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Omg you have no idea lol. Im just eagerly waiting for that Final Fantasy XV trailer to beat the craziness of E3 2013. Final Fantasy versus xiii being renamed and its trailer was perfect in so many ways. I just want something with a lot of new scenery if that makes sense. We've seen the imperial city, and Duscae of course, i wanna see another area or something like that. I also want word on another demo they kind of promised relating to the frog demo they said they'd release for everyone shortly after Episode Duscae launched.
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I wouldn't get my hopes up. I always like to approach XV news in a, "Oh so that's there. Neato," kind of way. E3 2013 was an exception of course. They even wrote the old title in the yellow.
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LeonBlade and Rin
Good thing they addressed Noctis English voice acting. I was afraid I'd had to play the game getting constantly reminded of Batman.
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Interesting how they're going with releasing yet another demo with improvements made on the feedback received. Very similar to Type-0's initial development on the PSP. The dev team must have a ton of work on them already and the added pressure of open dialogue with the fans likely doesn't make it any easier. The feedback looked pretty polarizing regionally. It will be a tough battle to find that happy medium that can appeal to all gamers no matter the region they live in.
How was it polarizing? It seemed to follow very similar trends with slight variances. Impressions of the game seem to be on similar grounds when it comes to whether they'll inevitably buy the game.
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My options about the short trailer:
- 1-2 mins plot teaser like the episode Duscae ending.
- New visuals of the other locations (solheim, tenebrae,niflheim)+battles with new enemies/bosses.
- Introduction of guest characters. (where the heck is my sexy
Cor Leonis!) - Confirmation on the Stella-Lunafreya dillema.
- Realese window.
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Noctis_Caelum and LeonBlade
And yet the one metric that wasn't "polarizing" is the only one that matters, and that's if people will buy the game or not, a resounding percentage said they definitely WILL buy the game. It's not really that big of a deal if people have problems in different regions, it's all about understanding why people rated those areas the way they did and tackling the root of the problem.
The development team doesn't have direct contact with the fans still, it's not like they need to listen to everyone's cries, it's simply hearing what the resounding number of fans are saying. For instance, the issues everyone had and reported on were givins to be changed. However, it makes these things much more obvious to the team that they are important, things like framerate vs resolution. This actually in many ways can make development of certain areas a lot easier when it comes to decision making. Where do we compromise on something so critical to the reaction of everyone that plays our game? Oh, wait, they already told us!
Agree, this falls in line very much with what I believe will be shown. The XV trailer at E3 will be impactful but concise, meaning that they will show a trailer but not do much work to fully talk about the game, as they will be staging plans for global coverage for actual promotion beginning in August. This means that they will most likely use E3 as the turning point for XV's marketing in which they would announce a release window, as well as announcing the worldwide promotion coverage starting in Gamescom.
This is great news for XV, as it means that the game is finally reaching the finish line!
The development team doesn't have direct contact with the fans still, it's not like they need to listen to everyone's cries, it's simply hearing what the resounding number of fans are saying. For instance, the issues everyone had and reported on were givins to be changed. However, it makes these things much more obvious to the team that they are important, things like framerate vs resolution. This actually in many ways can make development of certain areas a lot easier when it comes to decision making. Where do we compromise on something so critical to the reaction of everyone that plays our game? Oh, wait, they already told us!
My options about the short trailer:
- 1-2 mins plot teaser like the episode Duscae ending.
- New visuals of the other locations (solheim, tenebrae,niflheim)+battles with new enemies/bosses.
- Introduction of guest characters. (where the heck is my sexy Cor Leonis!)
- Confirmation on the Stella-Lunafreya dillema.
- Realese window.
This is great news for XV, as it means that the game is finally reaching the finish line!
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Lucina
I think you all misunderstand. In terms of regions, which I did mention in my post, it was rather polarizing. Sure, everyone is looking forward to the game. In that regard, the game is fairly well-received and generally everyone is on the same page. However, in what people are expecting from the game, I believe Japan and West are on totally different wavelengths. Which makes sense due to obvious cultural differences. This isn't a detraction against the game itself. Just an observation I'm making in relation to the fan feedback across the globe.
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I guess, I think you'd need to be a little more specific for me to truly understand what you mean. I get it though, regardless.
Ha, remember Mystic Quest? The game they made easy mode for the Western Audience to ease them into JRPGs? Now it's like the West are the ones that have become more skilled. I feel like there's something more to this... I don't believe that Japanese gamers truly thought it was difficult.
The last raid introduced in FFXIV "The Final Coil of Bahamut" was beaten first by a Japanese Free Company before anyone else, as well as a more difficult version of their previous raid "The Second Coil of Bahamut" known as "Savage" which is arguably in some ways harder than Final Coil according to those who have beat it.
That said, it would appear that there are plenty of Japanese gamers who appreciate a challenge and can handle tough games, so I wonder why so many of them thought it was difficult...? Especially when you can faceroll pretty much anything in XV once you are at a certain level, lol.
Ha, remember Mystic Quest? The game they made easy mode for the Western Audience to ease them into JRPGs? Now it's like the West are the ones that have become more skilled. I feel like there's something more to this... I don't believe that Japanese gamers truly thought it was difficult.
The last raid introduced in FFXIV "The Final Coil of Bahamut" was beaten first by a Japanese Free Company before anyone else, as well as a more difficult version of their previous raid "The Second Coil of Bahamut" known as "Savage" which is arguably in some ways harder than Final Coil according to those who have beat it.
That said, it would appear that there are plenty of Japanese gamers who appreciate a challenge and can handle tough games, so I wonder why so many of them thought it was difficult...? Especially when you can faceroll pretty much anything in XV once you are at a certain level, lol.
My bad. It's a bad habit of mine to be vague at times.
If those survey results are to be trusted, we can already see that many people in the West have an expectation of a solid narrative coming from XV. While in the Japan such a thing seems irrelevant. Character design is also another issue the regions are divided on. BladeRunner also mentioned the differences in perceived difficulty among the regions as well. To me, it's clear Japan and the West are wanting completely different things from Final Fantasy XV. Yet, as we all know, there will only be one version of XV that can only cater to so many demographics before it is to the game's detriment a la bloating. We can only hope that the final product will still have the universal charm of the older titles instead of pandering to one party over the other in favor of fan service and/or sales.
If those survey results are to be trusted, we can already see that many people in the West have an expectation of a solid narrative coming from XV. While in the Japan such a thing seems irrelevant. Character design is also another issue the regions are divided on. BladeRunner also mentioned the differences in perceived difficulty among the regions as well. To me, it's clear Japan and the West are wanting completely different things from Final Fantasy XV. Yet, as we all know, there will only be one version of XV that can only cater to so many demographics before it is to the game's detriment a la bloating. We can only hope that the final product will still have the universal charm of the older titles instead of pandering to one party over the other in favor of fan service and/or sales.