Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn Critic Reviews

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn tries in every way to satisfy players and fans of the charismatic antagonist, but puts fanservice before narrative coherence, trying in every way to present dramatic and exalting situations, creating new questions and debasing the existing content, especially of the movie Kingsglaive.

Square-Enix's fifteenth fantasy will end up condemned to darkness, as the protagonist of his latest DLC.

Episode Ardyn is fine, but it’s held back by repetitive gameplay that doesn’t really live up to Episode Ignis or Prompto. Unfortunately, the only thing really worth going in for here is the story and how it expands on FFXV universe lore.

You might have think that because Square Enix cancelled all the others planned DLC, Episode Ardyn ought to be the grand conclusion everyone expected. It is not.

XV will likely go down as one of the most divisive games in the series, and not in a 'it was more liked over time' sort of way: I'm fine with that.