Luminous does seem to have problems, but I think the reason why KHIII switched to UE4 is mostly about the fact that the Luminous team has been absorbed to the FFXV team completely and are super busy helping them finish FFXV, so the Osaka team does not have the technical support that they'd need for KHIII's development until FFXV is finished. They can't wait that long unless they want to delay its development until then, so since SQEX have the license for UE4 and Epic have improved their tech support for UE, it makes sense to ditch Luminous in favor of an engine that they will get proper support NOW instead of 1-1,5 years from now.
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1080p footage of FFXV tech demo
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I found it pretty but lacking in artistic design. Looks like a high budget environment for a deer hunting game.
Yellowflashdude
Member
Is this slightly different version of the vid we saw? Because I didn't know there were NPC's in the gas station.
nelsonroyale
Member
In other words it looks like a realistic environment? I think you mean 'artistic embellishment'. The environments look realistic, which doesn't mean they look ugly at all. I do hope other environments are more imaginative, but I like this.
thelastword
Banned
This was/is a very ambitious engine, looking at the video that much is certain. I'm not so sure what flaws you're referring to, every engine has flaws in the initial stages, look at Unity. Even epic has not shown or delivered their own game with UE4 yet.
If Square delivers FF XV at 1080 30fps and it looks as impressive as it does, I'm sure everything from there will be gravy for them.
Yeah i said it was pretty I was really just agreeing with the quoted guy that it was boring. Artistic embellishment is probly a good term. The city stuff and the buildings all look fantastic.
nelsonroyale
Member
Haha, I have probably got a soft spot for it because it looks like places I go hiking in Scotland. Most people think it is beautiful but I agree in a game, I want to see some imaginative environments as well. I think we will get them. This one has a subtle beauty I think. Once it is more populated with stuff, I think will come across as much less 'bland' or some such.
Intriguing. Do we know if the whole game will be open world or only when you get out of the city(ies)?
Liked the details....hands on knees and hard breathing after running through the field.
I have to admit I haven't been paying close attention to FFXV news for a while. Has there been any mention of a release window for the game; 2015 or later?
Liked the details....hands on knees and hard breathing after running through the field.
I have to admit I haven't been paying close attention to FFXV news for a while. Has there been any mention of a release window for the game; 2015 or later?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
It's the same one.
If it's as I understood, another thing FFXV has in common with Dragon's Dogma is the ability to interact with enemies. According to Tabata, Noctis has the ability to free-run larger targets, enabling us to climb/warp the target to attack their weak points.
OsirisBlack
Banned
So if Japanese developers focus primarily on the Sony machine as it appears they are doing will they leave other devs (outside of first party efforts) in the dust? Seriously FFXV,Deep Down and MGSTPP make most other studio efforts look clumsy at best and downright incompetent at worst.
If its the lead platform which it probably is seeing as its Exclusive to PS4 in Japan then I really don't doubt it at all.
If its the lead platform which it probably is seeing as its Exclusive to PS4 in Japan then I really don't doubt it at all.
if we are to speculate, I think this is the narrative that is best supported by what little data we have, but that is just my opinion.
brandonh83
Banned
That's... creepy as hell. And at night to boot! It'd be great if the daytime were full of normal enemy types but then at night it turns into a fucking freakshow.
nelsonroyale
Member
Yeah that seems like it. Make sense that FFXV is the top priority. I don't doubt KH3 will look excellent, but FF games have always been the flag ship series.
brandonh83
Banned
Really wish there were female party members and that the guys had more varied looks/clothing. Otherwise it looks awesome. I just hope I can look past those things.
Skinny Pete
Banned
Beautiul stuff. Just hope we don't have to wait until 2020 to actually play it.
Betta Lines
Member
It's nice, but don't you think the loop is too short? It's annoying by the end of that 10 minute clip.
I blame Falk!
RPGCrazied
Member
Gosh damn, can't wait for Type-0 for this demo. I now have a PS4, and have preordered Type-0. So close now!
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
It's good to see some natural light and dark nights outside driving sims.
brandonh83
Banned
Definitely but I imagine it's all placeholder at this point. I'm not sure how they go about the schedule in relation to the soundtrack, but I imagine that it's nowhere near finished at this point. There may be some music already like for this trailer and whatnot but I don't think that's going to be the main overworld theme. It's far too fast paced and repetitive for a "map" theme. Absolutely beautiful, but they're not going to just loop that infinitely while you're out and about.
falk, the engineer behind the track, said that there was more music there.
It's likely cut.
Betta Lines
Member
KnockOneOff
Banned
Why did I read it as 1080 snowboarding HD footage 
lol
lol
Woodchipper
Member
I've owned every playstation console yet I have never played FF. I watched a friend play FFVII way back but that's about it. I've always been somewhat curious about these games though. Is this a series you can jump right into without playing any of the previous games? Because this looks like something I wanna try out!
Stereogatari
Banned
The only reason I'm sad it's not affiliated with the XIII-saga any longer is the fact that there's no longer any chance of Cie'th appearing. I really loved some of those creature designs.
Don't rule them out. It's still based on the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, Fal'Cie are supposed to be in it, so we could see C'ieth.
The numbered entries are not related at all by any story thread.
So yes. It's like a new IP.
no previous experience needed!
(might actually be preferable since first-timers to the series doesn't have the nostalgia-bias)
donutzsick
Member
I can rewatch this footage all day... Jump Festa cannot come fast enough!
Woodchipper
Member
Great! Thank you.
nelsonroyale
Member
I would highly recommend all of them, bar the FFXIII trilogy and perhaps FFX-2 (especially as your first entry).
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
I'd be in heaven if the final game began like this, just you in the wilderness with no indicators or even map to begin with. You just travel and let the game gradually unravel.
One of my favourite games from last gen was Fallout 3 and in that I would just wander, never checking the map, and just stumble upon places and people now and then.
It was amazing.
One of my favourite games from last gen was Fallout 3 and in that I would just wander, never checking the map, and just stumble upon places and people now and then.
It was amazing.
BriareosGAF
Member
Looks like a Skyrim mod from a few years ago, not terribly impressed. High tessellation amount for their very geometriclly uninteresting ground terrain, wonder if they're baking some lighting terms in there.
Most interesting bit was probably the hair stuff in the tech demo reel, would be interesting to know what they're trying to do there.
Most interesting bit was probably the hair stuff in the tech demo reel, would be interesting to know what they're trying to do there.
They were there.
I noticed them even in the lower res video a few weeks ago.
With the higher res more details pop out more.....but also the issues and shortcomings unfortunately.
The initial section with the car right at the beginning of the video has many flaws technically, aliasing, pop-in, weird reflection LOD on water.
It gives aways the fact that it was a PS3 game at some point, still looks very impressive.
Please point to a high-end PS3 open world game with the same graphics.
threelights
Member
Oh wow, I didn't even know they recorded it at 1080. Nice.
Still looking great, still with all the IQ problems that should be fixed by the time they finish porting and optimizing everything, and I still want to fight that Naga.
It actually is. At night monsters come out from the dungeons, so you see more goblins/nagas/etc. rather than the normal beasts from daytime.
Still looking great, still with all the IQ problems that should be fixed by the time they finish porting and optimizing everything, and I still want to fight that Naga.
It actually is. At night monsters come out from the dungeons, so you see more goblins/nagas/etc. rather than the normal beasts from daytime.