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Interesting!
I wonder which key art they're talking about with Luna becoming queen -- the logo? The fact that the coronation was set in stone so early suggests quite a bit about the nature of the story they intended to tell, in any case.
With regards to Cup Noodle, the idea that it was the development team that kept making them more and more prominent rather than Nissin itself downright hilarious. I feel like there's gotta have been some degree to which it was a dev team in-joke that got out of hand. XD Maybe there was someone who worked at Squenix who was obsessed with the stuff... or maybe the devs ate them so often during crunch time that it was either have fun with it or go mad!
The idea that Ignis would have been trained in martial arts makes a ton of sense -- that sort of change is definitely appreciated.
I wonder which key art they're talking about with Luna becoming queen -- the logo? The fact that the coronation was set in stone so early suggests quite a bit about the nature of the story they intended to tell, in any case.
With regards to Cup Noodle, the idea that it was the development team that kept making them more and more prominent rather than Nissin itself downright hilarious. I feel like there's gotta have been some degree to which it was a dev team in-joke that got out of hand. XD Maybe there was someone who worked at Squenix who was obsessed with the stuff... or maybe the devs ate them so often during crunch time that it was either have fun with it or go mad!
The idea that Ignis would have been trained in martial arts makes a ton of sense -- that sort of change is definitely appreciated.
I'm not a hater of FFVIIR but I'm not fond of games being padded out into trilogies unnecessarily, especially when it comes to FF games where they've managed to tell conclusive stories for years, it's not something I want to see becoming a trend for FF. With more dev time I'm sure XV would've been able to include the Insomnia invasion in the game itself and some of the other additional content but nevertheless I'm glad it had an ending and not a cliffhanger. XV being multiple games seemed a bit overambitious, though I guess had it remained a spinoff of XIII it wouldn't have been too bad, but as a mainline game I wouldn't have wanted an XV-2.
As of 2013, it seemed like XVs story originally only went up to Altissia, there's no footage or art of anything past the Leviathan fight that was made at that time before Nomura left. You could attribute that to the game being unfinished but you'd think there'd be art or something. And a lot of what came after Altissia in XV did feel rushed/barebones when it initially released. Supposedly they did want Cartanica, Tenebrae and the World of Ruin to be larger areas but didn't have the time to implement it, Gralea also had that train station they didn't use. So on the one hand, it's a bummer they didn't have time flesh out the world in the second half of the game more, but on the other hand I'm happy the game had an ending, and one I liked at that. Just a shame the DLC was canned.
As of 2013, it seemed like XVs story originally only went up to Altissia, there's no footage or art of anything past the Leviathan fight that was made at that time before Nomura left. You could attribute that to the game being unfinished but you'd think there'd be art or something. And a lot of what came after Altissia in XV did feel rushed/barebones when it initially released. Supposedly they did want Cartanica, Tenebrae and the World of Ruin to be larger areas but didn't have the time to implement it, Gralea also had that train station they didn't use. So on the one hand, it's a bummer they didn't have time flesh out the world in the second half of the game more, but on the other hand I'm happy the game had an ending, and one I liked at that. Just a shame the DLC was canned.
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I was also thinking that, but it doesn't make much sense to show off the end game area in the reveal trailer.
We also have concept art of Noctis in Versus original outfit travelling on a train, so I'd assume they planned on including all nations like Solheim, Tenebrae and Niffelheim.
And the linear nature of the game (which they originally had planned) would enable that.
We also have concept art of Noctis in Versus original outfit travelling on a train, so I'd assume they planned on including all nations like Solheim, Tenebrae and Niffelheim.
And the linear nature of the game (which they originally had planned) would enable that.
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They basically showed off VII Remake's endgame in the trailer with all of the Whispers swarming Shinra HQ. And sure VII's plot was already known to a lot of us but that particular scene was exclusive to the remake. And yeah I think Noctis on the train in his old outfit is one of the only hints at it possibly going beyond Altissia but for me I think the game would've been a decent size if they had made the Insomnia invasion part of the game, including the map they used in Ep Ardyn as tutorial area and then given us the entirety of Lucis as a road trip followed by Altissia. And there was mention of a Ninja Village in the game files so maybe there were other locations cut from Lucis as well that would've filled out things more between the two big cities. After seeing how they made an entire game set in Midgar for VIIR it doesn't seem that far fetched to me tbh.
There is one thing I noticed about the 2009 Versus trailer that is easy to miss because it's only 1 frame long.
Here is the shot which is first ever used in the extended 2006 Versus "Cloud DVD" trailer which was its 2nd trailer, which also resused this shot in the 2008 "DKΣ3713" trailer, with these images being from the trailers I downloaded way back in 2006 and 2008.
Here is the same shot in that 2009 Versus trailer trailer from the version I downloaded in 2009, as we can see they added Dreadnought Niflheim airships to it which wasn't there in the 2008/2006 version, so they were still revising the CG even back then.
And the "4k" version of the 2009 trailer.
The Dreadnought itself was designed around 2008 according to this Versus dev board from around that time showing an illustration of it.
Even after all these years that stayed practically unchanged.
Here is the shot which is first ever used in the extended 2006 Versus "Cloud DVD" trailer which was its 2nd trailer, which also resused this shot in the 2008 "DKΣ3713" trailer, with these images being from the trailers I downloaded way back in 2006 and 2008.
Here is the same shot in that 2009 Versus trailer trailer from the version I downloaded in 2009, as we can see they added Dreadnought Niflheim airships to it which wasn't there in the 2008/2006 version, so they were still revising the CG even back then.
And the "4k" version of the 2009 trailer.
The Dreadnought itself was designed around 2008 according to this Versus dev board from around that time showing an illustration of it.
Even after all these years that stayed practically unchanged.
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There is hope reignited in me after those June 2020 twitter posts between Noct's VA and Co. Maybe the NDA really is what kept everyone so hush hush all these years. Would be cool to hear some new info of what happened behind the scenes from a reliable source.
Regarding that mobile game, any news on it? I almost want to think that maybe that product will have more references or new lore from the older version of XV's story. Maybe Yoko and some VAs will contribute to that game if it's a larger mobile project.
Regarding that mobile game, any news on it? I almost want to think that maybe that product will have more references or new lore from the older version of XV's story. Maybe Yoko and some VAs will contribute to that game if it's a larger mobile project.
FFXV will be available on the announced Playstaion Plus Collection, a new benefit for PS+ subs, seems to be something akin to Microsoft's Game Pass.
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FFXV performance on next gen hardware (Xbox Series X edtion):
Sources:
Lanching game and going to main menu screen:
Note: This accounts for both combining the above two results plus the time it takes for the player to perform the action of select "load game" and confirming the save file.
Lite Mode performance: In this mode the game sets resolution at 1080p, but unlocks the frame rate.
Sources:
- (1)Xbox Series X Load Time Comparison (RDR2, Control, FFXV)
- (2)Xbox Series X Hands-On Preview - Less Waiting, More Gaming
- (3)Xbox Series X impressions: No going back to Xbox One and PlayStation 4
- (4)Xbox Series X Backwards Compatibility Tested - And The Performance Is Extreme
Lanching game and going to main menu screen:
- Xbox One X: 57 seconds
- Xbox Series X: 33 seconds
- Xbox One X: 1 minute 11 seconds
- Xbox Series X: 13 seconds
Note: This accounts for both combining the above two results plus the time it takes for the player to perform the action of select "load game" and confirming the save file.
- Xbox One X: 2 minutes 14 seconds
- Xbox Series X: 51 seconds
Lite Mode performance: In this mode the game sets resolution at 1080p, but unlocks the frame rate.
- Xbox One X: performs on average at 42fps.
- Xbox Series X: performs at 60fps
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@SerjAngelo "Why do I have provide OTHER people a better first impression of the game that I'VE been looking forward to for so long at the cost of my own?"
So to continue on from the FFVII:R thread I can understand why you're upset as a consumer. I don't share your same sentiment, and lot if just boils down to my expectations being different. I do look at the continued support from a business outlook in this case. Yes, FFXV has flaws, but they weren't a big enough of a detriment to leave me with a sour taste at the end of the day. Sorry the Ultimate version did not ship to your country. That's a big oof.
So to continue on from the FFVII:R thread I can understand why you're upset as a consumer. I don't share your same sentiment, and lot if just boils down to my expectations being different. I do look at the continued support from a business outlook in this case. Yes, FFXV has flaws, but they weren't a big enough of a detriment to leave me with a sour taste at the end of the day. Sorry the Ultimate version did not ship to your country. That's a big oof.
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