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[Plywood]

Agni is real and back!

 

[-SD-]

Four Titan X cards just to run that technology demo...

We've still got such a loooong long road ahead of us.

 

[Caayn]

Holy O_O Looks amazing, I second what Durante said, give us a benchmark please or atleast an uncompressed video of this.

Seeing this I can't wait to see what SE is going to show us this E3. Guess my console purchase of FFXV will be canceled and I'm going to wait for a PC version.

 

[Circinus]

Wow, that looks nice.

 

[Seda]

I think this link works

http://channel9.msdn.com/#videoHolder

Go to 3:35:00

EDIT: Or the YouTube link below.

 

[Falk]

Square Enix can't release a tech demo of anything without people thinking it's going to be their next Final Fantasy game.

Yooo, FFVII HD tech demo

it still burns

 

[Nibel]

Watch it here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1mwhdYZvSE

 

[Gbraga]

Because they know people will double dip later on after they've spent their $60 at retail.

$120 for a lot of idiots like myself who gladly bought a $60 remaster they didn't even play for a demo.

And if they charge for a PC demo, I'll buy it too.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

I know I shouldn't, I know it's bad for the industry or whatever, but it's just been too fucking long. I'm honestly impressed I even care after so many years, but since I do, I don't give a shit how expensive it is.

 

[Xpliskin]

Only gamersyde would do it justice.

 

[BadWolf]

Have loved the look of this concept and the character since day 1, this should have been FFXVI.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

Yooo, FFVII HD tech demo

it still burns

What are you talking about? It took an extra generation but Final Fantasy VII in HD is just a few months away.

 

[Plywood]

Have loved the look of this concept and the character since day 1, this should have been FFXVI.

I STILL BELIEVE

 

[Dictator93]

That hair is really well done.

Four Titan X cards just to run that technology demo...

We've still got such a loooong long road ahead of us.

I assume it would run at 4k @ 60fps probabily (just like how agni was 60 fps)

 

[Ushiwaka]

Please turn it into a game

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

I didn't get it. Is Agni's Philosophy an intro for FFXV? Is it a part of the game or just tech demo?

 

[Squire]

Have loved the look of this concept and the character since day 1, this should have been FFXVI.

This only further supports the theory is exactly what it is.

Edit: XVI or a new IP.

 

[Sciortino]

I didn't get it. Is Agni's Philosophy an intro for FFXV? Is it a part of the game or just tech demo?

Just a tech demo. It has nothing to do with XV.

 

[Kagari]

This isn't XVI.

 

[vinnygambini]

This isn't really accurate. Visual Works is the evolution of the CG staff which was always based in Japan. From the FFVII days onwards. Square Pictures was something else entirely, set up specifically to make the FF:TSW motion picture. They hired extensively from Hollywood. Square Pictures was never involved with creating CG for games. Even as FF:TSW was in production, the Japanese CG staff made the FMVs for FFIX, FFX, etc.

Really appreciate the correction duckroll.

I know I can always count on you. The technology developed for Final Fantasy: A Spirit Within though, was it then fully-integrated in Visual Works shortly after its dissolve?

 

[Durante]

That hair is really well done.

Not enough bold.

 

[benzy]

Looks stunning, but four titans for a tech demo? Guess we aren't seeing this fidelity in-game for a while...

Will be interesting to see how close they can reach that target when they optimize it for an actual game.

FFXV

Old Agni's demo

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Well that's a Final Fantasy character alright.

 

[Arkeband]

This isn't XVI.

...yet.

 

[Caayn]

That hair is really well done.

The moment when Agni moved her fingers through the strands of hair to the left/front side of her head then it hit me.

 

[DirgeExtinction]

Good lord, that looked amazing. 4 Titans, tho

 

[Garlador]

Square Enix can't release a tech demo of anything without people thinking it's going to be their next Final Fantasy game.

Then they should stop making tech demos that are more interesting and fascinating and original than the games they actually do give us.

 

[Inuhanyou]

This isn't XVI.

Kagari-san, destroying dreams left and right

 

[On Demand]

Four Titan X cards just to run that technology demo...

We've still got such a loooong long road ahead of us.

And diminishing returns is still brought up. Heh.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Well that's a Final Fantasy character alright.

Even in desolation.... you gotta be stylin' on em.

 

[Squire]

This isn't XVI.

It has to be a spin-off and get delayed for ten years, then it can be XVI.

Spoiler

:b

 

[Stone Ocean]

This isn't XVI.

New IP, yess

 

[Falk]

Then they should stop making tech demos that are more interesting and fascinating and original than the games they actually do give us.

Is this like when people say "if black boxes survive airplane crashes why don't they make the entire airplane out of black box stuff!?"

 

[BadWolf]

...yet.

Whether you believe him or not is up to you but Verendus mentioned that he has seen FFXVI and the lead is a male character.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Can someone clever tell me why 8K textures and the high number of polys being pushed in each scene are possible on DX12 but not DX11?

 

[Plywood]

This isn't XVI.

I won't believe it until my dreams are crushed with a concrete unveil and even then XVII. You never know, right?

 

[benzy]

Whether you believe him or not is up to you but Verendus mentioned that he has seen FFXVI and the lead is a male character.

FF usually has a lead male and a lead female.

 

[tuxfool]

This is seriously amazing for something running in real time, even on 4 Titans.

Impressive, but entirely impractical in the near future.

There was some interview comparing FFXV and Agni's philosophy in the Luminous engine. Essentially the message was that while Agni could run real time on even the ps4 the assets were totally unsuitable for a game and that attempting any game with that fidelity was well beyond the realm of feasibility any time soon.

That hair is really well done.

Well, yeah. If you have an "unlimited" polygon budget for hair, you'd expect that to be the case.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Agni's back, cool!

Do they have to pay Kathryn Morris to use her likeness, or what?

 

[BadWolf]

FF usually has a lead male and a lead female.

Not really.

Cloud, Squall, Tidus, Lightning etc. are clearly the leads in their games.

 

[duckroll]

Really appreciate the correction duckroll.

I know I can always count on you. The technology developed for Final Fantasy: A Spirit Within though, was it then fully-integrated in Visual Works shortly after its dissolve?

You know, I'm honestly not sure what happened to the "technology" as far as Square Pictures is concerned. I'm not even sure if the studio was ever viewed as an asset in that aspect by the parent company, as opposed to a business venture into Hollywood production/distribution. Maybe someone else knows more about this?

 

[desu]

Still looks more interesting than Versus to me. Really really hope we gonna see something useful (game) come out of this at some point. (99.9% chance it won't happen)

 

[Koozek]

Have loved the look of this concept and the character since day 1, this should have been FFXVI.

It will be. Eidos-developed. I can feel it.

 

[Falk]

You know, I'm honestly not sure what happened to the "technology" as far as Square Pictures is concerned. I'm not even sure if the studio was ever viewed as an asset in that aspect by the parent company, as opposed to a business venture into Hollywood production/distribution. Maybe someone else knows more about this?

I know just enough to not ask further because it's a bad idea. If that helps.

 

[DNAbro]

It will be. Eidos-developed. I can feel it.

I thought that project was confirmed dead

This isn't XVI.

positive?

 

[HylianScribe]

Glad we're still seeing something of Agni's Philosophy, and I still hope it turns into something in the future. That presentation at E3 was one of the most intriguing things I've seen from SE in a long time.

 

[KKRT00]

AO when she put hand on her face was amazing, but generally shadow quality was quite poor.

Everything else, maybe except for DoF blending, was exceptional, especially shaders.

 

[Nirolak]

Impressive, but entirely impractical in the near future.

There was some interview comparing FFXV and Agni's philosophy in the Luminous engine. Essentially the message was that while Agni could run real time on even the ps4 the assets were totally unsuitable for a game and that attempting any game with that fidelity was well beyond the realm of feasibility any time soon.



Well, yeah. If you have an "unlimited" polygon budget for hair, you'd expect that to be the case.

This is the type of tech that's usually researched for future generations way in advance and to see if they can bring anything back at a lower quality level to current consoles.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

For now I just wanna see how the finished version of FFXV will look.

 

[EMT0]

I'll be disappointed if this doesn't end up being a game of some sort.

 

[Geg]

Whether you believe him or not is up to you but Verendus mentioned that he has seen FFXVI and the lead is a male character.

Obviously they're going to pull a Raiden on us.

Hideo Kojima directing FFXVI confirmed