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Why the Food in Final Fantasy XV Is So Damn Realistic
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LordKasual
Banned
lol
same song and dance in every thread.
Gaf paints a picture of FFXV that not even the worst of the official reviewers of the game would
It's not that I can't take it. I just know where it's coming from and thus know it's pointless to even bother. But it's whatever, people can feel whatever they want to.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
The latter part was a bit hyperbole but
The lack of outfits, differing weapon models per weapon, and a bunch of other things is noticeable.
I assume part of what that poster meant was the picking up blue and red lights as items and most aren't very special. It's nothing like opening up a chest.
Oh my god. Suddenly that ugly dog in Lightning Returns makes sense
DC1
Member
It's always the little things that make me smile. Don't take away my smile.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
The same as a single Playable Character
But I was being literal
Like I literally found a blue sparkle in lestallum's trashbins that turned out to be another garbage item
Found a cool chart
1000 is definitely super low poly for a Main Character
Absolutely, although in an MMO setting, since there might be 50 'main characters' on screen at one time, they presumably require a lower polycount.
Not that I'm saying 1000 is the right number, as it honestly looks higher than that to me, although it'd be weird if the game's actual creators totally misrepresented it at GDC just to make a point about prioritisation.
My initial guess of about 20k might have been a bit too generous. Now, after looking at a few more models, I think it's more like 10k-15k per character. Still very far from 1k.
As I already mentioned, the FF artists are very good at making even low polygon models look great. Lightning in FFXIII was made up of about 9k polygons for comparison...
...which was actually pretty low polygon in comparison to other PS3 era character models.
FFXV made a huge jump in polygon count to about 100k for one character:
Alone Noctis' hair is made up of 20k polygons. O:
That's like a whole Soul Calibur IV/V character model on his head.
Polioliolio
Member
Japan has a boner for preparation rituals, and food, and cartoons of little girls.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Ooo, an item-
"THATS IT"
Loved the food system. One of my favorite stop-and-smell-the-roses aspects of the game.
"THATS IT"
Loved the food system. One of my favorite stop-and-smell-the-roses aspects of the game.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Don't forget really, really creepy stuff, too, like long haired ghosts.
HoodWinked
Member
photogrammetry
Blackpanther25
Member
Funny thing is that the in-game food actually looks identical to real Japanese food.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
It's not "tiny" at all. Especially when you're going through the game for the first time. Being able to match the level of an enemy is a lot more important than getting a worthless stat boost. Getting the exp boost allows you to progress the game faster, while camping and eating food results in a lot more grinding for ingredients and exp.
And yeah, 99% of the people who pick up this game aren't thinking "yeah. getting more experience is stupid. I can just use this obscure trick found on the internet to get max level when I reach the end of the game." Seriously, what world are you living in?
OverBlood 3
Banned
Actually, you're pretty wrong here. I'm doing a level 1 run right now and i have no issues deal with enemies level 29 and sometimes above. this game isn't particularly difficult if you play straight without exp buffs, but can be a pain if you don't food buff yourself (necromancer petrification and naga toad for instance). and if you know where to buy stuff you don't need to grind shit.
honestly i'd say its a much better strategy to go with attack buffs and hp buff or defense buffs than exp buffs and multipliers.
Demoskinos
Member
Always the highest quality models.
My initial guess of about 20k might have been a bit too generous. Now, after looking at a few more models, I think it's more like 10k-15k per character. Still very far from 1k.
As I already mentioned, the FF artists are very good at making even low polygon models look great. Lightning in FFXIII was made up of about 9k polygons for comparison...
...which was actually pretty low polygon in comparison to other PS3 era character models.
FFXV made a huge jump in polygon count to about 100k for one character:
Alone Noctis' hair is made up of 20k polygons. O:
That's like a whole Soul Calibur IV/V character model on his head.
lightning being only 9k polys is crazy
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
It's because they used photogrammetry, which unless it's incredibly high quality can produce a very rubbery looking model. So things like liquid are just textures and aren't using any sort of fluid sim at all.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
I'm really not, it is not realistic for anyone to play this game for the first time and skip out on exp boosts. Also, yeah, you can do a level 1 playthrough because you've already beaten the game and know this games tricks and secrets. A person going through XV for the first time isn't going to waste a night buffing their hp. They are far more enticed by permanent stat increases AND getting more AP points.
If you see an actual game area lined with rows of food we have a problem.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
StereoVsn
Member
I love the food prep in the game and Ignis is my main bro. I mean he cooks, drives me around, buffs the party, heals, and has very hard hitting skills.
That said why would you want to lose hotel experience buffs? For food you can either buy at the right diner or camp right after sleeping (I usually use 1.5 exp buffs till I gather a bit more using magic exp boosts for the more expensive ones).
That said why would you want to lose hotel experience buffs? For food you can either buy at the right diner or camp right after sleeping (I usually use 1.5 exp buffs till I gather a bit more using magic exp boosts for the more expensive ones).
formasymphonic
Member
All I care about is if we are ever getting an Ignis cookbook
BumblebeeCody
Member
Pretty sure the budget of the Onigiris in this game is the entire budget of Gears of War 4. Like damn does that look good. And don't get me started on the cup noodles.
Conkerkid11
Member
Good thing they had their priorities straightened out and spent such a significant amount of time on an aspect of the game that becomes trivial as soon as you're able to eat at a certain restaurant in a certain city.
Camping also doesn't make sense until you're level-capped, so for most players, that's a significant amount of XP lost just because they wanted to eat Ignis' rubber food.
Camping also doesn't make sense until you're level-capped, so for most players, that's a significant amount of XP lost just because they wanted to eat Ignis' rubber food.
Artists don't get paid much.