WTF, I played over 115h, got a Plat and never knew this was possible, lol. Is it one of the Chocobo's special attacks?
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Final Fantasy XV |OT2| For Jared!
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When your chocobo reaches level 10, it can perform link-strikes
MegaSackman
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Story related.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Most of the answers are not in the game (yet) so yeah
texhnolyze
Banned
I'll be leveling up my chocobo like mad.
Most of the answers have been covered in this thread. But ask away!
EDIT: Whoops. For some reason I thought this was the Spoiler thread...
Trojita
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WTF. Noctis is legit the most stylish FF Protag ever.
Seriously is this on a Pro because you are making me want to drop money on one right now.
I'd be saving money if this was on PC and it would look EVEN better.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
66 hours in and I've never ever even considered that you could even do that. The animations in combat on this game are insane.
Also the pro's supersampling combined with the shrinking it to a gif gives it insane quality to look at.
Mediking
Member
I'm mostly impressed and slightly annoyed by these awesome gifs. Lol original PS4 looks NOTHING like that. Just no way.
Agreed. If only Bethesda games were animated half as well
freeofgreed
Member
Just did the
Quest. Man that was insane.
saved my ass.
Sir Tonberry
Ring of Lucis
Lovely Salsa
Banned
Anyone playing on the pro that can comment on the gif above? Because it looks nothing like that on OG ps4
freeofgreed
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Do buffs from Chocobo food carry over into races?
Yeah I had no desire prior to getting a PS4 pro....until now geez
Yeah I had no desire prior to getting a PS4 pro....until now geez
Sunhil's GIFs tweak the color and motion of the scenes.
But if you mean geometry, texturing and animation quality, then yes, the game does look like that.
Sunhi plays on the normal PS4, iirc. The gifs are post-processed.
Neither does the pro on a TV screen. The small gif removes all of the imperfections and image quality issues.
Damerman
Member
yo wtf, this looks like an FMV.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Im fairly lenient on the story because well... stories in FF were nothing special to begin with. For every good story beats there will always be a few things that irked me.
FF5 felt too straightforward, 6 had some story issues near the end, FF7 had a lot of parts where it's a mess, FF8 had that weird 'we were friends from the orphanage!' Plot, 10 where I disliked the storybeat a lot. 12 wss also a mess.
But all were fun and had good points, which is why this game is still dear to my heart
Well except FFXIII. That was shit.
FF5 felt too straightforward, 6 had some story issues near the end, FF7 had a lot of parts where it's a mess, FF8 had that weird 'we were friends from the orphanage!' Plot, 10 where I disliked the storybeat a lot. 12 wss also a mess.
But all were fun and had good points, which is why this game is still dear to my heart
Well except FFXIII. That was shit.
SunhiLegend
Member
I don't own a Pro, I'm playing on a standard PS4, it's just a combination of cropping, resizing, and a little bit of post work on the footage like Ishida said above. For the actual footage I'll replay the same fight over and over sometimes, try to position the camera to get the best shot possible, I'll also do the same hunt over in different times of the day to see which lighting suits it better, try different weapons, different move sets etc. Sometimes I'll spend a couple of hours playing, having fun mind, but there's nothing I've captured that can be made into a gif and other times I might end up with 10 seconds off footage that looks cool that I can work with. All to get that one good looking shot.
MegaSackman
Member
This game has barely any story in it. Well,I mean development. The games you mentioned had the story as a focus.
computers putin'
Member
Does the Thunderbolt weapon do extra damage when it's raining or something? I've noticed it's does some pretty extreme damage sometimes.
You're doing god's work, thank you! Been staying up-to-date with bookmarking your gifs and downloaded them too in case the links die (actually one of your posts' image a few days ago was dead when I saw it).I don't own a Pro, I'm playing on a standard PS4, it's just a combination of cropping, resizing, and a little bit of post work on the footage like Ishida said above. For the actual footage I'll replay the same fight over and over sometimes, try to position the camera to get the best shot possible, I'll also do the same hunt over in different times of the day to see which lighting suits it better, try different weapons, different move sets etc. Sometimes I'll spend a couple of hours playing, having fun mind, but there's nothing I've captured that can be made into a gif and other times I might end up with 10 seconds off footage that looks cool that I can work with. All to get that one good looking shot.
texhnolyze
Banned
This. It's like downsampling.
badcrumble
Member
What should I consider an absolute prerequisite for taking on the postgame
?
LV99 no-items dungeon
The gif that keeps on giving.
Mediking
Member
I don't own a Pro, I'm playing on a standard PS4, it's just a combination of cropping, resizing, and a little bit of post work on the footage like Ishida said above. For the actual footage I'll replay the same fight over and over sometimes, try to position the camera to get the best shot possible, I'll also do the same hunt over in different times of the day to see which lighting suits it better, try different weapons, different move sets etc. Sometimes I'll spend a couple of hours playing, having fun mind, but there's nothing I've captured that can be made into a gif and other times I might end up with 10 seconds off footage that looks cool that I can work with. All to get that one good looking shot.
Standard PS4 looks nothing like that. I admire your work but I'm looking at Noctis on my original PS4 and he does not look that good as in that gif. He just doesn't. In fact, Noctis' character model isn't that crisp or clean outside of cutscenes... and those aren't super crisp or clean either.
So I started a new game to do everything and I have noticed a few things I did not see in my last play through. AP seems to accumulate alot faster and I am getting AP for camping despite not unlocking that node yet. I also see more hunters out in the field. Finally, did the game always introduce Dave and give his full name?
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Amazing Gifs, I cannot wait to play through this game again.
SoraanTribal
Member
My chocobo was level 10 for a long time (before I started Chapter 9) and I never saw this.
Heal cast Spells. Fill every flask.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I don't own a Pro, I'm playing on a standard PS4, it's just a combination of cropping, resizing, and a little bit of post work on the footage like Ishida said above. For the actual footage I'll replay the same fight over and over sometimes, try to position the camera to get the best shot possible, I'll also do the same hunt over in different times of the day to see which lighting suits it better, try different weapons, different move sets etc. Sometimes I'll spend a couple of hours playing, having fun mind, but there's nothing I've captured that can be made into a gif and other times I might end up with 10 seconds off footage that looks cool that I can work with. All to get that one good looking shot.
I know you get this all the time but your work is awesome!
A buttload of stocked -ga level magic (preferably with healcast tagged on it), the ultimate weapons, maybe some magitek armor (can't remember what it's called, but it's a rare drop from that ludicrous MA-X Angelus mech), a good meal before going in, and a lot of patience and spare time.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Technically no, there are super rare materials you can do to make things like electon.
Here's what i found really handy for the final sealed dungeon badcrumble
-3 ribbons
-Adamantoise meat meal
-Elemental blocking meal
-The ability that lets you press square after getting hit and giving you your health back (cant remember what its called)
-And the ability that lets you do more than 9999 damage with link strikes (cant remember what its called either, but it let me do 20-50k damage with link strikes).
Those all really came in handy, and like others said bring plenty of magic.
So after hating everything about what i tried and i saw about the game for 2 years i finally decided to give it a chance cause it was not expensive on PSn and i thought, at least i'll be able to grind and do the things i like in a rpg right ?
Of course i started and i hate everything about it with passion. This is the game that consumes your time for nothing. I played, i don't know 5 hours maybe and i achieved nothing. At no moment i had that freedom feeling i like in a rpg where you can actually become strong on your own terms, cause everything is so fucking complicated.
I hate the exp system cause i don't have that satisfaction of feeling my progression when beating enemies. I hate the battle cause, even after trying 2 demos and the tutorial many times and playing many hours, i can't just handle everything that is going on. I'm focus on trying to control Noctis in that mess, and i barely notice what is happening with the other guys. You're meant to watch their health, interact with them, while messing with the camera to avoid walls/bushes, pressing square when asked, being focused on the enemy moves...
And when i watch the battle skills to learn, i realize it's just gonna be worse and worse as i'll have the ability to combine jump in many directions. In a classic rpg you win things that makes you stronger. In FFXV you win things that makes the game more difficult to control.
The game loves having you walk for minutes for nothing, in dry empty lands without enemies. It's basically filled with sidequests. They are not sidequests. They are the game. Your start with them basically. It feels like they worked on the engine then had to fill the game with something.
I'll let you guys quote me forever and hate me anyway. I must not be fitted to that era of gaming i guess. Cause everything i like about rpgs, everything.. it's like FFXV is trying to go the opposite direction.
Of course i started and i hate everything about it with passion. This is the game that consumes your time for nothing. I played, i don't know 5 hours maybe and i achieved nothing. At no moment i had that freedom feeling i like in a rpg where you can actually become strong on your own terms, cause everything is so fucking complicated.
I hate the exp system cause i don't have that satisfaction of feeling my progression when beating enemies. I hate the battle cause, even after trying 2 demos and the tutorial many times and playing many hours, i can't just handle everything that is going on. I'm focus on trying to control Noctis in that mess, and i barely notice what is happening with the other guys. You're meant to watch their health, interact with them, while messing with the camera to avoid walls/bushes, pressing square when asked, being focused on the enemy moves...
And when i watch the battle skills to learn, i realize it's just gonna be worse and worse as i'll have the ability to combine jump in many directions. In a classic rpg you win things that makes you stronger. In FFXV you win things that makes the game more difficult to control.
The game loves having you walk for minutes for nothing, in dry empty lands without enemies. It's basically filled with sidequests. They are not sidequests. They are the game. Your start with them basically. It feels like they worked on the engine then had to fill the game with something.
I'll let you guys quote me forever and hate me anyway. I must not be fitted to that era of gaming i guess. Cause everything i like about rpgs, everything.. it's like FFXV is trying to go the opposite direction.
Wow, I didn't know this. It feels like I missed a lot of things in this game.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Nobody is gonna get mad at you bro, everyone has different tastes. I'll try to give you some tips.
Try using wait mode if the action is moving too quickly for you, wait mode is also great because you can scan the enemies and see what they are weak and strong against.
As a general rule of thumb, you should be aiming to get behind the enemies because most of them will allow you to do a link strike.
Keep stocked up on potions and elixers.
Dont feel pressured into doing side quests and hunts if you dont want to do them, especially before chapter 3. Chapter 3 unlocks chocobo's and you can get around much faster.
And dont worry, most of the game is not a desert, you will get to the lush enviornments soon if you keep going.
Thx for the tips!
But you know it's not about the difficulty actually. I put the game in easy mode, i didn't die. I mean it's more about not having fun.
I killed the spider woman thing in the ugly resident evil like cave. I killed it, but i could barely see what happened, nor appreciate its design actually. It was just crazy camera in a small room with uninspired decoration. I was stoned at some point but i never really understood why or what visual feedback was showing me when it was about to happen..
I think what i always hated since the first demo is how you feel like the battle is just not really in your hands. And the light come on. That first skinny wolf fight in a garage to save some guy, dave i think. Amazing. I could not see them at all with the shadow in the room. I just saw the sparks.
FlutterPuffs
Member
They do, and the quality of stories in FF is generally just ok. FFXV falls into that for me, warts and all.
Just completed the game. The story was a hot mess, but nowhere near the abomination that was MGSV's story. In many ways, XV reminds me of XII. Really shoddy story telling that disappears for long periods of time and then re-appears with unearned twists that fall flat but barely managing to stick a landing for the ending.
I replied to your other post a few days ago, but I'll ask here again: don't you think that maybe after 15 years of not liking the series it might be a good idea to just stop following it? The other day you were angry about people praising FF OSTs that weren't composed by Uematsu. In 2016. At some point you should let it go.
IIRC, you've been in FFXV threads since I joined GAF in '13 and you've been always complaining about the same things for more than 3 years now. I'd rather use that time and energy for stuff you enjoy. If you want the same old JRPG formula there are tons of those traditional games on every platform these days. FF is not the series if you want to keep playing the same game you played in the 90's. On the other hand, who knows, if you're lucky maybe FFXVI is less action-based and less modern/futuristic. This is the beauty of this series. You never know what's next. And if you stay open-minded you have more things to enjoy.
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