New Final Fantasy XV Tech Demo And Gameplay

[llazy77]

 

[Takoyaki]

Luminous 1.4 is insane.
The caves and the weather is beautiful. Impressed with the model work, too.

 

[Takoyaki]

Gameplay video:

 

[Infest]

That looks so amazing!

 

[Lulcielid]

The excitement is real !! and thats only a tech demo !!
Side note: Luna's hair is gorgeous . Party members can get tired, fighting will be very dynamic.

 

[Takoyaki]

Gameplay in the 2nd video starts at 6:50.
Message before the demo:

The video we are about to show you has been made in order to give you an idea about the size of the map.

The ennemies and the events are not implemented in the map.

Many exciting elements will be included in this area in the final version of the game.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136681783&postcount=128

 

[Infest]

The scale is unbelievable! Can't wait to play that beast of a game!

 

[Takoyaki]

OP updated with a follow-up third video.

 

[llazy77]

All this is going to be playable in the demo. March cant come quick enough. Hopefully the frames and resolution are optimized properly because this game looks better than anything out there right now.

 

[KOKAYI5]

Wow.... People have their ways to get leaks! Gameplay looks pretty G. I respect this non-stop info dump they can doing too. Consider the lost time made up for Square.

 

[Fleur]

THIS was what I wanted to see. In fact, the scale actually seems somewhat intimidating, especially to JRPG fans not accustomed to environments of this particular size. The barren roads are a bit suspect though; I see airships flying overhead, but the roads are mysteriously bereft of any traffic except for Bumblebee who has stopped to pick up fuel at the petrol station. I wonder what the story reason for this will be.

EDIT: Hold the press! I see another car!

I really want to keep my expectations in check in the event of inevitable disappointments in some shape or form, but...oh flipping heck, now I'm also giddy. If this and Xenoblade Chronicles X can't put JRPGs back on the map in the next couple or a few years, nothing will.

A 360 degree look at Luna has comfortably sold me on her design now. It's recognisably Nomura and it isn't immediately unique, but I love the subdued, more natural, grounded and modest (well, as modest as you can get for someone who is presumably of nobility?) characteristics of her design.

 

[Takoyaki]

@llazy77 Yeah, that's the best part. This is still early too for the demo since they said they are going to fill the field with a bunch of stuff and have something big planned for the demo.

@Fleur Amen to that, Fleur!

Apparently, he re-affirmed Summons are in.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136686811&postcount=256

 

[KOKAYI5]

My jaw was on the floor when I saw the gas station they drove up too. But then I was blown away seeing the wild chocobo and the elephant/dino thing.

 

[Fleur]

Fleur has buried her natural cynicism (pessimism?) for one night, so let her put together a list of reasons why we should worship at the altar of the role-playing games.

- Final Fantasy XV
- Xenoblade Chronicles x
- Persona 5
- Kingdom Hearts 3
- Bloodborne (does this count?)
- Lords of the Fallen (does this count?)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Hyper Light Drifter
- The Witcher 3
- Tales of Zestiria
- Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
- Pillars of Eternity
- Atelier Shallie
- Next Mass Effect
- Bravely Second
- New Ys
- Final Fantasy Explorers
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
- and all the other smaller RPGs I've neglected to mention because this list is long enough as it is, either on handhelds, or on Steam

But back to the topic of FFXV...man, that car looks like it's powered by some kind of anti-gravity machine. Everything else is fine, right down to characters' animations in the car, but it's moving across the surface of the road in a bizarre, unnatural way. It's like it's floating. Maybe someone cast Float on it. Maybe it is powered by anti-gravity. Maybe the engine needs changing or hasn't been completed yet...like Luminous!

 

[Infest]

Accordo is going to be magnificent

 

[Fleur]

I've Assassin's Creed 2 flashbacks. I'm going to have a sudden urge to scale a building, only to remember that I'm not playing as an Assassin unless

Spoiler

twist: hooded character IS an Assassin and is secretly playable.

Either that or I need to actually visit Venice.

 

[Fleur]

Double post, derp

Well lookie here!

VS

I definitely prefer the new one. The first one looked awfully Fallout-ish. The second one I can at least happily pretend I'm making my own Top Gear knockoff episode while cruising.

 

[Infest]

I prefer the versus gas station but I also really like the colorful XV style.

In general this generation seems to come up with lot of very colorful games. Dragon Age Inquisitions, Sunset Overdrive, FF XV, Rime, The witness, Far Cry 4, PvZ garden warfare, witcher 3, no man's sky, wild..... to name a few

 

[Takoyaki]

@Fleur Agreed. It's also a lot more colorful and FF-esque. I know it was inspired by the USA from earlier comments, but I'm glad they changed it from what looked like the deserts of Texas and New Mexico to something else.

 

[Infest]

I wonder if this is the actual world map of the game or just the the duscae region

seems to be at least a whole continent