A competent game in a sense. I wanna give this game more credit than I should. It looks beautiful and the story beats are great, combat good and pretty damn satisfying but the actual gameplay loop and pacing can be so off sometimes… one of the most graphically impressive games I’ve ever seen in my life. The story is very engaging but right when you’re about to take on a republic leader, the game will send you on stupid fetch quests. Ff15 never did that which is notoriously hated. It’s like I’m being cockblocked when I just wanna do the story. The sidequests are ass and are never worth it. The loot, crafting, and xp system are just kinda stupid. I never felt like I was gonna lose no matter what equipment I had. Combat itself is smooth as shit and lots of options but it’s just too damn easy compared to other action games like dmc which have harder but more satisfying learning curves. And that’s the funny part, this is an action game. More like dmc than final fantasy. I’m calling it an action game with rpg elements. As for the pacing, I was taking on gods and shit and then when I’m done, I had to do an hour long fetch quest and I dozed off TWO times during it. I know this sounds like I’m shitting on the game but it’s like a 7.8 for me right now. Maybe my mind will change someday. I kinda had to push through it, which is something you shouldn’t have to do for a game. I feel without the fluff, more refined mechanics, and maybe shave 5-10 hours off the game, it would be a classic. Oh, and that last hour was fuckin awesome.