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UncleAlfred on 23 January 2015
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vivster said:
UncleAlfred said:

FFS!  There were frickin airships dropping off enemies in real time in the FFXV demonstration.  There can be several fully rendered monsters on the screen at once along with monsters much bigger than an airship. How the hell is this a huge technical challenge for them!?

I think they're honestly trying to find the most gentle and polite way as possible to tell us eventually that there isn't a fully controllable airship in FFXV.

They couldn't even meet the 'challenge' of leaving character switching in the game, which now without it makes combos seem less strategic and more random based on whomever is closest to you.

Ever heard of draw distance? The game is focused on graphics. So unless you want to see huge pop ins, a horizon that is 50m away or a massive graphical downgrade as soon as they board the ship I wouldn't count on it. Welcome to Gen 8 where gameplay is still bound by hardware.

What they might do is make an airship service in hub towns. Essentially a glorified warp point between towns.

It wouldn't be a massive downgrade (slight maybe) because they are already able to have airships in the world along with many other monsters/characters and objects present.  They call it one fully connected game, but the player isn't even going to see everything everywhere they go,  just a lot more than what was possible on past consoles. So what's even the point of the draw distance?  I honestly wouldn't care if there were sudden pop ins or if there were a slight downgrade  in graphical prowess.   That's how important controllable airships are to FF.