Ranking Final Fantasy XV’s DLC Episodes
3. Episode Prompto
Episode Prompto certainly adopts a much more somber tone than the other DLC, which makes sense as it’s entirely about Prompto lost and alone in the tundra of Niflheim. Alone and doubting both himself and his friendships, Prompto is captured by none other than Ardyn.
What follows is a true reckoning for Prompto has he has to confront his past and how he was created, as well as what he wants from the future. Apart from getting to team up with Aranea, Episode Prompto provides some fantastic lore about Niflheim, Magitek Soldiers, the Niflheim Research Chief Verstael, and more.
The episode’s gameplay is also the most different we’ve ever seen for Final Fantasy XV, with Prompto’s combat using third-person shooter elements mixed with more standard FFXV gameplay.
Prompto has to scavenge weapons like machine guns and sniper rifles as he makes his way through the research facility and tundra, fighting tons of Magitek Soldiers along the way. There’s even a bit of an explorable open world segment, as you can travel around on a snowmobile completing time challenges and side missions.
Episode Prompto is high on emotion, and even though gunplay isn’t as precise as you might like, it’s good to see some variation in Final Fantasy XV.
