Final Fantasy XV - General News Thread

[xXShuyaXx]

Awww so apparently the noodle hat is only available in Japan D:

But I wanted to wreck monster with a noodle hat...

http://l.gamespot.com/61828pNN6

Don't worry, the Boss Cup Noodle campaign is only for early access for the cup noodle hat. It will be released later for everyone and wait for it... for free. Yep.

The noodle hat will start its initial distribution in summer and soon after for everyone.

 

[Jubileus]

Don't worry, the Boss Cup Noodle campaign is only for early access for the cup noodle hat. It will be released later for everyone and wait for it... for free. Yep.

The noodle hat will start its initial distribution in summer and soon after for everyone.

Very nice.

I do wonder will the other guys be able to wear the noodle hat

Spoiler: concerning a certain characters state

For some reason I wanna put blind Ignis in a noodle hat... yes it's a douchey thing to do lol

 

[T.O.T]

Spoiler: concerning a certain characters state

For some reason I wanna put blind Ignis in a noodle hat... yes it's a douchey thing to do lol

You monster!

 

[Jubileus]

You monster!

What can I say? The best bro deserves to wear flouncy gear too lol.
He can't be left out of the party. Not on my watch

 

[Hey Everyone]

I don't think he's talking about pure PoV as much as keeping the player on the same page as Noct. While he does say that "The world and the events that Noctis sees are merely things that are seen through his eyes," that part is restricted to "the events that Noctis sees," with the general rule being that they "placed importance on the main characters and for the player and Noctis to share the same experience when we tell the story."

While some scenes are shown from PoVs other than Noct's, none of them really make the player privy to information that Noct couldn't have at least surmised given his current level of knowledge. In fact, some of the alternate PoV scenes -- most notably, the Luna flashbacks -- are withheld until Noct does have reason to believe something of the sort would have happened.

In other words, while not every scene is from Noct's perspective directly, they're all at least consistent with his current mental state and don't result in significant discrepancies in the experience the player has vs. the experience Noct has. This affects flashbacks to Noct's youth, too, which show up when they become relevant to Noct's current mental state.

(Even something like adding a Gladio scenario to Chapter 13 would be subject to this rule, for what it's worth -- Noct might not have seen what Gladio was doing, but he'd probably have gotten the gist of it.)

Well he obviously didn't do a good job, if all the other side characters are underdeveloped, maybe he should have extended Noct's eyes a bit further.

Also how would Noctis know about Aranea in Chapter 3?, Maybe they shouldn't have included that scene in the game if they wanted to convey that what you know, Noctis knows.
Seems like a defense for bad storytelling.

 

[Nova]

Top 10 PS4 games (Jan 2017 U.S.)

Resident Evil 7:
KH HD 2.8
COD IW
GTA V
BF1
NBA 2K17
Madden 17
Watch Dogs 2
Tales of Berseria
FFXV

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/832374106788069376

Top 10 games $ (Jan 2016 to Jan 2017 - 12 months - U.S.)

COD IW
BF1
The Division
NBA 2K17
Madden 17
GTAV
Overwatch
FIFA 17
FFXV
COD: BOIII

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/832374716379832321

 

[Storm]

Well he obviously didn't do a good job, if all the other side characters are underdeveloped, maybe he should have extended Noct's eyes a bit further.

tabata rekt lol

 

[Lulcielid]

Well he obviously didn't do a good job, if all the other side characters are underdeveloped, maybe he should have extended Noct's eyes a bit further.

How?

It was for the players to experience the story through Noctis’ eyes.

The world and the events that Noctis sees are merely things that are seen through his eyes. We didn’t want to create a comprehensive and perfectly balanced story in this game. Instead, we placed importance on the main characters and for the player and Noctis to share the same experience when we tell the story

It’s not that we decreased the role of the side characters.

Focusing on many characters in the game means that the allocation given to the main characters will decrease. Instead of creating a comprehensive and perfectly balanced story, we placed greater importance on the four main characters and strived to depict a world seen from their perspective.

It´s in line with his statement.

 

[Jenova]

Let it go. This thread needs to get refocused on news.

 

[Nova]

Are we seriously going to do this again? >.>

Let it go. This thread needs to get refocused on news.

I concur

 

[llazy77]

How?


It´s in line with his statement.

You can tell that originally it was going to be in the books to flesh out the other characters but for whatever reason they cut all other character development out or didnt write them. And now Tabata is using the excuse that the story is told through Noctis's eyes as damage control. Theres evidence in the game that it wasent orignally going to be like this like the cutscenes with the empire at the start and the ones with Ravus and Ardyn and Luna.

 

[Lulcielid]

Top 10 games $ (Jan 2016 to Jan 2017 - 12 months - U.S.)

COD IW
BF1
The Division
NBA 2K17
Madden 17
GTAV
Overwatch
FIFA 17
FFXV
COD: BOIII

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/832374716379832321

Pretty good stadistic, considering that the game released 3 weeks after THE BIG hitter franchise of the past 9 years and still there were enough people willing to spend some extra cash to make XV rank in the top 10.

 

[Nova]

Does anyone know when S.E. will have their next annual report?

 

[Lulcielid]

Does anyone know when S.E. will have their next annual report?

On late March will end their 2016 fiscal year.

 

[Nova]

Ah, thanks. The report should interestingly shed more light in things, i anticipate it.

 

[DrBretto]

You guys can't parse a translation like it's a carefully prepared statement. It's the translator that decides the wording. Tabata speaks from the cuff, in Japanese, and someone else translates it to English.

I have seen this dozens of times in the last year and a half, and it's completely ridiculous. Parse the meaning. Get the point. Move on.

 

[Storm]

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832816969917280256

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832817644508164096

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832801477072658432

such a treasure, best FFXV voice actor

 

[Ikkin]

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832816969917280256

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832817644508164096

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832801477072658432

such a treasure, best FFXV voice actor

That last one, wow. XD I'm not sure it's possible to be more extra. It's perfect!

Between him, Ray Chase, and Robbie Daymond, the convention circuit for XV is going to be fantastic. There's nothing quite like having a cast full of goofballs who love their roles.

 

[Jubileus]

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832816969917280256

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832817644508164096

https://twitter.com/SQUARENlX/status/832801477072658432

such a treasure, best FFXV voice actor

The part where he's saying "there's no wrong way to love a chocobo" in Ardyn's voice was gold.

Man's a gem lol xD

 

[SonOfEtro]

This is why I love Ardyn as a character aside from his properly sympathetic storyline and diabolically enjoyable persona - regardless of nuances lost in translation, the English actor absolutely nailed it!