Ol No Bones
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Looks stellar. I will always miss the turn based style though.
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Final Fantasy XV tech demo presentation by Tabata (Demo gameplay details added)
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Oh. Well then...
Nightengale
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Full cast members of Final Fantasy games never get revealed until the last few months before the game ships.
As far as we know right now, the intro and story foundation of FFXV will be on the bro-force. You start with them, because they're your best friends x royal bodyguard crew. Whether or not they're the only ones, and if there'll be females in the crew is still unknown.
Interesting thought. I would imagine there will be but what do I know?
seriously, the hairstyles are pretty tame compared to the stuff in other FFs
please do.
Zoe
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
Mainly, yeah. Nakazawa was too involved.
fuzzyreactor
Banned
Battle system looks a lil sloppy and shallow. Also hate how your weapons just appear out of thin air, Everything else looks good.
Zoe
Member
Pretty much. In the beginning the clothes were just inspired by a theme, but once they got the partnership with Roen, they seemed to have settled on what we see now.
Noctis' and Stella's outfits have been put on display before.
OsirisBlack
Banned
Everything about this looks amazing..... Immediately shoots this up to my most anticipated title.
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm not sure if this has been posted, but Dengeki posted a video where you can hear the crowd reaction to the demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMdSWYk4hRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMdSWYk4hRs
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Can you imagine FF6 remade with this engine? I would cry in joy if I saw that.
Shadow Ranger
Member
We have yet to see the rest of the game, so I'd definitely say it is way too early yet. There has been mention of different regions wearing different things, so look forward to that I guess. For all we know we may see new races or some such. Most of the focus so far has been Noctis and his hometown. I'd expect at least one really beautiful, natural looking place though. That's almost a given for any RPG these days.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Pretty impressive tech, hope they can fix the jaggies though.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Yea noticed that. And combat looks pretty janky imo.
Stone Ocean
Member
II has Maria
Shadow Ranger
Member
An important question is - is the frog status back!? Because you can't have such a detailed frog and not make it a status again.
MadSkillzBahamut
Member
How are people in Japan reacting to this game, is there hype?
Nightengale
Member
What we know regarding aesthetics :
Lucis named characters pretty much wear all modern black. That mafia visual identity.
Tenebra also has a modern aesthetic to their clothing ( as seen by Stella's outfits )
Niflheim has a fantasy look to their characters, with robes and magic armor knights.
Accordo has a Venice look to their architecture, but no idea about their fashion.
Solheim is unknown.
Lucis named characters pretty much wear all modern black. That mafia visual identity.
Tenebra also has a modern aesthetic to their clothing ( as seen by Stella's outfits )
Niflheim has a fantasy look to their characters, with robes and magic armor knights.
Accordo has a Venice look to their architecture, but no idea about their fashion.
Solheim is unknown.
2ch were going ballistic today when the gameplay was streaming live. Stuff like "this is the best game ever," "amazing," "this is Japan!"
Lots of comments on popular video game fan sites, it's looking really good
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Do we even know if there will be MORE playable characters than Noctis's gang? Four characters for a four-slot party and a four-seated car. All wearing black. It seems it could be "enough".
2ch were going ballistic today when the gameplay was streaming live. Stuff like "this is the best game ever," "amazing," "this is Japan!"
Lots of comments on popular video game fan sites, it's looking really good
Awesome to hear.
yeah this is my biggest worry about the localization. hoping we can get something along the lines of catherine (vincent and his pals). i've always thought one of the best things about the game was that particular group dynamic, which owes all its charm to the voice work: it was very fluid, natural sounding and most of all it was believable. immersing yourself into their world of woes was effortless
Stone Ocean
Member
There's still Cor, plus I'm pretty sure it is - at least was - confirmed you'd get more playable characters.
Not that I mind having a fixed party
What does that mean? Like national pride, or like representation in a now Western dominated industry?
A bit of both since Japan usually lags behind when it comes to graphics and how awesome it is that SE is achieving such a good looking game showing that they can compete on a worldwide stage. And that they are proud of it
Once they said that Noctis could use his phone to make photos (long time ago, so it doesn't really mean anything now).
Personally, I think they'll add that feature and you'll also be able to share picture on social networks.
Guys I really hope Stella is playable
.Once they said that Noctis could use his phone to make photos (long time ago, so it doesn't really mean anything now).
Personally, I think they'll add that feature and you'll also be able to share picture on social networks.
Guys I really hope Stella is playable
this. she HAS TO BE PLAYABLE!
Spoiling that would suck so BAD!!
Tabata has been pretty reserved when talking story and major events himself but I am so afraid of SE's extended spoilerific campaign.
Goddammit I don't wanna know the final boss before I even play.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Japan is back
Return of the video game king
Lttp: Japan and HD gaming
So glad they and kojima made their own engines
Finally getting distinctly different looking games again,
The only scenario I'd accept her not being playable in is if she's a major antagonist. Final Fantasy as a series needs more women in significant antagonistic roles.
I really hope they'll keep some surprise for the release day... the XIII-2 campaign was really bad, before the release we already knew every location, character, minigame, etc.
Honestly I'm glad they won't include bosses in the demo.
Or if she dies
stargateheaven
Member
Let's see if square fuck up and release it in Japan first, than the rest of the world like 6 months later. it's so annoying..
ChiefofCitadelSecurity
Member
Yeah, I wanted to see this. Them being excited is good for everybody.
As Tywin said "The 7 Kingdoms aren't united unless Dorne is brought into the fold"
Not that his company couldn't, but this doesn't look like the kind of game he'd be affiliated with for the style he does the best.
I wouldn't count on it for a mainline title.
Nightengale
Member
It's Final Fantasy. A mainline one at that.
Every single Japanese games magazine will be publishing the smallest bit of new information as a blockbuster [NEW FINAL FANTASY XV DETAILS! NEW CHARACTER REVEALED! ETC!] every month.
It's the fate of Final Fantasy marketing. You can't escape that marketing cycle.
3 months later in the worst case scenario. And who knows maybe they'll release it worldwide with japanese/english audio option. That would be nice, I really hope SE will surprise me that way.
Canis lupus
Member
She'll be playable in XV-2
Obviously there are mixed opinions about this stuff, but I think FFXIII is amongst the best looking third party PS3 games, and Capcom's AAA stuff was absolutely on par with the West visually.A bit of both since Japan usually lags behind when it comes to graphics and how awesome it is that SE is achieving such a good looking game showing that they can compete on a worldwide stage. And that they are proud of it
I'd love for FFXV to be the beginning of an onslaught of AAA console RPGs out of Japan, but it's not going to happen, but it's nice that people are excited about the prospect I guess.
She will be playable like Solid Snake in MGS2's campaign.