New Final Fantasy XV screenshots
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Dark_castle
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It's confirmed not open world. There is a linear progression based on the story, they're not going to drop us right into a middle of nowhere and we can go anywhere and do whatever we want. In that sense, it'll likely be like Xenoblade Chronicles where the story takes us from one region to one another, each being massive in size, thus allowing for some player exploration and side tracking.
That Cuba designed on... It just adds so much character to the world, it seems so real!
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Are you f---ken kidding me? -sigh-
Is that hard to ask for a very sandboxy Final Fantasy that's like Skyrim/Witcher 3 in terms of open world, quest system, and story progression.
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Are you f---ken kidding me? -sigh-
Is that hard to ask for a very sandboxy Final Fantasy that's like Skyrim/Witcher 3 in terms of open world, quest system, and story progression.
The term "open world" is very vague. We and developers should use this word carefully.
p.s. http://press.na.square-enix.com/products/1087p251/screenshots source.
p.s. http://press.na.square-enix.com/products/1087p251/screenshots source.
No way.
The only thing i'll accept, is instanced cities and dungeons.
I want a real overworld, not some FFX-follow-the-path nonsense.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
Shit, even a short montage of clips from these places would have been great to release alongside the Dawn trailer.
Looks good, though. Oddly enough, the first screenshot is the most intriguing one to me.
Looks good, though. Oddly enough, the first screenshot is the most intriguing one to me.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Looking good as usual.
It's still open world like RDR. You can go anywhere, explore, and do whatever you want just as long as it's not story related.
artsi
Member
Thanks, updated the OP.
I wonder if they really flipped the car and roads, they were driving on the left before, now on the right.
It would seem that way since this source is official as it can get.
valkillmore
Member
So you actually get to drive the car? I wonder how the driving feels. Hopefully more GTA V and less Watch_Dawgz
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Looks great.
You could drive in the past, but I don't know if they confirmed after all the changes
At least in all the videos and screenshots Noctis is never driving the car
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I was referring to this line.
Sure you could go anywhere within that region, like how Shulk could go anywhere within Colony 9 or Gaur Plains when player reaches these places, but Shulk can't go from Colony 9 to say Eryth Sea straight away without progressing the linear story from the very beginning.
QuiteWhittle
Member
You can drive the car but you can't drive off-road.
Left is right and right is wrong.
artsi
Member
In the demo you had the option "Take the wheel", that was disabled however. Maybe it's still under development.
Tabata compared it to Red Dead Redemption, so I'm inclined to believe it'll be more like that than Xenoblade.
BossDarkseid
Member
Lol, are you serious?
Acquiescence
Member
That sounds like the worst thing ever to me. The last thing Final Fantasy needs to be like is Skyrim.
The Praiseworthy
Member
The hotel picture gave me a strong FF8 vibe... <3
BotchPoppaPump
Member
Until you get the late game off-road customizations. Fully integrated car combat.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Did you guys see the monster sign in the car pic? Looks like a walking alligator monster.
Yeah, auto-scaling enemies, clunky stick-swinging combat and a final boss that's essentially a mob with slightly more HP after a cutscene where old (dead) people literally yell at clouds is what I look for in JRPGs.
The Emperor
Member
Eww no thank you!!
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I've never played Red Dead Redemption, so I'm not sure how it was like. Is it not like GTAV but in a wild west setting?
The Emperor
Member
Same, that's my fav FF world so I'm beyond hyped
FF8 was the first Final Fantasy where they really went for the realistic look and setting. I mean, before the madness that was Disc 2, you had everything from school, exams, a Greek-architecture port town, cars, trains, radio towers, TV stations, a salary (lol), social networking (lolol).
Not surprising that "A fantasy based on reality" gives very similar vibes.
Yes and no. I mean, the overall structure of the game is similar, but in the end GTA is 90% city-based, while RDR has a much more open, frontier feel to it. In that sense it does feel like a very different game. It's hard to describe without playing it, really.
Not surprising that "A fantasy based on reality" gives very similar vibes.
Yes and no. I mean, the overall structure of the game is similar, but in the end GTA is 90% city-based, while RDR has a much more open, frontier feel to it. In that sense it does feel like a very different game. It's hard to describe without playing it, really.
The Emperor
Member
Time for SE to sue Facebook
Acquiescence
Member
Same. More specifically Timber or Balamb. This is a very good thing.
Don't forget the multitude of fetch quests that send you off to roam about in one of the reused environments you've already seen over and over before, with the only difference being how the rooms and corridors are positioned. Yup, that's what I want to see in my FF.
NHarmonic.
Member
Gladio looking amazing as always.
These aren't bullshots, right?
These aren't bullshots, right?
Man Called Aerodynamics
Member
These look great. More of this please Square.
YankeeDonB
Member
Right, as it should be for FF I think. Character/story/world progression move together.
Also, unsurprisingly, these shots are great. I want to go wade in that river!
Yeah exactly my thoughts. Thr atmosphere is very much ff8 for me.
Yeah. Not sure why this stuff wasn't shown last week when the world was watching.
The Last One
Member
This look soooo good. It's a shame the engine is having problems =(
What's your definition? Is this achievable in Luminous Engine? Probably. Will the final game have this IQ on current console hardware? Who knows at this point.
Last thing they've said about reso/framerate/IQ/AA/etc. was that a lot of things were still not optimized, if you want to use Duscae 2.0 as a benchmark (which looks far inferior to those shots especially in the AA dept)
Reminder that the Dawn trailer was also mentioned to be all in-game in the ATR.
Garrett Hawke
Member
I really hate the DOF in this game, it looks so cheap. Eh, at least they're showing stuff again.
You have an open world to explore but you also have set a destination for story progression. Once you initialize that story mission it sets you off on a specific path to reach some place, sometimes with a time limit so you don't go wandering off. It's basically also like Witcher 3 from all this info.
Here's more on XV.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
I really wish this engine wasn't completely fucked. The lighting is so incredibly good.
The lighting part can be used in other things. See: FF14.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
Was that added just recently with the new DX11 client in Heavensward? It's funny you mention it, because the lighting in regular XIV:ARR was actually one of my biggest gripes about that game, visually.
Really? I have some really amazing shots.
But remember Luminous lighting was also set for the original Versus engine as well.