9/9/99. Still the most excited I ever was for a Final Fantasy game.
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| Posted by: Seri Mar 30 2016, 11:26 AM |
| http://gematsu.com/2016/03/final-fantasy-xv-launches-september-30 10 years later, we finally have a release date. I'm excited. Still after all this time, somehow. |
| Posted by: RalliKai Mar 30 2016, 12:19 PM |
| Still lukewarm to what I've seen of XV. I want to be excited but still very skeptical with where the series has gone since FFX. 9/9/99. Still the most excited I ever was for a Final Fantasy game. |
| Posted by: APX Mar 30 2016, 12:49 PM |
| Ehhh... haven't been interested in a FF game since... 9? Even then I wasn't really in to it. 8 seemed to be the great ff game for me. But we'll see. |
| Posted by: Seri Mar 30 2016, 01:37 PM |
| So we're all in agreement that 8 is the best? /thread |
| Posted by: Sensation! Mar 30 2016, 01:41 PM |
 Image size reduced, original size: 805 x 808. http://i.imgur.com/MlvBNUX.jpg to view the image in its original dimension. I'm playing it for her. |
| Posted by: Seri Mar 30 2016, 01:51 PM |
 Image size reduced, original size: 1280 x 720. http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/f/fa/Stella.jpg to view the image in its original dimension. I'm playing it for her. ...Oh wait. |
| Posted by: RalliKai Mar 30 2016, 04:12 PM | ||
8 is memorable but I think the best overall is still 7 with 6 right behind it. |
| Posted by: Seri Mar 30 2016, 09:21 PM |
| So news from the big Uncovered event. http://gematsu.com/2016/03/final-fantasy-xv-release-date-platinum-demo-anime-cg-movie-more-officially-announced |
| Posted by: Tessou Mar 31 2016, 10:17 AM | ||
7 had a terrible story, 6 was the greatest of all time, and 8 would have been perfect if the leveling system wasn't broken. 7 came in at a good time on a system that needed a killer app. The anime market was booming and so the storyline and character archetypes fit right in with adolescent gamers' bucket lists. At least the soundtrack was amazing. |
| Posted by: RalliKai Mar 31 2016, 04:07 PM | ||
I didn't see 7 having a terrible story but the fandom propped it up much higher than it really deserved. Xenogears was incomplete and had a much better overall story (Ironically, it was originally supposed to be FF7). The world, music and gameplay are what made 7 great to me. FF6s story is still the best in the series. 8 had alot elements that bugged me from making money, to leveling, and the junction system. The story went to the moon (almost literally) after disk 2 and came back to ground at the end. From what I've watched of XV, all I've made out of it so far have been 4 bro's rolling around GTA style on Isla Nublar, killing random things. They switch to the adult characters who come off as far more interesting but then quickly switch back to the J-pop bro team. |
| Posted by: BOZZ Apr 1 2016, 09:06 AM | ||
Err, that's the first time I heard Xenogears was supposed to be a Final Fantasy game, from what I remember at times Chrono Trigger was rumoured to be FF VII when they were planning FF VII for the SNES. As for FF XV, I've got reservations about it, removing that heroine from the original FF Versus aside, alot of this merchandising stuff like including real-life brands in the game and launching all these extra things like a movie and 5-episode animated series is giving me some bad vibes and is making me think this game is going to turn out like FF XIII, which IMHO was a pretty terrible game. |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 1 2016, 09:14 AM |
| Seems a lot like "corporate shill: the game". It's trying so hard to be, I guess, a postmodern RPG with a ton of bells and whistles, which to me spells out "confusing". |
| Posted by: RalliKai Apr 1 2016, 10:07 AM | ||||
After this trailer, I think you pretty much nailed it there. Looking more forward to Persona 5 for my JRPG fix. |
| Posted by: APX Apr 1 2016, 11:45 AM |
| Still love FF8, if they remade it, i'd play it again, still got my guidebook >_> |
| Posted by: Tessou Apr 1 2016, 12:34 PM |
| They sorta did for the Steam release. It's a better game. |
| Posted by: SgtXDNX Apr 1 2016, 07:10 PM |
| Oh my god, the combat system feels like hot garbage. It's like they tried to make a character-action game a la DMC/Bayo/etc, but don't quite understand what makes those systems work so well. It's clunky as shit, and unless it's overhauled or completely scrapped before the game actually comes out, I'm not that interested. Ah well, there's always P5.  |
| Posted by: APX Apr 1 2016, 08:52 PM |
| ^ Another reason why I didn't really get into the newer FF games, from what I saw, it was just free roam fighting, no real turn base,etc.. something that I liked for my RPG games lol. Kingdom Hearts gets a pass, that was good. |
| Posted by: BOZZ Apr 2 2016, 08:31 AM | ||
The trailer looks good, but I am so hesitant, I've yet to get a PS4 and this would be the game to get it for IMHO, I just hope that even if this turns out bad that they don't mess up the FF 7 remake. |
| Posted by: Alastair Apr 2 2016, 08:35 AM |
| played the demo, visuals are pretty...that's it. |
| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Apr 2 2016, 10:39 AM | ||
8 was kinda forgettable for me. I don't hate it for the reasons most people on the Internet hate it (Junction system.) I just didn't like the way the story went. But I do think the soundtrack is one of the best in the series. I still haven't played an FF game that topped 9. It was just a great overall package. Characters and soundtrack were the best in the series, and the story was up there with Tactics, and 6. Not to mention all the little nods and references to all the FF games that came before it. I've been playing the new HD version on my phone, and god does it look it nice. Plus it has a speed increase option to get around the horrendously slow ATB bar. But I am skeptical about 15. I think the world looks great, and I really like that they're using the classic FF monster designs, but that's about it. |
| Posted by: BOZZ Apr 2 2016, 11:12 AM | ||||
FF 9 was great, so great, so very great. I only beat for the first time a few months back. Music, visuals, characters, story; all of it, great. The only negative bit was the last boss, I don't think additional details are necessary. FF 8 was good too, the junction system was super exploitable IMHO, it made it super easy to cheat the game (I think I had my characters all with like 7000-8000 hp early on) and reminded me of FF 2 (whose levelling system was focused on levelling up areas you used, so if you got hit a lot it would result in the character getting higher HP, the exploitable part was you could hit yourself and get that bonus along with a bonus for attack as well as far as I remember, it's been years since I beat FF 2). The music was okay and the game was fun (especially the final area, I still haven't beaten Omega Weapon), the only problems I ever had with it was the character development and story was kinda weak and later a little convoluted with...
To be honest the best part of FF 8 was Laguna, I wish they had made him the main character or heck, made his story the main story, I much rather would have seen his story rather than Squall's, he was far more interesting character and had the best theme song in the entire game. As for FF 7, great all around game IMHO (hard to say which is my favourite: 6 which was the first FF I ever owned or 7) - interesting characters, a pretty good plot, good fighting system, magic system was a lot like FF VI in that you could make any character a summoner, white or black mage (in a sense), and of course it had a GREAT soundtrack. I like how it focused mainly on a single enemy throughout the game, much like FF VI did with Kefka, where other games had random villains appear late in the game. It wasn't really revolutionary, except with regards to the tech and being 3D, but rather evolutionary over the previous games in the franchise, heck it definitely wasn't the first game to kill off major characters (FF III, IV, V all say hello). When I think about it, FF 7 - 9 almost seems like the twilight or the apex of great FF games from Square, IMO they've gone downhill for the most part ever since although there are games like Bravely Default (which admittedly I haven't played, but have heard great things about) or the upcoming PS4/hopefully Vita title "I am Setsuna" that seem to prove otherwise. I guess my expectations for FF XV are low, in light of how terrible FF XIII was and how FF XII was so underwhelming after I had such high expectations since they had Yasumi Matsuno in charge in directing. This last bit actually reminds me that FF XII (had such great potential which IMO was ruined by a really lacklustre story and some questionable choices in characters) ended up changing directors midway like XV has, hopefully the change in director will result in a better game. |
| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Apr 2 2016, 11:32 AM | ||||
Your spoiler pretty much nailed how I felt about 8's story. I thought it was great up to disc 2, then it just went downhill during disc 3. I also enjoyed Laguna as a character. I remember always looking forward to the dream/flashback sequences. I've always like upbeat characters like him and Zidane. Also, probably why I prefer Zack over Cloud. |
| Posted by: BOZZ Apr 2 2016, 11:35 AM | ||
I remember in the lead up to the release of FF VIII how they were promoting it has having two main characters, man how disappointing to find out how much of a half truth that was... QQ |
| Posted by: APX Apr 2 2016, 02:56 PM |
| 8>9. Simple as that.  |
| Posted by: BOZZ Jun 1 2016, 11:25 AM | ||
I just started re-playing FF VIII after some time, it's addictive (played it for 2 hours straight), just wish, much like FF XII, that the story was better. Just read some of the new details on FF XV, it has a freaking http://kotaku.com/nine-things-revealed-about-final-fantasy-xv-1779797713 |
| Posted by: RalliKai Jun 3 2016, 04:47 AM | ||
Ohwell, maybe we'll get controllable boats and more ingame songs to listen to in FFXV-2. Actually replaying VIII. Didn't realize how much I honestly didn't like Rinoa as a character. Also, found an area in Fisherman's Horizon that I always overlooked. Still, FF vs. FF, I thought 9 was overall a better game despite its story flaws towards the end. |
| Posted by: BOZZ Jun 3 2016, 11:19 AM | ||
I was kind of surprised that you have a boat in FF XV but it's not controllable.  What's the place you overlooked at Fisherman's Horizon (coincidentally I just finished up there atm). |
| Posted by: RalliKai Jun 3 2016, 12:20 PM | ||
The "hidden" store in the section directly to the right of the first screen when you walk on FH, where you find a Timber Maniac's. Feel embarrassed to have owned the game for 16 years and not noticed this store till now. |
| Posted by: RalliKai Dec 1 2016, 06:26 PM | ||
Have to admit, I'm encouraged by what I'm hearing out there. Though I'm still stuck between picking up XV and The Last Guardian for the holidays.  Seeing this also had me nerding out alittle.
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| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Dec 2 2016, 09:59 PM |
| I'm about 32 hours in and only about 1/3 of the way through the game. Safe to say I'm enjoying it. I could be a lot further if I did the story quests one after another, but I spent the first 15-20ish hours just doing side quests, roaming around, fighting monsters and picking up loot. The combat is obviously not your typical FF gameplay, but it's still really fun. |
| Posted by: RalliKai Dec 3 2016, 08:31 AM |
| What prickles me abit from what I'm hearing is the story isn't well hashed out in the game and you need to watch the FFXV anime and movie to really understand what's going on. |
| Posted by: Tessou Dec 3 2016, 01:22 PM |
| I played about four hours last night, after picking up what is probably the last Deluxe Edition in Iowa. So far I like it. It's a little clunky with the "you can't control your characters right now for some reason" moments, it's a little aggravating with the amount of menus and lack of explanation for half of them, and the combat takes zen-like focus in order to get combos (warp strikes get insta-punished constantly). However, I love the story, and the graphics, and the characters, and the general freedom you are given to play the game as you want. The game doesn't punish you for messing around and experimenting. Also, Royal Raiment Noctis? YES. |
| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Dec 3 2016, 09:54 PM | ||
The movie honestly doesn't explain THAT much. At least where I'm at in the game. They showed some scenes from the movie towards the beginning of the game to show what went down while Noctis and co were out and about. As for the Brotherhood anime, it's just for character back stories. Also explains why certain characters have the skills they have in the game, and how Noctis met them. Brotherhood does help you understand some of the small talk conversations in the game. I've encountered one with Prompto that has heavy references to his Brotherhood episode. It doesn't contribute to the main story plot, but it does help to know what they're referring to. They're both worth the watch if you got some free time. |
| Posted by: Tessou Dec 3 2016, 11:09 PM | ||
Not true. Plain and simple, FFXV just doesn't explain much from the start. There is a lore guide in the game, but it doesn't really help. It's bad storytelling getting into the game. A few chapters in, that doesn't matter as it takes off on its own. I won't say it's the best story, but it has some great moments. Regalia handles for shit. Don't drive unless you have to (which is to say, at night). Have Ignis drive you everywhere during the day. Fishing kicks ass. I love it. |
| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Dec 7 2016, 09:43 PM | ||
Ended up beating the game last night. I think the 8/10 scores the game were fair. There were definitely some things that needed to be explained better. Here's to hoping the upcoming DLC covers that.
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| Posted by: APX Dec 7 2016, 11:03 PM |
| So the game has been out for a week or so and it's already been beaten? Not sure if I like the sound of that, specially from a RPG game. |
| Posted by: Seri Dec 8 2016, 06:13 AM | ||
| Hey, some people have no life. I beat it Sunday, clocking in 35 hours, though I rushed. The thing is, even after you bear the game, that's only about half the content. Though I'd recommend it more for its charm than it's length. They've also announced they're going to address some of the more vocal concerns with patches going forward.
Anyway, expect a full review from me soon, since I'm working my wah through the post game content. |
| Posted by: xiao Dec 8 2016, 06:56 AM |
★ My favourite character's Aranea Highwind ~  I really like the way they played with the theme of demons considering when one thinks about a King's enemies ~ there's no other better antagonist. Also pretty obvious but ~ has anyone mentioned that the King's palace looks exactly like the Japanese Diet building... --- --- --- Edit: err... wrong building but you know which one I'm talking about~ XP Also ~ Roberto Ferrari's awesome...!!  |
| Posted by: Seri Dec 8 2016, 08:09 AM | ||
| I'm Team Iris. Just hope Gladio doesn't kill me. By the way, Phantom.
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| Posted by: Tessou Dec 9 2016, 04:11 PM | ||
The game does not throttle you from blazing through the story in about 6 hours if that's what you want to do. You'd me missing out on a ton of content, though. I'm currently tearing my hair out with all of the goddamn chocobo stuff. |
| Posted by: Phantom_R32 Dec 9 2016, 06:10 PM | ||||||
As for how long the story is, I'd say anywhere from 20-25 hours if you wanna skip out on a lot of exploring and other things. I was already at the 30 hour mark during chapter 3. It's easy to get sidetracked from the main story. Thanks to me being sick during my vacation days I had nothing to do besides play FFXV, so I'm pushin' 65+ hours with quite a bit of post game content to do. The game as a whole is quite lengthy. |
| Posted by: Seri Dec 9 2016, 06:21 PM | ||||||
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| Posted by: xiao Dec 9 2016, 06:37 PM | ||||||||||||
Also: I like Prompto better than Zell from FF8 ~ 
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