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Message: [QUOTE="zacharinolongpants, post: 49602, member: 27037"] Hey guys, here's a long story/rant that I just wanted to share to see if anybody can relate to with similar anecdotes about this game or others like it lol. Also, I'm sorry if you absolutely loved this game - I'm happy you did and I will certainly talk about the things I like about it with you in the comments too lol. I didn't like the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy very much at all. I kept getting frustrated that they were following through with that series and those characters and was SO exhausted with it. Final Fantasy XIV is awesome but it's a different beast entirely. When FFXV was FINALLY announced, I was so damn hyped, I pre-ordered it as soon as I could and my brother and I would just sit there and fantasize about how awesome it was going to be. I thought the demos they released were super cool and the anticipation kept building. All of these great set pieces and small scenarios, and I don't even know how the main story is going to work all this together. It turns out, they did not do work it all together. In fact, the majority of the important character moments and lore were to be sold separately, with nothing but grindy fetch quests and "bounties" with no plot or context like the awesome Behemoth demo hunt filling the majority of the game time. I didn't know that most of the game's setup was distributed in supplemental material like an excruciatingly dull movie. The map was massive and empty, and fast traveling caused load times that matched the damn travel time of just walking from point A to point B. I didn't know about all this supplemental material, and I just jumped into the game day one of its release. I just kept playing and playing trying to squeeze every little drop of this thing. It was the first real new traditional FF in years damn it! I must be missing something, right? So I suffer through every load time, EVERY single side quest and bounty hunt, every side boss... There were never any cutscenes or story arcs tied to them - pure busy work. I just kept digging through this mound of dog turds looking for corn. All I found was more poop. I'll be shocked if anybody actually reads this, but I'd love to get your memories of games you absolutely tried your very hardest to love. I know it's my fault, and I'm being hard on a game that's still honestly not like, a terrible game. It's just so frustratingly fragmented and patched together, and I see the ingredients of something excellent in it. The flying car you unlock at the end IS tight. [/QUOTE]

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