Gamma Nerd posted:

Tales of the Abyss doesn't get brought up much in this thread though

Fister Roboto posted:

This Noel fellow is awfully cheerful for being the sole survivor of the grimdark apocalypse.

Kyrosiris posted:

I had an even worse situation; all Banon had was Rasp and Item and was similarly hurt by healing.

And now I'm stuck on the Phantom Train who isn't undead in my randomization.

nilumtil posted:

I'm trying to run FF13+GeDoSaTo. It's crashing to desktop every 15-20 minutes, causing me to have to replay a lot of segments. Especially considering the length of cinematics.

None of my googling has returned much on this. The github has some *vaguely* similar problems reported, but I was more hoping for an actual solution.

Anyone have a fix, or is it "wait for gedosato to update or play what looks like a late PS2 game" as I am fearing? drat you Durante, after I saw the difference I can't go back to aliased 720p and weak shadows.

Endorph posted:

google result for Van Grants:

bloodychill posted:

In seriousness, I just spoke to the mods and admins, and they agreed to gas this thread if it has another derail about Beyond Ruin.

Please keep this in mind as you post in the Final Fantasy General Thread.

Endorph posted:

10 is Yuna's story as much as 7 is Vincent's in the sense that neither of them are the protagonist.

Tidus is the main character. This isn't even a Vaan situation where you have to make the 'well, he's the viewpoint character' argument, Tidus is the main character. He might not get as much development as Yuna, but his actions change the course of the story, and he is directly tied to the core plot. The 'this is your story' thing is a running thing, for chrissakes.

As for 12, Ashe is the one driving the plot, but that doesn't make her the protagonist. The protagonist is not whoever changes the most, or whoever impacts the plot the most. There are plenty of stories, especially once you get out of games, where the protagonist is mostly passive: an observer of the events of the story, not a driving force of them.

The Taint Reaper posted:

I want a game that is nothing but Rikku teaming up with Riku.

Schwartzcough posted:

How does that even...? Even if he was randomly undead, he still shouldn't be damaged by using drain moves.

Level Slide posted:

He stole all the personality from Yeul.

Cake Attack posted:

In seriousness, I just spoke to the mods and admins, and they agreed to gas this thread if it has another derail about Lightning or Van.

Please keep this in mind as you post in the Final Fantasy General Thread.

YIKES Stay Gooned posted:

I've been grappling with a tough question recently: who's a tougher mom, Lightning or Bayonetta

Stink Terios posted:

XIII-2 Just updated, I wonder what they've changed.

corn in the bible posted:

toughness of moms increased by 20%

Stink Terios posted:

I wish. What they've actually done was fully removing the missing DLC costumes. Cocksuckers!

Artix posted:

Aw come on Square.

Actually, why did the Style and Steel outfit get pulled anyway? I can understand why the Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed ones did, but wasn't that done by Nomura as well?

Oxxidation posted:

There was very little to go around, then. Noel's bland as pulped paper.

Pesky Splinter posted:

Stink Terios posted:

I wish. What they've actually done was fully removing the missing DLC costumes. Cocksuckers!

On the other hand, this happens when you try to equip one of them:





I guess Sword Dick Ghost Noel is a cool costume.

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While we got plenty of new details on Final Fantasy XV from Square Enix’s Jump Festa 2015 presentation, this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine provides us with even more on the game’s town, battle system, and more. [Thanks, Hokanko-Alt]

The following details come from Square Enix’s staff working on Luminous Studio:

The Luminous Engine is currently in its 1.40 version. The Final Fantasy XV demo will use 1.50, and the full release is expected to run on the 2.0 version.

As far as polygon counts go, there are roughly 5 million polys per frame, up to 100,000 per character, and 20,000 for the inner parts of the hair (about five times more when compared to the previous generation).

There are about 600 bones for the characters, about 10-12 times more than the previous generation. [Note: Bones help govern how flexible a character can be during animation.]

The engine’s capacity for textures has been greatly increased.

Fights against giant enemies are the same as battles against regular enemies, but there will be special co-op moves and actions for some of the fights against big enemies.

While it’s not a direct copy, the town of Lestarme [note: not "Lestarg," as previously stated by Japanese sources] is based off the Bahamas islands.

Besides fishing, there will be various other mini-games as well.

You won’t get to ride the ropeway in Lestarme for now, but they might make it possible if they have enough time to add it.

Next, are details from Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata:

Square Enix would like you to be able to “feel” the world of Final Fantasy XV not just from its appearance, but also from the characters.

You can go shopping and stay in hotels in towns.

The NPCs in towns are controlled by AI, and can also talk.

Lestarme is set to be the main town for the first half of the game.

Cindy will appear in different places. She doesn’t have much to do with the story, but she’ll take care of you as a mechanic.

You’ll need to fight Summoned Beasts before being able to summon them. Summoned Beasts represent the power of the stars, and only Noctis will get to summon them.

You can hold down a button to do combos, but cooperative moves with party members will involve timing your button presses.

Parries will require you to time enemy attacks, an element added for advanced players

Magic doesn’t use up MP, but it’s also completely different from Final Fantasy VIII’s “Draw” system.

Special actions such as dodging and warping is what uses MP.

You can equip several weapons at once, with one being the main weapon. The main weapon is what will have its corresponding ability, but you’ll also get to change the main weapon in the midst of combat.

Combos are determined by which weapons you have equipped.

Abilities aren’t part of their own weapon categories, but rather part of individual weapons. There are weapons that don’t have any abilities as well. Think of it as something similar to the Captain Tsubasa 5 game they made a long time ago.



Dungeons and suspicious areas that have rare weapons might have some hack-and-slash elements to them. The Phantom Swords that float in the air is also a specially acquired weapon.

The demo is expected to have the game’s full battle system.

The systems that will be in the demo have seen a slight change after feedback from Tokyo Game Show, including the option of allowing players to walk, battle, and camp, instead of just driving around for the most part.

Feedback also influenced a mountainous area where a Behemoth can be seen walking around.

There will be rentable Chocobos in the full version of the game.

Camps can only be set at safe areas, so you’ll need to find those while exploring. Ignis will do the cooking.

Buying ingredients from town will result in an extra bonus for tasty food. Ingredients can also be acquired from monsters found in the wild.

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Magic doesn’t use up MP, but it’s also completely different from Final Fantasy VIII’s “Draw” system.

YIKES Stay Gooned posted:

That's a strange comment, considering XIII didn't have MP either and came out sooner than 15 years ago.

Also they should change the mechanic's name to Cidny

Mischitary posted:

and a character named Cindy completely loses the call-back to past FF games

The Taint Reaper posted:

I want a game that is nothing but Rikku teaming up with Riku Riki.