Final Fantasy Thread

[Tyaren]

So it seems the story can take very tragic twists, reading Tyaren' spoilers. I hope they are handled well, lately a lot of sad scenes in games I played felt forced.
This game has the potential to be better than I expected.

Still, @Tyaren , what is a JRPG without party quarrels? XD

I'm actually quite confident that the stoy is going to be comparatively interesting and engaging, also the most important characters. Many recent JRPGs didn't set the best examples... The last great JRPG story and character development that I played was Xenoblade Chronicles (the original on the Wii). And even that had it's flaws... What FFXIII and it's sequels brought to the table was imo a complete waste of time. What a convoluted mess.

I do like a bit of drama and tragic twists...Hajime Tabata is well known for these and Kingsglaive already was a good start in this regard but I hope he won't overdo it. I don't want to literally play Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet...which are inspirations for the story. Please no cry-fest, Tabata. If he dares to kill off Prompto...

 

[Jadeinchains]

There good things for inspiration but yeah I hope it isn't melodramatic where the characters are crying all the time. I think the story will be good too. And lol I think Prompto is safe. XD

 

[Tyaren]

Kinda Funny and Gamestop playing FFXV live:

https://www.twitch.tv/gamestop

Edit:
So this is what we learned from the live gameplay:

- Luna is a strong female character bla blah (according to her voice actress)
- PS4 is the only way to go for the game. (Yep, the presenter really said that.)
- Square Enix actually wanted Noctis to sound like Christian Bale in Batman for Duscae. (That was the exact job description.)

 

[Aerospark]

they changed luna's face again and she needs medical attention asap

 

[KasumiLover]

they changed luna's face again and she needs medical attention asap
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.....Luna?????

 

[Project Bokuho]

I liked her old face better. The new one looks like...I don't want to say drug-addict like, but it's not great lol

 

[Tyaren]

To quote myself from the page before:

By the way, you guys might be interested in how much the Luna scene and Luna herself changed within the last year:

Dawn trailer:

TGS trailer:

(Open both in a new tab and switch back and forth to best compare them.)

I think they really altered her face model (it's not just the lighting). She looks less like a pretty anime doll and a bit more realistic and as if she's been through some shit. She even has dark eye circles. Her dress is also less girly and more modest and classy.

For everyone who watched Kingsglaive and saw what Luna actually lives through, and that continues in the game, it makes perfect sense that she doesn't look like a pretty anime doll anymore but like someone who's seen some shit. I think it was a very good design decision.

By the way, there will be Dengeki stream of FFXV in less than an hour:

@Jadeinchains, was that what you were talking about?

 

[Jadeinchains]

I liked her old face but I feel like with what she looks Like now they are trying to make the stress she must be going through more clear.

Edit: Yeah I think that must be the stream I was thinking of!

 

[KasumiLover]

Actually now that I see her face from that angle, she doesn't look bad at all anymore, she looks alot more natural.

 

[Aerospark]

lunafreya: i don't fear death *jumps out of a falling ship and is about to die*
nyx:

 

[Jadeinchains]

You know she was gonna fall that 100ft to that balcony in that dress and 2.1/2 inch heels and was gonna land perfectly.

 

[Aerospark]

& probably would've said her stupid "you don't need magic to make miracles" line again when she miraculously survived.

 

[Jadeinchains]

That would have been beautiful, No one can beat Yuna's falling off a skyscraper backwards fall though. Nyx was Luna's Valefor.

 

[Tyaren]

Epic new Final Fantasy XV trailer! O:

 

[Jadeinchains]

OMG! That was amazing! Luna looks so good now and we even saw more of Gentiana so she also looked after Noctis. Cid looks good too. I think I might use the Japanese voices now that I've watched that.

 

[Tyaren]

Also Shiva! O:

Poor Luna though:

She is getting no break. Not in Kingsglaive not in the game...:/

 

[Jadeinchains]

Oh yeah I was gonna say was that Shiva! She was my favourite of the Aeons in FFX so I'm happy she's back in. Her design looks good as well. I wonder If she'll have a sassy click that kills the enemy's with ice that was great in FFX. It made the stressful boss fights a little bit easier.

And yeah Luna is being treated so bad by him, Hopefully she kills him.

 

[Tyaren]

And yeah Luna is being treated so bad by him, Hopefully she kills him.

Woah! XDDD

Some official screencaps from the trailer:
(Unfortunately there is no way of telling from what version anymore. Xbone? PS4? PS4 Pro? PC? *sigh*)

Edit:
Square Enix's press site doesn't allow hotlinling apparently. :/

 

[Jadeinchains]

Lol she should though shouldn't she?! XD

The images aren't appearing for me just now, I hope they use ps4 pictures though. That was a really good stream I hope we see some more during TGS and of course some SC news.

 

[Tyaren]

Lol she should though shouldn't she?! XD

The images aren't appearing for me just now, I hope they use ps4 pictures though. That was a really good stream I hope we see some more during TGS and of course some SC news.

Square Enix's press site does not seem to allow hotlinking images. Here you can go to see them yourself:
http://press.na.square-enix.com/products/1692p251/tgs-screenshots

They don't even look that remarkably good. Some look actually still pretty rough graphically. But over on Neogaf everyone is already sure they must be PS4 Pro footage because the base versions are oh so shitty... *sigh*