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[Punished Miku]

One of the things I like is Yoshida called out FF has been putting too much focus on graphics to a detriment.

A Focus On Graphics Killed Final Fantasy XIV. Here's How Square Enix Revived It

www.siliconera.com

I'm fine with this approach if the art style is strong. Souls games come out every 2-3 years from a smaller studio than SQEX. They need to get back to putting out 2-3 major RPGs each gen.

 

[ZZZZ]

I'm fine with this approach if the art style is strong. Souls games come out every 2-3 years from a smaller studio than SQEX. They need to get back to putting out 2-3 major RPGs each gen.

I think they will, they finally moved on from Luminous, they let the one team that took 10 years to learn that shit to stick with it, and moved every other Dev team to Unreal engine.

Edit: Forgot about Crystal Tools.

 

[Kumomeme]

Is there any more artwork available? SE took down the 3BD recruitment page it seems.

only this and we dont know if this concept art is indeed related to 16 or actually some old work for 14's heavensward

 

[YukiOnna]

Can anyone tell me how is the FF XIV Side quests? I'm not into MMO and i'm curious how Yoshi P does side quests.
I want SE to move away from fetch quests so bad.
The side quests in XV are absolutely atrocious, and the ones in FFVIIR are the worst part of the game by far as well, they really got to step up on that department.
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If we're talking pure side quests, then it's your usual MMO stuff. But the Side Story Quests are absolutely amazing. From foreshadowing and setting up main plot points, to expanding the lore, to downright hilarious shit. The effort in them is insane.

 

[Kumomeme]

Can anyone tell me how is the FF XIV Side quests? I'm not into MMO and i'm curious how Yoshi P does side quests.
I want SE to move away from fetch quests so bad.
The side quests in XV are absolutely atrocious, and the ones in FFVIIR are the worst part of the game by far as well, they really got to step up on that department.
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in 2.0 A Realm Reborn there lot of fetch quest but each quest have storyline too it but not voiced. On expansion onward, quest get better. Less fetch and more focus. It MMO though so that kind of quest is common.

 

[Lethal01]

Not Ninja Gaiden, Nioh, Demon's Souls, Dragon's Dogma, Metal Gear Rising, off the top of my head.

I play all the DMC off-shoots, and will get Bayonetta 3. But I'm honestly just sick of it is all I'm saying. And we're also getting Babylon's Fall, and Bayonetta 3, and probably another Platinum Games Nier game. I just wish they tried new stuff since so many games do it. I wish the main guy behind DMC V made something new. It's not bad, just repetitive.

Big disagree,

I feel like we only get a really great implementation of this kind of combat maybe once a year if we're lucky.
Until this genre is atleast a quarter as big as shooters are I won't be bothered.

 

[Lethal01]

One of the things I like is Yoshida called out FF has been putting too much focus on graphics to a detriment.

A Focus On Graphics Killed Final Fantasy XIV. Here's How Square Enix Revived It

www.siliconera.com

Eh, this game just looks way too flat right now, really kills the excitement.
Hopefully they can get some better shadows and GI bylaunch.

 

[Thabass]

Tell us more.

Timed news scoop exclusive?

This is all I knew. That Yoshida was on the team and that the announcement was expected this year.

 

[Kumomeme]

Honestly I rarely did quests outside of the main scenario for leveling, I mainly did fates.
But the quests that I did do were alright and didn't only involve fighting or fetch quests, there was a lot of dialogue and short stories being told and some really unique ones.

Some of them basically were their own storylines, same with the crafting they basically had their own story in a sense and a lot of side-quests gives special rewards like dances, emotes or mog gear etc.

The Manderville storyline especially is pretty funny and they keep adding to it and you get a lot of fun emotes and rewards from it.

Hilidibrand quest is gold! hillarious parody quest. Cant wait for next episode. Its like when the devs going wild and go full anime.

 

[ZZZZ]

But the Side Story Quests are absolutely amazing. From foreshadowing and setting up main plot points, to expanding the lore, to downright hilarious shit. The effort in them is insane.

This is what we need in the future, not the nonsense from the past few games.
XV side quests:
- Go fetch that dog tag for me
- Go take a picture with a camera of X or Y for me.
- Go kill that monster for me
- Go pick up some frogs for me.
- Go fetch some ingredients for me
VIIR side quests:
- Go kill some rats for me
- Go grab my cats for me
- Go destroy some boxes

SE please, move on from this stuff, it only hurts the overall experience.

 

[Honey Bunny]

The ff13 announcement only had lightning fighting solo (with a phony battle system, but that's another issue), so it's just a matter of waiting for more trailers, but i'm positive there will be other characters

Fuck that XIII trailer was good. That train, and the music!

 

[Myths]

As much as I couldn’t stand the final product of 13, the build-up from the trailer all those years was interesting. I say this because I’m surprised they didn’t slap a pre-recorded synced UI over gameplay footage for this new XVI trailer. It was interesting seeing how much had changed between the trailers, the demo, and the final product in XIII’s case.

What it looks like is they pooled last gen assets into their newest engine, which has yet to get final specifications. This, compounded by their usual inability to have any definite direction to their project, probably made for a rough and underwhelming trailer to many.

 

[93xfan]

Final Fantasy 16 is a Timed Exclusive on PS5

Final Fantasy 16 has been announced as a PS5 exclusive, but a bit of fine print makes it clear that that exclusivity will be a limited-time deal.

gamerant.com

Article doesn’t provide proof that it will come to Xbox for sure.

Seems like it could follow Rise of the Tomb Raider and FF7 Remake.

 

[Punished Miku]

Fuck that XIII trailer was good. That train, and the music!

Hell yeah. XIII is about 1000x better than people give it credit for. To this day, the art style, character designs and music are jaw dropping. I think most of them are working on FFVIIR which looks very similar to XIII in a lot of ways IMHO. The final trailer is sick as well.

 

[Kumomeme]

probably worth to share, as comparison the Heavensward Launch Trailer



since it highly chances made by same team/lead.

 

[Compsiox]

More info in 2021. So 2022 release or later?

Also was the last one even profitable? Didn't they spend millions on a promotional cgi movie in addition to the game?

 

[DelireMan7]

I was extremely excited when I heard about the announcement. But while watching the trailer I was a bit disappointed by the realistic look they went for.

Still in the end the medieval like setting looks nice for me.
Just the environment looks empty.

I am fine with action combat. This one might look a bit too flashy and over the top still...
Wait and see...

 

[ULTROS!]

Final Fantasy 16 is a Timed Exclusive on PS5

Final Fantasy 16 has been announced as a PS5 exclusive, but a bit of fine print makes it clear that that exclusivity will be a limited-time deal.

gamerant.com

Article doesn’t provide proof that it will come to Xbox for sure.

Seems like it could follow Rise of the Tomb Raider and FF7 Remake.

Tbh, if you’re a fan of FF and JRPGs, it’s best you go where it will appear for sure (hint: it’s not the Xbox).

 

[dwish]

i see a medieval fantasy ffxv here.
mixed feelings thinking about playing a combat system like that again.

Same. Even lore wise it looks similar. Is it a prequel?

 

[dalekjay]

The graphics look like isn’t pushing not even a Ps4 pro, but the aesthetic saved, stepping away from animey pop stars, les obnoxious design - to me in long time since FF9 , I’m starting this one on right foot

 

[ULTROS!]

Honestly, if this game will be much better than the previous FFs and isn’t linear approached (visit multiple towns, do inter-town sidequests, explore the field, story is in place) even if it’s sacrificing the graphics a little bit, then I’m all for it.

 

[Red Rackham's Revenge]

So glad it's fantasy. It's been too long.

 

[ZZZZ]

Some blue checkmarks are saying the game is being developed using an upgraded version of Crystal Tools, that makes a lot of sense actually.

 

[donix2010]

Can't wait for this game. I've been waiting for an FF game based on it's original roots.

 

[93xfan]

Tbh, if you’re a fan of FF and JRPGs, it’s best you go where it will appear for sure (hint: it’s not the Xbox).

I’m a Mario and Zelda fan as well and glad I got a switch and not a wiiU (not dating ps5 is a wiiU, just giving an example of being patient)

 

[Classicrockfan]

What the hell is this an online mmo or a singleplayer rpg like ff7?

 

[BlackGauna]

I like that it is a medieval setting again after all these modern/scifi settings.

 

[ULTROS!]

What the hell is this an online mmo or a singleplayer rpg like ff7?

Single Player FF made by the team who made FFXIV (thus why it feels like FFXIV).

 

[Classicrockfan]

Single Player FF made by the team who made FFXIV (thus why it feels like FFXIV).

Cool I didn’t get to watch the show but my friend at work said it has online modes.thanks.

 

[Kumomeme]

saw this on reddit lol

 

[cireza]

Game doesn't look like it is so exclusive anymore, which is a good thing.

Why are the graphics largely inferior to FF XV ? Honestly I am disappointed by their showing. Areas did not look so open either. Art direction felt a bit too westernized.

But this is not Halo, so people probably won't complain.

 

[PleaseWaitStation4]

The character models haven't progressed much, but looks like a good cross gen. Square, you need to add ray-tracing in the eyes to get to that next level. Simple, but nobody is doing it. The reason why eyes always have a dead look to them in games is because in reality when a shadow passes in front of the iris, the eye is immediately drawn to look towards what is coming. The reflective and (oh god) wet nature of the eye can be fully realized with ray tracing and add a layer that has been missing, bringing the the characters to life in real time, not just cut scenes. It will be tits.

 

[Danjin44]

The character models haven't progressed much,

If by progress mean having face scan like in DMCV, RE2R and Death Stranding then I rather not have it.

 

[ULTROS!]

I'm gonna go all out and say the ending will probably be the main character gets recognized with high honors by the king, he raises his sword in glory, the phoenix appears... While the theme of FF plays in the background.

Weird because after watching this trailer, most of the stuff that I dreamt a few years back about for the next upcoming FF kinda happened. Here were my hopes and wishes:

1. Medieval setting with castles
2. Main characters surrounding a campfire planning a counterattack.
3. Main character will use summons in some way, like each attack has a corresponding summon. I was hoping for a combination of Paladin + Summoner.
4. You're using a knight who's protecting a prince, gets exiled for some reason.

 

[DJT123]

Wait, so this will be delayed 6-12 months on PC? Fuck you Sony.

 

[YukiOnna]

Honestly, if this game will be much better than the previous FFs and isn’t linear approached (visit multiple towns, do inter-town sidequests, explore the field, story is in place) even if it’s sacrificing the graphics a little bit, then I’m all for it.

It's early days, but it looks just fine in my case. I'd be happy if they rolled out with this with some extra polish.

 

[HarryKS]

Why is Phoenix fighting Ifrit? Same element, no damage.

 

[ZZZZ]

Honestly, if this game will be much better than the previous FFs and isn’t linear approached (visit multiple towns, do inter-town sidequests, explore the field, story is in place) even if it’s sacrificing the graphics a little bit, then I’m all for it.

I just want a great story, great dialogues and greats quests right now, the visuals are good enough. Combat will be good as well because they have great devs working on it.

 

[GenericUser]

more infos 2021, release in 2024. Fuck this.

 

[NoviDon]

Can't wait to NOT have only 3 OTHER DUDE's in my party

RIGHT?! I need some WAP to wash down all that sausage

 

[Labolas]

I heard that the main battle director of DMC is on this and it shows. I think I'll be in this just for the combat alone honestly. It looks really good.

 

[scalman]

Never played xiv or xv maybe i would try this if it will be interesting for solo as well.

 

[ULTROS!]

 

[Andrew Evenstar]

Nothing wow'd me at all. The trailers for 13 and 15 blew me away and ended up being average. I hope the outcome of this game is the inverse of those.

I don't like the art style, VA is awkward. Battle system can't judge. GoT style setting and themes. I guess we'll see in 4 years, but my excitement levels are low.

 

[KàIRóS]

I've been reading comments since the announcement and now I'm fully convinced that Witcher 3 has to be the most normie RPG ever made, literally everyone is comparing it to the Witcher, which makes me feel really weird cause it literally looks like FFXIV-2 and nothing else really.

This whole "Dark Fantasy = Witcher" thing is pissing me off for some reason though.

Anyway it looked ok to me, it gave me a lot of FFXIV & FFTactics vibes, the protagonist reminded me a lot of Ramza and I'm all down for that time skip, I love time skips in any narrative. Also I don't know why but that scene where the kid gets splashed with blood reminded me a lot of Berserk, if they are getting inspiration from Berserk this will be good.

 

[TheAssist]

Developers showing pre rendered cutscenes not representative of actual gameplay: Oh fuck the devs its just CG, no gameplay, fuck off.

Developers listening to fans and showing early gameplay and cutscenes with missing features and polish: Omg it looks so bad, remember back in the day, that FF13 trailer was aaaaamaziiing.

People are so weird. I'm sure its gonna be cross gen though. Would be dumb of square not to do that.
It looks very much NES era FF. I really like the more colorful styles of FF7 or FF9 but maybe this will grow on me. For now its just that I am not used to the look.
Combat looks really good so far, especially knowing who is behind it. Interesting that its a one man army so far.

Really looking forward to see more of the game to learn more about the setting and its story.

 

[Coherenthy]

Might not release on PC?

 

[ZZZZ]

Might not release on PC?

It will just not day 1, almost every other FF is on PC now, a lot of them are already on gamepass as well.

 

[Damigos]

First impressions are excellent. I hope its better than FFXV which was mediocre at launch.
It gives me witcher vibes

 

[carlosrox]

All the references to classic FF