FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION Reviews

Played about as well as it did the first time, for someone delving more into FF after coming on board from KH and hack-and-slash games. You're gonna wish you did things differently the first time around, but if you're in this just for the story, you have plenty coming your way. Just make sure you pay attention to the side quests and get plenty of in-game rest, because they're going to help you level up.

I remember playing this game on PS4, the first time I've played any final fantasy games and i'm very grateful. That fact, that i can play it on the computer for the first time is amazing, you can add mod which was interesting. The time i spend grinding on this game is one of the best experience I've had. I'm bad at explaining things. Should you play this game, yes the hype when it first came out was in incredible. Something ill cherish forever. Thank You for coming to my ted talk ^^

With a slight pacing fix and having an option to play all the DLC's when they take place in the story and this game would be a 10/10

i conquered this game originally on xbox at launch. The game is slow paced, mechanically easy, empty world, lots of fetch missions, with a radius mission where you wander around hoping to find a needle, story is broken up with forced plots with a lot of off screen stuff that happens. The combat is either hold a button, hold a dodge or lock on then teleport to enemy. So loooooots of bad stuff with this game. still better than 13 so it gets thumbs up

Great combat and story check it out if you love FF.

Originally released for the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4), I was hoping this game will be released to the PC and my wish came true but originally didn't have the Computer to support this. My nephew has built me a computer and it took me some time to purchase this game due to cost and my limited Internet access. Finally bought this game after running the Game Benchmark tool (2022) and was advised of "Average" performance on normal setting, What interested me on this game is the removal of the Active Turn Bar (ATB) and focused on real time Action similar to "The Third Birthday" (Or Parasite Eve 3 to some people). The good side is the tuneup they made for the PC version and I loved every part of it, from the real time effects and interaction to the ability to explore the world as needed. Cindy ( or the "Eye candy" mechanic) also reminds me of what SquareEnix would do in terms of character details (don't forget the Chocobo!!!), I have breathe a sigh of relief for staying on the PC platform instead of buying the PS4 (I have the OG Playstation and Playstation Portable so don't worry Sony!) Even though there were minor issue on character responsiveness during battle or some attack doesn't land even though the animation did register, I found it minor and really enjoy the experience. This is one of the expensive purchase I made and was really thankful about it, I hope I can enjoy this more and hopefully SquareEnix is doing their best to surprise me in the future. Note: To SquareEnix, please be patience with my purchases since It cost a fortune to buy a game and don't forget to return to your root on why you have developed the Final Fantasy series, I have bought the Final Fantasy 7,8,9,X,X-2 after 2 decades and XV is my way of thanking your company for releasing your game to Steam. Thank you for reliving my younger years. (Respectful Bow...)

Great game but the crashes are unbearable. Sadly I couldn't finish the game.

Having now played the bulk of FFXV (I'm in Chapter 13), I really am not sure why it got so much flak. This is a really well made game, with an interesting, emotional story and a solid gameplay hook. I really enjoy it.

👍 I'll give this game a positive because i still enjoyed my experience with it, but i can't help but point out how much potential this game had with its story. Even if you watch everything and play the dlcs when you need to, there's still clearly shit missing which is just so sad and disappointing. This could've been one of the best games in the franchise but just fell way too short. Imo the gameplay, lore and character moments between the main 4 guys was enough for me to remain invested and have fun.

Not the worst Final Fantasy i've every played nor is it my favorite, the game has its fair share of problems but i'll say that after giving the game a real chance i think the game is pretty solid but its obviously incomplete. The game has its fair share of problems, its clear that the game was really ambitious but it has a REALLY troubled development but i think they tried their best for this Royal/Windows Edition. Final Fantasy 15 probably has the smallest party compared to other mainline games and the game itself relies heavily on the development and interplay between the 4 characters, the game quickly establish their relationship and group dynamic right as the game starts while the standard pattern for a Final Fantasy game is the character meeting and getting to know each other as the game progress which is not a bad thing. Though i feel like the attack on Insomnia before the second chapter could be more impactful if they let you run around and explore the city for a bit and see more of Noctis and his father relationship without having to see other piece of media to know it, even though they put a scene from the Kingsglaive movie in this version which i feel like isn't enough with how quickly the plot progresses from there but it was honestly a good call instead of not showing it at all. The game actually have a good story, but it was told in probably one of the worst way with how all over the place it is if you want to know about what happens before the game in multiple form of media. Most people say that the battle system are bad because all you had to do is hold 1 button down and the battle play itself, i mean yeah you obviously wouldn't have a good time if you decided to choose the most unfun and least effective way to play, its not as deep as a full on action game but you got quite a big variety of attacks with how each different weapon have different directional attack to play around with, though the game didn't explicitly told you about the directional attack even though positioning is an important factor in combat. Not to mention the soundtracks are great, can't go wrong with Yoko Shimomura. The open world settings compliment the roadtrip adventure concept of the game, i actually find myself enjoying traversal with the car and didn't use the fast travel that much... and the picture mechanic for each day in the game is really cool with how it randomly generated depends on what you do, it gives your adventure some personal touch. Even though the lighting acts a bit weird sometimes, for a game from 2018 FF15 still looks really good and more importantly THE FOOD LOOKS REALLY GOOD, the game even have some cool enviromental impact detail of magic spells that FF16 didn't have and i personally think the blizzard spell in XV is the best one in the series. After going through development hell im glad that the DLCs helped the game a bit with its weird pacing, and lets us get another playable character that plays differently. The new final dungeon does a really good job naturally letting you play as each party members as the fight progress. The game is not that long but when the credits rolls it felt like a long journey and felt rewarding to me. Despite all the hate i find myself liking the game and i really enjoyed playing it, you can't go wrong by giving it a try, especially on sale. Kinda reminds me of FF8 where people either love it or hate it. Still wish they didn't cancel the Aranea DLC, but hey at least the game has chocobo drifting!