Final Fantasy XV Demo Previews/Impressions Thread

I really hope that the music we get out of the demo is great for the most part. What I've heard so far from the demo is hit or miss.
 
It seems like Square is going out of its way to showcase the xbox1 version of the demo in the west? Wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft gets the advertising rights for the western release of the full game like they had with FFXIII.
That would be a waste of money on MS's part, the game is going to sell amazingly on PS4 and somewhere from bad to just okay on Xbox. No point in spending money that will see no return.
 
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I'm guessing the chances are very slim, but... Is there a chance the Debug Menu will be retained in the public demo?

I remember Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Edition was supposed to have a feature like that. It'd be cool if they Square us play around with FFXV.
 
Yep, digital versions have the demo for two months after release.

So presuming it goes up at midnight (which, in light of the current situation, seems optimistic), the only disadvantage compared to if it could be preordered would be the lack of a preload then. Ok. I already put the money into my PSN wallet for this because I got a deal on gift credit, and I'd be... pretty unhappy if I ended up not getting Episode Duscae because I chose to go digital.
 
But only little boys who need a manicure buy Coleman products. Just look at the main characters in this game.

Man, in Malaysia virtually half the kids in school had one of these

Not even joking - you probably needed a means of identification, be it wear and tear. age coloration, or hastily sharpied names.

edit: I had this one, which I can't find on the site anymore :'(

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It seems like Square is going out of its way to showcase the xbox1 version of the demo in the west? Wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft gets the advertising rights for the western release of the full game like they had with FFXIII.

Is it really worth it for MS to do that though? Its going to get outsold to the PS4 no matter what they do.
 
Man, in Malaysia virtually half the kids in school had one of these

Not even joking - you probably needed a means of identification, be it wear and tear. age coloration, or hastily sharpied names.

edit: I had this one, which I can't find on the site anymore :'(

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Coleman product placement by Wan Hazmer confirmed.
 
I'll be honest I haven't even really thought at all about this demo lately. I felt zero hype at all, not because I'm not excited for the game. I don't really know why. I felt indifferent even though I've had Type-0 pre-ordered for a while now.

But it just hit me, like just about 10 minutes ago, after all this time I'm about to play the next mainline iteration of one of my top 3 favorite franchises of all time tomorrow night.

Holy shit, Versus 13 / /FFXV is like actually happening people.
 
Didn't he say something would be done with that for people who couldn't get the demo?

Or was that scrapped when the scope changed?

We're getting a tech demo like the TGS 2014 demonstration for free sometime in the future.

That was said 3 months ago, so I don't think it's changed.
 
Didn't he say something would be done with that for people who couldn't get the demo?

Or was that scrapped when the scope changed?

I am specifically talking about this menu from Episode Duscae

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TGS2014 demonstration thing is completely separate from this.
 
The rock paper scissors clone (or rock water bird or whatever) is exactly like it sounds like. Rock beats bird, bird beats water, water beats rock.

The other one is when you need to choose someone out of more than two participants - everyone goes palm up or down and the odd one out is essentially the short straw. As you can imagine, when there's like 8 participants this takes FOREVER due to probability distributions. Often to speed up the process of elimination ALL of the less numerous of up or down are short straws and duke it out.
 
If we're talking mini-games, I've got a list that needs to be in right here.

Squats
Chocobo Racing
Car Racing
Iron Chef
Sword Fighting(FF9)
Shooting Range with Prompto
 
LOL

or that rock paper scissors deviant abomination with a bird instead of scissors (wat)

I want a dedicated rock paper scissors button that activates a rock paper scissors mini game with any NPC in the entire world. As well as, a corresponding achievement/trophy for playing rock paper scissors with every NPC in the world.
 
I want a dedicated rock paper scissors button that activates a rock paper scissors mini game with any NPC in the entire world. As well as, a corresponding achievement/trophy for playing rock paper scissors with every NPC in the world.

you monster

what about missable npcs in set pieces

>frantically running from building to building amidst the mess Leviathan is making
>"GUYS STOP I NEED TO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS THIS GUY FOR PLATINUM"
 
The rock paper scissors clone (or rock water bird or whatever) is exactly like it sounds like. Rock beats bird, bird beats water, water beats rock.

The other one is when you need to choose someone out of more than two participants - everyone goes palm up or down and the odd one out is essentially the short straw. As you can imagine, when there's like 8 participants this takes FOREVER due to probability distributions. Often to speed up the process of elimination ALL of the less numerous of up or down are short straws and duke it out.

Oh man, that sounds fun...

The only RPS that I liked was when me and a few friends tried doing the Japanese thing of pointing a finger to a direction and that person had to guess, or whatever (I kinda forgot how it went).

Anyway, I hope they stick to fishing and Triple Triad, those seem to work better =P
 
you monster

what about missable npcs in set pieces

>frantically running from building to building amidst the mess Leviathan is making
>"GUYS STOP I NEED TO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS THIS GUY FOR PLATINUM"

In the early game you rescue a pregnant women in Lucius on your way out of the city. Before your final battle, go back to Lucius and go to the maternity ward of the hospital. Initiate rock paper scissors with new born baby.

You Earned a Trophy : Paper Beats Rock

Just finished a 100% run of Xenoblade. I credit it as my inspiration.
 
Best thing about the demo is that after it's released, we can finally move on to content beyond Duscae. Huzzah!
I am sure we won't get anything new on FFXV until at E3. Post-release till E3, we will mostly see promotion of the demo/type-0 HD.

If you guys like game with easy platinum, you will love Type-0. It has an easy platinum and tons of replay value. Easily worth its money.
 
I am sure we won't get anything new on FFXV until at E3. Post-release till E3, we will mostly see promotion of the demo/type-0 HD.

If you guys like game with easy platinum, you will love Type-0. It has an easy platinum and tons of replay value. Easily worth its money.
Disagree. We won't be getting waves of press releases and updates like we have about the demo, but they'll surely drip-feed us little updates and new peaks over the next three months. Assuming that the demo is good and creates some hype, they won't want to let that just dissipate into the nether.
 
All right broskis. OT going up in a few.
Where's the OT for Type-0 HD? I have a lot of stuff to talk about in the game :(

Disagree. We won't be getting waves of press releases and updates like we have about the demo, but they'll surely drip-feed us little updates and new peaks over the next three months. Assuming that the demo is good and creates some hype, they won't want to let that just dissipate into the nether.
I doubt it. If the game is as far away from release as Kagari has hinted, we won't be getting new info like we did for Episode Duscae till E3. At E3 they will release a kick-ass trailer and start the hype train for the final game in full force.
 
I am sure we won't get anything new on FFXV until at E3. Post-release till E3, we will mostly see promotion of the demo/type-0 HD.

If you guys like game with easy platinum, you will love Type-0. It has an easy platinum and tons of replay value. Easily worth its money.

I'm fine with a silence until E3, or TGS. Save up adequate stuff to showcase in one huge bang.
 
In what part of the world are you that 2am is afternoon

(inb4 Kagari is secretly in Japan for secret meeting)

nevermind I'm blind and tired and can't read.
 
The models really aren't high poly in the bodies at all. It was the same thing with FF13 games. The guys that make models are just great at maximizing polygons.

Compared to last generation where the silhouettes of characters looked blocky (aside from the face) it is a massive improvement. IIRC they are each near 100K (at least in this EP).
 
XIII had hype, but I think it's plan overstatement to say they were riding off prestige. All the FFVII stuff had happened at that point with the only thing produced that had merit being Crisis Core and FFXII was four years old. Plus XIII was delayed and we know what's becane of Agito and Versus.

If FF wasn't a joke in 2010, it was certainly getting there.

Nah, I don't think anybody cared much about mediocre FFVII spin-offs. Two of those compilation games were on mobile (flip-phones) and handheld (PSP) respectively which didn't have the same attention as console games, anyway. Okay, maybe after X-2 many first started being a bit sceptical and FFXII was also pretty polarizing in the fanbase. The excitement for the first next-gen FF still trumped that at that time, though. The "SE just shot themselves in the foot" drama (haha, that thread) was only a thing in forums.
After FFXIII, however, the SE hate train truly started and it became a mainstream thing to hate on them. That definitely tarnished the FF name for a lot of mainstream gamers that didn't grow up with FF and only heard about it when people trashed it.

me

i'm in love with myself

31 and never kissed a girl

Would you kiss Lightning?
 
That would be a waste of money on MS's part, the game is going to sell amazingly on PS4 and somewhere from bad to just okay on Xbox. No point in spending money that will see no return.

FFXIII's version of PS3 sold much better than 360's on EEUU despite having no advertising and less users... SE shot themselves in the foot back then by not advertising the version that sells the most, i swear they won't repeat the same mistake
 
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