People love to rag on this game. I enjoyed it for exactly what it was. I became quickly attuned to the bromantic foursome, and the narrative struck surprisingly deep, particularly around the halfway point. It took me a long time to adjust to ATB systems, as I'm a turn-based Stan at heart. But FFXV does it just right. I get that the shift to an open-world wasn't handled with all the care in the World, but I found it to be a welcome change, and I didn't feel that the game overstayed its welcome in the end.