I highly agree,the game whas fun but nothing like ff 6-12.
If it wasnt called final fantasy it would be a good jrpg but for ff standarts its just oke..ish.

Dragon quest 11 thou,damn!! What a amazing game.

Wrong. FFXV was way below mediocre and I've been telling you guys since the game was announced.

I definitely wouldn't call it a bad game, not by a long shot - I had more fun in the first hour alone of 15 than I did in the entire 30+ hours I suffered through 13. That being said, the story's kinda on the thin side, and it's possible to end up with a ludicrously over-powered party pretty early on in the game. Plus, I didn't buy the game until about a year after it was released, so I might have had harsher opinions had I bought it on Day One.

Have only watched very few fragments of the video itself, because I don't feel like sitting through all that.

I personally agree to an extent; Final Fantasy XV is disappointing as fuck, but it's not a bad game. Enjoyable, but feeling the immense wasted potential that lies within (and no, Royal Edition doesn't really alter things enough to make a substantial difference, although it gives you some extra nice bonus like a decent final dungeon for a change). Half-baked ideas, questionable storytelling, questionable progression, and a very simple combat that becomes serviceable enough not to be boring but always lets you wanting just a tiny bit more of strategizing. So in essence, they could have done so much more with it than what they ended up doing.

I know this sounds repetitive at this point, but FFXV did need one more year of polishing at the very least. At least to iron out certain elements that would later need to be corrected through other means. On a side note, all the bullshit they've added to the game makes it even more disappointing than in vanilla in certain moments (timed-exclusive content for singleplayer games? Excuse me what the fuck?), so I'm not sure what Square-Enix was thinking here.

Overall, I'd recommend, just don't expect anything fantastic and be sure to tame your expectations with the "what could have been". Final Fantasy X and XIII were vastly, vastly superior to this game, though I'd put XV above XII.

So far I'm enjoying the Pocket Edition for Switch with its more streamlined and linear gameplay. I don't really get the bad ratings for this version.

Disagree, I like the game.

The menu music makes me tear up.

it took a few times to get into it, it was ok. so mediocre would be a ok term for this, but i wouldnt go so far as saying disappointment. there has been far many more disappointments with previous FF games, which everyone has their own opinions on which ones they are, but its been years, years, and years since ive played through a FF game and i at least finished this one.

That feels about right to me.  Great build up with Ardyn and his rivarly with Noctis and the Lucian bloodline.  One of the best villains in the series and of recent memory in video games. Although it's difficult to recall who was the last notable villain in a video game at all.  Maybe the last great one was that one crazy guy from Far Cry 3? Never played the game, but I get the impression he could be a good villain.  Villains have been lacking for a while unfortunately.

I like the wait mode especially in FFXV.  It felt great switching in and out of it like I was toggling between action and menu selection gameplay.  It definitely helps if you want to target a specific large selection of enemies at the best time and it's very satisfying to execute.   First time ever for enemy weapon based weaknesses (I think) in a FF game which made using your different weapons much more involving and fun.   Some specific movesets could only be executed by holding the joy stick back, forward or left/right as the attack animations are playing out and that caught my attention to explore more of each use for the weapons.  I plan on replaying the whole thing again once all the DLC is out.  

Also, the interactions between the characters felt legitimate and heartwarming.  I thought for sure I'd dislike Prompto, but he turned out to be one of my favorites. 

I agree.A huge disappointment after being in development for long.