Final Fantasy XV is a divisive entry in the long-running franchise, and for each thing that it does right, there’s plenty that it gets wrong. The compelling core storylines and charming camaraderie between Final Fantasy XV’s bros make the experience, but pretty much every side quest amounts to little more than a fetch quest. Even just a cursory glance at Forspoken, Luminous Studios’ next game, shows that the developer is building on the foundation of its work on Final Fantasy XV, but the team definitely learned what flaws needed to be addressed. I recently had the chance to play roughly four hours of Forspoken, and one side quest has stuck with me for days as one of the most memorable I’ve played in a long, long time.
