Really like this game, but a simple tweak could really make it so much better. Being able to accept all the hunts at once from a spot, or once visiting a spot the hunts get unlocked and listed on a separate quest log would be so much better. Having to go to the individual spot to find what hunts you have left there is so annoying.
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Final Fantasy XV |OT2| For Jared!
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Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Jesus Christ.... I just finished the 2nd sealed dungeon post game thing and it was incredibly long. Fuck those Cyro bombs.
AgentOtaku
Member
That whole chapter wasn't well thought out at all. Felt like horrble padding and added to include more story stuff in those notes to explain plot.
LordKasual
Banned
I think it's just a Final Fantasy thing. The final area typically has enemies that are significantly more dangerous to your party in ways that the Final Boss isn't.
They're never a liability, they are significantly more useful alive than dead.
Ignis' Overwhelm and Armiger Chain should be enough incentive really.
AgentOtaku
Member
It's sad as the game would benefit SO MUCH from an in-game Glossary/Lore entry (i had to watch Kingsglaive twice AND read the wiki entry to even hear the fucking Starscourge mentioned)
Eos is actually pretty freaking neat, especially in the way they managed to get the traditional FF hooks in there.... but you wouldn't know it cause the game would rather you just do one meaningless fetch quest after the next with no real narrative context or world building
Parmadillo Marshmallow
Member
I think the enemy designers must have had a fetish for snakes..
I walked into these two slightly unprepared and gave up...
I find the sheer quantity and variety of enemies to be vastly overlooked, IMO. I can't remember any game having this many different enemy types.
There's a newspaper in the train saying he was executed for losing so many troops in Altissia, at least that's the official reason. In reality everything is Ardyn's master plan. Probably killed him and dumped him there so Noctis could get the sword and make it to the crystal.
distantmantra
Member
Yeah, I figured as much. At least I know how he relates, but I should go read the wiki without spoiling chapter 14.
PapaJustify
Member
OMG, they fixed the day/night cycle with 1.03. What a joy!
I'm in Chapter 5 and Noct just hit 37... am I over levelled? The game doesn't feel hard but it has its moments of slight challenge. Might get up to 40 and then finish the chapter and do some more side quests. It's the hunting that has me addicted. Oh and I only started playing yesterday, 19 hours on the clock.
distantmantra
Member
Can I get a link?
Lucent
Member
What was wrong with it?
Shift Breaker
Member
It does feel like it takes longer to get to a night time state now.
Given how the last few quests I've done involve going into dungeons that only open at night, and fighting monsters at night (not hunt quests), this actually feels like more of a hindrance than a help.
PapaJustify
Member
Sun went down at 4pm, it was considered night at 5pm - 6pm latest. That was quite irritating.
artsi
Member
What did they change?
Before patch it took around 1 minute 50 seconds for one ingame hour to pass (I made timelapses so I clocked it lol)
Lucent
Member
Ah that's lame. Lol. I haven't gotten around to playing it yet so I was curious.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
If you hate having to spam potions yes.
BumblebeeCody
Member
I honestly didn't mind that chapter. Yeah it was bad. But it didn't bother me too much.
Cindy, despite her outfit.
She's fleshed out and interesting. She has history and place in the world. Everyone else are such nothings.
AgentOtaku
Member
To quote Wikipedia:
Forced to separate from the party, Noctis finally reaches the Crystal. Upon touching it, he is transported to the spirit realm, where he learns the full truth from the Astral Bahamut: Noctis is prophesized to become the True King who will purge Eos of the Starscourge, and that "Ardyn Izunia" is in fact Ardyn Lucis Caelum, a former healer from Lucis who was chosen by the Crystal two thousand years ago. Ardyn had saved Eos by absorbing the Daemons into himself, only to be denied ascension by the Astrals and demonized by Noctis's ancestora king who would take Ardyn's place as the Crystal's chosen. Rendered immortal by the Daemons' power, Ardyn has since sought revenge on the royal bloodline and the Crystal, waiting for the True King to appear so he could destroy them both
I'm a sucker for
bummer endings
Napalm_Frank
Member
For someone playing on regular PS4, is there anything ''important'' in the new patch I would be missing if I can't be arsed to download it right now. I don't care about NG+ that apparently was included.
Just beat Chapter 9 so I thought I'd share my thoughts...
Man, so many mixed feelings about that chapter. The first part of the Leviathan fight just seemed messy as fuck to me, they really could have done something better with that. Also Luna dying...jesus fucking christ I knew that she died but that was so lame...we barely even saw her throughout the game. Her death didn't even have that much of an emotional impact on me, so seeing Noctis crying about it was...not too powerful. Can't believe they said she was going to be a powerful character...that was never really shown at all in the game. The female characters in this game have just been there on the sidelines :\ That was a nice CGI cutscene though. Also now Ignis is blind? What a huge thing to just happen offscreen...
Also that theme in the first half of the Leviathan fight totally reminded me of the Skyrim theme at parts! Now I see why that thread was made. I don't think it was plagiarism or anything, but it's similar.
Also that theme in the first half of the Leviathan fight totally reminded me of the Skyrim theme at parts! Now I see why that thread was made. I don't think it was plagiarism or anything, but it's similar.
Ravus saw himself as the solution to defeating the Empire because he thought Noctis couldn't live up to the role of being the One True King and fulfilling his destiny. He probably took on that role shortly after his mother died at the hands of General Whatshisface (awesome looking knight from Kingsglaive) and Noctis was then helpless to do anything.
It's hard to parse out, but they try to cover it in the cut scenes around the death of Luna that Ravus wanted her to stop calling the Astrals and save herself instead of putting her faith in Noct. It's the same reason why he put the ring on in Kingsglaive in the first place (and failed) and also why he was after the Astrals. I don't think he was that bad a guy, but he was also up against Ardyn who wanted nothing more than to see Noctis gather the necessary power to be called the One True King only to be crushed under the original.
It's hard to parse out, but they try to cover it in the cut scenes around the death of Luna that Ravus wanted her to stop calling the Astrals and save herself instead of putting her faith in Noct. It's the same reason why he put the ring on in Kingsglaive in the first place (and failed) and also why he was after the Astrals. I don't think he was that bad a guy, but he was also up against Ardyn who wanted nothing more than to see Noctis gather the necessary power to be called the One True King only to be crushed under the original.
That's my take on Ravus anyway based on all the stuff in there up through the end of the game.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Product placement usually doesn't work for me but here I am with a couple shrimp Cup Noodles. I'm more of an udon guy but this wasn't awful. Not gonna make a habit of it though. Thanks FF XV and Gladio!
Just remember that you're playing Noctis, and if he doesn't see it happen, you don't see it happen.
Which is just bullhoagies since we keep seeing clips of Luna being all melancholy in completely different parts of the world but hey...
Which is just bullhoagies since we keep seeing clips of Luna being all melancholy in completely different parts of the world but hey...
Septimus Prime
Member
It's not an ideal solution, but you can always (re)start a nighttime hunt, wait at the diner to make it instantly turn into night, and then cancel it, and it'll still be nighttime.
Parmadillo Marshmallow
Member
Is it possible to do the
hunt and complete the Costlemark Tower "kill the boss" quest in one go? Or do they need to be done separately? Thanks.
Jabberwocky
No, the hunt version is a higher level.
Parmadillo Marshmallow
Member
Ok thanks. I will hold off on that hunt for now then.
KittenMaster
Member
I decided to turn on the game and play the fishing mini-game all day.
Still in Chapter 2, wasn't able to play the game the whole month because I wanted to wait for the level stopper to come out (I don't like how the game gives far too much EXP when you just want to goof around and take your time.) I ended up getting Noctis' fishing level to 7 and managed to catch one huge fish so far. I'll probably get back to fishing whenever I'm able to upgrade the fishing rod and reel so I can catch more varieties of fish.
Still in Chapter 2, wasn't able to play the game the whole month because I wanted to wait for the level stopper to come out (I don't like how the game gives far too much EXP when you just want to goof around and take your time.) I ended up getting Noctis' fishing level to 7 and managed to catch one huge fish so far. I'll probably get back to fishing whenever I'm able to upgrade the fishing rod and reel so I can catch more varieties of fish.
Finished @ 51 hours, tons of stuff still to do. Chapter 14, as a whole, was fantastic and the ending so damn beautiful.
really turned out to be a top tier FF villain.
Best RPG of the year and definitely one of the best FFs I have ever played, despite its story flaws. I am very eager to see what SE can do to flesh out this world over the next year and I imagine we will learn more about the mysterious Solheim civilization, Vestrael and Prompto's relationship, and whatever areas Gladio explores in his own story. A nice datalog and bestiary (heck, make it a bestiary with world lore like 12) would be welcome as well.
Arydn
Best RPG of the year and definitely one of the best FFs I have ever played, despite its story flaws. I am very eager to see what SE can do to flesh out this world over the next year and I imagine we will learn more about the mysterious Solheim civilization, Vestrael and Prompto's relationship, and whatever areas Gladio explores in his own story. A nice datalog and bestiary (heck, make it a bestiary with world lore like 12) would be welcome as well.
I assumed those things were there to point you in the right direction and add tension.. not to actually fight. Like
the daemon wall in world of ruin
Same goes for the Double-Naga in the same area. Went down the path, saw them, NOPE THAT MUST BE THE WRONG WAY.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lmao this was me. I was like there's no freaking way I'm supposed to beat them
Audioboxer
Member
On chapter 6 now, and as much fun as I'm having this is going to sound rough. So far the game has basically been a pimp my ride "driving simulator" where you catch frogs and dig up stupid fucking dog tags whilst following a paper thin story.
I'm in fear of reaching chapter 13 pre-patch.
Slight hyperbole aside, what were Square thinking with these absolutely diabolically bad side quests? It's like Japanese developer does Western open world game from 10 years ago. Ubisoft are still bad at their fetch quests, but this is level 1 of Ubisoft open world design. The most boring and pointless fetch quests repeated ad nauseum. Catching frogs, dog tags and taking pointless pictures? Real good sidequests to bulk up a paper thin story Square. 10/10. Will love to do again in your shitty NG+ implementation. Cannot wait. Dave's enthusiastic voice acting to prop up his lazy fucking attitude where he won't travel a mile to pick up a stupid dog tag. Favourite FF character ever. Dave.
Pls tell me how much hard work it was doing 3D modelling of food and giving us pimp my ride decals instead of focusing on quest quality >_>
Still better than FF13 so far!
I'm in fear of reaching chapter 13 pre-patch.
Slight hyperbole aside, what were Square thinking with these absolutely diabolically bad side quests? It's like Japanese developer does Western open world game from 10 years ago. Ubisoft are still bad at their fetch quests, but this is level 1 of Ubisoft open world design. The most boring and pointless fetch quests repeated ad nauseum. Catching frogs, dog tags and taking pointless pictures? Real good sidequests to bulk up a paper thin story Square. 10/10. Will love to do again in your shitty NG+ implementation. Cannot wait. Dave's enthusiastic voice acting to prop up his lazy fucking attitude where he won't travel a mile to pick up a stupid dog tag. Favourite FF character ever. Dave.
Pls tell me how much hard work it was doing 3D modelling of food and giving us pimp my ride decals instead of focusing on quest quality >_>
Still better than FF13 so far!
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I really dislike the whole grind to 10 profession-crap.
For Prompto, do I seriously have to engage in a fight, take 5 pictures with the tech ability, go to bed, get the XP and repeat the process? Because everytime I take more than 5 pictures in the battle, they don't show up when I go to a lodge; they're completely absent and I don't get the Photography XP for it.
For Prompto, do I seriously have to engage in a fight, take 5 pictures with the tech ability, go to bed, get the XP and repeat the process? Because everytime I take more than 5 pictures in the battle, they don't show up when I go to a lodge; they're completely absent and I don't get the Photography XP for it.
Anything is possible if you're overleveled haha
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