The fan service is strong with Square Enix’s Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV. I’m convinced that the studio had trouble deciding whether they wanted to make a Noctis dating simulator or a fishing game, so it said, “Why not both?
”I played it on PlayStation VR, and while it’s neat seeing the Final Fantasy XV world of Eos in virtual reality, it failed to reel me in.
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A bizarre premise
Throughout Monster of the Deep, Meldacio Hunter HQ sends you on missions to take care of a pesky aquatic daemon problem that’s been cropping up all over the land. To do this, you travel to a couple different fishing holes, catch a few trout to lure the daemons, and then fight them with a high-powered crossbow. When you beat one of them, you cast your line and reel it in, whereupon it flies up into the air and explodes overhead — for no reason — in a shower of purple sparks and chunks of filet.
The premise is delightful and cheesy in a way that I can’t get over. During each of your missions, you run into all the members of Eos’s version of One Direction — Prompto, Ignis, Gladiolus, and Noctis — and they ask you to help them out with fishing-related tasks. Well, all of them except for Gladiolus, who just says he’s communing with nature. You can also sit in his tent for some reason, which is stocked with cup ramen, because that’s a camping food in the Final Fantasy XV world, I guess?
It’s hilarious and cringe-worthy, but it’s also kind of amazing that this is an actual thing.When Noctis isn’t harping about introducing you to “the guys,” and you’re not blowing up daemon fish, you’re back at your cabin. Sometimes FFXV’s mechanic, Cindy, drops by and works on your car without any real reason for doing so. You can also participate in tournaments and play using free mode, in which you fish for however long…
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