FF XV delayed until November... Square is still a joke guys

[-Ric-]

Played it at my mates house the other day. Also watched him play it for a while too.  It's strawberries.  It's as strawberries as it looked on the demos.  Out of control battles.  Press Action and survive nonsense. FFXII style "quests"  yawn. Story is abysmal (based on what I saw, but mainly what he's told me. He also explains it with a constant look of confusion on his face).  It's everything I dislike about modern games and it was obvious that was going to be the case.  He, however, loves it.  But I think he'd love any game that had Final Fantasy printed on the cover and gameplay with lotsa explosions, innit.

Same old crap.

The story isn't bad to be honest... It's a pretty decent story BUT, it's missing a few chunks of it... They've actually added some new scenes and content that fills some holes but there are still a decent amount of holes left to fill. To their credit though, they HAVE been adding new content which is a good sign.
As for your gameplay criticism.. well... It's definitely not the typical Final Fantasy-style gameplay so I get you. I personally find it to be decent but it's an extremely subjective thing.

Also I think it's on sale right now for like 19.99$? Honestly for that price, it's a hell of a bargain.

 

[DLPB_]

I personally get no satisfaction out of either, so for me even 5 dollars wouldn't be worth it.

I also intensely dislike "added content".  It's created a situation where laziness in design is fine - and it also creates inconsistencies. I want to play a completed game.  They had 10 freakin years.  I'm also not sure when it became acceptable to pay for bug fixes and "add ons" when you've already shelled out big money for the game (I am not sure FF15 does that, but many do).  Modern gamers are, in my opinion, total mugs.

 

[Cyberman]

I personally get no satisfaction out of either, so for me even 5 dollars wouldn't be worth it.

I also intensely dislike "added content".  It's created a situation where laziness in design is fine - and it also creates inconsistencies. I want to play a completed game.  They had 10 freakin years.  I'm also not sure when it became acceptable to pay for bug fixes and "add ons" when you've already shelled out big money for the game (I am not sure FF15 does that, but many do).  Modern gamers are, in my opinion, total mugs.

A slight addendum however, the main game isn't bad it's a bit tritely thought up but some parts I like.
The combat is annoying, the questing is more fun than the combat (by far) also the "FILLER" characters are more interesting than the 3 secondary characters (really), gladios is a bit of fun but a bit too stereotypical.
The story being the prime character and Luna's relationship could have been done a little less childishly not everyone is as immature (at that age) as the script writter thought, it's all relative.
However it's not bad really, some people go crazy with the combat, it was more challenging if I DIDn't follow the instructions but nigh unto impossible (I did try it anyhow).
So at level 50 I started over to see the difference, much easier, I've yet to exit the mainland on the boat.
Not sure I like the "added personal questlines" seems an attempt to be like Zenny Max's ESO (Elder Scrolls Online) which I looked at but said "wait let me check the reviews" good idea apparently. It's quite hated by most people they buy it and wonder why. Well I digress but that's how the "personal questline" thing comes across "pay more money for what should be part of the story". ESO copy cat work? (ESO = Elder Scrolls Online)
Considering how the current head of development at Squenix hates the FF series  it's no surprise that it's kept devolving (why make something you hate good?) Was very outspoke when FF13-2 came out (quite frankly with 13 it's not a surprise he seemed to be trying to kill the franchise).
So yeah it's not great but it's not terrible parts of the story are down right good. Especially the parts that aren't the main questline (for some reason).

Cyb

 

[KnifeTheSky77]

I thought the game was pretty good, definitely better than the 13 series. I feel bad for the developers, they could have used another several months of runway but that's business for you.

@cyberman we've established that DLPB only likes games from the 90's, there's no way he'd even give it a chance

 

[DLPB_]

@cyberman we've established that DLPB only likes games from the 90's, there's no way he'd even give it a chance

Yeah, GTA V was so long ago I'd almost forgotten it...  :-D  Honestly, do you feel the need to rationalize someone's objective criticisms so badly that you'll resort to this nonsense response?