

When Final fantasy XIII came out lots of people complained about it being too linear, and Square Enix had the bright idea to listen to these people and wandered out of their comfort zone, delivering the most open world Final Fantasy yet, which also happens to be the worst main series title since Final Fantasy II.
It reminded me of Resident Evil VI; a high budget disaster that completely lost its identity by trying to cater to everyone instead of doing its own thing. In Final Fantasy XV, the open world feels lifeless and offers absolutely nothing interesting to do. The narrative is all over the place, and then it feels like most of the story is missing anyway. Even the game-play feels unfinished, as despite some interesting mechanics it devolves to just button mashing and item spamming later in the game.
I came in with low expectations, but I couldn’t have been prepared for this. The only reason I managed to finish this game was because of my sheer disbelief that a Final Fantasy game couldn’t possibly be this bad. I kept pushing myself through this mess hoping it would become better… but it only became worse.
Positive:
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Negative:
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Beautiful visuals
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Dull, lifeless characters
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Good soundtrack
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Noctis is one of the worst protagonists I’ve ever seen
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An interesting, relatively modern-looking fantasy setting
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The worst, most poorly fleshed out main villain in the series
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Abysmal, disjointed, and incomplete story
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Abysmal plot that’s all over the place and fails to catch your interest
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Repetitive, dull, and unbalanced game-play
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Lifeless, poorly designed open world with nothing to do
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Countless fetch quests that would be embarrassing even in a MMORPG
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Abysmal traveling/driving mechanics where you can’t even steer the car
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Boring, boring, boring, boring, boring
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