Final Fantasy XV: Cup Noodle XV Special Edition

[Ratatapa]

The only problem i see, is possible performance issue inside XV from normal to PRO

and it seems to be like that, or else they could release the game in September.

Their goal is simply

'FFXV lags? Get a PS4 pro'

[Uzor]

Didn't Sony explicitly state something like all games need to be optimized for PS4 so people don't need to feel obliged to upgrade?

Anyway, just saw the movie, so I have a spoilerish question regarding FFXV

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Am I right in assuming that Ramuh, Titan etc are all part of the "Old Wall"

[Spira]

If you didn't see that coming, then you're impressively shortsighted or poorly informed as a consumer.

i bought it before XV was delayed.

[Tyrath]

In Spira's defence, the game had a confirmed and supposedly set in stone release date after a giant global announcement 2 months ago lol

Also PS4 Pro wasn't even an announced thing. Most people assumed it would come out holiday 2017.

[Spira]

Didn't Sony explicitly state something like all games need to be optimized for PS4 so people don't need to feel obliged to upgrade?

Anyway, just saw the movie, so I have a spoilerish question regarding FFXV

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Am I right in assuming that Ramuh, Titan etc are all part of the "Old Wall"

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No those are like statues of the old Lucian kings. They're Knights of the Round

[Katlan]

Yeah.



Even with shitty stream compression, the difference is kind of obscene.

i don't buy that for one second without a side-by-side comparison. yes 4k makes a difference but it doesn't make it look like a whole new movie game, its literally just more pixels filling the screen for more detail. That Pro SS is in a much better lighted environment to begin with.

However, it will be no surprise that it runs much smoother on the Pro

[Krandor]

Well that's supposed to be showing the difference between PS4 Amateur vs PS4 Pro "Max 1080p" mode.

[Katlan]

Yeah I'm calling bullshit and they are also since its not a side by side comparison. The screen grabs make it look like a whole new console generation and its very obvious this is a New 3DS situation.

[Waraji]

Can't wait for PC release.

[Salodin]

Can't wait for PC release.

Idk bro, if the games a hit expect to be spoilered at some point, or made to feel bad for not playing the hottest game of the decade.

[Krandor]

the hottest game of the decade.

lol, no

[Tyrath]

As far as hype goes? It'll probably be up there. So that isn't too far off for spoilers and such.

[Appie]

SE. pls. Collector's edition PS4 Pro. Pls SE.

Of course they will. In fact it's one of the first things that came to mind after they announced the delay and I still hadn't seen a "Limited Edition FFXV" PS4 console being released at the least in Japan, while we were only a few weeks away from the original launch: "they are saving it for the Neo". So ya, expect one to be announced within the next month I'd say.

[Krandor]

As far as hype goes? It'll probably be up there. So that isn't too far off for spoilers and such.

Maybe on this forum, but Final Fantasy is not even remotely the juggernaut it was in the past. If we're talking the past 10 years the sales for this game probably won't even crack the top 25

[-Zer0-]

This is lame. I haven't gotten anything but member points from the last 3 or 4 weeks from Carbuncle. Anyone get anything mildly cool?

[Tyrath]

Maybe on this forum, but Final Fantasy is not even remotely the juggernaut it was in the past. If we're talking the past 10 years the sales for this game probably won't even crack the top 25

Sure, but he's not talking about sales. He's talking about avoiding spoilers on the internet. You know its gonna be a hotly talked about title, one way or another.

[Destinye]

Also PS4 Pro wasn't even an announced thing. Most people assumed it would come out holiday 2017.

Yeah...and I pretty much said given the way Sony was working it wouldn't be surprising if it came out soon since it's not a 'ground up' system.

Sure, but he's not talking about sales. He's talking about avoiding spoilers on the internet. You know its gonna be a hotly talked about title, one way or another.

Yep.

[Psion]

Don't almost every AAA game care about graphics?

I really wouldn't say SE care more about gameplay than visuals. Not any more than any other large developer. Like Elcura said, if all they cared about was visuals every FF game would be a copy/paste with just upgraded visuals. It's not like SE only have 1 department and told everyone to work on graphics, including the audio engineers, game designers, game programmers, level editors, narrative copywriters...

Whether you want to admit it or not, the look of a game is a huge part of the immersion. You can have the world's greatest gameplay in a game, but it won't be near as popular as most other games if all it features is a stick figure. Of course, the same can be said about graphics if the gameplay and story is shit. I do not, however, see what's wrong with trying to make a game as beautiful as possible, as that is a very important part. A game with excellent gameplay will be made even more fun with excellent graphics. And no, I'm not saying FFXV is excellent. I simply don't know that yet. But you can't say that SE spent more time on graphics than gameplay, either, because you simply don't know whether that is true or not until the game releases.

Sure, based on their track record you can be cautious, but just because you drive by a field and see only black sheep, you can't with certainty say that the next field will only contain black sheep.

i think you're getting graphics and aesthetics mixed up. let's not forget the best selling game of all time was tetris, until it got upsurped by...minecraft. and you cannot say that game has omgamazinggraphics. graphics actually don't matter much, as long as the aesthetics are good. for instance, Don't Starve is pretty much 2D, yet it has a beautiful gloomy "drawn" look to it that works well with the games music and theme. Bastion is another example of a game with not the highest graphics but beautiful aesthetics.

it's also partly why minecraft got away with its terribly blocky graphics. it didn't try and make things highly polished looking, which would have looked out of place. it didn't try to make highly detailed models (until those horrible horses with their alligator jaws and ridiculously high block count... thanks jeb!) most mobs consisted of a few blocks put together with pixilated skins that were slightly cartoonish, at least until notch left and the soul of the game with it. it all formed a coherent theme that avoided breaking immersion by having something look out of place.

it goes without saying that final fantasy has done their part to try and focus on aesthetics for their games. that's why final fantasy 9, for instance, had characters with oversized heads with highly emphasized faces, and slightly cartoonish aesthetics. it helped with the theme of the game being like a play. that's why final fantasy 10 had a lot of emphasis on water and light and motion, helping to emphasize the ephemeral nature of a story dealing with the spiral of death and a changing world. its true they push the boundries in graphics, but that's not what brings in the fans. final fantasy looks like art, not a 4k turd shown with 64x AA.

[Katlan]

This is lame. I haven't gotten anything but member points from the last 3 or 4 weeks from Carbuncle. Anyone get anything mildly cool?

Ever since the first week it's been big prizes so it's basically winning the lottery I'm guessing. 2 weeks were custom XB1s and this week and the previous week are custom PS4's.

I'd be surprised if more than 5-10 people won each week

[6souls]

Guns

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