What a rollercoaster... The base game started out great, managed to make me want to explore the world and follow along on the journey. But after a while, the entire gameplay turned into riding around from checkpoint to checkpoint, and holding down a button whenever I was engaged in combat. Gone is the complexity from previous entries, gone is the coherent, engaging story.

The DLCs couldn't change my opinion, either. The ones related to the individual characters are not abysmal, but they are not great either. However, the Comrades Multiplayer expansion was such an awful, soulless experience..

This Final Fantasy was a huge change in direction compared to the previous entries, and one in a direction that doesn't resonate with me at all.