Square-Enix Final Fantasy XV [the game formerly known as Versus XIII]

Oooh wow, liked how the interview focused on the design aspect. And yes, surprisingly coming from NBC, it did kinda confirmed the style of what I thought was going on based on the trailers so far. Though, interesting to hear that they are running out of ideas for hairstyles, lol. A small dream of mine is to also become a character designer, so it was insightful (and explains a lot) on how Nomura does things nowadays.

 

They maybe could make Versus an anction RPG at PS4, but turn based at VITA, because Turn base seems to need less power, and turn base fits well in handleds (like pokemon).

 

Why wouldn' t it ? It' s all Latin, there' s nothing to translate. Hell, prompto is still in the French dictionary. Oh ... I just got the joke, nevermind. guess that makes me Lente.

What I do wonder is how badly the English VAs will pronounce them (Willow wasn' t kidding, she sucks at Latin big time XD). Or the Japanese ones for that matter, lol Ratin.

 

Interesting to see that they are more conscious of the decisions they are establishing, such as knowing that it is an all male cast. All they need to do is highly consider these things pretty much now while development is still in early stages. I'm kind of worried, though, that the gameplay will be eerily similar to the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III. I would hate to see it become something like KH3 is the "beta" for FFXV or vice versa.

Regardless, I hope it doesn't stray too far away from holding on to some of the core Final Fantasy values. FFXIII definitely took this risk and ideas weren't entirely executed well. It may be just overall Director problems rather than the content itself, but let's see if this approach will surprise us in a relatively good way.

 

"Final Fantasy XV‘s main group of playable characters are all male. Asked if there would be any playable female characters, Nomura said, “I can’t say anything specific now but it would be… quite difficult, to have a girl playable.”

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Sorry, but that's a really lame excuse. Not saying they're obligated to have female characters, but I should think that at least one playable gal wouldn't hurt. :c

 

I translated the whole thing here.

 

I think it's somewhat interesting having a final fantasy game with no playable girl. I'm not trying to imply anything, but it's something different that they've done, and I'm hoping it leads to having conversations with the other characters about Stella. (who I'm hoping is the relationship character, but who knows. We know it's more than likely, but Final Fantasy has been known to mess with us sometimes)

I'm actually amazed that we have a car to drive around instead of some kind of airship. And the boss fights sound like they'll be really fun. Makes me think like it'll be something along the lines of Metal Gear Rising (it's the best I can think of for flashy boss fights)

 

Well I' ll be ... %$#$%^ !!!
Took it from the other site, FFDream, which only had it in French. It took me three freaking hours to type it. XD

 

What I'd like to know is why it'd be difficult. Is it because the story is already tailored around Noctis and his Entourage? Is it because it makes no sense for a Yakuza-like leader to have ladies around?

Why? That's what I'd like to know.

I'll be honest and say that the clothes the characters are wearing look disparate and sort of juvenile. And not in a Haute Couture way either.

The nicest thing they've got is the Loubutins-look-a-like shoes. And even that is sort of clashing with certain aspects of their clothes.

Fashion can be subjective tho. Their clothes are okay.

 

I wondered about that too, that sentence was just as vague in French and I see nothing hard about doing that either. It could mean it' d be hard to play with a girl in the sense that, if they end up adding one, she' d be missable like Yuffie in FF7 or hard to control, but again that sentence was super vague so take what I just said with a ton of salt.

 

Now that I think about it, if Square has done their research, the problem would be finding a decent role for a female character that doesn't come off as an archetype. Granted, from what I've read about FFXV's roster of characters and their descriptions, sounds like they are pretty much going for that "stereotyped" direction. So it may or may not be a good thing for Square to include a female character, if it would mean (kind of in the sense of obligation from pestering fans) to add a female just for the eye candy or for another "Yuffie-type" person.

Whether they do or do not, however, I'll be more looking forward to *extensive and relatively deep* character development and arcs in FFXV (and no, not including their planned sequels) that would highly make up for such lack of diversity.

 

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