Final Fantasy 15 is a game I love immensely, and find very, very hard to recommend. You have to have the patience of a saint to enjoy this game; it will test you over and over again, with its unintuitive controls, technical bugs, wack-a#s storytelling, terrible DLC scheme, and much more; most negative things people have said about this game are in fact true. However, despite everything, I love this stupid trashfire game so much. There are good points beyond just my own copium; the characters are easily the high point, with the main party of Noct, Gladdy, Iggy and Prom being a fantastic emotional core, with a truly astounding amount of randomly triggered unique interactions throughout the game that really makes me hope the excellent voice actors got payed well for their efforts. The combat is very fun when you get used to it, with the Point Warp technique in particular being a blast to use, and the game's soundtrack is on-par with most other Final Fantasy games, meaning it's superb. The game is very pretty as well (Altissia is one of my favorite video game locations ever, full stop) and even if its set pieces can be over-the-top, they're always a spectacle to behold visually.

Overall, this game isn't anything great, by any means, but for those who are looking for down-to-earth, truly emotional moments between characters who truly feel like friends, this might just be a game for you. Hey, if you're willing to give it a chance, it might even surprise you.

Reviewed on Dec 28, 2023


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