THERE IT IS. THIS GAME WILL BE AMAZING. FUCK YEAH PARTY MEMBERS!
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Multiple FFXVI interviews with Naoki Yoshida popping up
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THERE IT IS. THIS GAME WILL BE AMAZING. FUCK YEAH PARTY MEMBERS!
Not surprising when the DMC combat lead is heading this one but they haven't clarified if the party members at least are customizable with gear etc so theres at least some strategy to it
Damn, both a 3D shooter and a pro wrestling match would've been a nice surprise
That sounds hype as fuck tho
So similar to how Kingdom Hearts and pre-patched FFXV worked for party members then? It's not as good as how VII Remake handles it but it's definitely better than nothing. I'll take it. I care a lot more about how party members impact the writing and story-telling than how they impact gameplay, so this is at least somewhat of a win.
Yep, designing only one playable character in combat is what Ryota Suzuki is known for and he does it better than anyone else on the planet.
I worry the Eikon fights will be the type of encounters that give you temporary control over a character you have no familiarity with, intending to make you feel powerful, but end up taking you out of the moment as you fumble through new controls or mash through what amount to a playable cutscene. Like the late game fights in MGS4 for example.
Huge fan of XIV though so hoping I'm wrong.
Huge fan of XIV though so hoping I'm wrong.
He also said he had to remove some stuff out of the UI to not spoil people. So that's why we saw Shiva attack the Liquid flame so Jill was the ai companion. I knew it. I'm so hyped for FFXVI now. All I had to hear is that there is a party. I dont care if playable or not.
Damn, this game gonna be amazing. It wont be like that super fast timeskip in FFXV. Yoshida is the best.
Ah. Disappointed they're not going full open world but I guess having zones really isn't that different anyway.
That is very interesting and honestly very cool. We got a bit of that with Noctis but not really. It's something that I wanted a FF game to explore in the future so cool to see this concept now
Glad they finally cleared the party aspect so people can dismiss the game already, o process it the entire year until it comes out.
I personally have no problems with it, I mean XIV is one of my favs and you "almost" entirely control one guy.
I personally have no problems with it, I mean XIV is one of my favs and you "almost" entirely control one guy.
Look, if we trade off between CBU1's RTWP/Pseudo Action gameplay and CBU3's full on DMC RPG with AI party members for the next decade or so, I'll be a happy camper.
As long as you like that style of play. If you're not into it, it'll be agony. That's the double-edged sword. Imagine being trapped playing as V for 30 hours in DMCV.
There'll be some anger, but I think this actually softens the blow quite a bit. FFXV didn't have controllable party members at launch, and there was some discussion over it (enough that the playable characters were added later), but it turned out to be a relatively moot point in the end. The game is divisive for much larger reasons than that nowadays.
I think people were more worried that FFXVI was abandoning the concept of the party entirely, which thankfully doesn't seem to be the case now.
So I guess we need to wait for the VII Remake team to make a new mainline FF game to get a new FF with playable parties. See you in like 10 years I guess.
Maybe Team Asano will get it's chance at a mainline FF for older fans.
Maybe Team Asano will get it's chance at a mainline FF for older fans.
Wouldn't be surprised if there are opportunities to take control of these ai companions for story beats where Clive is elsewhere. XIV has been doing that for a while where you play as one of the scions. Haven't played XV, but I understand some of the dlc was similar in concept.
The eikon fights being different genres/concepts sounds cool, but they'll have to be careful with how they're intro'd/tutorialized. Seems like something that'll be divisive no matter how well it's done.
The eikon fights being different genres/concepts sounds cool, but they'll have to be careful with how they're intro'd/tutorialized. Seems like something that'll be divisive no matter how well it's done.
Definitely true, but based off the trailer i'm already in so yeah lol.
From the Washington Post:
"Fighting won't be a solo experience, contrary to how it appears in the trailer. The main character, Clive, will be accompanied by several AI-controlled party members who will banter and connect throughout the game, similar to past Final Fantasy games."
WOOOOHOOOO!! So it's definitely a party game narratively, and gameplay-wise it could be similar to XV? Works for me!
"Fighting won't be a solo experience, contrary to how it appears in the trailer. The main character, Clive, will be accompanied by several AI-controlled party members who will banter and connect throughout the game, similar to past Final Fantasy games."
WOOOOHOOOO!! So it's definitely a party game narratively, and gameplay-wise it could be similar to XV? Works for me!
They need to start showing us another side of Clive more because no controllable party and having two mainline single player games with no controllable women is a big downer even if people here like to downplay it. He just comes off as generically stoic / angry white guy and the trailers and if this is the character I have to spend most of the game with, I would like to see more of why I should care about him.
Square and open world don't mix. I've learned that with my extreme disappointment with FFXV. I'm completely fine if they decide to do zone based or linear lol. Especially if it's Naoki Yoshida. Everything I've read from these is pure amazingness and I can't wait!
I'm glad that they at least confirmed that there'll be party members, as well as made it clear the fact that only Clive is controllable. I do think that, given the way they talked about hiding stuff, we might 'control' or at least unleash summons/Eikons of our party members during battle.
While I'd have preferred a fully controllable party, I'm not completely against only Clive being controllable. I love Mass Effect even if it doesn't allow us full control of the party, compared to Dragon Age or earlier BioWare titles.
While I'd have preferred a fully controllable party, I'm not completely against only Clive being controllable. I love Mass Effect even if it doesn't allow us full control of the party, compared to Dragon Age or earlier BioWare titles.
This officially confirms it will be 13 years and counting since a female character was playable in a FF mainline game and to do that after FF XV was focused on a entirely male main cast is unbelievable when some of the most popular FF characters are female characters
So far he does seem pretty aggressively boring, especially post-timeskip. I'm not sure what his secret sauce is supposed to be because right now it's just like you said - generic angry murder boy.
How can you come to this conclusion when adult Clive literally hasn't even opened his mouth except for that one line?
In one of the interviews, Yoshida said the third trailer will focus on the story/world/lore. It seems quite unfair to judge the main character, who will have thousands of lines, when we've only heard one.
I love this. I'm a sucker for time skips. Reminds me of Dragon Quest V.