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FFXV copies out in the wild (street date broken in Peru, possibly elsewhere)
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The Emperor
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That was pertaining to plot beats and events.? But FFXIII is full of cutscenes, it's the most cinematic FF out there. What you mean
XIII has wonderfully directed cut scenes in a huge number. But very little plot progression happens in em. It's a lot of reiteration of previous events or 'we keep faith' type speeches. Chapter 7 and 8 were my fav bits of XIII as it was the most similar to a ps1 FF in plot beats/events combined with stunning locales and cut scenes there.
If XIII was more like chapter 7/8 (plaum polum and nautilus) throughout it would be my fav FF
YankeeDonB
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Yes, same! This was one of my favorite elements of prior FFs, integration of set pieces into the story, and sounds like XV takes it to the next level
DarkLordMalik
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Not sure what you mean but impressions of someone don't compare to a game in development.
Thanks for the detailed impressions Verendus
Can you say anything about the open world nature of the first part vs the second part? We all know it gets linear but to which extent? Literally corridors like FFXIII or more like old Zelda/Darksiders games with an HUB and dungeons/large areas connected to it through corridors? I really don't get it yet lol
I'd love to know that as well.
You and me both man.
Hahahaha, just caught up with the thread and read your post.
Hold me, Philippo.
BossDarkseid
Member
Welp.
Looks cool, but nothing will beat Prompto's reaction to seeing it up close in the TGS 2014 trailer. Too bad that's gone.
DarknessTear
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And you can fight it for 10 (???) hours.
Please don't be a trophy.
Please don't be a trophy.
chozen
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Yeah they did change that scenario huh.
72 HOURRSSSSS. Idk if it's true.
DarknessTear
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I thought something was said like "If you're strong it's more like 10" but I could be wrong.
Audioboxer
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Wait, what?! 10 hour boss fight? Yas.
We need more Ultimate weapon boss fights on steroids.
Are... we still talking in game hours, or did SE go full Pandemonium Warden/Absolute Virtue?
BossDarkseid
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I thought it was that the fight took 3 in game days, rather than x "real time" hours?
AlfredX1990
Banned
20 on Metacritic confirmed
Nightengale
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Honestly, the part where Verendus states his opinion on his love for the game, believing it to be the best game since MGS3... so long as one understands it's his personal takeaway that can greatly differ people to people, or even be an outlier opinion from the broader masses. It's important to keep expectations in check in lieu of personal taste.
What's really important are Verendus's overall descriptions of how the game "are put together" in terms of pacing, storytelling, world-setting, etc. From what he said, the game has a sense of identity of what it is and what it aimed to do that largely succeeds, though it's not without stumbling blocks in all aspects as well.
What has kept me to FFXV and being excited for it for so long, is the game's promise of being a game that truly believes and executes in its concept of a bromance road-trip between best buds through the marshes of a fantasy based on reality.
And if the game can deliver that in a way that is Final Fantasy, (whatever the hell that means to each one of us), I will be more than satisfied even if there are plenty of flaws between the seams.
What's really important are Verendus's overall descriptions of how the game "are put together" in terms of pacing, storytelling, world-setting, etc. From what he said, the game has a sense of identity of what it is and what it aimed to do that largely succeeds, though it's not without stumbling blocks in all aspects as well.
What has kept me to FFXV and being excited for it for so long, is the game's promise of being a game that truly believes and executes in its concept of a bromance road-trip between best buds through the marshes of a fantasy based on reality.
And if the game can deliver that in a way that is Final Fantasy, (whatever the hell that means to each one of us), I will be more than satisfied even if there are plenty of flaws between the seams.
SargerusBR
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As much as I am happy about Verendus's impression, I would have still been hyped and excited for XV regardless. I mean, I would love for the game to get 9s and 10s across the board that finally puts Final Fantasy at the forefront of RPG games, but if that doesn't happen, it will still be fine. The game has appealed to me conceptually and thematically, I like the premise of the game and its characters (thanks to Brotherhood) and from what I've played I like the game play aspect as well. At worse, I would come out from the game with a good enjoyable experience thanks to the gameplay and the character interactions.
NoctisVsStar
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You buggin.. mgs2 is a masterpiece.
YankeeDonB
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Such a cool implementation of adamantoise. I hope there's some lore around it. Having a mountain size turtle just chilling in the desert for no reason would be a little lame.
Of course if it's all Morla the Aged One I'm not going to want to fight it :-(
Makoto Yuki
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Praise Tabata! Farewell sweet prince Nomura! Final Fantasy XV the savior of Final Fantasy!
(That doesn't include MMOs)
It looks amazing, I just hope the fight has some gimmick to it, because wailing on it for an hour while looking at a wall of brown because of it's size is gonna be tedious.
onepiecefan
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Avoided pretty much all the recent FFXV related threads and vids' etc, thought I might as well give in and check this thread out, and thankfully it seems like this could be worth the wait.
Omnistalgic
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1 down baby...
Please let TLG turn out great too.
Please let TLG turn out great too.
It's just speculation for now.
10 ingame hours wouldn't be much by the way.
If I'm not mistaken I had a fight last 3 ingame hours in the demo (yes, I'm quite bad, just to get that out of the way).
Any boss fight that lasts more than one (real) hour is just bad design imo.
My theory is that the opening hours of the game were heavily reworked after they decided to make Kingsglaive. The decision for not having the bros in Insomnia during the invasion can be seen back then, with talks of the treaty on the radio while they're in their roadtrip, but many parts of them slowly picking up on something weird going on there seem to be gone, for whatever reason.
YankeeDonB
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I agree, though I'm basically fine with one super boss that's just a damage sponge if it's a one-off. Summoning against this thing should be awesome too.
I'm mostly worried that the fantasy/JRPGs aspects of FFXV aren't going to be accepted by reviewers in this day and age, even if it's similar or as good like FFVI or FFVII.
To give an example, sites who reviewed Kingsglaive and who had never heard of Final Fantasy laughed with character designs like Ardyn, while to me I'm used to over-the-top designs like that and I don't even question it (I love JRPGs).
I'm really curious how reviewers will take this game but I'm also not going to be too fixated on a review score if the reviewer has issues with things that are an added value to me.
To give an example, sites who reviewed Kingsglaive and who had never heard of Final Fantasy laughed with character designs like Ardyn, while to me I'm used to over-the-top designs like that and I don't even question it (I love JRPGs).
I'm really curious how reviewers will take this game but I'm also not going to be too fixated on a review score if the reviewer has issues with things that are an added value to me.
Yeah I hope summons do decent damage, I also hope there is more than 1 superboss or well more than 1 endgame/post dungeon. I bought the game too so I'm locked in now rofl. Also holy fuck those typos in my post, it's 14:45 I didn't even have a single drink yet.
Ardyn's designs is particularly bad, even for a JRPG. (yes I know there are worse, but his outfit is just bad)
chozen
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Lotta changes have happened even after Tabata took over the true script/scenario wasn't really set for a while and I definitely feel like the might have scrambled to get something together.
I think a lot of us can agree that Chapter 0 is really out of place, and starting off in the desert is jarring.
nelsonroyale
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That thing is huge it better move. It will be reallly disappointing if it just sits there...Like why bother?
There's a pretty meh quest early on that introduces you to it, you have to run from it for over a min(ugh) but yes it does move.
YankeeDonB
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If it doesn't move, how does it find enough food I wonder?
I'm not expecting it to get up and walk around, but that would be bananas if it did.
Edit at above: seriously?
Like gets up and walks?
Kenzodielocke
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I remember the time where Verendus predicted 1.5bn for BvS. Hopefully his tastes align more with mine when it comes to gaming.
I tried the HD version, it wasn't any good.
SaiyanRaoh
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If I preorder this from Best buy, what are the chances they may ship this thing next week for a possible Friday playtime?
At risk of raining on everyone's parade: Every single thing in Verendus's big posts could've been gleaned from watching the footage and reading the previews, and there are a couple of incorrect/dubious things in there that make me think he's full of it. Not saying FFXV won't be a great game, but this is fishy.
Primethius
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SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Kenzodielocke
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