This game is a bit deceiving in that the opening cutscenes and gameplay make it seem like it'll be interesting but it becomes tedious and annoying after the 2-3 hour mark. This game has one of the most frustrating travel systems in recent memory which is why I put it down. Seemingly every quest involves fast traveling close to the objective and then having to run half a mile to reach it in the middle of nowhere before fast traveling back and running even more to find the person to turn it in. So much of the game is just spent aimlessly running through open desert it gets boring and grating real fast. Maybe I'll pick it up again when I'm feeling more patient but I just found it way too boring.

FF15 is a masterclass at confusing and scattered story telling. Detailing the story of a young prince and his rock band of misfits as they travel the countryside in the worlds most expensive mode of transportation only to eventually lead themselves back home, without said worlds most expensive mode of transportation.

NO seriously the story is actually pretty good, and one of my favorite FF stories to date. Sadly it took the windows edition to eventually see this most of the full story to fruition, and even then that took far too long to reach our PC screens. And even then the story is by far nothing complete without being knee deep in reading, movie, and anime material along it's windy road at explaining a true, full, and understood story.


But why is that?

Well if you want to travel with the prince of light your going to have to put your controller down, that is if you care to see the story play out point for point. Here, and example, and i'll do my best to only spoil one early game part of it:

"Noctis leaves the city in a cut-scene."
"Player starts to play the game for roughly 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on playtime."
"Player witnesses another cut-scene of the city....."

HOLD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright put your controllers down because this "cut-scene' is actually a full fledged movie that's roughly 110 minutes, or almost equal to 2 full hours of Final Fantasy lore that your going to need to know for anything later to make any sense. And i'm sure many will tell me no that's not true, but a lot happens in this movie and a lot we never fully get an understanding on, even in the complete edition.

A lot of spoilers too, so for those more interested just take my word for it, you'll be confused why Luna has what she does, why the kingdom at all fell, why the empire are jerks, and why the crystal is important, and that we even had one in the city to begin with now stolen.

Starting to see my point yet?


This game is chalk full of it. DLC that came out months after release that impact moments of the story we simply randomly brush off as "I guess will never know" leading to critical moments in character development and behind the scenes questions. Things that, while they show up in game lead to nothing or simply confuse players. Looking at your Prompto.

Writing that gives alternative story lines and branching narrative to the reasons why Luna's brother hates Noctis, and why Noctis has nearly 0 personality and reasons why he does anything. You know lore.


I could go on, but I'll spare you from anymore needless banter if you somehow made it this far. So while the story is good and interesting it's only such when you understand it in it's full, and this game still does not do that. I could talk about other things also like gameplay or technical issues but these are not why I play a Final Fantasy game. I come for the story, the world and I only got 1/4 of the pie.

Plus, without a story, what is a Final Fantasy game? Unless you like to ride in the Regalia, which, I wont disagree.

One of the best Final Fantasy i ever play