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I guess we're going to have to wait until October 2nd to find out. If not then, we'll just have to go hands-on with the demo in March 2015. If I were honest, the open world in the TGS 2014 trailer did not look very interactive. Aside from the monsters and a few points of interest, it looked mostly barren and empty.
In terms of my expectations I've always wanted a much larger FFXII and that's what it sounds like. I mean it sounds large given they designed it around the car and its possibly RDR size, but I'd be totally okay with it if it was a little smaller. This range is perfect.
FF games have never exactly been open-world and I'm glad Tabata stresses that.
FF games have never exactly been open-world and I'm glad Tabata stresses that.
He never had the time to port them onto the Luminous Engine since he was using the Ebony engine. He said when he does start using actual PS4 hardware he will see what needs to be cut and kept. However before he could do so he was taken off and replaced with Taba, therefore the former is doing exactly that. Now we get to see how much of his vision can fit onto disc.
If there is DLC it better be free! If they did somehow legitly think of some new content to add 'after' the game is released then it better be reasonably priced.
I don't understand when people say things like "Fainel Fantisy xIII iz thee wurst FF, it's 2 LINEAR" then that exact same person will say "Final Fantasy X is my favorite" Or "Final Fantasy X was the last good FF".
I mean only in regards to linearity, they do know FFX is very linear too and it was made obvious just as it was in FFXIII.
I don't understand when people say things like "Fainel Fantisy xIII iz thee wurst FF, it's 2 LINEAR" then that exact same person will say "Final Fantasy X is my favorite" Or "Final Fantasy X was the last good FF".
I mean only in regards to linearity, they do know FFX is very linear too and it was made obvious just as it was in FFXIII.
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There isn't anything really wrong with linearity. You just want to disguise it so that it is not a distraction to the overall experience. I think for some people, that's the difference between FFX and FFXIII. One covers it up better so that your attention is elsewhere, even though one can see how linear both games are.
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Completely agree with you. Final Fantasy X was very linear too and most people ignore that. And in FFXIII there is actually a reason to the game be linear... You are considered an enemy by all that people and because of that you don't have any cities to explore and things like that. This explain pretty much to me and I can live with the fact that FFXII was very story driven.
Looks like FFXV will be less linear but I think some segments will be... I think we will not have access to all cities and places when we want, maybe only during some events.
And 40 hours looks like a good time to me since we could expect around 100 hours if we want to do everything else the game could offer.
Looks like FFXV will be less linear but I think some segments will be... I think we will not have access to all cities and places when we want, maybe only during some events.
And 40 hours looks like a good time to me since we could expect around 100 hours if we want to do everything else the game could offer.
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I don't have much love for X (at all), but to be fair, I think that even if it was linear as hell (main reason I dislike it) it wasn't as obvious as XIII, where it was painful except for the time you spend in Gran Paals; it didn't feel like an actual world.
In X, I think it was more justified by having Spira being a bunch of islands under a giant whale's threat, so it served its purpose more than in XIII, even if there there are also reasons (they're persecuted and Gran Pulse is a wild world). Spira felt like an actual world that was that way because of its story (whether I liked it or not), while XIII's Cocoon and Gran Pulse didn't feel like that, wasn't 'credible' (for me).
Regarding XV, I think it's basically going to be like XII but with bigger areas maybe and much more seamless.
Basically, taking IX's map as an example, the entirety of 8 (Cleyra <3) would be seamless, while if you want to go to, say, 33, you'd have to go through some sort of transition, because both places are separated by chains of mountains you can't climb. Of course, much more realistically scaled than in the PSX games:
In X, I think it was more justified by having Spira being a bunch of islands under a giant whale's threat, so it served its purpose more than in XIII, even if there there are also reasons (they're persecuted and Gran Pulse is a wild world). Spira felt like an actual world that was that way because of its story (whether I liked it or not), while XIII's Cocoon and Gran Pulse didn't feel like that, wasn't 'credible' (for me).
Regarding XV, I think it's basically going to be like XII but with bigger areas maybe and much more seamless.
Basically, taking IX's map as an example, the entirety of 8 (Cleyra <3) would be seamless, while if you want to go to, say, 33, you'd have to go through some sort of transition, because both places are separated by chains of mountains you can't climb. Of course, much more realistically scaled than in the PSX games:
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I'm gonna try my best to enjoy this game. But if I can't spend 3 weeks playing this games after waiting all this time I doubt I'll be satisfied. Tabata can direct a good game but I'm not a fan of his methods and plans he's brought up thus far. Friendly fire? 40 hrs that might not be able to be extended? 4 playable characters with a odd extra one (cor)? The likely lack of moogles, cactaurs, tonberries, and other FF regulars? It's gonna take some time to let go of all the high hopes I had. But hopefully after this and type-0 they go back to making less realistic FFs again that are like FF9. For now though this is what it comes to.
Err where are you getting half of these from? when did they say 40 hours can't be extended or moogles, cactaurs and tonberries likely won't be in? suddenly jumping to conclusions here for no reason...
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