New Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae screenshots
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brandonh83
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The final game may look close to that but even if it does it would still look great.
R10Neymarfan
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They are using 7th gen alpha hair transparencies tech. Technically cheating with the hair
Pretty much this, I would die if they incorporated TressFX 3.0 into the final Luminous 2.0 build.
The reason I said that the lighting is debateable is because you can't really get a good sense of those things due to multiple factors--angle/area/ToD/etc. I haven't realy paid attention to the motion blur in this game, so I can't say much there, and probably shouldn't have in the first place.
Mind you, I never said that there was a downgrade. Vegetation aside, it's kind of difficult to say. I simply stated that the game looks decent. The character models are superb, though.
Zantetsuken
Member
Yeah, check my posts in nearly every FFXV thread made so far. It's painfully obvious I'm just here to stir shit up and haven't been following this game at all.
HammerOfThor
Member
Situations like this make me think "Awesome, I'll buy this demo and get a game for free".
But I'm so excited for both. Its a rare event.
But I'm so excited for both. Its a rare event.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
The demo is rushed, having some graphical downgrade to allow the game run smoother is unfortunate, but inevitable. As long as the final game at least looked on par with the best we've seen, it would be fine.
Also minor tidbit from the article by Videogamer, there will be "plenty of secrets" in the demo.
Also minor tidbit from the article by Videogamer, there will be "plenty of secrets" in the demo.
I'm sure it will look somewhat different over time.
I just feel that it doesn't look ridiculously out of place as is.
You know, I really thought the whole sole-gate mention made it clear I was kidding.
brandonh83
Banned
The final product will undoubtedly differ from the demo just due to the nature of development and the probability that it still has a year or more left to go. I think it looks good for the size of the game and while things may change between now and release, I don't expect the graphics to see a dramatic facelift before then.
What "downgrade"? Are you crazy? At the most I see less shadows on the grass, but that would be pretty much it. Models still look great, draw distance is insane, lighting is superb... Where exactly is this "huge downgrade?
While I agree that there will probably be visual improvements from Episode Duscae to the actual retail release, I don't think the Luminous Engine version numbers can be used as the basis for any argument. They are arbitrary and without changelogs really tell us nothing other than that they are still developing the engine, not necessarily improving graphics.
brandonh83
Banned
At the earliest. On one hand it's awesome that we can finally check it out, but on the other hand... the wait is still going to be treacherous. Then again it's not going to be much different than Ground Zeroes--->Phantom Pain either in terms of dat gap (which is still sucking).
SoraanTribal
Member
I think it looks fantastic personally. Didn't I read a while back that magic wasn't going to be in the demo or something because it wasn't fully implemented or something? Still kind of bummed about that if it remains true.
borborygmus
Member
I love how confrontational some people are getting.
Yeah, I'm crazy for noticing that there's a lot less vegetation, which no longer casts a shadow, and more generally, that the look of the game has been impacted.
Why can't we discuss this without the dramatics?
edit: I also don't claim that this is a completely rock solid case, as DarkLordMalik posted some trailer .gifs that do look like these screenshots. At this point I'm wondering if the marketing materials we've seen in the past were from mixed builds, because there's quite some range in quality.
Just by eyeballing these new screenshots (I am not counting pixels here), I just find myself less impressed than I was when I saw prior media for this game.
SMH at people screaming for downgrade. I don't even......
Also equally bad are the people begging for a PC port. Frankly, it is getting tiresome to see this question repeating in almost every FF XV thread.
On the point of this thread, loving how great this game looks in these screens. They do need to work on the aliasing though, and the hair dithering is terrible on Cid, but the rest of the game is gorgeous. The Behemoth is one of the most bad-ass looking creating that I have seen in a FF game, so I can't wait to slay it
Well said.
brandonh83
Banned
What a tragedy.
NoctisVsStar
Member
they're not satisfied with the graphical looks of the magic i believe.
"Dramatics"? Funny you mention that, because claiming "huge downgrade" is being very dramatic.
Seven Force
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Meh, I'll take a slight downgrade for the demo if it means better performance and the ability to actually play it before Summer.
I mean yeah, I'm a little disappointed, but considering how far out the game likely is at this point, they have more than enough time to polish and optimize the full game. The screenshots are a little unflattering compares to the HQ video posted in the thread, though for some reason. Don't know what's up with that.
I mean yeah, I'm a little disappointed, but considering how far out the game likely is at this point, they have more than enough time to polish and optimize the full game. The screenshots are a little unflattering compares to the HQ video posted in the thread, though for some reason. Don't know what's up with that.
nelsonroyale
Member
Yeah, pretty ironic that he would say that...
Seven Force: It means that the game looks better in motion. Just as many games do. Screens for this game have always been a bit unflattering compared to how it looks in motion. Also, it is pretty clear the game has had a resolution boost since it was first shown again. So there have been upgrades.
borborygmus
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I insist that it's important to talk about these things in this industry of bullshots.
Huge as in significant, not as in "this is personal." I expected to discuss this in earnest, but since that's not happening, I'll just bow out.
It's not really about the game, people just enjoy yelling "downgrade!". It's something of a sport here.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Dude... I'm not even really talking about you. You made a fair comment (which I wish you didn't, honestly) just pointing out the changes in the demo. Your post wasn't concern trolling. But your post did open up for people like this:PSY・S;152305925 said:
These are the type of comments I was referring to. Comments that are bringing up "concern" over the fact that SE is clearly advertising for the demo and not the full game, and then people like the latter, who clearly just came into the thread to shit. It's tiresome regardless.
brandonh83
Banned
I'm not a fan of them either, but I don't think that every single case of a publisher releasing screenshots that are better than what we actually get is "bullshotting." In this case it may be, I have no idea, but by the nature of development things change frequently for better or for worse. When you want to show something to people, sometimes you have to show them things that may promise a bit better, but it still needs some marketing and people have been begging to see more of this game over the years.
I get where you're coming from and I would like to see more sensible screenshots being released, but at the same time it's still in development with likely a year or more to go, and they're releasing this in a playable state which could have led to some temporary compromises. We really don't know right now and won't know until the final game ships. But for now complaining about stuff like a decrease in vegetation and shadows just seems a little desperate.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Optimization is expected, yes we all see it, but are we going to shout downgrade every time a dev optimizes their games from now on?
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Yup. It's honestly getting tiresome and is really starting to suck the enjoyment out of threads where new pieces of media for upcoming games is posted.
Unpossible, you're probably a Justin Bieber fan.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
would buy this game for female Cid
brandonh83
Banned
Graphics are the most important elements of a game... until people start actually playing it. fwiw I thought FFXIII was very high quality in terms of visuals, gameplay and music but the straightforward environments hurt it a bit. Still a high quality game IMO.
ActuallyHulk
Banned
I have Type 0 HD preordered but I'm terrified that something is gonna happen where I don't have the money for it when it releases and I will be denied this forever.
They haven't shown super-sampled images for this game.
The Last One
Member
And BTW, the IQ is waaay better than the imagens they released before.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
I really interested to see what the enemy encounters are like in this demo.
At one point in the trailer for it, Noctis and his party are shown sneaking underneath a Behemoth. I also recall a giant hand being shown reaching for the party. The demo will be a perfect chance to show how in-depth combat will be. Is there stealth? Do QTE's play a major role, especially with larger enemies?
At one point in the trailer for it, Noctis and his party are shown sneaking underneath a Behemoth. I also recall a giant hand being shown reaching for the party. The demo will be a perfect chance to show how in-depth combat will be. Is there stealth? Do QTE's play a major role, especially with larger enemies?
People wanted open areas! SE is doing everything they can to distance this game from XIII's design choices.
Ah, okay. Sorry. Those people were probably going to make those posts anyway. But there are still too many posters overreacting to my "soles" post. I was just pointing something out that I noticed and was expecting like 1 or 2 replies tops. Like, it's nothing to me. I'm an artist. It's important for me to be observant when it comes to visuals, and those were the first two things jumped out at me as "off". You guys need to chillax.
SE has only shown stuff from the dev environment and PS4 so far. Based on what we know about the engine though I'd imagine this to be 900p on Xbox. Again, Square has yet to show it for sure though.
uhh ignoring character and enemie models and simply talking about vegetation and small details skyrim looked better.
You also have some really basic shit that square enix is apperantly not getting for example look at this picture
why the fuck if you dont have enough draw distance wouldn you atleast make the ground the same colour as the "missing" grass its just crazy.
Oblivion figuered that one out years ago. Oh well FF15 is also years away so maybe the fix something soooo basic.
Shadow_FFVI
Member
They're ramping up the hype on the way to the release of the FF XV demo, uh I mean, FF Type 0.
Jesus, I so want to buy that demo!
Jesus, I so want to buy that demo!
I just hope the battle system is fun, the dungeon exploration is good, the story makes sense/is easy to follow, and the last boss is one of those composite demons whose background is some crazy space environment.
EDIT: FFXV is coming to Xbox one as well? I thought it was PS4 exclusive, or is that only in Japan?
EDIT: FFXV is coming to Xbox one as well? I thought it was PS4 exclusive, or is that only in Japan?