This game has a lot of the same old tropes of past Final Fantasy games, long boss battles, long cinematic cutscenes, and a story that's too complex for it to be compelling. The big problems are the following:
1-The story is uninspiring and difficult to follow. So much is going on, that you have to do a lot of reading to figure out why these people hate these people and who are these people.
2-The main character is whiny. Other characters are flat and lack depth. Previous FF games had some great characters that added to the story, this one does not.
3-Hack and slash with the occasional dodge not only tires your thumbs and gets old fast, but especially in boss battles. Bosses are difficult and morph, followed by cutscenes, followed by more button mashing.
4-Graphics are good, but nothing out of the ordinary on most games now days.
5-The game is violent for no reason other than to be violent. This produces the conundrum is it good to add violence to a series that has childish side stories of chocobos and moogles? Some stories in the game are too violent for kids, and others are too childish for adults.
This game follows a lot of the same patterns of previous Final Fantasy games but with the added violence and button mashing it does nothing to improve previous games. If you love Final Fantasy games chances are you will like this one, but nothing new here and lack of a good story and characters really hurts this game.
2-The main character is whiny. Other characters are flat and lack depth. Previous FF games had some great characters that added to the story, this one does not.
3-Hack and slash with the occasional dodge not only tires your thumbs and gets old fast, but especially in boss battles. Bosses are difficult and morph, followed by cutscenes, followed by more button mashing.
4-Graphics are good, but nothing out of the ordinary on most games now days.
5-The game is violent for no reason other than to be violent. This produces the conundrum is it good to add violence to a series that has childish side stories of chocobos and moogles? Some stories in the game are too violent for kids, and others are too childish for adults.
This game follows a lot of the same patterns of previous Final Fantasy games but with the added violence and button mashing it does nothing to improve previous games. If you love Final Fantasy games chances are you will like this one, but nothing new here and lack of a good story and characters really hurts this game.