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[IntelliHeath]

So much hype if true.

They said that it would come a year after Arcade so I hope that they would keep their words

I see Firion and Cecil in those screenshots

EDIT: From 4gamer.

That's good. I'm pretty sure that everyone would come back for Heroes and Villains sides. Since we already saw almost everyone on heroes side, so I would like to see Zidane, Tidus, Vaan and Shantatto (or Prishe) soon.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

I just want them to get the Arcade release over and done with ASAP so I can start looking forward to the PS4 release.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

November 2016 on PS4 then.

More like November 2017 on PS4.

 

[OmegaDL50]

More like November 2017 on PS4.

Why do you say this?

Square especially said the game would be in Arcades for at least 1 year before releasing it on the PS4.

It's not like Team Ninja who is co-developing alongside SE has a tendency to delay their projects.

Also just because one FF game took a long time to come out does not imply every single game after the fact will be delayed as well.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Nice. I wonder what kind of extras the console port will get since that's how Arcade -> Console ports tend to play out.

Story mode should be a lock.

 

[Dio]

I'll be in Japan in November. Maybe I'll get a chance to play it.

 

[glassgannon]

Story mode should be a lock.

id say story more with 10+ additional characters at the very least.
considering it launches with only 14, and they plan to reach close to 50.
im guessing itll be a street fighter 4 like thing.

 

[Philippo]

Man, that UI is the worst thing i have ever seen.

 

[miku]

Some pictures from Famitsu

 

[TheHolyTurnip]

That's great, but when's the

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NX port

release date?

 

[Jimmyfenix]

That's great, but when's the

Spoiler

NX port

release date?

Isn't the arcade port based on a ps4 system?

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Isn't the arcade port based on a ps4 system?

Well they could be porting it but if I remember correctly Sony actually is helping with this game somehow.

 

[Loona]

I wonder if Cecil will switch between paladin for air moves and dark knight for ground moves like in the PSP games - considering how they changed Bartz, maybe they've revised this character concept too?

 

[Possumowner]

First time ive heard or seen about this game.Guess a Ps4 port is inevitable.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

First time ive heard or seen about this game.Guess a Ps4 port is inevitable.

It's already been semi confirmed.

 

[Son Of D]

So if there aren't any removals from Duodecim (except the boss character Feral Chaos) this is what the roster is looking like so far:

FFI - Warrior of Light and Garland
FFII - Firion and The Emperor
FFIII - Onion Knight and Cloud of Darkness
FFIV - Cecil, Kain and Golbez
FFV - Bartz, Exdeath and Gilgamesh
FFVI - Terra and Kefka
FFVII - Cloud, Tifa, Aerith (assist only in Duodecim, but I can see her becoming playable this time round) and Sephiroth
FFVIII - Squall, Laguna and Ultimecia
FFIX - Zidane and Kuja
FFX - Tidus, Yuna and Jecht
FFXI - Shantotto and Prishe
FFXII - Vaan and Gabranth
FFXIII - Lightning
FFXIV - Y'shtola
FF Tactics - Ramza (Post launch character)

33 characters out of the planned 50+ roster.

 

[threelights]

Firion!

I like playing as him.

I wonder if they changed Cecil though.

 

[TreIII]

So if there aren't any removals from Duodecim (except the boss character Feral Chaos) this is what the roster is looking like so far:

FFI - Warrior of Light and Garland
FFII - Firion and The Emperor
FFIII - Onion Knight and Cloud of Darkness
FFIV - Cecil, Kain and Golbez
FFV - Bartz, Exdeath and Gilgamesh
FFVI - Terra and Kefka
FFVII - Cloud, Tifa, Aerith (assist only in Duodecim, but I can see her becoming playable this time round) and Sephiroth
FFVIII - Squall, Laguna and Ultimecia
FFIX - Zidane and Kuja
FFX - Tidus, Yuna and Jecht
FFXI - Shantotto and Prishe
FFXII - Vaan and Gabranth
FFXIII - Lightning
FFXIV - Y'shtola
FF Tactics - Ramza (Post launch character)

33 characters out of the planned 50+ roster.

Whatever they may do to flesh out the roster after those more or less expected picks is what excites me the most. Especially if that old quote about selections based on "function instead of just popularity" holds up.

 

[Professor Beef]

Hoping for Seifer, will settle for Zell.

 

[Quintin DM]

Exciting news, and now we wait for the inevitable PS4 port.

 

[Zexen]

I'm really eager for the PS4 ver. but man, the HUD is such goddamn mess.

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

So the snowy stage is the FFVI one, right?

 

[Lights and Waves]

The excitement in the thread title for a game that 99.9999999% of us won't get to play until 2 years from now.

 

[PulseONE]

FINALLY some new news on this game, I was starting to get worried

 

[IntelliHeath]

For people who don't really follow the news, here are the information that might make you exciting.

The following is a list of known playable characters set to appear in Dissidia Final Fantasy. Upon the game's initial release, its cast of playable characters will only be 14, however it is the developers goal to get the number of playable characters over 50 with a series of updates to come post release.[9] The developers have even said that once the 50 characters are finished, they would like to include even more as to them "50 feels like a small number". They also wish for all characters playable in the previous Dissidia titles to return

It was decided early on to go with a 3 vs 3 concept.[13] The developers wanted to give the game the "FF party feeling" by including multiple characters to a player's side.[5] A 1 vs 1 concept was ruled out as Team Ninja already had a 1 vs 1 fighting game IP (Dead or Alive), so even if the team was to create a new one it would inevitably be the same fundamental gameplay and the team felt it would be difficult to alter that into something distinct. 3 vs 3 allowed the developers to think of something new, and a chance for players to co-operate with friends, play against others, and create a team they could call a "party."

Conceptually the new Dissidia Final Fantasy game was to be fun to play socially, but also fun to play seriously. When releasing an arcade game it's not enough to just be fun socially, as players need to understand why they lost. Hayashi explained to Kujiraoka why it was necessary for the game to be fun on the basis of pure action and that's why the RPG elements of the previous Dissidia games needed to be mostly stripped. Kujiraoka in turn had Hayashi play Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy to showcase the feel of the game he was looking for.

Whatever they may do to flesh out the roster after those more or less expected picks is what excites me the most. Especially if that old quote about selections based on "function instead of just popularity" holds up.

I'm pretty sure that they are going to add Noctis and Minwu to the roster tho. I hopefully wish they would add more characters based on their unique gameplays as well. There are many different kind of characters that could play so differently compare to the characters that we already have in the game.

 

[Professor Beef]

Not too sure I like the idea of the RPG elements being stripped down. Making equip sets was great.

 

[Golnei]

It's interesting how that statement about increasing the focus on the immediate action-based gameplay jars with what seems to be a simplification of the options available to the player in the media we've seen so far. Hopefully the change of style they're going for ends up working out well...

even if the team was to create a new one it would inevitably be the same fundamental gameplay and the team felt it would be difficult to alter that into something distinct.

Because the first game was indistinguishable from DOA...? Though if that Squall vs. Bartz footage was any indication, they are still allowing you to do 1v1 battles, even if they'd be negatively affected by the balancing and mechanics being intended for 3v3.

 

[IntelliHeath]

So the snowy stage is the FFVI one, right?

Yes, it's more likely to be Snowfields near to Narshe.

Awhile Crystalline stage is more likely to be The Interdimensional Rift from Final Fantasy V.

 

[Nose Master]

I haven't kept up with this but... what are the controls like? Seems like they would be a nightmare for a cabinet.

 

[Golnei]

I haven't kept up with this but... what are the controls like? Seems like they would be a nightmare for a cabinet.

They're essentially just an adaptation of a PS_ controller.

Along with the arcade game running off what's basically a PS4; it's possible that Sony's level of involvement in the game would prevent a port to anything but the PS4. Hopefully it's more of a SFV situation, I'd love it if the game were in a position to be modded to the extent of Duodecim.

 

[Nose Master]

They're essentially just an adaptation of a PS_ controller.

Along with the arcade game running off what's basically a PS4; it's possible that Sony's level of involvement in the game would prevent a port to anything but the PS4. Hopefully it's more of a SFV situation, I'd love it if the game were in a position to be modded to the extent of Duodecim.

I need this in my life.

 

[Shogun1337]

We need Zell.

 

[threelights]

I read somewhere not too long ago that some arcades were starting to remove that "School of Ragnarok" arcade fighting game also published by Square because it wasn't being played (the game came out a few months ago).

Hopefully it turns out better for Dissidia >.>


Anyway, anyone knows what the reception of the game over there has been so far?

 

[Dimitri LH]

new info finally

This may be my first PS4 import just to play early. Show me Ramza already!

 

[Valus]

We need Sabin.

FTFY.

 

[Son Of D]

I'm hoping for Edgar myself. I want that Tools action.

I'm expecting Caius as a XIII-series villain. Ashe/Balthier, Zack, X-2 character (either X-2 RIkku or Paine). Noctis is a maybe for the PS4 version.

 

[Inuhanyou]

I just hope the PS4 version has a fully featured story mode complete with cut-scenes and dialogue

 

[PulseONE]

Hmmm, stripping down of the RPG mechanics is a little disappointing. I loved spending hours trying to craft stuff

Then again, after finally maxing things out, I'd usually play with the equipmentless ruleset so it'd be a fair fight, so I can see where they're coming from

I just hope the PS4 version has a fully featured story mode complete with cut-scenes and dialogue

Indeed, me too. The best thing about Dissidia was seeing characters from different games interacting with one another.

 

[TreIII]

Hmmm, stripping down of the RPG mechanics is a little disappointing. I loved spending hours trying to craft stuff

Then again, after finally maxing things out, I'd usually play with the equipmentless ruleset so it'd be a fair fight, so I can see where they're coming from

Eh, in my case, I'm glad the stuff is looking to be excised for the main mode(s) of play. But if, for the console port, they want to bring back the grinding for the Story/Mission mode(s) and perhaps a separate vs. mode where people can go nuts with that kind of thing, by all means. The only "grinding" I'd want to be required of me is in the lab.

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[Professor Beef]

Eh, in my case, I'm glad the stuff is looking to be excised for the main mode(s) of play. But if, for the console port, they want to bring back the grinding for the Story/Mission mode(s) and perhaps a separate vs. mode where people can go nuts with that kind of thing, by all means. The only "grinding" I'd want to be required of me is in the lab.

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At the very least I want equipment to stick around. I loved tinkering with sets that increased effects, like wall rush.

 

[RocketDarkness]

At the very least I want equipment to stick around. I loved tinkering with sets that increased effects, like wall rush.

Yeah, I think keeping equipment would be ideal, especially if they smooth out the power level so everything is balanced but still allow people to tune characters to their play styles.

 

[Philippo]

Wake me up when i can main Noctis-Ouji on a Ps4.

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and when they clean that horrible UI

 

[Razmos]

I hope Beatrix gets added, I'd love to see a none-chibi 3D model for her.

And Selphie/Quistis, I could easily see them come up with some cool movesets based on their unique weapons. Selphie could also use a random Slots based magic style while Quistis can use random blue magic.

 

[Raijinken]

Does anyone know how big the dev team for the game is? Once the game comes out in November they're going to be updating the game constantly with more characters, stages, summons, music, equipment, balance changes, and some other things so I'm wondering if we'll actually see the game in November or December 2016 like people are already expecting if they want to include a story mode in there somewhere...

 

[AgeEighty]

Vivi. No excuses.

 

[PulseONE]

Eh, in my case, I'm glad the stuff is looking to be excised for the main mode(s) of play. But if, for the console port, they want to bring back the grinding for the Story/Mission mode(s) and perhaps a separate vs. mode where people can go nuts with that kind of thing, by all means. The only "grinding" I'd want to be required of me is in the lab.

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Well even in Duodecim, outside of story mode you could play while ignoring equipment by using the rulesets, so yeah I agree, that would be ideal

 

[TreIII]

At the very least I want equipment to stick around. I loved tinkering with sets that increased effects, like wall rush.

Yeah, I think keeping equipment would be ideal, especially if they smooth out the power level so everything is balanced but still allow people to tune characters to their play styles.

If it can stay balanced for even the "standard" play, that'd be fine by me. Just as long it's something that a) works organically with the game and b) is something that can be adjusted quickly on the character-select/party prep screen (like say, the player can select from two-three favorite layouts for their chosen character).

 

[threelights]

I would be okay if they did away with equipment if they add something else we can mess around with.

And I absolutely agree that the only necessary grind should be in the lab =X

Does anyone know how big the dev team for the game is? Once the game comes out in November they're going to be updating the game constantly with more characters, stages, summons, music, equipment, balance changes, and some other things so I'm wondering if we'll actually see the game in November or December 2016 like people are already expecting if they want to include a story mode in there somewhere...

One year is technically the period that it'll be exclusive for arcades, it does not mean in the slightest that they'll put the console version out as soon as the deal ends.

I actually don't even expect them to announce something before this time next year...

 

[TreIII]

I would be okay if they did away with equipment if they add something else we can mess around with.

And I absolutely agree that the only necessary grind should be in the lab =X

My man~!

But to try and extend an olive branch of compromise, it's certainly something I'd be willing to entertain if Team Ninja could make it work in a way similar to what I outlined above. Even Gundam Vs. has flirted with the idea of giving the player what kind of "Burst" (Super Mode activation, in a nutshell) they wanted to use, from time to time. And realistically, I'm not expecting them to get everything right upon release, either. But thankfully, that's what the first year or so in the arcades will hammer out long before we have to worry about it.

 

[Professor Beef]

If it can stay balanced for even the "standard" play, that'd be fine by me. Just as long it's something that a) works organically with the game and b) is something that can be adjusted quickly on the character-select/party prep screen (like say, the player can select from two-three favorite layouts for their chosen character).

The latter was already a thing. And aside from artifact equipment, it was already balanced.