The Final Fantasy XV Metacritic Thread: 82 with 90 reviews. (Final score?)

[Runa216]

60 hours in, just finished chapter 6. Still don't know what I think of this game. I can see why the reviews have been "Mixed but overall positive".

On one hand, the game truly is a lot of fun to play. the combat is unique and refreshing, the open world is a blast to explore, there's a tonne of open world elements that keep you playing and hunting and doing missions and coming back, and the road trip feeling is great.

I love the world, I love the characters, and I love the map.

But...I can't help but be incredibly disappointed at the same time. Like, yeah, gameplay wise it's solid as hell and a stark contrast to the on-rails linearity of XIII, but it still feels very small scale. I mean, it's NOT small scale, as shown by the titan fight, for example, but it still feels small.

The world may be huge because it'd take you a very, very long time to travel from one end to another, but to me it feels like it's only a small portion of a world (because it is.) To put it in perspective, this would be like if Final Fantasy had you start by leaving Midgar post escape, going to Junon, then making it to the golden saucer and the northern crater, and the entire rest of the world was cut out.

Where's the variation in settings/environments? Where's the world-ending conflict?

as a GAME, it's wonderful. It very much so focuses on the interaction between the four protagonists. But as a FINAL FANTASY, it feels lacking.

I will wait until I've beaten it (and maybe got platinum trophy on it) before passing judgement on it, but right now I feel the mixed reception. I love it, but I can't help but be disappointed. Very conflicted within.