Like the title says, though slightly dramatic sounding I guess. This is just off the cuff, I just wanted to give sing some praises before I'm done with my roadtrip.
I first played FF15 18 or so months ago - I did NOT like it! I called it one of the worst games I had played up until that point, and I was just generally negative about the game, how shattered the FF15 experience felt and so on. Now, after that first playthrough, I always knew I wanted to return to the game, to play through it properly rather than deciding 3 odd hours in it wasn't for me and speedrun the game - Which was a bad idea of course, it reinforced the negative thoughts that had accumilated up until that point and it just growing more and more. This was so dumb of past me, really dumb.
Now, a 2 weeks ago I deleted all my saved data, the menu is reset, dlc progress... EVERYTHING! I started a new save and just took my time, I spend time with the Brotherhood (really good) series, I watched Kingsglaive (fine), played the Ignis DLC (phenomenal!) and have now started reading The Dawn of the Future. The more time I have spent with this installment, the more I've come to love this mess of a game. I love this world, I love these characters, I love this messy game. Final Fantasy XV is special, much like every other Final Fantasy, they each have their unique quirk that just spark something in everyone, I believe this is why no one can agree on a single best game - they all do their own thing and do it well.
I could go on but I think y'all get it, I love this game a lot now. I apologize if this was too cheesy, cringe, whatever, I just wanted to glaze for a moment.
And with that, I am sorry Final Fantasy XV.