Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun with the early game and I'm curious how it'll wrap up. But it wasn't clear until later that the empire was attempting to kill the six, and I also had no idea that Noct making a pact with them was killing them, so to hear characters say Leviathan was dead when I just obtained her…

After dragging out the middle of the game going on hunts, I'm ready to finish Final Fantasy XV this weekend. Mild spoilers to follow.

That seems crazy doesn't it? Why feel beholden to include the Leviathan fight that we only saw? Noctis' techniques and and the teammate combos (ie, Gladio stepping in to protect you from a charging garula) were all removed after being playable in a demo.

I can totally appreciate it. In fact, you're hitting on one of my biggest a questions half-ish way through the game.

Looked up myxomatosis to make sure I was fully understanding the metaphor and I do not encourage it. Seems like an apt metaphor though

Does Final Fantasy XV count? I'm not sure that there is a consensus on its quality yet, but it meets the criteria of actually getting released 10 years after announcement

Didn't get to jump in until last night. Usually love Amazon, but a mystery shipping error meant I didn't get my guaranteed release date delivery. Can't wait to find and unlock my namesake, but the handful of hours I've played have been pleasant.

Is anyone surprised that dropping a person into three unrelated segments of a plot-heavy game (as silly as the plot may be) left them with a feeling of pointlessness?

what exactly qualifies as cheating in Final Fantasy? Is exploiting leveling systems cheating? If that's the case, I don't think its possible to beat any optional boss without 'cheating.'

Yara's object of affection definitely had a tattoo under her eye. It looked like a heart, although I thought prostitutes had tears in the books

Months later, I'm still pushing through Infinite Jest. The first couple hundred pages where a little bit frustrating in the way they introduced seemingly disparate threads or concepts, to have them properly introduced (ie; Orin is a wiz at Eschaton, which isn't explained for a few more sections) or linked to obviously…

Those three levels were a bitch though, especially on the hard difficulty

Sick Tetsuya Nomura burn! But it sounds like the difference between his games and Civil War is that, despite being inane, they're fun

Normally I'd agree with you, but the placement of the knife was so odd across the small of his back that it jumped out at me

I'm gonna repeat my comment from the review- Roose's death would have been a lot more surprising to me if not for the clearly visible and framed knife on Ramsey's back as he went in for the hug.

Ramsey killing Roose should have been so much more impactful, but fell victim to Chekov's conveniently behind-the-waist knife. As soon as it was included in frame during the father/son hug, I said to my roommate, "he's gonna stab dad."

Oh sure, there's artistic merit to games. I think the word fun might have diluted my point here. Even if an artist's purpose is to create art or make an expression and not necessarily to entertain, don't you digest it because you are entertained by art? Likewise, I play games (artistic or not) because I find them…

Great article, but it sounds like you're implying that Aeris' death is less impactful because it was scripted. I don't think anyone who takes the time to comment hear believes that.

Isn't it implied that the knowledge of face changing was given to the faceless men by the Many Faced God? That would also make it divine in nature, and could lend credence to the theory that he is 'the other' that followers of R'hllor are opposed to

This makes far more sense to me! I guess I read her emotion as being directed at the religion and not herself