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ryuzaki57 on 22 September 2014

I don't buy the no-grils-playable story one millisecond. It must be a clever hoax to raise the awareness around the game and ultimately make a we-listen-to-you-fans U-turn at the last moment to max the hype.



 

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DucksUnlimited on 22 September 2014
phinch1 said:
DucksUnlimited said:
phinch1 said:
DucksUnlimited said:
Man, you guys saying *insert large number* more years are really clever!

It's been in development for 8 years the project actually started out for the ps2........and now SE say they are only 50% -60% done...... So yeah another 3-4 years I'd say

You really should try reading the OP.


You should lighten up..... People are making a joke about SE because their development times are ridiculous, the fact that this game has been in development for 8 years they should have been finished a long time ago, not announcing 50% -60%.... Even if that means,they will be done as early as new year 2016 that's still ridiculous, or do you think that's acceptable? 

Lighten up? I didn't realize that referring you to the OP was such serious business. As someone who has never even played a FF game, I honestly couldn't care less about when you think the game should have come out. I was just pointing out how witty the people saying "lel 2074 confirmed" are.  



VXIII on 22 September 2014
Nem said:
Hynad said:
Nem said:

 


As much as you try to sugar coat it, you cant sugar coat the facts. This game has been in development hell for many years. The team does not infer with the FFXIII team so the only game that can have caused a shift of staff is FFXIV:ARR. Regardless, we dont know and regardless there has always been a core team working in the game. Its also not out of the ordinary to think think these people had their work halted waiting for another portion of the project to complete so they can advance. Actually its obvious that that is what must have happened.

What we do know is that this game has been indevelopment for more than 6 years and its 50% complete.

Also, just so you know, its against forum rules to say other members are trolling when you disagree with them. That is flaming.

You have to remember that companies always a priorities, even if XIII team were completely different (which is an assumption and likely wrong, Nomura himself is involved in XIII and XIII-2 ) XV / Verses has never been the priority for SE untill September 2011, and then XIV RR took the company attention from XV again. Also, the core team is the same team as Kh series, they developed a total of 7 games since 2006, they definitely not doing nothing:

Kingdom Hearts coded

Kingdom Hearts Mobile

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix

 

http://www.destructoid.com/after-5-years-ff-versus-xiii-is-now-in-full-development-211148.phtml



HokageTenshi on 22 September 2014

sounds like it will release after 2016...

well, good luck that hopefully it will still able to impress us during that time...



HyrulianScrolls on 22 September 2014
outlawauron said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
That's inexcusable. The original concept was shown almost a decade ago. I guess a lot of staff were pulled to revive FFIV. I think they rebuilt the title in the Xenoblade mold after the poor reception FFXIII received. Hopefully we'll see the game in 2016, but 2015 looks like it's out.

In what universe do people believe this actually happened?

Maybe because the new trailer looks like they're driving through Gaur Plains from Xenoblade? And because the combat system looks to have similarities to Xenoblade and FF12. And because Xenoblade was the biggest JRPG success story of the 7th gen and came right when the genre looked on the verge of collpase. And because the game out Final Fantasy'd any FF game of last generation and felt like what FF13 should have been. And because Square desperately needs the series to get back on track after spending the last decade trying to remove JRPG elements from FF. And following a blueprint of the game that saved JRPG's last gen is probably a safe way to start back on the right track. And because this game has shifted gears so many times in the last decade of development, it wouldn't be surprising if they completely did a 180 with what it was going to be prior to revealing it as FFXV. Do I need to keep going?



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VXIII on 22 September 2014
HyrulianScrolls said:
outlawauron said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
That's inexcusable. The original concept was shown almost a decade ago. I guess a lot of staff were pulled to revive FFIV. I think they rebuilt the title in the Xenoblade mold after the poor reception FFXIII received. Hopefully we'll see the game in 2016, but 2015 looks like it's out.

In what universe do people believe this actually happened?

Maybe because the new trailer looks like they're driving through Gaur Plains from Xenoblade? And because the combat system looks to have similarities to Xenoblade and FF12. And because Xenoblade was the biggest JRPG success story of the 7th gen and came right when the genre looked on the verge of collpase. And because the game out Final Fantasy'd any FF game of last generation and felt like what FF13 should have been. And because Square desperately needs the series to get back on track after spending the last decade trying to remove JRPG elements from FF. And following a blueprint of the game that saved JRPG's last gen is probably a safe way to start back on the right track. And because this game has shifted gears so many times in the last decade of development, it wouldn't be surprising if they completely did a 180 with it a year or two back. Do I need to keep going?

If you have been following the project news you would know that the concepts like huge areas to explore, car even airplane were planned since the beginning. The world in XV is familiar for anyone who played FF games, the most recent example is Gran Pulse in XIII. The battle system looks very different. Xenoblade, like XII before it, use elements that usually found in MMOs. It is heavily based on menus. XV goes beyond that, it is more focused on real-time movement, using the environment and weather to your advantage and controlling the rest of the party through commands. Also no need to mention switching between different weapons on the fly ( hopefully it will be done right).

I hope you realize that even a relatively small Jrpg as Tales of Xillia sold more than Xenoblade. "The biggest success story" for companies is measured by sales, I assure you. Xenoblade is your personal "biggest success". Value is in the eye of the beholder, indeed.

So yes, keep going..



Kowan on 22 September 2014

lol Tabata wanted to be specific with the 50-60% progress and that is the progress he has made over the 2 years he became director and the 2 years they switched from ps3 to next-gen which means it'll probably be finished faster than you would expect.

Also, I hope the no playable female character changes when it gets done, even a bonus/secret character/minor character would be great. If not, then I hope they'll have a really strong female character in the game, villain or not that would have a large role in the story of FFXV.



TacticalWizardQuest on 22 September 2014

Maybe we will see The Last Guardian before this game.



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burninmylight on 22 September 2014
mii-gamer said:
hmm what game will come out first? The last guardian or final fantasy XV


Dr. Dre's next album and Mother IV will come out first.



HyrulianScrolls on 22 September 2014
VXIII said:
HyrulianScrolls said:
outlawauron said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
That's inexcusable. The original concept was shown almost a decade ago. I guess a lot of staff were pulled to revive FFIV. I think they rebuilt the title in the Xenoblade mold after the poor reception FFXIII received. Hopefully we'll see the game in 2016, but 2015 looks like it's out.

In what universe do people believe this actually happened?

Maybe because the new trailer looks like they're driving through Gaur Plains from Xenoblade? And because the combat system looks to have similarities to Xenoblade and FF12. And because Xenoblade was the biggest JRPG success story of the 7th gen and came right when the genre looked on the verge of collpase. And because the game out Final Fantasy'd any FF game of last generation and felt like what FF13 should have been. And because Square desperately needs the series to get back on track after spending the last decade trying to remove JRPG elements from FF. And following a blueprint of the game that saved JRPG's last gen is probably a safe way to start back on the right track. And because this game has shifted gears so many times in the last decade of development, it wouldn't be surprising if they completely did a 180 with it a year or two back. Do I need to keep going?

If you have been following the project news you would know that the concepts like huge areas to explore, car even airplane were planned since the beginning. The world in XV is familiar for anyone who played FF games, the most recent example is Gran Pulse in XIII. The battle system looks very different. Xenoblade, like XII before it, use elements that usually found in MMOs. It is heavily based on menus. XV goes beyond that, it is more focused on real-time movement, using the environment and weather to your advantage and controlling the rest of the party through commands. Also no need to mention switching between different weapons on the fly ( hopefully it will be done right).

I hope you realize that even a relatively small Jrpg as Tales of Xillia sold more than Xenoblade. "The biggest success story" for companies is measured by sales, I assure you. Xenoblade is your personal "biggest success". Value is in the eye of the beholder, indeed.

So yes, keep going..

Impact isn't measured in just sales. You can find countless articles and editorials written about how Xenoblade saved JRPG's last gen which were stagnant, and dying out to western RPG hybrids prior to Xenoblade's impact. Since then JRPG's have come back in style in a big way and Square Enix decided to focus on traditional JRPG's again and not western oriented ones (Bravely Default for example). It's not like it's just my opinion or something.