I've typed up so many comments about FFXV over the years, so I guess it at least didn't end up being forgettable. I've been looking for the right wording , I think. It's the worst game I ever loved? It has no right being as enjoyable as it is considering its issues? Something like that. It has so many problems, but there is also something there underneath it all. If only they didn't spread it out so thin.

I hope you have the Royal Edition, the DLCs really do flesh out the story a lot. They should honestly just have been integrated into the main game. I recommend pausing the main story to play Episode Gladios and Episode Prompto whenever the respective characters briefly leave the party (you'll know when). I'd play episode Ignis after chapter 10, but be aware that it contains a possible alternative (non-canon) ending depending on your choices.

Oh also there's chocobos so it's not all bad.

It also has one of the best fishing minigames out of any game out there, really! It has its moments.