History YMMV / FinalFantasyXV

** Gladiolus is the most polarizing of the party characters mainly due to his characterization from chapter 9 onwards. His fans like his straightforwardness and take-no-shit attitude, believing he's the OnlySaneMan of the team. His detractors however dislike him for being an insufferable, insensitive JerkAss who goes way too far with his BrutalHonesty and ToughLove and who's at times, dismissive towards his friends feelings, mainly Noctis. His behaviour in Chapter 10 where he [[spoiler: makes an angry outburst about Noct's depression following Luna's death and spends the rest of the chapter making snide remarks to the same effect, claiming that Noct should just "grow up and get over it"]] is either a [[spoiler: justified frustration and the proof of him helping Noctis to get a grip in his own way while also showing how he's just as devastated of [[WhamEpisode Chapter 9's events as the rest of the group]]]] or an [[spoiler: [[QuitYourWhining infuriating, tone-deaf and insensitive temper tantrum]] where he not only shoves Prompto to the side and ignores Ignis's demand to cut it out, but also continuously lashes out at Noctis despite the latter not doing any of the things Gladio accused him of doing]]. His behavior was also criticized for cutting too close to home and [[https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ezwyqk/the-good-boys-of-final-fantasy-xv-arent-always-good reminding the detractors of men who bullied them in real life]]. Him being massively [[OutOfFocus underdeveloped]] compared to the other three, his [[ProductPlacement Cup Noodle sidequest]] and the fact that his DLC episode focuses more on developing ''Cor'' than himself don't help in that regard.

** The Japanese fans mostly regard Ardyn as off-putting, creepy, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not as pretty as the protagonists]]. The English-speaking fanbase, by contrast, absolutely ''[[LoveToHate adores]]'' [[EvilIsCool him]] for his humor, charisma, and sheer flamboyant style, regarding him as one of the franchise's best villains since Kefka, and in almost all cases ([[DracoInLeatherPants fangirls]] and [[StupidSexyFlanders fanboys]] alike) regarding him as [[EvilIsCool cooler]], more attractive and visually interesting than the "[[{{Bishonen}} generic anime pretty boy]]" protagonists.

** Thought that the final boss of the mystery disc demo, [[spoiler:the CEO of Square Enix himself]], played live on ''FFXV''[='=]s premiere, was ridiculous enough? ''VideoGame/NieRAutomata'' takes a page from that and turns it into the 3C3C1D119440927 DLC, where you end up fighting against [[spoiler:Yosuke Matsuda (retaking his model from the ''FFXV'' live premiere), who is then joined by ''the CEO of Platinum Games'', Kenichi Sato]]. Fans who played both games had a field day with this.

** It has been noted by many who look at the whole of the development of the game that both Nomura and Tabata get far too much blame for all the issues it encountered. Many have noted the management of the game from Square Enix, particularly both former CEO Yoichi Wada and current CEO Yosuke Matsuda, to be the real reason for the games TroubledProduction. Particularly the latter, who pretty much completely derailed the project in favor of kickstarting VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake. A large amount of the community still sadly put most of the blame on the two directors regardless.

** Gladiolus is the most polarizing of the party characters mainly due to his characterization from chapter 9 onwards. His fans like his straightforwardness and take-no-shit attitude, believing he's the OnlySaneMan of the team. His detractors however dislike him for being an insufferable, insensitive JerkAss who goes way too far with his BrutalHonesty and ToughLove and who's at times, dismissive towards his friends feelings, mainly Noctis. His behaviour in Chapter 10 where he [[spoiler: makes an angry outburst about Noct's depression following Luna's death and spends the rest of the chapter making snide remarks to the same effect, claiming that Noct should just "grow up and get over it"]] is either a [[spoiler: justified frustration and the proof of him helping Noctis to get a grip in his own way while also showing how he's just as devastated of [[WhamEpisode Chapter 9's events as the rest of the group]]]] or an [[spoiler: [[QuitYourWhining infuriating, tone-deaf and insensitive temper tantrum]] where he not only shoves Prompto to the side and ignores Ignis's demand to cut it out, but also continuously lashes out at Noctis despite the latter not doing any of the things Gladio accused him of doing]]. His behavior was also criticized for cutting too close to home and [[https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ezwyqk/the-good-boys-of-final-fantasy-xv-arent-always-good reminding the detractors of men who bullied them in real life]]. Him being massively [[OutOfFocus underdeveloped]] compared to the other three, His [[ProductPlacement Cup Noodle sidequest]] and the fact that his DLC episode focuses more on developing ''Cor'' than himself don't help in that regard.

** There's an NPC couple in the ''Episode Duscae'' demo that get into an argument because the man brought some day-old vegetables to feed the chocobo. This quickly escalates to the woman slapping the man for...not wasting food?? It's vague on whether this was supposed to be played for laughs (the guys don't get involved but they do voice mild discomfort). Regardless, a domestic violence scene between nameless [=NPCs=] is a bit...weird to include into this kind of game, let alone a ''demo''.

** The Japanese fans mostly regard Ardyn as off-putting, creepy, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not as pretty as the protagonists]]. The English-speaking fanbase, by contrast, absolutely ''[[LoveToHate adores]]'' [[EvilIsCool him]] for his humor, charisma, and sheer flamboyant style, regarding him as one of the franchise's best villains since Kefka, and in almost all cases ([[DracoInLeatherPants fangirls]] and [[StupidSexyFlanders fanboys]] alike) regarding him as [[EvilIsCool cooler]], [[EvilIsSexy more attractive]] and visually interesting than the "[[{{Bishonen}} generic anime pretty boy]]" protagonists.

** The Adamantoise; the massive size of the enemy works against it. It's so big that it's difficult to tell what part of its body you're targeting, your party members' AI falls apart trying to find a place to attack, and the Adamantoise itself rarely attacks and is easily avoided when it does (you'll probably take more damage falling from a Warp Strike than you will from the Adamantoise attacking you). This makes one of the game's major {{Bonus Boss}}es devolve into a confusing mess of dust clouds and Warp Strikes. A later patch made it even more anticlimactic by making it vulnerable to the spells of the Ring of the Lucii. If the RNG smiles on you, you can zap the turtle with the Ring's OneHitKO spell, or just cast [[LifeDrain Death]] until it dies. The numerous Warp Points in the area to immediately restore MP make this even easier.

* BreatherBoss: When it comes to the BonusBoss fights you unlock after the [=DLC=] chapters, Prompto's "Intensive Training" with Aranea is this. This is due to the sheer fact that, unlike the rest of the playable characters, Prompto is TheGunslinger, so, as long as you're evasive, it's harder for Aranea to touch you than with the other ones.

** Some players didn't like that the FinalBoss was a DuelBoss fought one-on-one with Noctis, because the rest of the game, both in story and in gameplay, emphasized the friendship and teamwork of the party and the strength the four had together. The end of ''Episode Ardyn'' allows the player to fight a BonusBoss that is a recreation of the final battle from the boss's perspective, but this time Noctis' friends join in to help him.

* EvilIsSexy: From his design, personality, great performance from Darin De Paul, recognizable theme song, and his tragic backstory which leads to many feeling sympathy for him, Ardyn is considered one of the best main villains in all of ''Final Fantasy'' for many fans, even those who didn't like ''XV''. Naturally, he pulled in a lot of fangirls as a result.

** Kenny Crow, who's a large source of SugarWiki/FunnyMoments due to his goofy design and hilarious SurpriseCreepy. Creator/SquareEnix even gave [[https://twitter.com/FFXVEN/status/848097883450626048 him his own DLC episode as an April Fools prank.]]

** Noctis/Iris was one of the more popular Noctis ships, due to their on-screen chemistry and Iris's adorable crush on Noctis. However, the reveal that Iris is 15 has caused more than a few fans to jump ship. In addition to the fact that during their interaction, Noctis is engaged and about to be married.

** Noctis/Iris was one of the more popular Noctis ships, due to their on-screen chemistry and Iris's adorable crush on Noctis. However, the reveal that Iris is 15 has caused more than a few fans to jump ship.

* GoddamnedBoss: The Adamantoise superboss gives 50,000 XP per run and can drop two items used for crafting LimitBreak magic or be sold for a hefty amount. In true ''Final Fantasy'' MarathonBoss fashion, the thing takes ages to kill (easily half an hour and upwards), lacks any kind of phase change throughout the fight, and due to it's size, the camera [[CameraScrew spins around while it's moving]] meaning you'll spend a hours just fighting the camera while whittling down its health and oddly enough, you can't at any point perform a ColossusClimb on this city-sized beast. This changed after the Ring of the Lucii's [[OneHitKill Alterna spell]] was buffed that it has a relatively low probability to trigger on the beast, so the boss [[EasyLevelTrick can be cheesed]] this way and finish the fight under 10 minutes, depending on one's luck. Best of all, as long as you stop advancing the moment the battle actually begins, it can't even damage your party.

** Unlike previous and even future ''Final Fantasy'' games, the story is told almost entirely from Noctis' POV, with little to no "meanwhile" segments. This unfortunately means that many events that are critical to the story, such as [[spoiler:Ardyn taking over the Empire and turning the Empire into a monster]], [[spoiler:how Ravus was able to secure the Lucis family sword]] and [[spoiler:Ravus' death and subsequent transformation into an undead monster]] all happen entirely offscreen and are only told to Noctis, and thus the player, secondhand.