brandonh83
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This made me cringe so hard
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Final Fantasy XV Impressions: Mark All Spoilers
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This made me cringe so hard
It's confusing, I wanna do most side missions but I don't want to make the game easy, I guess I can stop spending AP points but then again I don't know how easy or hard it's going to be.
That's why I used to love lvl cap while playing the story in like FFXIII, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and other games who did similar thing.
I just did the first dungeon, I loved it a lot but was too easy (dunno if my characters were OP).
The music in the dungeon was amazing and I loved the interaction between the characters and the dialog, felt like Uncharted a bit.
That's why I used to love lvl cap while playing the story in like FFXIII, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and other games who did similar thing.
I just did the first dungeon, I loved it a lot but was too easy (dunno if my characters were OP).
The music in the dungeon was amazing and I loved the interaction between the characters and the dialog, felt like Uncharted a bit.
Primethius
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Ya on Verendus post.
Shit, now I really want to know if the Type-F only area(s) was bullshit or not. >_>
Sora? Malik? halp
Well, quests have recommended levels attached to them. You can just make sure you advance the main quest every time that all of your sidequests are higher leveled than the current main. That should be good enough.
Sora? Malik? halp
Well, quests have recommended levels attached to them. You can just make sure you advance the main quest every time that all of your sidequests are higher leveled than the current main. That should be good enough.
ãInaba Residentã
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I think she's referring to it on a personal enjoyment level. I remember Marvel Nemsis getting bad reviews but I still loved it.
Nah, I'm with y'all. I don't like RPGs getting divvied up into chapters because (even though it is rarely true) it lends the impression of even fifteenths (or whatever) and suggests a possible level of critical path completion I'd rather not know ahead of time. If I'm seven chapters into a ten-chapter game and don't feel like stakes have been sufficiently ramped-up by that point, for example, I'm going to notice more readily and feel more let-down. It's all psychological, especially considering these games tend toward less evenly-spaced chapter identifiers (like Pulse's Chapter 11 in FFXIII feeling longer). But it has an impact on me I'd rather just not consider.
I have absolutely no idea if anything I just said made sense. I just know it's how I feel. I'd probably have liked FFVII a little bit less as an eleven-year-old kid in 1998 if I were being informed I was in Chapter 4 of 7 when a certain someone kicked the bucket, for example. When it happened, I had no idea how much seemed to be left. I didn't know if I'd have another half a game, another third of a game, or if I'd be given the golden opportunity to pummel Sephiroth's unruly head off the next morning. I just didn't know. It made it feel a bit more unpredictable. A bit more alive.
It's the stupidest little rant ever, I readily admit that. A terribly nothing hill to die on. I know. But I just do not like the expectations that tend to come with dividing plot-centric games up by predetermined chapter counts.
im weird
theofficefan99
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Was it a good commercial or was it embarrassing like XIII's US commercials
Primethius
Banned
Oh wow, that's right up my alley. Consider that book as good as bought.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Two of the biggest IP to launch this gen are below a 8
Nah, I'm with y'all. I don't like RPGs getting divvied up into chapters because (even though it is rarely true) it lends the impression of even fifteenths (or whatever) and suggests a possible level of critical path completion I'd rather not know ahead of time. If I'm seven chapters into a ten-chapter game and don't feel like stakes have been sufficiently ramped-up by that point, for example, I'm going to notice more readily and feel more let-down. It's all psychological, especially considering these games tend toward less evenly-spaced chapter identifiers (like Pulse's Chapter 11 in FFXIII feeling longer). But it has an impact on me I'd rather just not consider.
I have absolutely no idea if anything I just said made sense. I just know it's how I feel. I'd probably have liked FFVII a little bit less as an eleven-year-old kid in 1998 if I were being informed I was in Chapter 4 of 7 when a certain someone kicked the bucket, for example. When it happened, I had no idea how much seemed to be left. I didn't know if I'd have another half a game, another third of a game, or if I'd be given the golden opportunity to pummel Sephiroth's unruly head off the next morning. I just didn't know. It made it feel a bit more unpredictable. A bit more alive.
It's the stupidest little rant ever, I readily admit that. A terribly nothing hill to die on. I know. But I just do not like the expectations that tend to come with dividing plot-centric games up by predetermined chapter counts.
im weird
Nah, I see where you're coming from. Like you said, if I'm near the end, and not much has seemed to happen, it starts to affect me negatively as well, where I can easily be hoping hard af that stuff does happen in order to "make up" for it, rather than just focusing on enjoying whatever is presented in front of me. I do it with TV shows and anime all the time, so yea, video games wouldn't be any different.
On the bright side, I guess it makes it easier to discuss with other people. Like "Yo, how about that Ch. 5?" ;D
brandonh83
Banned
Jesus Christ?
R3birthFl4me
Neo Member
The positive thing about chapters is when we get to FFXX, we'll have 20 chapters and the game will be longer.
I've been following this thread to try and sort out my indecision regarding this game. All the talk about the classics has me instead starting up VIII for the first time in 15+ years. I quit a ways in (school, didn't "get" the junction system) and never gave another Final Fantasy a proper shot.
I'm so far surprised at how much fun I'm having. If this goes well, I might just try to push through IX and X. By then that remaster for XII will be out. You guys have me scared of XIII.
By the time all that's over, XV will be very cheap or I'll be very dead.
I'm so far surprised at how much fun I'm having. If this goes well, I might just try to push through IX and X. By then that remaster for XII will be out. You guys have me scared of XIII.
By the time all that's over, XV will be very cheap or I'll be very dead.
MoonsaultSlayer
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How about them discs though.Nah, I'm with y'all. I don't like RPGs getting divvied up into chapters because (even though it is rarely true) it lends the impression of even fifteenths (or whatever) and suggests a possible level of critical path completion I'd rather not know ahead of time. If I'm seven chapters into a ten-chapter game and don't feel like stakes have been sufficiently ramped-up by that point, for example, I'm going to notice more readily and feel more let-down. It's all psychological, especially considering these games tend toward less evenly-spaced chapter identifiers (like Pulse's Chapter 11 in FFXIII feeling longer). But it has an impact on me I'd rather just not consider.
I have absolutely no idea if anything I just said made sense. I just know it's how I feel. I'd probably have liked FFVII a little bit less as an eleven-year-old kid in 1998 if I were being informed I was in Chapter 4 of 7 when a certain someone kicked the bucket, for example. When it happened, I had no idea how much seemed to be left. I didn't know if I'd have another half a game, another third of a game, or if I'd be given the golden opportunity to pummel Sephiroth's unruly head off the next morning. I just didn't know. It made it feel a bit more unpredictable. A bit more alive.
It's the stupidest little rant ever, I readily admit that. A terribly nothing hill to die on. I know. But I just do not like the expectations that tend to come with dividing plot-centric games up by predetermined chapter counts.
im weird
Oh that's a good suggestion!
SlasherJPC
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Off topic but crazy coicidence you all bring this up. My coworker literally just let me borrow this to watch recently.
YankeeDonB
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Nah, I'm with y'all. I don't like RPGs getting divvied up into chapters because (even though it is rarely true) it lends the impression of even fifteenths (or whatever) and suggests a possible level of critical path completion I'd rather not know ahead of time. If I'm seven chapters into a ten-chapter game and don't feel like stakes have been sufficiently ramped-up by that point, for example, I'm going to notice more readily and feel more let-down. It's all psychological, especially considering these games tend toward less evenly-spaced chapter identifiers (like Pulse's Chapter 11 in FFXIII feeling longer). But it has an impact on me I'd rather just not consider.
I have absolutely no idea if anything I just said made sense. I just know it's how I feel. I'd probably have liked FFVII a little bit less as an eleven-year-old kid in 1998 if I were being informed I was in Chapter 4 of 7 when a certain someone kicked the bucket, for example. When it happened, I had no idea how much seemed to be left. I didn't know if I'd have another half a game, another third of a game, or if I'd be given the golden opportunity to pummel Sephiroth's unruly head off the next morning. I just didn't know. It made it feel a bit more unpredictable. A bit more alive.
It's the stupidest little rant ever, I readily admit that. A terribly nothing hill to die on. I know. But I just do not like the expectations that tend to come with dividing plot-centric games up by predetermined chapter counts.
im weird
100% agree. Just want the tale to unfold naturally.
That said I do like game dividing gimmicks like switching between characters at set points (Suikoden 3) or major game world transitions (FF 6).
It's funny how so few assets survived from ED.
The lighting still looked a heck of a lot nicer there though.
Yes! Exactly! Video games without "time stamps" like episode count and so forth have the rare opportunity to present us with unknown plot lengths and such. Most movies are going to be 2-2.5 hours long. Most TV season episode counts we will know ahead of time. Pick up a book and you'll see how far in you are every page of the way. It's a neat trick in subversion that some games can achieve. Chaptering it all up really wrecks that, at least subconsciously. But I guess maybe it's effective in attempting to up completion percentages among players (which I know is typically a lot lower than we might assume).
Deckard Chapel
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I'm guessing Duscae is the bottom one, since no bros.
Blackleg-sanji1
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Top is current one,bottom is episode duscae
I'm interested in reading Ishida's opinion.
Will he be very disappointed if the story sucks/was lacking like he was with MGSV, or will he give it a pass?
TwistedFate
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The way the camera can be so fucked when fighting in certain areas with lot of trees or shrubs is awful. Same for tight spaces in dungeons.
Also warp points can be wonky, sometimes you have to look at a certain angle to warp to it and it really disrupts the flow
Also warp points can be wonky, sometimes you have to look at a certain angle to warp to it and it really disrupts the flow
Oh, yeah. That stuff's neat.
You know... you raise an excellent point which I'd forgotten to take into account. Discs do act as progress markers. I think, as a kid, I was just so floored that FFVII Disc 1 lasted what (to me, at that time) felt like an eternity that even being told to change disc for the first time felt so monumental I didn't even consider the remaining-time implications. But yeah. Fair point.
Yep. I hate knowing when I'm getting closer to an ending, namely if I actually like what I'm watching/playing. Of course all things must come to an end (Which is why I tend to gravitate towards games that take a long ass time to complete), but stuff like chapters admittedly allows itself to enter into the back of my head, slowly gnawing as I'm playing that yes, I'm unfortunately nearly done with this game. Curse you psychology.
The most recent example of this was Last of Us I believe, with its seasons.
Sadly, as I already thought, the reflections are for some reason inferior and glitchier in the Pro HQ version. :/
Pro LQ(base PS4:
Pro HQ:
Pro LQ(base PS4:
Pro HQ:
It's hopefully something they can easily fix in the near future...
The Last of Us shifts seasons so artfully that the transition almost became part of the lasting appeal to me. I can recall two of the three season transitions being really memorable in and of themselves. Just for how abrupt they were. But I hear you. Under most circumstances I'd ;_; over knowing I'm that much closer to ending something I'm loving. "All good things..." and all that jazz. But. Curses.
I am glad some people are backing me up on this silly trivial preference.
The one and perhaps only hilarious glitch I experienced. Gladious is multi-talented.
hurry, select unstack before monsters hit them
Lighting in the final game looks a lot better to me. You can even see the greenish light bounce from the grass/plants on the back of Noct's hair and his right shoulder in the final version which is completely absent in the Episode Duscae shot.
theofficefan99
Junior Member
Can't watch, been avoiding footage since TGS
Deckard Chapel
Banned
Lighting in the final game looks a lot better to me. You can even see the greenish light bounce from the grass/plants on the back of Noct's hair and his right shoulder in the final version which is completely absent in the Episode Duscae shot.
I agree - it looks a lot better.
Mister Megative
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『Inaba Resident』;225457231 said:
I don't know numbers nor am I some sort of insider (although I do know a few insiders and reviewers, hence my confidence). I just expect it to do well.
The Last of Us shifts seasons so artfully that the transition almost became part of the lasting appeal to me. I can recall two of the three season transitions being really memorable in and of themselves. Just for how abrupt they were. But I hear you. Under most circumstances I'd ;_; over knowing I'm that much closer to ending something I'm loving. "All good things..." and all that jazz. But. Curses.
I am glad some people are backing me up on this silly trivial preference.
Yeah, The Last of Us is one case where I thought that type of story structure worked well. Usually the chapter thing annoys me too though. I also wanted to go on a similar rant earlier, but I didn't have the energy, so thank you. lol
The Last of Us shifts seasons so artfully that the transition almost became part of the lasting appeal to me. I can recall two of the three season transitions being really memorable in and of themselves. Just for how abrupt they were. But I hear you. Under most circumstances I'd ;_; over knowing I'm that much closer to ending something I'm loving. "All good things..." and all that jazz. But. Curses.
I am glad some people are backing me up on this silly trivial preference.
That's true. Also it was a delightful surprise that
you actually do get to play as Ellie. So all was forgiven. Until she killed that rabbit. I like rabbits...
They're not IPs with long history & baggage as id the situation with FF.
Primethius
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I actually prefer chapter breaks with titles as it gives off a long, epic kind of feel. Just numbers alone don't do much for me.
I think you pretty much need a fade to black and a scene transition though in most instances for it to be effective, unless the chapter heading is coming in just shortly after gameplay starts. I thought UC4 did a great job with the chapter stuff.
I think you pretty much need a fade to black and a scene transition though in most instances for it to be effective, unless the chapter heading is coming in just shortly after gameplay starts. I thought UC4 did a great job with the chapter stuff.
Blackleg-sanji1
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That's not what ya said
Primethius
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Monday at 12 EST I believe.
Monday.
ãInaba Residentã
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Monday
fluffydelusions
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Monday afaik
Mister Megative
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10 EST.
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