Final Fantasy XIII . Yes, it's blemished, but at least they didn't try and split up characters on purpose so they could try and cough up some extra cash from us. Yes, there's FFXIII-2 and LR, but they are both big full meaty games. FFXV is a broken clock that's trying to be "fixed " with sellotape and some of its numbers are removed....on purpose.
I liked XV's cast at first, but after a while, they became very one-note. Prompto takes photos, Noct sleeps, Gladio embraces that ''toxic masculinity'' and Iggy says meme. I hated the XIII cast for years, but after spending time with XV's lackluster bros, they started to shine a bit more. I hate Lightning, but okay, at least she's a character. Same with Hope, Vanille, and Fang. The only one I don't remember developing much was Snow. Snow stayed as Snow throughout the game- he just learned to be careful of Lightning. Even then, at times, he still managed to piss her off.
The XIII cast is not the best, but at least they feel like a group of characters. The only one I can credit from XV is Prompto, but you have to buy his DLC ofc to really feel that.
Also, XIII is linear, but at least those straight roads you stroll across look beautiful. XV is a big open world that just feels dull and empty. Then again, I've never been a fan of the "big open world " craze. Just give me an FFI-FFIX world map.
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