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Final Fantasy XV is about 50-60% complete - Tabata
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CambriaRising
Member
Exactly.
James Scott
Banned
~50% done with the director of the project leaving doesn't sound too good. Hopefully, if we're lucky it'll be similar to MGSV with the demo coming in mid March and then the game coming the next year.
Wouldn't be surprised if in reality that's what he's been doing the last year or so. KH3 got announced last E3, they had to have realized they couldn't keep him on XV anymore and he just had to wrap up some of the creative elements he was involved in or whatever the hell.
EmptySpace
Banned
they never take fan feedback seriously.
i think the people who read the english comments go on and basically filter out those who talk negatively about their games and then cherry-pick the comments to present to the japanese dev team.
on topic, i want to know what went on the "directorial change" tabata is talking about.
clearly, this game was in the back burner and they gave toriyama the priority for some reason. now that they're focusing on this game we now even have a demo.
then again, i'd rather have this on ps4 than lightning ff13 in the scenario that they focused on ffversus first over ff13.
i think the people who read the english comments go on and basically filter out those who talk negatively about their games and then cherry-pick the comments to present to the japanese dev team.
on topic, i want to know what went on the "directorial change" tabata is talking about.
clearly, this game was in the back burner and they gave toriyama the priority for some reason. now that they're focusing on this game we now even have a demo.
then again, i'd rather have this on ps4 than lightning ff13 in the scenario that they focused on ffversus first over ff13.
Nightengale
Member
That 50% happened in the two years he's been with the project. He's asking us to basically reset our assumptions of the length of development, because it never started in earnest until 2012, according to him.
Seriously, what other games are they working on that 2015 wouldn't be possible? Dragon Quest XI? Maybe that's Level 5 again. Kingdom Hearts 3? Haven't they already said that this project won't see much focus until after FF15, and Nomura being put on it now probably means it's in the very early stages.
What else that's big and HD are they working on that we know about?
What else that's big and HD are they working on that we know about?
ramoisdead
Member
So a PS9 exclusive.
I'm with ya. They (as far as I can recall) have never released an FF demo more than a year before the game released, so I'm optimistic. Maybe more like early 2016.
Game development officially started in 2012.
I hope they make sure the game comes out in the best possible state and don't rush it.A 2015 release will likely be rushed unfortunately.
So yeah its tough to swallow, but ,based on what they showed, the wait will absolutely be worth it.
A simultaneous 2016 of a great game is better than a 2015 release of a rushed game that needed extra time.
Again it started in 2012.People need to rule out 2006->2011 era.
I hope they make sure the game comes out in the best possible state and don't rush it.A 2015 release will likely be rushed unfortunately.
So yeah its tough to swallow, but ,based on what they showed, the wait will absolutely be worth it.
A simultaneous 2016 of a great game is better than a 2015 release of a rushed game that needed extra time.
Again it started in 2012.People need to rule out 2006->2011 era.
johnsavage
Member
So even if they started developing it last year, if progression is linear, thats 2016 at least....
SolidSnakex
Member
It's different depending on which studios you talk about, which is why freaking out over the percentage doesn't make sense. Just as a few example, Ys (PS4/Vita) it due out next year but it's only 30% complete right now while Type-HD is due out in March and it's currently 80% complete,
Professor Beef
Banned
Meanwhile The Last Guardian is probably struggling to make it to 5%.
It's better to just say to forget all about Versus XIII and not focus on it's vaporware history. This is Final Fantasy XV and it was announced only a year ago.
Even with those quotes I have no hope of this game coming out in the next two years. God knows what could happen tomorrow in that fuckup of a company.
I really, really hope that I am completely wrong and I am playing FFXV next year. Just don't see it happening.
Cert.in.Death
Member
And all it took was...
8 YEARS!?!?
8 YEARS!?!?
My brother!!!
Personally early 2016 is cool with me too, and more likely since they'd probably like to avoid the Fall gaming staples (Ass Creed, CoD, whatever other Ubi game).
I have way too other games to play anyway.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
By the time they get close to completing this game, we might be into the next generation of consoles, so it will ended up getting ported over to PS5 and Xbox Two. Honestly, if they work really hard, we might see it in Late 2016 in Japan.
BaraSailey
Member
I think sometime mid to late 2016 could be a realistic estimate for release after reading this. I really thought end of 2015 after hearing about the demo in March, but I think that's pretty unlikely now.
Seems like Konami/Kojima came out on top when it comes to creating a AAA title with a newly created engine. Yeah, MGSV took a while, but when it comes to AAA Japanese development its just as ambitious as FFXV. Hell, they're both "open world" games in a sense, and I'd bet Kojima will utilize vast space more than Tabata and his team.
If RE7 is open world in design, god help us, we wont see it until 2018 or 2019.
If RE7 is open world in design, god help us, we wont see it until 2018 or 2019.
Lionel Richie
Member
Is it leading TLG by how much?
;_;
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Still should be AT LEAST 70%
CambriaRising
Member
FF12 demo came with Dragon Quest 8, which was about a year before FF12's release in the US
I'll always prefer to be cynical, because being proven wrong and being getting something good or great out of it is a lot better than being wrong and getting nothing.
The funny thing is, to who? To the fans/consumers/morbidly fascinated that have been waiting this long? Or to Nomura for going "sorry but your shit doesn't count anymore"?
He left the team of XV and went focus purely on KH3. That's all we officially know.
Almost there my ass....
Seriously though, I wonder if the final product will feel something like how FF12's development went.
Why are you doing this to yourself? You're only going to be disappointed.
No I mean is he the reason this has taken so long? Some people say he was the main problem.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
FF16 is going to come out before FF15
He isn't. Or maybe he is. No one knows what went down.
They (Tabata?) sorta come across as more confident about what kind of game they're making and where they want it to go. They had ideas and concepts set up before of course, but I was never really convinced that they knew how to bring it all together. The game sorta feels like it's almost within my grasp now...kinda.
So the past couple of days regarding this game have been great, even if it's possible that this is the result of someone a year or two ago saying "screw it, bring these guys onto the project, start working on putting together something coherent with the basic ideas, and get this done already".
So the past couple of days regarding this game have been great, even if it's possible that this is the result of someone a year or two ago saying "screw it, bring these guys onto the project, start working on putting together something coherent with the basic ideas, and get this done already".
I'd say its more deep seated than that.
Crossing Eden
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Six years of pre-production, target renders, and tech demos seemed like a huge waste of time besides getting the aesthetic..hopefully this new director delivers something special or it'll all be for naught. Two years of full production and they already are halfway done.