Date played: February 11th
Platform: PS4
After a couple of weeks of traveling for work, I was finally able to continue playing FFXV. Last time, I was still going through Zegnautus Keep as Noctis, still alone. He's looking for Prompto, and trying to find a way to recover his weapons.
Armed with only the Ring of Lucis and one of the Royal Arms, I fought a few demons and went through countless corridors. Eventually, I reached a sort of puzzle room where I had to activate circuits to open doors. There could only be two out of three circuits active at once, so there was a bit of back and forth before I could progress.
Throughout the dungeon, Ardyn spoke with Noctis. I also found some documents that explained a lot. Basically, Ardyn and the Empire have found a way to breed daemons. That's also why the Magitek soldiers are not really human, they are basically humans turned into daemons... The whole keep is the breeding ground, which is why there aren't any real humans there.
At one point, Noctis was trapped in a corridor with electric fences blocking the exits. Thankfully, Gladio and Ignis found a way inside and managed to regroup with Noctis and saved him. Shortly after, we also found Prompto! In a weird twist, Prompto revealed that he was "bred" as a soldier of the Empire. The group was very understanding of it all, and they worked together to retrieve Noctis' weapons. We found the device that blocked his abilities and destroyed it.
Things started being fucking crazy at this point. Ravus showed up, and he's being transformed into a demon... We had to fight him. He was really strong, but now that we've got all our abilities, and the team is back together, we beat him without too much trouble. Noctis has to reach the crystal in the depths of the Keep so that he can fulfill his destiny as the King.
We were ambushed by a huge number of daemons, too many to handle. Noctis had to make a difficult decision and leave his team behind as he rushed towards the crystal. I'm not sure what happened to my friends at this point. Noctis did reach the crystal, but it wasn't what he expected. Basically, he must "enter" the crystal to gain enough power to defeat evil. This evil is none other than Ardyn himself. It was revealed that he is a daemon with eternal life who was denied use of the crystal a long time ago, due to his inherently evil personality.
Inside the crystal, Noctis was greeted by Bahamut, one of the 6 gods. The scene was very cool, and Bahamut's design is amazing. Bahamut reveals that Noctis can defeat Ardyn, but he will need to give his life in exchange... Much time has passed while Noctis was inside the crystal.
He wakes up, bearded, fucked up and confused. He's on the little island next to Galdin Quay, but the world is in ruin, similar to the world of Ruin from FFVI. He gets on a little boat and heads to the dark, daemon-infested mainland. I wonder how the story will continue... I could always go back to the past and try to complete some sidequests, but I think I'm getting real close to the end, so I might push forward and do side quests after the story ends.
Platform: PS4
After a couple of weeks of traveling for work, I was finally able to continue playing FFXV. Last time, I was still going through Zegnautus Keep as Noctis, still alone. He's looking for Prompto, and trying to find a way to recover his weapons.
Armed with only the Ring of Lucis and one of the Royal Arms, I fought a few demons and went through countless corridors. Eventually, I reached a sort of puzzle room where I had to activate circuits to open doors. There could only be two out of three circuits active at once, so there was a bit of back and forth before I could progress.
Throughout the dungeon, Ardyn spoke with Noctis. I also found some documents that explained a lot. Basically, Ardyn and the Empire have found a way to breed daemons. That's also why the Magitek soldiers are not really human, they are basically humans turned into daemons... The whole keep is the breeding ground, which is why there aren't any real humans there.
At one point, Noctis was trapped in a corridor with electric fences blocking the exits. Thankfully, Gladio and Ignis found a way inside and managed to regroup with Noctis and saved him. Shortly after, we also found Prompto! In a weird twist, Prompto revealed that he was "bred" as a soldier of the Empire. The group was very understanding of it all, and they worked together to retrieve Noctis' weapons. We found the device that blocked his abilities and destroyed it.
Things started being fucking crazy at this point. Ravus showed up, and he's being transformed into a demon... We had to fight him. He was really strong, but now that we've got all our abilities, and the team is back together, we beat him without too much trouble. Noctis has to reach the crystal in the depths of the Keep so that he can fulfill his destiny as the King.
We were ambushed by a huge number of daemons, too many to handle. Noctis had to make a difficult decision and leave his team behind as he rushed towards the crystal. I'm not sure what happened to my friends at this point. Noctis did reach the crystal, but it wasn't what he expected. Basically, he must "enter" the crystal to gain enough power to defeat evil. This evil is none other than Ardyn himself. It was revealed that he is a daemon with eternal life who was denied use of the crystal a long time ago, due to his inherently evil personality.
Inside the crystal, Noctis was greeted by Bahamut, one of the 6 gods. The scene was very cool, and Bahamut's design is amazing. Bahamut reveals that Noctis can defeat Ardyn, but he will need to give his life in exchange... Much time has passed while Noctis was inside the crystal.
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| Noctis meets Bahamut |
