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Final Fantasy XV tech demo presentation by Tabata (Demo gameplay details added)
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Byakuya769
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Don't stop believing.
Graphically, the game looks fucking INCREDIBLE. But I'm not sold on that battle system. It looks like it wants to be strategic while maintaining the responsiveness of a dark souls, but retaining neither the strategy of the ATB or the weightiness to the combat of Dark Souls.
Kingdom Hearts, basically.
Early footage, so I'm hoping it all evens out by release.
Kingdom Hearts, basically.
Early footage, so I'm hoping it all evens out by release.
ReDelicious
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Still trying to keep my expectations in check but...really liking what I'm seeing so far.
DangerMouse
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I agree with some unknown choices, but I'd also rather have an actual voice actor than a celebrity just brought in for their name (unless they fit ofcourse). Also we can't discount the writing of XIII as you said. And that's certainly true that some unknowns are unknown for a reason, but I don't think his voice is particularly generic, I think it's pretty distinctive. Though it may be too old for Prompto anyway.
Also, he's more new than unknown I'd say, and he's become good enough to start headlining shows, plus he's breaking into even bigger things like One Piece where he supposedly had to get extra approval by the Japanese side, like all of the main cast supposedly, and it's reportedly one of the harder roles. Plus actors like Troy Baker ofcourse came from these kinds of beginnings.
I think whoever they get though, it'll come down the voice direction not sucking. I still can't believe how bad even some great VAs sound in some games.
Anyway, it's kind of jaw dropping we can finally even talk about voices lol...
Chinpoko_Master
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I don't think it's trying to be Dark Souls.
What! I was lead to believe everything was trying to be Dark Souls!!!
DangerMouse
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And Mark Hamil ofcourse for one of the villains.
butman
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Japanese voices for me. Hope they are included.
DangerMouse
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Yeah, hopefully they follow up Type-0 and include both again so mostly everyone is happy.
Yeah.
Though, hopefully there's also at least some night time in the city gameplay to atleast get close.
I'm willing to bet the other party members haven't been revealed yet. At least I'm hoping, since all the characters revealed so far seem so bland (design wise). These boy band members are totally gonna bite it early-on too (sacrificing themselves for their Prince, no doubt).
I'm still holding out hope on SE revealing Agnis' Philosophy is in fact a part of FFXV. She had a crystal too, right? Hmmm.
DangerMouse
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SolidSnakex
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I don't really see a problem with most of them actually being in the cast. People want quality voice acting and you just listed some of the best voice actors in the industry. All that's really needed is a solid voice director so that Nolan doesn't sound like Drake.
Oh man that would be harsh, after seeing that group in all the promos after so many years. For some reason I feel like Stella will never be part of the core party. Maybe a few short chapters where her and Noctis meet up. But I get the feeling they will be at odds with each other.
Oh I would LOVE this but it ain't gonna happen
There's no doubt some or most or all of them will be in it, and they are talented, but I would prefer a more unique sounding cast. I find that hearing the same people in every game I buy is very immersion breaking.
And on the subject of voice direction I'm with you! We definitely need someone solid, but I can't think of a good voice direction job in a Square Enix game since FFXII. FFXIII was hit and miss, but the sequels are abysmally directed.
DangerMouse
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That would be pretty crazy, I also doubt it but, I wonder what the response would be?
I think you're right that you'll be at odds for a lengthy part of the game, one way or the other, whether she joins at some point or not.
Yeah. They may be in a lot of stuff but they are really good and a number of them can do pretty different voices if the directors want them.
Could they pull a Yuna with Stella? There is always some love tension finally reaching it's boiling point in the final act.
You know those scenes with young Noctis, I wonder if we will get see Stella and the other guys when there younger. Noctis has known Ignis and Prompto most of his life I believe. In fact most of his friends work for the royal family and have grown up with him. Stella might be that girl from an opposing nation that he spent time with annual when the adults held summit conventions.
Not be like Dark Souls, but have the weightiness to combat. Noctis has these real heavy attack animations, but the enemy hit reaction is almost nonexistent.
I almost feel like I'm nitpicking here, but those details make the biggest difference in terms of combat feel.
DiipuSurotu
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Aeris x1000
Oh i'm not, if anything i expect it to still be in the game.
DangerMouse
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Even the haters will find themselves in tears.
The JYB equivalent of in everything
As crazy as it sounds, I think Troy Baker is in everything more than JYB.
whats the problem with JYB, he was pretty good as Nero in DMC5
at least one thing hes better is in motion capture, hes great for those more physical demanding jobs, martial arts stuff and whatnot
NO! If I find out JYB is in this game my hype will be so deflated.
DangerMouse
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Amazingly enough, that doesn't sound impossible anymore lol. I enjoy hearing both of them.
Tara Strong probably still has the lead.
Agreed, he may be in a lot of things so I can understand the occasional "I want to hear some new VAs", but I've enjoyed hearing him in a lot of his roles that he's done.
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I think the video is just not as hi-res as we would like it to be.
I have a problem with the crushed blacks though. Something seems to be wrong with the way black looks.
Rising_Hei
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Like FF has been any deep ever...
You could basically clear most FFs just pressing X if your characters were built to be like that or if you farmed your way around to get strong melee attack
Caffeine
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it looks like level of detail seems to cut off like ~15 foot radius around noctus and everything is subsampled with depth of field outside of that bubble.
really hoping they can capture the art direction in this shot in real-time
I fucking love this trailer, love the opposition between Noctis and Stella, she seems very strong, determined, focused. That's why I hope that Stella and Luna are separated chars.
Actually, besides hair, they have mostly western appearance. They look like they stepped into a time machine by mistake after a Greenday concert.
Most of the characters look like some "middle" race that you get in those face combiners to demonstrate average facial traits of attractiveness.
I do think these are the most human looking characters in an rpg ever. In japan you really only see KojiPro using such humanistic faces.
I certainly feel a good handful of the characters, expecially the older characters that we've seen demonstrate distinctly japanese characteristics.
Team Silent had some pretty human faces, aptly adapted to the tone of the game in terms of red eyes and such.
DangerMouse
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I kind of hope so at the moment thanks to that scene in the E3 trailer, I like the idea of getting to see our characters as kids, I'd like to see that kind of full backstory for them.
They've been tweaking and outright modifying the character designs for nearly a decade (especially Noctis). I'd love to see a timeline image!
Expecting a massive Ultimania.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
You literally just listed some of the most talented VAs in the industry, why are you being sarcastic? Only ones that would be worrysome is JYB and Nolan North, because of "Do the Ichigo voice"/"Do the Nathan Drake voice."
MagnaderAlpha
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Now offense to all these VAs, as they are all talented, but I'm quite sick of seeing everybody play everybody. I wouldn't mind a few, but we are in SERIOUS need of new blood.
Personally speaking, I wouldn't mind if they did something similar to FFXII, have some American VAs as well as some European VAs. That gave FFXII a unique flavor. I mean, hell, I love Bergan's VA(Gary Martin). Get him back!
Hell, I think the added European VAs(maybe even more British VAs) could add to the whole "Shakespearean" feel. Depends what they wanna do. With the Lords of Shadow games concluded, I'm sure both Robert Carlyle and Patrick Stewart could make an awesome addition to XV.
T-type 0... Duodecim... *hides*
Dude Nolan North has some fantastic voices when h's not doing the Nathan Drake voice....due is talented
Nah. I think with the exception of the old dudes, most of the characters look like members of a Korean/Japanese boyband
bigboss370
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from a previous trailer i thought you manually select which sword you want to use and then attack....to find out now that its all automated...ehh
It's even more astonishing when you consider Gideon was Sam in Vanquish. Why is this man not a Troy Baker or Nolan North?
So you mean holding/tapping the attack button won't have you automatically attack, but getting near enough to an enemy while holding the attack button will trigger an attack instead? Basically you wouldn't be able to swing at the air.
Still feel burned that everything I've been hyping doesn't seem to be there, but I'll hold off rash reactions till I see more or play it, it can still end up fun.
