I really enjoyed the demo on the Xbox. My favorite RPG since Dragon's Dogma. I spent about 4-5 hours on it and thought it was a good adventure that has some challenging stuff in it. Once I learned a few tricks with the combat I really started to like it. I was frustrated at first because it was different than what I'm used to, and I just got done playing through Bayonetta. It does loosely resemble Type-0 in the way it controls.
The enemies can pile up very very quickly if you're not careful in the cave or outside in the wetlands at night in some spots. The game probably isn't optimized the way the full product should be. The only really bad frame rate I saw was when I escaped the Behemoth the first time. The rest of the time the frame rate is fine and it seemed to me to be around 30 FPS. 60 would be great, but I don't expect it on the Xbox or PS4 for most games of this calibre. I don't expect a game like FF to move like Bayonetta, and I don't really want that since there is more strategy here. The game is stunning to look at from every angle, and I thought it played well once I figured out the monsters' attacks. it really is like monster hunter in those ways.
Once I got the Ramuh I almost crapped my pants when I summoned him. Holy shit.
I took on the Behemoth in the Wetlands post-game at level 30 and beat him after about 40 minutes. I purposely did not want to use the summon, and it worked out because of the Armiger ability. I'm going to use that a lot in the full game as it's a pretty cool ability.
I wish Prompto didn't get himself killed so much, and sometimes the other AI companions get in my way. Yes, I'm thinking of Ignis.
There was an option at the car for "Take the wheel." It was greyed out, but that sounds a little promising. Thought I don't expect we'll be running over Chocobos.
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