Final Fantasy XVI officially revealed .
Final Fantasy XVI
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So technology hit a ceiling for the forseeable future? Considering that this doesn't look better than what we have right now? Or what exactly is the progress on the next gen Playstation? Space?
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With how awesome FF14 been I'm super hyped for FF16!
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Man. I've been done with the franchise for a while but that trailer kinda hits all my buttons.
So technology hit a ceiling for the forseeable future? Considering that this doesn't look better than what we have right now? Or what exactly is the progress on the next gen Playstation? Space?
There's more texture and details in the backdrops and lighting and particle effects and such, in-game graphics are getting closer and closer to what could only be done in cinemas before, but no, there's not likely to be any significantly huge leaps ever again. Already from PS3 to PS4 it was relatively minor. Like yeah if you compared screenshtos side by side you could see a difference because one would have more plants the other or something, but nothing huge.
The big change on this one is pure loading speed, which isn't an obvious sell, but it means instant warping to new locations and reloading when you die and its whats allowing Ratchet and Clank to shift between worlds seamlessly. It's a pretty cool but easily missed thing.
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For a moment there, with the setting and combat camera angle I got a nice Vagrant Story vibe out of it. Hope they add more tactics to the battles in that manner. Too many times while playing FF15 I found myself imagining how awesome it would be if you could play it turn based, while moving characters around like in Tactics.
Here's to hoping that the fact a dude from DMC 5 is working on combat mechanics doesn't mean it will be plain real time action.
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The big change on this one is pure loading speed, which isn't an obvious sell, but it means instant warping to new locations and reloading when you die and its whats allowing Ratchet and Clank to shift between worlds seamlessly. It's a pretty cool but easily missed thing.
No this seems super important, thanks for pointing it out. Mainly because I do have somewhat high hopes for the FF7 remake providing a proper open world experience, where the transition between zones has to feel as seamless as possible.
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for those who haven't played XIV, members of that team–especially Yoshida--being involved is a very, very, very, very good sign.
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Hope you guys like summons cause they seem to be the main focus of the games
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What do you guys think of the new final fantasy game brining the series back to its roots with a medieval fantasy setting?
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I don’t think taking it back to a medieval setting is the thing that people are the most interested in.
But whether it will be turned based or action RPG with the latter appearing likely.
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I ripped the FF16 out of the general thread to grow it out. Game is out Summer 2023!
In case people missed it, a new trailer dropped a few days ago.
The official site updated with new info on the Dominants for Bahamut and Odin.
https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/final-fantasy-xvi-ambition
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The music gave me hype chills in the part where we see the half transformations of the dominants.
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Is this the first non-MMORPG Final Fantasy not to have a party?
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I think it’s high time we stopped using Roman numerals to designate what number of Final Fantasy we’re talking about. I literally had to checked both separate threads to check which thread was which.
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I look forward to the next King of Fighters game so we can have KoF XIV, KoF XV, and KoF XVI threads running at the same time too
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Damn .
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I'm so incredibly hyped for this game. It feels like a good and proper return to the FFTactics/FF12 style of FF with an insanely good hook (Attack on Summons), and production values out of this world. The presentation and pedigree on display has been nothing short of breathtaking. I want it yesterday. :V
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Huge interview, I have to give it a read later in the day. A couple of other places report that the game won't have any secret eikons and the game is 95% done.
https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-16-square-enix-interview-lore
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That response to the question about representation is a little bit yikes, if only because people are obviously going to take Yoshida's comments in bad faith on both fronts. It's a disappointing answer to be sure, and almost validates the opinions of a whole subsect of "fantasy fans" who get mad and cry woke if a fantasy show even dares to have a person of color in it.
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Just saw ANN post about this section of the interview as its headline. I'm more annoyed that all this feels like a lose-lose situation when a question like this gets asked.
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https://insider-gaming.com/final-fantasy-xvi-pre-orders/
Interviews have already confirmed a December release date trailer, but this suggests it may very well be at the Game Awards. That does feel like a no-brainer, but there's also a big FF 35th Anniversary event planned on December 18th, so it's likely an either-or situation. Either way, we'll be eating good next month.
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This reminds me a lot of Attack On Titan
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@Shiebs That's a bit reductive.
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https://www.destructoid.com/the-game-awards-2022-naoki-yoshida-presentation-announcement/
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Ok, so from what I have gathered, it's only one character and is a more fast-paced action game with RPG elements, like say a God of War kind of gameplay?
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That's what we've seen, but Yoshida has stated on several occasions that Clive will have allies and will rarely be alone. I imagine you'll have an AI-controlled party, or at the very least a rotating roster of guests. There's a shot in Trailer 2 for instance, that implies you'll fight alongside Shiva's Dominant, since somebody's summoning or using Shiva against an enemy that isn't Shiva and it's clearly not Clive in that moment.
But it would be fair and probably accurate to say it's a fast-paced Devil May Cry-style action game. It's just, we've seen less than 2-3 minutes of gameplay footage, and most of what we HAVE seen was in the 2020 middle of development trailer or eikon battle footage.
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I hope we get a trailer at the game awards
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With the Yoshi-P involvement and literally nothing for FF14 to put on that scale (unless they reveal 7.0 which would be wildly out of character for SE and the promotion circuit in general) it's all but given. I was hoping for 7R2 stuff but that makes no sense with Yoshi-P.
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That was everything, at least all of my major grievances. Traveling companions. Chocobos. Exploration. Dog petting. Clive seems like an active protagonist. Now they just gotta stick the landing.
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Two questions, how many Summons/Dominants/Eikons are there in this game? And will it be available for the PS4
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@Shiebs It's been suggested in interviews that there won't be any secret eikons, but whether additional eikons play a part in the story remains to be seen.
And no, it will not be available for PS4, it seems to be strictly PS5. I can't imagine them getting away with this level of visual insanity while still being on the PS4.
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Back when FF7R got a release date, I was really hoping for a FF-themed PS4 Pro that I'd transition to. I'm holding back on a PS5 because I want the revision, so I'm also on high copium for a FF-themed PS5 slim/pro by the time 16 is out...
Hang in there, Kierkegaard.
