At the beginning of chapter 8, more than halfway through. If I got to give this game a score now, I'd score it 6/10.
The most impressive thing about the game are the big maps and the fighting system. Everything else is ehh.
I wish they had cut down on the amount of side quests and just concentrated on making side quests that are fun and challenging and worthwhile. Side quests have been stupid repetitive so far. At one point today, I did 5 or 6 broken down car quests in a row. Really, SE? Instead of making it a bunch of going around looking for 5 cars, they could've made me look for one, but make it difficult to get to and combine all the exp points. They could've done the same for all the other types of quests.
The most unique 'side quests' I've done so far was race Gladio in a foot race and secure the glasses for Ignis from a chocobo. The rest are the same quests over and over again.
I don't really like the characters. Noctis is chill but not very interesting. Gladio is OK but he's boring. Noctis is boring. Prompto is annoying. He's very, very annoying.
Aranea is very cool. I like her. Iris is cute and I feel her being with the team would've created more interesting dynamics. Both of them shook it up a bit when they were in my party.
All in all, the game isn't horrible. I'd probably score it higher if I didn't know that this game was in development for ten yrs. But knowing how long it's been worked on, makes me inclined to judge it more harshly.
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Going to try the rock of ravatugh (is that how you spell it) dungeon tonight. I can really complete four of the quests in one fell swoop
(perfect cup, v's volcanic inspiration, sania's wyvern quest and royal arm quest).. Wonder how much experience I can gain in that hour..