By: Andy / Published: November 27th, 2016
I would like to take this time to officially announce Game #113 that will be played on The Gaming Beatdown. Starting December 2nd, 2016, it is Final Fantasy XV. This is the fifth game of Season #6 of Lets Play Nights. It is also the fourth game of The Empty Wallet-athon' 16/17. It is also the first game in the Final Fantasy series to be played on the channel.
The Empty Wallet-athon' 16/17 Marathon continues, with our fourth game of the marathon. This time diving into a new franchise that is making its TGBD Lets Play Nights debut. For the first time ever on The Gaming Beatdown, and for the first time ever in my life. I will be finally playing a game from a franchise that I have never played before. That being the Final Fantasy series. It makes its debut on the channel, with its latest installment, Final Fantasy XV.
Here is a franchise, I get many requests to play. As many people know, I am a big Kingdom Hearts fan. It is personally my favorite Square-Enix franchise. So because I really like Kingdom Hearts, people expect me to like Final Fantasy. The thing is, I have never played a single Final Fantasy game in my life. I get told to start with a different amount of games in the series, weather that being FF7 or FF10. Since those two seem to be the most popular to alot of fans. However my interest in the series hasn't really been sparked until Final Fantasy XV.
Originally known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy XV plans to be the first game in the series to change the combat and gameplay from previous entries in the series. Most Final Fantasy games are known for being Turn Based RPG's, Now I do like my fair share of Turned Based RPG games. But I get more enjoyment in Action Based RPG's like Kingdom Hearts. This game is also been said to be a great time to get into the franchise, for newcomers to the series can jump into without having to played any of the other games. Which I think is probably the best time for me to finally pick up and play one of these games.
Alot of fans have high expectations for this game, since this was originally known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII as mentioned prior. It was ment to be a spinoff game from the main series of games, until it was changed and became Final Fantasy XV. This game has been in development for 10 years. It was originally going to be a PS3 exclusive game, but sadly this game fell into Game Development hell. From lots of the previous trailers, the game has seen a massive change from its original teaser trailers. It seemed like one of those games, people thought they would not expect to ever come out.
But alas here we are. After 10 years of development, after a two month delay, after a feature length film dedicated to the game, and after all the hype leading up to the game. I'd say my expectations are pretty high especially since this was the game thats been halting Kingdom Hearts III's development, and that alot of assets from this game are carrying over to the next Kingdom Hearts game. For this being my first game I will ever play in the Final Fantasy franchise, I am hoping it exceeds everyone's expectations and myself.
So with that guys, Final Fantasy XV is Game #114, begins on Friday December 2nd, 2016 only on The Gaming Beatdown. If you missed the announcement trailer for this playthrough you can find it available down below.
INFO:
Game: Final Fantasy XV
Platforms: Xbox One, Playstation 4
Released: November 29th, 2016