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[Toth]

General consensus is that the game isn't very good so /yawn. Still haven't played my PS4 copy more than 4 hours or so and I have 0 motivation to go back.

That's not the general consensus at all.

 

[Mediking]

Nice, might actually try the game now.

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ALL THIS TIME... YOU NEVER EVEN PLAYED THE GAME?

 

[Ourobolus]

Enjoy, guys. Great game with some definite flaws, but I had fun through and through.

 

[benzy]

Shirtless Gladio mod!

Already unlockable for the main game with the Gladio DLC.

 

[CHC]

That's not the general consensus at all.

The consensus is definitely not one or universal praise, you have to admit that.

Still, I'm relieved we finally got a PC confirmation. I've been meaning to check this out, and it'll be all the better once they have everything nailed down in terms of updates.

 

[rrs]

150 GB sounds like the end of my connection

 

[Crazy Diamond]

THE GOAT RETURNS LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

 

[copelandmaster]

I wonder how high that framerate goes...

 

[Socivol]

Yes. It's in the credits. In the main menu hit "Full Credits" and it's there.

Is that song on the OST? I have it and I don't recall ever hearing it but I love it!

 

[thehillissilent]

Would that even make sense with 170GB to decrypt it?

Well, it's either that or waiting for days for some people to download. You have to pick your poison.

 

[CHC]

Also lol @ the official title being "WINDOWS EDITION"

Whose idea was that?

 

[Durante]

Nice.

*sigh* I guess I might have to buy it for the graphics. Eventually.

Also, the Steam page lists "online coop" as a feature. What exactly does that mean? I stopped really following the game years ago so I must have missed that. If I could play most of the game in coop that would actually be a significant selling point for me.

 

[Socivol]

*sigh* I guess I might buy it for the graphics.

Also, the Steam page lists "online coop" as a feature. What exactly does that mean? I stopped really following the game years ago so I must have missed that. If I could play most of the game in coop that would actually be a significant selling point for me.

Multiplayer DLC Comrades it's not out yet on consoles.

 

[Koozek]

Yes. It's in the credits. In the main menu hit "Full Credits" and it's there.

Ohh, really? Thought the other credits had one of the Florence & the Machines songs, but maybe I'm not remembering right.

 

[jrcbandit]

Just noticed the disk space required lol. That's about 1/5th of my data cap per month. Big nope even if I wanted it solely as a graphics show piece.

 

[Parsnip]

Shocking!

Well, not really.

I might buy it.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Was waiting on this version to play it. Nice to see it finally confirmed.

 

[Pics_nao]

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Guess I'm not playing this after all

 

[Christhor]

The thing about spoiler images...most people won't know they're spoilers unless they know something about the story.

You only have to know something about the story? I think you need to know more than that to figure out what a picture of someone visible older who kinda looks like the main character means.

 

[Durante]

Multiplayer DLC Comrades it's not out yet on consoles.

So it's just a limited special mode?

 

[benzy]

*sigh* I guess I might have to buy it for the graphics. Eventually.

Also, the Steam page lists "online coop" as a feature. What exactly does that mean? I stopped really following the game years ago so I must have missed that. If I could play most of the game in coop that would actually be a significant selling point for me.

A multiplayer expansion is coming out, they released the console beta for it earlier this month. Looks like the multiplayer and all the DLC will be included with the PC version.

Also, can't wait for your review/impressions of the port.

 

[Brandon F]

That's not the general consensus at all.

The general consensus is that plenty have valid criticisms that push it far below the expected quality level of the franchise reputation, while others are able to find value or merit somewhere in between the cracks. There is absolutely no common ground whatsoever.

 

[benzy]

So it's just a limited special mode?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1411461

• Beta entry is for those who own the season pass.
• PlayStation®Plus required.
• You can create and save up to 8 characters.
• Develop avatars using experience gained from defeating enemies and completing quests.
• Noctis and his friends will also be made playable at a later date. (probably after Episode Ignis is out?)
• Unlock customization elements with item purchases at outposts and quest rewards.
• Hubs include a base camp and a city. The city will be in the full version, not the beta.
• Weapons include katana, club, dagger, polearm, crossbow, shields, and shuriken.
• Attack patterns vary from those of Noctis.
• New system called Royal Sigils. Sounds to be the Kingsglaive magic thing. There will be 4 Royal Sigils in the beta.
• Online parties will consist of four players. If you played alone you'll get 3 A.I companions.
• The beta will include three quests.
• There's a cooking system where you and your party collect ingredients during the quest to cook them afterward.
• There's a thing called Meteorshards that sounds like a currency to unlock new quests.
• You can create camps to meet up with friends.
• You can take photographs.
• Interact with other players using preset chat messages. Also supports voice chat.

 

[khaaan]

Where's the music from the trailer from?

Also 150GB? lol nevermind, I had most of my fill from the PS4.

Edit: Ah, song is from the credits. Makes sense, pretty sure I skipped them lol.

 

[Durante]

If even Nier Automata can sell 500K, I can't see that not happening

It would have easily sold a million had they released it on day 1. This way? Nah.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1411461

Thanks.

 

[Nirolak]

So it's just a limited special mode?

Think of how Mass Effect works and you're on the right track.

 

[Dead Prince]

is this going to be the up to date game that is now on ps4? or do i have to pay more?

 

[Koozek]

I know that I've heard it in game, since I was looking for it after that, so I've done quick research and now I have some proof. It is being played as the last song when you open credits from the main menu, which explains why I was thinking it was somewhere around the end of the game

In spoiler tag because it was recorded after finishing the game.

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/KgREmOvFJYg?t=588

edit: beaten

Okay, forgot it was used in the title screen credits, but the actual credits playing when you finish the game don't play this song, though.

 

[Knurek]

It would have easily sold a million had they released it on day 1. This way? Nah.

Oh, it will still sell a million.
Just not as fast as Nier. Just give it a few 50% off sales and/or pricing error on Square Enix store.

 

[FinalAres]

The general consensus is that plenty have valid criticisms that push it far below the expected quality level of the franchise reputation, while others are able to find value or merit somewhere in between the cracks. There is absolutely no common ground whatsoever.

Whilst this is a fair estimation of what people like and dislike, you'll never have a consensus because people have wildly varyin opinions. The general consensus is not reflective of everyone but it's there to give you an idea of what people think on average.

Which is that it's an 8/10 game.

 

[Durante]

Think of how Mass Effect works and you're on the right track.

Thanks, that gives me a good idea.

Too bad, no one except Bandai-Namco seems to be into creating action RPGs with full coop.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

150GB means you don't ever need to play anything else, and I agree

General consensus is that the game isn't very good so /yawn.

Man sit your ass down somewhere with all that, there's no such thing as a general consensus

 

[PshycoNinja]

Ohh, really? Thought the other credits had one of the Florence & the Machines songs, but maybe I'm not remembering right.

It does. The full credits go through three songs. First, Too Much is Never Enough. Second, Somnus. Third, Prelude.

You only have to know something about the story? I think you need to know more than that to figure out what a picture of someone visible older who kinda looks like the main character means.

You see this design at the opening of the game.

So it's just a limited special mode?

No. It's a full blown multiplayer mode with single-player story missions. Was pretty fun to play in the closed online test a few weeks ago and you can create and customize your character with one of the best character creation options so far this gen. Besides Black Desert.

 

[TuXx]

Already unlockable for the main game with the Gladio DLC.

Lol, shirtless Gladio is actually an added incentive for an official DLC.

Bless Tabata.

 

[FinalAres]

That song in the trailer, the prelude thing. Is that on the soundtrack? I bought the soundtrack on google play and couldn't find that song. Anyone know the official name and if its on there?

 

[Arkeband]

Better than Blood and Wine, About equal to Doom.

Yeah it's a personal problem, you don't like it great but there's lots of people that think it's a great game. So opinions and all that but the game is far from garbage.

I said vanilla Diablo 3 was garbage (not a controversial statement), don't go conflating criticisms in defense of FFXV when I'm explaining why people would sink significant time into a game they end up not liking aside from "personal problems".

Thanks, that gives me a good idea.

Too bad, no one except Bandai-Namco seems to be into creating action RPGs with full coop.

Technically Dark Souls isn't "full coop" as it forcibly unsummons people after certain criteria are met (death, boss kills), although you can get pretty close by continually re-inviting people. But we know the games aren't really fully designed around this, as evidenced by boss AI that doesn't change when more than one player is present.

 

[Sectorseven]

Do you have to download the 4k textures? If I'm content with 1080, is there like a 60gb download option?

 

[RedlineRonin]

I'll probably sit tight til Volta for this.

I can't wait to see some 1080, 1440 and 4K benchmarks with all NV gameworks stuff cranked up.

I have to imagine there's no way, despite their recommended, you could even do 4K30 on a 1080Ti with all that stuff cranked up.

 

[GhostTrick]

It would have easily sold a million had they released it on day 1. This way? Nah.

Thanks.

Not only that, they would've sold additionnal content. I mean, as a consumer, I prefer that, since I avoided a full price clumsy release.

 

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[jipewithin]

Already unlockable for the main game with the Gladio DLC.

Can't wait to see best boy in 4K!

 

[Rushersauce]

Yeah for 4k. The highest AO and Shadow options should be huge fps killers even on lower resolutions though.



Don't turn gameworks on

no. Gameworks games tend to be poorly optimized for AMD GPUs

 

[Durante]

1080Ti as recommended, what a hot mess this is going to be.

It could be, but just having high recommended specs doesn't indicate that.

Personally, I think it's nice that S-E seems to have moved significantly beyond just offering the console version at higher resolution for this game.

 

[Socivol]

1080Ti as recommended, what a hot mess this is going to be. Not even going to comment on the ridiculous 170GB.

This isn't even worth a steam sale.



FFXV can't serve as a doormat to Blood and Wine.

That's the recommended card for 4k graphics. I'm sure the recommended specs for 1080p/60fps will be significantly lower than a 1080 TI.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Besides the nvidia exclusive tech looks like the main improvements are IQ. Which they would've done an overhaul for the skin and eye shaders like the 2014 build. Would put this ahead of other games for quite a while in terms of character rendering.

 

[Knurek]

That's the recommended card for 4k graphics. I'm sure the recommended specs for 1080p/60fps will be significantly lower than a 1080 TI.

OTOH, FFXIII PC port.

 

[FLAguy954]

Fuck yes.

 

[Owari]

Even less reason to buy an Xbox one X.

 

[Randomizer]

As someone who somewhat enjoyed the original game on release, I'd highly recommend this. Especially with all the post-release improvements and patches. It's not anywhere near the best in the series, in actual fact I'd place it somewhere in the bottom half of the rankings. But it is certainly a solid game with hours worth of content.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Even less reason to buy an Xbox one X.

How? What does XBOX even remotely have to do with this?