Review of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) by Soujirop — 31 Aug 2016

The best Final Fantasy movie so far. The graphic part shines throughout most of the movie, and "shines" literally through the unprecedented in 3D movies light effects. Impressive are also the great expressiveness of the characters, showing even the smallest (and very carefully made) facial gestures. The quality drops in very isolated moments, yes, but overall the graphical work is superb.

The music does its work, but it honestly could be better, especially since Final Fantasy sagas are so full of beautiful and memorable soundtracks, which are kind of missing in the film, but surely that will be heard in the game. The voice acting is fantastic, and it surely is an invitation to play the future game in english and not japanese like we are so commonly forced to.

The "professional" critique bashing the plot only makes these critics seem, well, unprofessional. The purpose of the movie is to serve as an introduction to Final Fantasy XV story, and it honestly does a great job both in serving it's purpose and in keeping us hooked throughout the whole movie with something that, even if fans already knew roughly how it all would end, was not predictable at all in the development of events. Nyx is a fantastic protagonist, Regis doesn't dissappoint a bit, and man these villains know how to keep things insteresting. Of course fans will find some easter eggs for them too.