This game could have perfectly been the best Final fantasy but it failed in a couple of very important things: the characters and the story.
It has in my opinion the best universe of all, Ivalice.
The world is full of side content and variety in characters, races, monsters, cities, fields, deserts, beaches, mines, caves etc etc etc etc.
The battle system changes drastically with respect to the previous games by introducing the Gambits system, with which you can program quite precisely how you want your characters to act in any situation.
The progression is also interesting, based on a board that you have to fill through experience to equip yourself.
However, as I said, the characters are irrelevant and boring except for a couple of them, and the story is a simple political brawl.
It has in my opinion the best universe of all, Ivalice.
The world is full of side content and variety in characters, races, monsters, cities, fields, deserts, beaches, mines, caves etc etc etc etc.
The battle system changes drastically with respect to the previous games by introducing the Gambits system, with which you can program quite precisely how you want your characters to act in any situation.
The progression is also interesting, based on a board that you have to fill through experience to equip yourself.
However, as I said, the characters are irrelevant and boring except for a couple of them, and the story is a simple political brawl.
Aside from nice character designs and a fun open world combat system this game is bad. The story is a directionless half-baked star wars rip-off filled with bland characters, especially the main one. It was fun to play but without a good story for motivation it later felt more like a chore to finish.