Final Fantasy XV (PS4/XBO) details Ravus, Iris, dialogue choices, shops, and more

[Nautilus]

Wright said:

Nautilus said:
Gas stations, those modern looking shops.... they dont scream FF for me.And that is my biggest gripe with this game:Presentation.I dont know why they dont do a fantasy or high fantasy setting(FFX would be the perfect example) instead of trying to be a "realistic" game.I mean, even FF13 is much better in this aspect.It was a futuristic setting, but at least it had a fantasy aspect on it.

I may be exagerating on this, but this seems like more of a GTA wannabe(In presentation), than an actual FF game.

 

It's fantasy grounded on reality, as they've pointed out several times. This is not the first time Final Fantasy attempts something like this, as Final Fantasy VII (and it's spin offs like Dirge of Cerberus, Advent Children and the upcoming Remake), VIII and part of the XIII series (Lightning Returns) were heavy on realism, meshed with fantasy. Thing about XV is that it could take the crown in this aspect, but it is still a fantasy game primarily, and I doubt the presentation ever implied a GTA kind of game as everything we've shown so far points to the other direction.

But there is a clear difference(for me anyways) betwenn FFXV and the other FFs that you listed.While they do try to be a more "realistic" game than other entries in the series, the towns and world in general are still very fantasy like.For example, the cities in FF7 for example are more sci-fi than actually modern(by modern I mean like in the reality).While they do try to make it more "present day" style, the airships are still very fantasy-like, you dont drive, or hardly any at all, cars in the game, instead using chocobos or the like for transport, and outside of Midna, the villages and small towns are very fantasy-like.And while FVIII is a bit more "realistic" than FFVII in that regard, its still very fantasy for the same reasons listed above(I didnt play Lightining Returns, so I wont comment on that).

FFXV on the other hands, have you riding cars, having to buy fuel for it, the shops looks like real shops, gas stations looks like gas stations, cities looks like actual cities and so on.The only fantasy elements that it has is the existence of magic(and even that they seem to throw "magic granedes" to actually cast a magic.Very weird.), monsters that roam the wild and the occasional Aeon.And powerful crystals.If this were any other game, and again this is personal, that didnt have the legacy of being a fantasy game like FF, I obviously wouldnt have any issue with it because I also wouldnt have any expectation out of it in that regard.But since its FF, I feel that they have driven way too off of what makes FF.... FF.I know, I will wait for the game release to actually give my final judgemnt on it, and being a FF game makes it almost certain that it will be a great game, but I cant feel as excited with this like I was with past titles, even with FFXIII to be quite honest.

I personally think this is in part fault with Square wishes to want FF to be mainstream again, the way it was at its height with FFVII through FFX.And if they think making it seem like the real world is the solution, I think they are mistaken.