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Final Fantasy XV Gamescom Schedule, features 17+ 2-hour Duscae LPs and an ATR
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TheGreatLugia
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I'm assuming it'll release in fall 2016, but part of me is a bit worried that even if FFXV releases at the very end of 2016, the game could still end up feeling rushed out because of the development reboot a few years ago, along with the director shakeup and all of the alterations that happened last year. I've also been getting the impression from Tabata that at this point he just sort of wants the project finished so he can move on to other games.
Catherine?
I just really wanna make a vague reference, but rest assured I am hyped to know more about this game in 2 days.
So 2016 is more or less confirmed? I had always pegged the game down to next year (along with KH3), but some people were less optimistic about it.
MakotoYuki
Member
Need more Lestallum.
It looks great, specially Noctis, but those stairs :/
What's wrong with them?
Probably the lack of AF.
Napalm_Frank
Member
We have some idea and one name:
Cor- Head of King- Regis retnu (main guards) "The Immortal Shogun"
King Idola Aldercap- Emperior of Niflheim, came for the crystal and most likely slayer of Regis
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret- Princess of Tenebrae and seems to be taking residence in Altissia.
The old guy is a general of Niflheim and the purple hair guy in Reno
I friggin hate the names in some of these modern FF titles, XIV and XV be damned.
I'm going in with no expectations for now. I was excited for this game for many years but Tabata really shattered my faith with his grand apology tour post TGS. Now that they're ready to promote the final product I hope they show things that wow me and convince me this is the game I've waited almost a decade for.
Well before you said this:
Is it something that classifies as "wow" material?
Also, do you know if we're only getting a new trailer out of this? Seems disappointing for an hour long ATR. SOme small gameplay clips like last TGS would be great.
Poster has been verified.
MultiJhonny
Banned
I would love for that to be true lol
Words and visuals are two different things.
Napalm_Frank
Member
I wish XV tried harder to charm me instead of wow me.
brandonh83
Banned
If Cindy will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will.
chozen
Member
But it's not a Tuesday D:
theofficefan99
Junior Member
I don't think it'll be Fall 2016, but eh, we'll see. Only 49.5 hours until the ATR.
There's that too. XIV does a great job of that.
The Last One
Member
It's 6 CEST, not 6 EST
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I've played at least one game by each director now since I beat Kingdom Hearts 1.5 a few years ago and just recently finished up Type-0 HD. I enjoy both gameplay styles along with Episode Duscae, but Type-0's story leaves me even more worried about how FFXV's story is going to turn out.
On top of that, I'm finally playing Kingdom Hearts II for the first time and absolutely love it. It's clicking with me a lot better than the first, and it really is a shame knowing that this was the original team working on Versus XIII. I just finished the huge battle at Hollow Bastion and started imagining how well that event could have worked as a basis for the invasion of Insomnia, only to make myself sad. =/
XV is a little too focused on being "cool" in what's been shown so far.
Oh hey, guess what other FF was like that!
VSXIII, actually. All of those trailers were about being cool.
Heck, the TGS 2014 trailer has less "cool" and more charm than any of the Versus trailers. Still, I think the two FFXV trailers are bad in comparison to the Versus trailers.
I don't think the problem is that FFXV is trying to be cool. Its presentation has intendedly been less "cool" than anything we knew of VSXIII because we're finally seeing the party dynamic and road trip theme for the first time. We've literally been shown the starting field for nearly a year now. That's the biggest problem.
Sumio Mondo
Member
^Still waiting on them showing the cities from the Versus XIII trailers...
Sorry, I thought people were saying "Fall 2015", not "2016".
Sorry, I thought people were saying "Fall 2015", not "2016".
theofficefan99
Junior Member
Perfect Cha0s
Member
I agree. It feels like we're all dressed up with nowhere to go.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
That's because the car has been stuck in a gas station for a year.
We only saw one city in the versus 13 days and that was Insomnia.
We saw it in the 2013 re-reveal, tech demo vid and a presentation done by the head art director.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Lol, we're not that crazy. Well... at least most of us aren't.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
brandonh83
Banned
I thought they said it was a bit later in the game at least?
Vincent Grayson
Member
Why? Have we just decided Duscae sucks or something? It's hardly the world's most exciting area, but it still looks nice.
I'm virtually positive it won't be *the* starting area, and that it's more likely to be a very early one that eases you into the game.
I highly doubt it. They like starting with a bang.
Duscae isn't terrible like a lot of people are beginning to believe for some reason. It'll function well for a starting field.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
It'll be the final dungeon, and before you enter it you'll be given the option to turn back(because once you enter, there's no way out). Once you enter, you find it is just one never ending loop. You get to the boundaries of Duscae and they just repeat and repeat.
brandonh83
Banned
I'm sure she means because people already spent a lot of time there in the demo and it'd kind of suck to start right there and have to get through all of that again right off the bat.
If I remember right they say its some time after the intro and obviously before the invasion.
Because from a level design standpoint it's boring?
Sumio Mondo
Member
They kinda released the demo too early, didn't they? People are going to be getting rather sick of the area by the time the game eventually releases, lol. It's unfortunate.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
That sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't recall what Tabata exactly said.
Originally Nomura planned to start the game with Noctis escaping Insomnia during the invasion and then journeying out of the city. Considering that Noctis and co. are no longer in the city when the invasion happens and they hear news about the peace signing on the radio in the TGS trailer (before the invasion begins), I wouldn't be surprised if Duscae ends up being the first area.
When you're dealing with open-world design, that's not enough. Duscae doesn't really cut it at least as far as the demo is concerned. I would be disappointed to have to spend too many hours there.
I don't even really agree that it looks good, actually. It's not visually interesting in the slightest. It never has been, it just does s decent job demonstrating the scale they're going for with the environments.
Doubt it'll be the starting area. I'm guessing it's the equivalent of Mi'ihen Highroad in X in terms of how far it is in the game.
artsi
Member
I don't think Duscae (at least the demo environment) is the starting area since they have met Cid and Cindy before somewhere. But who knows how far their shop is though.
Anyway I'm just 100% hyped for the game personally, can't bring myself to worry about anything after enjoying Episode Duscae. If it takes time to complete then it does.
Anyway I'm just 100% hyped for the game personally, can't bring myself to worry about anything after enjoying Episode Duscae. If it takes time to complete then it does.
The game likely starts in Insomnia, still. Tabata said that they leave Insomnia and then the invasion takes place.
I definitely think it's the first field you go through, though. I really do think Duscae functions well for a starting area and I wouldn't be upset if that's the case. The game should only become more interesting in design from then on. The whole fantasy/reality spectrum.
I definitely think it's the first field you go through, though. I really do think Duscae functions well for a starting area and I wouldn't be upset if that's the case. The game should only become more interesting in design from then on. The whole fantasy/reality spectrum.
I agree that Insomnia will most likely be the starting area.
Yeah, they leave once they learn that Titan might be awake and are sent to investigate.
I wouldn't go that far as to call it boring, it does need some work though.
Nevertheless, I am assuming the intro sequence will be something more bombastic and action-oriented to wow and hook the player.
Duscae looks like the first area after the intro, once the player is comfortable with the game.
