FINAL FANTASY XV

[magus]

Wow! They look so cool! Who. Cares. At. All?

me you soppy insufferable vagina!

[magus]

plays a game full of anthropomorphic animals :lenowned

you play games made for pedophiles and lie about the reasons youre interested in them. go sit down and turn your chair toward the corner.

this atelier game i'm playing right now has an 8 year old girl as a playable character

proper bore ending

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[Himu]

Vanille is objectively the worst FF character.

In a world where Selphie and Zell exist?  HAIL NO.

Wait, you said character, not even party member... oh god, too many possibilities... have I repressed enough of the truly awful NPCs over the years?  Hopefully.

Vanille is VOICE ACTED. Therefore SHE WINS.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

From the 3 hour mark they're showing a bunch of gameplay of it. Looks hot. Dunno how to do the timestamp/mark thing.

[Bebpo]

Oh damn.  The scenes that had framerate problems in the trailer are perfectly smooth there.  Animation looks really nice.  Looks fun too!

[magus]

From the 3 hour mark they're showing a bunch of gameplay of it. Looks hot. Dunno how to do the timestamp/mark thing.

game kinda reminds me of when they showed the white knight chronicle trailer,maybe it will end the same way

[Bebpo]

Except that was a mockup and this is obviously real gameplay since it's jumping all over the place showing fights.

[demi]

This is coming to ONE by the way

[magus]

Except that was a mockup and this is obviously real gameplay since it's jumping all over the place showing fights.

IGN "too scripted 7.9"

[cool breeze]

zero shifting around looks so much fun.  hope this is real 

[Himu]

BATTLE GAMEPLAY

[Himu]

HOLY FUCK IN NOMURA I TRUST

[Snake]

@2:30. That fire spell.

[Himu]

The sword parrying with the Iron Giant

NOMURA

[Bebpo]

You know that parrying part is a QTE...right? 


Looks awesome and I wish the game had a real parry like MGS:R but yeaaaah that was QTE 



Looks fun, I'm more interested in the end bits where he's slamming heads into cars and fighting barehanded.  The more variety in combat the better.  Looks like you can call in your two partners and use their weapons.  Would be cool if you get a party like a normal FF of like 6-9 people and then you make a party of 3 and use their attacks/weapons to hit weakpoints.

[demi]

haha, it really is just basically Kingdom Hearts

[tiesto]

I don't understand why Japanese companies even bother releasing on Xbox platforms. The average Xbox fan just isn't interested..

[Himu]

Yup, it's Kingdom Hearts as fuck.

[magus]

haha, it really is just basically Kingdom Hearts

correction,it's techno kingdom hearts... i'm so jealous i can't pirate this on my ps3 :'(

[Beezy]

Okay, that looked much better than the shit they showed earlier. I'm still skeptical about anything SE makes nowadays though.

[Himu]

"Details from Nomura on the livestream.

-They shifted the game to next-gen and made it a mainline title due to the scale/scope.
-The game is an action RPG, but there are command system elements in the game.
-Noctis is "not cool inside" and not a cool dude, but a quirky dude.
-Party members are a core part of Final Fantasy, so there is a party in this game.
-Noctis can teleport himself into the sky. Though he's not a gravity wizard, Noctis does not fall at a Newtonian rate for gameplay purposes.
-The current generation console versions were canceled about a year ago. They're still working to improve the graphics on the next-gen version.
-They are making games in DirectX 11 on PC and then porting them to the PS4 and Xbox One since they can handle that. They can consider any platform that support high end DirectX 11 level hardware functionality and horsepower. (Hey Square, that DX11 PC dev platform you mentioned earlier can run this! Just saying!)"

http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=584516

[Great Rumbler]

That looks pretty good, I especially like the overall art style and scope. It feels like a crazy Japanese style that's been filtered through a more realistic vision.

[Himu]

That looks pretty good, I especially like the overall art style and scope. It feels like a crazy Japanese style that's been filtered through a more realistic vision.

Wonderful pr speak, Rumbler!

This is fantasy based on reality!

[Great Rumbler]

That looks pretty good, I especially like the overall art style and scope. It feels like a crazy Japanese style that's been filtered through a more realistic vision.

This is fantasy based on reality!

[Rahxephon91]

Meh, I really don't want Kingdom Hearts combat in a FF game. Right now this looks very automated and QTE heavy. That's not what I'm playing a jrpg for.

Should have stayed a spin-off.

Graphics and art look top tier though.

[Snake]

I just hope the flying/teleportation mechanics are better than Dissidia's. This is my only request.

[Himu]

I don't see what's wrong with one game that's action rpg. The next FF likely won't be an action rpg either. each new ff has a new language to get used to.

Also, a full on action FF is refreshing. I'm excited.

[Rahxephon91]

Meh, I really don't want Kingdom Hearts combat in a FF game. Right now this looks very automated and QTE heavy. That's not what I'm playing a jrpg for.

Should have stayed a spin-off.

Graphics and art look top tier though.

fuck that weak ass menu heavy shit. KH was the future of the JRPG its just that people didnt realize it

active gaming

fluidity

interactive worlds

Does KH have those things? And while combat has gotten better with each installment(as far as I'm aware, I've only played 1-2-BBS). It's still pretty simple and meh combat. With two being the worst offender with mash until you can press triangle combat. BBS has the best combat and I'm pretty sure that's not the team making this one. The KH2 team is.

And interactive worlds? Do people believe KH games have good level design? They have quite possibly the most bland and dull levels in jrpgs.

I really never got why KH was popular and I've tried three times and failed.

[Don Flamenco]

ok so...after DX11 version is done, just pop in a blank DVD and make a PC version.   (that's how it works.)

[demi]

I haven't played 13-2, Magus. The only FF game I've bought since 13 is Theatrhythm.

What a FF fan you are. Lemme guess you also did not play Ni No Kuni? Resonance of Fate? What is the last jRPG you have played that is not a 5 year old Persona port? I think it is time to call you up on your bullshit, Himumu

Nailed it. Himu on blast.

[Himu]

I haven't played 13-2, Magus. The only FF game I've bought since 13 is Theatrhythm.

What a FF fan you are. Lemme guess you also did not play Ni No Kuni? Resonance of Fate? What is the last jRPG you have played that is not a 5 year old Persona port? I think it is time to call you up on your bullshit, Himumu

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Before that it was Dragon Quest VI, Radiant Historia (caught up after my ds broke), and Ys Origin. You're listing all of these console jrpgs that are years old when everyone that is a jrpg fan plays the genre on handhelds.

You bring up Persona 4 Golden when I don't even have a Vita. Since you don't know that much how in the world would you expect me to believe you know what jrpg fans are playing besides the very sporadic console game? Have you even played TWEWY? Or any Atlus DS title? Or an an Ys? This is rich coming from you Borys.

What kind of FF fan am I? The lapsed kind. Which is why I'm so damn happy with how XV is turning out.

[Himu]

But you're right I don't get much jrpg play than I used to. But I don't think I could be blamed for that. The genre is on a downward spiral with less and less releases. Jrpg fans should stick together borys.

[Don Flamenco]

BATTLE GAMEPLAY

HOOOOOOOOOOOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKK

looks a lot like DMC in RPG form.

Just like the XIII trailers, I can barely parse how this is gonna work.  There's a dodge button...uh...attack...he has fei long's command grab...some magic  

[Beezy]

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Before that it was Dragon Quest VI, Radiant Historia (caught up after my ds broke), and Ys Origin. You're listing all of these console jrpgs that are years old when everyone that is a jrpg fan plays the genre on handhelds.

ugh...

[Himu]

I can tell what's going on kinda easily it is just that the UI as it is now, is dog shit.

[Rahxephon91]

It's true console jrpgs haven't been plentiful, but I am kind of tired of the sentiment that it's some wasteland. Plenty of decent ones, even without dipping into the kiddie pool.

I don't have a handheld, but have been pretty satisfied.

[Himu]

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Before that it was Dragon Quest VI, Radiant Historia (caught up after my ds broke), and Ys Origin. You're listing all of these console jrpgs that are years old when everyone that is a jrpg fan plays the genre on handhelds.

ugh...

You say that but it is true.

How many worthwhile console jrpgs are there this Gen? I can count them on one hand and that's without having played Xenoblade or TLR (yet). People are wetting their pants for goddamn Tales because a fucking Tales game delivered arguably the best console jrpg of the generation. That is how low our standards have fallen Beezy.

So we are at the end of the console Gen and the jrpgs I have too look forward to are....Tales, Ni No Kuni, and...Lightning Returns?

[Himu]

Borys if you do not buy persona 5 or at least pirate smt4 I am going to MURDER YOU

[Don Flamenco]

I can tell what's going on kinda easily it is just that the UI as it is now, is dog shit.

mm hmm, how does the battle system work then

[Himu]

I can tell what's going on kinda easily it is just that the UI as it is now, is dog shit.

mm hmm, how does the battle system work then

Well it looks like KH, breh. It looks like you have contextual input commands ala KH in real time. The big problem is that the UI doesn't tell you what's a qte or not. So a lot of qte stuff looks like gameplay. It's not so confusing if you've played KH. You lock on, and then you do the teleport thing. Notice how he has to lock on to get to the behemoth at that one part.

[Don Flamenco]

I can tell what's going on kinda easily it is just that the UI as it is now, is dog shit.

mm hmm, how does the battle system work then

Well it looks like KH, breh. It looks like you have contextual input commands ala KH in real time. The big problem is that the UI doesn't tell you what's a qte or not. So a lot of qte stuff looks like gameplay. It's not so confusing if you've played KH. You lock on, and then you do the teleport thing. Notice how he has to lock on to get to the behemoth at that one part.

That's why I didn't get it then, very little KH experience.   like 5 hours of BBS

[Bebpo]

I don't get why people care if Versus has a number or not.  The game was still going to come out, the same staff would be on it, and the next mainline FF would still be in the pipeline for the same release date, only that will now be called FFXVI instead of FFXV. 

[Himu]

I don't get why people care if Versus has a number or not.  The game was still going to come out, the same staff would be on it, and the next mainline FF would still be in the pipeline for the same release date, only that will now be called FFXVI instead of FFXV.

I agree. I'm also shocked people are miffed about it being real time considering we've known that for how many years now?

[Himu]

I can tell what's going on kinda easily it is just that the UI as it is now, is dog shit.

mm hmm, how does the battle system work then

Well it looks like KH, breh. It looks like you have contextual input commands ala KH in real time. The big problem is that the UI doesn't tell you what's a qte or not. So a lot of qte stuff looks like gameplay. It's not so confusing if you've played KH. You lock on, and then you do the teleport thing. Notice how he has to lock on to get to the behemoth at that one part.

That's why I didn't get it then, very little KH experience.   like 5 hours of BBS

Here watch this:

Do the party member combo attacks, party interaction, party member ai, flashy looking qte-lite (that's contextual btw) thing look familiar?



Ignore the guy playing, he sucks. I'm talking about the look and the core mechanics.

[Rahxephon91]

there were some decent jrpgs on consoles this last gen, but comparing psp/ds to home consoles is like comparing ps2 to gamecube.

if you have a dysfunction that prevents you from enjoying games just because they're on handhelds, that's unfortunate.  it ranks up there with the dysfunction that prevents people from enjoying games that are on non-nintendo hardware in terms of tragic outcomes.

and it's only going to get worse if you're a jrpg fan.  what was once a 30-70 console/handheld split is going to quickly become 5-60-25 console/handheld/smartphone in the coming gen.

Its a dysfunction to have a preferences for consoles?

[Don Flamenco]

ok, got it.

yeah, i loved how the guy kept getting hit mid roll.  there must have been 5 scenes in that trailer that began with him getting while trying to roll dodge

[Himu]

Analysis

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=585421

[magus]

I don't get why people care if Versus has a number or not.  The game was still going to come out, the same staff would be on it, and the next mainline FF would still be in the pipeline for the same release date, only that will now be called FFXVI instead of FFXV.

well it was kind of silly of them to have a bajillion of FF13 spinoff that didn't have anything to do with each other at all to begin with,and it's kind of silly the next big FF title is a spinoff game that required more than 5 years to happen

[Himu]

I'm sorry guys but that is the first time I've been wowed by FF visuals since forever. FFXII and FFFXIII looked good. Great even. But this impressed me more than when I saw FFVII the first time. The sense of scale in that final Leviathan shot in the game play trailer? Holy shit.

More than that, the art doesn't look like the dog shit in XIII. On every board I read people are saying they see stuff from their favorite FF. "Holy shit, VI vibes!" "This art reminds me of ViI." Meanwhile people even think the art reminds them somewhat of IX and XII due to the architecture. I personally am reminded of VIII. I find it fascinating they've done this. It is like a culmination of all FF art to this point. It has pizazz and cool and its pretty too.

I see people bitching it is an action rpg and it is a DMC clone. I fart on them. Look at that battle trailer. FF is starting to lose a hold on players and has less name power than it did in the past especially after XIII and 14. This game is what FF needs to be a household name again.

If you followed my posts over the years you'd remember how I thought FFXIII looked absolutely boring in trailers. I even argued with friends on Square fan site I visit over the art many times. I thought it looked uninspired and boring. I watch that FFXV trailer and I'm the complete fucking opposite. I WANT TO PLAY IT NOW due to the actual product and what it is rather than out of obligation due to name power. I haven't said that about an FF product in over ten years.

[Himu]

If you can't tell Final Fantasy is really special to me and I'm just excited that I *am* excited about it again. I just can't believe it. :sadbron

[Mr. Gundam]

XV looks awesome and I can't wait to play it.

However, I really want a single-player game that has the artstyle of XIV.

[magus]

That's cool.  Doesn't do much for me, but it's good to see folks happy with this series again.  Inexplicably from a game that existed the whole time, but I digress.

i wouldn't worry much,another two/three trailer about lightining return and mobage game and we can restore the hating status quo

[MCD]

New thread for new news I guess. There's a new Jump scan floating around with descriptions of the main party in the game, and the Japanese voice cast for the characters (which is also in the Japanese press release for the game).

Noctis Lucis Caelum (Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Prince of the Lucis Kingdom, possessing eyes which can sense the death of others. His close friends call him Noct.


Ignis Scientia (Mamoru Miyano)
The eldest son of a household tasked with protecting the royal family from generation to generation. A close friend of Noctis who is closer to him than a true brother.


Gladiolus Amicitia (Kenta Miyake)
A childhood friend of Noctis who grew up recieving gifted education befitting a staff officer. He understands Noctis well and is his confidant.


Prompto Argentum (Tetsuya Kakihara)
A friend who has been a bad influence to Noctis since his school days. While he can get carried away easily, there's another side of him which is driven to help friends in need.


Cor Rionis (Hiroki Touchi)
Head of Royal Family Guards, and one of the three strongest fighters in Lucis. While he is harsh to Noctis and the others, he is a true man of honor who takes his vows to king and country very seriously.


The characters are also the ones on the key visual poster they showed at the Future of FF media briefing. From left to right it's Prompto, Gladiolus, Noctis, Ignis, and Cor:

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C-tier animu in 2015 fall season

[Raban]

localizing this game must be a fucking nightmare

[MCD]

Here is your plot!

[MCD]

Nomura's wet dream

[magus]

Noctis Lucis Caelum (Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Prince of the Lucis Kingdom, possessing eyes which can sense the death of others. His close friends call him Noct.

nintendo fans hating on this game for taking plot point from xenoblade incomingggggggggggg

chooooooooooooo chooooooooooooooooo

[Great Rumbler]

Those names.

[magus]

Those names.

i just noticed one of them is called Cor Rionis

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"Coglioni" in italian is a slang for penis or just indicates a dickhead

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[Don Flamenco]

My name's Agent Noctis Lucis Caelum.  But please, call me Noct.  That's what everyone calls me.