So I tried playing FINAL FANTASY XV In 2023...

With a new mainline Final Fantasy game just mere days away, now felt like the best time to return to Final Fantasy XV and all its DLC. It will likely be the final time I dive into this one in earnest as the torch is passed along. Final Fantasy XV is widely regarded as a miss for the series thanks to its combat and story gaps, but the DLC accomplishes some admirable things. At the end of the day, I'm thankful for this one and remember my time with is well as we all get ready to take that next step together.

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[OkamiBestLoZgame]

Was my first FF game, and I remember after 150ish hours of doing all side quests, as tedious as they were, it was time chilling with the broskis, and finally going to the last campfire and man, shit had me in tears

[c.a.honeycutt]

I think the random pictures was one of the biggest strokes of genius in this game. It was always fun to see what pictures were taken, and then to go back and browse them at the end of the game, looking at my own personal memories. My favorite was the optional dungeon you get access to early in the game, before you’re at the proper level for it, and at the end of it fight a samurai. One of the most difficult fights I had in the game. But I pulled through, and the picture I got was of swords clashing between noctis and the Samurai. It was perfect.

[MrKennyBones]

This story is absolutely fantastic. It’s just a shame it isn’t told properly

[Ativetah]

I loved having 4 boys as main characters and their friendship. The travelling and camping felt so chill every time. I felt deeply connected to them and enjoyed their interactions and growth (with the DLC's even more). The last parts of the game made me cry a lot because they are just so loyal to each other. Every game has flaws and everyone is subjective with their opinions anyway so this is my subjective take :)

[mikeymacaque]

I was out of gaming for most of the 2010s, so I knew none of the context with it. Absolutely adored it when I played it. It’s far from perfect, but the more I think about my time with it the more I love it.

[llamaclipz]

Underrated masterpiece. They need to re-edit the game with all the DLC episodes stiched in chronological order

[Blackfire_]

I love this game. It's not perfect, not at all, but with a touch-up of its story and combat, it would have been a close reenactment of classic final fantasy games

[Lordoftheapes]

XV hit me in the feels pretty good. After high school, my friends and I took that road trip, then went our separate ways.

[Izzy_Dead]

Final Fantasy XV isn't a perfect game, but it is absolutely a good game. Some if the points could be polished and filled out a little better but it's absolutely stunningly beautiful and what is there is a ton of fun to play. My biggest gripe is how the DLC feels too much like side stories and are kinda clunky in how they're attached to the main story.

[Cabbge.]

I remember grabbing this game off the shelf when I was 13 and buying it with my 2016 Christmas money, just because I thought the cover looked cool. I knew nothing about Final Fantasy. It ended up being one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever had. There were many tears at the end.

I always love revisting the boy band whenever I'm in need of some sweet nostalgia.

[a.block.of.tofu.]

This is a game i feel like hit so many of us in the same way oddly. I remember it being a flawed experience but i also look back on it so fondly. A game never made me feel like i was on an adventure with my friends so well, and despite the story being thin and obviously incomplete the end still got me.

[akiinmoonlight]

FF15 is way to overhated, despite it's flaws it's something very special, it has a epic soundtrack, , it's extremely beautyful and has alot of content and a world to get lost in, it's pretty emotional and it managed to be successful, sell 10 million copies meanwhile capture alot of new fans ❤

[Professor_Kovu]

It’s so crazy how hated this game is. It’s unashamedly my favorite game of all time

Edit: I played the game day 1 without any changes or DLC’s and loved it then as well. The DLC’s 100% do improve the experience though

[MrGonz]

You can actually still access the comrades expansion, they allowed you to do all the missions offline. It's set in the time gap between Noct entering the crystal and the amazing camping scene. It actually fixes every issue that you had with Noctis' gameplay AND the magic system, it's literally how Noctis' should have played

[statesminds]

I didn’t hate the game but sucked you needed to watch a movie and an anime and play dlc to fully enjoy story. Lol i wish they would have finished all the dlc episodes instead of Forspoken

[SuperSonicAnguirus]

In all honesty I personally feel like this is one of my favorite games of all time. I have a few gripes, but honestly I LOVED this game. I kinda grew up on Nintendo my whole life, and I knew Final Fantasy existed but didn’t know where to start when I got my PlayStation, and luckily they said could jump in with this game and I was blown away! I loved every minute of it and to me this is what Final Fantasy 7 is to a lot of Final Fantasy fans.

[sbotti]

First half of this game, pretty much the open world, was one of the most enjoyable and engrossing FF experiences I’ve had. And I’be played the majority of the series going back to the first as a kid.
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A few straight forward tweaks to the story, camera mechanics, and the flow of the “acts” and this could have been an absolute masterpiece.

[MadDogRyan]

Favorite game of all time not because story, not because gameplay, but because the characters and they’re dynamics are so well done, and as a lonely loner boy that doesn’t want to be a loner the characters made me feel like I had friends

[umylpjb]

The characters honestly feel real just chilling with the boys and many others along the way that what sold me to this game a masterpiece in it's own way.

[J.T.G.]

I hope matty found out that noctis has multiple different combos he can do that's way more useful than just holding circle or B, because the combat system with noctis is way deeper than he let's on. Man you can really bring out your inner dmc player on XV if you try different things and understand it. Oh and trust me- you get something cool for unlocking all the Armiger weapons...