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Final Fantasy XV stream featuring Tabata and Sakaguchi to be held on April 14th
- Thread starter SolidSnakex
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sir_bumble_bee
Member
Wow. Good to hear Sakaguchi and S-E still have a strong enough relationship to do something like this
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
good to see him taking a break from surfing in hawaii to talk about the finalest of fantasies
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Didn't he say a little while back that he liked what he played of the game?
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
On my birthday?! You shouldn't have!
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
ground breaking enough for me
the gooch showing up like that onstage was quite a monumental moment for the series.
Apple already has them covered
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
oh yeah. forgot he only played duscae.
I think so. Specifically, I think they said the game can be played from beginning to end.
potatohead
Member
You know the funny thing is that I'm praying for exactly this.
i wouldnt be against this either
Didn't I tell you last year that Sakaguchi and Uematsu might be on board again for a new FF 
Btw, here's what Sakaguchi said about Tabata in the aftershow stream:
“It really blew me away that there’s so many things. We have got the animated series, we’ve got the film, and first of all I was overwhelmed by the volume of content that has been produced, but then I looked to them all and I said “wow, they have such high quality as well, there’s nothing wrong with them, they’re flawless,” and I was just really amazed.”
“Tabata-san here, he’s really an amazing guy. You know, to make something of this quality and of this level, you need a lot of patience, and a lot of guts in a certain way. To get to this quality you need skill, you need passion, but you also need that determination, and I really felt that Tabata-san had that in spades.”
“Then I saw him today with that thing he did at the end, pushing the air button, I saw a whole side of him today and I thought… I actually felt that there was a real button there, and when he did that I was just “wow.” So yeah, he’s a pretty special guy.”
Tabata's response:
“I just talked with Sakaguchi-san here and Amano-san, and I interacted with them in the past, telling them what we’re trying to do with Final Fantasy XV, and what we’re trying to achieve here. Seeing them today, inviting them to this event, seeing their reaction and what they’ve said about it, it really makes me feel great about what we’ve achieved with Final Fantasy XV. I think it was all worth it.”
“Hearing their messages today, and what they have said, and being here with the founding fathers of Final Fantasy… Hearing what they said about the game, and that they gave their thumbs up, and the confidence they have in it, it really fills us with motivation. We’re gonna push right to the end, and get this game out and to you guys. It’s really been a great experience, and it has really filled me with confidence, so thank you.”
Btw, here's what Sakaguchi said about Tabata in the aftershow stream:
“It really blew me away that there’s so many things. We have got the animated series, we’ve got the film, and first of all I was overwhelmed by the volume of content that has been produced, but then I looked to them all and I said “wow, they have such high quality as well, there’s nothing wrong with them, they’re flawless,” and I was just really amazed.”
“Tabata-san here, he’s really an amazing guy. You know, to make something of this quality and of this level, you need a lot of patience, and a lot of guts in a certain way. To get to this quality you need skill, you need passion, but you also need that determination, and I really felt that Tabata-san had that in spades.”
“Then I saw him today with that thing he did at the end, pushing the air button, I saw a whole side of him today and I thought… I actually felt that there was a real button there, and when he did that I was just “wow.” So yeah, he’s a pretty special guy.”
Tabata's response:
“I just talked with Sakaguchi-san here and Amano-san, and I interacted with them in the past, telling them what we’re trying to do with Final Fantasy XV, and what we’re trying to achieve here. Seeing them today, inviting them to this event, seeing their reaction and what they’ve said about it, it really makes me feel great about what we’ve achieved with Final Fantasy XV. I think it was all worth it.”
“Hearing their messages today, and what they have said, and being here with the founding fathers of Final Fantasy… Hearing what they said about the game, and that they gave their thumbs up, and the confidence they have in it, it really fills us with motivation. We’re gonna push right to the end, and get this game out and to you guys. It’s really been a great experience, and it has really filled me with confidence, so thank you.”
MrChocolate
Member
SquareEnix usually publish trash games so it might not be off the table.
artsi
Member
I missed that, oh yeah.
http://store.steampowered.com//eula/377840_eula_0
2016年4月14日施行 ("Applied from April 14th")
I guess that settles it. It's thursday, too.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Didn't I tell you last year that Sakaguchi and Uematsu might be on board again for a new FF
Btw, here's what Sakaguchi said about Tabata in the aftershow stream:
Whenever I read some sort of interview or conversation like this, I just get really confident about this game being good.
Ito and Sakaguchi both making FF XVI, return to the roots. But seriously I would love SE to make a game like FF IX again.
DarkLordMalik
Member
People are in for a surprise if they think SE will go back to traditional FF gameplay after FFXV (unless the game is a total bomb)
I was not talking about gameplay more about the setting, world and characters. ATB is not coming back.
artsi
Member
I don't want a return to turn-based myself, but I would love a setting like IX had.
There's just something magical about that game.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Oh yeh, that can happen for sure. We are stuck with the Versus era design dating back to 2006.
Thanks Nomura
But I am very excited for the potential world and settings for FFXVI. FFXIV was great in that regard and from what we heard of XVI from Verendus, it sounds like medieval setting to me.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Something like FF6 setting would be cool
AuthenticM
Member
I will watch.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
They going all out for this game.
SolidSnakex
Member
I guess it depends on what you mean by traditional. I definitely don't see a numbered FF ever going back to a time where enemies would hop back and forth between specified locations. But something something that's menu driven and is similar to Grandia in approach? I can definitely see that happening. Grandia is still probably the best evolution of menu driven combat.
DarkConfidant
Member
That's odd, if true, as the FF games seem to have always be about changing things up each iteration
much to their fragile fan's dismay.
Thus, as time goes on, and the design evovles, I would hope that there would be no idea of "traditional" gameplay.
nelsonroyale
Member
Will there be new gameplay footage?
Well, classic ATB had a long run, too. Of course it had some changes, but fundamentally it stayed the same from FFIV until FFIX (maybe FFX if you count it as ATB on Wait Mode
).You mean XVII, XVI is already being produced by someone else. Signs point to Hiroyuki Ito.