

It’s not until the final five chapters that the story finally picks up and conflicts begin, but multiple major villain story-lines are ended off-screen, leaving only diary entries on the ground to tell their story.

The villains are mainly absent beyond the grunts that you’ll occasionally fight. During this time, the characters aren’t developed and the status quo is maintained. It plods along for nine full chapters as Noctis explores the world with very little direction. Once you get over that hurdle, the story never really pulls itself together. Players who don’t start from the beginning will likely find themselves caught up in something that they don’t understand. The game begins in the middle of a story and villains and friends alike are simply that because important character building is locked away behind these supplemental stories. It’s very clear that the developers intended the player to watch all of these because the game has no context without them, and that’s an issue. But where are they going and how did they get here? To learn that you’ll need to watch a movie titled Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive, which reveals the events of the weeks leading up to the beginning of the game’s story. It’s where we learn why his friends trust an adolescent prince with very few apparent royal qualities. Who is Noctis? Who are his friends? To learn about them, you’ll need to watch an hour long anime series called Brotherhood. The game does start with Noctis and his friends pushing a car through the desert, but the story begins before that.

It’s the story of Noctis, his friends, and the journey that they have together and that’s important because it colors every aspect of this game. Final Fantasy XV has everything that makes a Final Fantasy game a part of the series, but that’s not what Final Fantasy XV actually is. You’ll find a world to explore, an evil empire to stop, and countless monsters to slay as you roam the land while completing quests and discovering secrets in dungeons.
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King’s famous “Stand By Me” by Florence and the Machine and I knew that this disastrous situation wouldn’t be so bad, looking back, because I met it with friends - my brothers.įinal Fantasy is a franchise that is known for its epic stories and you’ll find that here. However, in the background played a wonderful cover of Ben E. Progress was slow and I could only imagine myself being in that exact same situation, making the same comments while the sand pushes into my boots and clothes and the sun beats down. My three companions and I were pushing a car through a desert, bickering at each other. Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy Square Enix Online Multiplayer Online Co-op Game review Review Action-RPG Kevin Tavore It all began innocently enough.
