I haven't played it but I struggle to imagine how it could be worse than FF13, a game that was nothing but a bunch of cutscenes strung along by narrow corridors

For all its sins, FF13 was a complete story that closed its loops. Not a great story, but it at least had FF vibes and a dramatic ending.

FF15 just kinda gives up on itself in the middle of the game. You can tell the developers were throwing up their hands and announcing "We don't care anymore, just send it out the door".

A ton of story beats are littered across the first arc that just get dropped. A bunch of story beats are introduced at the top of the third arc seemingly so they can immediately be resolved.

The Act 2 final fight feels like someone cobbled together a God Of War quick time fight over a long weekend.

FF13 is consistently mid from end to end. FF15 drops straight off a cliff once you leave the main continent.

Give me my guy running around on a big globe map representation of the game world or give me death

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