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New Extended Gameplay Video and Information for Final Fantasy XV
E3 vid last year was prototype, now it’s the real deal, and they haven’t compromised on the battle abilities at all.
Noctis is the only playable character because they thought it would be too tricky to manage all characters.
You can jump!
The “Evade” button cannot be pressed for a long time because it’s a skill that uses MP.
There is a Parry command, which has to be used at very precise timing and can also trigger a coop action.
Tabata didn’t make the game “casual” but just wanted to make the battle commands accessible for all players.
Tabata is not afraid of criticism so he and his team will check fan’s reaction to the demo.
Tabata said his team has been trying its best to integrate everything from the Versus era, but he had to make some choices.
Originally the battle system was somehow close to Kingdom Hearts, but nowadays, it could be closer to Type-0. However Tabata stressed that FFXV’s battle system will really feel unique.
You can change your weapons from the main menu, and set a primary weapon. Weapons have specific skills attached to them.
to watch the new Gameplay Video, Click Here
Sources : SquarePortal
CONFIRMED : Noctis is the Only Playable Character in FINAL FANTASY XV
Sony released the trailers for Final Fantasy XV on the Japanese Playstation Store and in the description, it said that you can switch Party Members, Hajime Tabata, who is the game's director, Apologized for the Mistake made in the PSN description and said that Noctis will be the only playable character, to explain this decision, he said that the battle system was too complicated when they had the character switch system, so they decided to go with the single character experience like in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
New Information about FINAL FANTASY XV
During Tokyo Game Show 2014, one of the biggest announcements was a new director for Final Fantasy XV. Now that Tetsuya Nomura has moved from the project to Kingdom Hearts III, Hajime Tabata has taken the role as the main director of Final Fantasy XV. If you didn’t already know, Hajime Tabata has a long history of developing multiple action focused games such as The 3rd Birthday, Crisis Core: -Final Fantasy VII- and Final Fantasy Type-0. Even though the announcement was made last week, Hajime Tabata has been working as a co-director since 2012.
When interviewed, Hajime Tabata revealed they were dealing with many issues during the “Final Fantasy Versus XIII” era, and unfortunately the timing never matched when they finally overcame an issue. Tabata joined the team in July 2012, and after that they have done major directional changes and moved the new-generation hardware. Before that the gameplay team, the cinematics team and the game engine team worked separately, but now they have been merged together to work on the game. The overall size of the development is up to 300 people.
Hajime Tabata and Tetsuya Nomura also had many discussions about the direction Final Fantasy XV is going to take. He wanted to ensure he completely understood Nomura’s original vision: “I wanted to make sure that characters, like Noctis, that are so important to Nomura, are maintained in the best possible way.” Though, it won’t be completely the same game as Final Fantasy Versus XIII because the new-generation hardware allows them to do more than before.
The Dynamic Weather System
Final Fantasy XV will feature a dynamic weather system. This means that the weather will change naturally and the environment and objects will react to the conditions accordingly. For example, when it is raining, the characters will get wet and puddles will appear on the ground. When it’s shining, the ground and the characters’ clothes will be dried by the sun. In addition, the weather will impact to Noctis‘ magic abilities. During the sunny days, fire magic will deal more damage and may even cause burning to the environment. At the worst scenario, Noctis himself will get hurt by his own magic attacks, if they are used in the wrong conditions. Perhaps using his lightning abilities while it’s raining won’t be a good idea!
The Day-Night Cycle System
The day-night cycle system was first revealed during “The Overture” presentation. One day in the game equals to 30 minutes in the real world, and the player can see the lighting and the shadows dynamically changing as the day goes on. The towns will be reacting to the night as well, and people will turn their home’s lighting on when it’s getting dark.
Tabata also revealed it will take 30 days to beat that huge Adamantoise which was shown in the trailer last week. That would mean about fifteen hours in real time! Quite a super boss! (If Tabata wasn’t just teasing us!) Just watch out you don’t get hit by Adamantoise’s foot!
Camping Mechanism
See the key art above? It’s not a promotional artwork, but an introduction to one of the main mechanics in Final Fantasy XV. After a rough day of fighting the monsters and trying to fulfill your duties, it’s good to get some rest. You can camp outside or spend a nice evening ina hotel in the city. This is quite a crucial element in the game, because without sleep the characters eventually become weaker and aren’t performing as well as before during the battles. Some powerful monsters come out during the nights as well, and you might not be able to beat them until you have grown strong enough.
The Open World Experience
The development team wants Final Fantasy XV to feel like a road trip movie, and an experience which the players only get from the best open world games. It’s a seamless journey with the boys driving their car around the world. The game seems very realistic but it’s still a Final Fantasy game from the core.
The world is completely explorable, but they won’t just throw the player in the middle of nowhere and expect him to search random quests in order to do some story progression. Instead of that, they are creating clear objectives to drive the story forwards and making it a satisfying experience for those who are looking for the traditional Final Fantasy storytelling. At the same time, they are letting the players feel thefreedom and do and explore as much as they want.
Final Fantasy XV also features optional dungeons where the players can challenge the most powerful monsters but also find the best weapons and equipment. Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae will be featuring one of these dungeons.
The Car
According to Tabata, the car won’t be just “a car”. The players can consider it more as a party member than a transportation vehicle. He jokes that it will be “the airship” of Final Fantasy XV. The car is also a symbol that represents the open world and the freedom in the game.
The driving itself is designed to be enjoyable and fun yet realistic – but not too realistic. The car can be set to a manual or an auto mode, and while the player is driving, he can listen to the characters’ conversations. Since the world will be huge, Tabata recommends the players to travel by car. The objectives may be far away from each other, and if the player chooses to walk to the destination, it will be taking a long time. Walking is primary for getting to places where you can’t get with the car.
The Battle System
There’s still much we don’t know about Final Fantasy XV’s battle system, but here’s everything Tabata revealed during the interviews. First and foremost, he wants the gameplay to be fun and feel great. The basic idea is to build the battles upon a continuous flow of movements; this continuous flow is based on the combination of buttons you press and each action is chained into another in a seamless way. There will be two stances: defensive and offensive. During the defensive stance, Noctis evades and guards most of the enemies’ attacks. The fighting itself happens during the offensive stance.
Unlike in any other mainline Final Fantasy game, there won’t be a separated menu for the commands. You will be controlling other characters by adjusting their battle style and strategies from the menu. Cooperation between the characters is an important element in Final Fantasy XV. It will be executed automatically, but certain abilities, equipment and weapons may encourage the characters to cooperate more likely when the circumstances are right. Previously, we saw Noctis and Ignis also performing a linking attack in “The Overture” tech demo. It’s just one form of cooperation. Noctis is a weapon summoner and he has an ability to teleport to a new place by throwing one of his swords there. The player can only teleport to certain locations and depending on the circumstances, you will see a glowing icon where you can teleport.
Note: These are just small details about the battle system. There’s still a lot more we need to know before even trying to understand how it works. More details will be coming later this year.
The Graphics & the Tokyo Game Show Trailer
During the interview, Tabata was proud to reveal that everything in the Tokyo Game Show trailer was in-game engine, except the part with airships. (see the picture above) The director told he wanted to create a seamless experience where transitions between the gameplay and the cutscenes are fluent. The graphics are currently at around 70% of their goal, and he hopes to improve the graphical quality when the demo is released next year.
Talking about Bringing Old Final Fantasy Elements to Final Fantasy XV
Hajime Tabata also answered a question about bringing old Final Fantasy elements to Final Fantasy XV. He feels that adding some features / elements to just please the fans, is a very shallow action, and necessarily won’t make the game any better. Final Fantasy XV will contain traditional elements such as chocobos as long as they fit to the overall vision and have some meaning in the game. Though, he promised there will be a surprise for the fans at the end of Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae.
The Remote Play
The game will obviously support the new-generation consoles’ features such as sharing, but the remote play function on PlayStation 4 is undecided. With the remote play, the players can play their PlayStation 4 games on PSVita anywhere they want as long as their internet connection is fast enough. The feature won’t be in the demo, but it might be added to the final version of the game.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae – The Playable Demo
Tabata is well aware of the risks that come with the demo release, but he is ready to take them in order to make Final Fantasy XV the best experience as possible. They also wanted to avoid releasing two Final Fantasy games (FFXV & FFTYPE-0) as standalone titles since they would have damaged each others’ sales. This is why they decided to release them in a single package and make the games live in a symbiosis together.
Episode Duscae will be included in every Final Fantasy Type-0 HD copy and is named after one of the areas in Final Fantasy XV. The demo will focus on the battle system and exploring the areas such as the dungeon and a city. It will still provide an hour-long experience for the players who only want to experience the story, but it may take up to three or fours hours to explore everything. The Tokyo Game Show trailer was also the demo trailer and all the locations showed in it will be in the demo.
The End of the Article & Hajime Tabata’s Regards for the Fans
Now that all problems have been overcome and the development has truly started, Final Fantasy XV seems to be on the right track. This is why Hajime Tabata hopes the fans would restart counting the development time from the time when he joined in the team. (July 2012) In terms of development, Final Fantasy XV is 55 percent complete now and it’s not after eight years. It’s only two years worth of work. Let’s hope everything goes well, and that we will be playing the full version of the game within a year or two!
Sources : SquarePortal
Confirmed : The Girl in the TGS 2014 trailer is not Stella
According to the latest issue of Dengeki Playstation magazine, "Luna" is the name of this new character, described as a "mysterious woman", there are still no details on her relation to Noctis or the other main characters in the game.
New Final Fantasy XV Screenshots
More tidbits on FINAL FANTASY XV
According to someone who works at Famitsu, the next interview will contain more information on what to expect of the next Final Fantasy:
- The game started as an action game like KH, but things changed, it's still action, but at the same time more similar to the main series. They want to give to the player the full control of what's happening during the fight. - Every party member has a different style, can combo with them, each of them are better against different enemies. - Duscae will be ready for march. - Duscae is a region of the world. - No spoiler in the demo, mostly to show the battle system, big surprise at the end for the fans. - A lot to explore, can drive manually or letting the CPU drive. - Is it open world? Yes, FFXV will have a massive world to explore, thanks to the next-gen consoles. - Demo is 70%-80% done, the final version will be better. - Prompto is Selphie (sorry, my interpretation), Noctis is not the reserved lonewolf guy he was before. - Block button, auto-attack and warp button. - They changed the look of Ignis. - S-E wants to expand the world on Vita and mobile, meaning it would be great to connect to it outside of the TV. - The plot is simple, the party must retrieve a stolen crystal from an enemy country. - No comment on Luna, key character as important as Noctis. - More info at the Jump Festa 2015.
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Final Fantasy XV Overture demo in 1080p HD
Ignis Scentia double wielding and throwing swords.
Episode Duscae is confimed to be coming alongside FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD on March 17th (20th for Europe).
Final Fantasy XV – Episode Duscae takes place near the beginning of Final Fantasy XV – but certain elements will be different from the final game. This is a special demo and we want you to get hands on with a unique first-play experience that will be able to give you a better feeling for the game as a whole. While we don’t want to give too much of the final game away in Episode Duscae we do want you to have a much better understanding of Final Fantasy XV by the end of it.
Episode Duscae is set near the beginning of Final Fantasy XV so you don’t have to worry about any major plot spoilers and you’ll be able to explore a certain part of the world and experience the new battle system.
High quality version of the new artwork.
Tetsuya Nomura leaves FINAL FANTASY XV project.
“In reviewing our development structure, we have decided to assign Hajime Tabata as the new director for FINAL FANTASY XV. Currently, Tabata and the entire development team are working, whole-heartedly, towards completing the production of FINAL FANTASY XV and ensuring the delivery of the highest quality FINAL FANTASY title to date,” said Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda regarding the staff changes. “We invite every one of our fans to view the fruits of our labor through FINAL FANTASY XV’s demo, and promise to present a game that further surpasses expectations when the finished product is released.
“As the director of FINAL FANTASY XV, Tetsuya Nomura has mainly worked on the original concept for the story and universe in addition to creating the characters. Hereafter, he will be focusing his efforts on the production of titles that can only be made possible by Nomura, himself, and delivering products that exceed the quality of past titles, starting with another one of his representative projects, KINGDOM HEARTS III. Square Enix will continue to work on these titles with the best staff formation in an effort to deliver them to everyone as soon as possible and appreciates your continued support.”
Final Fantasy XV is currently announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
FINAL FANTASY XV gets a trailer in time for TGS. It depicts what seems to be the demo area and other moments from the game.
TGS BREAKING NEWS: FINAL FANTASY XV DEMO IN 2015
A downloadable demo for the next numbered Final Fantasy will be available in 2015, and lets players see some opening sections of the game in action.
Square Enix is calling the demoEpisode Duscae, and though it focuses on the early parts of the game, some elements of the progression have been altered in order to make it more suitable for a demo experience.
Some players will be able toget Episode Duscae for free thanks to a voucher included withFinal Fantasy Type-0 HD, which releases on March 17 in North America. A representative from Square Enix could not confirm that the demo will be available the exact same day as Type-0 HD, but it will be coming to both PS4 and Xbox One when it does release.
source: GameInformer
Few new details surface after a FFTYPE-0 HD update.
Today we found out Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is coming along well and will be released sometime in 2015 and Hajime Tabata also shared some new tidbits on Final Fantasy XV.
While Tabata compares Final Fantasy Type-0's story to a war movie he later says Final Fantasy XV is a little different comparing it to a road trip kind of movie and adventure that focuses primarily on brotherhood.
Also, considering Type-0's remaster is coming out in 2015 and one of its purposes is to "introduce" and led fans to buy a PS4 or Xbox One before XV comes out, that may hint that we won't see Final Fantasy XV until 2016.
Anyways, no matter how much this means we will wait, stay tuned for more info since TGS is just around the corner and we're still looking for the promised update "later this year".
