In my push to finish Final Fantasy XV before it leaves Xbox Game Pass I had hoped to make up for lost time. Doing the math, I figured Ill need to cover an average of five hours a day. But after Day Two I only have a grand total of seven hours clocked on my save file; Im still three hours behind.
I feel like Im making progress, though. Im in Chapter three of 14. Ive arrived in Lestallum and acquired four of the Royal Armspowerful, HP-sucking weapons that are each locked behind a standard dungeon. Even so, Im looking forward to the weekend, when I can average more than three hours a day, to make some real progress.
I still struggle to ignore side-queststhis time the chocobos brought me down. I couldnt ignore their bright yellow faces and happy kweh chirrups, nor could I pay no mind to Promptos incessant begging. So against my better judgement, I took up the side-quest that unlocks the big birds, requiring me to track down and defeat a fuck-off huge behemoth.
I really like the monster designs in FF15. Previous games stylization and the limitations of graphics engines always made the monsters look cartoonish and fake. FF15 is the first time these malboros, behemoths, and coeurlsoh my!look like actual animals from the real world. But creature difficulty seems oddly balanced in this game. With my level 15 party, a random encounter with a level 34 creature was easier than the side-quests level 15 behemoth. Said behemoth wiped me once and on my second attempt I used all of my healing items, necessitating a trip to the local dive bar/diner/drive-in for restocking. Yall, Im constantly teetering on the edge of broke bitch status.
I never have enough money, forced to sell what I hope arent crafting materials just to make ends meet. I just cannot understand how King Regis can send his only son out into the world with nothing more than five gil and a good luck! Like, arent you a prince, Noctis, shouldnt you have enough gil to keep yourself tripping on elixirs? Taking down that behemoth netted me a 2k windfall, making me realize, shit, Im gonna have to take more huntsand therefore waste timeif Im going to have enough money to keep going. Thankfully Ive trained Ignis in the Regroup technique that revives allies in the danger status and restores HP. Its a nice alternative when my elixirs are running low.
Keep it on the DL, but Im starting to suspect Prompto has a slight crush on Gladio based on the inordinate amount of pictures hes taken featuring the two-handed sword-swinger. Whats that ship called? Gladiompto? Promtio? Gladto?
Oops all Gladio.
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Damn.
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Ok, hes hot, but the mullet is inexcuseable.
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No thoughts, just vibes.
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Prompto, please. Contain your thirst.
Ill be back on Monday with another update, hopefully somewhere closer to the 20-hour mark. If Jason Schreiers old review is correct, thatll have me within closing distance to the end of the main story. If I do make it to the end with time left on the clock, Ill enjoy myself by heading back out into the world and exploring more. Seven days left.read more
Too Fast Too Fantasy XV: Late, Broke, And Bodied By A Behemoth
