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Final Fantasy XVI director is Hiroshi Takai (The Last Remnant, FFXIV 2.0)
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I think I read that it had some hiccups in Handheld mode on Switch but otherwise it's a competent port that runs well enough.
I really always wondered how did the mainline FF go "yeah HD towns are hard" and TLR had like 6 of them
Some frame rate hiccups on occasion but no other issues that I'm aware of.
For sure that's the character that always jumps to mind. Loved the out there design, would be great to see some non human races in XVI!
After XV I really thought the franchise was in trouble. Shadowbringers was A+. I'm actually excited for XVI.
Takai has alot of experience since then and his work as co director for ARR and HW was great. I have no worries there.
But I will say I might never be able to forgive him for giving us an uber cool mom general character in TLR only to replace her with her ungodly boring daughter
What a tragic loss.
But I will say I might never be able to forgive him for giving us an uber cool mom general character in TLR only to replace her with her ungodly boring daughter
What a tragic loss.
The writer of Heavensward being involved is enough for me.
Naoki Yoshida/YoshiP is the producer and director of FFXIV.
Depending on the expansion you're looking at it goes up to 86 or 90, lol. (Heavensward & Shadowbringers, although Takai had left after HW)
The emphasis on Naoki "The Man Who Saved XIV" Yoshida as producer and then giving Hiroshi Takai equal credit (in this context) for XIV is suspect. Takai was one of three assistant directors of XIV 2.0 and wasn't even a main staff member for Stormblood. Maybe I'm just trying too hard to read between the lines. With the history behind the development of XV, I can see why SE would really want to prop up Takai.
He hasn't been a main staff member since Heavensward because he has been working on this, I.E. since 2016/17.
Not being a staff member on the worst XIV expansion isn't really an inherent negative. Especially when he was obviously working on XVI at the time
While during my cursory research I missed that the credits for Heavensward aren't available in any of the common databases, but I did find a fan created one that showed him in the same position through at least the initial Stormblood patch(es). (The credits for Stormblood are formatted oddly.) That fills in the gaps and creates a better idea of what his contribution to XIV meant.
Everything is perfect for me.
Except it better have party members, like that will ruin a lot of the game if its a single person type thing.
As for the graphics, its nice they are going for easily attainable, and even has some room to improve, I remember XV getting a improvement a couple months before release.
Except it better have party members, like that will ruin a lot of the game if its a single person type thing.
As for the graphics, its nice they are going for easily attainable, and even has some room to improve, I remember XV getting a improvement a couple months before release.
Crystal tools? The engine that sent the production of FF13 back 5 years? I dont think so
I recall FFXV looked awful couple of months before release, didn't think they'd do a good job but the graphics turned out really good in the final release.
Don't know what engine FFXVI is using but FFXIV isn't using Crystal Tools, they made a new engine for ARR that is tailored for MMOs.
Oh hey you right, interestingly Yoshi P says their engine and Luminous engine are "siblings" since their structures are similair
I played the remaster on base PS4 and while the game aims for 60fps, there are slowdowns when you have a lot of characters close together or instances with many big enemies. Very noticeable hiccups when the game load in additional enemy unions in long battles. I imagine the game is close to locked 60fps on PS4 Pro.
Just a heads up for everyone looking to try out Last Remnant:
1. The leveling system is weird.
2. The story is nothing to shout about and stuff is inferred but never explained even at the end of the game.
3. Combat system is amazing but you have to wrangle with a lot of stuff to get the combat commands you want.
4. Party members who are left on the benches are shafted because they don't learn/improve skills outside of combat.
6. Farming for ingredients is soul-crushing.
I was on a personal mission to complete every single quest in the game but got blocked by an optional boss near the end of the game who was almost impossible to beat unless I had played the game in a VERY specific way, min-maxing my party and nurturing them via some VERY VERY grindy methods.
So, yeah... for all those folks wanting to play this game like a normal JRPG, do keep all this in mind.
1. The leveling system is weird.
2. The story is nothing to shout about and stuff is inferred but never explained even at the end of the game.
3. Combat system is amazing but you have to wrangle with a lot of stuff to get the combat commands you want.
4. Party members who are left on the benches are shafted because they don't learn/improve skills outside of combat.
6. Farming for ingredients is soul-crushing.
I was on a personal mission to complete every single quest in the game but got blocked by an optional boss near the end of the game who was almost impossible to beat unless I had played the game in a VERY specific way, min-maxing my party and nurturing them via some VERY VERY grindy methods.
So, yeah... for all those folks wanting to play this game like a normal JRPG, do keep all this in mind.
The legacy of the crystals have shaped our history for long enough.
Wait, i did 100% the game with none of that?
Are you talking about
The Fallen? Absolute Conqueror?
Yup, it's
The Fallen
I tried and tried but just couldn't get past the fight in the quest. BR 92 with decent (but not maxed out) gear. My team was all over the place in terms of specialisation because I never followed any FAQs and just did my own thing (e.g. Wrong weapons went to the wrong people, swapping people out to level everyone evenly instead of sticking with certain chars., etc.).
Admittedly, I just wanted to finish the game off at that point (90+ hours in) so I just gave up on the fight after trying 5 times. Reading the 10 year old FAQs on Gamefaqs made me feel even worse because people were talking about doing insane amounts of dmg per attack and here I was near the end of the game wondering why my star team was so helpless against it.
Yeah, he's a tough nut
I loved it, honestly, even though it required a lot of grinding and planning - but i also had everything gone to random wrong people, and still managed to beat it
There's also NG+ for that kinda stuff