There are still a lot of hidden walls that restrict freedom which feels weird when playing.  Even the car you drive doesn't feel like you have complete control and the chocobos plus the flying post game you have restrictions on where you can go.

The story is disjointed and things that occur throughout the game are never really explained leaving you draw your own conclusions on what occured.  I gotta say that the game tries to be resident evil, dragon ball, kingdom hearts, star ocean and fallout and taken small pieces of all of these and tried to compact them into one game.  But the main story is short.  there are moments that will probably blow you away with its crazy over the top scenarios but overall it feels amaturish and the creators don't have any respect for this series anymore.  Certainly don't feel like a complete "big" game more of a side story spin off which is was originally.

What I actually like about this game is the side quests that have nothing to do with the main story.  Ie help a professors assistant collect frogs, rescue a chocobo from dangerous monsters, defeat monsters for gil.  There are loads of these mini quests and I find them more rewarding than completing the main story.

When I heard there was a quest involving a newspaper and someone getting a dress I knew this game wasn't for me.

The story isn't exactly ambitious, but the interactions between the four main characters are handled well, and more importantly, the combat doesn't suck anymore. So, yes, positive step indeed.

Another positive step that could make 15-2 or 16 (or whatever the next one is called) something great would be adding more layers of complexity to the combat (to give it skill beyond just spacing correctly) and having a story that doesn't take away arguably the game's greatest strength in the open world halfway through.

Its a new entry (for me one of the best) so it doesn't really mean XVI will be at all similar. Just look at the difference between XII and XIII. Even the story style and storytelling in FF XIII couldn't be more different from XII.

I love that you have the balls of saying it. Respect and agree.

ff7 had all of that lol

Well I've never played (that I recall) a single ff game in my life, so I wouldn't know. Maybe this series isn't for me?

if you are posting on a website like this...then you prolly would enjoy ffxv...its a game for gamers..

I really like xenoblade X, except with how LONG it is and the stressfully infinite amount of side quests, so does that tell me I would like FF?

I would imagine yes. it had sidequests but possibly not as many as xenoblade.