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Final Fantasy XV |OT| Reset Your Throne
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It's grindy at points, and has too many loading screens. I personally didn't like the "Mission based" structure whereby they'd just dump you into an environment of enemies. It would have been cool if it retained the Open-World aspect where you could at least walk/drive/fly to your mission if you wanted. There were some awesome hunts though, especially the ones with lots of flying enemies. Character creator is out of this world good. The cut-scenes don't add a lot to the game, although they were nice. There was one addition that ret-conned a scene in the game a bit which made very little sense to me.
Anyhow, I think it's worth your time if you want more FFXV. But part of what made FFXV what it was is the 4 bros which aren't really there(at least not in the version I played! However this latest trailer may remedy some of that).
It's unclear if that is for stuff that was cut and just remains logged in the data or if it's for something that will be added, but the former is more likely.
That list is insane. Open world RPG launches without even off-road driving? What.
I've played almost every FF game that came out, so it's been incredibly frustrating for me to wait this long to play the next instalment. I don't really like what's happened to the franchise. I didn't mind FFXIII but the sequels to it were trash, and now this messy release. Yeesh. Well, people seem to like the game itself, so hopefully I'm in for a decent experience whenever I get round to playing it...
I'd rather have a game that they take the time to improve, than have FF13 which is forever a dirty stain on the franchise.
And it had off road chocobos. In what universe is an off road car a staple of open world games?
To be fair, it wasn't necessary. The game has chocobos which you can take nearly anywhere.
Quick question from someone who's considering picking this up while it's on sale - all the trailers and most of the gameplay I've seen have basically involved either driving around or real-time action fights with big monsters, is that what the game's mostly about? Are there still quests and more traditional FF RPG elements? The game looks great, and I'd be willing to give it a go, but I can't tell how much of a departure from previous games this is. Is it similar to the Witcher in that there are quests and story things to do, but you also fight monsters and that along the way? Sorry if it seems like a stupid question!
Whenever I stop and think about the sheer amount of content the game has at this point with all the additions and DLC...
It makes me real excited to start a clean New Game in March and marvel at just how expansive the game is at that point. 100GB, yes, but within that size is just an extraordinary amount of content. Hats off to my friends at BD2.
It makes me real excited to start a clean New Game in March and marvel at just how expansive the game is at that point. 100GB, yes, but within that size is just an extraordinary amount of content. Hats off to my friends at BD2.
That depends on what you mean by traditional FF RPG elements...
I did write out an answer for you, but actually without knowing what you mean by this I don't know what to say.
I'm planning to start a clean New Game too, and not a New Game +. But honestly, I'm scared I'm going to rush through the game just to see whatever they add to ch. 14, because I'm 100% sure the spoilers will be everywhere this time, and the content they're supposedly adding seems big.
Sorry, I'm probably not explaining myself well, I know there are Chocobos and Cid and little trademarks of the series, but I'm thinking more about the gameplay elements. Essentially is more of the focus on driving around and fighting monsters in the open world, or is it on talking to NPCs, investigating something, collecting items and performing tasks in locations and more story-driven?
Definitely the former I'm afraid. It's why I'm looking forward to New Game+ so much, because it'll be a much more focused, story driven experience.
If you're looking for a game that feels like older FFs you'll be disappointed. If you go in with an open mind you'll have a great time. Its a really great game, but its a complete change.
Here's the data for the Versus part. I took it from here
http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/final-fantasy-xv-general-news-thread.3288/page-678#post-58420
I wonder if VS1 stands for Versus 1. Also regarding the Versus data
Don't even know why i spoiler tag this since it won't be in Royal Edition but anyway.
http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/final-fantasy-xv-general-news-thread.3288/page-678#post-58420
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second one is audio data
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second one is audio data
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I wonder if VS1 stands for Versus 1. Also regarding the Versus data
That Glauca/Forest boss sounds like the part in the beginning of Kingsglaive where Regis fights with Glauca. I wonder if this was playable at one point. Also, in an early Versus trailer, there were some street and locations sights and one of them was saying Nihil-something so it may was Nihiltower, Ninjavillage sounds like the Kingsglaive that Ferrari described (more ninja like). as Koozek already said
Don't even know why i spoiler tag this since it won't be in Royal Edition but anyway.
There is mention of "test" and so on in that data, so I wonder if those things are from July 2013 when they first moved to Luminous and were testing stuff/early content they had at the time but in the few months before Kingsglaive started up in late 2013, which would explain why
Stella is mentioned alongside the "light of the dead" and the ninja village, and I do wonder if that Glauca fight in the forest stuff was something originally planned to be in the game but moved to Kingsglaive and reworked for that too.
You're right, early Versus trailer from around 2008 had a street sign in Insomnia that said "Nihilsomno" on it, and another one that said "VallisAcerba"
Though I also have a feeling that the "Nihiltower" and "Nihilarmy" are just names pertaining to Niflheim stuff, there was an artboard with art from that which had them romanize Niflheim as Nihilheim, so it's probably just a result of that. There is also data there that suggests things to do with Ignis, Prompto, Gladio and Cor. with this
I think "GRA" is for Gladio, and "COL" is for Cor, with IGN for Ignis and PRO for Prompto.
You're right, early Versus trailer from around 2008 had a street sign in Insomnia that said "Nihilsomno" on it, and another one that said "VallisAcerba"
Though I also have a feeling that the "Nihiltower" and "Nihilarmy" are just names pertaining to Niflheim stuff, there was an artboard with art from that which had them romanize Niflheim as Nihilheim, so it's probably just a result of that. There is also data there that suggests things to do with Ignis, Prompto, Gladio and Cor. with this
I think "GRA" is for Gladio, and "COL" is for Cor, with IGN for Ignis and PRO for Prompto.
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I mean, how is that different from other FFs at the core though?^^ You have a linear story, but if you want you can explore the world, go into dungeons, and do sidequests. The stuff Pizza Dog listed are pretty generic things that every RPG has. You're doing all that in FFXV too and if you don't want to do hunts and quests you can focus just on the story too in FFXV.
Most likely. Nice catch on COL too, which is probably for Cor, considering he was a permanent party member in Versus.
All these ''leaks'' from the datamine is pure hype for me regarding the Royal Edition. Seems like it will have more new content then we initially believed.
Yeah which is why I had to confirm what he was saying, because what 'makes' an FF is highly subjective, and all the individual elements are there. However after hearing what he had to say, I understood the feeling behind what he meant, even if it was difficult for him to put it into words. I think the advice I gave is fair. FFXV is FFXV and its great for it. It's not FF6, 7 or 9.
There was also some dev screens for early XV done sometime between 2013 and 2014 where it had Cor in the party, and Adamantoise looked like it was originally somewhere in a forest grass plain area like Duscae.
The HUD looks a lot like the one from the Ebony build Tabata's team was leading back in 2013, which they started intergrating sometime July 2013 into Luminous. Maybe even remnants of that Ebony stuff is still in the data which is why there is some Versus stuff.
Where is this dev pic from? First time i am seeing it.
The battle animations from the E3 2013 gameplay demo (Ebony build Tabata's team) are exactly the same from the Versus 2011 gameplay trailer. The way Noctis walks/runs in XV is basically the same from the Versus 2011 gameplay trailer too. There are definitely remnants of some Ebony stuff in the game and some of them are being used.
Yeah, it's hard to articulate what I was asking, but I'm trying to get a feel for the balance of story and action. It seems very heavily slanted towards the latter, and having been a big fan of previous FF games I was hoping there'd still be those elements of "let's infiltrate the base" or "you've got a bunch of stuff to do in this town before you move on" etc. Things like breaking into Shinra Tower, exploring the slums of Midgar, walking around the Balamb Garden and the cafeteria always being out of hot dogs. I like that world building with a bunch of NPCs in a town you have to fix things for. Having said that I'm not totally against a more action-based game, but I wanted to know what I'd be getting into if I pick this up, and whether I should grab the game while it's on sale or wait for the Royal Edition with all it's extras.
I believe it was shown at a University in Japan that SE visited and was doing a presentation at in July last year. There was also some of Ferrari's storyboards of Noctis meeting Cid and Cindy, a few Kingsglaive concept art, they also had that old clay model of the world map there, and they had a Tablet there with some dev pics from 2013 on it, with a pic of 2013 Prompto design too, but with them at a rest point in what looks like Altissia but with Cor, and camping with Cor too, and also some shots of the four bros at what looks like the peace treaty party while in their suits.
A lot of the animations from 2011/2013 for Noctis are still used within the game too, mainly for his broadsword/lance attacks.
Base inflantration
There is world building like listening to radio and talking to npcs. There are lots of side activities like collecting flowers to your bros sister, taking pictures secrectly of cute car mechanic, running competition at the beach against your bro rocky style, finding a wedding dress etc. goofy stuff. If that is what you mean.
Sadly Chocobo Carnival and assassins festival are gone(?), those were fun and goofy side activities also.
Game has plenty of things to do aside from just main quest. Ultimate weapons, secret dungeons, secret power up armiger weapons, hunts, secret cutscenes/events
I'd say wait for the Royal edition.
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If these things in the Datamine are correct, it looks like there
will be more Niflheim base infiltrations in the world of ruin, where they are the remnants of it whoever was left in the empire that took to the Niflheim bases around Lucis.
Edit: Actually it seems as if there are Niflheim bases now in Insomnia formed by the remnants of the empire, and not in the bases around Lucis.
Edit: Actually it seems as if there are Niflheim bases now in Insomnia formed by the remnants of the empire, and not in the bases around Lucis.
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Well, you literally have to infiltrate military bases and capture a general in FFXV including stealth sections at some point, lol. The main story has you explore and find certain items for other characters too, e.g. in the first town an old acquaintance and his grandson tell you of old legends of a sword hidden behind a waterfall and you have to go and find that secret tomb, then you go on a short sightseeing date with your party member's sister in that town, later the mine workers of that town that generates its energy from the heat of the region's huge glowing meteor, which is held up by a summon (don't wanna spoil, but maybe you saw trailers already), ask you to help clear the power plant of monsters, then you have to find Mythril Ores in mysterious ruins to help Cid repair the boat to get to the next big city that looks like Venice, where you have to check out your soon-to-be bride's wedding dress etc... The second half of the game is more linear and story-focused - most of the footage you see in videos and stuff is from the open-world part of the game. There are some quirky NPCs around the world giving you sidequests too and side activities like fishing, betting in monster arenas, chocobo racing, and the Royal Edition apparently adds car races all over the world too etc.
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Ughhhhh, hopefully they're somewhat different than what they were in the main game.
So my wife is preordering me the royal edition for my bday, I had no idea about the multiplayer mode but after watching some of the boss battles you get to do I am hella hyped.
I've been kind of side watching the game for a long time wondering when to jump in, the royal edition is a hell of a package.
I've been kind of side watching the game for a long time wondering when to jump in, the royal edition is a hell of a package.
Yeah I got to say the multiplayer mode makes the package very good value. They've put such a lot of effort into it. It's got problems, but given SE aren't exactly known for multiplayer, I was seriously impresssed.
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Yeah, it's a good time to jump in with the Royal/Windows Edition. There are even more story updates coming throughout this year and around 3 new DLCs. Btw, the Comrades Multiplayer DLC has been known since months before FFXV's release in Dec 2016 and the first beta came out in August last year - how did you miss it completely? :D
An amendment to this, it seems as if I was mistaken and it's actually that
the bases aren't in the "world of ruin area" of Lucis per se, but rather within Insomnia.
This is what it says
This is what it says
Only thing is I'm worried about is it being a gateway drug back into FFXIV.
"Online cooperative FF, all this nostalgia, this is fun....aww shit."
*renews sub*
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Speaking of XIV.
This is the first time I've jumped into it since that weird demo hit before release haha.
Considering how much I've been digging into the new monster hunter, the multiplayer looks crazy awesome.
That's awesome that even more story content (and bosses!) are probably coming this year as well. Guess that 10 year dev time might be paying off for them!
Yep! It's got Adamantoise, and a few others. Plus Omega as of March 6th.
Nice.
If the combat is as good as it looks in this game, looking forward to digging into endgame content. Its something I regret not doing in more FFs.
Sad to say this but end game combat is quite bad and battle system just isn't made for it. It's much more fun when just plsying normal story. Super bosses and high level hunts are just not fun.
It's better now than at launch but there are some issues that cant really be fixed without bigger overhaul.
Is it that the combat gets more awkward the bigger shit is like in Kingdom Hearts?
In those games, the best encounters were always the smaller ones.
Every hit from bigger enemies tends to knock you down, you and your party members will constantly be in danger status or dead from only taking a couple of hits, and you'll be fighting the camera more than the actual enemies.
For some reason, some of these things are better in Comrades...
What's changed since launch and why is it bad vs super bosses? That's probably the thing I'll be into most.
I actually thought kingdom hearts was great at the time, and sephiroth in KH2 was a lot of fun... but that was also a long time ago haha. I could go back to it today and think it's a janky mess!
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Yeah, it gets extremely messy; the erratic camera and target system, the huge monsters' feet and tail awkwardly pushing you away through sudden movement all the time, sudden 1-hit-kill attacks coming seemingly out of nowhere (and sometimes they're not dodgeable for whatever reason) knocking your whole party down etc. It's better the smaller the encounter - ideally one-on-ones.
The Adamantoise side boss is the absolute worst, lol. On paper a fight against a monster this gigantic is hype af, but in practice it's not.
But there's a cool unique sequence if you summon Titan during the fight, which I think barely anyone knows:
The trailers showed some of that sequence.But there's a cool unique sequence if you summon Titan during the fight, which I think barely anyone knows:
The real secret is the parry QTE that no one ever does. :O
Adamantoise
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Titan
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Turf War Px30 pts
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Lol exactly what I was thinking.
Yea fights like that would just be kinda silly, he is just TOO big.