Sub-par sidequests and loot frustrations aside, there’s still a good reason to explore the sprawling open-world: The dungeons. Just about every dungeon in Final Fantasy XV is excellent, and you’ll never see them all unless you take the time to hunt them down. There are sewers, mines, icy caverns, and swampy thickets. There’s a massive mountain and a haunted castle with secrets that I’ll leave for you to discover. Once you’ve beaten all of these dungeons, you get a reward: More dungeons. This is a game whose camera was clearly designed for open world spaces and can get finnicky when you’re inside. It’s also a game with plenty of weird bugs and glitches, including the occasional crash. So it’s all the more impressive that the dungeons feel like such a highlight.
I’ll add: One hidden post-game dungeon, which took me about five hours to complete, ranks among the most satisfying things I’ve ever done in a video game. It’s one that people will be talking about for a long time.
