The combat is easily the best in the series, and one of the most enjoyable systems I've played in any game.
Pacing and Progression:
Favourite game since Metal Gear Solid 3.
Second favourite Finale Fantasy of all time.
Game of the year.
Game of the generation.
Tabata era. Bahamut represent. Balee dat.
It was in Spanish on the stream I saw yesterday, so it must've.So on the stream before, does the subtitle translate the radio interviews and the crowd's random dialogues?
My god that was a satisfying read. Thank you Verendus, thank you dearly.
Also:
Holy shit.
HOLY SHIT.
Eh... could go up the street to check and see if my usual spot has it out early since they sell other things early, or I could keep being lazy today and play pokemon...
Gah dammit. I'll go check. (Japan btw)
is verendus not trolling for once
is verendus not trolling for once
The producer mentioned recently they'll consider doing female characters dlc if there's clear demand:I really doubt there will be any female characters playable in the game, even with DLC. Tabata seems to be really against it. It's my biggest slight against the game. It really feels like the female characters will be completely vapid and uninteresting, and that all DLC will be male focused.
Final Fantasy has always been a weird mash of tones, and you find this present very strongly in Final Fantasy 7. (My favourite in the series.) And this title reminded me of that thanks to the way it all came together. It mixes in action, spectacle, stealth, horror, and a very strong sense of adventure.Final Fantasy XV also does something that genuinely surprised me, and turns its world upside down. While I spent the bulk of my journey in the open world, and became accustomed to a certain pace, the time soon came that a structural change occurred. Instead we entered what I referred to as the second part of the game which replaced the open world with a more focused narrative progression. You are not allowed to fully explore this new "area" so to speak as it's more guided and has no open world. It's a bold move, and I'm genuinely curious to see how people will respond to it, but I found it quite welcome. I'm not the biggest fan of open worlds, and after having spent over thirty hours in it, I was pretty happy to change things up. It stopped the title from wearing out its welcome.
If you think the surprises stop there, they don't. Once we're done with part two, we enter the end run of the title, which could be considered its own very little part. What's great about these two later parts is the change in tone, and how experimental it helps make the overall title feel.
You know...even if Verendus is trolling, we'll still have Tales Of Berseria and Persona 5 to mend the despair.
I don't want "RPG" like Skyrim or Fallout or the open world titles. I want RPZAASPG. That's Role Playing Zoned Action Adventure Set Piece Game. (I also want my goddamn snow town which is like Altissia.)
Wait is this supporting Neptunia or are you mocking it?fantasy hyperdimension neptunia tbh
Eh... could go up the street to check and see if my usual spot has it out early since they sell other things early, or I could keep being lazy today and play pokemon...
Gah dammit. I'll go check. (Japan btw)
The producer mentioned recently they'll consider doing female characters dlc if there's clear demand:
http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/10/3...nix-will-consider-adding-female-heroes-as-dlc
Unless Luna ends up unlikable or the DLCs bomb I think they'd not want to pass on further opportunity to recoup the cost
Wait is this supporting Neptunia or are you mocking it?
I actually thoroughly enjoyed the ReBirth series (as a barometer, I think the original Neptunia is one of the stinkiest dumpster fires ever put out by Compile Heart and that's saying something) and it's interesting watching a bottom-of-the-barrel developer evolve into making something that's both passable and actually... charming?
More than anything though I appreciate that everything in the games they make, incl. Fairy Fencer F, is skippable, from animations to dialogues, to cutscenes, to results screens. A turn-based franchise (excluding the action games) that respects my ever-dwindling free time.
As for the statement itself, only half joking. Obviously it's not going to be in the same league as P5/Berseria but it's JRPG fast food.
Tales is also JRPG fast food
At least Tales of Berseria seems like better than fast food?
You could probably mix up footage from every Tales game starting from Xillia and people not into the franchise would be fooled into thinking it's the same game. Everything from combat/settings/cities/characters.
I'm hype for Berseria
Same with Dragon Quest actually minus VIII and XI.
i love DQ
Dragon Quest doesn't come out every two years though. Fast food needs to be fast.
What spot.
Thanks so much Verendus. Great, in-depth review. I really enjoyed reading it.
Just one question, I asked already yesterday. So, is the continent of Lucis indeed the only open-world part of the game world?