You gotta wonder where people get this shit from at a certain point.
You can play any game suboptimally if you want what does that prove lol
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You gotta wonder where people get this shit from at a certain point.
You can play any game suboptimally if you want what does that prove lol
I think people are probably going to be disappointed if they expect a toggle or DLC-solution to the primogenesis sky.
Mainly because so much of the NPC dialogue and side quests are written with the understanding that primogenesis is hanging over them - they would have to be re-written into two potential formats, or you'd have to add in another point of no return and cut the sidequests off.
Shocked at the skybox not being optional after a point. Curious what the new side quest cutscenes are.
Ooooo, did he now? cool, wonder if it'll be anything substantial. Here's hoping!
If so it is kind of weird to omit it from the patch notes. All that needs to be stated is:
▪︎Improvements made to performance mode that creates a more stable experience.
I mean, it's hard. Lol. Yeah, would it be nice that they had a "hard" mode? I suppose, but having played FF mode, they want you to have the full set of skills from the get go.
We don't know if completing the dlc has an effect. This is for the main game not the DLC.
I think the only way they could do it that feels diegetic and doesn't cause too many problems with side quest dialogue is have the "one final sidequest" ala FF7 Rebirth that unlocks after you finish all of the other quests.
We do know there is a new side quest that opens up after you complete both DLC so it's possible that epilogue quest does something to the world state and sky box. But it's all conjecture for now.
"Additional cutscenes have been added to certain sidequests." This definitely had me raising my eyes... Some cutscenes deliver a lot of important information, some I'd say should have been featured in the MSQ, so I'd definitely like to know how substantial this actually is.
EDIT: I personally would have liked boss fights going quicker when I played since I kind of got bored of them given the lacking challenge (for my personal taste).
EDIT: I personally would have liked boss fights going quicker when I played since I kind of got bored of them given the lacking challenge (for my personal taste).
I wonder how they'll manage when Remake Part 3 has a red sky with the Meteor floating there for 70% of the game.
"Where's my Meteor toggle, SE??? My photos for Snaps are RUINED!! Scenic mode is just ugly red sky??!!" /s
I do hope they make it dynamic like Dalamud in FFXIV 1.0 and have the meteor get bigger and bigger with each passing day/story event.
The main problem with the end of FF9 (and moreso with FF8) was that they just had to lock off locations to save room on Disc 4 for all the ending FMVs.
The actual world map itself isn't a big deal. There's some more mist in the backgrounds of certain locations if you look hard but I don't think people are going to complain about it in the remake. FFXVI's impact is far more extreme.
Yeah, they should be able to make it gradual.
Still, the endgame has to look dire for the story's tone, so unless they make a massive change to how the events surrounding Meteor happen, that's what people should expect.
I agree, although I also am of the opinion that the end game skybox in FFXVI is not that bad. Yes, it's not pretty, but like you said about FF7, it's pretty important to the tone of the game. That said, I do understand the desire to have it be changeable after you beat the story once.
It can be done right, it's just ugly in XVI. The samey music everywhere doesn't help.
A meteor skybox could absolutely rip. I want it to give FFVI World of Ruin vibes.
I mean the Meteor looks cool and intimidating - even on PS1.
This just looks like piss on a ps5...
Absolutely massive update. Once again proof that playing games on day 1 is less and less an option for me.
yeah I gladly trade the fomo for a cheaper better product.
With day 1 pricing, performance and jank being what they are I feel like FOMO has been programmed out of me by game companies. I'll gladly wait for the finished product and pay 20 quid for it.
In the same way you can tap the attack button to win in devil may cry yeah.
Not the best or most fun way to play though.
I didn't play the Omega DLC as I was just waiting for this to come out, but these buffs across the board are so odd. If I'm reading it right, the Bahamut ones seem to address some of the clunkiness of skills with that particular eikon but just raising damage across the board when battles don't take that long to begin with is not great IMO
Those are completely different situations.
The problem with XVI's implementation is that the dull purple filter make the lighting so much worse, and brought down the visuals with it. It also lasts much longer and the whole soundtrack is changed too, replacing the great compositions by somber piano ballads rearrangements that quickly get repetitive because it all sounds the same (even worse if you played FFXIV before because those are just Keiko's night themes you already heard hundred of times).
An apocalyptic sky can look awesome, CBU3 themselves proved it with FFXIV 5.0 and 6.0. Everlasting Light Kholusia looked really beautiful, with the creepy, uneasy arrangement of Kholusia's theme being one of the highlight of the Shadowbringers soundtrack.
So no, FFIX remake has nothing to worry about as long as "intentionally ugly" aren't their goal with the end game mist.
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Eh.
FFXVI's sky change was a calm purple twilight, I didn't really have a problem with it.
Meteor worries me because they could make it a far more aggressive red, and if that colors the landscape for the same amount of time that would really suck.
I suspect that the areas have two versions, one that is pre dark sky and another that's after, each with their own set of events, monsters etc. It's not just a toggle that they can toggle like a game with real time weather and day/night cycles.
IIRC I think the extra cutscenes are about what they talked about at Pax?
Flashbacks showing Clive getting his Mark removed.
The ranged Eikons really needed it I think. With Leviathan in the DLC, I'm excited to try out a range-focused build for the first time.
People really underestimate how useful the accessories can be in this game.
Though to be fair, stacking them doesn't really open up until NG+, but still.
This is really funny to me, so many people didn't realize that the ball lightning damage depends on the damage of the attack that triggers its detonation, or didn't even know it needed to be attacked/detonated, and thought that ability was completely useless as a result. The QoL stuff when aiming it is nice though.
I won't have time to get to this for a while given how little time I have for games and with me being about 50 hours into Rebirth, so it'll be a while until I get to experience it but I really enjoyed my time with XVI despite its flaws so I'm looking forward to hopping back in when I can.
Hopefully this comes to PC soon, I'm dying to play it. Good to see it's still getting support tho
I liked the gameplay a lot but Still think they should patch it so all the base eikonic abilities are usable regardless of what 3 you have equiped. Phoenix and Garudas gap closers being inaccessible if you don't have them equipped is just bizarre. They took core DMC abilities and gated them off so you can only equip 3. Thats just not a good design to me.