I'm on Chapter 12 I believe? Just left (SPOILER) Tenebra(sp?) Now that the plot has picked up in full swing, I'm probably going to be a bit more vague.

Pros
  • Fantasy Venice was just as cool as Fantasy Havana.
  • The negotiations was pretty neat. I'm curious to know if I had haggled more if I could get something more from it.
  • Jedi Yoda Tonberry indeed.
  • Fishing, so much fishing....
  • If Noctis' climatic battle in Chapter 9 is anything to go by, he might be the strongest protagonist of the series barring sequels.
  • Chapter 10 was pretty gut wrenching.
  • Thanks you for making Malboros scary as smurf again.
  • As heartbreaking as they were, the new walking/combat animations were pretty neat.
  • Did Ardyn just hum Kefka's theme?
  • Not only does he dress like a Doctor Who knockoff but apparently Ardyn is a smurfing (SPOILER) Time Mage
  • The Train sequence was interesting.
  • Finally getting more info about the Empire and the Daemons.


Cons
  • You know Gladio, Chapter 10 was already a low point for the party and might have been better if you weren't being such an ass.
  • (SPOILER) Again, Ignis' losing his eye sight might have been more impactful had the trailers not spoil it already.
  • It seems to me that FFXV has a bit of a villain problem like XIII did. (SPOILER) I mean what the hell happened to Ravus? He's a total revenge seeking dick in Kingsglaive, comes across as such again during the Imperial Base invasion quest, and now you're trying to tell me he really had Noctis and Lunafreya's best interest in hand and now he's no longer working for the empire cause he lost his position off screen? Hell, now you're telling me the Emperor himself is kind of out of the picture? What the hell game, you can't introduce a whole rogues gallery and then get rid of most of them off screen and with little fanfare. I'm already overlooking the fact that Noctis' treacherous uncle from the early pre-XV trailers is absent. Ardyn is great, and better than Dysley but it would have been nice to contrast him with the other villains. So far this revelation has been the first major story element I'm not really digging.
  • Just learned I couldn't do the picture quest in Altissia due to not finishing up the quest line for Vys the Meteor Magazine dude, maybe later.
  • (SPOILER) Despite all of the controversy surrounding her, I feel like Lunafreya was definitely a letdown. I didn't really feel anything for her as a character and her death was more frustrating than tragic for me. She's definitely the weakest female cast member for me.
  • I finally get to (SPOILER)Tenebrae and I can't even really explore it? Argh!