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Lightning Returns trailer
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Hopefully Japanese and North American audiences can send a message by not buying this game at launch.
It's the only way Square Enix will learn.
If this outsells FFXIII-2's meager numbers, we're fucked.
Nope. That's a gigantic shield that's 3/4 her size and is magically floating on her arm. That's where the GUNDAM comparisons are coming from.
encephalon
Member
Her outfit looks like originally she was designed to be wearing more clothing, but then they decided to chip away at it to show some skin while maintaining her 80s business woman chic shoulder pads.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
And then BAM
This isn't like the first Twilight Princess trailer at all.
TP first trailer had people melting down across the interent in a postive way. The reveal of TP is still one of the E3 highlights that people talk about every year.
LR's will never be remembered the way TP first reveal was.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Coffee Machine.
Father_Brain
Banned
I had to rewatch this on my iPhone just to make sure that the framerate issues weren't just a video playback issue. Just... wow.
If I didn't know anything about LR and was told that the gameplay footage was of that Unity-powered ARPG SE was hiring for a year ago, rather than an (ostensibly) "AAA" title, I'd probably believe it. Yes, there's still time for improvement before it ships, but how on earth could SE think that what's shown here is acceptable to show to the public?
Oh, lol that's one dumbass thing indeed.
I think they should drop some excessive accessories like that and a few of the curtains, and minimize a bit the showed skin (ditching the swimsuit design, for one) and it could be a pretty nice futuristic armor.
I like what's going on with the shoulders/arms for example (shield not withstanding).
Yes, they will probably remember of how good the controls were in that demo instead.
Yes, they will probably remember of how good the controls were in that demo instead.
TP's reveal would have had perfect controls given when it was revealed and showed for the first time it was still a Gamecube exclusive game.
So this post doesn't even make sense.
jimmypython
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HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I want to see people complaining about how Majora's Mask reused models from OoT.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Holy shit, that looked bad. I actually enjoyed XIII-2, so I was kind of intrigued by this. But, wow. Shit graphics and frame rate? Well done.
Also, Lightning Returns is an amazingly stupid name. I thought for sure when it was announced that that would just be a place holder title. And, yeah. Costume is shit. She looked way better in the last two games.
Just give us Versus.
Also, Lightning Returns is an amazingly stupid name. I thought for sure when it was announced that that would just be a place holder title. And, yeah. Costume is shit. She looked way better in the last two games.
Just give us Versus.
metalslimer
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Yes, they will probably remember of how good the controls were in that demo instead.
What are you even talking about anymore?
If MM had been shit and then they reused in another game a less than 2 years later I'm sure it would have gotten a few complaints. Even then the game looks fucking worse than 13-2.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Naw, you're right. I don't mean in terms of the impact it had, in the least. Just rather looking back at the technology, like old shots of Hyrule Plaza, and seeing how it looks so different in the final product. It just reminds me of really old Zelda game footage, and how different those games look in the end once the polish is applied.
Hopefully this game actually... GETS the polish!
Flying Wonkey
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Oh hey there was a second costume in there. Wonder what they've done to the stagger bar though.
tiggerkiddo
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Relaxed Muscle
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Seems like all costumes will have some kind of stupid gundam shield.
IcyBlueStrawberry
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Wow that looks rough.
No wonder they removed the trailer.
No wonder they removed the trailer.
:lol
Anyway, I think I got how the new ATB works.
Here is a gif:
The top rectangle on the right represents the new "paradigms" or whatever they will be called. Here Lightning is on the Divinity one. I noticed there is also a Cerberus one, with different attacks/magics/abilities, which further proves my point.
So, you can see that while she is attacking the attack rectangle is popping up, well, thats because the player is pressing the respective button on the controller (duh!). Yeah, so, looks like its basically:
Triangle = Basic Magic
Circle = Physical Attack
X = Advanced Magic
Square = Guard
Now how many attacks can she do? The superior bar on the sword thing there reduces while she attacks so thats what will restrict the times you attack. Its likely to cool down after that. Its probably when you will have to doge the attacks or guard. The other bar is obviously her health.
I also noticed some little squares under the monster HP bar, I'm supposing that is going to be something similar to the stagger bar somehow. Maybe when its empty you will deal more damage, or be able to launch the enemy.
The only thing we don't know about is that circular thing with 10000 points...
Anyway, I think I got how the new ATB works.
Here is a gif:
The top rectangle on the right represents the new "paradigms" or whatever they will be called. Here Lightning is on the Divinity one. I noticed there is also a Cerberus one, with different attacks/magics/abilities, which further proves my point.
So, you can see that while she is attacking the attack rectangle is popping up, well, thats because the player is pressing the respective button on the controller (duh!). Yeah, so, looks like its basically:
Triangle = Basic Magic
Circle = Physical Attack
X = Advanced Magic
Square = Guard
Now how many attacks can she do? The superior bar on the sword thing there reduces while she attacks so thats what will restrict the times you attack. Its likely to cool down after that. Its probably when you will have to doge the attacks or guard. The other bar is obviously her health.
I also noticed some little squares under the monster HP bar, I'm supposing that is going to be something similar to the stagger bar somehow. Maybe when its empty you will deal more damage, or be able to launch the enemy.
The only thing we don't know about is that circular thing with 10000 points...
metalslimer
Member
Apparently it was removed because of the embargo is not up. Square actually plans on releasing that shitty trailer for the public later. Also man the battle system looks even less interesting than before.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I hope you're right. I'd like to believe you are since that looked worse than the first two games, which is pretty crazy.
PSY・S;45604636 said:
They warned us about HD towns.
AuthenticM
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I've got a serious question. You know how sometimes there are promotional events at which the game devs take questions from the public ? Well, has anyone ever asked Toriyama, in front of an audience, if he was aware of how much of a fucking shitty writer he was ? Or if he is aware that a significant portion of the FF fanbase thinks that ?
I really, really want to know.
I really, really want to know.
jimmypython
Member
:lol
Anyway, I think I got how the new ATB works.
Here is a gif:
The top rectangle on the right represents the new "paradigms" or whatever they will be called. Here Lightning is on the Divinity one. I noticed there is also a Cerberus one, with different attacks/magics/abilities.
So, you can see that while she is attacking the attack rectangle is popping up, well, thats because the player is pressing the respective button on the controller (duh!). Yeah, so, looks like its basically:
Triangle = Basic Magic
Circle = Physical Attack
X = Advanced Magic
Square = Guard
Now how many attacks can she do? The superior bar on the sword thing there reduces while she attacks so thats what will restrict the times you attack. Its likely to cool down after that. Its probably when you will have to doge the attacks or guard. The other bar is obviously her health.
I also noticed some little squares under the monster HP bar, I'm supposing that is going to be something similar to the stagger bar somehow. Maybe when its empty you will deal more damage, or be able to launch the enemy.
the 4 skills layout is basically from Type-0, which is one of my biggest complaints about Type-0
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
:lol
Anyway, I think I got how the new ATB works.
Here is a gif:
The top rectangle on the right represents the new "paradigms" or whatever they will be called. Here Lightning is on the Divinity one. I noticed there is also a Cerberus one, with different attacks/magics/abilities, which further proves my point.
So, you can see that while she is attacking the attack rectangle is popping up, well, thats because the player is pressing the respective button on the controller (duh!). Yeah, so, looks like its basically:
Triangle = Basic Magic
Circle = Physical Attack
X = Advanced Magic
Square = Guard
Now how many attacks can she do? The superior bar on the sword thing there reduces while she attacks so thats what will restrict the times you attack. Its likely to cool down after that. Its probably when you will have to doge the attacks or guard. The other bar is obviously her health.
I also noticed some little squares under the monster HP bar, I'm supposing that is going to be something similar to the stagger bar somehow. Maybe when its empty you will deal more damage, or be able to launch the enemy.
Actually I think you can set either 3 or 4 commands and that bar that decreases is your ATB meter and certain types of attacks drain a certain amount.
My thoughts.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
It all kinda reminds me of the XIII-2 DLC. Just the idea of a Lightning-only battle system, where she uses a limited set of moves spread across a set of specialized roles. And there's a lot of timing involved in the switching and stuff. This seems like they started with that system as a base, and ran with it.
:lol
Anyway, I think I got how the new ATB works.
Here is a gif:
The top rectangle on the right represents the new "paradigms" or whatever they will be called. Here Lightning is on the Divinity one. I noticed there is also a Cerberus one, with different attacks/magics/abilities, which further proves my point.
So, you can see that while she is attacking the attack rectangle is popping up, well, thats because the player is pressing the respective button on the controller (duh!). Yeah, so, looks like its basically:
Triangle = Basic Magic
Circle = Physical Attack
X = Advanced Magic
Square = Guard
Now how many attacks can she do? The superior bar on the sword thing there reduces while she attacks so thats what will restrict the times you attack. Its likely to cool down after that. Its probably when you will have to doge the attacks or guard. The other bar is obviously her health.
I also noticed some little squares under the monster HP bar, I'm supposing that is going to be something similar to the stagger bar somehow. Maybe when its empty you will deal more damage, or be able to launch the enemy.
The only thing we don't know about is that circular thing with 10000 points...
Jesus, it has more hit slowdown then GoW or Castlevania and zero enemy reaction.
This is quite possibly the worst thing tha they could have made when it comes to my tastes.
Femmeworth
Banned
Goddamn, that framerate.
jimmypython
Member
so in LRXIII's world people just use straight English.....Languages of Etro and Gran Pulse have been discarded...
fluffydelusions
Member
Just me or do graphics & frame rate not look very good?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Actually here you can see the circular bar being used. It looks like is just for a special attack.
Limit breaks confirmed.
It's just you.
It has to be. It will be an embarrassment if they mess this up. XIII and XIII-2 were pretty good which is why I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. But this trailer is no bueno.
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