Im gonna say 90+. There are games with way worse story/optimization/combat that have received 90+ meta recently
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Final Fantasy XV Impressions: Mark All Spoilers
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Im gonna say 90+. There are games with way worse story/optimization/combat that have received 90+ meta recently
Vismund Cygnus
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I'm considering selling my PS4 for 250 to get the Pro for 400 before this game comes out. Thing is, after this thread I have no idea what to do anymore >_<
You people are confusing me, Lol
You people are confusing me, Lol
Wait until monday when official reviews come out. If you want pro, do it regardless esp if you can sell for 250. The game is def gonna be one of the best games this year.
Mine was like that too but it just updated it's currently in my city. I guess USPS just didn't update the departure scan.
Just dialogue is lame to me because you don't see their faces,expressions,movements. When there are cutscenes they are so good,it's a pity they are so few.
Can still agree with this. Waited so long.
If the story is the kind of hot mess people are talking about and if the game is as divisive as they describe I doubt it will get anywhere near 90 on meta.
Not that I care though, just saying.
In Metacritic, only seven PS4 games, that are neither DLC or HD ports of games that were first released on 7th gen consoles/Wii U received only 90+ Metascore:
MGSV
Uncharted 4
Bloodborne
Witcher 3
INSIDE
Overwatch
Shovel Knight (This one is sort of a port, but I'll count it for the sake of inflating the numbers at least a little).
Reviews are way harsher now. This game is not going to reach +90 score.
There's absolutely no way it'll score anywhere near that.
Dishonored 2 was at 90; guess it dropped to 88.
My feelings towards the game (3 hours in, just reached Galvin Quay) are mostly the same as sappyday, tough I've not experienced glitches or frame drops so far (playing on Lite mode on PS4Pro).
A tip for current and future players: Try examining everything! You can usually trigger random world building dialogue between NPCs or the main party if you do so.
Though something that bothers me is that I don't really see the need to switch weapons constantly during battle? I feel like I'm missing a crucial element from the battle system, but so far I've managed to do everything so far by only using the sword that the weapon shop in Hammerhead sells that's better than Noctis' basic one.
A tip for current and future players: Try examining everything! You can usually trigger random world building dialogue between NPCs or the main party if you do so.
Though something that bothers me is that I don't really see the need to switch weapons constantly during battle? I feel like I'm missing a crucial element from the battle system, but so far I've managed to do everything so far by only using the sword that the weapon shop in Hammerhead sells that's better than Noctis' basic one.
robertsan21
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All I need to know is the following, is there a lot of
Side content,secret quests lines and amazing OP weapons and Armour to aquire ?
The world map is not only the area we have already seen and played in? there is much larger map right?
Side content,secret quests lines and amazing OP weapons and Armour to aquire ?
The world map is not only the area we have already seen and played in? there is much larger map right?
Thickstone
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Aren't they pretty overpriced though?
Guess we'll find out Monday! From what i played in the judgment demo, i loved everything about it... and ill be playing the full game today... so no matter what it gets, ill still enjoy it and decide for myself
Kacho
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I'd bet my house that this doesn't come close to sniffing a 90+ meta. It'll be a love it or hate it game so I think something in the 70's is much more likely.
Dark_castle
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I highly doubt a 70. Sounds like you just want it to fail
Reviewing in the 70's is more likely than in the 90's, at any case.
My personal guess is 80-85 range. Mostly because World of FF got 78 metascore, and I liked the Judgment demo more than what I've played of WOFF so far (around 30 hours).
Can we get this guy to make FFXVI?
I loved everything I played too, I just don't think the two things are related
There are 90+ games that I consider trash, as well as lower scored games that I consider masterpieces. I just think it won't review that well.
I loved everything I played too, I just don't think the two things are related
There are 90+ games that I consider trash, as well as lower scored games that I consider masterpieces. I just think it won't review that well.
It wont get a 70.. 80s? Sure, 70s? No way lol
Either way Ill be getting it today and playing it!
Kacho
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I highly doubt a 70. Sounds like you just want it to fail
You can think whatever you want but reviewers in general have been much harsher this generation and very few games have hit a 90 meta. If the story is as bad as some say and the combat is divisive then it's easy to expect something in the 70 range. Either way the review thread is going to be legendary.
thatJohann
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Why Lite mode on the Pro?
Hey, I'm just going to repeat my unanswered question from before:
Since the world is smaller than we thought and the areas get also smaller and more linear towards the end, can we at least expect a boost to graphical eye candy there? Similar to how polished FFXIII's levels were?
It's sad but at least that could console me a bit. I mean, I actually bought a Pro just for FFXV. XD
Since the world is smaller than we thought and the areas get also smaller and more linear towards the end, can we at least expect a boost to graphical eye candy there? Similar to how polished FFXIII's levels were?
It's sad but at least that could console me a bit. I mean, I actually bought a Pro just for FFXV. XD
Whats wrong with the graphics?
They looked AMAZING on the ps4 pro in the open world in the JUDGMENT demo
Played a little on the High setting and felt it was weirdly... uneven? Like, there weren't frame drop per se I think, but it felt definitely less smooth than Lite mode, and for a graphical boost that's not really all that noticeable to me. I'm not really into the technicals of these things but that's why.
Fbh
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Thx for the impressions everyone.
Really looking forward to playing it next week.
Based on most impressions here it sounds pretty much exactly like what I expected. Fun gameplay, ok side content and bad story.
And I mean seriously, people were expecting a good story? What was the last FF most people agree had a good story...X? In 2001?. It's like going to watch an M. Night Shyamalan movie expecting it to be good because sixth sense was good.
Still the world looks great, music is going to be great, the combat and progression seem fun and while the story is said to be bad at least most have liked the character interactions
Really looking forward to playing it next week.
Based on most impressions here it sounds pretty much exactly like what I expected. Fun gameplay, ok side content and bad story.
And I mean seriously, people were expecting a good story? What was the last FF most people agree had a good story...X? In 2001?. It's like going to watch an M. Night Shyamalan movie expecting it to be good because sixth sense was good.
Still the world looks great, music is going to be great, the combat and progression seem fun and while the story is said to be bad at least most have liked the character interactions
I'm getting the game regardless because I'm a fan but I don't see this getting above an 82 on MC. All of the areas where Western RPG's have made serious improvements in the past five years are the exact areas where this game gets a little hairy. That's not to say it won't be a fine game on its own, but I fear there's going to be a lot of "this would have been a groundbreaking game in 2012" comments made about it. And from the dozens of hours of footage I've seen of it already, those criticisms might not be unfounded.
Vismund Cygnus
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Thanks, good advice to at least wait, on the other hand, I find many reviewers actually show they never played older FFs in their perspective (e.g. presuming FFXV introduced openworld gameplay to the franchise)
The killer part is people in this thread talking about the one button combat (huge difference when it applies action RPG as opposed to turn-based, makes me expect shallow mechanics)
Keep posting folks, this week will be hectic for me, as I may quit being a fan of the franchise if FFXV fails me the way XIII did
Yes, it does look good for an open world game...but if it is true everything gets downsized and more restricted towards the end, there should graphically be more possible. I think many of FFXIII's restricted environments look actually prettier and more polished than FFXV's open world environments. I imagine FFXV could potentially reach Uncharted 4 or Ratchet & Clank levels of graphical awesome in it's more restricted areas. That's what I am asking.
guybrushfreeman
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That sounds exactly like the frame pacing issue from the Judgement Disc demo. The frame rate is 30 on average but each frame is uneven, some are 16ms, some are 55ms, some are 33ms making it feel 'juddery' and 'uneven'. Guess it wasn't fixed with the patch
Edit: You can see Digital Foundry talk about it in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew0_5fF0WaM Would you say it's just like that?
The only one with a truly awful story post X was XIII and its sequels. XI's is phenomenal, XII's starts out great but falls flat in the later parts and XIV has been really good so far. I think it's absolutely fair to expect at least some semblance of narrative direction and good storytelling here, especially given the wait.
Not really sure where that one button combat come from anyway, try it like that and fights could take 10 minutes, when you can clear then in 2-3 minutes with basic knowledge of skills and passives you get from the AP grid thingy.
the battle system is quite deep, even on the judgement demo only.
I've seen someone saying it felt better for them on regular PS4 after applying the patch (they played the game unpatched for a couple of hours while waiting for the download).
I think it was DarkLordMalik?
guybrushfreeman
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The frame pacing stuff was mostly a problem for the Pro mode I think. Base PS4 has less of that kind of issue
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I think the problem with FFXIII is that the story was poorly explained and had a lot of jargon.
The mythology was fine and all but the way FFXIII executed it was... Incomplete and it assumed you knew the mythology.
Really, Toriyama's team sucks at story telling and puts way too many stuff into a story.
Yep but you get it earlier always.
I never expected the story to be anything beyond mediocre. If the combat is fun enough, I'm down. My first jrpg in a while. 12 is still one of my favorites. Clearly story doesn't have to mean much. Being the Frankenstein's monster this game is, not sure how people expect more.
XII had a really shitty story. From the impressions it seems this is a reverse XII where the story starts out slow and then picks up in the latter half. I am looking forward to seeing how it shapes up against XIII (which I thought was an okay story) and XII which I thought was shit since all of them had developmental problems.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Sadly this game will get crushed by reviewers. I Predict A 60-70 metacritic. I've had it preordered and really looking forward to it but the writing is on the wall
It won't get a 60-70. More like a 80+
I'm a bit relieved to hear since I posted this on the other thread yesterday:
The tracking still hasn't updated, but hopefully it does.
I already informed eBay guy who's never had a problem with Sandston.
FrenchMovieTheme
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We will see my friend!
AkirraKrylon
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Mine was scanned and departed from NYC this morning (I am in CT). Called my local USPS and they said it should still be delivered today so I am hoping it will.
i thought you were living in the states.
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