The_Hitcher89
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Final Fantasy XV Impressions: Mark All Spoilers
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Do not trust this man's judgment on how long a delivery will take.
TwistedFate
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Overnight shipping from Ebay guy was worth, ordered late yesterday and I have it now. Of course NY would get it today though so I went and bought another copy, will give to a friend
This got me pretty hyped
Revolutionary
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Fuck yeah, got my dinner, game popped in and updated, start it up and... "install time remaining: 20 minutes"
For fuck's sake. Don't let me start the game if I can't actually play it, devs. I bought Battlefront with this week's sale and it did the same thing, except I got to actually dick around as Vader during the installation process
For fuck's sake. Don't let me start the game if I can't actually play it, devs. I bought Battlefront with this week's sale and it did the same thing, except I got to actually dick around as Vader during the installation process
LowParry
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The video really helped. I get it now.
Meaning it might get here later? The suffering...
ArkhamFantasy
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Mafia 3 did that, but it was alot worse than 20 minutes.
While installing, you can play it in Open Combat from the menu. You get some practice in an awesome map.
The_Hitcher89
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Death Penalty
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Still no one detailing the summon system or some other forms of ring magic yet? That makes me worry those systems are vestigial... Would anyone be willing to shed some light on these parts of the game?
Neff
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XIII is practically its own 'menu action' genre, you have to pay attention and react fast to the changing dynamics of battles, especially harder ones. Changing Paradigm Shifts and queueing commands can get pretty hectic. It's a great game.
Having played both the Duscae and Platinum demos extensively, it doesn't feel like FFXV has that same level of depth or interaction, but I'm aware that the demos withhold a lot of customisation features from the main game, so we'll see.
Neoleo2143
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It kinda reminds me of DMC1 a bit with these choices you could make in between the attack options as Matthewmatosis described it as. The combat still looks like unsatisfying flailing though which is still pretty disappointing. There's something not right about the animations on moves with Crushing properties.
I kinda don't want now xDAsk him what happened when he was waiting for Destiny to arrive
They make you sit through 5 minute car rides but they don't even bother showing a 3 minute cutscene explaining who the villains/Luna/Niffilhiem/Oracles are, it's like they expect everyone to have been following the game on forums and magazines since its announcement. I swear if I didn't know everything about the world/characters already I would be so lost. The cutscenes are so bad in this game it's just embarrassing, it's like they're straight out of a low budget remastered PSP game, even Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep has better cutscenes. If the world and main party weren't so good I'd be bored out of my mind.
rayman1900
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Yeah relax dude.
I'm loving the game but the cutscenes are just ruining my interest in the story, they're terrible, like Bethesda terrible. That is not acceptable in a Final Fantasy in my opinion.
Uh, he pointed out what seem like reasonable complaints and praised the game's world and main cast. Hardly "hating the game so hard."
Relaxed Muscle
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Um, just watching the first 2 videos, there seems a lot of fluffly useless moves, like the sidestep sword attack and the slashing lance combo.
Maybe after playing too much DS/BB where every move has a purpose and is deliberate my mind is fucked up.
I remember playing the Platinum Demo and not feeling it (Yeah, I watched that 12 minute video a gaffer made, still didn't feel it)
He is criticizing something that was criticized before by more than one person. Chill.
Revolutionary
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Yeah you're right, I didn't notice. It's basically the same thing as the Vader installation - mindless killing lol.
Anyways, installation's done (took longer than 20 btw), so in I go. See you all on the other side.
theofficefan99
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To the people complaining about the "PSP esque" cutscenes...
That's what happens when people demand costume changes to be visible 24/7. Like, to this day idk of a game that allows visible costume changes whilst having good cutscene direction.
I don't think Tabata should be blamed for it either. Crisis Core and ***The 3rd Birthday (I accidentally wrote Type-0 initially...) had excellent cutscene direction. Type-0 had hardware limitations IIRC (but yes its cutscenes were awful)
With this game though with the size of the world plus the ability to change your costume obviously would cause cutscenes to most likely take a noticeable hit. XIII-2 and LR had changeable outfits showing in cutscenes as well and the cutscenes were 100x less enjoyable to watch than XIII's.
Playing through World of FF and the cutscenes are a joy to watch.
I'm hoping XVI sticks to default outfits.
That's what happens when people demand costume changes to be visible 24/7. Like, to this day idk of a game that allows visible costume changes whilst having good cutscene direction.
I don't think Tabata should be blamed for it either. Crisis Core and ***The 3rd Birthday (I accidentally wrote Type-0 initially...) had excellent cutscene direction. Type-0 had hardware limitations IIRC (but yes its cutscenes were awful)
With this game though with the size of the world plus the ability to change your costume obviously would cause cutscenes to most likely take a noticeable hit. XIII-2 and LR had changeable outfits showing in cutscenes as well and the cutscenes were 100x less enjoyable to watch than XIII's.
Playing through World of FF and the cutscenes are a joy to watch.
I'm hoping XVI sticks to default outfits.
Neoleo2143
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Xenoblade (not really X which is disappointing) had perfectly fine direction in its cutscenes most of the time and had visible costume changes.
Yeah, I still have my Deluxe Edition coming on release day, so I'll be giving eBay copy to my brother sometime then. He hasn't played FF since X but has been interested in XV since 2011.
Relaxed Muscle
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Even if the plot sucked balls....MGSV.
MGS: Camo's and suits worn by the players are shown in cutscenes.
Kingdom Hearts: Drive Forms and keyblades equipped are often shown in real time cutscenes.
PowderedToast
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also tabata doesn't 'direct' cutscenes. he directs the game's production
there might be correlation in his decision making and the cutscenes not being up to standard, but that's it
there might be correlation in his decision making and the cutscenes not being up to standard, but that's it
theofficefan99
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Haven't played the game, but I did watch a ton of footage. It has some well-directed cutscenes but there's a ton of standing-around cutscenes as well. Plus Xenoblade's not the most visually impressive game. The character models are, er, ya.
EndlessSky
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These look good, but from the impressions, the people who were saying "hold button to win" were saying all this was useless since normal battles are so simple that you can just hold a button and win. I just hope this doesn't end up like Witcher 3 where there were a decent number of skills, but the battles were so easy and simple that the number of skills really didn't matter.
Some of the Metal Gears did this (specifically 3) and they we're done very well. Bioware games had fully customisable characters and also handle it well, DA:I in particular I remember being impressed with.
theofficefan99
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Hmm got me there. I guess I should clarify and say an RPG.
Also TBH "cutscene direction" is probably not the right term to use. I've just noticed that a lot of RPG's with changeable costumes don't really have impressive cutscenes. There's graphical issues and a lot of standing around and robotic movement isn't uncommon. Of course some of these games have some exciting cutscenes, but comparing XIII-2 with XIII for example, and XIII is simply leagues ahead. Every cutscene was crafted with care and it shows.
Also, from what I've seen of XV, there is a lot of the Bioware/Bethesda-Esque standing around and talking, but I have also seen some regular cutscenes that seem pretty nicely directed. I guess they're just not very common in the first half.
Let's be real. The problem is how there are made and customization has nothing to do with it. So many other games have no problem with this.
In-game outfits are not really the problem with bland or badly directed cutscenes.
I mean, Assassin's Creed I and II where visually stunning when they released but outside of some key events most of their cutscenes where more or less what you are getting from this game and I did not have custom outfits and II where mostly re-colors with 1 exception.
If I have to throw a wild guess I am going to say that is more a budget/time/priority thing... but then again this is the same company that thought that some of the scenes on Kingsglaive were Ok to put in the final product so who knows.
The Last One
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I think the only thing missing from the Pro version is the 60fps which will be released in December.
SlasherJPC
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Welp, I'm joining the fam!
Impressions coming later.
Impressions coming later.
Primethius
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The casual alt costumes are sooooo much better then the default.
Welp, I'm joining the fam!
Impressions coming later.
Where's your Lamborghini?
SlasherJPC
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