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Are we really gonna be here without any news besides mods until 2019? 
you can just follow the main path if you want a linear experience no?
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I know that, I'm just wondering how Level Editor could make FFXV less Open-World without getting too side-tracked, into something like an over-world from past FFs, considering that Open-Worlds don't exactly have a tight story, and Open-Worlds don't do stories right, the only Open-World game I can think of that it got right with with it's Open-World and story is Horizon Zero Dawn. Plus, the past FFs had linear over-worlds back then. Besides, I'm not playing the Windows Edition, I'm mainly speculating here.
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That isn't true, if I recall correctly we got to see about 4 sectors (I'm also not including the return to Midgar late in the game btw which showed off more of the city), sure they were kinda linear and a bit restrictive by today's standards but Midgar showed a lot of personality and different facets of itself by letting us see the different parts of it. We had the sector 7 slums that had the Avalanche base, we had the market grounds in what I believe was Sector 8 that had that grimy criminal feel to it, we had the location where the first reactor was blown up that looked more fancy with brick roads and a theater among other things, we then also had the sector with Aerith that was also a slum but it had a different more homey feel to it, we had the train tunnels, we had Shinra headquarters, two Mako reactors, the Midgar highway, and then we also got to see more of Midgar when we returned towards the end of the story and got to travel through what I seem to recall as the upper plates to get to the giant cannon. Meanwhile Insomnia even after the update doesn't even come close to that.
Insomnia, judging by Kingsglaive's (and even Brotherhood's) little peaks at it during certain sequences where the characters are traveling through it, has a huge variety of cool areas, some of which even have lore tied to them, that we never get to see in game. The Old Wall majestically standing throughout Insomnia, that cool looking entanglement of highways, what appear to be slums that stretch down pretty far when Nyx goes to have lunch with Crowe and Libertus, the Kingsglaive's base with that cool looking training arena which I still feel like they missed a huge opportunity with by not including it in the Royal Edition as maybe a mission to get the current Glaives better accommodated than just hiding out in the sewers. All of these are things that give Insomnia its identity but the game alone doesn't portray that, aside from the Citadel it could easily be any generic city. I'm not wrong in saying Insomnia was robbed of any true exploration in the game as even with the Royal edition update all you really get in terms of discernible landmarks are just a few memorial pillars to past kings which are neat but still, it wouldn't have killed them to have a collapsed Old Wall statue somewhere in the new map or maybe one of those many crashed Imperial Dreadnoughts we saw at the end of KG which were seen jutting out of the ground and into the city's skyline alongside the skyscrapers.
Anyways I'm glad we've even gotten as much as we have, I'm just saying it could've been more as well and that maybe Episode Noctis can help that situation out. A 6-7 short chapter DLC that takes us between the various locales of Insomnia and informs us about the city would be really cool and I would personally be really satisfied on that front even if we ultimately never get to play through pre invasion Insomnia.
Insomnia, judging by Kingsglaive's (and even Brotherhood's) little peaks at it during certain sequences where the characters are traveling through it, has a huge variety of cool areas, some of which even have lore tied to them, that we never get to see in game. The Old Wall majestically standing throughout Insomnia, that cool looking entanglement of highways, what appear to be slums that stretch down pretty far when Nyx goes to have lunch with Crowe and Libertus, the Kingsglaive's base with that cool looking training arena which I still feel like they missed a huge opportunity with by not including it in the Royal Edition as maybe a mission to get the current Glaives better accommodated than just hiding out in the sewers. All of these are things that give Insomnia its identity but the game alone doesn't portray that, aside from the Citadel it could easily be any generic city. I'm not wrong in saying Insomnia was robbed of any true exploration in the game as even with the Royal edition update all you really get in terms of discernible landmarks are just a few memorial pillars to past kings which are neat but still, it wouldn't have killed them to have a collapsed Old Wall statue somewhere in the new map or maybe one of those many crashed Imperial Dreadnoughts we saw at the end of KG which were seen jutting out of the ground and into the city's skyline alongside the skyscrapers.
Anyways I'm glad we've even gotten as much as we have, I'm just saying it could've been more as well and that maybe Episode Noctis can help that situation out. A 6-7 short chapter DLC that takes us between the various locales of Insomnia and informs us about the city would be really cool and I would personally be really satisfied on that front even if we ultimately never get to play through pre invasion Insomnia.
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Everything outside of the main area is super low res and broken (most bridges go through buildings and just end randomly lol) but mostly just there for Bahamut's summon. It does match up with Kingsglaive's general look though, impressively. The layered landscape is intact. If they had included the whole city-state it would have probably been half the size of the main map of Lucis. Place is huge.
As for Noct using Umbra in his episode to time travel idk, ya'll gotta remember he's a messenger. I'd assume he's loyal to the crystal in the same way the Astrals are. To be fair though if any of the Astrals or Messengers were to join Noct I could see Carbuncle or Umbra before Gentiana or anyone else. Also curious to see where Ifrit will fit in.
As for Noct using Umbra in his episode to time travel idk, ya'll gotta remember he's a messenger. I'd assume he's loyal to the crystal in the same way the Astrals are. To be fair though if any of the Astrals or Messengers were to join Noct I could see Carbuncle or Umbra before Gentiana or anyone else. Also curious to see where Ifrit will fit in.
you can even see some destroyed niflheim warships close to the cardbox buildings.
i would be ok with exploring just the citadel with a day-night cycle, driving the car, meeting the bros for some quests, learning about the politics, lucii history, talking with npcs or characters like nyx, drautos... that would be awesome.
i would be ok with exploring just the citadel with a day-night cycle, driving the car, meeting the bros for some quests, learning about the politics, lucii history, talking with npcs or characters like nyx, drautos... that would be awesome.
I want it too but like I've said before it would be way too weighty to tag on to what became the current form of the game. Wouldn't have been impossible to work in during development but the way the game ended up I just can't see it fitting well into any part of the game without taking players out of what makes the beginning chapter so enticing. Tbh I don't know any non-FF fan that would be pulled into FFXV immediately by spending an hour walking around Insomnia. And adding it anywhere in the middle of the game would pull the player out so hard.
Idk, Pryna and Umbra seem much more loyal to Luna and Noct than anyone else and with how leniant Gentianna/Shiva is I could see her being on board with or even outright commending Noct's plan considering how she even sheds tears over Luna's coming fate. Tbh all that's stopping that plan is the writers and whether they wanna go that route or not.
Edit: Also a larger presence from Carbuncle would be great too.
Edit: Also a larger presence from Carbuncle would be great too.
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I went and requested for a proper translation of a certain part of the 4gamer interview w/Tabata from two months ago (Gematsu did one but it was only the short gist). So here it is in better detail:
http://www.4gamer.net/games/075/G007535/20180215141/index_2.html
Not entirely new, but i felt like sharing it either way.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/075/G007535/20180215141/index_2.html
Not entirely new, but i felt like sharing it either way.
i don't really know how alternate events are supposed to finish anything, instead they're doing the opposite which is starting a new side-story.
it doesnt make sense.
Fans: "the main game wasnt totally fleshed-out, now they can further improve the game!
SQ: "lets do an alternative storyline instead!"
Nomura: "fuck"
if they had difficulty in properly doing the main story with an entire game, why they think this new storyline (assuming they'll take entire dlcs) will be properly executed with even less time?
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it doesnt make sense.
Fans: "the main game wasnt totally fleshed-out, now they can further improve the game!
SQ: "lets do an alternative storyline instead!"
Nomura: "fuck"
if they had difficulty in properly doing the main story with an entire game, why they think this new storyline (assuming they'll take entire dlcs) will be properly executed with even less time?
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I mean from a duty perspective you're not wrong but Gentianna/Shiva was involved in their lives on a far more personal level than the others as well. Titan and Bahamut weren't constantly checking up on the kids to talk to them and to get to know them while also guiding them. Gentianna's been more like a friend to them than just another deity so it's why I can see her being much more lenient. She's the only astral that actually sheds tears and actually shows emotions toward Noct and Luna in the entirety of the story while also entrusting Noct with a personal matter of her own which is to put Ifrit to rest once and for all. Anyway even if she isn't on board I feel like Umbra definitely would be since his sister straight up dies to be at Luna's side in her time of need. So that's what makes me think the dogs are definitely more loyal to Noct and Luna than they are to the Astrals and thus Umbra would help out in such a scenario. Either way the reason the time travel thing is my ideal solution is because it just solves so many problems we have and addresses so many aspects we want explored while granting a majority of people their wishes the best it can.
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I'm gonna guess around $10 ideally since they're supposed to be considerably bigger than what we received with the Bros' episodes and if they're really huge maybe $15 at most. With Aranea's probably being the normal $5 since it's being marketed as a sidestory and presumably that means it'll be as big as Episode Ignis at most. Though there's also no real solid evidence to suggest that it'll be any shorter than the other DLCs just that it won't feed into the alternate grand finale story the other 3 episodes are working towards. Either way I'd cap the possible price at $10 since I think even they know no one would buy essentially 60-80 dollars worth of DLC back to back like that. I'm thinking they'll aim to keep the total price of the new content under $40.
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