Well wasn't that a colossal waste of time? Final Fantasy XV's live Active Time Report has just ended, and the only thing of any real worth that we got was 90 seconds of new gameplay footage - and even then, we're stretching that particular description.
The clip shows Noctis and the gang making their way down to an ominous swamp where they're ambushed by a malboro - a tentacled monster that's appeared in the series numerous times. The beast's pre-emptive strike succeeds, and the party's wiped out.
We'd love to say that there's more to show, but that's all you're getting until the next livestream. Happy? Sad? Tell us that you're done with this tedium in the comments section below.
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I still don't understand why they even chose those questions from fans during the stream when their answer was to wait for further announcements every time.
Honestly thought that live stream was appalling, after all that hype. 20 minutes of discussing the trailer we've already seen, 5 minutes of a guy reading something that was already available online with some pretty pictures behind it, half an hour of unanswered questions, and some paltry "gameplay" footage, that didn't really even show them doing much actual playing (as in, yes it was gameplay, but mostly nothing was happening).
What a joke.
If FFXV is taking this long, I wouldn't be surprised to see FFVII-Remake be a PS5 launch title instead.
My hype's at an all-time low after that stream. Even the gameplay footage is almost identical to what we've seen in Episode Duscae. Tell me when the game's out, I'm done for now.
@SteveButler2210 The most frustrating part of the gameplay, im my opinion, was how they decided to allow their characters to instantly die rather than put any effort towards the fight. They just stood there.
No, not marlboros! I feel the rage already.
I wasn't really expecting a date - does anybody give dates anymore that they keep? - but did they at least give a year? Confirm PS4? See PS3 Last Guardian if you don't think a system announcement is pertinent.
If it weren't for Uncharted 4 I'm not sure Id be anywhere close to picking up a PS4 right now. I'd like to have Ratchet and Clank day 1, but I can't justify $400 for a remake.
I am so glad I'm not a fan of Final Fantasy
Absolutely crazy.
The most annoying thing about all of this is that when they do actually show things it looks great, but they simply have to realise that people have been waiting for this for almost a decade now.
They either need to show something of substance or not bother at all.
That was rather uninspired..
I can't even be bothered to watch it after hearing the negative comments. Usually companies are this vague and evasive when a game is still early in development, so that's really worrying for a game that's been in development for almost a third of my life.
At the same time, I do feel the whole media circus thing and need to build hype and keep it going is one of my least favourite parts of modern gaming. My only experience with FFVII before I actually played it was reading a single review in the Official Playstation Magazine. I read the same review many times, it sounded so cool to me, but I wasn't inundated with things asking me to "Like" my favourite Materia on Facebook, or with months or years of trailers on YouTube, with countless forum threads analysing why Cloud's hair has one more spike on it than it did in last E3's demo.
They made a game, it appeared in shops, I bought it and played it. That was my relationship with it; playing the game, not being flirted with by years of the marketing team's bad ideas. It's an annoying element of more modern gaming when people dislike a game purely because of how it compares to its marketing hype - like with The Witcher 3 compared to its E3 demo of several years ago, a demo that the vast majority of the million and millions of gamers that bought it never even watched. It's like someone buying a can of Lynx deodorant and then genuinely complaining because they're not being chased by hordes of sexy girls.
I'd be amazed if this game came out in 2017 let alone next year! Seems like they are making a huge open world with stellar looking graphics and that stuff takes time. A lot of time. I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you and let the hype train pass you by. Works for me
@ShogunRok
hey, I'm back. Oh look, there's the game trailer I missed. Guess I'll check it out...
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what? WHAT!?! This is what I waited for all day!! This is what I got up super early for! Grrr. Square Enix, I better have a super-sexy Noctis and crew beach scene to make up for this. And that airship dlc better be the most amazing thing in the universe.
@ShogunRok Mine too, SE said they would have a big showing at Gamescom and if this is thier idea of Big then im Out. And then they say the game is "65% complete" REALLY? What are they doing? Isnt that the same number they gave about 3 months ago? Im with you, just call when its done.
AND my copy of the game better come with a Noctis body pillow (or Cidney, I like her too) because I'm tired of all of your teasing. AND not just this game, but Kingdom Hearts also! I mean, 3 has been hinted at since, what, the second game? Did we really need a PSP, 2 DS games and a 3DS? How many sidequels do we need?
@3Above. They said 60% back in like January when they were promoting the Episode Duscae demo
@MAntonioLimon Ah ok thanks, I knew it was around 60 -65%. Still 5% in 7 months?
Oh yeah, and another personal favourite moment - the point at which they tell us excitedly that they now have a concrete plan in place for the lead up to release, including the announcement, and the announcement of the announcement. So now companies are expecting us to get hyped about the hypothetical announcement of an announcement. What the hell SE?
The fact it's taken them 10 years to get to 65%, and that even at this stage none of them seem to have any clue if they even have the budget to include half of what they want to, all suggests to me that we've still got at least another 3-5 years before this actually sees a release.
Also am I the only one who thinks that graphically it shows how long it's been in development, and that it's already looking a bit sub par by the standards new releases are currently setting?
Well, I can't deny it...those are some of the best walking scenes I've seen in a long time.
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