Final Fantasy XV - General News Thread

[ChingleeTribal]

And so far no one has seen that same cutscene on night time...

I've had it in the back of my head for a long time: I'll be playing most of the cutscenes we have already seen at night time. Bar the Aranea fight which I will try to do during a nice red sky sunset :3
Possibly will do the same for the Titan fight
Just gives it a layer is 'newness'

 

[Storm]

today's presentations were great.

thunder is my favorite magic looking-wise so far, the effects are amazing.
wild magic is confirmed to be just spells that can release either fire/blizzard or thunder.

also, did hollie confirmed the ascension grid would expand later in the game or I understood wrong? i'm curious to know what other "photo" skills you can unlock with prompto (manual mode?).

 

[SonOfEtro]

PS Access Build

TGS 2016 Trailer Build

I'd say there is a difference. The PS Access image above isn't just from a different time of day, but its lighting is more general and far less refined than the TGS screenshot. There are also barely any shadows on the hills, which is just wrong even for a midday scene. The lines and texture of clothing also look less well defined, while the foliage isn't as detailed (example is the palm tree). The draw distance/blurring effects are also near non-existent in the PS Access version.
So, I think the version PS Access was using is some kind of earlier build prior to the TGS version. I'll be extremely surprised and a little disappointed if the refined and realistic (TGS) sky is exchanged for the sky in the PS Access footage (which just looks like the blank blue of FFX and its like).

 

[Storm]

interview with ray chase.

they took a lot of time to record the banter, and he said we can expect a lot of variety in the dungeons.

 

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

interview with ray chase.

they took a lot of time to record the banter, and he said we can expect a lot of variety in the dungeons.

I'm not done listening to the interview yet but I just got to the part where Ray mentioned that our party members will turn into frogs lol. So happy frog status is back.

 

[Bionicle8563]

Just watched the Suzy Lu livestream, noticed a new thing, Curse-cast I can't wait to make a tonne of low level magics and just have them be Venom or Curse or Slow cast just to apply those effects.

 

[DrBretto]

PS Access Build

TGS 2016 Trailer Build

So....

First 53 minute demo: English. 'bad' build.
30 minute Japanese gameplay- Better build.
Gamescom: English. 'bad' build.
TGS: Japanese, good build
Recent footage: English, bad build?

Just me or do we gave a pattern here. Most up to date build is currently only set up for Japanese, maybe?

 

[Nova]

Maybe its a build without the entire Day 1 paych content folded in yet.

 

[wmlk]

So....

First 53 minute demo: English. 'bad' build.
30 minute Japanese gameplay- Better build.
Gamescom: English. 'bad' build.
TGS: Japanese, good build
Recent footage: English, bad build?

Just me or do we gave a pattern here. Most up to date build is currently only set up for Japanese, maybe?

What's more likely is that the TGS trailer was from a dev PC, as it showed improvements across the board that weren't noticeable in any build since, English or Japanese. The final build probably won't look as good.

SE's done this before. Their trailers look much better than the thing on consoles because it's taken from their PC build.

 

[Slaintimez]

Find interesting quote from reddit:
"In the Aranea/TGS version magic is no longer divided by type. Instead, the icon for all magic is a wand and all the flasks are in it."
Can anyone confirm this?

What's more likely is that the TGS trailer was from a dev PC, as it showed improvements across the board that weren't noticeable in any build since, English or Japanese. The final build probably won't look as good.

SE's done this before. Their trailers look much better than the thing on consoles because it's taken from their PC build.

I don't know man, how its looks "much" better, pretty much the same, except minor things. People really need to stop exaggerate things.

 

[SonOfEtro]

SE's done this before. Their trailers look much better than the thing on consoles because it's taken from their PC build.

Sadly, that's true a lot of the time. Lightning Returns is a prime example of that. But... I remember Type-0 HD looking even better in the post-release gameplay videos I've seen than it did in trailers. But I guess that's an exception proving the rule.

 

[DrBretto]

What's more likely is that the TGS trailer was from a dev PC, as it showed improvements across the board that weren't noticeable in any build since, English or Japanese. The final build probably won't look as good.

SE's done this before. Their trailers look much better than the thing on consoles because it's taken from their PC build.

I'm talking about gameplay clips. Comparing the trailer is futile. Thats not something SE does. It's something everyone does. Though, I do believe that it was ps4 target footage just run through an extra filter or two. Not exactly a high end, unrealistic PC version.

 

[Guitar (pseudo)God]

What's more likely is that the TGS trailer was from a dev PC, as it showed improvements across the board that weren't noticeable in any build since, English or Japanese. The final build probably won't look as good.

SE's done this before. Their trailers look much better than the thing on consoles because it's taken from their PC build.

You are correct, but trailers from a PC vs. the target console isn't unique to SE. In this case SE is bringing builds to all recent game shows, so I doubt the trailer - wherever it came from - would be far off from the retail release.

 

[Nova]

I'm talking about gameplay clips. Comparing the trailer is futile. Thats not something SE does. It's something everyone does. Though, I do believe that it was ps4 target footage just run through an extra filter or two. Not exactly a high end, unrealistic PC version.

Outside of filter, yeah i disagree that the trailer was all PC footage.

As for the screenshot comparison stuff, i actually believe this is just a ToD/Stream quality difference issue, i'll leave this link with the first page here in regards to that topic since i gtg soon:

https://forum.finalfantasyxv.com/di...sual-wise-compared-to-the-the-tgs-trailers/p1

Plus here's the same cliff in the latest build.

 

[Lulcielid]

Someone tried to come up with what Noctis’s forgotten dessert recipe could be assumed to be like. Have fun making a dessert for the prince.
http://mymainisacook.tumblr.com/post/149760571025/brotherhood-ffxv-noctiss-forgotten-dessert

 

[Slaintimez]

I mentioned it before, if anyone interested there is difference in magic menu between EGX and TGS builds, i dont know why they still changing such simple things? Or probably EGX is just outdated build.

 

[Nova]

Apparently the PS Access host Hollie confirmed that the EGX build is quite rushed.

HUD on fish tutorial on-screen for instance didn't even match button icons.

 

[LeonBlade]

People at EGX said that the build was a chunk out of the master build.

 

[Storm]

http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/t...view-and-hands-on-preview-from-pax-east-2015/

"Lol the game froze on stage"

http://www.comingsoon.net/games/features/402865-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-hands-on-preview#/slide/1

"The demo I played crashed. A lot. At least five times. I don’t think this is indicative of the game as a whole as no one else playing on the variety of consoles (I was playing on a PlayStation 4) seemed to be having the issues."

Just sayin lol.

 

[Nova]

Remember when treats like this happened prior to Uncharted 4's release?

PSX 2014 fall glitch

E3 2015 freeze bug

Guess these meant the game would be shit too, right?