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[Baleoce]

I'm not in to cosplay or anything, but I really dig Noctis t-shirt and jacket!

Looks hawt.

same. looks great.

 

[Fuu]

I personally am looking forward to all the erotic fanfiction fanart the fangirls will create.

Fixed for me.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

This was the bit that made me go "ok, I need this game". I have a thing for Levi xD

You know- yes, a part of misses the FF games pre-FFVII that really forced you to use your imagination a bit more.
This is pretty much how I imagined Leviathan looking during his 'attack' scene on the boat in FFIV.

That said- seeing it realized like this? Fucking awesome.

 

[raven777]

I'm not in to cosplay or anything, but I really dig Noctis t-shirt and jacket!

Looks hawt.

yea. I like it. I think it was good idea to let Roen design it instead of Nomura himself designing it.

 

[Ties]

bye at no main females

 

[Blick Winkel]

=

 

[demidar]

Did you not see the map in the trailer?

>_>

It moved to next gen to deliver on promises not to cut shit out.

Yep, because that helped FFXIII.

 

[thetrin]

I really like the crew. Hopefully it's more "ride or die" and less "you don't understand me!"

Basically, I'm hoping for Bad Boys FF.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

Take a look at these badass, manly dudes

Fuck, I can feel my testosterone increasing just by looking at them!

 

[Northeastmonk]

Idolm@ster designs look better than four Gackts in different black costumes.

I don't think they look like Genesis clones at all. lol

 

[Zoe]

Huh? The heels are Christian Louboutin's. The red sole is his trademark.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

This was the bit that made me go "ok, I need this game". I have a thing for Levi xD

Leviathan attacks Venice. This is amazing.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Did they changer Noctis' hair color? Wasn't black or dark blue? Now it's brown.

 

[PantherLotus]

Hope nobody already made the connection here.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Did they changer Noctis' hair color? Wasn't black or dark blue? Now it's brown.

Yeah.

 

[Meccanical]

Did they changer Noctis' hair color? Wasn't black or dark blue? Now it's brown.

It was always brown, but the lightning made it look blue or black.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I wonder if they won't scrap some of those older CG scenes then? I know we saw some of the same ones in the XV trailer but nothing compared to what we saw earlier.

He looks like a woman in that pic :lol

Hmmm I'm thinking it will be like XIII.

You will get some that will remain in-tact or changed to real-time, some will be fairly similar but then have new additions/scene changes and finally some will be scrapped.

By scene changes/new additions, remember this scene from old XIII trailers?

The majority of footage building up to that scene made it into the final game, but that specific bit was lacking and was changed with that Lightning/Hope moment.

 

[ironcreed]

Take a look at these badass, manly dudes

Fuck, I can feel my testosterone increasing just by looking at them!

I actually appreciate a bit of edge added to the characters. And at least the world is vibrant and absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Stark]

You know- yes, a part of misses the FF games pre-FFVII that really forced you to use your imagination a bit more.
This is pretty much how I imagined Leviathan looking during his 'attack' scene on the boat in FFIV.

That said- seeing it realized like this? Fucking awesome.

If the whole battle summons to acquire them sticks from Versus when Nomura said that, then it will be fun to see how other summon battles are.

 

[rataven]

Gotcha, thought you were referring to the heels.

Curious if those boots have the red sole, or if that's just lighting.

 

[Zoe]

Did they changer Noctis' hair color? Wasn't black or dark blue? Now it's brown.

This is his original model:

 

[sappyday]

I gotta feeling that none of them will betray them and instead Noctis will be the one who betrays himself.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Hmmm I'm thinking it will be like XIII.

You will get some that will remain in-tact or changed to real-time, some will be fairly similar but then have new additions/scene changes and finally some will be scrapped.

By scene changes/new additions, remember this scene from old XIII trailers?



The majority of footage building up to that scene made it into the final game, but that specific bit was lacking and was changed with that Lightning/Hope moment.

Yeah, also how the original Versus XIII CG trailer (with old Noct) has now been completely removed for the ingame sequences we saw in the gameplay trailer (of him being shot at on those steps by all the guards)

 

[King Boo]

lol is this the first jrpg that has a bunch of player controlled male characters? usually when i look at the roster it's just 1 male and 5-10 female characters.

 

[Meccanical]

Yep, because that helped FFXIII.

Maps in FFXIII looked like this.

Edit: I can't find a good image for it.

(._. )

 

[Zoe]

Gotcha, thought you were referring to the heels.

Curious if those boots have the red sole, or if that's just lighting.

They do have boots with red soles, but I don't see the FF ones on the site.

 

[Can Crusher]

I really like the crew. Hopefully it's more "ride or die" and less "you don't understand me!"

Basically, I'm hoping for Bad Boys FF.

You know that won't happen.

 

[Galang]

Wish there was at least ONE female to play as.

 

[Vicetrailia]

No black people huh? I got MGS for that at least.

 

[Zoe]

Yeah, also how the original Versus XIII CG trailer (with old Noct) has now been completely removed for the ingame sequences we saw in the gameplay trailer (of him being shot at on those steps by all the guards)

IIRC, Nomura said that happens near the beginning of the game, but his abilities wouldn't be at that level until near the end of the game.

 

[Soma]

Hope nobody already made the connection here.

i knew he was my favorite for a reason

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Wish there was at least ONE female to play as.

We don't know that they're not playable yet.

 

[Blick Winkel]

Wish there was at least ONE female to play as.

I hope its black haired girl, she my new waifu

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, also how the original Versus XIII CG trailer (with old Noct) has now been completely removed for the ingame sequences we saw in the gameplay trailer (of him being shot at on those steps by all the guards)

This is really not that surprising because we know that Nomura's own personal taste in stuff he directs is that he doesn't like using CG movies during the game. I don't think he'll have a choice in FFXV, just like Matsuno didn't have a choice in FFXII, but we should expect a similar style of direction which favors realtime cutscenes and realtime stuff over CG.

A good comparison is to look at how Nomura goes from marketing to design in the KH games. The KH opening movies and teaser stuff are always CG, and they show scenes from the actual games themselves - usually major set pieces, all in CG glory. But in the games themselves the set pieces and scenes are all realtime cutscenes or playable sequences instead.

 

[elcapitan]

Chances of Troy Baker not voicing Noctis in the English version?

Not very good.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

This is really not that surprising because we know that Nomura's own personal taste in stuff he directs is that he doesn't like using CG movies during the game. I don't think he'll have a choice in FFXV, just like Matsuno didn't have a choice in FFXII, but we should expect a similar style of direction which favors realtime cutscenes and realtime stuff over CG.

A good comparison is to look at how Nomura goes from marketing to design in the KH games. The KH opening movies and teaser stuff are always CG, and they show scenes from the actual games themselves - usually major set pieces, all in CG glory. But in the games themselves the set pieces and scenes are all realtime cutscenes or playable sequences instead.

Yeah, I'm kinda glad tbh, as good as some of the CG looked in the earlier trailers it actually looks kinda dated now, it'd be weird for them to be in still.

 

[Busaiku]

So that's why Noctis is dressed like that.

 

[Airgetlam]

Aw. So we still don't know anything about the woman in my avatar. I hope they don't pull a "Jihl Nabaat" on her. We all know how deep a role she played in XIII. -__-

 

[MDSVeritas]

These cast actually looks pretty cool, I can't wait to see whatever the story is play out, as this looks to be a very cool cast, especially along with every other character announced.

I'm very curious about this character

As Kagari has said he's voiced by Keiji Fujiwara, which hopefully implies he'll be a playful side character a-la Reno or Axel and be voiced by Quinton Flynn in the english version.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, I'm kinda glad tbh, as good as some of the CG looked in the earlier trailers it actually looks kinda dated now, it'd be weird for them to be in still.

But the newer CG looks ungodly. I'm definitely happy to have a mix. The CG scene with Noctis in the car going through the checkpoint is one of the most amazing CG sequences I've seen for a videogame. The level of realism in the composite is breathtaking.

 

[Anoregon]

They look painfully generic.

 

[Blick Winkel]

Aw. So we still don't know anything about the woman in my avatar. I hope they don't pull a "Jihl Nabaat" on her. We all know how deep a role she played in XIII. -__-

Oh GOD ill be so pissed

 

[Dark Octave]

is, is, us, is, is

Such originality in character names...

Yeah it sounds stupid.

I'll just assume that's a quirk of their culture. Hopefully other characters in the story (or from that house) are the same and that would confirm it.

 

[ZenTzen]

Stella and that black haired girl will probably be playable, at least thats what i'm hoping for

and i hope Nomura doesnt disappoint us on this topic

 

[BlazingDarkness]

But the newer CG looks ungodly. I'm definitely happy to have a mix. The CG scene with Noctis in the car going through the checkpoint is one of the most amazing CG sequences I've seen for a videogame. The level of realism in the composite is breathtaking.

Yeah, it's amazing.

I hope the scene with Noctis and Stella confronting each other in the street is remade but still in CG, it seems like a really big moment.

 

[demidar]

Maps in FFXIII looked like this.



Edit: I can't find a good image for it.

(._. )

Ahahahaha.

It could just be an open area, they were in XIII as well, but unless we get confirmation that it's actually open world extrapolating that from a minimap is dangerous.

 

[7Th]

Stella and that black haired girl will probably be playable, at least thats what i'm hoping for

and i hope Nomura doesnt disappoint us on this topic

They basically confirmed that they're going to do sequels; that's where you will get your playable Stella.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

loooool still can't get over how much Promoto has changed!

2013 vs 2008

 

[aramanKain]

lol is this the first jrpg that has a bunch of player controlled male characters? usually when i look at the roster it's just 1 male and 5-10 female characters.

You don't play many JRPGs, do you?

 

[Blick Winkel]

They basically confirmed that they're going to do sequels; that's where you will get your playable Stella.

Ill genuinely cry