It does give a an impression of that at the start of the fights with the first few hits. As soon as you get into combos or the dog/party members get involved the HP bars go down reasonably quickly.Watching this and wondering: what's the point of creating a combat system where fighting a regular mob takes 50+ hits to kill it? Such a waste of time.
I skipped around a bit through the video. There was animal life and such being killed quickly. The larger / stronger guys looked to take a while but nothing crazy. The fighting is important so there really shouldnt be much in the way of one shotting everything.
Is FF15 that much more anime in comparison? (I mean the trademark cringe dialogue, retarded story, high-school grade drama, the lot).
I said it before, but I disagree with that. Tabata messed up plenty himself.. It's incredible that FF15 came out of that as decent as it is, but you can see a lot of wasted potential.
In terms of gameplay, Final Fantasy XV is much like a failed version of Dragon's Dogma; the framework is the same, but the developers failed at implementation in every respect. Thus, the player has a four-person party but is stuck with the same four people for the entire game, and the three that aren't controlled by the player have little versatility. Those three have a few special skills they can use in combat, but these special skills are reliant on a single party-wide bar filling up and are boring in comparison with DD's myriad skills. There are many enormous monsters that can be confronted as boss fights or optional hunts, but these are largely wasted since the game lacks the climbing and other interactivity found in Dragon's Dogma (which also means combat against smaller enemies is less interesting). The player-character (Noctis) can utilize all types of weapons but regardless the player succeeds at combat just by holding down the attack button while occasionally pressing the dodge button or casting a spell. There are three elements that can be used to make spells, and items can be added for additional effects, but they all work more or less the same in combat except that certain enemies are weak to some elements and resistant to others. There is superficially a large Open World to explore, but in practice the player simply drives the party's automobile (!) to the nearest spot on a road and then runs a short distance to the destination. There are dungeons, but the ones encountered in the normal course of a game (i.e. not counting post-game content) are more linear and less well-designed than those found in base Dragon's Dogma, and I'm sure that FF XV's post-game dungeons don't hold a candle to the Bitterblack Isle megadungeon added in the Dark Arisen expansion.I don't even know why I've never played FF15. I guess the previous game was MMO so I assumed they were done with single-player RPGs and would churn out only live service games from now on. Never even checked it out when it came out on Steam.
Interestingly I was watching some FF16 first-impressions today and the Tuber said the game is decidedly darker and more mature than the series has been up until now. Is FF15 that much more anime in comparison? (I mean the trademark cringe dialogue, retarded story, high-school grade drama, the lot). I wouldn't be against giving it a try in preparation for 16, if it's at least marginally bearable.
FYI I absolutely loved all Japanese non-anime games I've ever played - FromSoft games, Dragon's Dogma, both Niohs, Phantom Pain, some of the best gaming I've ever experienced (well except Death Stranding, that was a fucking atrocity). Is FF15 comparable?)
I'm on the opposite side. My problem with the series is that, aside from occasionally having to fiddle with weird and convoluted systems, which can be exploited to infinity but also be completely ignored, the only skills you ever need to beat most Final Fantasy entries are patience and the ability to press 'x' on your controller. Any time they add a loop that requires even a tiny modicum of skill they get me, because the setting and worldbuilding tend to be genuinely interesting, if not overtly anime. Now you tell me they've hired a Devil May Cry lead to develop proper character action combat?! Dare I dream?Devil may cry combat... count me out on this one
the only skills you ever need to beat most Final Fantasy entries are patience and the ability to press 'x' on your controller.
True, but of course there's the strange case of Final Fantasy XII where the player sets up a series of conditional if-then statements in the "Gambit" system by which the characters operate in combat, and then doesn't even need to press 'x'.the only skills you ever need to beat most Final Fantasy entries are patience and the ability to press 'x' on your controller.
This is only true for the braindead easy PS1 era FF games. Try that in the classic FF games or X or XIII and you will have bad time.
Which, ironically, is my favorite in the mainline series, because Ivalice is a better-realized and coherent setting, and optimizing gambits IS the main gameplay loop (not having to load into combat is a bonus) and not some side activity. Don't get me wrong, I grew up with the franchise and it will always have a special place in my heart, but I prefer when they cap the skill floor higher than pegging the square in the square hole. I find Tactics is where it's at, but I don't mind that they're experimenting with character action systems.True, but of course there's the strange case of Final Fantasy XII where the player sets up a series of conditional if-then statements in the "Gambit" system by which the characters operate in combat, and then doesn't even need to press 'x'.the only skills you ever need to beat most Final Fantasy entries are patience and the ability to press 'x' on your controller.
This is only true for the braindead easy PS1 era FF games. Try that in the classic FF games or X or XIII and you will have bad time.
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No final fantasy has ever had anything even remotely close to a sex scene. What do you fucking think?Any strong leads about gay / woke stuff in this? Is it more about some random hobo hugging other hobo in the corner (optional / skippable) or more like 'watch 2 guys making out for 5min in an unskippable cutscene / in your face kind of stuff'? Considering pre-ordering this, but I won't if this is the latter case.
A leak was posted a few months ago detailing that Final Fantasy XVI would be blocked from release in the Middle East due to a certain gay character in the game having explicit scenes. Square Enix refused to censor or alter the scenes which led to the recent official ban from authorities. The identity of the character has already been leaked online but we won’t be posting their name here for spoiler reasons.
Any strong leads about gay / woke stuff in this?
Any strong leads about gay / woke stuff in this? Is it more about some random hobo hugging other hobo in the corner (optional / skippable) or more like 'watch 2 guys making out for 5min in an unskippable cutscene / in your face kind of stuff'? Considering pre-ordering this, but I won't if this is the latter case.
The leak said there would be explicit homossexual scenes in the game fwiw. Wether they meant actual sex or kissing, caressing, etc is anyone's guess.
I'm of the persuasion you should almost never preorder but I firmly doubt that FF is going for in-your-face sexual content of any variety. Square-Enix is probably not going to suddenly do SJW shit either. They tend to do their own thing. But, Square-Enix is no stranger to fucking up games (including main entries in the Final Fantasy series) and producing soulless dreck on their own. Wait-and-see is a healthy attitude to gaming purchases.Any strong leads about gay / woke stuff in this? Is it more about some random hobo hugging other hobo in the corner (optional / skippable) or more like 'watch 2 guys making out for 5min in an unskippable cutscene / in your face kind of stuff'? Considering pre-ordering this, but I won't if this is the latter case.
Worth to mention that the charachter in question is Bahamut‘s dominant and of the FF evul empire that razed the main charachters home to the ground. He‘s also been described as kind of an artsy type and so far makes a very self-rightous impression on me in trailers.Any strong leads about gay / woke stuff in this? Is it more about some random hobo hugging other hobo in the corner (optional / skippable) or more like 'watch 2 guys making out for 5min in an unskippable cutscene / in your face kind of stuff'? Considering pre-ordering this, but I won't if this is the latter case.