ones to boost my magic into dualcasts or tricasts.
Tricast -agas are a thing of beauty

Personally, I never felt the need to sell treasure since Gil was plentiful thanks to Hunts and some sidequests. But hey, everyone plays differently.

 

[Dubz]

I'm getting absolutely owned by

Spoiler

Deadeye

. I'm level 14....too soon?

 

[Fleet_of_Foot]

I assume the reason this guy Takka is so damn surprised to see me every time I talk to him is explained in the movie or anime or whatever. Makes no sense. Why is he so paranoid and skittish?? Kind of hilarious.

 

[Yoshichan]

Soon about to reach chapter 4. Literally nothing else to do now, there's not a single grey spot on the map and I've done every hunt and side quest so far.

Welp, here I go

 

[Gorillaz]

Just found out that whole

Spoiler

fight your way out of the kingdom being invaded

stuff that we saw from the trailers from e3 2013 was cut out? Damn shame looked like an interesting setpiece

Maybe they will do something with the DLC about it

 

[supergiz]

I'm getting absolutely owned by

Spoiler

Deadeye

. I'm level 14....too soon?

There's apparently a mechanic to use to kill him by

Spoiler

shooting the barrels

but I could never figure out how to target them.

 

[Hentailover]

Magic indeed can be OP. Game shows me a big scary mech, telling me "this is your boss for now', I press square and watch it die >_> And I'm not even overleveleled or anything...

 

[ChosenPredator]

anyone know how to enter a chocobo race, i have the chocobo but dont know where the races are

 

[Kagari]

Just found out that whole

Spoiler

fight your way out of the kingdom being invaded

stuff that we saw from the trailers from e3 2013 was cut out? Damn shame looked like an interesting setpiece

Maybe they will do something with the DLC about it

The 2013 trailer was still Versus, basically.

 

[Dubz]

There's apparently a mechanic to use to kill him by

Spoiler

shooting the barrels

but I could never figure out how to target them.

Yeah I couldn't figure that out either.

 

[ArchedThunder]

So I want to platinum the game but I don't wan't to look at the secret trophies, are there any missable secret trophies?

 

[SlasherJPC]

So Prompto just had a heart felt talk to me random at a rest stop. Those feels.

 

[Mesharey]

So I want to platinum the game but I don't wan't to look at the secret trophies, are there any missable secret trophies?

No missable trophies.

 

[TheExodu5]

So I want to platinum the game but I don't wan't to look at the secret trophies, are there any missable secret trophies?

AFAIK none are missable except one if you're playing on easy.

 

[Bladenic]

There's nothing more satisfying than blowing the Magitek troops to the 9th circle of hell with a well placed spell as soon as they land.

 

[SamuelSupreme]

So Prompto just had a heart felt talk to me random at a rest stop. Those feels.

This just happened. I have prior knowledge from Kingsglaive and Brotherhood, so I was able to feel those emotional beats.

 

[neoemonk]

I find it hilarious that the hammerhead store guy is caught off guard every time you talk to him.

I was telling a friend about this yesterday. It cracks me up because he's looking right at you. Really skittish, that one.

 

[PshycoNinja]

My summarized review:

+ The world is amazing and very immersive. The world never felt boring to me and it was exploring every nook and cranny.
+ There's a lot of things to do, and I haven't even touched all of them yet.
+ The dungeons were fantastic. These are probably the best designed dungeons in FF.
+ The random banter amongst the bros was fun. Not to mention Prompto's photography makes it even more awesome.
+ The battle system was fine and it actually worked
+ Somnus was amazing
+ The ending was great

- I didn't feel the narrative was a mess, but rather incomplete and cut off. [Slight spoilers on the latter half]

Spoiler

The last half of the game was like Xenogears Disc 2 although more interactive. This part was incredibly short (5-6 hours from Chapter 10-15). It seems like they want to rush this out the window and cut a looooooot of stuff. Namely the exclusion of Tenebrae.

- The lack of characterization of a lot of characters. A lot didn't have screentime (or suddenly cease to exist) for me to actually to care for them.
- One chapter was terrible. [Spoilers]

Spoiler

Chapter 13 was bad. It felt like a completely different game (like MGS/RE styled) and it was a long chapter.

Story review:

Spoiler

I feel like this story has a lot of potential but a lot of it was cut off in favor of the open world and DLC. The open world was good no doubt but the story had way too many plot holes and stories happening in the background even up to the end. At least in the end it tried to solidify the story as much as it can but the other characters, even Luna, have barely been fleshed out at all. At least one positive note about this story is that it isn't convoluted and it didn't assume you know the entire mythos like what FFXIII did. It's grounded in reality so it's more relatable.

I'd give this FF game an 8.5/10. It's not perfect thanks to the narrative but it's very immersive and the open world was great.

My FF ranking:

X > VII >= IX > XV > IV >= VI > XIII > V > XII > III > I > II

If I compare it to XII and XIII. This game is much more "Final Fantasy" than XII and XIII. XII's world was boring (I know you guys loved Ivalice but I felt a mainline Ivalice-themed FF wasn't my thing), XIII on the other hand was convoluted and assumed you know a lot of things, but the story was at least coherent and contiguous. XV at least tried to make sure the story is still understandable despite the problems, though you still have to watch Kingsglaive and Brotherhood to get a better grasp on the overall story.

Thank you for posting your thoughts and playing. I enjoyed reading what you had to say about the game. It's heartening to see the game so high on that list!

 

[DPtheGod]

Yeah I couldn't figure that out either.

Spoiler

Hold circle/B to aim your magic at a barrel in front of you and wait for him to come towards it.

 

[Enthus]

Chapter 13 spoilers

Spoiler

anyone have tips for the Ravus fight? Or should I just level up a bit more and keep on trying? I haven't had any problems until now.

 

[ramyeon]

There's apparently a mechanic to use to kill him by

Spoiler

shooting the barrels

but I could never figure out how to target them.

You can manually target magic if you hold down the attack button... you can see where it will land on the ground and use the sticks to adjust that.

 

[OrionX]

I assume the reason this guy Takka is so damn surprised to see me every time I talk to him is explained in the movie or anime or whatever. Makes no sense. Why is he so paranoid and skittish?? Kind of hilarious.

lol no, Takka's not in the side stuff. I've been wondering why he acts all startled every time too. Are Noct and friends that intimidating, or is he just shocked by their fashion sense?

 

[Tiamant]

The game has finally clicked. After 2 chapters not feeling it, now I'm hooked, and this is thanks to Type B control set.

The exploration is top notch, the dungeons are fantastic, and the characters are, surprisingly, very likeable. I can't believe what was supposed to be a trainwreck has turned into something that has me leaving Pokémon SuMo for 2 days, this is unheard of.

Minor issues with how the quest system is handled (fucking Cid upgrade quest) but that aside this game is GOTY for me.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Just found out that whole

Spoiler

fight your way out of the kingdom being invaded

stuff that we saw from the trailers from e3 2013 was cut out? Damn shame looked like an interesting setpiece

Maybe they will do something with the DLC about it

06-2013 was versus

Chapter 13 spoilers

Spoiler

anyone have tips for the Ravus fight? Or should I just level up a bit more and keep on trying? I haven't had any problems until now.

Soft lock is your friend, it enables you to warp in any direction you like free of harm. ignis enhancement helps

 

[Shouta]

You still have a chocobo regalia code? Been looking for it.

Unfortunately, no. I think I only have the weapons and the stuff that comes with it.

 

[Luigi87]

Finally started the game.
After hearing him do the victory fanfare Prompto is already a favourite.

 

[Robobandit]

lol no, Takka's not in the side stuff. I've been wondering why he acts all startled every time too. Are Noct and friends that intimidating, or is he just shocked by their fashion sense?

buncha spikey-haired hooligans

 

[Meowster]

Creeping around these dungeons while Find Your away plays in the background... chilling. This game probably has my favorite dungeons out of any Final Fantasy game I think.

 

[kromeo]

I went into the game expecting to like the music and hate the characters but it's been the opposite so far. I actually quite like the bros but the music so far all sounds like Bob Dylan plays the elevator hits... Except for the menu music, I like that

 

[TheFlow]

so do I need to watch kingsglaive or w.e.

I hear the cutscenes have been added.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Is the combat more faster and smoother compared to the judgement demo? The combat in that demo was a little too slow and swordplay had a slight delay in response. I'm so torn about getting this.

 

[tebiro boy]

I have been a FF fan for, well, let's just say decades. I even enjoyed FFXIII, though it wasn't one of my favourites. However, after half an hour, I couldn't take any more of FFXV. I don't know why. It was just excruciatingly dull for me. And yes, I'm sure there is some cool stuff in there somewhere. But, whether it was the characters, the setting, what, I just don't know, it just felt so utterly boring. And I am someone who always craves the unconventional from FF. I don't want wizards and castles or whatever. I want cutting edge. I'm sorry to say, but this didn't cut it.

Did anyone else feel this way, or is it just me? To be honest, I am generally not that into games these days, unless they are truly original or unique. So I'm willing to accept it might be my problem rather than FFXV's (yes, that old chestnut - it's not you it's me).

 

[Philippo]

I've been avoiding writing down my impressions since i begun the game because i was an hardcore XV supporter since the beginning so i'm waiting for the credits to roll, but i must say that for quite a few things that are disappointing me, one thing that completely blows my mind is how good the dungeons are, and i've only done the first 2!
Definitely the best dungeons i've had the honor to play in modern gaming.

 

[Darkman M]

There's nothing more satisfying than blowing the Magitek troops to the 9th circle of hell with a well placed spell as soon as they land.

Haha yeah magic is crazy in this game, I was like wtf when i first tried that.

 

[Aeana]

After putting 15 hours into the game and still being in chapter 3, I am wondering how people managed to power through the game so quickly. I'm not going after all side content by any means, either.

 

[TheFlow]

Is the combat more faster and smoother compared to the judgement demo? The combat in that demo was a little too slow and swordplay had a slight delay in response. I'm so torn about getting this.

way better than the demo.