like part of the Final Fantasy franchise. She again praised the visuals, but found the dialog to be the film's weakest point despite the efforts of the lead actors. She summed up Kingsglaive by saying that "as a two-hour piece of promotional material for a game, it works". Scott Clay of RPGFan called watching the film a necessity for fully understanding the world of Final Fantasy XV, and praised it for its visuals and action scenes, although he noted that there were probably better action films available. He felt that Kingsglaive managed to get him invested in the story of Final Fantasy XV, saying it was "no masterpiece — in fact, it's nowhere close to one — but it does its job nicely by setting up what could potentially be a very cool story". Polygon's Ashley Oh missed the character development usually seen in the Final Fantasy games although the cast did their best with the script, and while she found the visuals "jaw-droppingly gorgeous" and enjoyed the references to other Final Fantasy titles, she found the story "very weak". She also faulted the lack of strong female characters, something that had been a noted feature in earlier Final Fantasy titles. In contrast to the majority of reviewers, Anthony John Agnello of GamesRadar gave the film five out of five stars, calling it "an expert blend of world building, humanity, and the magical strangeness of Final Fantasy" and praising it for balancing its scene setting for Final Fantasy XV with creating a relatable experience, in addition to lauding its visuals and relatable characters. GameSpot's Alexa Ray Corriea was also fairly positive: while she noted that it was not a coherent film on its own, she felt that it was a first step by Square Enix to regain fan trust after earlier missteps. She generally enjoyed the story despite a few contrived elements, and gave unanimous praise to the large-scale and more intimate visuals. Notes References External links 2016 fantasy films 2016 anime films 2016 computer-animated films Japanese adult animated films Animated thriller films Anime films based on video games Aniplex Films based on role-playing video games Final Fantasy films Final Fantasy XV Japanese animated fantasy films Japanese computer-animated films Japanese epic films 2010s Japanese-language films Films set on fictional planets Films using motion capture Stage 6 Films films Transmedia storytelling Vertical Entertainment films ja:ファイナルファンタジーXV#キングスグレイブ ファイナルファンタジーXV