Episode Prompto is the second piece of DLC for FFXV and takes place towards the end of the story when Prompto is briefly ejected from the party. The story follows Prompto as he comes to terms with his true identity and origins as he fears it may cause a rift between him and his best friends. Prompto traverses through the Nifilheim base, and a frozen tundra with the help of Aranea Highwind, using his various gun techniques which work surprisingly well for an engine which wasn't built for third person shooting gameplay. Unfortunately this DLC starts to overstay it's welcome towards the end and I was just itching to get it over with. The main thrust of Prompto's side story is mostly explored early on in the DLC and instead of approaching his inner turmoil in an interesting way I feel like Prompto is left pouting a little too much which I felt was a little out of character for him. I understand what he was going through was extremely difficult, but how the writers approached his response to this information felt a little weird to me which really killed the main vibe. Despite this I think the expansion is a must play if you are going for the complete FFXV story.

Reviewed on Jan 18, 2022


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