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It's Saturday, what have you watched this week?
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Movie- Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive-
Good movie, but some caveats. Could never reccomend as a standalone thing. Some of the voice acting is questionable. Nyx (the main character) does a good job of not sounding like his VA, Aaron Paul, until the lines get strained or emotional and then it's like I'm listening to Jessie yelling at Heisenberg again. Really robs some of the more impactful scenes of their gravitas, because Nyx is a highly trained specops soldier, and the "Pinkman's having emotions" voice just doesn't fit the big scenes to me. Some sections of the movie feel rushed too, much like the game it's meant to tie in to.
As a companion to the game though? Great stuff. Recontextualizes a ton, and explains some stuff that was barely touched on in the game which could have used it.
I beat the game originally around release, and it's had a lot of updates since to further flesh out the story. I'm finally replaying it "complete" on PC with Royal/Windows Edition, all the DLC, a small selection of mods, and a guide to the important "non-game side-content" and when I should watch/read it.
Kingsglaive technically runs concurrent with Chapter 1 of the game, but it spoils the ending of Ch1 and part of the identity of a "mysterious stranger" character early. Best place to watch it for new players is probably after Chapter 1, but for returning players it's great immediately after the game's prologue/training section. The after credits scene leads directly into the opening scene of chapter 1 of the game.
I think the movie singlehandedly saves the character of the game's love interest/damsel in distress, Lunafreya. Adds a shit ton of depth to the game's MC's father. And knowing the end of the game makes everything hit harder.