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No because the only thing that seems to have changed is the gameplay.
Tabata pretty much said its the narrative that stays and the whole road trip/brotherhood/simple story of getting back the crystal thing has been there since 2007. Nomura also said he doesn't want people thinking its too dark by the trailers at one point.
EDIT: That is just my opinion though and given how much the battle system changed, who knows >_>
Tabata pretty much said its the narrative that stays and the whole road trip/brotherhood/simple story of getting back the crystal thing has been there since 2007. Nomura also said he doesn't want people thinking its too dark by the trailers at one point.
EDIT: That is just my opinion though and given how much the battle system changed, who knows >_>
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Ehh, "dark" is a very nebulous term, and often I don't even know what that means. Nor do any of us know what they had in mind for Versus to begin with.
I've seen nothing in this week's trailers to weaken or support the idea that the game's story will maintain its supposed darker edge relative to other Final Fantasy games. It's pretty much impossible to gauge a good idea of the overall tone of a story based on a short trailer where the boys are on the road. They could well be building up these comradely bonds only to sever them in a tragic way later for all we know. Which they probably won't, because that would defy a central theme of the game, but they might. Or more likely, just build up and sever bonds between Noctis and other key NPCs.
@Mistwalker has a good point though. As a side game, Versus could have been virtually what Nomura wanted. The team would have had the greater luxury of creative flexibility that perhaps a mainline title may not, especially one that is currently so paramount. So yeah, there is always that possibility of the business side of SE sticking its nose in and reining in the creative team. Best keep this in mind that the FFXV we have now is simply not Versus.
I've seen nothing in this week's trailers to weaken or support the idea that the game's story will maintain its supposed darker edge relative to other Final Fantasy games. It's pretty much impossible to gauge a good idea of the overall tone of a story based on a short trailer where the boys are on the road. They could well be building up these comradely bonds only to sever them in a tragic way later for all we know. Which they probably won't, because that would defy a central theme of the game, but they might. Or more likely, just build up and sever bonds between Noctis and other key NPCs.
@Mistwalker has a good point though. As a side game, Versus could have been virtually what Nomura wanted. The team would have had the greater luxury of creative flexibility that perhaps a mainline title may not, especially one that is currently so paramount. So yeah, there is always that possibility of the business side of SE sticking its nose in and reining in the creative team. Best keep this in mind that the FFXV we have now is simply not Versus.
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To move away from speculation of story and the doom and gloom of the combat system details for a moment, I'm quite excited about the world design aspect, even if the game's about to knock on the door of WRPG territory.
+ Camping; this is reminding me of both The Witcher (only presumably without a crafting feature) and older Final Fantasy games. I'd kill to see Noctis and company suddenly hole up next to a picturesque river with a giant Moogle-themed tent as Ignis and Prompto attempt to work the George Foreman grill. Intriguing, original idea to have camping be necessity for next day performance as well, and I don't believe that's a feature in an RPG I'm familiar with - at least not one I have played.
+ It's open-world, but not quite open-world; that's the sort of design I've been expecting. No one realistically expected Skyrim, but in terms of zones, and interconnectedness, it will still be expansive enough to allow manned car travel, reflecting a natural evolution of the world design FFXII began with. It's a perfectly good Goldilocks zone between openness and structure ripe for narrative progression. Of course, FFXV's middle would have to avoid meandering and spinning its heels like FFXII's.
+ Seamless connection; if this is actually the case (it would have to be, otherwise it would be jarring to have to see your car disappear through a line of glowing blue circles to get into a new zone every time), and I don't know how technically possible this is, or what the game's actual scope is, but this is the thing that has me excited the most. FFXIV: ARR would have been excellent, had the game not thrusted us into ubiquitous loading screen transitions here and there - where getting into Minfilia's Solar is bad enough.
+ Weather; and its effects on elemental spells. I'm not sure how I feel about your fire spells being extra deadly on arid days that you can start a friendly fire barbecue without the need of the George Foreman though. Hopefully that warrants extra tactical thinking during the supposedly rather automated combat. But setting Ignis on fire sounds almost meta.
+ So it's a continent? Sounds sensible enough. Realistic game world size speaking, no one was expecting an entire world - especially if they're still sequel baiting - but I wonder how this affects airship usage. If we can still use airships, which I don't recall seeing any mention of?
tl;dr - world design sounds good. Sounds like my ideal sort of RPG, and it's something to remain excited about, while combat is giving us all consternation.
+ Camping; this is reminding me of both The Witcher (only presumably without a crafting feature) and older Final Fantasy games. I'd kill to see Noctis and company suddenly hole up next to a picturesque river with a giant Moogle-themed tent as Ignis and Prompto attempt to work the George Foreman grill. Intriguing, original idea to have camping be necessity for next day performance as well, and I don't believe that's a feature in an RPG I'm familiar with - at least not one I have played.
+ It's open-world, but not quite open-world; that's the sort of design I've been expecting. No one realistically expected Skyrim, but in terms of zones, and interconnectedness, it will still be expansive enough to allow manned car travel, reflecting a natural evolution of the world design FFXII began with. It's a perfectly good Goldilocks zone between openness and structure ripe for narrative progression. Of course, FFXV's middle would have to avoid meandering and spinning its heels like FFXII's.
+ Seamless connection; if this is actually the case (it would have to be, otherwise it would be jarring to have to see your car disappear through a line of glowing blue circles to get into a new zone every time), and I don't know how technically possible this is, or what the game's actual scope is, but this is the thing that has me excited the most. FFXIV: ARR would have been excellent, had the game not thrusted us into ubiquitous loading screen transitions here and there - where getting into Minfilia's Solar is bad enough.
+ Weather; and its effects on elemental spells. I'm not sure how I feel about your fire spells being extra deadly on arid days that you can start a friendly fire barbecue without the need of the George Foreman though. Hopefully that warrants extra tactical thinking during the supposedly rather automated combat. But setting Ignis on fire sounds almost meta.
+ So it's a continent? Sounds sensible enough. Realistic game world size speaking, no one was expecting an entire world - especially if they're still sequel baiting - but I wonder how this affects airship usage. If we can still use airships, which I don't recall seeing any mention of?
tl;dr - world design sounds good. Sounds like my ideal sort of RPG, and it's something to remain excited about, while combat is giving us all consternation.
Pretty much, everything apart from the battle system and the ambiguous character switching sound really good. That's why these two things hurt so much :/
I particulary like the openess and the camping thing. I loved the few times you had camping scenes in FF IX (basically after the forest escape); it was really comfy, and that CG pic with the barbecue screams the same thing, too. I just hope that the feature of having sleepy characters if you don't rest isn't very repetitive.
Ah, and in the Gematsu article, it seems like towns are finally confirmed to be places you can visit (the demo will focus on battle). I know it was already said, but given how many liberties they're taking even with granted things, who knows.
I particulary like the openess and the camping thing. I loved the few times you had camping scenes in FF IX (basically after the forest escape); it was really comfy, and that CG pic with the barbecue screams the same thing, too. I just hope that the feature of having sleepy characters if you don't rest isn't very repetitive.
Ah, and in the Gematsu article, it seems like towns are finally confirmed to be places you can visit (the demo will focus on battle). I know it was already said, but given how many liberties they're taking even with granted things, who knows.
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Yeah, the world design sounds fantastic. It's basically a larger, seamless FFXII and that should be the proper next step for FF worlds. The fact that Tabata states that if you walk instead of taking a car, it could take a long, long time makes me excited for the exploration.
I'm glad we'll be able to visit towns in the demo, I hope they have the time to implement Chocobos, too!
I'm glad we'll be able to visit towns in the demo, I hope they have the time to implement Chocobos, too!
No it's edgy and grey but with some levity to break up the tragedy. It's about down to earth heroes struggling in a world of violence. The "dark" theme never went away. Friendship exists beside it and so does the relationship between father and son, Noctis and Regis. These are all points Nomura enforced. Taba apperantly says that vision is still intack
When I used google translastion it was hard to make uot what he was saying in the context of Noctis being only playable. Those who reported on it have different statements. Some say if he is in the party you can only use him, so take him out and everone else is usable. Then others bluntly say only Noc is playable. If it's true and only he can be used then it would be like Nier