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Square Enix at Gamescom '15: FFXV headlines main stage, other "reveals" teased
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Death Penalty
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Not just the best trailer for the game, possibly the best trailer I've ever seen for a game.
Still sad so much has changed since then, but excited to see more.
Go_Ly_Dow
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HerroRygar
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I don't really get the hate for the TGS 2014 trailer. Sure, it didn't have the same vibe as the earlier trailers, but it did give us several important things:
- An AMAZING song, easily one of the coolest pieces we've heard so far
- A look at actual, honest-to-God gameplay instead of scripted, target-render stuff..
- A stronger sense of the friendship, roadtrip, crazy-adventure vibe.
Go_Ly_Dow
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It also gave us this majestic view.
to be honest this was more wow worthy than any scene in a previous versus/xv trailer
It also gave us this majestic view.
Hey look! Real gameplay!
threelights
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And then the demo teaches how these battles will be played out with the Catoblepas...
And no, this was not more wow worthy than Noctis in the middle of a destroyed Accordo looking at Leviathan.
The only thing I can remember being wow-worthy in the TGS trailer is the one thing they couldn't fuck up, the music...
Hopefully Gamescom proves me wrong and they can make more than mediocre trailers...
The Last One
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Tomb Raider is Holiday 2016 for PS4, so it could be december which is more likely IMO.
More than the Noctic/Stella stand-off? Or the very first trailer?
Go_Ly_Dow
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at the time all that stuff was impressive, but also CG that was never a real tangible feel for the game.
I'm dying to know how the fuck we are going to fight that thing.
Probably like the Catoblepas, but longer. Camera zooms out and you just hack away at its feet for hours. I'm a bit concerned that large-scale battles could turn out to be rather dull :/ Hope they come up with a fun way for those and also reduce the number of enemies, no Musou please.
Can't wait to see the improvements since ED 2.0 soon.
RPGCrazied
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I really hope they do XII HD, really been wanting to replay that lately. The odds are pretty good they will huh?
Next year is FFXII's 10th anniversary, so if they don't announce it this year, they surely will do then at the latest.
I thought it was holiday 2016, which is like November/December?
It better not be anything like the current messy fights against large enemies.
I'm guessing:
September/October for FFXV
November for Tomb Raider PS4
December to March for KH3
Gives each game at least a month then and prevents overlap.
Attack its toe for 6 hours to win.
They should've chased Dragon's Dogma if they wanted to have monsters of that proportion.
yea current large boss (especially Catoplebas) fight is a joke. They need major overhaul with fully integrated air combat to make them actually work.
birthbysleep
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I think September for XV makes sense. About a year of hard marketing and a final 2016 E3/Gamescom maybe TGS push.
I don't think they'd be starting marketing on the final game if it was more than a year out.
Some Nobody
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Go_Ly_Dow
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KH3 yes.
Tomb Raider and XV? Whos knows how much revenue they will really bring in.
Tomb Raider Reboot had a ridiculous over inflated budget (3.5mil not enough lol) and XV..... well enough said about that games development. (although the costs for Versus was probably written off as a sunk cost a long time ago.
The Last One
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December to March for DQ XI in Japan.
Stone Ocean
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I don't think Square will give two shits about a year late port unless the Xbone version bombs
Death Penalty
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Duscae fights suck because a little lack of something called magic.
See this...
I really can't wait to see how magic is handled in XV. I've never seen such impressive magic slung so casually in a game.
That said, I'll reserve my judgement on whether or not it will fix combat issues. The behemoth and catoblepas fights need a lot more work than just being shorter.
YankeeDonB
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Basically like Yiazmat from XII =P
I think the big turtles from XIII are some of the best big enemy fights in modern FF. A number of creative strategies that can work with different team setups, fight only takes a few minutes and is fairly tense. Of course, after the 500th time you drop one for farming you definitely wish for some other similarly scaled super bosses.
IMHO:
May to September for FFXV
September to November for DQXI for the 30th anniversary (JP only)
November for Tomb Raider
December for Hitman and Project Setsuna (JP only)
Spring 2017 for KHIII for the 15th anniversary
Summer 2017 for Dissidia PS4 and DQXI
Fall 2017 for FFVIIr for 20th anniversary and Project Setsuna
Duscae fights suck because a little lack of something called magic.
See this...
Can't wait to see all the various weather and magic effects in this game, so good
TheGreatDirector
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Summon Odin. Use Zantetsuken.
The Last One
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What about Dragon Quest Heroes 2, Dragon Quest Builders and World of Final Fantasy?
So many games =O
QuiteWhittle
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And Deus Ex.
Ok i'll try and see where the others could fit:
Early 2016 DQ Builders (JP)
Spring Deus Ex and World of FF
Summer DQHII (JP) and FF Dissidia Arcade
May to September for FFXV
September to November for DQXI for the 30th anniversary (JP only)
November for Tomb Raider
December for Hitman and Project Setsuna (JP only)
Early 2017 DQHII and DQ Builders for the West
Spring 2017 for KHIII for the 15th anniversary
Summer 2017 for Dissidia PS4 and DQXI (West)
Fall 2017 for FFVIIr for 20th anniversary and Project Setsuna
Ma, we're talking about potentially 10+ titles released in a little more than a 2 years span.
I hope they'll have something more for after or people will start complaining lol
Death Penalty
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On that note, I'd also like to see the summon system expanded upon a bit more. Duscae's obvious high point was Ramuh, though the method used to summon him was less than thrilling for some, myself included.
Tabata later said that Ramuh's parameters were something that was specific to Duscae, so I'm chomping at the bit to find out how summons really work in the full game. I hope there's a way to deliberately summon them, because hot damn Ramuh made me a believer that these could be the best in the series so far.
I feel same. But the road trip concept was there since Nomura's time, and I am sure the current XV will have dark/dramatic tone as well. It's just what they focused to show on the trailers that was different imo. And now that Nomura won't be involved with the trailers, I doubt we will get the old vibe back from the future trailers either.
The Last One
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Can't wait for next year. Square is going all in.
But even Nomura has said the game would mostly be about brotherhood and the boys road trip to get the crystal.
Won't be surprised if we get another XIV expansion mixed in there too. SE really going in for the next few years. Also Nier 2 is missing from that, which I'm guessing will be mid 2017.
threelights
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Duscae fights suck because a little lack of something called magic.
See this...
Throwing that in an Adamantoise will hardly have the same visual effect (if it will have one at all), since he's mostly rock.
If the fun of every big monster is using magic on it, then they better have a damn fun system to replenish your casts, because standing there throwing pretty particles at enemies is hardly fun or interesting...
Hopefully they bring back the climbing stuff they talked about, at least that is not an automatic thing. Or maybe casting magic is more than just the press of a button (highly doubt it).
cj_iwakura
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I bet Nier will be 2016. It's not like Taro is one to take forever.
Some Nobody
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Missed Star Ocean 5. So yeah, 2016 is going to be stupid. That said, who knows if FF7 will hit in 2017. I'm thinking 2018, actually. 2017 better have some interesting announcements.
Sure, but back then the trailers showed this grand, dramatic modern epic whereas the marketing since TGS '14 has shown something far less exciting and interesting whilst simultaneously patting me on the back and insisting its still the game I want without actually letting me see that.
DangerMouse
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I hope so too. It feels like the odds are pretty good.
Yeah. And those quotes were from the Versus days.
People were imagining a very different game based on the little info we had back then.
chozen
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This 100%, though Nomuras actual concept of the game sounds so impossible, but he probably would have pulled it off after a long time.... Which is why I'm sure Tabata won't deliver and we will all be upset. If this game really is coming 2016 at this point and be half baked, I will be so sad. Tetsuya Director for XV, 2020 Release Pref thanks.
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