#Final fantasy xv imperial bases series#

The combat was frantic, lush, and completely lacking in anything that even approaching depth. The wild inconsistency in tone, presentation, polish, and framerate was the only consistent thing in the game.

#Final fantasy xv imperial bases series#

The gameвЂ™s intro, a beautiful, understated slow burner set to a fantastic cover of вЂњStand by Me, вЂќ immediately gave way to a series of fetch quests so banal youвЂ™d be forgiven for thinking they were part of some elaborate parody. Final Fantasy XV was a skeleton scarcely held together by animated tie-ins and Cup Noodles sponsorship money. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was unfinished. Calling Final Fantasy XV вЂњunfinished,вЂќ is unfair.

ThatвЂ™s a shame because I really wanted to like it.ДЇinal Fantasy XV вЂ™s production is a fascinating topic worth the kind of deep dive journalism that you wonвЂ™t find in my angry man whines about games column, so IвЂ™m going to focus on the game Square Enix actually released. Much of that DLC is now cancelled, effectively making Final Fantasy XV a contender for the most disappointing game of 2016, 20. Final Fantasy XV is relatively unique in the pantheon of disappointing single player games, however, in that Square EnixвЂ™s iron-willed desire to get its goddamn money back essentially transformed it from a disappointing game to a $60 base platform for a series of poorly planned DLC updates. Final Fantasy XV was the most disappointing game of 2016, an impressive feat given this was the same year that saw The Last Guardian, Tom ClancyвЂ™s The Division, No ManвЂ™s Sky, Street Fighter V and Star Fox Zero slither onto shelves to the collective disillusionment of everyone who has ever been excited about video games, or indeed anything at all, ever.