Man where to begin with this game... I dunno.
This Final Fantasy is just a pure hack and slash action game, all you do basically is missions to advance the storyline with the idea of obtaining lots of loot. Each enemy is a loot pinata, sometimes you can score rare equipment or upgrades. The graphics in the game are pretty mediocre but not terrible. The story is pure b-grade cheese but its entertaining. The game feels very Japanese.
The first mission / dungeon I went through wasn't anything exciting or anything I'd praise, really generic action game fare, felt boring and lazy. A few of the other ones I played felt all the same, I'm not sure if they will be enjoyable to grind out or do more than once or twice. There is no exploration or anything outside of the dungeons, so you aren't really wandering around towns or other notable locations. You sit in a menu screen, you can converse with towns folk but it just jumps to a visual novel like conversation. There is multiplayer, which you can do any and everything in the game with other players if you so choose.
The combat was awesome, there was a large variety of moves and in general it all felt super satisfying. The combos weren't hard to do and each weapon seems to have its own thing going on so you can basically just play how you want or what's most comfortable for you. Wow, I didn't expect there to be so much blood and ultra violence in this game, it was spectacular. My character and weapons were drenched in blood. I was fighting some dogs and grabbed their face and ripped their face apart by prying apart their upper and lower jaw, hot damn. From the intro video of the game you knew right away this game isn't messing around.
The main character is a hardass/badass, no pussy shit with him, he fucks and is a giga chad. One member is kinda a weeb, you get a skinny chick and another dude bro whom I haven't really formed an opinion about yet. They all banter with each other while you traverse the dungeons which helps keep things fresh.
I think players coming in expecting a new grandiose final fantasy rpg mainline like game is going to be disappointed but for those who are looking for a sweet action game, it feels final fantasy enough, is dark, adult and ultra violent. In a way, I kind of wish more final fantasy games were like this one. In fact, I'd dare say that ALL Final Fantasy games should take some notes. The violence really makes this game and it is next level, it's like you can do Mortal Kombat style finishers to nearly every enemy.
That's pretty much all there is to say about this game. It's not the final fantasy we wanted/asked for, it's the final fantasy we needed. This game is just about fun and smashing monsters/people and ripping their heads off till they hemorrhage blood and cum all over you then looting their pocket watch in the name of vanquishing chaos.