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[Unknown One]

Hmm what the hell happens to the kingdom afterwards?

The ending is confusing, but I didn't play the game yet, so I'll get the game and play it through. I waited 10 years for this after all.

 

[Inuhanyou]

But, what about the campfire scene after the credits? Seemed like it was more so Noctis saying goodbye.

That took place before the final battle. He was giving final thoughts and regards to his pals about what was coming. And they basically said "we're behind you 100% bro"

 

[F0rneus]

32h

Took him less than that. 32 hours was after he already had finished the game and played hours of post game content.

 

[caffeware]

Apparently, he has to stop the stream to save the video.

 

[benzy]

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Blow off Square. Did someone save that hopefully?

 

[GringoSuave89]

Apparently, he has to stop the stream to save the video.

Thought it was hit with a copyright notice?

 

[AlexFlame116]

Titanic was the same. Its basically the same concept, whether you want to consider it a dream, or a heavenly sight is up to the player.

Sorry I never saw Titanic so I didn't know this haha! My bad!

That FF theme does things to you.

I agree! But Luna was the one that let it loose haha!

 

[Inuhanyou]

Hmm what the hell happens to the kingdom afterwards?

The ending is confusing, but I didn't play the game yet, so I'll get the game and play it through. I waited 10 years for this after all.

Its dead. All the people were killed and there's nobody there to rule it. the final scene shows the kingdom cracked and decayed, after years and years.

Noctis was the final king.

Essentially, its just a ruin of another time while the rest of the world goes on oblivious but saved from destruction.

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

Took him less than that. 32 hours was after he already had finished the game and played hours of post game content.

He said every chapter is roughly a hour or so long, so that makes sense.

 

[paolo11]

To show a shadow of what could have been. You never saw titanic? people cried their eyes out

That's pointless. Why?

 

[Shepard]

Took him less than that. 32 hours was after he already had finished the game and played hours of post game content.

Oh, my bad. :S

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

Hmm what the hell happens to the kingdom afterwards?

The ending is confusing, but I didn't play the game yet, so I'll get the game and play it through. I waited 10 years for this after all.

Guess peace and "light" returned to the world and the "Age of Kings" has ended(no more royalty of Lucis, Niflheim or Tenebrae... they are all dead). Power reverts to the people, they rebuild, leaders rise up and fight for power. Great wars are held and many people die. Y'know... peace.

 

[Kagari]

Sorry I never saw Titanic so I didn't know this haha! My bad!


I agree! But Luna was the one that let it loose haha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CwnWAk9qU0

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Man, I could've pulled a better concept for a "final stretch" out of my ass than what we got here:

- You enter the palace and stand at the lobby, all looks fine, but more you trek into palace, the more it is distorted by Ardyn's dark magic, pulled like taffy, with holes that look into space(or the dark dimension).

- You eventually find your way to the throne room, which has become twice its original size, dwarfing our heroes. Ardyn subdues the bros and the entire battle between Noctis and him takes place in this massive room, the more intense the battle gets, the more it starts to warp.

- Finally Ardyn is defeated and Noctis knows he has to fight Ardyn in the "netherworld", tries to go it alone but the bros, sticking with him through thick and thin, decide to travel with him in this final journey. Noctis summons the KOTR which do him in and destroy the throne room, leading to the bros deaths.

- Noctis confronts Ardyn in the netherworld along side his bros, uses the ring(like in the QTE), but it transforms Ardyn into his "final form"(like Zeromus in FFIV). Final battle against Ardyn's monstrous, COOOOOOL looking final form is tought and ultra-epic. Our heroes prevail, Ardyn is defeated and peace reigns.

You came up with this after seeing this lol.

 

[rhandino]

Yikes.

Maybe he got the bad ending and the True Ending is locked behind some obscure quests and choices ala SMT: Nocturne and Persona 4!

Right?

:^/

 

[Unknown One]

Its dead. All the people were killed and there's nobody there to rule it. the final scene shows the kingdom cracked and decayed, after years and years.

Noctis was the final king.

Essentially, its just a ruin of another time while the rest of the world goes on oblivious but saved from destruction.

That's pretty dark for a FF ending.

 

[Raijinken]

Apparently, he has to stop the stream to save the video.

"Final Fantasy XV [Españ..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Square Enix Co., Ltd..

 

[Inuhanyou]

Sorry I never saw Titanic so I didn't know this haha! My bad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj0Lr8f4DEY

Watch this. Its truly a powerful movie even despite being dismissed as a chickflick

*EDIT*

KAGARRIIIIII

 

[Hyro]

OMG I'm dying!

 

[Rainy]

Hm was anyone following the entire story? I wonder how it stacks up as a whole.

 

[SargerusBR]

He said every chapter is roughly a hour or so long, so that makes sense.

I spent almost 3 hours on Ch.1 in the Judgment Demo and that had a bunch of stuff removed. I'm pretty sure he rushed through the main story.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

So all the humans are dead?

 

[Frumix]

That's pointless. Why?

Aggressive waste of your time.

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

That's pretty dark for a FF ending.

Remember people were joking with Versus XIII that it was going to end with everybody dying. LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj0Lr8f4DEY

Watch this. Its truly a powerful movie even despite being dismissed as a chickflick

LOL, they picked the wrong Leo movie. It was supposed to be Romeo+Juliet!!!

 

[AlexFlame116]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CwnWAk9qU0

Ohhhhh! Thanks Kagari! I get what Inuhanyou is saying now.

Watch this. Its truly a powerful movie even despite being dismissed as a chickflick

Thanks also!

 

[Captain Europe]

Its dead. All the people were killed and there's nobody there to rule it. the final scene shows the kingdom cracked and decayed, after years and years.

Noctis was the final king.

Essentially, its just a ruin of another time while the rest of the world goes on oblivious but saved from destruction.

I like it, it's tragic, and a tragic ending is probably the best way to end a 15 year old hype train.

 

[YunFang1130]

That took place before the final battle. He was giving final thoughts and regards to his pals about what was coming. And they basically said "we're behind you 100% bro"

Oh I get it. Thanks! That's really weird to place it after the credits though.

 

[raven777]

32h

I think someone said 34 hours?

Thanks. That sounds way too short for me personally. Was the streamer rushing the game or something?

 

[Maxinas]

OMG I'm dying!

He's finished.

 

[Toparaman]

Its dead. All the people were killed and there's nobody there to rule it. the final scene shows the kingdom cracked and decayed, after years and years.

Noctis was the final king.

Essentially, its just a ruin of another time while the rest of the world goes on oblivious but saved from destruction.

Sounds good to me. I haven't been watching the stream so ultimately it all comes down to execution.

Also is it fair to now say that Luna wasn't fridged, since our boy Nocto gets killed too?

 

[AlexFlame116]

Basically it's Hamlet. Kind of.

 

[GringoSuave89]

Thanks. That sounds way too short for me personally. Was the streamer rushing the game or something?

Oh yeah, very little side quest/post game content. his was a speed run just to be the first to show the game's story in full.

 

[fluffydelusions]

So were the leaks true that the 2nd half is linear and weird compared to the open first part? Or what's up

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

I wonder if that was a time bend to erase Ardyn from history which resets everything in an alternate timeline. One not shown until dlc.

 

[paolo11]

Aggressive waste of your time.

Hahaha I suppose.

Hopefully there is an alternative ending.

 

[Socivol]

Sounds good to me. I haven't been watching the stream so ultimately it all comes down to execution.

Also is it fair to now say that Luna wasn't fridged, since our boy Nocto gets killed too?

Yeah so did he actually reclaim the throne? Seems like a no since he's dead. I want to know what happened to the Niflheim Empire and was Bahamut Aranea?

 

[archvile7]

Its dead. All the people were killed and there's nobody there to rule it. the final scene shows the kingdom cracked and decayed, after years and years.

Noctis was the final king.

Essentially, its just a ruin of another time while the rest of the world goes on oblivious but saved from destruction.

They weren't kidding when they said the ending was pretty dark.

At least they have some material to work with if they want to expand further into this universe.

But I'll be fucked if I'm waiting another 10 years for another entry into it.

 

[Ray Down]

So FFX copied the sixth sense and now FFXV copied Titanic, what will be the next movie they copy? /s

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Man, I could've pulled a better concept for a "final stretch" out of my ass than what we got here:

- You enter the palace and stand at the lobby, all looks fine, but more you trek into palace, the more it is distorted by Ardyn's dark magic, pulled like taffy, with holes that look into space(or the dark dimension).

!!!!

With that, it's set, I'm staying away from this game. I doubt the hunts will be that interesting as the combat looks uninteresting to me. I hope it sells well, and I'm looking forward to FFXII HD remake on PC (pretty please SE, PSX2 version says 60 and hundreds fps uncapped, but 60 cap looks sub 30fps since it's emulating ps2, and uncapped moves too fast).

 

[F0rneus]

and was Bahamut Aranea?

Apparently she is.

I still had some tiny sliver of hope, that they could make her as a DLC char down the line...But hey Tabata lol.

 

[Vilix]

I've been watching streamed play time of the FFXV demo, and the game seems all over the place.

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

.... Yeah, the general public reaction to this ending is going to be... hilarious, to say the least.

2016, a year so crappy, even all the FFXV characters are dying!

 

[Jocund]

I like a dark ending.

 

[Boke1879]

There is no alternative ending and quite frankly based on interpretation the ending works fine imo. Still I gotta play the game for myself.

But it quite clearly leaves nothing open to a sequel.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Sounds good to me. I haven't been watching the stream so ultimately it all comes down to execution.

Also is it fair to now say that Luna wasn't fridged, since our boy Nocto gets killed too?

Nah, she was fridged and was badly written. But at the very least, yes, it wasn't a matter of her just being offed conveniently. Everyone was offed intentionally.

 

[Masked Man]

Where's all this "genderbent Bahamut" coming from?

 

[Ruff]

Where's all this "genderbent Bahamut" coming from?

Well you get a close up of a very feminine face, but this is a JRPG so who can tell. (Kuja, anyone?)

 

[fluffydelusions]

I wonder what "further enhancements and upgrades" they will talk about tomorrow

 

[Toth]

You know, the ending does fit very well with the lyrics of Too Much is Never Enough....

Still, if they all die, how would the big DLC with all 4 of them work? Unless the MMORPG they were making is set in the ruined world after the game...?