I played with the Hard Mode Mod (personally tweaked to be less insane), so I won't talk much about the combat other than saying it's pretty solid when enemies aren't instantly dying... though the mod has its own issues (it's a band-aid fix). My only real issue with combat was the camera and some jank (characters positioning weirdly with Blindside Links mostly), ain't nothing fixing that.
Kinda mixed on the game overall besides that, though. Like, I really like the open world and exploring it and shit, but it's relatively empty and has a lot of downtime (those Auto trips on the Regalia while the bros don't say anything are a waste of time). But I do like the overall road trip vibe, because when it hits it hits.
I could say the same for the story. It gets somewhat messy and seems kinda clumsy, but it has some great highs. So, when it hits it hits, again! Great cast of characters though, I liked the main 4 way more than I thought I would, especially Noctis. Considering the game's development, I'm actually surprised it was good at all, though I know there were some reworked bits. Like the entirety of Chapter 14, for example, I sure as hell was thrown for a loop going into it after seeing estimates of how long it took to beat, without realizing they meant the OG version.
Haven't played the DLC Episodes other than Gladio's yet tho, will get on that shortly.
OST is banging, not much to say there. Though the third region (IIRC) battle theme sounds like it should be for a final boss or some shit, it's so dramatic, but it's great.
Also, I originally planned to get 100% achievements on Steam but I saw that you gotta do Comrades which is apparently a massive grind, so lol. Lmao even. Fuck Steam for mixing in DLC achievements with the base game, man... though on that note, there's a lot of post-game content apparently, which I can't be assed to do either simply because I wanna play other games. That just how it be!
Kinda mixed on the game overall besides that, though. Like, I really like the open world and exploring it and shit, but it's relatively empty and has a lot of downtime (those Auto trips on the Regalia while the bros don't say anything are a waste of time). But I do like the overall road trip vibe, because when it hits it hits.
I could say the same for the story. It gets somewhat messy and seems kinda clumsy, but it has some great highs. So, when it hits it hits, again! Great cast of characters though, I liked the main 4 way more than I thought I would, especially Noctis. Considering the game's development, I'm actually surprised it was good at all, though I know there were some reworked bits. Like the entirety of Chapter 14, for example, I sure as hell was thrown for a loop going into it after seeing estimates of how long it took to beat, without realizing they meant the OG version.
Haven't played the DLC Episodes other than Gladio's yet tho, will get on that shortly.
OST is banging, not much to say there. Though the third region (IIRC) battle theme sounds like it should be for a final boss or some shit, it's so dramatic, but it's great.
Also, I originally planned to get 100% achievements on Steam but I saw that you gotta do Comrades which is apparently a massive grind, so lol. Lmao even. Fuck Steam for mixing in DLC achievements with the base game, man... though on that note, there's a lot of post-game content apparently, which I can't be assed to do either simply because I wanna play other games. That just how it be!