With both parts of the dlc out, it’s a good time to give a verdict. The first part of the dlc is incredibly shaky. If you just wanted a challenge gauntlet, here it is. Nothing to note in the story, just a little bit of new equipment, and nothing more. The Rising Tide was always the selling point here. And even that was just okay. The story is incredibly short and does not do anything of note other than giving an excuse to give Clive the powers of Leviathan. Leviathan plays at range so you can do full encounters without engaging up close which is a fun gimmick but loses it’s edge fairly quickly. The Eikon fight holds it’s weight alongside those from the main game which is probably the best part of this extra content (although it doesn’t reach as high as Bahamut or Titan Lost). If you enjoyed the gameplay for FFXVI, you’ll enjoy this for the combat, but don’t go in expecting any huge story revelations or really anything to remember.

There's really not much to be said here that hasn't already been said before on this game. It's amazing, plain and simple. It takes an, arguably, easy to understand game and give it a couple of twists that just makes it so addictive. When you play your first run, you can immediately tell that this is the type of game that you will be able to sink hours upon hours into. And when you get a really good build of modifiers together, it just feels too good to stop playing, always wanting to do one more run to see what build you can make. My only worry is when this game comes to mobile, I may never get work done...