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Final Fantasy XV is now just one month away. Place your bets: will it be good?
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MakotoYuki
Member
I think that too.
I'm expecting something really sound on the game mechanics front. Really great battle system, solid open world, compelling extra side content, etc. We know we'all get beautiful visuals and (probably) great sound and music.
I'm expecting absolute dogshit for the story, though. Like, Kingdom Hearts bad. It tends to be the likeliest victim of stuff that's been in development hell, right?
I'm expecting absolute dogshit for the story, though. Like, Kingdom Hearts bad. It tends to be the likeliest victim of stuff that's been in development hell, right?
brandonh83
Banned
With your mindset, I'm not sure there's a chance in hell you'll enjoy it, regardless of how it turns out.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Haha that's quite the gap
Kingdom hearts story is magnificent don't be mad because your heart is filled with darkness
EscapeArtist
Banned
My guess is that it will be fun for a while but will be long winded and I feel like I may not finish it.
retardedrockstar
Member
It will be metacritic 83 good.
There will be some parts of the audience that are primed to loathe this game I'll list their reasons from understandable to batshit insane:
My personal opinion of the game is that there are parallels to The Great Gatsby adaptation by Baz Luhrmann. It'll be crass at times, always over the top, a bit baggy but it will try really hard to preserve the essence of the work or in XV case the franchise. I'm also looking forward to seeing male characters that aren't emotionally detached war machine geniuses.
- They followed the versus development closely and don't like the change while keeping the look and characters
- They want FF to be a high budget turn based RPG
- The usual "why does she dress like that" critique
- They don't like that every FF is different and want their precious whimsy back
- They don't like how "JPOP" or "bromance" the whole thing seems, which is really just a dog whistle for hating that the the gaming standard of masculinity is challenged. Those people also hate X with the exception of Auron.
My personal opinion of the game is that there are parallels to The Great Gatsby adaptation by Baz Luhrmann. It'll be crass at times, always over the top, a bit baggy but it will try really hard to preserve the essence of the work or in XV case the franchise. I'm also looking forward to seeing male characters that aren't emotionally detached war machine geniuses.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Will be reading reviews all the way up to launch and after. Hope its good, but I'm skeptical as well as my friends. Some think its gonna just be terrible. I wouldn't blame them either with how FFXIII turned out.
Highly doubt it will reach everyone's expectations. It'll hit the 80s on metacritic unless everyone is blown away, but we seen gameplay for months now so we know what to expect.
It'll be overhyped at launch and some will call it the greatest thing ever created since slice bread lol. Until months later when the dust settles and we re-evaluate it again for what its really worth.
We'll just have to wait and see. I hope the characters are likeable or relate-able. Otherwise, its gonna be a chore to finish the game. I don't mind the bromance, but is it believable?
Highly doubt it will reach everyone's expectations. It'll hit the 80s on metacritic unless everyone is blown away, but we seen gameplay for months now so we know what to expect.
It'll be overhyped at launch and some will call it the greatest thing ever created since slice bread lol. Until months later when the dust settles and we re-evaluate it again for what its really worth.
We'll just have to wait and see. I hope the characters are likeable or relate-able. Otherwise, its gonna be a chore to finish the game. I don't mind the bromance, but is it believable?
It'll easily be better than 13, but I don't think it will be great. I'm thinking very good, somewhere in the 80-85 range. I'm fully expecting a strong start to the story that falls apart as the game goes on, cringe worthy characters with average at best voice acting, but an immense world full of fun gameplay and side quests that make up for the other shortcomings. I'm really hoping that this is the game that can bring the series back to its roots and reinvigorate a formally incredible franchise.
BaraSailey
Member
From what I've seen I'm pretty confident it'll be good. Impressions have been pretty positive so far, and I imagine that will translate into good reviews, unless the game takes a stark turn for the worse at some point later in the story. I can't imagine it could be worse than FFXIII; that'd be a pretty hard thing to accomplish given the game seems like the complete opposite of XIII in terms of openess, haha. It may not live up to the hype around it, but I think it'll stand with the best FF games.
Damerman
Member
the story of the first actual kingdom hearts is actually really good.
gunstarhero
Member
I just hope it's not too long - would love if it's in the 40 hour area. Too many RPGs these days overstay their welcome imo.
I'm looking at you Xenoblade Chronciles X.
I'm looking at you Xenoblade Chronciles X.
Dynasty8
Member
Honestly...Reviews have become far more strict and pickier today than back in 2009 IMO.
ff13 didnt get a 90
I'll take it a step further and say despite the mocking of some people, many of the KH stories like 358, BBS, KH1 and COM are all very good and made me feel plenty of emotions. KH2 is average, Recoded is horrible, DDD is WTF.
So mixed...but i'd definitely not say they were all bad.
brandonh83
Banned
83 Meta, which is about what I'd give it personally.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
It will be good, but I dont think it will replace Final Fantasy VI as the best Final Fantasy game of all time.
I do hope that the soundtrack will be as memorable as Final Fantasy VI.
I do hope that the soundtrack will be as memorable as Final Fantasy VI.
piccio_ssl
Member
it will be great
Demoskinos
Member
I'm going to guess a solid 93 metacritic. Most outlets will adore it with a few outliers.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Well of course it won't replace it because it's not the best Xp
Yeah, I have confidence thanks to all the great previews as of late. I still am suspect of Tabata after Type-0 but I see so much potential here.
I don't really feel that it is completely necessary to watch that outside material to have people enjoy the characters or story. The anime give a lot of detailed flashbacks of the main party, but just from in game it looks like they have a lot of character. For example, judging from the amount of sales of the Witcher 3 and DA: I it looks as though tons of people had not played the past entries, which definitely give some better back story to characters like Dandelion or Leliana.
Now for the insomnia stuff, I feel that much of the disappointment is expectations from what has been shown in Versus XIII footage. Well that's if they actually don't have any clear story for the second half of the game.
As for reception of the game? Even with the very positive previews so far, it will get plenty "average" reviews from many others (even with one here in this thread saying he's liked everything so far). But man, some of these people in this thread. With some saying it will be absolutely garbage (the actual extreme ones) and are still saying they will try it. With that attitude, you're set to hate the game and it's like hate-watching a movie just to shit on it. Well it's your money I guess and sales will help fund future games whether or not they are like FFXV in the future.
The Cartographer
Member
It's going to be a Frankenstein game.
Astral Dog
Member
It Will be Good, but also have its fair share of problems, Combat System, Plot, Design, Graphics and Characters will be critizised. one way or another
lots of brilliance, but also plenty of rough areas to pick on.
FFXV will be better recieved than XIII however, and that should be enough for some gamers.
lots of brilliance, but also plenty of rough areas to pick on.
FFXV will be better recieved than XIII however, and that should be enough for some gamers.
Cheeseman Battitude
Member
Something tells me it will be an absolute horror. I don't want it to be but there's something I can't put my finger on about it.
Katana_Strikes
Member
I hope it's great of course but my optimism for it being actually great is completely different. I expect it to end in the 70s. Let's hope that's not the case.
If you look at Metacritic listing for 2016 only, only 12 games (not counting repeats for platforms) hit 90+ Metacritic average. On Opencritic listing for 2016, only 11 games hit 90+ average.
Compared to 2009 where about 21 games hit 90+ on Metacritic, it does seem like critics are being more critical nowadays.
I agree with you on that, but you know how it is, lol.
Tye The Czar
Member
I think it's guaranteed that XV is going to be good at least in the same way Star Wars: Episode VII was good by being not FFXIII and being more solidly made.
I don't think it makes any sense, though. To have higher expectations because of the 10 years, I mean.
If anything, people should expect less because of the development hell. Who in their right minds look at it and think "hmm, 10 years in the making, that must be because it has more content than any other game in history, except for Duke Nukem Forever"?
AstroNut325
Member
Unless the reviews are 2 or 3 out of 10, it's a day 1 title for me. I really don't care overall. I just want to play a big budget current Gen FF.
I'd give FF13-1 a 70. Nice production values and fun battle system. Weak everything else.
Agreed.
Logic has nothing to do with matters of the heart.
The fact is, even though it's not the same project it started as, a lot of people have had 10 years to imagine their own dream game in their head featuring Noctis. For some, that will be a difficult obstacle to overcome.
IcyRhythms
Member
71 average on Metacritic. This will not be worth the wait.
PlatypusDude
Member
I can see it going either way in all honesty. I can easily seeing it be a complete disaster or a pleasant surprise. However, if the game is good, people will still find in disappointing and act like the game is the worst thing ever.
As long as the game is good in a vacuum, we should be able to disregard everything the game has gone through.
That's what i'd like to say, but its definately going to be hard for people to disassociate themsevles and give an objective viewpoint.
This is where the non FF fans who are getting into the franchise with this game, and the fans who have not been paying attention to FF15 at all come in.
They have the responsibility of being the objective taste testers
That's what i'd like to say, but its definately going to be hard for people to disassociate themsevles and give an objective viewpoint.
This is where the non FF fans who are getting into the franchise with this game, and the fans who have not been paying attention to FF15 at all come in.
They have the responsibility of being the objective taste testers
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
To be honest I don't know, even if it'll be the greatest jRPG possible western audience and reviewers in general tend to favor the genre a bit less than in the past. I would love for a 90+ score but I'm expecting more to be in 83/86 range. Not for real merits but for the genre it belongs too.
P5 will get above 90 MC
It kinda just boils down to "how optimistic/cynical are you?" lol