I'm waiting for the rest of the DLC to drop before giving XV another go, but judging by what I've read on the matters, the "complete" version is going to feel like a very different beast from what I played, which will likely help it with new adopters but feel a bit jarring for someone like myself who played Day 1. My thoughts on DLC are mostly inline with Aulayna's statement, but I'm not exactly salty about how XV turned out cause I feel like the circumstances of its creation showed all of us that the game was likely going to be rough.

What I do find surprising is when I do talk to people who really enjoyed the game. My girlfriend has become slightly obsessed with the game and she's even cosplaying Noctis all this weekend as we speak, which I find fascinating because for the life of me, I can't get her to play any entries in this series besides X, X-2, and eventually and very begrudgingly, VI. So to have her jump onto an entry with little push from me or anyone else has been interesting and pretty much shows that despite all of our wailing about the product, it still has its appeal somewhere.

I wonder how my own opinion will change when I give the game another go?