Its been so long since I've been on here. But I really enjoyed playing XV and it made me think of here, so here I am. I suppose for safety sake I can put my thoughts into spoilers???? I forget forum policies. Forgive me if I mess up on something.




Anyhoo,

Thoughts on the game?

When I first started playing it, I didn't really like it if I was honest. I thought it was weird to have F&TM singing Stand By Me... so very un-FF like IMHO. I found it hard to relate to the characters, I hadn't watched Kingsglaive or Brotherhood so I was quite lost on the story. I found it weird that after finding out his hometown was toast, Noct just kinda goes about his buisness. I guess you could argue that he knew it was pointless to go back etc, but yeah. I wasn't very fussed about it.

Kept going for the sake of going....

and then came
SPOILER!!:
the Leviathan fight.

That was a massive turning point for me in the game. I was annoyed that for all that getting to Lunafreya was your mission and you never "really" get to her and then she goes and dies was a bit much for me, but the whole fight was freaking awesome. Probably doesn't hurt that Leviathan is my fave summon ha ha.

After that, everything started ramping up. I was confused about Umbra at first, I clearly don't read very well as I thought that if I "went back in time" that all progress would be saved there. So I went through everything, up until the Ravus fight without going back to try and level, earn money and stock up on healing items. I got SCHOOLED the first time I attempted Ravus ha ha. I think I was level 35? Way too low. Figured out just how Umbra worked and then went back in time.

Totally did that experience boost as well. Not sure if you guys know about it, the one where you eat the food that gives 100% exp buff, then do a bunch of exp-cast spells then take out the Bandersnatch north of Hammerhead then sleep in Altissa? Boosted me a lot.

The end was just mint IMO. I loved it. I ended up watching Kingsglaive part way through playing the game... made me a bit sad that Nyx was Ifrit. Such a dick deity lol, when he gave up so much to save everyone. That fight was so long and epic for me. Arden wasn't so bad, not sure if it was because I sucked so much but I had a bunch of summon things pop up so he went down pretty quickly.

Oh and the FEELS with the ending credits. Where it plays Stand By Me again and it totally clicked for me about the song. Maybe I'm getting slow in my old age ha ha.


I'm still lost on some things.... I don't know what triggers a summon in the first place. Certain areas? Events? Condition of Characters?

I'm working on Costlemark atm, I blew through the story knowing I could explore more when I finished the game.

Would love to hear other people's opinions