I'm level 50 on chapter 6 now, kinda got bored of doing all the sidequests, the story isn't great. I found the story of 13 hard to follow through my first play through, but thankfully i watched Kingsglaive before i played this and that has helped fill in a lot of gaps. I know what's going on, but there's not really much substance to the characters.
It's a stunningly beautiful game, but if I'm not doing the main story i find it quite tedious. That's not to say that when I'm playing the main story I'm in hook line and sinker which i was from FF6-FF12. There just seems to be something missing, i understand that it started as 13 Versus and i think because of this the game doesn't really know what it's supposed to be. The free roaming and combat works for me, but there's nothing you're going to find whilst roaming around the open world that's going to give you some different dialogue and be able to venture onto a significant sidequest (eg Odin in FF8, Magus Sisters/Yojimbo in FFX. Loads of examples in 7) it's just the same old, get some dog tags, get some ingredients, see a guy with a broken down car, see a wounded hunter. The sidequests that you do find are marked with a question mark and it's far too hand holdy for my liking.
Having had that whinge, there's positives, the combat for me is really fun, especially when you unlock more techniques with the ascension grid. I like how it's very team orientated to deal the best damage and it's the way the game was intended to be played. I miss the need to use magic strategically, if you were good enough you could fight everything just using melee and warping... Graphically it's ace, in the older games you got excited when you were treated to a long cut scene and had the enhanced graphics, they're too few and far between for me in this, again this will have something to do with the fact that it's been altered and changed so much in the development. I think the voice acting is pretty much spot on 90% of the time, the ability to fast travel with the Regalia is a godsend, but i don't want that... I used to love having to do the journeys across the world map to get to my next destination.
It's alright, I think it's better than 13, but not better than any of the 6-12 lot. I'll finish it soon, then give it another whirl. But there's my initial thoughts so far, sorry for the essay.
It's a stunningly beautiful game, but if I'm not doing the main story i find it quite tedious. That's not to say that when I'm playing the main story I'm in hook line and sinker which i was from FF6-FF12. There just seems to be something missing, i understand that it started as 13 Versus and i think because of this the game doesn't really know what it's supposed to be. The free roaming and combat works for me, but there's nothing you're going to find whilst roaming around the open world that's going to give you some different dialogue and be able to venture onto a significant sidequest (eg Odin in FF8, Magus Sisters/Yojimbo in FFX. Loads of examples in 7) it's just the same old, get some dog tags, get some ingredients, see a guy with a broken down car, see a wounded hunter. The sidequests that you do find are marked with a question mark and it's far too hand holdy for my liking.
Having had that whinge, there's positives, the combat for me is really fun, especially when you unlock more techniques with the ascension grid. I like how it's very team orientated to deal the best damage and it's the way the game was intended to be played. I miss the need to use magic strategically, if you were good enough you could fight everything just using melee and warping... Graphically it's ace, in the older games you got excited when you were treated to a long cut scene and had the enhanced graphics, they're too few and far between for me in this, again this will have something to do with the fact that it's been altered and changed so much in the development. I think the voice acting is pretty much spot on 90% of the time, the ability to fast travel with the Regalia is a godsend, but i don't want that... I used to love having to do the journeys across the world map to get to my next destination.
It's alright, I think it's better than 13, but not better than any of the 6-12 lot. I'll finish it soon, then give it another whirl. But there's my initial thoughts so far, sorry for the essay.
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