Final Fantasy XV: World of Wonder Environment Footage

That's...a lot of detail.

There's going to come a time where these guys are going to have to pare down this amount of work to realistically even make games lol

that is the power of exclusivity, say theres a special edition preorder and most people go meh, say theres only 50000 of them and people will crash servers to get one >P

10,000? I give it 20 minutes before they sell out again.

Exclusivity? Yeah, I can see why that is a thing. I think that quite a few of us have gotten the "special" edition just so we could have it. There is like a "satisfaction" or feeling of accomplishment that follows when you get a limited edition. Although....to be sold out in minutes...that is really impressive.

i find it odd they felt the need to put ffxv after masamune, does it mean therell be a masamune that references another ff game?

Well, technically speaking, Masamune itself is a reference to a legendary Japanese swordsmith. Masamune, the sword, has appeared in a lot of FF titles such as appearing as Sephiroth's signature weapon in FFVII. I'm guessing it has the XV next to it because it has been redesigned and is probably a pre-order exclusive weapon.

Well then. Hmm....it is probably the only Masamune in the game. It said it was redesigned so it that answers that question. I suppose it is in the same vein as the Sword-Whip that is exclusive to Backer Editions of Bloodstained: a unique weapon that is otherwise unattainable. The actual description says:


"The legendary sword Masamune is back, specially redesigned for FINAL FANTASY XV. Add it to your arsenal and cut your enemies down to size."

I don't think we need to worry. many videos show the game running smoothly and people have been given the opportunity to play the demo titled Episode Duscae. I also doubt a company would spend well over five years developing a game that was virtually unplayable on release or risk devastating their fan base with a product less than what is advertised.

about to play duscae and platinum so ill let you know how well it looks on ps4 when im done, but when i got it loaded and did the tutorial it definitely looks like it can deliver on that technical voodoo its promising

Did the tutorial battle so far and got pulled away, havent had the chance to go back to it yet, the ff15 battle system does require a bit of getting used to but im hoping to get back to it later in the week when crunch time ends

you can see the improvements made between duscae and platinum, i like the platinum fighting style better than duscae but im hoping you can change the button layout because im so used to [_] being attack and O being dodge/dash

the graphics are definitely worth the wait, and it handles really well and does the momentum shifts very well, teyre noticable in the way the characte moves and turns but doesnt have the drunken hippo on rollerskates feel that fallout 4 has with movement, they cleaned up the ui a bit to make it more intuitive but i think it lost a bit of the flourish the duscae ui had, hopefully they can merge the look of duscae with the ease of use of platinum in the final game

for duscae, the battle system is rather interesting, and works even in extended battles, i wandered into a monster infested area when it turned night and i was having to deal with 10+ enemies at a time, and they didnt stop coming till daylight (they do circle around and try to hit you from multiple angles though, im hoping the final game has a zoom feature but its not so bad that youre constanly getting surprise motherfuckered! by an enemy you cant see), the party ai is servicable, you occasionally will dash at an enemy theyre fighting and theyll have some friendly fire banter but you dont have to worry about them actually getting in your way during combat or walking into your swing and getting hurt, and its not escort mission or musou level ai either so they dont walk off cliffs or actively block your path or just sit there looking pretty while accomplishing nothing