It's often said that for many, The Mummy is a bisexual awakening movie- the cast are top to bottom gorgeous.

15 might be a homosexual awakening for many. It's at the very least a dudes rock game. Nothing before or since has come close to emulating the feeling of just being outside with the boys. That being said, the strength of those three twinks and their muscle daddy himbo Gladiolus isn't enough to make the rest of the game hit as hard as it should.

The intro is one of the best in the whole franchise, and the after intro Florence track is iconic. But a weak story, development hell, cut areas, and weak bosses and combat in general weigh it down. Noctis is a fun lead, riddled with doubts but headstrong enough to forge ahead. Ardyn is doing a good Kefka cosplay, but ultimately feels more like a prototype for Emet Selch. Lunafreya might be the worst FF princess, to borrow a term from Disney.

Music rocks, and some of the quests are fun or interesting. That the game came out in any sort of playable state at all is a minor miracle.

It's a miracle that this game came out okay. It's a game made out of tons of scrapped ideas that were not fully formed. There's a ton here to love. The game nails the "dudes on a road trip" vibe. The opening scene of them pushing their busted car down the road is an all-timer. The way the game uses Prompto's photos that he randomly takes during gameplay in the ending bits of the narrative is inspired.

It's too bad that this is also a game with mushy, vague combat where you mostly hold down the attack button and chug hundreds of potions to brute force your way through every combat encounter. I love that there's a block and counter mechanic where a giant BLOCK NOW prompt appears in the center of your screen because all of the enemy's attack animations are almost impossible to read.

Final Fantasy XV is also a game where your can very easily see all of the stables, tape, and glue that is barely holding it together. I hear it's a little better now after all of the updates and DLC, but I finished this game way before any of that stuff came out. I should go back to this some time to check that stuff out.

Can't say much since I've haven't played in years (and technically haven't finished because I got spoiled) other than that, I can really fuck with the battle system. I don't think I've seen a 4 person battle system that was more fun than 15's. My favorite thing about it was the links, its fun seeing the chemistry from the group in battle. The friendship between the 4 characters is also amazing, it feels like a real friend group. And we see it all throughout the story. That's all really all I can say, I would replay the game but when i did, it kind of felt blander than when I first played it