Danjin44
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Sooo fucking sick of graphics conversations in every fucking thread, I look at the game and it looks great and that all I need, I dont care AT ALL about the tech behind it.
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25 minutes of Final Fantasy XVI Revealed at the State of Play
GHG
Gold Member
I did not know that. Seems promising, because I hope it feels as good to play as it looks. Needs to be tight and responsive.
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Spaceman292
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The fuck are you talking about
Larxia
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Does it go for both sides though? It seems like it's fine for people saying the graphics look incredible, but a problem if someone say the graphics are mediocre.
swaffles23
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DenchDeckard
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Bkdk
Member
Glad they improve the magic and sword effect a lot, that is the big highlight for this trailer. The eikon battles though, seems extremely disappointing, first it feels very arcady, the most serious issue is that it all seem to happen outside of the main world and limited to a seperate hub, doesn't seem like you can use those eikon to battle enemies on the main game world, that is very bad. Hopefully this is not the case as it comes out. Some of the sound effects as the attack hits are kind of weird as well. Overall the feeling about this is kind of mixed. Will buy a ps5 to play it in day 1 though, I play most of the FF games anyway so this probably will end up around the middle of the pack.
GHG
Gold Member
I do, it's late here. Thanks for helping out in my time of need. Can always count on ya Dench.
saintjules
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Camera work is intense (timestamp)
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James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
2023 is the return of 2002
Pasta la Vista
Gold Member
Holy shit, I might actually play this all in the English VO. Loved what I've heard so far.
GeeseGoose
Member
Combat system is abysmal. Really flashy, high impact moves and effects... with tiny impact of enemy HP. I assume that there will be a stagger system that SE seem to think is great gameplay.
Aside from XI & XIV, Final Fantasy from XIII onwards has not been relevant to me. I think this one will be "watch a let's play at 2x speed" game purely to spot the FFXIV inspirations.
Edit: Call me blind, just noticed a stagger icon on what I assume are elite/boss enemies. Ew
Aside from XI & XIV, Final Fantasy from XIII onwards has not been relevant to me. I think this one will be "watch a let's play at 2x speed" game purely to spot the FFXIV inspirations.
Edit: Call me blind, just noticed a stagger icon on what I assume are elite/boss enemies. Ew
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vpance
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They out God of War'd God of War.
Dr. Samuel Hayden
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Based and DMCpilled
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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People really trying to shit on the graphics but can't even explain what they think are bad about the graphics 
Look, I'm not going to say this is the best-looking game ever. Never thought that. For now that game is still HFW, and soon it'll be Burning Shores once that releases. I did notice some odd lip sync "issues" (could really just be that they're doing both English and Japanese dubs and it actually takes a lot to sync for multiple languages) and stiffness in some facial animations. Maybe there could be a bit more cloth deformation on certain articles of clothing. A bit crisper textures in select places.
But overall I'd say the visuals are very good. The art style is cohesive, and that's saying a lot considering some of the more traditional FF elements in there which could have caused some Sonic '06 style visual dissonance. Animations in combat look cool with a lot of impact and punctuation for key hits, movement looks smooth, framepacing is perfect...still wish we could get some 60 FPS footage but I guess we'll see that later on. As long as there's a 60 FPS mode confirmed would be nice, just to have the option (I think all 9th-gen games should have the option TBH, regardless of the game).
As for the combat, I liked what I saw. I would like to see more of the strategic elements in a full battle, but I have a decent gist of that, what with selecting your spell skills, (I think) combining spells, triggering different states for access to different spells etc. There seems to be a lot of depth there. I don't think the combat is too flashy; everything still seems very readable in terms of visual language, I never lost track of where the main character was or where attacks were landing, what was happening on the screen etc. THAT would have been a sign it's too busy visually IMO.
Overall I'm pretty excited for this game. It'd be among the first batch of games I pick up for PS5 alongside Elden Ring (I don't want to play that on a PS4, too much of a struggle) and probably upgrade my GOW Ragnarok to the PS5 version to finish there (same with HFW). I think SE have a good thing going here, now it's just up to the story to deliver.
Look, I'm not going to say this is the best-looking game ever. Never thought that. For now that game is still HFW, and soon it'll be Burning Shores once that releases. I did notice some odd lip sync "issues" (could really just be that they're doing both English and Japanese dubs and it actually takes a lot to sync for multiple languages) and stiffness in some facial animations. Maybe there could be a bit more cloth deformation on certain articles of clothing. A bit crisper textures in select places.
But overall I'd say the visuals are very good. The art style is cohesive, and that's saying a lot considering some of the more traditional FF elements in there which could have caused some Sonic '06 style visual dissonance. Animations in combat look cool with a lot of impact and punctuation for key hits, movement looks smooth, framepacing is perfect...still wish we could get some 60 FPS footage but I guess we'll see that later on. As long as there's a 60 FPS mode confirmed would be nice, just to have the option (I think all 9th-gen games should have the option TBH, regardless of the game).
As for the combat, I liked what I saw. I would like to see more of the strategic elements in a full battle, but I have a decent gist of that, what with selecting your spell skills, (I think) combining spells, triggering different states for access to different spells etc. There seems to be a lot of depth there. I don't think the combat is too flashy; everything still seems very readable in terms of visual language, I never lost track of where the main character was or where attacks were landing, what was happening on the screen etc. THAT would have been a sign it's too busy visually IMO.
Overall I'm pretty excited for this game. It'd be among the first batch of games I pick up for PS5 alongside Elden Ring (I don't want to play that on a PS4, too much of a struggle) and probably upgrade my GOW Ragnarok to the PS5 version to finish there (same with HFW). I think SE have a good thing going here, now it's just up to the story to deliver.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Some lovely music and the battle theme already sounds iconic, the composer Soken will make a splash here.
Been saying this for a while that the set pieces would be the new God of War games to shame.
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
did you watch it?
Fbh
Member
Looks amazing. Skipped the final part though as it looked spoilerish.
The presentation seemed really geared towards more casual players but I guess it makes sense since at this point most "core" games probably know if they are in or not
Like Devil May Cry but instead o just walking in a straight line from one ugly combat arena to the next you've got:
Tons of cool and varied looking locations to explore taking you all over a whole continent
Towns and NPC's
Probably an interesting story with compelling characters
Awesome setpiece moments
Gear, equipment, upgrades, skill trees, etc
Side quests
omegasc
Member
yes
jk. no.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Same. I’m playing Horizon again and this looks a lot worse
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
i read here that it was a modified version of the 14 engine
StueyDuck
Member
I am disgustingly excited for this and I have no clue why...
I think its just being excited for a final fantasy again is always a great feeling. (And not a remake) also because this is the ARR director and team is also giving me the good tinglys... not sure on that voice acting though. It's well acted but like the classic jrpg weirdness where the voice does not match the character at all.
Which is weird because I generally find final fantasy since X has been pretty good at solving that issue
I think its just being excited for a final fantasy again is always a great feeling. (And not a remake) also because this is the ARR director and team is also giving me the good tinglys... not sure on that voice acting though. It's well acted but like the classic jrpg weirdness where the voice does not match the character at all.
Which is weird because I generally find final fantasy since X has been pretty good at solving that issue
yet_another_alt
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The accessibility options reminds me of Nier Automata's. Good on them for making it actually part of the gameplay instead of just a slider for damage and health. Also they really nailed that high fantasy aesthetic. I wish the UI also followed a similar look, getting really tired of the same soulless UI over and over. More importantly, ice waifu!
ShadyAcshuns
Member
I know what to say: go git a PS5!
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
this is amazing.
this makes me think the story is going to be FF (Fucking Finally) what this franchise needs
Werewolf Jones
Member
I ain't watching a single fucking thing on this game.
See you in June when it drops.
See you in June when it drops.
semiconscious
Member
just remember: if you haven't 'coaxed' a consumer base into obsessing over graphics, you haven't got a consumer base willing to pay exorbitant prices for tvs, monitors, & graphics cards...
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I think the graphics are really disappointing. They looked great in those screens they released last year, but bizarrely they look way worse in motion.
About the best I can say is at least it'll be playable in 60fps. On that point, why are these demos always shown in 30fps? It's ridiculous. 60fps looks way better.
About the best I can say is at least it'll be playable in 60fps. On that point, why are these demos always shown in 30fps? It's ridiculous. 60fps looks way better.
Yes! They looked awful in FFVIIR.
Lokaum D+
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Markio128
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I reckon this is going to be a lot of fun to play, like DMC but with loads of depth. And some of the Eikon battles look awesome, especially the shoot-em-up ones.
I did notice that the lip sync looked a bit off, but other than that, I’m going to be very happy getting lost in this game.
I love the idea of the monster hunts, the arcade battles with online leaderboards and Panzer fucking Dragoon.
I did notice that the lip sync looked a bit off, but other than that, I’m going to be very happy getting lost in this game.
I love the idea of the monster hunts, the arcade battles with online leaderboards and Panzer fucking Dragoon.
Madflavor
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Jesus christ, I've never seen so much wrong in a couple short sentences.
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