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Final Fantasy XV first 45 minute gameplay video (final build of the game)
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enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Some of the best looking games on the PS1 used prerendered backgrounds. Look at how well Chrono Cross aged.
Sure, Spirits Within nearly bankrupted Square and Kingsglaive is pure trash but their game CG has been great. Not sure what your issue is?
I don't find that video all that impressive? The more realistic they try to make the graphics, the more bland it looks. Look at how much better FFVIII and IX aged compared to FFXII. I just want the Fantasy put back in Final Fantasy.
That doesn't mean anything. Why would any of the players turn them off?^^ It's not like it's a common issue for people.
The Gamezone gameplay from New York Comic Con is up on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FZZRuucDe0
Lol, I don't know how many times I watched the opening hours already. I already know that region and where what is and who says what in my sleep. Watching any additional video I'm like:
In the other video the car in the background was mint green...
Now Noctis says this...and Prompto answers that. Prompto's voice acting is so good. There's that voice crack.Ugh, and there goes Gladio again... D:
Ah, they forget to get that Item! No one gets that item even though it is visible like from a mile away.
Dave's skin really is of a very saturated orange tone... :/ In the other video it didn't just look like that because of the sunset. And during the sandstorm video last week it was of a more yellowish tone.
I've been watching the clouds. It's mesmerizing.
Considering people are throwing shade at the IX port for upscaling the original PSX backgrounds, (a problem 3D meshes would be less prone to, incidentally) I think you've got it backwards here.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
It's so visually impressive that I don't believe the final game is gonna look like that. Especially the particle effects.. Fantasy doesn't inherently mean=looks nothing like RL. Especially when we're talking about modern rendering tech used in film and games. If anything, making fantasy more believable and grounded is much more immersive for a large part of the gaming community. Like, just to use an example, the now most awarded game of all time, Witcher 3, is crafted, (in-game distances between locations aside), in an incredibly believable fashion which is what makes exploring it fun. It's part of the reason why MMOs turn me off so much is because of just how unrealistically big everything tends to be. And what you're complaining about wouldn't be magically fixed with pre-rendered backgrounds. As more believable architecture is an artistic choice.
Some of the videos don't have the button prompts, others the stamina meter. S-E probably asked them to remove it from the footage, just like the cutscenes and Chapter 0.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That game looks great but it only looks comparable on PC at ultra settings. And Square has a history of overshooting when it comes to the visuals of their mainline FF games, (because they announce them super early before optimizations). But here's hoping since they're using a much better engine and will have stronger hardware at their disposal.
YankeeDonB
Member
Ok, after watching the opening car push scene again I'm now really sold on it. I don't know if they did some rerecording, or just remixing, but I really like the bro banter in this scene now. Prompto continues to grow on me "I've already pushed myself... To the brink of death."
Overworlds were always bland in FFs:
It's all about the points of interest inbetween those stretches of empty space and FFXV will have plenty of those too (also it's supposed to become more fantastical the further you progress through the world, they just haven't shown those areas much yet, which is good actually):
But I'm not sure if your problem is the art style (how it's rendered) or the world design (architecture etc.). The pre-rendered backgrounds of the PS1 FFs were actually supposed to be "photorealistic" too for their time and under the technical contraints they had on consoles (color range, resolution etc.). It's just that it looks more stylized now compared to our modern graphics and thus seems more iconic or unique than photorealistically rendered stuff. If they could've made it look as realistic as in FFXV back then already they would've done that, no doubt. What you see in FFXV is just the natural progression of high-fidelity graphics. Now, if what you don't like is the actual world design: there should be more fantastical looking dungeons and locations later in the game, as I said above already. We'll see!
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Created a mandate several months ago that trailers and demos must be shown on target hardware. And still, if we're talking about their premiere franchises, AC never overshoots when it comes to visuals, (performance be damned lol).
DAYMANvsNIGHTMAN
Neo Member
Does anyone know if you can get any sort of armor in the game. Or some sort of customization. I don't want to go through the whole game in those lame black outfits.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
There are outfits but they really don't look much better. :/
No armor though...at least as far as we know.
Yes, they do! D: Except Noctis.
The reality of what Final Fantasy has been in the past doesn't even matter in a lot of the broad complaints. It's about what people feel the truth is.
Sounds familiar...
And also those snazzy kingsglaive outfits from chapter 0. I hope there's a few more armor-y outfits.
No armor though...at least as far as we know.
Yes, they do! D: Except Noctis.
So these previews have me hyped as fuck. I haven't played a FF game since 7, which I loved, although that was a much different time in gaming.
So is this a fully open world game? Like skyrim, GTA, etc? Semi open world? Is it an action RPG where you control the characters attacks? Anyone have a good preview vid that gives you an idea of what to expect?
As of right now I do not have Internet, will FF15 require Internet to play? Whether it be gameplay or a mandatory day 1 patch?
So is this a fully open world game? Like skyrim, GTA, etc? Semi open world? Is it an action RPG where you control the characters attacks? Anyone have a good preview vid that gives you an idea of what to expect?
As of right now I do not have Internet, will FF15 require Internet to play? Whether it be gameplay or a mandatory day 1 patch?
It's full open world, with more areas that unlock as you progress in the story. It's more like Red Dead Redemption and Witcher 3 than GTA and Skyrim. Action combat.
No internet required. They delayed the game to Nov 29 so they could avoid a big day 1 patch, which wasn't and isn't mandatory to play the game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I mean they a look a bit overdesigned and don't really fit with the animation, (Noctis's walk cycle looks really jittery without the silhouette that he has from the coat). And Prompto's arms are super skinny that he looks even more thin. Gladio and Ignis don't look that terrible based on that Gif.
You must have been living under a rock. ;D
FFXV has a huge, freely explorable world but it is actually not an open-world game. You have to follow the story to uncover more and more of Eos (the world). During the second part of the game progression will get more linear and very story driven.
Best watch the Playstation Access gameplay videos. They leave out spoilers, explain the game and game mechanics to you and the presenters are really funny and enjoyable:
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKHkHb6BlA
Part2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27_V04Wlur0
You are lucky they delayed the game to not have a huge, substantial day one patch. They said they want every gamer to enjoy the game even without an internet connection.
you are so lucky the game was delayed lol
Devilinthiscity
Member
PSY・S;219915230 said:
Well, there still could be a day one patch. It just probably wont be as big as it could of been if the game wasn't delayed.
The whole scene is fantastic. I can perfectly imagine myself as one of them in this situation.
This perfect balance of complaining and joking just feels so real. I honestly think the writing in this game is excellent, as far as party banter goes.
A bit late, but I think when a game is built around having a real time GI solution, it is very unlikely for it to be dropped entirely regardless of how much the visuals are "downgraded". Look at The Division, for instance. The final build does not look as good as initial showings, but the real time GI was still in.
EatinOlives
Member
So this is the final build from a couple of weeks ago? Isn't there several more weeks until ti goes gold? Could they be working on a day-1 patch now?
I assume they will be working on a day 1 patch until launch day.
YankeeDonB
Member
Yeah, I'm still not confident in the overall plotting, but a lot of the banter seems quite good, really fleshes out the individuals and their relationships, and all while you're going about your business, not locked away in a cutscene. Pretty cool if it works this well in the whole game.
What? FFXII still looks great.
FFS, what is it with some people being unable to distinguish their preference for art style and technical prowess? I may be reading this wrongly, but you're saying FFXV doesn't look impressive because it looks realistic but with pre rendered backgrounds, it automatically doesn't look bland? What? Realism in visuals is totally down to art style and has nothing to do with backgrounds being real time or pre rendered.
Reminds me of one guy who went on and on trying to prove UC2/3 MP looks better than UC4 MP by posting bullshit about "much better lighting and shading" when all he meant was he prefers the art style in the former.
I'm looking forward to quite a few hours of silence and deep breaths after that train scene with Noctis and Gladio.
EDIT: It's also great that it's building on a single narrative, which is their relationship. It's something that is only possible because of the party structure. Even the best open world games usually will have you either alone or with one NPC for a single quest, so they have to rely on mini-stories within the quests themselves to give things meaning, but the fact that the dialogue will be building on top of the main story for every quest you're doing is just a great incentive to exploration in itself. I look forward to their commentary on some tough enemy, unusual item or location as much as I look forward to actually experiencing the thing.
YankeeDonB
Member
Ha ha, shit is going to be awkward!
I can already picture Prompto trying to cheer everyone up and getting shut down hard. lol
vainglorious
Member
I'm sure there will be make up butt sex in the tent.
A Fantasy Based on Reality
I'm sure there will be make up butt sex in the tent.
Only in the fanfic
unfortunately
vainglorious
Member
A water based lube fantasy
TropicalFish
Member
Fffffff. Sure.
I was casually listening to the Crisis Core OST and looking at FFXV pictures, and this happy little accident happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU
I was casually listening to the Crisis Core OST and looking at FFXV pictures, and this happy little accident happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU
A bummer that this wasn't included in the car playlist for XV.
I believe in the power of DLC.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
100% sure more songs will be added
The Last One
Member
I was casually listening to the Crisis Core OST and looking at FFXV pictures, and this happy little accident happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJ91H4mraU
The best song from CC.
Vincent Grayson
Member
I hate every single person who has gotten to play this already
Just give us this short showfloor version as a demo.
Just give us this short showfloor version as a demo.