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Final Fantasy XV |OT| There and back again.

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Shahadan

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How does summoning work?

I got Titan and Ramuh and Titan never showed up for me but very soon after getting Ramuh I was able to summon him 2 times within an hour. Is it random? How can I choose who to summon? etc?

They have different requirements. I think for Titan some of your bros must be down or something.
 
Just got the monster whistle in Chapter 4 and I ran to a field to use. Why are no monsters spawning? Is there a specific area or way I'm supposed to use this?
 
Calm down lol

I thought the smiley would point out the jesting. But either way, the game just got released and sold a whopping 5 million, its bound to get a sizeable amount of patches/support from Square in the coming months in preparation for DLC.

And take a break between sessions if the loading is affecting you this much, you shouldnt be this antagonistic so early and its going to burn you out man.
You're not wrong that I need to take a break. All this car/loading/fast traveling is awful. The biggest kick in the face is when this guy has to constantly interrupt me to tell me that it's dangerous to drive at night, and after watching that stupid cutscenes and telling him to fuck off, I can't even fast travel until morning which means more loading screens.

This game is such a letdown.
 
How great exactly?

I'd seriously consider an upgrade if it makes them actually tolerable.
Under 30 seconds most of the time. Basically even if you can see the car it's faster to "return to the car" than walking to it.

Often white loading line just skips thr last 2/3 :)
 

Magnus

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Has anyone flipped difficulty to Easy?

I've done well on Normal (and even Hard!) for action RPGs in the past, but I'm getting absolutely railed in this game on level-appropriate content. Something just isn't clicking for me I guess. Getting so frustrated.

I kind of just want to do away with the difficulty barrier and experience the story and journey like everyone else. I've been stuck on the god damned second dungeon in the game for like, hours. I feel pathetic.

You're not wrong that I need to take a break. All this car/loading/fast traveling is awful. The biggest kick in the face is when this guy has to constantly interrupt me to tell me that it's dangerous to drive at night, and after watching that stupid cutscenes and telling him to fuck off, I can't even fast travel until morning which means more loading screens.

This game is such a letdown.

Same here. Burned out huge on this game on Wednesday and haven't played since. I really want to love it like my friends but I just can't when I get wiped out so easily too on top of these insane loads and asinine design choices.
 
Man XIII had such good music. After I and VII XIII has the most memorable music for me.

XV music has not really stuck with me yet but at least it has great music from the older games.

So far XV's music is pleasent enough but not really memorable.

Except for that one song that sometimes plays while you're running around in the wilderness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKvYDnwTLOE

The good part starts at 1:18.
 
Distant Worlds in Singapore got the premiere of their performance of Apocalypsis Noctis tonight~

Too bad I haven't even played FFXV! Is it the final boss theme?

No, you can rest easy duck-sama it was actually in the ending credits of KG and that's the song that plays during the uncovered trailer.
 

Shahadan

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My loading times are not long at all. Except when it loads the full map but it's once in a while and not really unbearable or something. Weird.
 

hamchan

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Done with chapter 13. Lol I heard it was bad but it was beyond my expectation. Worst thing I played this year.

It might be the worst section to ever be in a mainline Final Fantasy. They really should have cut it out of the game or just made it play normally.
 

n0razi

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Trust me, you won't be over leveled. Some of the difficulty spikes come out of fucking no where and are brutal.

Lvl 22/Ch 3 here and I get creamed almost everytime there's an Imperial dropship. Ill be fighting my hunting mark and out of nowhere theres like 20 red lasers on my back.
 

Seik

Banned
IDK if I'm just not training enough but holy shit some fights are tough!

I managed to win them all but I pass a lot of Potions/Hi-Potions on these, altought that's great because I expected the game to be a cakewalk, this is a pleasant surprise.
 

n0razi

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Driving around in the car I don't enjoy, 5 minute drives to just sit and watch the scenery aren't fun.

This is one the things that made picking up an LG 4K OLED for Black Friday worth it for me. The rendering looks absolutely amazing on this TV and I can literally just watch scenery for hours. When I play on my older Vizio 1080p LCD, it definitely looks like just a launch PS4 game.
 
Yeah I'm with you there. Don't get all the praise for him. He is like the worst Italian caricature ever.

That's probably exactly why some people like him. In a sort of ironic "So bad it's good way", but I dunno man, doesn't work for me in this case. The mismatch between his voice and looks/mannerisms in the english dub is just *too* much. Did no-one who worked on the localization even see how the character was supposed to look beforehand?
 
This is one the things that made picking up an LG 4K OLED for Black Friday worth it for me. The rendering looks absolutely amazing on this TV and I can literally just watch scenery for hours. When I play on my older Vizio 1080p LCD, it definitely looks like just a launch PS4 game.
Same here. Even on my crappy H8C HDR and 4k look amazing!!! Honestly in spots this looks better than Uncharted 4. HDR does so much to make crappy textures "pop". I look forward to these rides!

This is literally the most impressive game from technical perspective I've played this year.
 
Dino sounds so awful.
he does

sounds like this guy
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while looking like a twink in his mid 20s

i don't buy it tbh
 

n0razi

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I cursed at the combat locking system yesterday a few times when I kept hitting the wrong target with my super expensive Dual Firaga x99 spells. I would by pretty damn sure I was locked onto an enemy in the middle of the group for maximum damage and it would switch last minute to some random guy behind me
 

mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Hey, what does it mean when my health bar gets capped at a low number during a dungeon? Can't seem to do anything about it.
 
BADDAAA ABINGGGGG AIIIGHHH

Wish he wasn't in the game to be honest. I mean Cindy stands out bad enough as it is with her awful VA but Dino took it to whole new levels. Way too many damn quests coming from that guy too and he just keeps resurfacing for some reason.

Hey, what does it mean when my health bar gets capped at a low number during a dungeon? Can't seem to do anything about it.

It means you're gonna have a hard time finishing it. You can't heal in dungeons.
 
Hahaha don't crack! You remember me! We made it man! Where the heck is the rest? Benzy???? MultiJo??? Ive seen some others.

People are in and out. I'd guess most are eyeballs deep in the game still. I've only just got to Lestallum, taking my time, playing more than posting, which is a nice change....
 

AndersK

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Hey, what does it mean when my health bar gets capped at a low number during a dungeon? Can't seem to do anything about it.

Whenever you lose all your HP and start limping around, damage decreases your max HP when you're hit (untill you straight up die). Only way to get that back is to rest or use specifik potions i think.
 
Pretty sure it only works where monsters spawn naturally. So you can beat a group then resummon them, but someone else will have to confirm...

@mediking: yo, you enjoying the game so far? Full battle system is basically everything I was hoping for. Feels so good when you string together a sweet multi-warp combo.
 
Unlock the skill that makes your dodge cost no MP if done at the last moment. The ascension screen doesn't mention it, but it lets you cancel any attack into a dodge if you time it right.

It's still not an universal form of animation cancelling, but at least it's there to avoid getting hit, which is the most important situation.

Just woke up and saw this. Thanks sounds pretty useful. I'll get it when I have enough AP, since I've been spending it in exploration and random stuff in combat. I do like the skills that work in the air, makes the lance and sword feel much better and give you more control once you are off the ground. Only problem is that you don't seem to get blindside bonus when doing air combos, but it feel like Noctis is more flexible once he is in the air compared to the ground with the sword and lance. Lance is probably my favorite weapon so far, though dual knives aren't too shabby.
 

Shahadan

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On Chapter 9 now, I'm still in awe that the game still hasn't even bothered to touch the subjects of the Empire's nature or motivation, what the fuck an Oracle is and why they don't want her speaking in public, or anything at all really.

Basically so far it's akin to "go on about and collect the chaos emeralds, and there is some sort of cliched japanese video game priestess you should marry because...because....hey look there a sidequest!" and that's it

Worst thing is the boys even made it sound they have no more clue than I about the whole thing but they never ask any questions :lol:
 

Raiden

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I am really enjoying this but getting to places with the car is a pain. Sometimes it lets me fast travel to places using quest marker sometimes it wont. And yes these are places i visited because i can fastwarp to the nearest parking spot. The car is just too slow in every way. Getting in, getting out. And dont get me started on driving at night i heard it can be perilous.
 

Mediking

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Pretty sure it only works where monsters spawn naturally. So you can beat a group then resummon them, but someone else will have to confirm...

@mediking: yo, you enjoying the game so far? Full battle system is basically everything I was hoping for. Feels so good when you string together a sweet multi-warp combo.

I am LOVING the game so far. I really got into customization and side quests. Voice acting isnt bad. Story is.... well... lol the script needs help but the combat!!! MY BOY! This combat is GOOD. I abuse WARP STRIKE all the time!
 

Caim

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I am really enjoying this but getting to places with the car is a pain. Sometimes it lets me fast travel to places using quest marker sometimes it wont. And yes these are places i visited because i can fastwarp to the nearest parking spot. The car is just too slow in every way. Getting in, getting out. And dont get me started on driving at night i heard it can be perilous.

You can make it faster by doing Cindy's side quest for various parts.
 

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
Anyone else finding the game to be challenging, but at the same time not challenging? It's weird. Like, the actual fights are pleasantly tough, but at the same time I never feel like I'm in danger of getting a game over since I'm so stocked with Elixrs and Megalixrs and Phoenix Downs and Mega-Phoenixes that I can pretty much withstand anything.

That's fine though, since given the way the game's checkpoint system works, getting a game over would likely result in a ton of lost progress.
 
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