Final Fantasy XV

[Wandering Soul]

Kicking a sword like that was pretty awesome.

[Tactics]

Spoiler for ...:

I've heard Jump Magazine articles said Ramuh is available in Duscae.

The old man of thunder gloriously make his comeback in HD.

[sayde]

Spoiler for demo summon:

So according to reports of one stream taken today, you get Ramuh as a reward for completing the cave/dungeon that I guess has been featured in all the demo footage we've seen so far. He has one known summoning condition thus far--Noctis HP has to be at 0. Its unknown at this moment if there's another condition on top of that which must be fulfilled (such as cooldown time or mp cost). He shows up for one extremely epic looking attack, deals a massive amount of damage and then leaves. This means means the glory days of FF summons are back (at least IMO). Oh yeah...he's also ginormous.

Just watch. Words don't do it justice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK3H...ature=youtu.be

I know now...I know why the tales are told.

[Iron Maw]

.....Yeah, I'm not watching that. I've spoiled enough of the demo for myself.

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by sayde

Spoiler for demo summon:

So according to reports of one stream taken today, you get Ramuh as a reward for completing the cave/dungeon that I guess has been featured in all the demo footage we've seen so far. He has one known summoning condition thus far--Noctis HP has to be at 0. Its unknown at this moment if there's another condition on top of that which must be fulfilled (such as cooldown time or mp cost). He shows up for one extremely epic looking attack, deals a massive amount of damage and then leaves. This means means the glory days of FF summons are back (at least IMO). Oh yeah...he's also ginormous.

Just watch. Words don't do it justice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK3H...ature=youtu.be

Spoiler for It's ...:

It's huge.

I understand Titan and Leviathan have huge size since they usually depicted as a huge creature/summon, but Ramuh ...
Well, that's how XV handle Ramuh, now I wonder how XV handle Ifrit, Shiva and Bahamut (if they're available, of course).



I like how Behemoth didn't waste time to charge into Noctis.

[Frontier]

Spoiler:

I wonder if all the summons will be cutscene only attacks, or if some will have a longer and more involved presence in battle?

[iceyfw]

anyone know how long the PS4 FFXV demo code is good for? i don't have a ps4 but have the code. i was thinking of waiting for the slim PS4 announcement at E3 this year.

[DevilHighDxD]

Originally Posted by iceyfw

anyone know how long the PS4 FFXV demo code is good for? i don't have a ps4 but have the code. i was thinking of waiting for the slim PS4 announcement at E3 this year.

Exactly one year.

[sayde]

Played the demo today. I have to say...I'm loving it. I can't wait to finish finding the remaining weapons I need so I can go all ham with Noctis's warping abilities in the demo.
Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfYPVYL0ai4

[Mad Pierrot]

With so many things going in the battle, I wonder if the framerate is stable

[Iron Maw]

Finished the demo at 3 hrs, really liked overall!

Combat was rather awkward for me starting out, but I got hang of things fast enough. There solid amount of depth with basic systems in place and I need to be stressed that MP management and timing is seriously important to success here. Vamping straightforward and quite useful beyond turing in exp. Like what I've seen of party so far now that watched them interact in a proper conversation. They have good chemistry with each other and clear characterization and the English VA here better than sound for trailers. Duscae is beautiful and like what their going for in with juxtaposition of modern (gas station, asphalt roads), classic fantasy (chocobo ranch, goblin cave) and straight fantasy (the astral shard, dinosaurs, goblins). There quite a bit to do here like taking on quest, finding the Armiger arsenals and some dungeon exploration. Little Easter eggs are littered all over the place if you look hard enough like black chocobos and Mesmerizes.

Speaking of which

Spoiler for summon:

Ramuh was absolutely fantastic. WOW!

Ending, left cool tid bits from the plot for us to chew on. Especially that mural.

So yeah I'm pretty excited to what the main game particularly in terms of advanced features to the combat like magic and what not. The demo has quite a big technical issues like with the lock-on, camera and some framerate dips, but it's nothing can be ironed out in this stage. Especially with still being at least a year away.

EDIT: BTW for those who have the demo, apparently this is what's happening on the next ATR:
http://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/fi...-launch-report

[Jazzrat]

Saw the demo and makes me wonder how big is the FF female fans' demographic cause the party makeup and design just screams fujoshi bait. Mechanically looks alright although a bit thin but hopefully they will build more RPG element on it cause it's pretty barebone at first sight.

[com_gwp]

Originally Posted by amaterasu4

With so many things going in the battle, I wonder if the framerate is stable

It's one of the things I'm pretty worried about, and not so much the gameplay (I love how Kingdom Hearts-ish it feels); we're operating at sub-1080 (with absolutely minimal AA) and the game is chugging when shit starts flying all over the place.

I know they promised that these issues will be fixed, but there are signs that the systems might not be able to handle their ambitions. It's likely compromises will have to be made, if not (despair) downgrades.

I also feel that technique switching should be relegated to R2 and L2, but I suspect that's where magic might come into play. In that case, I wonder why a shortcut system like Kingdom Heart's could not be implemented, as it's the perfect fit for the 5 weapon-limit on techniques.

[Iron Maw]

Well I'm not worried myself since limited optimization was clearly done on the demo, and FFXV won't be released until next year when Luminous will be at v2.0 rather than the v1.5 the demo build is in.

Originally Posted by Jazzrat

Saw the demo and makes me wonder how big is the FF female fans' demographic cause the party makeup and design just screams fujoshi bait.

FF has bigger male base and bshounen and bishoujo characters have existed in the series for over 25 years now. In fact most Japanese games are fill with them too so there is not much point singling FF out for that.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Iron Maw

Well I'm not worried myself since limited optimization was clearly done on the demo, and FFXV won't be released until next year when Luminous will be at v2.0 rather than the v1.5 the demo build is in.



FF has bigger male base and bshounen and bishoujo characters have existed in the series for over 25 years now. In fact most Japanese games are fill with them too so there is not much point singling FF out for that.

But did the main cast star almost every type? No, they usually only had one or two. One being reserved for the main lead.

[Iron Maw]

Not really since the series cast sizes varies a lot.

And it doesn't every type though. Only Noctis and Prompto really qualify as "bishounen". Gladio, Ignis and Cor aren't unless you think Sabin, Locke, Edge or Auron are as well.

[com_gwp]

Originally Posted by Iron Maw

Well I'm not worried myself since limited optimization was clearly done on the demo, and FFXV won't be released until next year when Luminous will be at v2.0 rather than the v1.5 the demo build is in.

I know this is a ridiculously early alpha build (maybe even pre-alpha) and there's a lot of legwork to be done under the hood; at the same time, I look at games like Witcher 3 and Uncharted, who have some of the best dev studios in the industry, and they've been forced to scale back on their hugely ambitious visuals.

FFXV's is also hugely ambitious in that regard, and the fact is that the current gen systems came in underpowered compared to the developers' expectations of a generational leap. I still believe we're going to have to see compromises made on Rez, FPS or graphics in the final product, and we're not going to get that 1080, 30fps promise if it wants to maintain the visual quality that we're seeing.

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

But did the main cast star almost every type? No, they usually only had one or two. One being reserved for the main lead.

What is FFVIII, where every male character is an archtypical Bishi.

I don't get people banging on about FFXV's j-pop posse when the theme of a "guys' road-trip" and "Yakuza Family" influences have been reiterated again and again.

[Kyero Fox]

No kidding, when a game stars a female only cast no one bats a eye. But if the main cast is all male suddenly everyone loses it.

-insert jokerLedger meme-

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by com_gwp

FFXV's is also hugely ambitious in that regard, and the fact is that the current gen systems came in underpowered compared to the developers' expectations of a generational leap. I still believe we're going to have to see compromises made on Rez, FPS or graphics in the final product, and we're not going to get that 1080, 30fps promise if it wants to maintain the visual quality that we're seeing.

30fps? That's the absolute minimum framerate any game, let alone an action game should have. If their ambitions were as lofty as you say they were, they should be aiming for 60fps.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

No kidding, when a game stars a female only cast no one bats a eye. But if the main cast is all male suddenly everyone loses it.

-insert jokerLedger meme-

While I get trying to make a point.....I actually think that's wrong and people make note of that kind of thing. No one said "oh the whole cast in FFX-2 is female....I'm not going to comment on this."