My overall opinions as I played it were pretty much summed up in these two threads:

http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread....)-impressions!

http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread....essions-Thread

Course this was playing the original Day 1 version so I know a bunch of stuff got patched or changed as time went on. I'm not even sure if my general opinion now really counts.

With that said, while FFXV utilizes a lot of game design elements I don't care for (MMO style open world, fetch quests, action battle system) I genuinely enjoyed my time with it even if I felt it really dragged in places. It didn't restore my faith in the series like XII did, but it also didn't make me dread the future like XIII did. It's a middle of the road entry for me.