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FINAL FANTASY XV Active Time Report 8.0 [PAX Prime 2015]

What are you expecting from this ATR?


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Dark_castle

Junior Member
Is there enough time for them to rework Ravage and possibly the whole weapon auto-switching system? Holding button to attack indefinitely is just so bad and unresponsive that I really hope they change that.
 

wmlk

Member
I got that, I just find the reasoning odd.

And, not to beat that drum too hard, but it is a pretty ironic point to make in an FFXV thread of all things.
FFXV being 10 years old is not benefitting it at all. I just want a whole departure from the old and want in with the new.
 

hateradio

The Most Dangerous Yes Man
So, if we remove Jan-Mar that's 9 months left.

Place your bets on what month it will be!

Unlikely to be April or May.


I bet it will be a summer or winter release.


Either July or November.


Probably November.
 

zeopower6

Member
So, if we remove Jan-Mar that's 9 months left.

Place your bets on what month it will be!

Unlikely to be April or May.


I bet it will be a summer or winter release.


Either July or November.


Probably November.

Hm... if they're announcing in March, probably somewhere around September-November. If they're really pushing it to be "2016", a Christmas-ish release.

However, I think at least one delay considering where they are unless they're working really fast and what they've been showing has been considerably behind where they actually are in development.
 

chefbags

Member
Is there enough time for them to rework Ravage and possibly the whole weapon auto-switching system? Holding button to attack indefinitely is just so bad and unresponsive that I really hope they change that.

Yeah I agree with you here. I hate holding the button, I don't feel I have that much control in attacking and choosing my weapons individually I think is much more strategic.
 

Frumix

Suffering From Success
So we got a release date today

Even better. We got a release date for the release date.

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NullKaze

Member
it is a shame they went with left hand driving, in japan the steering wheel is on the right.

Yeah, I was actually a little excited to have a game that features my country's driving (Australia). It was going to be different and more intuitive for me hahaha
 

Squire

Banned
It's still much more exciting IMO to get a fresh reveal.

The Versus XV thing bugs me a bit and still does :/. If they kinda do it again with XVI/Agni's Philosophy... maybe that's just how they're gonna handle mainline entries from now on :(.

We should probably get a legitimate "trailer" at some point in Fall 2015/Winter 2015-2016 with the story bits and epic OST snippets/theme song segments.

Let's not get too ahead of ourselves, but they're not really "doing" anything here, honestly. It could easily be that the intent has always been for Agni's to be FFXVI and that was just the codename.

Even if not. It would take much more than a name change for it to compare to FFXV in the slightest, in that way.

I'm really surprised people are suggesting they're sick of a literal concept.
 

benzy

Member
I read the OP but there's nothing. Did we get any new info from today's report?


  • Release year in 2016, full release date will be revealed in a special Square Enix event in March
  • Video showing in-progress development
  • Noctis can wield guns
  • Noctis and party can wield shields alongside swords
  • Cor uses a Katana
  • New samurai enemy
  • magic effects, combat with aerial enemies, game's main menu were shown
  • More concept art
  • In-game version of Altissia will rival that of pre-rendered version
  • Leviathan summon is female, summons will have their own personalities
  • Ramuh and other summons are involved in creation of the game world
  • More info on Luna, chocobos, and fishing minigames will be at TGS.
  • Extended Gamescom Dawn trailer will be shown at TGS
  • New Caim outpost was shown near ocean. Can seamlessly get on boat, boat will travel across ocean in real-time but you won't have direct control of boat. More of a one-way trip instead of full on sea exploration
  • New driving gameplay video, choose between auto drive or manual drive.
  • Can run out of gas, will have to get out of car and push to nearest gas station
  • Various views, cockpit, chase cam, etc. for car travel


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Falk

that puzzling face

Motion blur on the truck going by. Wasn't apparent in the lo-quality footage.

So, can we say, actually control the vehicle or is it on rails?

There's Manual and Auto in the menu.

would be hilarious if when you select Manual, Ignis still gets in the driver's seat but there's a whirring sound and the gear stick is replaced with manual transmission
 

wmlk

Member
Let's not get too ahead of ourselves, but they're not really "doing" anything here, honestly. It could easily be that the intent has always been for Agni's to be FFXVI and that was just the codename.

Even if not. It would take much more than a name change for it to compare to FFXV in the slightest, in that way.

I'm really surprised people are suggesting they're sick of a literal concept.
It's a concept I've seen for 3 years now. Is it really surprising to want to see a game announcement that looks like nothing we've ever seen from SE? You know, pre-FNC SE?
 

Squire

Banned
It's a concept I've seen for 3 years now. Is it really surprising to want to see something that looks like nothing we've ever seen from SE? You know, pre-FNC SE?

You're saying they shouldn't do a game because you're familiar with the look of the main character.

Think about how silly that sounds. A whole game. A Japanese role-playing game on top of that. A big game.
 

Go_Ly_Dow

Member
  • Release year in 2016, full release date will be revealed in a special Square Enix event in March
  • Video showing in-progress development
  • Noctis can wield guns
  • Noctis and party can wield shields alongside swords
  • Cor uses a Katana
  • New samurai enemy
  • magic effects, combat with aerial enemies, game's main menu were shown
  • More concept art
  • In-game version of Altissia will rival that of pre-rendered version
  • Leviathan summon is female, summons will have their own personalities
  • Ramuh and other summons are involved in creation of the game world
  • More info on Luna, chocobos, and fishing minigames will be at TGS.
  • Extended Gamescom Dawn trailer will be shown at TGS
  • New Caim outpost was shown near ocean. Can seamlessly get on boat, boat will travel across ocean in real-time but you won't have direct control of boat. More of a one-way trip instead of full on sea exploration
  • New driving gameplay video, choose between auto drive or manual drive.
  • Can run out of gas, will have to get out of car and push to nearest gas station
  • Various views, cockpit, chase cam, etc. for car travel


djayhpezzy.gif

Once some direct feed vids are uploaded to their youtube page a new thread would be good.
 

wmlk

Member
You're saying they shouldn't do a game because you're familiar with the look of the main character.

Think about how silly that sounds. A whole game. A Japanese role-playing game on top of that. A big game.
I don't think it's silly at all. It's the main character. That's a pretty big deal.
 
Motion blur on the truck going by. Wasn't apparent in the lo-quality footage.

I hope they're able to implement a per-object motion blur during the game, I think it would help a lot. This driving blur looks a little strange to me, like it is ghosting or something. If it's all I can get I'll take it though! ^_^
 
  • Release year in 2016, full release date will be revealed in a special Square Enix event in March
  • Video showing in-progress development
  • Noctis can wield guns
  • Noctis and party can wield shields alongside swords
  • Cor uses a Katana
  • New samurai enemy
  • magic effects, combat with aerial enemies, game's main menu were shown
  • More concept art
  • In-game version of Altissia will rival that of pre-rendered version
  • Leviathan summon is female, summons will have their own personalities
  • Ramuh and other summons are involved in creation of the game world
  • More info on Luna, chocobos, and fishing minigames will be at TGS.
  • Extended Gamescom Dawn trailer will be shown at TGS
  • New Caim outpost was shown near ocean. Can seamlessly get on boat, boat will travel across ocean in real-time but you won't have direct control of boat. More of a one-way trip instead of full on sea exploration
  • New driving gameplay video, choose between auto drive or manual drive.
  • Can run out of gas, will have to get out of car and push to nearest gas station
  • Various views, cockpit, chase cam, etc. for car travel
I will add this to OP. Thanks!
 

wmlk

Member
It's best to create a new thread with the info, with a title that mentions the direct feed driving gameplay as well.

I think this one's done.
 

DeSolos

Member
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Good to see them utilizing this effect in FFXV. It is the norm these days for racing games.

Yup that's exposure. A major part of Luminous is its HDR lighting and post processing effects, so any time you go in and out of dark areas you'll have exposure to mimic eye adaptation. You can actually check it out in Episode Duscae when you enter/exit the cave. MGSV also uses exposure in the same way!
 

Squire

Banned
I don't think it's silly at all. It's the main character. That's a pretty big deal.

No, it's very specifically the design. What do you really know about Agni? You're sick of seeing her face, which is fine, but we should be clear about that.

Like, you're not making the same argument as someone who doesn't want an FFXIII-4 because of Lightning, you know what I mean?

It's one small piece of a potential full game. And it could change. You're hard pressed for them to completely scrap something that's hardly even there because... It's old? Surely you can understand my thinking that's poor reasoning?
 
What are the chances our car has a radio whose music we can customize?
I've this entire road trip playlist that I want to listen too while driving from place to place.
 
Yes, but they did it in a very extreme way. Human eyes do not take THAT long to adjust.
That is the norm for almost every game. They don't feel natural, lol. MGS V ha similar exposure effect.

Yup that's exposure. A major part of Luminous is its HDR lighting and post processing effects, so any time you go in and out of dark areas you'll have exposure to mimic eye adaptation. You can actually check it out in Episode Duscae when you enter/exit the cave. MGSV also uses exposure in the same way!
Having played MGSV, I agree :)
 
Am I the first one to notice that the wheel is now on the left side and that they're driving on the right side of the road? Did they acknowledged this change at all in the stream? Because in every single trailer before today Ignis was sitting on the right driving the car on the left side of the road (japanese-style).

Is this just a "let's cater to the western market" type of situation?
 

jett

D-Member
They added shooting back into the game.

For reasons.

And what's with the slideshow stream jeez. You know what, I'd rather they stopped this live video shit and stick to pre-recorded footage that's simply subtitled.
 

wmlk

Member
No, it's very specifically the design. What do you really know about Agni? You're sick of seeing her face, which is fine, but we should be clear about that.

Like, you're not making the same argument as someone who doesn't want an FFXIII-4 because of Lightning, you know what I mean?

It's one small piece of a potential full game. And it could change. You're hard pressed for them to completely scrap something that's hardly even there because... It's old? Surely you can understand my thinking that's poor reasoning?
I feel like you're trying to convince me what I want to see from FFXVI.

I want to see something entirely new from SE for FFXVI. Is that so hard to understand? There's no such reasoning required for wanting something that we have no idea about. It's simply a personal preference. The same way I prefer no mayonnaise in hamburgers.
 

Philippo

Member
Am I the first one to notice that the wheel is now on the left side and that they're driving on the right side of the road? Did they acknowledged this change at all in the stream? Because in every single trailer before today Ignis was sitting on the right driving the car on the left side of the road (japanese-style).

Is this just a "let's cater to the western market" type of situation?

It's because of guns.
 

Squire

Banned
I feel like you're trying to convince me what I want to see from FFXVI.

I want to see something entirely new from SE for FFXVI. Is that so hard to understand? There's no such reasoning required for wanting something. It's simply a personal preference. The same way I prefer no mayonnaise on hamburgers.

I'm saying you'd get something new that would happen to feature a character design they've used before.

You're free to feel how you will, I was just trying to understand if I was missing something or if the issue was really that petty.
 
They added shooting back into the game.

For reasons.

And what's with the slideshow stream jeez. You know what, I'd rather they stopped this live video shit and stick to pre-recorded footage that's simply subtitled.
The slideshow stream was not their fault, rather the connection issues at Seattle because it was a windy day there or something.
 

DeSolos

Member
What are the chances our car has a radio whose music we can customize?
I've this entire road trip playlist that I want to listen too while driving from place to place.

I don't know about custom tracks, but Tabata said something about maybe having a radio station that lets you listen to music from several Final Fantasy games.

All things considered I'd love to hear music from many Square Enix games. I mean, of all the companies in the world Square has one hell of a back catalogue of awesome music. They could easily fill out a tracklist as big as a GTA game with their music alone.
 

Falk

that puzzling face
Is there any recording of this PAX ATB that is not running at 5fps?

PAX staff probably would have that. Give it some time.

I don't know about custom tracks, but Tabata said something about maybe having a radio station that lets you listen to music from several Final Fantasy games.

All things considered I'd love to hear music from many Square Enix games. I mean, of all the companies in the world Square has one hell of a back catalogue of awesome music. They could easily fill out a tracklist as big as a GTA game with their music alone.

If this happens, this all day every day. I don't give a shit if the game ends up being 400 hours of driving.
 
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