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All-New Press Previews of Final Fantasy XV's First 5 Chapters
- Thread starter Koozek
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What's your definition of interactive storytelling?
PshycoNinja
Member
Lol, oops. I meant "QA". Just checked your LinkedIn. Impressive! Hope there's some stuff you're allowed to talk about after the game's out
Probably not. But I do hope people enjoy the game.
And thank you! It really is a team effort on all those projects. I strive to do my best with everything I am on. Really proud of our work on Heavensward and Bravely Second especially.
Collection of Link Strike GIFs from someone on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFXV/comments/58qmrh/link_strike_gallery/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFXV/comments/58qmrh/link_strike_gallery/
Wait mode really is starting to sound like the option that will make the gameplay bearable for me. I find my tastes line up with Jeremy's plenty too, so that's good.
https://gfycat.com/AgreeableWindyKodiakbear
What's going on here?
EDIT: Can't believe I just noticed Ignis doing a flip too.
YankeeDonB
Member
Hmm, my guess is Russian circus act.
There is no such thing as interactive storytelling. A game either leans towards story or towards interaction, as the two things work against each other.
If you want your game to be fun, you are gonna allow the gamers do whatever they want. And you know what gamers will do? They will hang around in Golden Saucer when the meteor is about to hit the earth - not very immersive don't you think?
Or you can make a hallway shooter and tell gamers exactly what to do, such as "press F to pay respect".
Or you can make anything in between the two extremities and try to balance story and gameplay, but you can't excel in both. TLoU is the closest game I've played to the perfect balance, but I have issues with that game's story and gameplay too.
I'm not saying a fun game can't have a good story, but the story is only good in the frame of videogames.
Scientist or Philosopher
Neo Member
The Italian video didn't tell much from what I could tell (I speak more of a Naples dialect rather than proper Roman Italian). It's just a lot of explaining the combat system, how it's different and exciting for the series, talks a little about all the confirmed summons, etc.
Nothing noteworthy.
As for Armiger....god it looks so good
Sorry for the off topic: Roman Italian? Standard modern Italian derives from Tuscan.
And like people's opinion on the voice acting, this is pretty subjective...I'd drop the subject.
xxdoshiyarovexx
Member
Sorry I just need to take a moment and fawn over how amazing Ravus and Verstael's (versatile?) outfits are. God damn, that duality and angular asymetry *____*
Do we know if Tetsuya concepted Ravus's outift or Roberti?
MagnaderAlpha
Member
Wonder who the guy behind Ravus is. He's dressed in similar armor to Loqi. It is to note that the flashback where young Luna is thrown onto the ground by an armored man, that man also wore similar styled armor.
Jeuxfrance vid
As for Verstael, it is apparent they changed the color of his gloves from white to black.
Maybe they thought his design looked too similar to Dr Cid:
A focus on reds and purples, and white gloves.
I'm actually curious to Verstael's designs. He's supposed to be the head of the research facility, responsible for Magitek weapons, but he's dressed in armor unlike, say, FFVI's Cid(who is basically of a similar position despite being a more kind-hearted man, well, from what we see of Verstael, he looks cold and evil), or even FFXII's Dr. Cid(who dresses similar, though in the case of Draklor Laboratory, you see other Archadian scientists(men and women working with Nethicite) that are also dressed "similarly", so I guess it is that world's style of "scientific research uniform").
I got some serious deja vu from this post. I swear I posted something very very similar multiple threads ago (i think back at or before Pax) ._.
Either way, I completely agree.
Isn't she voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro? I doubt she'd take such a minor role.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
*Pure, theoretical spoilers based on the last couple of pages*
So..... what if Noctis
My issue with that is this implies
UNLESS....
So..... what if Noctis
is Bahamut incarnate? You morph into your final form after revisiting chapter 0 against Ifrit.
My issue with that is this implies
Ifrit isn't summonable for much of the game if he's the (near) final boss. And neither is Bahamut.
UNLESS....
The reason Ifrit is "fickle" is because he starts on your side until his true side/intentions/identity is revealed. And maybe Noctis is conveniently hidden during Bahamut summons until the final battle reveal?
This is the very definition of "changing things aimlessly"
They even cut out the explanation for the clones.
Whew. Really love all these attack animations. I don't entirely understand all of them, yeah, but they're all still cool. That "Dragon Drop's" gotta be my favorite, as well as "Trading Places."
I hope there are still quite a few we haven't seen yet, although I'd be happy enough with these.
Asking for Mognet's @SonOfEtro, someone able to translate a few tidbits from this Spanish interview with Tabata, por favor? E.g. about the connection to FNC around the 8min mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYBXeZIZw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYBXeZIZw4
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Some of the best stories in games are mostly interactive and tightly interwoven experiences.
It's not really subjective. Remember that these actors do ADR, they were watching the body language of the characters and this is the tone they went with, it's really bad. Western games at this point generally don't have an issue with acting quality. That's why shit like FFXV sticks out like a sore thumb when we get dialogue and acting quality like that.
theSlacker
Member
Think I like Ignis's the best. It helps that he gets god damn X-strike.
AlexFlame116
Member
So we're still waiting on seeing Emperor Aldercapt in the game right? Or is there footage of him? I know that he was seen in Kingsglaive.
Mediking
Member
....
When you realize that one of the many Noctis avatars on GAF, actually has worked on FFXV.....
gamingPotato7
Member
The interviewer asked how hard it was to introduce FNC to FF XV, basically what they have done to solve this problem.
Tabata says they didnt have it much in mind since FF XIII and FF XV are completely different. The philosophy of Final Fantasies is that each game can be enjoyed as a standalone game but also trying to maintain some of the folklore between entries. Trying to incorporate FNC in FF XV would be counterproductive to new players although, of course, both are Final Fantasies, but they didnt think about it too much.
LordKasual
Banned
"My mirages" is an "explanation"? Lol
She's a violent, megalomanicial crazy nutcase in both versions. Again, nothing was lost in translation, she has no shortage of dialogue before and after the fight. None of those dialogue changes you posted change anything about her character.
If you ask me, she sounds way more terrifying in the English version. Before the fight she tells you she's going to "festoon the canopy with your entrails", and then spends the fight thoroughly enjoying the power display. TBH I'm more interested in what changed in the pre/post fight dialogue more than her battle quotes.
AlexFlame116
Member
Whoa wait you've worked on the game??? Really?
PshycoNinja
Member
I haven't said I worked on the game. And if I did you will hear me "officially" say so around launch. I usually don't say what I work on until the game I work on releases. A general rule of thumb for me. But that's never stopped anyone from speculating.
Yes?
lol
becomes
Lmao are you
sirius.
Mediking
Member
I haven't said I worked on the game. And if I did you will hear me "officially" say so around launch. I usually don't say what I work on until the game I work on releases. A general rule of thumb for me. But that's never stopped anyone from speculating.
Lmao. Nice dodging of crossing NDA.
....
I'm waiting for the bomb to drop that youre the voice actor for Noctis.
theSlacker
Member
I haven't said I worked on the game. And if I did you will hear me "officially" say so around launch. I usually don't say what I work on until the game I work on releases. A general rule of thumb for me. But that's never stopped anyone from speculating.
Just never admit that you worked on the localization team if you did. People will be out for blood. :3
LordKasual
Banned
okay yeah you're right, they should have just thrown it through Google Translate and hired someone to spruce it up so it could stay as pure and true as possible
I'm sure she'll be a reoccuring boss. But in FF games you rarely just flat out murder characters like Aranea, so im sure she'll play her part.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Has there ever been a truly evil Dragoon in the FF series? I don't know how much the rest of you know about Dragoon culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it.
I haven't said I worked on the game. And if I did you will hear me "officially" say so around launch. I usually don't say what I work on until the game I work on releases. A general rule of thumb for me. But that's never stopped anyone from speculating.
same
Huh? I know they do that, but then how would you direct the VA's to match the body language in that scene of Noctis whining and dragging his feet so that the "Calm the hell down" line would make sense? This is more a problem of the animations and body language itself. Just look at all the comments on the animations for interactions between Iris and Noctis.
A huge portion of arts is largely judged subjectively. It's just the same as the WoFF example you posted in another thread. That scene in particular, many thought was great and I agree. Perhaps the screaming was a little grating? Or the dialogue or voice acting in other scenes were not so good? but that scene? Seemed good to me.
https://twitter.com/gamespite/status/789864978429779968
Jeremy Parish
-10 hours with FFXV's preview build has pushed me from "completely ambivalent" to "preorder confirmed." In case you're wondering how I feel.
-In 10 hours of play, I've barely made any progress into the story. I'm still near the start of Chapter 2 (of 15). The Skyrim Effect at work!
-10 hours with FFXV's preview build has pushed me from "completely ambivalent" to "preorder confirmed." In case you're wondering how I feel.
-In 10 hours of play, I've barely made any progress into the story. I'm still near the start of Chapter 2 (of 15). The Skyrim Effect at work!
LordKasual
Banned
The voice acting is just really spotty in this game. The actors are fine, the acting itself though just feels rushed, almost a bit disconnected. There are even some odd cases where the timing cuts the previous line off.
If any corners were cut on XV, it was definitely here. The Gladio/Noct scene was particularly jarring for me, it really felt like the actors weren't really given any context for the scene.
Of course, between gamescom to the first showing of the updated build, they changed and added lines of dialogue. So hopefully it's a bit better on release.
If any corners were cut on XV, it was definitely here. The Gladio/Noct scene was particularly jarring for me, it really felt like the actors weren't really given any context for the scene.
Of course, between gamescom to the first showing of the updated build, they changed and added lines of dialogue. So hopefully it's a bit better on release.
:| ugh
Thank you!
Will quote you on Mognet.EDIT: Ohh, just saw that @Lulost on Mognet translated the whole thing now:
"Hi everybody, it's my first post here so I took the liberty to translate the interview in spanish. Sorry for my poor english.
Q: Will FFXV be coming to PCs? Also, what about the PS4Pro version of the game, the improvements will consist only in 4K and HDR or therell be modes/configurations for the player to choose how the game looks?
HT: About the PC were focusing all our efforts into the console versions of the game. So were not looking into it right now to be honest. Making a PC version of the game would mean wed have to readjust a lot of stuff and concentrate solely on developing it, even though the development team has shown interest in getting a PC version out at some point. About the PS4PRO, its basically the same thing about the PC if we wanted to take full advantage of the new hardware that would mean putting in much effort and time to make the game look and run better and time is something we dont have right now neither we had foreseen the PS4Pro existence before. In the future, with some dedication and time maybe we can get a PS4Pro version of the game that can take advantage of the systems capabilities. But as of right now the game has maxed out the PS4 horsepower.
Q: The clothes Noctis wore in the first Final Fantasy Versus XIII teaser will be available in FFXV?
HT: There are no plans for something like that mostly because this is not FFVXIII. Of course if theres a lot of people wanting and demanding it wed be open to study the possibility.
Q: After we finish the game can we replay it to see secondary stuff (I think he means things and places we cant access or see on our first playthrough)? Also, itll be possible to play as old Noctis and the bros?
HT: Sure, after you finish the game well be able to keep on playing and exploring the world after the main quest. About the other question if youre meaning you want to keep all the experience and levels you gained during the first play through that option wont be possible on the base version of the game, maybe we can add something like that through DLC.
Q: I wasnt referring about that actually. I wanted to know if when we start a New Game+ itll be possible to play as young party (normal Noctis and the bros) or old Noctis and co. (old Noctis and the bros).
HT: Oh, Id rather not answer that. I actually want people to find out for themselves. Dont want to give spoilers.
Q: Which past versions of the FF franchise has inspired them throughout the development of FFXV? Therere other games references and the development team took as inspiration?
HT: First on the artistic side, mainly the monsters, theyre all inspired by artworks made by Yoshitaka Amano which he made for the classic Final Fantasy series. So we wanted that monster style to give the world a FF saga vibe. About the gameplay and overall I took inspiration from FFV but FFXV has its own originalities and innovations.
Q: What are the differences between the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game?
HT: In terms of content theyre basically the same game. Technically theyre different pieces of hardware so be most significant difference is about the resolution maybe. They both run at dynamic resolution and to be more specific the Xbox One version is a little low on the resolution side but overall were taking full advantage of each piece of hardware has to offer. Players of both versions will be satisfied.
Q: Whats the link between FFXV and Fabula Nova Crystallis if theres still any, of course. After so much time has passed and with the projects changes it seemed you had troubles fitting the concepts of FNX into Noctis story.
HT: We didnt take the FNC too much into account when developing FFXV mostly because the world of FFXIII and FFXV are completely different. And I think with each FF title people want stories that can be experienced on its own without much background knowledge or something like that so keeping the FNC myth from FFXIII onto FFXV wouldnt be a very good idea.
Q: At any point in FFXV development you guys thought about a Co-Op mode? Can that be coming in the future?
HT: It was developed as a single-player experience. If people really want something like that we can definitely consider. Its very tough to convert a single-player game that was designed as such to a multiplayer game. Even though the possibilities arent 0% its complicated, lets not discard it for the future.
Q: Do you think this FF will be valued and treasured as much as the old FFs that everyone loves so much?
HT: Its up to the players to decide if FFXV will be one of the greats. What I can say is that we had work so hard to make a game that the fans can enjoy and like, we want them to feel like its a beautiful FF game. We gave it our all and hope the fans will be satisfied in the end."
Sorry for my poor english.Q: Will FFXV be coming to PCs? Also, what about the PS4Pro version of the game, the improvements will consist only in 4K and HDR or therell be modes/configurations for the player to choose how the game looks?
HT: About the PC were focusing all our efforts into the console versions of the game. So were not looking into it right now to be honest. Making a PC version of the game would mean wed have to readjust a lot of stuff and concentrate solely on developing it, even though the development team has shown interest in getting a PC version out at some point. About the PS4PRO, its basically the same thing about the PC if we wanted to take full advantage of the new hardware that would mean putting in much effort and time to make the game look and run better and time is something we dont have right now neither we had foreseen the PS4Pro existence before. In the future, with some dedication and time maybe we can get a PS4Pro version of the game that can take advantage of the systems capabilities. But as of right now the game has maxed out the PS4 horsepower.
Q: The clothes Noctis wore in the first Final Fantasy Versus XIII teaser will be available in FFXV?
HT: There are no plans for something like that mostly because this is not FFVXIII. Of course if theres a lot of people wanting and demanding it wed be open to study the possibility.
Q: After we finish the game can we replay it to see secondary stuff (I think he means things and places we cant access or see on our first playthrough)? Also, itll be possible to play as old Noctis and the bros?
HT: Sure, after you finish the game well be able to keep on playing and exploring the world after the main quest. About the other question if youre meaning you want to keep all the experience and levels you gained during the first play through that option wont be possible on the base version of the game, maybe we can add something like that through DLC.
Q: I wasnt referring about that actually. I wanted to know if when we start a New Game+ itll be possible to play as young party (normal Noctis and the bros) or old Noctis and co. (old Noctis and the bros).
HT: Oh, Id rather not answer that. I actually want people to find out for themselves. Dont want to give spoilers.
Q: Which past versions of the FF franchise has inspired them throughout the development of FFXV? Therere other games references and the development team took as inspiration?
HT: First on the artistic side, mainly the monsters, theyre all inspired by artworks made by Yoshitaka Amano which he made for the classic Final Fantasy series. So we wanted that monster style to give the world a FF saga vibe. About the gameplay and overall I took inspiration from FFV but FFXV has its own originalities and innovations.
Q: What are the differences between the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game?
HT: In terms of content theyre basically the same game. Technically theyre different pieces of hardware so be most significant difference is about the resolution maybe. They both run at dynamic resolution and to be more specific the Xbox One version is a little low on the resolution side but overall were taking full advantage of each piece of hardware has to offer. Players of both versions will be satisfied.
Q: Whats the link between FFXV and Fabula Nova Crystallis if theres still any, of course. After so much time has passed and with the projects changes it seemed you had troubles fitting the concepts of FNX into Noctis story.
HT: We didnt take the FNC too much into account when developing FFXV mostly because the world of FFXIII and FFXV are completely different. And I think with each FF title people want stories that can be experienced on its own without much background knowledge or something like that so keeping the FNC myth from FFXIII onto FFXV wouldnt be a very good idea.
Q: At any point in FFXV development you guys thought about a Co-Op mode? Can that be coming in the future?
HT: It was developed as a single-player experience. If people really want something like that we can definitely consider. Its very tough to convert a single-player game that was designed as such to a multiplayer game. Even though the possibilities arent 0% its complicated, lets not discard it for the future.
Q: Do you think this FF will be valued and treasured as much as the old FFs that everyone loves so much?
HT: Its up to the players to decide if FFXV will be one of the greats. What I can say is that we had work so hard to make a game that the fans can enjoy and like, we want them to feel like its a beautiful FF game. We gave it our all and hope the fans will be satisfied in the end."
No! We have to explore every POI! The "open world bloat" is real!
PshycoNinja
Member
Edge_Maverick
Member
Yes, please! Playing as old Noctis after we start it again (or the main story ends) would be something to look forward to.
Hinterlands 2.0!
I've mentioned that in another post before. It's gonna happen and it doesn't help that Leide isn't the most interesting looking area to some. But it does help that the combat and things like fishing look fun to do (I enjoyed DA: I's combat though, but FFXV's is looking more fun).
true, but i'm still worried it's going to be a slow affair overall. i do want to explore a bit as well.
i just want to beat the game in a reasonable amount of time without having to rush through it.
PshycoNinja
Member
So close to the Moogle video. :O
bit.ly/FFXVMoogles
bit.ly/FFXVMoogles