Eh, they fit a modern world just fine. It'd be totally believable to see four young men like those four walking in a Tokyo like city like Lucis. I mean, sure, they are a bit more stylized than your average person, but that's part of FF's genes.
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It was probably more that merchandise was already created back in 2013.
Pyramidbread
Neo Member
Didn't Tabata mention there would be different costumes for Noct and co. at some point?
Nah, seriously, having recently gone on a jigsaw spree (on my 3rd 5000 piece now) the overall composition makes for interesting large-piececount jigsaws.
Not exactly FFXV but this one in particular too.
The Creationism one is right up there with it.
A Japanese game website called "Dengeki Online" has put of the Q&A in text.
I'll quote the original source, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
『FF15』製品版ではリミットブレイク的なシステムを搭載。コスチュームも変更できる【TGS2015】
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/125/1125154/
The part which is creating confusion is the "自分で設定できる4つの武器のプリセットをリアルタイムに切り替えられる" part.
I tried translating which is the following.
Regarding real time weapon changing, it affects the core part of the game and character, thus you can't change every weapon.
In the retail version, you can switch between presets made out of 4 weapons which you can set by yourself. If you want to equip a weapon which is not in your preset, you'd have to open the menu.
I'm not sure about the "you can switch between presets made out of 4 weapons".
Because some Japanese summarisation blogs (まとめブログare interpreting it as setting 4 individual weapons to switch through.
Instead of, switching through multiple presets made out of 4 weapons.
Anyways, I quoted the original source since its what Tabata said.
Sorry I couldn't clear up the confusion.
I translated some of the questions that weren't still here or weren't very clear yet.
Pyramidbread
Neo Member
^ Guess that awnsers my question, lol, interested to see what costumes there will be.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Mob hunts huh, I really enjoyed those in FFXII, probably my favorite part.
Man, I'm hoping for Chocobo breeding and racing. I want another Gold Chocobo gosh darnit, one that I can find secret islands and secret uber summons with. I bet racing would be pretty fun based on how that chocobo slid around.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Chocobo riding looks fun, one thing I hate about horse and jeeps on MGSV is how they get stuck in every little rock in the way, makes navigating the world a "pain" (did you see what I did there? hur hur)
Man, imagine how good the LR world could have look with a competent team and engine...
Man, imagine how good the LR world could have look with a competent team and engine...
It's so disappointing to read Tabata interviews. It's a good thing that he's so passionate about things and want to add a lot, but I guess I just keep expecting this game to be advanced enough for them to have what's in and out set in stone, with no time for changes, but when he answers "I'd like to do it so I think I'll do it (laughs)", I can't help but think "what are you doing?", even if there's no question that Tabata knows infinitely more about game development than I ever will.
Team was plenty competent. I think all else being equal, making Crystal Tools do what it's not meant to do just to put LR together, in the time and resources allocated to the project, is nothing short of a technical marvel, regardless of how the end result was under objective scrutiny.
The impression I'm getting is that a lot of what fans ask have been discussed internally to one extent or another at some point (come on, you have a large team of presumable Final Fantasy fans and all the time in the world prior) but Tabata doesn't want to promise anything that might get cut to make release date. Especially not in context of FFXV where there's apparently a huge gaping PR wound over the whole Stella thing. Hence PR answers.
The impression I'm getting is that a lot of what fans ask have been discussed internally to one extent or another at some point (come on, you have a large team of presumable Final Fantasy fans and all the time in the world prior) but Tabata doesn't want to promise anything that might get cut to make release date. Especially not in context of FFXV where there's apparently a huge gaping PR wound over the whole Stella thing. Hence PR answers.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Glad to hear rare monster hunting is in. I really hope it's handled more like FFXII rather than how it was handled in Episode Duscae with all the quest markers and objectives.
Yeah, makes sense. No matter how much content the final game has, when people find out the amount of stuff that was promised and didn't make it, it'll inevitably feel like an incomplete game, but if he just says he'll think about it instead of "we're working on it already", he can just say "yeah it didn't work out".
My impression is they just don't want to outright say "no" in fear of upsetting people. So they leave the "maybe" part in and if they do it, they do it but if not they can eventually say it wasn't working so it didn't make it in.
Nobody's gonna talk about the wheel chair behind Noctis?
lol. What about the mountain of deleted CG there must be by now...
Well, I'll play the real game in 2016 then.
As in the demo, you have a "deck" of weapons. What he says probably means that you can't individually change a weapon in that deck with the real-time weapon change, but when you press whatever button is the weapon change button, it will change the whole deck to a different one.A Japanese game website called "Dengeki Online" has put of the Q&A in text.
I'll quote the original source, so someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
『FF15』製品版ではリミットブレイク的なシステムを搭載。コスチュームも変更できる【TGS2015】
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/125/1125154/
The part which is creating confusion is the "自分で設定できる4つの武器のプリセットをリアルタイムに切り替えられる" part.
I tried translating which is the following.
Regarding real time weapon changing, it affects the core part of the game and character, thus you can't change every weapon.
In the retail version, you can switch between presets made out of 4 weapons which you can set by yourself. If you want to equip a weapon which is not in your preset, you'd have to open the menu.
I'm not sure about the "you can switch between presets made out of 4 weapons".
Because some Japanese summarisation blogs (まとめブログ
Instead of, switching through multiple presets made out of 4 weapons.
Anyways, I quoted the original source since its what Tabata said.
Sorry I couldn't clear up the confusion.
So you can't do it like this
Deck of weapons:
Sword - 2H Sword - Spear - Katana
*press weapon change*
Sword - Daggers - Spear- Katana
(Unless you make two almost identical weapon decks)
It works more like this
Deck #1
Sword - 2H Sword - Spear - Katana
*press weapon change button*
Deck #2
2H Sword - Halberd - Daggers - Sword
If you can change mid-Combo that basically is the same as changing individual weapons (though you can only chose from 4 weapons). So, I guess the feature is back as we knew it.
vainglorious
Member
Luminous is a bitch. FF7 Remake and KH3 aren't using it because of the development hell it's created for 15.
Then I really wish they would. They need to just show their vision of the game already. Can't wait for the march trailer, hopefully it'll put the game that we have in a better light. So far, most of the information we have that helps shape the game in our minds is about stuff that's getting cut from Nomura's game, instead of what makes XV unique compared to Versus.
Instead of saying "Stella didn't work so she's out", "Regis' look didn't work so it was changed", they should just fucking tell us what's unique about their role in XV that demanded such drastic changes.
Though I suppose the ATR format helps this kind of information and couldn't possibly show their vision as well as a complete story trailer would.
Probably the accident that put him close to death and gave him the eyes that can see the light of expiring souls, right?
The dogs must have something to do with their survival as well, since they both have them and it was confirmed that the dog is an important character (or am I remembering things wrong?).
Yeah... Which is a shame because FFXV looks incredible, honestly more impressive to me than what we've seen of Dragon Quest or Kingdom Hearts, but it's just not worth it. Luminous was a mistake, and Panta Rhei seems to be at least just as bad. I wonder if the time it's takin for Capcom to reveal a new RE and DMC has to do with their engine being hot garbage.
YankeeDonB
Member
I think they said the dog had an important role in the story, which is a little different than being an important character, but that's a minor quibble.
Oh I agree and that's actually one of my biggest problems with the messaging that's gone on with the game this year. It's clear Tabata is pouring his life into creating this game but it's his vision and desire to try and please everyone at once that's currently lacking.
You're right, but it fits even better if it's something dumb like "if the dog dies, you die".
vainglorious
Member
The reason we may or may not have airships is entirely a technical problem with the Luminous engine too. Apparently the engine has issues scaling vertically which would make airships impossible. I know that Tabata and his team are reaching out to studios outside SE for tech and information sharing. But the lack of commitment from Tabata on some content features is definitely because this engine is so fucking unwieldy and he just really has to push this game out the door.
YankeeDonB
Member
Indeed. Oh man, not sure I'm looking forward to the inevitable dog-stealth section.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I agree, I'm guessing this is the last game they will develop on Luminous. KHIII's switch to UE4 is probably indicative of where the company wants to go.
It would have been better if he never would have brought up airships at all.
Very few games have the seamless vertical scale that Just Cause franchise has. It's a LOD nightmare.
But it's ok, I submit to your expert knowledge of game engines.
That's what I'm thinking. I'm guessing that Regis crying in the Dawn trailer is him lamenting the fact that Noctis can see death and he'll suffer because of it. I wonder if Luna has the same power as Noctis has and Stella did. I'm guessing yes, because that'd be a reasonable reason why she's the oracle that can communicate with the gods and is revered by people.
The black/gray dog in the concept art is the same one that appeared in the streets in the Dawn trailer.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Noctis is too young at that time and as seen in the concept art, that event won't happen until a little later in the story.
What the fuck happen? New Regis looked so jaded and confused, like he just heard the new Lil' Wayne single or something.
New Regis looks legit shook.
Fakedit: He kinda looks like Cliffy B.
vainglorious
Member
Agreed. I like that he can be fast and loose with fan feedback but that comes at the cost of managing people's expectations.
It kind of is and it kind of isn't. Functionally, it CAN be the same, but again, if you are in a situation where you want to have 2H weapon as your enemy finisher attack instead of a katana, but keep the rest of the weapons in the deck the same yet you don't have a deck set up where you have a 2H sword as an enemy finisher, that's when you'll have to go into the menu and switch it manually.
I'm also thinking that having this ability to see death make you this game's equivalent of an l'Cie, so Regis could also be lamenting the fact that Noctis now is a subject to the gods' will, would also tie well with the ones we see in the end of Dawn 1.0
PSY・S;179341294 said:
Goddamn, can't unsee.
They didn't switch over to the full Luminous until 2014 when it was more complete. So you really only have to wait 2 years.
The manual switching from around E3 '13 surely had a limit on how many weapons you could switch between, too, so you'd have had the same issue when you don't have every weapon type at least once in your list, no?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
to be honest? he should.
I mean look at Cor he is fucking badass
Cor can easily be the best FF protagonist in my book.
Does Cor have a bionic arm?
YankeeDonB
Member
Nah, that's his sword hilt he's holding. Iaido style.
YankeeDonB
Member
Definitely. Although if they let me control Cor and then take him away from me I'll be sad. Would probably be Regis anyway I guess.
I want Regis Armor/Suit for Noct as alt costume.
That, and treaty-party suit.
Fuck yes.
That, and treaty-party suit.
Fuck yes.
here's another story bit that I thought was interesting and put a lot of context into the scenes with luna and that guy we don't know the identity of.
via kume856 on twitter/tumblr link http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com/post/129422204053/u-r-a-life-saver-omg-what-would-the-atr-had-been
via kume856 on twitter/tumblr link http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com/post/129422204053/u-r-a-life-saver-omg-what-would-the-atr-had-been
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Ohh I see it now. That's badass.
YankeeDonB
Member
Yeah, makes sense w/ the whole brushing-the-rifles aside thing, too. Her city is occupied, but the soldiers are no doubt on a short-leash w/ her due to her powers/political importance.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
2013 was a bit different in that weapons didn't have preset "roles" that you had to assign for them in the menu, yes? So you could use a sword for everything if you didn't switch it to a different weapon. It could be the "basic combo" weapon, the "jump attack" weapon, the "enemy finisher" etc.all at once without having to switch to different decks. On the other hand, in its current form, you can technically have a 2H sword in your decks, but it's limited to the "roles" that you assign to it beforehand. Of course the 2013 probably had a limitation on how many weapons you could have ready for switching, but that wasn't quite as limiting as the current system. I'm just talking about how the system works in a way that you switch the whole deck instead of just switching a single role into something different. In action, it can work pretty similarly as the old system, but it's a bit more limited.
I mean, that's what I get from that quote, but I could be wrong.
The FFXV you see in this gameplay footage has been in development for 3(+) years so far. While they've kept the world, the premise of Niflheim invading other countries & coming for Lucis in the beginning of the game, the road trip focus, friendship theme, modern day aesthetics etc. the same, most of the work done to make FFVsXIII a reality was scrapped in 2012. This is a technologically expanded version, even if some story stuff has been cut/changed. They can make larger environments, more impressive set piece moments, more complex enemy behaviour etc. And that meant that a lot if not most or even all of the PS3 level work was scrapped in 2012.
Kagari's site has a good recap and translation of the QA.
http://www.novacrystallis.com/2015/...eats-chocobos-fishing-and-more-in-latest-atr/
Some stuff
http://www.novacrystallis.com/2015/...eats-chocobos-fishing-and-more-in-latest-atr/
Some stuff
- Hajime Tabata said that if theyre able to add things into Final Fantasy XV, they willeven if it means having to do so through DLC.
- Should they add content to the game via DLC, it will always be for free. For example, if they are to add airships through DLC, it will be a free download.
- There will be a variety of familiar magic for Final Fantasy XV, and one brand new main magic.
- Guns wont have combos similar to regular weapons, but they will have rapid fire shots, and will require reloads. Think of them as traditional gameplay with guns in other games.
- Youll get something for defeating Archaeans (Summoned Beasts,) as in something to prove that you beat them, and will sometimes get to borrow their power after doing so.
- There are plans to have other languages (voicing) to be available via DLC.
- The Black Chocobo isnt just a regular Chocobo.
- You wont be able to go inside all of the buildings, but there are plenty you will get to enter.