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Final Fantasy XV - Review Thread [Second wave of reviews coming in]
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Maybe you should check out the impressions thread.
Hm, that makes me feel a little better about my purchase. Thanks.
What's the battle system in Ep Duscae like? I never played it.
Acquiescence
Member
It's reviewing better than I expected. I can now breathe a sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge that the game isn't a shitshow despite the protracted development cycle. I had legitimate concerns after E3 that it would be a disaster.
FFXIV: Heavensward has an overall fantastic story.
The Dragonsong war was one of the best stories in FF imho.
X-2 is a great game so I'm happy with that.
You can have great characterization without a strong narrative.
This game has almost no narrative of which to speak, but the interactions between the bros are great. As a person that doesn't care about story in games, this is fine with me.
(I have played up through chapter 6.)
What are you dare implying, sir? D:
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PSY・S;225579174 said:
Maybe it'll be fair if we compare it to the Zodiac Age version that'll come out next year.
We'll see with Zodiac Age!
Pfft... should be 90 minimum...
Fake Charlemagne
Member
Those are some fighting words to about a dozen of us.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
What does Jim Sterling thinks of this game?
MissCauthon
Member
I just read the gamekult review, it's in french. Never heard of this site, being french my self I find this review to be a joke. The way the writer communicates is simply hilarious. It's almost as if it's a teenager that wrote this, using words like BROMANCE when writing in french? Really? And yes french is my native language. I'm not mad at the score and normaly I don't write about reviews but this is a terrible one.
I'm well aware of Golden's score, but that was 2012. I was thinking more like a period of 3 years, which is when this gen took off.
Edit: I'm silly, I guess that'd be about on par with what I'm talking about. lol
LelouchZero
Member
Great stuff! I can't wait to play it!
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Settlements that dosn't have any interiors and are basically identical to each other. And wow and open world RPG has enemies in the maps? Such a full world!
Link_enfant
Member
It appears a Gamekult member has spoiled the ending in the review's comment section. God I hate myself for reading comments sometimes, especially knowing that there are a lot of stupid people there.
Has anyone been spoiled this way about FFXV?
Also, just to be sure, is
really important in the ending or will I still be able to enjoy it after reading that?
Has anyone been spoiled this way about FFXV?
Also, just to be sure, is
Luna's sacrifice
shadow2810
Member
Seems most reviews agree the story is shit. Shame it cannot be fixed by patch (or maybe it can? lol)
That's true. How was the story of XII and X?
I need to get back to XIV, I only hear great things. I played up to lvl 15 on two different characters and then just didn't have the time. Once I clear my backlog (if ever) it's gonna be my long-term "always playing" game.
To me, that's always been the norm for the series.
Final Fantasy narratives have always been burdened by unnecessary complexity (same goes for most JRPGs of that era). Yet in spite of being convoluted, they offer a framework for compelling characters and rich world-building, all of which combine to produce the sort of memorable moments the series is known for.
I'd put MGS and Kingdom Hearts in the same category, for what it's worth. Though I don't think Final Fantasy is quite so extreme =P.
Paracelsus
Member
No, if anything the ceiling got a lot lower and not because of reviewers.
Buttonbasher
Member
Yep. Watching people watch reviews come in as if they're commentating a football game will never stop being weird to me.
But right on to those who love doing it, I guess.
What i like most is the overwhelming sense in the reviews that despite the clear issues present, the overall sum of its parts elevates it above.
THe game is a fun game people and clearly is better than FF13, truly the last 'numbered' FF game for a lot of people who don't play MMOs(dont kill me kagari)
THe game is a fun game people and clearly is better than FF13, truly the last 'numbered' FF game for a lot of people who don't play MMOs(dont kill me kagari)
They don't. They do however mostly agree that the story has some glaring problems.
CaviarMeths
Member
Xenoblade Chronicles - 92
Fire Emblem: Awakening - 92
Dark Souls II - 91
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - 90
That's all I could find.
Edit: People keep quoting this, so swap out ToCS2 (which scored lower on Vita) for Bloodborne (92 MC).
They've been trying by cutting in scenes from the movie. Which always smelled desperate to me.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Are some really trying to downplay a score of 86? Try as hard as you like, that won't happen
The review is pretty good actually, with what you're saying I doubt you're neutral about this. "Bromance" is a common term when we talk about Final Fantasy XV, since its reveal in 2013.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
It's useless to compare the MC score to previous FF games, especially XIII. Review standards have changed significantly. For the better. XV getting a 9 or 8/10 in 2016 is a much harder feat than it was even five years ago.
DarkConfidant
Member
Threads like this remind me of what's wrong with metracritic: The scores are the most arbitrary part of the review, and numerically hold different value to different reviewers.
I've read reviews for this now in which a 7, 8, and 9 all seem to feel the same way about the game.
It's numbers without context, and mostly defeats the purpose of the actual review existing, if one might be lead to base their opinion of a game off of an average of unbalanced numbers.
Then again, I feel this way every meta critic thread (which is what it is when you discuss numbers rather than reviews).
I've read reviews for this now in which a 7, 8, and 9 all seem to feel the same way about the game.
It's numbers without context, and mostly defeats the purpose of the actual review existing, if one might be lead to base their opinion of a game off of an average of unbalanced numbers.
Then again, I feel this way every meta critic thread (which is what it is when you discuss numbers rather than reviews).
DarkLordMalik
Member
50 hours. Still excited to play here
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Lul how is this higher than sky. Anime was a mistake.
I'm being silly because score posts trigger me just a little bit
davidwhangchoi
Member
i'm so ready for this!!!!!!!!!!!
WordsintheWater
Member
That's what makes it sad in a way too because if it had that story that it deserves it could have been a masterpiece
lucablight
Member
This is a pretty disappointing reception for a series that was considered the benchmark for JRPGs. Considering how easily the gaming media hands out 9s and 10s to most AAA releases anything less than a 90 metascore should be considered below par.
RareFantasy64
Member
I think X-2 is an amazing game and I feel often criticism it gets is focused more on simply disagreeing with the tone of the game over having legitimate criticism on the gameplay of the game.
If you want to pull away the context of what Square has gone through these past 7 years and the development process this game went through, it is easy to see where you are coming from. When you take a closer look at this situation and how 90% of games that get 9s a few months later are looked at as overrated, I think FFXV is sitting really pretty.
DPtheGod
Member
This thread is becoming NeoGAF vs NeoGAF: Final Fantasy XV edition.
This game was outstanding.
This game was outstanding.