Final Fantasy XV - General News Thread

[Tornak]

Casual players are going to watch the recaps with better footage, not sift through the MS feed.

It's obvious we're never going to agree, but even then, I'm just referring to the actual performance in the MS conference (which again, I consider the most important part along with Sony's). I never referred to the whole E3 because I knew this had just started as I previously mentioned. But my statement won't change, their marketing plan there was baffling to me and for me that's the part most casual players watch in my experience with my friends, all of them very casual to gaming).

But let's just leave it at that, because we'll never agree on this and it's muddling the thread haha.

Also, regarding Insomnia, I think we'll visit it. BUT I never expected it to be bigger than Altissia: the latter seems to be a city that (at least for a while) we can freely visit without it being under martial law or half-destroyed. Insomnia is clearly fucked in some ways (if the teaser at the end of ED is translated into the game) and occupied by the enemies themselves, so it'd be weird if we could wander around just like that.

I could see, once things calm down there (if they do before the final part of the game), that we could be able to explore it a little bit outside the Palace. I want to play in those narrow streets that the 2011 trailer showed, they look straight up from Japan with all the neon signs and all that.

 

[Storm]

http://www.cadillac.com/concept-cars/ciel-convertible.html

would you buy this car?

 

[Lulcielid]

http://www.cadillac.com/concept-cars/ciel-convertible.html

would you buy this car?

For cosplay purpose

 

[XZeroRus]

it's interesting can be to visit a restaurant that was in versus in insomnia?

 

[Nova]

Casual players are going to watch the recaps with better footage, not sift through the MS feed. That performance will be buried and largely forgotten.

Pretty much, already forgotten the MS presentation stuff already lol

 

[Lulcielid]

We might get some Kingsglaive references in the game.

 

[DrBretto]

But let's just leave it at that, because we'll never agree on this and it's muddling the thread haha.

I'm cool with that! Like most internet "feuds" it's also entirely possibly we're just looking at it from two different angles and we're both right to a degree.

 

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

We might get some Kingsglaive references in the game.

Do you have a link with the footage that this screenshot is from?.

 

[Tornak]

Do you have a link with the footage that this screenshot is from?.

https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix/v/72591248

Around 4:54:50.

I suppose it's the opening CG in present day (after the prologue) with Noctis and co departing for Altissia. I hope we get glimpses of other Kingsglaive characters, I like that Drautos is there.

 

[DrBretto]

https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix/v/72591248

Around 4:54:50.

I suppose it's the opening CG in present day (after the prologue) with Noctis and co departing for Altissia. I hope we get glimpses of other Kingsglaive characters, I like that Drautos is there.

I stand by my declaration that that girl is creepy. She was creepy on the Uncovered pre-show, too. I don't get what they see in her that they keep letting her out there, lol.

 

[oimori]

Is there any English articles that refer to the existence of "Cie'th" or something like in XV?
One Famitsu article said that "At night time, dangerous monsters called "シガイ" start to wander about the field."
シガイ means Cie'th in XIII. maybe reusing the phrase, but I want to know how those dangerous monsters called in English ver.

 

[DrBretto]

Is there any English articles that refer to the existence of "Cie'th" or something like in XV?
One Famitsu article said that "At night time, dangerous monsters called "シガイ" start to wander about the field."
シガイ means Cie'th in XIII. maybe reusing the phrase, but I want to know how those dangerous monsters called in English ver.

There are only English article confirming that all of that stuff is out. But some people are still using the old terms for what people are assuming was based on Etro and the like as well, so it's most likely just them mixing something up on their end (Famitsu, I mean). There's no way they reverse that one.

 

[Storm]

welp, guess i'll need to try the VR experience after all.

 

[DrBretto]

welp, guess i'll need to try the VR experience after all.

Not ashamed to admit, that was my first instinct as well.

What can I say. I'm human.

BTW, the guy falling out of his chair to catch this view in the bottom right is hilarious.

(the part the the screen that isn't boobies, you'll have to force yourself to look, lol)

 

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix/v/72591248

Around 4:54:50.

I suppose it's the opening CG in present day (after the prologue) with Noctis and co departing for Altissia. I hope we get glimpses of other Kingsglaive characters, I like that Drautos is there.

Thanks man. So I guess some Kingsglaive characters will be in the game. Awesome. I wonder if Drautos is related to Gladio. Drautos is the only character that has been revealed for the film whose last name hasn't been told to us yet.

 

[yeah_93]

welp, guess i'll need to try the VR experience after all.

A guy really did that in public? Jesus Christ.

 

[DrBretto]

A guy really did that in public? Jesus Christ.

Let's just be glad that's all he did in public.

Longer, higher res version: http://i.4cdn.org/v/1466087924179.webm

 

[DrBretto]

Let's talk about that Wait mode.

Some people out there are bitching (no way, really, on the INTERNET!?) that this is just baby mode, but I've watched that video a few times and I think, like most free internet analysis, that is very short-sighted.

I think it's a game-changer. I think it will go over exceptionally well and I think anyone can get some value out of it. This part is conjecture, but seems pretty solid: There's an icon on some of these demos: R2 (Tactical). What I'm hoping that is, is the ability to activate the paused target selection screen on demand as opposed to having to go into the menu to switch to wait mode. The ability to sporadically pause and gain a tactical advantage can be fun for anyone.

I'm not a fan of the idea of having to stop hitting buttons (And I intend to continue tapping instead of holding the attack button anyway). But the ability to do it on command would be amazing to me.

 

[BladeRunner]

Altissia looks so amazing. I can't wait to explore the whole city and find all of its secrets. Magic synthesis also sounds quite interesting.

 

[Tornak]

Yeah, and even if it was a mode for people who don't know how to play a game or this genre... why would you care? As long as it doesn't affect the core game and it hasn't affected (in a significant enough way) its development, it's totally alright: the more options, the better.

Now, I can't really see how it works until I finally get around to try it (I'm sticking to the Active mode, but I'm very curious). It does look more fleshed out than it might look at first, although I don't know if the pace might get too fucked because of the constant transition to the wait screen.

I actually think that this could be something that, in some way or another, could show up in, say, XVI. Man, I really want to know what kind of battle system they'll use in that one, after having three games with big changes to the usual ATB/Turn formula (XII, XIII, XV).

Thanks man. So I guess some Kingsglaive characters will be in the game. Awesome. I wonder if Drautos is related to Gladio. Drautos is the only character that has been revealed for the film whose last name hasn't been told to us yet.

That's a good point, didn't realize that. I'm expecting all of the Kingsglaive to die, though haha. It'd be nice that, if one of them or more survive, they could show up in some way, although I doubt it.

There was this speculation that the guy that looked like OG King Regis (RIP in pieces) could be Gladio's father, because of their big similarities (they even had the same reddish eyes iirc). I wonder if he's still in the game; I'm not too sure tbh. He was important enough to be featured in the keyart, at least.