>>720032827
Everything that resonates with people about XV isn't the shit the movie covers.
The overarching plot about Noctis's ascension to the throne isn't why people like the game, it's the relationship between him and his friends that really sells the whole thing - and you really only need the game itself for that.
Is it some gigakino machine that surpasses all other FFs and has a super well thought out story? Not really, but it does a good enough job at resonating with people and (perhaps crucially) lands the ending so hard that its shortcomings kinda fall to the wayside for a bit.