Well, they shoulda clarified from the get go. Even with the previewer coming away with a positive XP most people took his negatives as ...well, you know, a negative outlook on the game.

I for one, am glad they are not following the expected route. I want them to focus on the story. They second half is scarier? What! Great for me. I want Versus remnants to be peppered over it. Have a serious story. With light hearted moments. Its what FF does best.

Why does it get linear? What happens in the world of FFXV!? Its not what has been shown so far, i'm very happy SE kept the game under wraps this much at least. And the story seems to be random and not predictable as of yet. FFXV "Follow noctis and friends as they look for the crystal on a road adventure" - No, not at all, FF is never so simple. For story reasons, the game gets linear. Its nice in the same way that, while most people dislike that you can only use Noctis and not the other party members, the story is literally built around the fact that Noctis is King.(Which follows through to gameplay, no party member should end up as powerful as Noct, likewise with special ability)

SE should clarify exactly what was missing, if the guy feels he played most of the game then SE should say how much was missing...you know? So as to give a clearer picture for what to expect. The first half seems to have enough side content for completionists so whatever. I am curious for the superbosses though!

From Edges preview, alot of the games previous systems, are not in the second half though. SE need to clarify now

You do realize the Edge previewer said that he absolutely enjoyed his time with FFXV right? Also, Edge gave FFX a 6/10 and it has a 92 meteoritic. If they give FFXV a 6 or 7, that would put it in line with the scores they gave previous ff games that people adore. Edge is notorious for being "critical."

I doubt they're lying, as even the author has clarified that his copy did not reflect the final product.

Did you see the end trailer? What was it?

if u play that demo on a ps4 pro, with HDR and 4K Upscaling turned on, it looks 100x better; I swear I've never seen anything like it (except maybe horizon)

That scene where you first see them attack is pretty crazy!

Dodges don't activate the teleport ability. Teleport was R1 + O. Dodge was just the O button. Explain the Black Hood (the item that automatically Dodges for you)

16 was a lot better, I think 15 was just a big mess with how development went and all. The music though, one of the best in the series, probably the only reason I finished the game.

Every time a party member left for a period of time screamed future paid dlc. It was horrible.

Imagine Dagger and Steiner making the party go to sleep in Lindblum in FF9 disc 1 and then taking off to Alexandria by foot themselves, but then never playing their side of the adventure in disc 2 when they smuggle her through the South Gate in pickles, take the cable car and fight the Waltz, head to Treno and start the quest to find Supersoft. They just eventually reunite with the main party in the future without explanation of what went on in their adventure.

Or Sephiroth's backstory in the famous Kalm flashback being added as a dlc pack. Same goes for Vincent, Cid, or Yuffie for that matter.

Oh and anything to do with Jenova, the Ancients, Aerith, her mom and Gast, shoved into a 2 hour CG movie or 5 hour anime ministries that's considered required viewing for anything in the main game to make sense or have characters actually be interesting.

I enjoyed FF15 at the time, and finished it, but it's bright spots are marred by a bad development cycle and a worse marketing scheme.

I don't recall Sony forcing you to subscribe like nobody forced you to go to Blockbuster to rent games instead of buying them.