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[robotrock]

I like how people are into the cast. I really grew on them watching that brotherhood anime

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Buckle up, buckaroos!

I really should've added the dialog to that...



Someone feel free to edit the GIF to make it FFXV appropriate.

 

[Jashobeam]

about what most were expecting I take it, guess it was too much to ask for this to be a masterpiece, alas it is only just good.

 

[Ran rp]

The solo/stealth section lasts almost 2 hours? (IGN)

Yeah I've heard 2 hours more than 1hrs/3hrs now.

 

[JBwB]

Loving the reviews! Gonna take a while to read all of them.

 

[AkirraKrylon]

Today I learned: ~85 is a flop.

Lolwut?

 

[Gator86]

Feeling pretty comfortable with my rental plan. You can't trust a modern FF.

 

[dracula_x]

not bad so far

84 on OpenCritic

 

[Rad-]

Yikes. I was certainly expecting better reviews than FF13. Looks to be about the same so far.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Well, this is actually a lot better than I expected. I thought there was a good chance this game would end up in the 70s on MC. Looking forward to playing it tomorrow.

 

[brandonh83]

Today I learned: ~85 is a flop.

Lolwut?

Oh you're about to learn a LOT of things today.

 

[Ladekabel]

Tabata exclusively said the main quest takes about 50 hours if you do only story at one point though......

Whenever a dev gives a statement about the time to finish a story divide that number by two.

 

[M-PG71C]

Absolutely awesome! I can't wait to sink my teeth in it. 20 hour story playtime is perfectly fine with me anyway for as long as the 20 hours kick ass, which sounds like it.

 

[Catvoca]

Kotaku. He's really positive about the dungeons. I'm tired of lame JRPG dungeons so this sounds great.

Thanks, I'll read that review next so!

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Pleasantly surprised with the positive reviews, thought it would get lower.

Now to wait for 10 hours before the game is unlocked on the PS4

 

[RPGCrazied]

I hope not even though I like Noctis and Co. We shouldn't see anything tied to FNC again except in side games and spinoffs like Dissidia and WOFF. This chapter for SE needs to close so we can move on to FFXVI.

I really think Final Fantasy needs a reboot. I mean, so we can start at 1 again. Numbers getting to high.

And watch XVI be another MMO. lol

 

[DarkLordMalik]

End of an era guys!

I was confident that what I played was great and it turned out to be case

 

[Griss]

This is the crap that makes me so mad about modern Final Fantasy games. Guys, just make a damn story!

I know. Just... fuck the outside marketing and spin-off shit, just make sure your story has

-An exciting beginning
-Some interesting world-building and backstory
-A villain that makes sense
-A climax
-A conclusion

With story beats at regular intervals along the way. Why is this so hard?

Kingsglaive has tons of story beats that would have made for a fantastic opening to FFXV. It's not like they're not capable of writing this stuff...

 

[Panda Rin]

Higher scores than expected honestly - thought it would land much lower.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

So, decent reviews so far. Nice.

I'm guessing I'll enjoy this game less than I did Xenoblade but more than I did Xenoblade X.

Loving FFXV so far but Xenoblade is ATG JRPG material. One of the best games I've played in 20+ years.

 

[Mister Zimbu]

I don't know. I think I'm only going to preorder 8 copies instead of 12.

 

[Byvar]

I'm glad this seems to be doing well so far, I'm quite excited to play this as soon as it gets delivered!

By the way, Kotaku's review has quite a big spoiler in one of the screenshots, and it's very visible.

 

[Boke1879]

Possible to finish a JRPG in under 30 hours?

Best news coming out of this. I'll pick it up now. Had no interest in buying another 60 hour+ JRPG bloatfest.

I was just going to comment on this. Most people don't have time to play a 60 hour JRPG story wise. That said there is still enough here with everything to get a large amount of playtime and feel satisfied.

 

[JBwB]

Currently at 86 on Metacritic

Edit: Haha Slixshot

 

[Slixshot]

87 on metacritic so far

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xv/critic-reviews

Edit: lol hi, JBwB

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

Very satisfied with review scores although I can't wait to play the game myself tomorrow!

 

[Chun-Li]

I took the rest of the week off of work for this game lol. Woo!

I'm juat glad SE can finally say they shipped this game. Reviews are pretty good too!

 

[Jarmel]

Yikes. I was certainly expecting better reviews than FF13. Looks to be about the same so far.

13's reviews were inflated. This is about what it should be.

 

[Killer Queen]

So your saying these scores are bad? Looks like it's exactly what I thought it would hover around.

Unless it's 10/10 it's bad according to GAF. But 8/10 is pretty damn good in reality.

 

[dracula_x]

Today I learned: ~85 is a flop.

Lolwut?

yep. NeoGAF is amazing

 

[Menitta]

I'm so happy this game can just come out and we can shut up about it.

 

[rtcn63]

Agreed. I don't hate Skyward Sword, but with games like this I like to let it build up a bit of a legacy first. I can never seem to gauge AAA games well from reviews alone.

Yeah, when it comes to establishes names reviewers are either incredibly generous or they mercilessly burn that shit to the ground (RE6, which was admittedly deserved somewhat).

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

 

[D23]

20hours is perfect for me. I'll even settle for 15hrs

 

[Grim-Reality]

Good scores. Haven't been extremely hyped for the game in a long time, so going in expecting it to simply be an enjoyable experience, nothing more.

 

[_Ryo_]

wait. that one reviewer said he completed the story in 29 hours? Hmm. Eeeh.

 

[Mister Megative]

Yikes. I was certainly expecting better reviews than FF13. Looks to be about the same so far.

Lol wat

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Solid reviews scores.

 

[DrFunk]

Possible to finish a JRPG in under 30 hours?

Best news coming out of this. I'll pick it up now. Had no interest in buying another 60 hour+ JRPG bloatfest.

same here - with a full time job, I can probably finish this now!

 

[bigol]

People disappointed by the scores being so high. I predicted correctly:80-85. No way this game would have reached 90+ but also impossible to receive a MC as low as sub 70.

 

[Y2Kev]

You can beat the story in 20 hours? If so I will love this game.

 

[Astral Dog]

This is the crap that makes me so mad about modern Final Fantasy games. Guys, just make a damn story!

They needed to make a good game first, someone is calling the shots.

Not that they are very good at it either, but looks to be enjoyable

 

[Eolz]

87 on metacritic so far

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xv/critic-reviews

with 9 reviews

 

[GinoFelino]

Megative

And yeah

Glad to see this.

Still think reception will be really divisive on GAF!

 

[Ran rp]

84 on meta again.
edit: no wait, the page keeps fuckin' up

 

[oti]

Possible to finish a JRPG in under 30 hours?

Best news coming out of this. I'll pick it up now. Had no interest in buying another 60 hour+ JRPG bloatfest.

Same! Recently stopped playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions after 20h because I had other things to do. Tried to continue and it's so demotivating to read there are 20-30 more hours until the end. Nuh. I'm good. I got things to do, places to be.

 

[The Last One]

Here's some predictions:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1315971&highlight=embargo

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Higher scores than expected honestly - thought it would land much lower.

Same

Thought it'd be getting 8s in the main, but with a fair few big sites giving it a 5 or 6. Plenty of time for that to happen yet, though.

Got despatched today btw

 

[Trickster]

Sounds like the open world and exploration aspects are actually the games strong suit. Kinda blowing my mind if true, the open world have looked super barren in all the footage I've seen

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Yikes. I was certainly expecting better reviews than FF13. Looks to be about the same so far.

That doesn't mean anything, games were reviewed very differently back when FFXIII was released. Giving a big mainstream game a score below 8 was unthinkable back then, not so much now, thankfully.