Hibiki Kurosawa
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I'm really glad they are already mentioning that they have taken fan feedback into account.
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More FFXV details from Famitsu interview.
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I'm really glad they are already mentioning that they have taken fan feedback into account.
xxdoshiyarovexx
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Ok, sorry
Already read your impressions, but forgot about magic. I'll check it out later.
EDIT: Here are Verendus' notes/impressions of an older build he played for anybody interested:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=131046098&postcount=1798
threelights
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I still don't understand the concerns with the battle system, but wtv.
Huge enemies playing like regular enemies gives me a lot of hope for no QTEs (which is easily the best way to fight big guys).
Stingers, parries, weird green robots that hold flags. It's sounding good.
Huge enemies playing like regular enemies gives me a lot of hope for no QTEs (which is easily the best way to fight big guys).
Stingers, parries, weird green robots that hold flags. It's sounding good.
Stereogatari
Banned
He deserves a tag for that. "He bows to his Master."
You know, Final Fantasy has historically always had a few problems with sense of scale, from the very obvious limitations of the sprite days (castles and buildings being smaller on the outside than the inside), to FF7's Weapons shrinking from massive in FMV to about 4x the size of the characters in combat, and even as recent as XIII/XIII-2 where the relative sizes of Pulse and Cocoon varied widely (Cocoon was 'supposed' to be about 1/4 the diameter of Pulse, but scenes/facading with crystal pillar gave the impression it was much, much smaller)
It's just something that's been a trope for the franchise that has been more and more ill-fitting with the transition to realistic visuals across the last two generations.
I'm skeptical of the claims of how summons will ultimately end up in terms of scale, going from the fights against to when they aid the party, but I'm willing to give it benefit of the doubt for now.
(Not that it ultimately matters since like all past iterations of Final Fantasy suspension of disbelief is such a core part of the experience, but I still maintain this curiosity as to if it'll truly be as the claims are right now)
It's just something that's been a trope for the franchise that has been more and more ill-fitting with the transition to realistic visuals across the last two generations.
I'm skeptical of the claims of how summons will ultimately end up in terms of scale, going from the fights against to when they aid the party, but I'm willing to give it benefit of the doubt for now.
(Not that it ultimately matters since like all past iterations of Final Fantasy suspension of disbelief is such a core part of the experience, but I still maintain this curiosity as to if it'll truly be as the claims are right now)
Probably because he forgot to mention you can mash the button. That seems to be the main concern. I imagine not everyone watches the ATR where they talk about it.
KoopaTheCasual
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DarkLordMalik
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She'll probably make a comment about how some folks call her Cid and she hates it. The only important thing is who is going to grab her number.Please be CIDNEY!!!
How can the localization department screwed up CID in a FF game
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Deleted member 20920
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Could never figure out that Pulse geography. The characters often spoke like they walked through all of Pulse (in XIII) when it was really just a small part of the planet/land/dimension. It never felt like a proper planet or region. XIII-2's disconnected locations didn't help but made the geography even more abstract.
DarthPrince
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Yeah, the 600 bones part confused me too. I wonder what we're missing....
RedAssedApe
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hope cidney isn't this game's version of chocolina
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Yep.
So are parries basically timed regular attacks hitting enemy attacks or is there some sort of blocking ability used?
threelights
Member
I mean, yeah. But I don't think it's that hard to find people explaining on the internet.
I think they use bones for stuff like lip/eye movement and whatnot as well. It's the only explanation I could find.
Biggu Bosu
Banned
Is this an action RPG like kingdom hearts?
Maybe it's not bones in the literal sense, but structures that are created to implement animation and movement.　Other than their bodies themselves, the clothes, weapons, hair, etc. must move too so I wonder if that is what they mean.　”bones" likely isn't the best translation for it.
I think "bones" in animation also refers to articulations, or any moving part in a character model. This may also include some parts of the clothing.
I think some animator here at GAF could clear this up.
Wow... I'm rather surprised we wouldn't really be able to walk around in the demo and that it was mainly driving previously.
The summon information is great, the ropeway in Restarme would be damn awesome... hope that happens... let alone that this place is basically my tropical resort that I've wanted!
Dungeon / special area info is cool and additional info on combat regarding MP and coop attacks / special coop attacks during summon fights... like that stuff. Lots of mini games...
That's a good chunk of info!
The summon information is great, the ropeway in Restarme would be damn awesome... hope that happens... let alone that this place is basically my tropical resort that I've wanted!
Dungeon / special area info is cool and additional info on combat regarding MP and coop attacks / special coop attacks during summon fights... like that stuff. Lots of mini games...
That's a good chunk of info!
Bones are movable parts in animation, from what I've understood. A face might have tons of bones in animation when that is not the case IRL.
Bones in animation are more like lines you use to move the character's body. So for example, in the face they may have a lot of those "lines" in order to allow good face animations.
Our body may have 206 bones (was that the number dropped before?) but they are probably spending a lot of those "lines" for muscles and all that.
Beaten, hope we aren't 100% likely wrong
A more weigthy, slightly more realistic (though not without its unrealistic flashy side) KH, yes, pretty much.
DarkLordMalik
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From the link in the OP, I think it is the former instead of the latter.
Biggu Bosu
Banned
Thank god, this will be the first FF game I'll play since FF7
theSlacker
Member
This may seem like a dumb question, but can you jump on command in this game, or is it a context thing?
There is an independent jump button.
theSlacker
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Thank you very much. Have been watching recent videos and I was getting worried after seeing the character move around so much without ever jumping, except at like a ledge or something.
Hoping for usage in combat for aerial combos KH style, but at the very least it will be useful when exploring the open world.
How do you know this Koutoru?
AgentLampshade
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What does MP stand for these days? I thought it was Magic/Mana Points but if magic isn't tied to it, and dodging is, then it can't be Magic Points. Maneuver Points? My-special-power Points? Mdodge Points?
There are those kind of timed-attack parries and then there are timed blocks that work against certain attacks that you can perform by pressing the Defense button at the right time.
They confirmed this in one of the post-TGS Active Time Reports.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Tabata demonstrated it in the combat tech demo that came out around TGS.
theSlacker
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I honestly care much less for it's usage in combat then it's usage for world exploration.
Tabata answered this question back in October in an interview.
http://gematsu.com/2014/10/final-fantasy-xv-director-addresses-fan-concerns-new-gameplay
Unless something has changed since then.
They've admitted to changing the battle system since TGS. I wouldn't be so sure it's independent although I want it to be so badly.
Edit: Ahhh Koutoru is pretty recent. Thanks!
NoctisVsStar
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I know it's an important part of FF (so I'm sure it'll be in there) but I could definitely do without it.
still the greatest haha
Im surprised FF doesnt take a book from GTA regarding "talking" to citizens. Just wandering around hearing NPCs chat amongst each other is so much better than generic "crowd mumble" where you have to approach people to get an inconsequential nothing sentence.
Basically, no talking to NPCs outside of important ones and allow NPCs to just talk amongst themselves
Basically, no talking to NPCs outside of important ones and allow NPCs to just talk amongst themselves
NoctisVsStar
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Goatastic
There are aerial combos. We see aerial combos against Behemoths in one of the Active Time Reports. They are just kind of worthless against the kind of smaller human-sized (or smaller) enemies we've mostly seen Noctis fight against until now.
Hades Hotgun
Banned
Despite my desire to have fully controllable party members, the descriptions of the actual gameplay sound great. I hope that its the kind of system where you can really dig in to the fun battle mechanics and get a lot of hours of play out of running around and getting in to fights.
Isn't that what XIII did?
Death Penalty
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Tabata mentioned that monsters in dungeons tended to be nastier and use status effects, yes.