Stella has been removed from FFXV; Itamuro writing game; Demo 2 June 9; FFXV not @ E3
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The opposite of squeeky child voice isn't a Christian Bale Batman knock off. The voice direction for Noctis thus far is, at best, pandering.
It sounds bad for different reasons.
Get Yuri Lowenthal. Boom, done.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Bale in Howl's moving castle had a perfectly fine voice.
God, no....
I mean, he sounded fine in some parts, but most of the time it was way too gruffy. The issue is the acting, not necessarily the voice.
Will the new voice recordings be in ED2.0?
Yeah, maybe.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Now I hope we get Johnny John Bosch as Noctis.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Negative
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I agree with you guys. Tabata is a perverted, immature, evil overlord who scripts his video presentations, crushing fan's dreams and treats them like idiots. He should be kicked out of Square Enix.
Am I right?
Am I right?
Finally someone who gets it
Wouldn't they be better off to delay the Episode Duscae 2.0 update and trailer for reveal during their E3 press conference? Would feel strange to me if they hyped up a new game that might not be coming out anytime soon, instead of FFXV.
I secretly hope Tabata was lying about FFXV and E3, and they have a surprise in store, but maybe Gamescom makes more sense.
I secretly hope Tabata was lying about FFXV and E3, and they have a surprise in store, but maybe Gamescom makes more sense.
NoctisVsStar
Member
SE got plenty of games on deck, plus it seems XV will be the sole focus for SE at GC in a way it's smart because the following month TGS takes place.
AuthenticM
Member
Stella was definitely redesigned under Nomura's direction.
Luna's current design is definitely the same one that Stella would've used,had Nomura been director.
This design was dumped long ago,even by Nomura.
That was such a great design. One of the best in any JRPGs I have seen.
My heart hurts everytime someone posts that picture.
You know, I don't like silly stuff like looking up skirts or the peep hole scene in Type-0 (though my 12yo me would have) either, but under this scrutiny a lot of our old favorite games and their directors would crumble. And 95% of Japanese games.
Of course, I'm not saying you shouldn't complain because "things are the way they are, what can you do", no, but at least be so fair and acknowledge that Sakaguchi and Kitase also have green-lit a lot of bad female character designs and jiggling boobs. Cidney would have existed under every other FF director, too.
Of course, I'm not saying you shouldn't complain because "things are the way they are, what can you do", no, but at least be so fair and acknowledge that Sakaguchi and Kitase also have green-lit a lot of bad female character designs and jiggling boobs. Cidney would have existed under every other FF director, too.
Seven Force
Banned
It's practically a Square-Enix rite of passage at this point.
Yeah the game not showing at E3 doesn't matter if they are preparing reveals for Gamescom.
James Arnold Taylor is the only right answer.
James Arnold Taylor is the only right answer.
I used to respect him a lot (he did a great job with Crisis Core and Type-0) and I still want to believe that he made this changes in order to get the job done. However, he wouldn't tell the truth about Stella and the other changes made to the story until this week.
I just don't like lies.
I just don't like lies.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Yeah Hiroyuki Ito and Naoki Yoshida got so much flak when they got the spotlight.
I'm skeptical because he told those same people that the story and whatnot was remaining the same when now we know it isn't, and how much Versus XIII fans mattered, etc. He probably should have come clean right then and not 9 months later after fans spent $60 on a demo.
Seven Force
Banned
I know you're being sarcastic, but weren't people incredibly skeptical of the latter before he turned XIV around?
LowParry
Member
ARR first beta impressions were very skeptical. Hell I was at the time but update after update, the game improved a lot. Yoshi-P deserves huge credit for what he did. Probably one of the biggest feats in the game industry.
Well, better now than after the full game releases
He's definitely flawed (heck, who isn't?), but i can still feel honesty and passion from his messages.
But who knows, maybe i'm getting brainwashed by his PR skills.
jimmypython
Member
a female Cid is a neat idea but Cindy is not.
Yes every FF director would have own version of female Cid....and now we at least have an idea what Tabata would do. It didn't surprise me all that much that we have Cindy from Tabata, given all the girls from Type-0 - he always has a hormone-filled 12 yo inside him.
MultiJhonny
Banned
I get your point as does a lot of people but Cindy is not Cid in FFXV.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Tabata's gave the OK to the design.
Like Sakaguchi, Kitase and Toriyama (see Tifa's bouncing melons, Rikku's ass shots (she's underage), Yunalesca, Chocolina, etc...), no?
My point was that I'm sure every other FF dirctor would have green-lit Cidney's current design, too. I wonder if it's entirely Roberto Ferrari's design, though, or if other artists changed her to make her more "sexy".
EDIT: LOL, just realized that it's my fault if we're starting this Cidney topic again
Seven Force
Banned
Really? I found them (Well, 95% of Type-0's cast, really) to have the personality of a bag of potatoes.
How? They're all stereotypes.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
I'm pretty sure Toriyama got enough flak for Dress Lightning Simulator. Still Tabata's 3rd Birthday and Type 0 games had the fanservice turn up a couple of notches over the average FF games.
Still better than Kairi or Aqua =p
I agree though,Type-0's cast was terribly bland and Machina was unlikeable.
Agree but they weren't plot devices (at least not all) and had some agency
Relaxed Muscle
Member
WHAT WHAT WHAT
Seven Force
Banned
I'll give you Kairi, but Aqua's one of the few Nomura created characters I actually like.
We haven't seen how much he'll have in a main-line FF, besides the Cidney thing, yet. It would be a bummer, definitely. I want FFs to be a bit more classy.
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Though, if they had to record new lines for the new party quest and camping scenes, they might have the re-recorded old lines, too.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
True, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. But showing the first female ingame ever and that being cidney, is not exactly a good sign lol
Aqua was the third wheel, Terra and Ventus were the ones who made decisions and affected the plot, Aqua was there to "fix" their mistakes.
Yeah, but you could have focused on a female character like that in almost any FF during its development. Impossible to judge before it's out.
Megidolaon
Member
Is type-0 that perverted? I own it but haven't gotten around to playing yet. I've liked Class Zero ever since seeing that pic with them and their weapons in 2006. But FF heroines have been lacking lately. Serah sucked, Rem looks yuck, and Luna hopefully won't be a fragile little girl.
And Cindy is cool she looks like the gas station attendant in Persona 4 lol.
And Cindy is cool she looks like the gas station attendant in Persona 4 lol.
It sounded like it was going to be such a bombastic opening and it's hard to imagine what's replaced it given they neglected to share what's in its place now. My only fear now is a lot of those scenes and events will be communicated to the player through radio broadcasts like we've seen in the recent trailers... which quite honestly is kind of boring.
Just going to leave this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwbY9-2Gn2I
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Gotta finish the game! No time to make scripted awesome events. We'll probably get a CGI scene or something. Or maybe just a couple of still images on the background while a voice on off tell us what happened.
Lady Bird
Matsuno's Goebbels
To give an example, the artwork at the end of the demo that depicts Luna (?) and the city not only shows an interesting scenario event, but it also portrays believably harsh emotional and physical suffering.
Of course, that can simply be credited to the artist who drew it, but if that somehow represents what we can expect from the story, and if the writers manage to express all those elements in the game, then it'll already be an upgrade over FFXIII's vanille smiling during holocaust, the blonde kid talking about vacations and taking a rest while under fire, the party's cold and nonsense assault on Eden, or any other garbage from that game.
Megidolaon
Member
Holy shit! 8 minutes lol. That is so creepy. What's with J games and anime and their peeping obsession. It was funny in VII but this is just fucking weird. They forget us females play RPGs too...>.>