History VideoGame / FinalFantasyXV

* {{Bishonen}}:
** Noctis, an attractive young man with a slender figure, feminine face, and beautiful blue eyes. Gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Aranea Highwind. [[spoiler:After the ten-year timeskip, he moves out of this trope, as his facial structure becomes more masculine and he grows a [[ManlyFacialHair beard]].]]
** The chocobo-blond-haired Prompto has a similarly svelte build and delicate features.

* FunnyPhotoPhrase: When taking a picture of Noctis in the "Strike a Pose" tour, Prompto will say "Say, 'fuzzy pickles!'", directly referencing ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''.

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* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: [[spoiler:Ignis Scientia]] starts wearing sunglasses when they are blinded at the end of Chapter 9. After the TimeSkip, they replace them with a visor.

* PowerWalk: An early promotional image of [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/e/e7/Prince_gang.JPG Noctis and his friends walking away from a smoking building.]]
** The [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130624153718/finalfantasy/images/9/9c/Final-Fantasy-XV-Main-Cast-CG.jpg promotional image from E3 2013]] has the gang still walking purposefully, but with their finalized designs this time around.

** [[spoiler:The Jump Festa '15 trailer and ''Episode Duscae'' stinger, taken together, strongly suggest this will be the darkest ''Final Fantasy'' story yet, with the main thrust of the plot not about defeating the enemy utterly but just surviving and trying to claw some kind of victory out of the ruins of Noctis's old life and preventing Niflheim from doing anything ''too'' awful with Lucis's Crystal. It is perhaps most comparable to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' in this regard.]]

* FoodPorn: Any dish cooked by Ignis at camp gets its own screen time.

* GameGourmet: This is the first game in its franchise to feature a wide array of [[http://www.ign.com/wikis/final-fantasy-15/Food_and_Recipes beautifully rendered foods you can cook and enjoy]], and there's even a sidequest which doubles as a massive ProductPlacement for [[UsefulNotes/RamenAsDehydratedNoodles Nissin Cup Noodles]].

* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised: The cancelled DLC for 2019's "Dawn of the Future" was later released as a novel.

** Ignis can choose between [[BladeOnAStick spears/polearms]] and DualWielding daggers.

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Combat dialogue with [[BladeOnAStick Aranea]] in the party:

%%BookEnds are matching scenes from the beginning and end that specifically highlight a character's arc, a significant change in the plot, or meaningful relationships. Scenes which are merely a symbolic parallel to each other can be MeaningfulEcho, CallBack, or ContinuityNod depending on their use.

* NoPronunciationGuide: A weird case in that "Ravatogh" is actually inconsistently pronounced within the game itself, with some characters giving the first 'a' the long vowel sound while others give it the short vowel sound.

* A freemium mobile game, ''Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire'', was created by the studio behind ''VideoGame/GameOfWarFireAge'' and has [[AllegedlyFreeGame all the same baggage]]. It was released on June 29, 2017.

*** Ignis can switch the elemental affinity of his daggers to give his attacks and Limit Break different effects, and the world area is based on control of a region, with Ignis being required to clear out a particular area of enemies in order to liberate it and progress in the DLC story.* UselessUsefulSpell: Averted. Poison is an annoyance to you, but on enemies it's a godsend.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Mystery Meat Sushi, as mentioned on the [[https://ff15wiki.com/wiki/Mystery_Meat_Sushi wiki]] is actually a real thing.

In a major departure from previous main series ''Final Fantasy'' titles, ''XV'' is an ActionRPG along the lines of fellow Creator/SquareEnix staple ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', enjoying tropes such as ImplausibleFencingPowers, SpontaneousWeaponCreation, WeaponizedTeleportation, [[TakeCover taking cover]] and massive {{video game setpiece}}s. Noctis is the main playable character, and combat is based around his mechanic of "Warping" to maneuver around the battlefield. A later update to the game made his three friends playable; Gladio is a MightyGlacier, Ignis is a support-focused MagicKnight, and Prompto is a GlassCannon with ThirdPersonShooter elements. The game uses [[Creator/SquareEnix Square Enix]]'s next-generation development platform, ''[[http://youtu.be/MmaotBON9NM Luminous]]'', which was developed alongside the game.

In a major departure from previous main series ''Final Fantasy'' titles, ''XV'' is an ActionRPG along the lines of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', enjoying tropes such as ImplausibleFencingPowers, SpontaneousWeaponCreation, WeaponizedTeleportation, [[TakeCover taking cover]] and massive {{video game setpiece}}s. Noctis is the main playable character, and combat is based around his mechanic of "Warping" to maneuver around the battlefield. A later update to the game made his three friends playable; Gladio is a MightyGlacier, Ignis is a support-focused MagicKnight, and Prompto is a GlassCannon with ThirdPersonShooter elements. The game uses [[Creator/SquareEnix Square Enix]]'s next-generation development platform, ''[[http://youtu.be/MmaotBON9NM Luminous]]'', which was developed alongside the game.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Most of the world's population is decimated following Luna's death and the engulfment of the world in darkness]].
** [[spoiler: By the end of the game, Ignis, Gladiolus, Prompto, Cid, Cindy, Iris, Talcott, and Aranea are some of the only characters left alive among who knows how many other people.]]
** In the novel ''Dawn of the Future'' it's revealed that [[spoiler: Bahamut reveals that he wants to purge all humanity in order to cleanse Eos from the Starscourge, thus literally killing all.]]

* {{Speedrun}}: One particular dungeon, the hidden Pitioss Dungeon has become the subject of this. The dungeon itself has no combat whatsoever and requires pure platforming. This, combined with its sprawling nature filled with numerous [[SequenceBreaking sequence breaks]] has made it a favorite of speedrunners.

''Final Fantasy XV'', formerly known as ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII'' before its rebranding in 2013, is the fifteenth NumberedSequel in the [[DevelopmentHell game-delayingly]] [[RunningGag popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. It is the sixth entry in the ''Franchise/FabulaNovaCrystallisFinalFantasy'' subseries, sharing a common mythology with ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'', albeit with no direct connection.[[note]][[WordOfGod Game director Hajime Tabata]] has [[http://www.novacrystallis.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-xv-detailed-game-informer/ stated]] that while ''XV'' thematically remains part of ''Fabula Nova Crystallis'', its mythos has since "disconnected" from the subseries's core structure, and features lore ''vastly'' different from that of ''XIII'' and ''Type-0''.[[/note]]

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* StatStick: Your total stats are determined by the weapons you have equipped, like the main game. It might be beneficial to grab a weapon simply for its good stats to boost those totals, whether you stick with them short-term or long-term.