Re: The Official Final Fantasy thread

[RealGunner]

Cut scenes in FF7 were amazing themselves and it came out in 1997.

Won't post videos though since all of them have heavy spoilers

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Oh and RG this isn't using the FFXV engine, it's running on Unreal 4 apparently.

[RealGunner]

Yea heard that. U4 is amazing though so it's not a bad thing.

They rebuilt Aeris' house using U4 engine and it looks amazing

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xvhE1hGT--/1430091658169712934.png

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

As someone who hasn't played a FF game older than 10, i think i'm going to give this a chance

[RealGunner]

Yea you should definitely. Everyone has to experience this legendary game at some point imo

[futbol]

Just talking about it brings back dem feels. I think I'll start a Final Fantasy hardcore session these days until new year. Trying to complete 7, 8 and 9, without spending too much time on powering up and finding the best weapons and items though (normally I'm very thorough with that). Just to live through the stories again.

[M99]

http://kotaku.com/sounds-like-the-final-fantasy-vii-remake-will-be-episod-1746564216

WTF

[Firenze]

Bought Type-0 for PS4, hope it's good

[Thimmy]

Bought Type-0 for PS4, hope it's good

It starts off really slow. I got burnt out after only a few hours of playing the game. Picked it up a few weeks later because I didn't want to leave it unfinished, and by the time I completed the game, I didn't think it was that bad after all. It's definitely not for everyone, though. If I remember correctly, RG hardly gave it a chance You can switch characters, in order to prevent the combat from getting too stale, but the game as a whole still felt quite boring and repetitive at times.

It was originally a mobile game, and it definitely has it's limitations on console. I enjoyed certain parts of the game, though. And personally, I really appreciate the darker, more serious approach to Final Fantasy games, as opposed to the more recent ones with upbeat, romantic, pretty-boy/stone personality protagonist and all that uninspired nonsense.

[Firenze]

got it fairly cheap so I'm not too bothered, might not start it for a while but I heard it was 'better' than the lightning games, especially the story, graphically looks poor in gameplay videos, hopefully I can look past that, I know it was a PSP game or w/e before.the fact it isn't turned based appealed to me tbh.

[Thimmy]

got it fairly cheap so I'm not too bothered, might not start it for a while but I heard it was 'better' than the lightning games, especially the story, graphically looks poor in gameplay videos, hopefully I can look past that, I know it was a PSP game or w/e before.the fact it isn't turned based appealed to me tbh.

Yeah.. it's not turn based, but the game mechanics isn't exactly complicated - you just press the same buttons over and over and over again. Shoot/slash, dodge, rinse and repeat. It was pretty neat at first, but it felt repetitive and unimpressive after a while. Also, they included the "press hit at the right moment" feature from Vagrant Story, where you deal extra damage if you attack the enemy within a certain timeframe. Don't expect too much from the story

[RealGunner]

Any FF game is better than FF13.


Type 0 is an old fashioned FF game with new style combat. Basically Crisis Core but story not as good.

I found Type 0 quite boring. Voice acting was great and characters all looked interesting too. But the game itself felt like a chore after a while for some reason.

I didn't drop it, but thought i'd get back someday. Might join you if you start playing it firenze.

[RealGunner]

Final Fantasy XV has been in development for what seems like an eternity. But being New Year's Eve (or Day, depending on where you live), changes are afoot: Final Fantasy XV and its all-dude bro'd-trip will release in 2016. The news comes by way of a Square Enix blog post written by none other than the game's director, Hajime Tabata. "In development, previous phases required wisdom and strength," he writes. "However, moving toward the final phase will focus on effort and willpower." Sure!

Will probably be Christmas 2016

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Another case of believe it when i see it.

If we get Persona 5 and FFXV though

[BarrileteCosmico]

Final Fantasy XV has been in development for what seems like an eternity. But being New Year's Eve (or Day, depending on where you live), changes are afoot: Final Fantasy XV and its all-dude bro'd-trip will release in 2016. The news comes by way of a Square Enix blog post written by none other than the game's director, Hajime Tabata. "In development, previous phases required wisdom and strength," he writes. "However, moving toward the final phase will focus on effort and willpower." Sure!

Will probably be Christmas 2016

Almost read like a GRRM parody

[RealGunner]

Final Fantasy XV Utilizes Umbra’s Technology to Improve Frame-Rate Performance

Final Fantasy XV’s Luminous Engine utilizes Umbra’s visibility optimization technology — the engine has been specifically designed to allow the game to have high density, polygon rendering performance. Umbra’s technology is ensuring that only the visible objects in every frame are being processed and rendered, the end result being optimized performance ensuring the best possible graphics and frame-rate.

“By using Umbra, frame-rate performance could be improved over two times than before in characteristic scenes. The tool is extremely easy to use with a simple API build that allows paralleling computation to be handled with ease as well,” says Final Fantasy XV development team.

Umbra is a Helsinki based company that was founded in 2006 which has been powering up graphics performance in more than 100 video games during the last 10 years. Their clients include internationally renowned game studios that have produced commercially successful AAA productions such as Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Batman Arkham Knight, Quantum Break, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Destiny.

http://squareportal.net/2016/03/25/final-fantasy-xv-utilizes-umbras-technology-to-improve-frame-rate-performance/

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Might not mean much to you guys but I am pretty sure FF15 will be the most aesthetically pleasing game ever in the current gen. Noticed that already in the demo because using that many polygons and still seeing it as smooth as real life was promising.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

From the footage I have seen it wouldn't be a bad bet tbh.

[Thimmy]

Do you guys really think any game will be more aesthetically pleasing than The Order 1886, in the near future? I'm not convinced that FFXV will look even nearly as good. Granted, it's a far more expansive game.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Open world game then

Although I need my memory refreshed as to me Uncharted 4 looks better than the Order

Or at least what I remember the Order looking like.

[Thimmy]

Open world game then

Although I need my memory refreshed as to me Uncharted 4 looks better than the Order

Or at least what I remember the Order looking like.

The Order was such a crap game, but I do remember certain scenes looking super life-like. So life-like, in fact, that someone who walked in while we were playing it, asked us what movie we were watching

[Thimmy]

I honestly haven't seen anything that comes close to The Order 1886, graphics-wise (on console). Not only do characters look, move and behave very realistically, but the lighting effects and all of the small details in the game are just spot on. It's really a shame that the game itself is such a shallow and sub-par experience.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

According to leaks from Japan, they are going to announce a Demo for FFXV which will come out tomorrow at that event tonight where it's already been confirmed they will announce the release date.

[RealGunner]

Sep 30th apparently...

Surprised it's that soon

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Yeah date has been leaked Also there's reports that the demo is going live after the event tonight.

Gonna download it tomorrow imo

[RealGunner]

Free demo? no strings attached?

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Free demo? no strings attached?

Only strings i can tell is you get to unlock something from completing the demo that is only available in the main game if you do so.

Other than that it's a free demo, obviously will need confirmation from Square but that's what is being reported.

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