Final Fantasy XV - General News Thread

[Kagari]

Is it me or do those new screenshots look really rough? They look like a step down compared to the last two sets we received quite recently...

 

[Cadet]

Are they? I haven't gotten a chance to blow them up and compare the new batches to the old ones yet.

 

[Kagari]

Well resizing them won't help much because they're 720p but I can't tell if that's the native resolution for these or not.

 

[Infest]

New interview with Tabata http://jpgames.de/2015/02/jpgames-de-unser-interview-mit-hajime-tabata/
Notable info: The demo size is 5GB

 

[yeah_93]

Yes, I was just reading that interview. Damn, that demo is heavy. Also, I found this bit to be really interesting, even if it's a bit hard to read:

JPGames: You mentioned the ratings. In one of the first trailers for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Noctis broke a soldier’s neck with his legs and spread blood all over the battlefield. That has changed, hasn’t it?

Tabata: Certainly there is a difference with Final Fantasy XV now and what we tried to do with Final Fantasy Versus XIII back then. I think it is a slightly different thing, not in relation of the ratings, but in relation of what we want to do with Final Fantasy XV on its own.

For that, we are trying to work at the limits of the rating and that changed how we were proceeding with the game in a lot of ways. That is why we really started to get a feeling of in how many ways we can put these things in the game. We thought about a menu where you can choose freely how much blood you want to see or a DLC for a different rating. Obviously we want to work within the standards of our rating, but I am still planning some shocking moments in the story and in those moments, brutal scenes are really necessary. I learned that.

"Limits of the rating"? Does that mean they aim for a T rating? Also, DLC for a different rating? That's a terrible idea.

 

[Infest]

Yes, I was just reading that interview. Damn, that demo is heavy. Also, I found this bit to be really interesting, even if it's a bit hard to read:
"Limits of the rating"? Does that mean they aim for a T rating?

The question is what is/was their aimed rating? Type-0 got a M in the US while it got an USK 12 here in Germany. lol

 

[Noctis Strife]

So he basically confirmed Stella/Luna for the demo? It sounds like it. And when he said he HAS to stop delaying the game, I seriously had like future visions of E3 and a release date xD Sounds like a broken record in my head but that's gotta be when he announces the final release or at least a year!

 

[Kagari]

I didn't get that impression at all.

 

[Noctis Strife]

I didn't get that impression at all.

He just seemed to dodge the question and be like "I can't talk about her now but check the demo and see what happens." Just my opinion though

 

[Eliotlienthal]

I got pretty excited with the info regarding the rating for FFXV! I highly doubt the game will be rated M, but if they say they're "trying to work at the limits of the rating" and after that Tabata says "Obviously we want to work within the standards of our rating, but I am still planning some shocking moments in the story and in those moments, brutal scenes are really necessary" we can pretty much expect some highly dramatic scenes as the ending of CC:FFVII and Type-0 which is SO GOOD TO HEAR!

I also think that the "add blood DLC" is not an stupid idea, actually I think it's pretty good!

 

[Lucina]

I also think that the "add blood DLC" is not an stupid idea, actually I think it's pretty good!

Kind of like The Evil Within, eh?

 

[Kagari]

They'll likely aim for a T rating to reach the largest possible audience.

 

[Noctis Strife]

So I cried at the end of the Crisis Core, anyone else think this game will be as emotional?

 

[Infest]

So I cried at the end of the Crisis Core, anyone else think this game will be as emotional?

No doubt.

 

[yeah_93]

They'll likely aim for a T rating to reach the largest possible audience.

That's quite sad. But I guess they don't want to take chances. They have been pretty much playing it safe since the re-announcement.

I also think that the "add blood DLC" is not an stupid idea, actually I think it's pretty good!

Paying for something like that is a ridiculous idea.

 

[Kagari]

Yeah, they've shown pretty much no blood in the recent footage. The stuff from E3 2013 still had blood.

 

[Infest]

Well there's still blood but it's not necessarily red.

 

[llazy77]

They'll likely aim for a T rating to reach the largest possible audience.

Wasent Nomura's original story not touched in any way. Versus was a spin off so Nomura might have made a M rated story like type-0. Tabata said the story is the same so If its still the same M rated versus story It could possibly be M rated.

 

[Lulcielid]

That's quite sad. But I guess they don't want to take chances. They have been pretty much playing it safe since the re-announcement.

If by safe you mean not so much blood or limps being cut, i don´t see what´s the problem with "playing safe".
The rating system is nonsense as Infest provide us with an example

Type-0 got a M in the US while it got an USK 12 here in Germany. lol

 

[LeonBlade]

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