Almost everything, except the dithering in the hair.
Final Fantasy XV: Platinum Demo Thread
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Almost everything, except the dithering in the hair.
...da fuq did I just play? I haven't seen much to get me excited about this game and this certainly didn't do it.
My biggest concern coming out of this demo is the combat. It seemed Kingdom Hearts-ish and I'm just not a fan of those games. I personally prefer ATB/CTB over all else in the series, but do greatly enjoy both XII and XIII's combat systems. I had watched some gameplay from the previous demo and didn't like what I was seeing, and playing this was pretty damning. It's like an action game that's just convoluted enough to not be called an action game.
Carbuncle looks adorbs, though.
My biggest concern coming out of this demo is the combat. It seemed Kingdom Hearts-ish and I'm just not a fan of those games. I personally prefer ATB/CTB over all else in the series, but do greatly enjoy both XII and XIII's combat systems. I had watched some gameplay from the previous demo and didn't like what I was seeing, and playing this was pretty damning. It's like an action game that's just convoluted enough to not be called an action game.
Carbuncle looks adorbs, though.
YankeeDonB
Member
Ah yes, hair dithering I DO notice.
Didn't expected the game to look this rough up close. From afar it looks kinda good but they still have a lot to optimize. Also, I am pretty certain so far that I prefer the combat system in the Duscae Episode.
The Duscae Episode?
The Duscae Episode?
Garrett Hawke
Member
Do we know what is causing the ugly aliasing? Because I swear it's extremely inconsistent. Reminds me of Rise of the Tomb Raider:
Notice in this shot, the foliage looks fine:
I have a theory it's related to the way they implement DOF, because in this shot:
Look at the panel on the top left. Jaggy af though the render resolution is 1080p.
Notice in this shot, the foliage looks fine:
But Noct's outline is a mess.
I have a theory it's related to the way they implement DOF, because in this shot:
the things in the distance look particularly bad.
Yeah sure, a section from the actual game would have been much better received, no idea why they went with this, maybe it was already done? Maybe they just felt about experimenting?
Still, the trailer for the demo opens up with A FUN AND FREE FFXV, someone could always play the "they told you beforehand"-card.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Watching the e3 2013 combat trailer the Iron giant hardly flinched when Noctis I attacked him since I saw some folks saying they didn't feel their attacks hit hard. I'll say this controlling armiger seems a bit difficult at the moment hopefully they tweak that.
Digital-Hero
Member
A build number is the best bet to find out how old it is and even that may not be accurate. Most studios have different ways of coming up with build numbers. Some use actual dates.
With that being said, you'd probably have to go into a debug version to get it anyway.
Just wait until the game releases and pray the perf is better.
With that being said, you'd probably have to go into a debug version to get it anyway.
Just wait until the game releases and pray the perf is better.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Yea i think thats supposed to be the point, it is a boss after all too. Same happened in episode duscae it took alot to flinch bigger enemies
There are very few games with animations as good as FFXV's, though.
Karspankey
Banned
It can look bad
And not as bad
And not as bad
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Wouldn't be gaf without hyperbole. Is it hard for people to just simply go "meh i didn't like, doesn't look as good as expected and the combat wasn't to my liking"?
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
The demo or the actual game itself? I'm so confused. If you are saying the game looks terrible...... what.
Pretty sure this demo turned me sour on the game. Didn't enjoy the combat in the boss segment, the movement in the game is too tank-like for my tastes and the performance had me completely appalled. Everything else was overall just a drag and the lightning effects are so shoddily done that at times I can't see shit due to how dark it is.
Demo or not I don't think releasing this was a good move. It feels like a poor, confusing effort overall.
Demo or not I don't think releasing this was a good move. It feels like a poor, confusing effort overall.
RedAssedApe
Banned
you should probably quit gaming then as you probably won't be satisfied by the animation in most other games
lol I'm waiting for someone to say their cat dropped dead after glancing in the demo's direction.
Whompa02
Member
Dark Side Phil is that you? I really don't understand these comments, oh well. Installing the demo now. Hope you're wrong (I know the hyperbole is so real here).
YankeeDonB
Member
Top of citadel warp attack is awesome, though I biffed it once and took massive fall damage.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
The environments and The creatures look phenomenal in the game. Almost everything looks amazing to me. The hair is the weirdest thing, and I still don't find this bad looking. How do you guys okay games if FFXV looks awful? Not rhetorical, I'm genuinely curious. Every time I see a trailer or some scenes from the demo I just go "wow". Witcher 3 made men do that quite a few times as well, but far cry and bloodborne(while I love the designs and aesthetic) didn't really do that for me.
Ultimately, I guess we'll agree to disagree. It a a very beautiful game imo though.
Haha same. I think I was trying to get the weapons on the platform and missed the platform and just fell all the way down. Got to see the animation where he takes a lot of fall damage though, and that was neat
Onimusha78
Member
Wow.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lmao i messed up on my first try, trying to get the sheild, the animation when you fall from up high had me rolling
Antilurker77
Member
Controls are sluggish and the performance is awful. Attacks don't feel like they have any impact. I will probably pass on the console version... maybe the PC version will be better.
I think the hyperbole about this demo is out of control. I just finished it and it's a nice tech demo that just gives you the smallest taste of what the environments and lighting are going to be like. The whining about the frame rate and graphics is way, way out of proportion.
Square/Enix would have done well to market this as a tech demo and not representative of the experience as a whole, though.
Square/Enix would have done well to market this as a tech demo and not representative of the experience as a whole, though.
LordOcidax
Member
Yes, is that bad.... sad but true.
YankeeDonB
Member
I even warped out of my fall, but with a short warp that ended nowhere and then splat :-(
like, i get it, i got dissapointed by the demo too! but it kinda feels like tabata himself killed family members to some posters here or something with all this hyperbole in this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Xd45LPlOI
here you go dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Xd45LPlOI
here you go dude
Garrett Hawke
Member
No it's not lmao
Show me a single PS2 game with animations anywhere near this quality.
Lol. GTFO of here..
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Honestly if you step off gaf its a different tone about the demo from what I've read
toddhunter
Member
That accounts for most of the demo, but are we all just ignoring the fight at the end?
Is it ok if people can call that crappy based on what they played?
Onimusha78
Member
A PS2 game? lol
Does the hyperbole stop the longer these threads go on? I've never been in the thick of it like this before
LordOcidax
Member
Dude i am talking about the demo, is trash.
Garrett Hawke
Member
It's just a tech demo, man. You're supposed to see some big guy swinging a big sword. They don't give you many abilities and he's not all that strong. It's just a basic thing in a generic arena. I think they totally biffed it by not explicitly calling this out for what it is - just a showcase for the environmental and lighting effects and *very* light combat.
LordOcidax
Member
No, talk about this part "I played this for about 5 minutes and shut it off. The game looks terrible"
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Ard be honest...who else keeps burning themselves lol!! I keep forgetting magic effects me too
YankeeDonB
Member
Lots of discussion of it earlier in the thread. I found it quite nice once I got used to the updated controls. Perfect dodges, warp-strike into air combo, staggering giant with shield, shuriken attacks, all felt good and responsive.
But no question it needs a tutorial or something, particularly for people who didn't play Duscae.
And of course it's not going to be for everyone.
pretty sure it'd altleast stay up until launch so you'd be good
they haven't said anything so I dont think it'd dissapear quickly
Garrett Hawke
Member
You should be able to buy it on the webstore and then unless SE nukes it a la PT (which I doubt they will do) even if it's delisted you'll be able to download it when you get to your PS4.
Death Penalty
Member
Actually that's exactly what Tabata said it was.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
You can fight a stronger version of the knight as well that presents a bit more of a challenge. To be fair, they also called it a tech demo, which is what it is.
It apparently needs blinking red lights in the beginning menu screen **TECH DEMO** to stave off the GAF posters with their pitchforks.