Nightengale
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Still meant that it was part of the plan when it came to the design of battle system as of 2013.
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Final Fantasy XV TGS 2014 Trailer | Lord Nomura giveth us His only Son so we may live
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Still meant that it was part of the plan when it came to the design of battle system as of 2013.
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I don't think there was an English demo. The demo was only available with the limited release of ACC FFVII for Japan. Til this day, I still think that SE knew they goofed with XIII's patched together corridors and tried to hide this fact during the marketing stages. Th trailers were all edited to focus on battles and plot. Rarely did we actually get a walkthrough of what an average playthrough would look like. This obviously changed with XIII-2 and LR, where they demo-ed what gameplay was like, using specific missions and areas. A lot of XIII looked like it was put together in the last min, especially the weapons and accessories system.
I think Toriyama and SE did make a change and became more honest and open about what their game was going to play like, even though there was a lot of PR talk going on.
You realize games tend to record soundtracks at the end of the cycle and it takes no more than a month at that point to wrap production, right?
The Last One
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WOW, the trailer is already close to 3 million views.
Well, I'm horrible on time frames and those things, guess you're right. One month also for recording a 4 disc soundtrack?
The magic of bro trip.
We're talking about the actual recording process. Typically you'd have composition->orchestration/arrangement->recording->mixing/production.
Recording large ensembles involves getting a shit ton of players, booking studio time, possible rehearsals, etc, and is usually the most expensive part of the whole deal. You want to be absolutely sure that you aren't wasting any time during the sessions so you want to be 100% sure you aren't recording anything you don't need, which is why it's done right at the end so that you aren't recording stuff that might end up in a slashed cutscene if the pacing is off, for example. Or on the flipside, if you realize you actually need like 2 more cues recorded which would mean booking another session just for some leftovers.
And yeah, after that point typically production generally shouldn't take more than a month. Don't forget (as far as Japanese games still go, anyway) that soundtracks aren't wall-to-wall orchestral too. Simpler things like solo instruments or piano can be tracked in much smaller bite sizes.
(For what it's worth, as a more concrete recent example KH2.5 was 2 days of string recordings on our end, 50+ tracks. Production subsequently took ~4 weeks. Lightning Returns which is a little further back similarly took about a month after the sessions to fully wrap up)
brotkasten
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Thank your for the explanation and the video. It helped a little. So the battle is not even command based anymore? I guess that makes more sense to me, with the real-time battle system. I probably prefer that to Command + Real-time. It doesn't change the fact that you still got an AI party doing lots of stuff around you. I wish that would be gone, too.
I can't see Troy playing Prompto, anyway. How old are these dudes? I forget.
The FFXV characters? We only have a concrete age for Cor (42), but by series standards, I'm expecting Prompto, Noctis, Gladiolus and Ignis to be 16 at minimum and 20 at maximum.
Character switching kinda has to be in. It's FF, not Persona 3. How weird would it be of you couldn't get skills for characters who explicitly it vaguely for into one of the classic classes and then make use of those skills in combat as you see fit? Party control simply must be in, and I don't mean gambits. Not having it would be a huge drawback and they'd get slammed for it from all angles.
Yoko Shimomura tweeted about the TGS trailer. That music is new.
Yeah, I'm reading between the likes to assume that is indeed the goal. No later than 2016, I think.
Yoko Shimomura tweeted about the TGS trailer. That music is new.
Yeah, I'm reading between the likes to assume that is indeed the goal. No later than 2016, I think.
Verendus just gave a brief explanation on the controls, take note this stuff isnt apparently final
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=131046098&postcount=1798
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=131046098&postcount=1798
MadSkillzBahamut
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No way in hell thsoe guys are 16... I think even 20 would be too young. I think most games in the series have the characters in their early 20s and this looks the same.
DiipuSurotu
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Squall is 17.
In terms of lead characters, the oldest in the entire FF series is Lightning at 21. Firion, Cecil, Bartz, Terra, Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Tidus and Vaan all fall within the 16-20 range. Since the main party are said to be childhood friends of Noctis, I'm expecting their ages to align closely to his.
Mr. Wonderful
Member
Wow. Those ages, especially for the 16-bit games are non-sensical to me.
Really? They're all supposed to be coming of age stories of a sort.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
You didn't save the world by the time you were 20?
21 or 22 even would be acceptable but 23 and above and your prime is over.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Confirmation you can fight the adamantoise in the trailer. Holy crap. I can't help but wonder what end game material it drops. Adamant x4
Tabata says it will take an eternity but he's underestimating us. The first I'm gonna do is take that motherfucker down.
When you defeat the Adamantoise, your characters' testicles grow tenfold and are actually visible in the in-game models.
There's more to it than that though. Cecil is the highly respected captain of a Royal Air Force, for instance. That guy shouldn't be under 30 years old, realistically.
Better get ready to down that 20.000.000HP optional boss.
EmptySpace
Banned
And Stella is probably a 14 year old boy, who is 3 grades past his age group.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
He's also an alien. (Well, half-alien.)
brotkasten
Member
He also said the FF7 remake was in the works. He can't be trusted!
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
He was right with FFXV,KH3 and Dragon Quest appearing on Playstation. He did get the Yakuza localisation thing wrong though but I trust him.
Probably just pulling your leg.
Everyone could have predicted FFXV and KH3. He also said something about a PS4 Kingdom Hearts that's not KH3 to be released in 2014.
A lot of it seem like logical assumptions, but I can't declare that he doesn't know anything. It's okay to doubt him.
I don't like his avatar.
That movie blows.
David Hayter for Noctis.
NoctisVsStar
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Ishida pls, SE can't afford hayter even if they wanted to ;P
They should just cast the Game of Thrones cast as VA for this game, in fact I'll do it:
Noctis - Richard Madden aka Robb Stark
Prompto - Alfie Allen aka Theon Greyjoy
Gladiolus - Rory McCann aka The Hound
Ignis - Kit Harrington aka Jon Snow
Stella/Luna - Emilia Clarke aka Daenerys
Cor - Iain Glen aka Jorah Mormont
Regis - Sean Bean aka Ned Stark
Idola - Charles Dance aka Tywin Lannister
My only issue with this is that I still want to cast Dinklage and Pedro Pascal. Though there still are a bunch of unnamed characters. XP
Kagari on suicide watch.
I think it's pretty cute.
I don't like yours either.
NoctisVsStar
Member
What about mine?
Actually I take that back.
Stella and Luna are different people
Ali Hillis for Stella
Julie Nathanson (Chocolina) for Luna
Never liked Naruto.
Do you mean "I hope they aren't writing it in Japanese"? For the most part that's just how the language is.