Final Fantasy XV Gamescom Active Time Report - CNN reporting live from disaster scene

fuck, just saw this thread earlier and read a bunch on my phone and then watched the video.. just got back home..

fucking trainwreck.

that video, wtf, why show that.

Square makes me send..
 
Good to know they're making up the plot as they go along

What the fuck at no primary villain?

Now I'm legit worried

Stop. This is what I hate about the panicking FF fanbase. They cherry pick words and phrases that make the game sound as horrible as possible to the point where they straight-up fabricate lies and spread misinformation.

Where in the hell did you get that? In the ATR, Tabata was boasting about how XV's villain will not be topped by others in the series.
 
I just don't understand and I probably never will, why they basically had to redo... everything. Even with the change of consoles, was it necessary to just start ALL OVER?

- The story is changed completely. Practically everything from the old trailers is moot. New script.
-Characters seem to be updated constantly. They never freakin look the same.
-Only one playable character now. Battle system is all changed.
-Switched consoles. New engine which they still can't master. Luminous is not being used in their other games.
 
Should still count... More so cause it has a great story. Granted in vanilla and in some early patches it struggled but nearing 2.55 and on wards to Heavensward it really hit it's stride.

What does that matter? It's still a great FF.

I agree I play FF14 and I think its good, but I just think thats probably the main reason that poster and others might view it a some elephant in the room.
 
I don't get it.

They released a demo 5 months ago with Regis giving a message to Noctis at the end of it. They obviously did have a voice actor.

I'm finding it really hard to believe that they shipped the demo with that, and then in such a short time redesign an entire character and prologue. Oh, and lose the voice actor too. It doesn't add up.
 
I don't get it.

The released a demo 5 months ago with Regis giving a message to Noctis at the end of it. They obviously did have a voice actor.

I'm finding it really hard to believe that they shipped the demo with that, and then in such a short time redesign an entire character and prologue. Oh, and lose the voice actor too. It doesn't add up.
This game in a nutshell overall: it just doesn't add up.
 
Not just that, the damn dialogue at the end also matched up with what we know of the story in the game! Luna and Noctis are both reported dead, along with Regis.

I don't get it.
 
Oh man, Square Enix is trolling us, right?

Why did they have to change everything? How can they say the game is 65% complete if there is almost nothing to support it?

I thought it will come out BEFORE KHIII and now I think Final Fantasy VII Remake may come earlier than this...

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Japanese developer's "% of completion" is the most unreliable metric out there.

Star Ocean 5 was 30% completion in April this year, and it's slated to be out this year, or early next year if Winter 2015.
 
So uhh.. how f'n large are they planning on making Lucis in the game? ...

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Looks like they still want to include battling on skyscraper walls.

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They should have publicized these more:

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My name is Regis Lucis Caleum and I am your king.

Now I'm here to present you a brand new car for our kingdom. The Regalia.

Now for the low low price of 10 more years of development we can assure you that you'll never play this game.

:(

they should have showed these more today. It isn't gonna help that much but I like it lol.
 
I was literally shaking with anger during that presentation. Tears formed in my eyes and my fists were clenched. "Announce something," I shrieked at my computer. My mom knocked on my bedroom door and had to ask if I was ok. Then, they started showing me a bunch of losers drinking beer and I just turned it off. It was actually unbelievable.

Now, I'm 31 years old and this was, without a doubt, the worst presentation I've ever seen in my life. It's clear that SquareEnix is not just done with this game but done as a company. There is no recovering from something this bad. They'll talk about Final Fantasy XV at another conference, but people will ignore it after remembering what they did to poor Stella.

I loved this company and put my heart and soul into dedicating my gaming life to them. But now, I have nothing. I'm an empty shell.
 
At this point, SE really should ditch Active Time Report. It's doing more harm to the game than helping. People don't want to see work in progress stuff for FFXV at this point. People want polished, well-thought and finalized presentation. People want concrete info and clear direction of what the game is going to embrace and ended up looking like. Either show up in a major event like Gamescom with a bang, or keep quiet and finishing up the game.
 
I was literally shaking with anger during that presentation. Tears formed in my eyes and my fists were clenched. "Announce something," I shrieked at my computer. My mom knocked on my bedroom door and had to ask if I was ok. Then, they started showing me a bunch of losers drinking beer and I just turned it off. It was actually unbelievable.

Now, I'm 31 years old and this was, without a doubt, the worst presentation I've ever seen in my life. It's clear that SquareEnix is not just done with this game but done as a company. There is no recovering from something this bad. They'll talk about Final Fantasy XV at another conference, but people will ignore it after remembering what they did to poor Stella.

I loved this company and put my heart and soul into dedicating my gaming life to them. But now, I have nothing. I'm an empty shell.

Is this an alternate version of "Square just shot themselves in the foot" ?
 
I was literally shaking with anger during that presentation. Tears formed in my eyes and my fists were clenched. "Announce something," I shrieked at my computer. My mom knocked on my bedroom door and had to ask if I was ok. Then, they started showing me a bunch of losers drinking beer and I just turned it off. It was actually unbelievable.

Now, I'm 31 years old and this was, without a doubt, the worst presentation I've ever seen in my life. It's clear that SquareEnix is not just done with this game but done as a company. There is no recovering from something this bad. They'll talk about Final Fantasy XV at another conference, but people will ignore it after remembering what they did to poor Stella.

I loved this company and put my heart and soul into dedicating my gaming life to them. But now, I have nothing. I'm an empty shell.

Lol
 
I was literally shaking with anger during that presentation. Tears formed in my eyes and my fists were clenched. "Announce something," I shrieked at my computer. My mom knocked on my bedroom door and had to ask if I was ok. Then, they started showing me a bunch of losers drinking beer and I just turned it off. It was actually unbelievable.

Now, I'm 31 years old and this was, without a doubt, the worst presentation I've ever seen in my life. It's clear that SquareEnix is not just done with this game but done as a company. There is no recovering from something this bad. They'll talk about Final Fantasy XV at another conference, but people will ignore it after remembering what they did to poor Stella.

I loved this company and put my heart and soul into dedicating my gaming life to them. But now, I have nothing. I'm an empty shell.

Excellent. lol
 
Anyone knows how the Japanese fanbase are reacting to the recent "promotion" of FFXV in Gamescom?

Doesn't seem to be nearly as vitriolic and salty as the response in the West.

I've only looked at Hachima, which is usually a festering breeding ground of trolls and negativity, but comments seemed largely positive, and people seemed to love the new footage of the Malboro and everything.
 
I just don't understand and I probably never will, why they basically had to redo... everything. Even with the change of consoles, was it necessary to just start ALL OVER?

- The story is changed completely. Practically everything from the old trailers is moot. New script.
-Characters seem to be updated constantly. They never freakin look the same.
-Only one playable character now. Battle system is all changed.
-Switched consoles. New engine which they still can't master. Luminous is not being used in their other games.

Can you tell where i can find the complete script of Versus XIII ? Because i know only generic info regarding characters and story like everybody
 
So I'm all caught up now.

I'm baffled. Dumbstruck. The ineptitude on display here is just mind boggling. It feels like Square Enix have completely forgotten how to even make video games.

Nothing feels nailed down. After years. Things that could've worked with improvement are scrapped and remade. We're a fly on the wall during their pre-alpha concept stage.

This is going to be a case study one day.
 
Why did they change Regis design instead of actually developing this game and showing something? :(
 
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