No Lives Left

If there is one thing you can count on when you start a jRPG, it's a long adventure. It doesn't matter how the story is structured, as long as there are sidequests and a leveling system, jRPGs can easily span 50 to 60 hours without even trying. At least this gives a good return on investment in term of content. The one big mystery, however, is if it's worth even delving into at all. Final Fantasy XV (FFXV) has enough good things  in it that make it worth the price of admission, if only slightly. SquareEnix did an incredible job on bringing the world of Final Fantasy to the next gen console systems. The graphics are great, there is quite a bit of enemy variety, and the ending is actually pretty epic despite being a bit obtuse. But there are just a few flaws on a fundamental level that make me really hesitant to recommend the game. Instead of doing a full on review, I'd like to discuss some key points of my time with the game  (Ah, heck it's pretty much a review...

Oh, Nintendo. You've done it again! And not the good "You've done it again!" This presentation was of typical Nintendo fashion: Confused the audience, show some really awesome games, then show the audience you don't understand the audience, and then end. Nintendo, you spent quite a bit of time telling me and millions of others about the Joy-Con controllers but you failed to sell me on  why  I need them. I mean understand that those little itsy, bitsy dongles that have all sorts of bells and whistles are important, but I'm still more confused than ever as to what it means to games.  I mean, what is "HD Rumble" and what does it have to do with ice cubes? Why did you show the Joy-Cons detecting different amounts of ice cubes? On another note  they look too tiny to hold in my hands. Plus they are freaking expensive . I know they have a lot of technology in them, I just didn't see much application during the presentation. Nothing about these con...