Go_Ly_Dow
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i agree. simply talking in hindsight for this particular title.
FF is a bit of a special case anyway with it's very early public demo's.
gotta drive up those shoddy BD remasters and old PSP ports somehow 
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Final Fantasy XV Demo Gameplay (XB1 & PS4 demos), Battle System, Night & Map Shown
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i agree. simply talking in hindsight for this particular title.
FF is a bit of a special case anyway with it's very early public demo's.
threelights
Member
So, right after Noctis gets poisoned for the first time, does the goblin also steal a Potion?
What happened there?
What happened there?
Darryl M R
Member
Saw this on reddit, it clears up a lot of questions I had (even about replay value).
http://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/2wno2h/video_40_minutes_of_final_fantasy_xv_gameplay/cosv5qi
http://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/2wno2h/video_40_minutes_of_final_fantasy_xv_gameplay/cosv5qi
It's on both.
threelights
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Oh, you were referring to the demo, sorry. Yeah, the demo will let you play for as long as you like =X
I agree. I kinda trust Tabata's team to sort through all the feedback with judgment, but all this "reading through Kotaku comments" is making me nervous anyway. >_>
With Google Translate, no less... smh.
Rogue_Ledr
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2016? I thought this was 2015 for sure!
Darryl M R
Member
No thank you still for your response I wasn't clear in my question since I actually wanted to know about both the demo and main game.
Ah, hopefully OP updates so it can be added. Great information. Getting really hyped. Now time to figure out how will I plan to buy this demo code off of someone
2d art for the menus? Pleaseeeeeee...
I loved how clean and efficient where the menus in XIII and XIII-2 so I would not mind an improved version of that. And the animation in the background when selecting the status of each characters looks very good too.
But you all must hate XIII, even the menus T_T
Would not mind depending of how good they are.
I loved how clean and efficient where the menus in XIII and XIII-2 so I would not mind an improved version of that. And the animation in the background when selecting the status of each characters looks very good too.
But you all must hate XIII, even the menus T_T
Haha.
Meccanical
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Go_Ly_Dow
Member
I actually like the character portraits. But if they do decide to go with them permanently what are they gonna do with prompto's portrait since they changed his look since.
So damn disappointing that none of the characters look anything like their E3 2013 render. In-game they their skin looks less realistic.
I actually like the character portraits. But if they do decide to go with them permanently what are they gonna do with prompto's portrait since they changed his look since.
rip in peace crackhead Prompto, you will be missed
nevar forget
at least they got rid of the hideous character camera thing from the versus gameplay shown.
nevar forget
at least they got rid of the hideous character camera thing from the versus gameplay shown.
Can't let those Americans have anime art, after all.
Meccanical
Member
But the CG in that game is still anime.
To be honest the 2D art in SO4 is dishonest. The characters look nothing like that in game, they are far more hideous.
To be honest the 2D art in SO4 is dishonest. The characters look nothing like that in game, they are far more hideous.
threelights
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Meccanical
Member
look on the bright side
they could have gone the route of virtually every other US localization
I would have preferred this.
Can I just ask a completely novice question..
From what I can gather, have read about, and see in this demo, ALL of the battling is done in real time using a fairly simple set of buttons and is NOT in any way at all like any turn based style of system from usual RPG's, yes?
If so I'm 100% in. I love the look of FF games stories and how they're told (not so crazy on all the crazy hair styles but that's another matter) and I've always wanted to play one and get involved in the stories but traditional RPG turn based battling just kills me and I cannot do it and do not enjoy it. If this is all real time like a more traditional action game then I'm so happy.
How is everyone else taking it, I assumed most FF fans would be unsure of this new direction..?
From what I can gather, have read about, and see in this demo, ALL of the battling is done in real time using a fairly simple set of buttons and is NOT in any way at all like any turn based style of system from usual RPG's, yes?
If so I'm 100% in. I love the look of FF games stories and how they're told (not so crazy on all the crazy hair styles but that's another matter) and I've always wanted to play one and get involved in the stories but traditional RPG turn based battling just kills me and I cannot do it and do not enjoy it. If this is all real time like a more traditional action game then I'm so happy.
How is everyone else taking it, I assumed most FF fans would be unsure of this new direction..?
Meccanical
Member
I like it, a good number of people don't for their own reasons.
I've always preferred Action RPGs personally, despite growing up on turn based stuff.
It's an action RPG with battles taking place in real time, no instances or anything.
NoctisVsStar
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The old school guard (some not all) will always complain, then you got the grass-gate conspiracy nuts, the black is emo/boring brigade.. i would say the reaction is fairly positive.
Ah, thank you. I am officially hyped for this. Game looks pretty damn good considering it's so open world, and the city footage I've seen before looks incredible. Definitely on board for this one.
SE has never really had a problem with visuals, for the most part. The final game just needs to be good.
Meccanical
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That's the best guess yeah.
Meccanical
Member
Now you are going to have to explain what boring in a good way is.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Yup, spring 2016 is out the question but it's coming out next year imo. Hopefully persona 5 releases this year so FFXV can get the spotlight it deserves.
Do you agree with that or are you just speaking about Square? 2D art has that story book feel i love.
SE marketing loves their CG. And they assume Americans don't want anything to do with drawn art.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
I preordered Type 0 along with Bloodborne at GameStop. I can't wait to play the demo.
Have they clarified how the combat works? Kind of look like you set up your character and hit play ...but with dodging or something. Still really bummed the combat doesnt seem to have as much direct control as a standard action adventure game, even though the game seems happy to take everything else from the genre. Especially with the popularity of Dark Souls and Monster Huunter you'ld think they would move to full action combat with heavy stats and party tactics instead of whatever this unhappy middle ground is.
Well I'll try. Not every person wants the exact same pacing during battles. Let's take FF7 for example. It's a damn old game, yet it had the pretty cool options to speed up battles and switch between active/pause. Was putting it on fast, have a good materia set up going and rush through fights boring? I guess. The same could be said about XII and the gambit system. Yet it was somewhat "rewarding" coming up with a way to break the game.
Coming back to XV there's nothing that excites me. It just looks slow, boring and not complex at all. I get it. It's a demo and the game is somewhat half way done. But I'm still judging what they are showing me.
Yeah. I was taken aback at first by a couple odd things with the combat but I'm still hyped.
I'd prefer they went with a more physical feeling approach with attacks but I doubt it'll ever occur to me to just hold in the attack button based on what I've seen anyway. Looks like I'll have to get on my ass defensively.
I'd prefer they went with a more physical feeling approach with attacks but I doubt it'll ever occur to me to just hold in the attack button based on what I've seen anyway. Looks like I'll have to get on my ass defensively.
Are you saying that everyone looked like drug addicts at E3 2013?
Pretty much how I feel. I don't care what SE does with Final Fantasy anymore, but I do hope they don't mess with Bravely Default's formula too much.
Sorry i'm super late cause dead internet. My 2 cents. It's really super beautiful. I can't wait to walk around in this world.
Two concerns:
_no area music ? I didn't hear one, just an action contextual one. THAT is not ff AT ALL!!!
_Enemy variety is is super lame for now i hope it's not final. You cannot walk for hours in a such a big place and fight the same enemy endlessdly... Boring as fuck
Sorry it has probably been discussed already
Two concerns:
_no area music ? I didn't hear one, just an action contextual one. THAT is not ff AT ALL!!!
_Enemy variety is is super lame for now i hope it's not final. You cannot walk for hours in a such a big place and fight the same enemy endlessdly... Boring as fuck
Sorry it has probably been discussed already
It's like Kingdom Hearts.
Yeah :/ I understand that they're going with the flow and adopting a music integration style akin to western AAAs, but I hope there's at least some area music. A Realm Reborn was a nice compromise: short 1m-1m30 stingers whenever you arrive at a new area then silence and some stingers come up once in a while.
I'm a personal fan of endless loops as long as the themes are long enough and well constructed, but I realize they might not have as much of a place in open-world games.
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