Final Fantasy XV Demo Previews/Impressions Thread

threelights said:
Who here will be making videos/streams of the demo btw?


You know what looks like Kingdom Hearts on acid?... Kingdom Hearts


But yeah, I can understand peoples complaints with the battle system changing. That being said, I won't really say it changed for worse before I get to play it. Battles still look just as hectic as the Versus videos.
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I will be.

I typically stream everything I'm playing on PS4 because it's so easy.
 
orochi91 said:
Jesus, that concept art is exactly more of what I want to see from FF15.

To hell with Duscae :/



Wait, people were concerned this game would be linear?

FF13 Saga has haunted this franchise for too long.
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No worries, FF15 will have lots of everything, including cities and including wilderness. It's a Final Fantasy game. That said, Lucius is the most modern of the cities.

The reason they show Duscae so much is because they have been making the demo so it is the most complete area. I'm actually glad they haven't spoiled much from other areas and I hope they don't blow their wad before release.
 
orochi91 said:
Jesus, that concept art is exactly more of what I want to see from FF15.

To hell with Duscae :/
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Hehe, got more for you then:

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NoctisVsStar said:
They had no choice they had to go all out and they over delivered, just imagine if the demo had released in summer it would've probably been a more better/polished experience..However, the word delay doesn't suit well with the fanbase at this point.
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Fans need to man up then if they're worried about delays at this point. The last thing we need are rushed and broken products.
 
Kagari said:
Fans need to man up then if they're worried about delays at this point. The last thing we need are rushed and broken products.
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I already expect a late 2016 JP release, early 2017 for NA. A lot of people are still expecting a 2015, early 2016 release though and I don't think SE wants to deflate hype by giving the idea that they'll take much longer. Of course, if they keep showing too much, it'll backfire.
 
I'm getting Type 0 off of PSN. Will I be able to download FF XV demo separately or will it be bundled with Type 0 together? I'm asking because i've heard the demo is 5gb, 26 gb will mean 12 hours of waiting.
 
CrimsonCrescendo said:
I already expect a late 2016 JP release, early 2017 for NA. A lot of people are still expecting a 2015, early 2016 release though and I don't think SE wants to deflate hype by giving the idea that they'll take much longer. Of course, if they keep showing too much, it'll backfire.
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Fall 2016 WW Tabata gonna go Kojima on us.


Dual audio DLC #Believe
 
CrimsonCrescendo said:
I already expect a late 2016 JP release, early 2017 for NA. A lot of people are still expecting a 2015, early 2016 release though and I don't think SE wants to deflate hype by giving the idea that they'll take much longer. Of course, if they keep showing too much, it'll backfire.
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Nah, early '17 would be too late. They will want to have a worldwide release this time and not miss the holiday season. Spring '16 is not impossible, but they'd definitely have to move up a gear in the next months. They'll be going against Uncharted 4 and possibly Mass Effect 4 and Fallout 4. I'd be fine with Fall '16, I mean, we waited so many years already. Don't let them rush it now. They've got a ton of extremely hard work ahead of them, doing a lot of very ambitious stuff which they never did before at this scale and fidelity.
 
I can't believe the words I'm typing right now, but maybe they shouldn't show the game so often. I'm also tired of Duscae and I haven't even played the demo. I also miss the Versus trailers' atmosphere.

I still can't believe I just said this.
 
Gbraga said:
I can't believe the words I'm typing right now, but maybe they shouldn't show the game so often. I'm also tired of Duscae and I haven't even played the demo. I also miss the Versus trailers' atmosphere.

I still can't believe I just said this.
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we have come a long way for people to say this.. almost there.

The versus atmosphere is still there imo i think they just showing the lighter aspects of the game.
 
I don't really care to watch much gameplay footage after I've decided how much I like a game.

I'll watch the big E3 trailers, the TGS ones, but I'll avoid watching the majority of walkthrough like the one they've done for the demos.

It's been 9 years? I can wait another 1 or 2.
 
NoctisVsStar said:
we have come a long way for people to say this.. almost there.

The versus atmosphere is still there imo i think they just showing the lighter aspects of the game.
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Oh, definitely, I was talking about the tone of the trailers themselves, not the game.

It's perfectly reasonable that the introduction to the game, before shit goes down and they want revenge would be more upbeat. The story in this part is that they're literally on a roadtrip, after all. And they don't even know what's happening, they are suspicious and concerned (as we can see from the dialogue between Noctis and Ignis), but not really aware of what's going on.

But I miss scenes such as this one too:

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I'm sure they're part of the game, but I want them to go back to being part of the trailers as well.

The TGS 2014 trailer was incredible, the 50th Duscae video though, not so much anymore.
 
Gbraga said:
I can't believe the words I'm typing right now, but maybe they shouldn't show the game so often. I'm also tired of Duscae and I haven't even played the demo. I also miss the Versus trailers' atmosphere.

I still can't believe I just said this.
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It will be over in a few days :P
I wonder if the rest of the Duscae (which the demo is only a small part of) looks mostly the same visually/vegetation-wise. If so, it could still get boring if they continue showing stuff from it. Though Lestallum, the big city from the Jump Festa trailer, is part of Duscae, too, so I hope they at least show stuff from that region (also Titan resides in there most likely).
 
threelights said:
Who here will be making videos/streams of the demo btw?
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If they don't disable the streaming on PS4 for FFXV, I'll be streaming it, if it's blocked then, nope on that as i don't have any hd capture device and a way to beat the encoding blocking on them either.
 
Skilletor said:
It's been 9 years? I can wait another 1 or 2.
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just one more for the decade tagline.

Gbraga said:
Oh, definitely, I was talking about the tone of the trailers themselves, not the game.

It's perfectly reasonable that the introduction to the game, before shit goes down and they want revenge would be more upbeat. The story in this part is that they're literally on a roadtrip, after all. And they don't even know what's happening, they are suspicious and concerned (as we can see from the dialogue between Noctis and Ignis), but not really aware of what's going on.

But I miss scenes such as this one too:

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I'm sure they're part of the game, but I want them to go back to being part of the trailers as well.
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When they get back home and shit hit the fan that's probably early on in the game right?
 
NoctisVsStar said:
just one more for the decade tagline.



When they get back home and shit hit the fan that's probably early on in the game right?
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Yeah, I think so.

I'm not sure where the party scene where Noctis and Stella talk would fit anymore though, so maybe that was removed?

Along with Stella herself. RIP Kagari.
 
Shinrin said:
If they don't disable the streaming on PS4 for FFXV, I'll be streaming it, if it's blocked then, nope on that as i don't have any hd capture device and a way to beat the encoding blocking on them either.
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I don't think they disabled it. I know Share Play is disabled, but they said nothing on streaming, so it's probably still in.
 
threelights said:
I don't think they disabled it. I know Share Play is disabled, but they said nothing on streaming, so it's probably still in.
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ah, then yes i'll be streaming it then. Some people just want to see how it looks while playing, as they don't have a PS4/xbone. Others wanna see if it's better than 13 and what not, so that's why i'm streaming.
 
Gbraga said:
Yeah, I think so.

I'm not sure where the party scene where Noctis and Stella talk would fit anymore though, so maybe that was removed?

Along with Stella herself. RIP Kagari.
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we talk to
Luna
instead. But i think the game starts with Noctis being dragged to the party, Afterwards Regis probably instructs Noctis or perhaps one of the bros to take him out since the boring peace talks are taking place and that's where the jump festa trailer takes place. Listening over the radio and watching the war planes.
 
NoctisVsStar said:
we talk to
Luna
instead. But i think the game starts with Noctis being dragged to the party, Afterwards Regis probably instructs Noctis or perhaps one of the bros to take him out since the boring peace talks are taking place and that's where the jump festa trailer takes place. Listening over the radio and watching the war planes.
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Right, but the party gets attacked in the Versus trailer, so that would already be a different scene.
 
Gbraga said:
Yeah, I think so.

I'm not sure where the party scene where Noctis and Stella talk would fit anymore though, so maybe that was removed?

Along with Stella herself. RIP Kagari.
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So the party scene is the "signing ceremony" they referred to in the Jump Festa trailer. Basically Nifelheim visits to sign a peace treaty. When they come over they have their airships in the sky. Noctis even jokingly says "it looks like we've already been invaded" on his way to the party.

This segment will likely be the opening of the game, as the invasion is the impetus of their journey. That is also to say, the story doesn't work without this scene. So no worries, it's still there.
 
Gbraga said:
Yeah, I think so.

I'm not sure where the party scene where Noctis and Stella talk would fit anymore though, so maybe that was removed?

Along with Stella herself. RIP Kagari.
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I think posts like these are just caused by paranoia. There's no way they altered the story much, especially considering that they've confirmed numerous times that the story is practically the same as it was in its Versus XIII incarnation. Plus, Hazmer mentioned Stella once a couple of months back, IIRC. For a while now the game has been confirmed to be dark with bits of light-heartedness and humor. The demo just happens to focus on that "light-hearted" portion.

I'm tired of it, too, though. I'll be excited to finally see some great story footage again.
 
They're so self-aware and in touch with the fanbase this time that it is a bit ridiculous.

I expect E3 2013 to alleviate the concerns about the story changes.
 
DeSolos said:
So the party scene is the "signing ceremony" they referred to in the Jump Festa trailer. Basically Nifelheim visits to sign a peace treaty. When they come over they have their airships in the sky. Noctis even jokingly says "it looks like we've already been invaded" on his way to the party.

This segment will likely be the opening of the game, as the invasion is the impetus of their journey. That is also to say, the story doesn't work without this scene. So no worries, it's still there.
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Hm, makes sense. So they could already be anticipating the attack, but it would only actually happen in the party, just like the 2011 trailer.

theofficefan99 said:
I think posts like these are just caused by paranoia. There's no way they altered the story much, especially considering that they've confirmed numerous times that the story is practically the same as it was in its Versus XIII incarnation. Plus, Hazmer mentioned Stella once a couple of months back, IIRC. For a while now the game has been confirmed to be dark with bits of light-heartedness and humor. The demo just happens to focus on that "light-hearted" portion.

I'm tired of it, too, though. I'll be excited to finally see some great story footage again.
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? What paranoia? Scenes change and get deleted during development, that's absolutely normal. It has nothing to do with Nomura leaving or anything like that.

I'm on #TeamTabata, the man who gets shit done.
 
Nightengale said:
I expect the first proper" story" trailer to do the honours.
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I mean, all of the trailers we've seen from 2008 on seem to align up chronologically. For that reason I don't see why they would change things that are integral to the story. We even saw Accordo as early as 2008.

I'm still intrigued by the smoke rising from the Government Building from DKΣ3713 trailer. I wonder if the party goes back to Lucis after the "young man yells at cloud" scene from Jump Festa.

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DirgeExtinction said:
Brave soul, lol.

Speaking of Prompto...
Why does he jump around so much during fights? Especially rolling around and falling to the ground.
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They said because he's the one member of the group with zero training but he's trying really hard to help and contribute. From everything we know so far, it makes a lot of sense for his character and I think it's awesome to add that personal touch that if not builds his character, exemplifies it in interesting ways as opposed to just through cinematic dialogue.
 
DirgeExtinction said:
Brave soul, lol.

Speaking of Prompto...
Why does he jump around so much during fights? Especially rolling around and falling to the ground.
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I actually really kinda like that animation touch. You have three characters in the party each with some sort of formal training with their weapons (Pretty sure there's a gif of Ignis literally kicking his weapon into an enemy), and then you have Prompto earnestly trying to be helpful, though the animations show he's pretty obviously winging it on the battlefield, compared to say... Gladious, who casually walks around the battlefield with a hugeass sword.

It's the little touches like that that make them feel like actual... well, characters.
 
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