Stocks in Kleenex have today soared, as Square Enix has declared its intention to turn Final Fantasy XV into a true tear-jerker. Speaking in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, director Hajime Tabata explained that he wants the long overdue role-playing game to "make as many people cry as possible". Last year's demo already had the desired effect on this author; within seconds of hearing the voice acting, your host broke down like Chris Crocker chopping an onion.
"You're spending so many hours playing the game, so when I finish a game and it ends on a sour note and it doesn't move me, it gets me disappointed," he said. "At least make me cry or give me some emotion! I want to give a moving ending for the consumers who invest so much time."
To be fair to the veteran, it sounds like his real ambition is to create an ending that resonates with its audience, which is a good goal to have. Personally, we'll be satisfied if the overarching plot doesn't devolve into anime guff; low standards, we know – but after the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, our scepticism seems well placed. Seriously, watch this corking conversation between Vanille and Hope – and weep!
[source gameinformer.com, via novacrystallis.com]
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That's some real fine objective, non-prejudiced journalism right there!
C'mon, that wasn't bad at all! The storyline went to anime hell with XIII-2 though and that's a pity because the games were hum interesting.
Anyway I feel like FFXV is going to deliver! And it's good they are trying to make it emotionally charged!
@naut nothing wrong with the article.
@DominicanGlory Except that it's completely snarky and prejudiced — Not objective whatsoever. Other than that, yeah it's fine.
It's just a joke!
@naut @DominicanGlory having played the recent Final Fantasy games and the demo for XV I completely agree with the tone of the article. The voice acting/script has been terrible in these games and is certainly not good enough to elicit any emotions from the player. Whilst the director's ambition is well placed the evidence all points to the contrary, so I'm not expecting to feel anything like when I finished The Last of Us for example. Don't get me wrong I can't wait for the game but I won't expect to be moved by it
Just deliver a FF game that is truly worthy of its namesake. It has been to long and to many iterations of utter trash. Make sure the whole damn game is good, not some sappy love story at the end.
I didn't have a problem with the voice acting in the demo. I thought it was pretty good. And of course that was just a demo. If I remember correctly, wasn't the voice of the smallest guy in the party the same voice as Yosuke from Persona 4?
If they want to make me cry,announce a release date already, tears of joy will be flowing. Well as long as it's before Christmas 2016. And the longer they wait, the less likely that seems, as it's almost guaranteed to have at least one delay, everything does these days.
Is The Last Guardian dated yet? I think Wii U may have as many dated games as PS4, and that's just so wrong.
Wii U - TP HD, Pokken, SFZ, SFG, TMS#FE, M&S Olympics
PS4 - Hitman, DS3, R&C, U4, NMS, Doom
And why isn't "Dreams" on the list of 125 PS4 games?
@rjejr You're missing about a billion PS4 games, there! XD
I know it's in March, but when is the release date announcement again?
@rjejr Because it's not coming ouq this year only a Beta.
@ztpayne7 30th of March. And I think they are going t release this in September /October to avoid competing with big western games un the holiday season. But I could be totally wrong.
I've already cried about how idiotic Square has gotten in recent times. I have no tears left.
The demo is already better than the entire FFXIII trilogy, and I tried the trilogy so many times, and even beated every single game, but dear god...low standards for a Jrpg, even lower for a FF game.
FF13 was so godawful, I will be highly impressed if they manage to make this even worse.
I hope they don't though.
@get2sammyb I was trying to focus only on exclusives, but then I realized I can never keep track of what's exclusive on PS4 and what isn't. A lot easier on Wii U, almost everything is exclusive.
Do you really think PS4 has a billion more exclusive games than Wii U that are already dated? You did see the part where I said "dated games" right?
Xbox One seems to get a lot of them, making them not exclusive obviously. And I don't count download only indies. I'll count NMS since Sony seems to be on board and its a $60 disc. I counted Starfox Guard b/c it's on disc to balance out NMS.
Oh, after that comment I did recall you mentioning we get a FFXV date March 30th. So only 3 more weeks for another one. Though X1 will get that date as well. As much as X1 getting FF games still kills me.
@adf86 You mean The Last Guardian? The game that was due out in 2010? It's only getting a beta in 2016? I give up.
@rjejr My bad, forgot to put "Dreams is coming out in 2017 but getting a Beta this year"
As for The Last Guardian I don't think Sony want to talk about the game much more until they have a release date to announce. Wouldn't be surprised if we get one in the first half of the year.
And if you want to know what PS4 games are exclusive I made a rather "useful" forum thread listing them
@rjejr u forgot the most important, June 21st, No Man's Sky
@rjejr whoops! I just saw the NMS moniker, my bad!
It's very rude to bring up FFXIII and not allow swearing.
@adf86 I can't believe Dreams is only getting a beta this year. Oh well, went over my backlog list the other day, I probably could put off my PS4 purchase another 3 years and be ok. Those Sony flash sales for $5 or $10 keep me buying stuff but forgetting about it the next day.
@SonyInfinity Sorry, I rarely type out No Man's Sky, after 2 years of seemingly endless hype I guess I figure most people on here know what NMS is. I probably wouldn't use NMS on Facebook or twitter. COD I use everywhere.
English voice acting in Japanese games is usually terrible in general, unfortunately. It's a big reason why I'm terrified of Zelda embracing it - though I was a big fan of the fictional language used in Shadow of the Colossus.
It's something that's been plaguing Japanese titles more and more as videogames have become more realistic. Hideo Kojima spoke about this; how Japanese mannerisms, idiosyncrasies and cultural differences (no matter how minor) have become more and more jarring to Western audiences as they try to tell 'globally themed' stories.
Think about the 2D days of gaming. Back then, you could hardly tell what country a game came from, because everything was so much more simple. Tools were limited, and as such we got games that emphasised gameplay (well, the good ones, anyway) and creative solutions to primitive hardware (like Mario's design, or the stealth fare of Metal Gear). It was a universal way of design. As long as any text was in your native tongue, a game's national background was basically a non-factor.
Now in today's world, we have games like Final Fantasy that have struggled to find itself as graphics became more amazing and voices were added. Heck, I was playing Xenoblade Chronicles X (which is supposed to have a cast of Americans), and a woman BOWED to me in thanks during a quest. Just a regular café worker. Bowing. It took me right out of the game (nevermind the ridiculousness of everything else going on...)
Even high-end Nihon games like MGSV have the 'desu desu' undercurrent in its acting (thanks, Kaz).
@rjejr No prob bud, just missed it the first read through. I will say that I generally try not to hype any game up to much for myself, as almost always get let down in one way or another. After that NMS reveal last week though, the hype train is through the roof, probably to an unrealistic level, but man that game looks sooooooooo good, lol.
@rjejr No prob bud, just missed it the first read through. I will say that I generally try not to hype any game up to much for myself, as almost always get let down in one way or another. After that NMS reveal last week though, the hype train is through the roof, probably to an unrealistic level, but man that game looks sooooooooo good, lol.
@rjejr Dreams is the type of game that needs to be shown and played long before it's due for release because of the type of game it is.
So "Stocks in Kleenex have today soared"
Is "Dead or Alive beach volleyball bonanza kawaii adventure x" out or something?
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