I’m very slowly progressing the main story, but the world is very fun to explore so far, despite being pretty empty compared to, say, the Witcher 3. Hunts aren’t as fun as in XII because of the lack of additional side stories, but it’s still immersive enough because the hunts act as pretty much just pest extermination jobs and that alone kind of enriches the world. Had my first encounter with Goblins and wow were they evil little trouts. One thing that annoys me a bit though is the indicators on the field that keep telling you where what is and how many feet away it is. I wish I could just turn it off.

Overall, so far I feel the game has a very specific focus and is really good at it. It’s different from previous FFs, but that’s not a bad thing. I almost feel like nothing happened between XII and this - it feels like a way more natural progression than with XIII in the middle.