Is the game worth it

[Smeep]

hi so ive been saving up money and have 20 bucks and i was wondering if this game is worth it its been on my wishlist multiple times and i still wonder if i want it or not. So is the game worth it?

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by WarCommander:

Can it played as coop or as it says pvp?

PvP. no. If the store page says that it's a boo-boo.
Co-op - only the DLC Comrades. The main game/other DLC's, no.

[The Mad Cheshire Rabbit]

I recently purchased this game on sale. It's the first of the FF I've ever played and I am really enjoying it. I cannot compare it to other games in the FF series, but since playing it I have decided to purchase more FF titles to check out upon completing the story.
I would happily recommend this game to others.

[meep_meep]

Originally posted by Xaphnir:

Yeah, it is kind of weird, they've got good characters, and the story could have been good, but it's just...bare bones. So little happens until the last ~10 hours or so, and then it rushes through the story, with seemingly important segments relegated to a 30 second conversation. There was so much potential in this game, but you can tell the 10 year development and constant re-invention of the game took its toll.

It seems pretty obvious that they originally intended the later parts of the game to take place on their own large open maps, a la Witcher 3. I.e., a fully explorable archipelago around Altissia, and another open world area on the continent where Niflheim is. I think they ran out of time to build out those parts of the world, so they just crammed all that story into a few linear sections. Consequentially, they also had to add extra stuff into the initial open world area to make it seem more substantial, but that extra stuff didn't really advance the plot at all.

At least, that's the explanation for the unbalanced story that makes the most sense to me.

[Mako]

I have completely different opinion. Early Versus 13 videos never showed big open world. And main series single player FF games never had a true open world where you can go almost anywhere after leaving intro/tutorial location. They are either strictly linear with no/limited access to previous areas or open access to new areas slowly as you progress through main story.
As such I think originally the whole game was looking more like chapters 10-14, 6 (that part when only Ignis can drive and you can only choose to stop for a small walk at certain locations) and 7 (where you are technically still in open world but locked in a small portion of it). And really almost all open world activities aside from dungeons (probably my favorite part of the game) and some high end hunts feel like filler content.
As for the story, it still heavily resembles 13, even after they remade it into 15. Its a good story, but Noctis has a very limited perspective. Ardyn feels more like a main character.

[Holy Fool Sehrael]

While certain stuff is needlessly gated behind animations and stuff (Things like staying still when EXP gets earned after a fight, random "dialogues" that just annoy and add nothing) and other minor annoyances, it's well worth it's price for you will get tons of content that'll keep you going for at least 80 hrs, even more if you're very thorough.

[CiZerin]

Originally posted by Mako:

And main series single player FF games never had a true open world where you can go almost anywhere after leaving intro/tutorial location. They are either strictly linear with no/limited access to previous areas or open access to new areas slowly as you progress through main story.

Wait what? FF1, for example, was true open world game.

[Mako]

It was pretty close I guess, but later games definitely became much more restrictive. And it started waaaay before FFX.

[CiZerin]

Originally posted by Mako:

It was pretty close I guess, but later games definitely became much more restrictive. And it started waaaay before FFX.

well yeah, I think first signs were in FFIII. And FFVII set new standard (story driven liner jrpg) and I don't like it for this.

[Holy Fool Sehrael]

There are worse things. Yes, FF15 opens up very slowly, but when it does, there's tons of stuff to do and it indeed becomes an open world. The thing is, it may look like a big map, but it's actually pretty small with many fillers/artifical stretching involved, so it feels like it's a rather small open world as a whole.

[ddmsky]

For the most part - yes. But Zagnaut Keep is such a drag of a quest... it is a sole reason why I need a break from the game

[A]

Glad people like it, I thought it's got a notorious reputation when people say it's bland/bad or the story plain sucks. I myself bought it because I've wanted this game ever since it was called Versus XIII, bought this instead of Nier because I wanted to fulfill a simple childhood dream of mine to play this game, the very reason I got a PS3 along with KH III.

While the criticisms weren't unfounded, idk why but I still like the game for what it is. I wish the characters were more fleshed out and this is me having seen brotherhood and kingsglaive. I wish it was as successful as VII so we got that sweet, sweet multimedia treatment on top of what they already did prior to the game's release. I wish the game was longer, in terms of having more hours invested on the set pieces because when this game tells the story on a linear format, it is pretty good.

[Owl Of Secrets]

No

[Exarch_Alpha]

It´s a good game, 7/10 for me.

[sandormezocsati]

No!

[Turtle / Eli]

Well if your open to experiencing tragedy, which I won't spoil, then go for it. This game has quite the tragic moments. Am disappointed that they turned the canceled dlcs into a book, though the book is alright despite it being lengthy hehe. Story and characters could have been improved a bit, though exploration is somewhat fun. Combat system isn't difficult to understand. Overall, a fairly solid game for me.