now cracks a noble heart

heheh… okay…

so we have the obvious parallels, of course.

hamlet - prince whose father was killed by relative. horatio - closest friend and chief confidant who keeps level head 

noctis - prince whose father was killed by relative. ignis - closest friend and chief confidant who keeps level head

and also how the stories progress. hamlet figures out who killed his father after seeing his ghost then he’s taken away. noctis figures out who killed his father, is taken away but it’s the crystal and magic that does that.

of course, there’s parts that are different definitely but the base is there.

now the part that gets to me, always and forever, would be in hamlet’s farewell and noct’s farewell at the end of episode ignis verse i.

(for the sake of clarity i’ll be paraphrasing shakespeare’s writing)

HAMLET

Horatio, I’m dying. You live on. Tell my story and my cause to everyone.

(NOCTIS

Luna and you guys brought me this far, and now I’m on my own.)

HORATIO

Don’t believe it. I’m more like an ancient Roman than a Dane. There’s still some of this wine. [He picks up the poisoned cup]

(IGNIS

Uh, no. You won’t be going alone. I’ll–)

HAMLET 

On your manhood, give me that cup. Let it go! By heaven, give it to me. [He takes the cup from HORATIO] Oh God, Horatio, what a bad reputation I’m leaving behind—because no one knows what happened. If you ever loved me, then avoid the sweet relief of death for a while, and stay in this harsh world long enough to draw painful breaths and tell my story.

(NOCTIS

No, you’re right. I mean, I wouldn’t have made it all this way without you guys. Why stop now? In the end, I might not have you at my side, but I’ll always have you in my heart. Thanks… Thanks for everything, Iggy.)

yeah this mostly speaks for itself

another close similarity wold be in the part when Osric makes his appearance once hamlet returns. there are bits where Hamlet asks Horatio what he’s saying. of course, we can’t forget that in FFXV Noct often asked Ignis for help in political speaking which he happily gave advice to.