The Active Time Report was this morning in London. Community manager Dan Seto welcomed Hajime Tabata, marketing director Akio Ofuji, and translator Gavin. Reviewing features of both Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy XV, they finally showed off the Chocobos!
Among other things as well, of course. We fans are kind of obsessed with Chocobos so that's the important part, right?
Thanks to our friends over at Final Fantasy Network, we are able to get a summary of the Report in regards to the Final Fantasy XV demo Episode Duscae:
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• In the current demo, you won’t be able to use just one weapon for all your combos; the team wants you to think about using different weapons.
• Of course, the team will be taking feedback from fans on Episode Duscae – including the combat.
• Are there equippable armor and accessories? Not in the demo – but in the final version.
• You can use the car on main roads, but off-road you’ll need to walk or use a chocobo. Other modes of transport, perhaps a train can be used.
• The more attacks you evade by holding the guard button, the quicker your MP is depleted — so you can’t rely on it to dodge everything.
• Skilled players can use precise timing for blocks and evasions (uses less MP).
• You’ll be able to customize the control scheme in the final game. The team wants to hear feedback on customization options.
• They want fans to use one control scheme in Episode Duscae and consider the feedback from various experiences.
• In Episode Duscae, the level cap for characters is 99. You don’t have to level that much, but you can!
• This feature is included for dedicated players who want to outlevel and overwhelm encounters. The level cap in the final game has yet to be decided.
• Tabata-san says Ignis is from a different part of the world than the rest of the party – so he has a different accent.
• The team shows live gameplay from the Xbox One version of Episode Duscae.
• Pre-recorded video of dungeon footage. The transition from overworld to dungeon is seamless.
• The team wants to create a sense of fear in dungeons present in early Final Fantasy games.
• The hitstun on abilities has been hastened based on fan feedback.
• There’s an advanced guard technique you can use by collecting Phantom Swords that uses no MP.
• A “World of Wonder” video is shown that takes a look at the various wildlife inhabiting the Duscae region.
• The demo area is just a part of the Duscae region, it’s bigger than that in the final version. It includes populated areas and ruins.
• The final game is estimated to be around 10x the size of the -entire- Duscae region.
• No large towns in the demo, but there will be in the full game. Comical NPCs are out there, Tabata says “look for a certain couple”.
• Chocobos are in the demo, but you can’t ride them just yet. The system couldn’t be completed in time.
What do you think about all this new info! Are you buying Type-0 on day one to enjoy all these goodies? Are you excited about the black chocobos!?
02-26-2015, 03:26 PM
Loony BoB
Not sure if it's just bad screenshots or the graphics not being ready yet or anything, but the chocobos don't look very clean. I love the overall design, though, it's exactly how I tend to envisage chocobos - very similar to the FFVII/FFT designs.
Regarding the other info, interesting that FFXV will see you being able to get to L99 in the demo.
While I'm extremely confident that I'll enjoy the game, my biggest worry is that it won't feel like a Final Fantasy game. A lot of what they are saying in that last little bit has relieved me a little, and I hope it ends up feeling this way. Especially comical characters, they definitely need that kind of stuff. Everything so far has been serious (bar the stuff that isn't in the game, like catcam and dogcam).
02-26-2015, 03:48 PM
Shauna
those are terrifying
02-26-2015, 04:17 PM
Del Murder
They're hideous.
02-26-2015, 04:24 PM
Freya
They look really fluffy to be honest.
02-26-2015, 05:12 PM
Loony BoB
I think it's the eyes that really make them look a bit ugly more than anything.
02-26-2015, 05:27 PM
Freya
I like them :shobon:
I like the whole "sense of fear" in the dungeons thing. I get that in Dragon Age sometimes. Like, "It's dark and scary and I don't have a ton of potions, should I venture in? OH GOD A SPIDER CREATURE OH GOD. Okay.... it's dead... do I go further or go get more potions...." Kinda thing.
02-26-2015, 06:18 PM
Egami
Forget the chocobos...I want to ride that Behemoth!
Probably my favorite of the regular FF fiends and it looks so badass here.
I am quite liking everything I've seen of XV so far. The world looks so alive and engrossing and the animations of the animals and characters is so realistic.
02-26-2015, 06:49 PM
Pumpkin
ew
02-26-2015, 06:54 PM
Egami
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What the Behemoth or the demon possessed chocobos (seriously, what's with those eyes...)? :p
02-26-2015, 08:34 PM
fat_moogle
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Originally Posted by Egami
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Originally Posted by Pumpkin
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What the Behemoth or the demon possessed chocobos (seriously, what's with those eyes...)? :p
Legend tells it that there's a mystical black Chocobo that can turn people to stone with a single glare and a well tuned kweh.
02-26-2015, 09:11 PM
Fox
Good choice of Chocobo. Rivers and mountains will be mere puddles and stones before us! Hope there aren't any oceans though, they'll still be a problem.
Honestly regarding the wildlife trailer thing... it all looks interesting, and pretty and full of life, but then again so did XIII. It's just not what I really care about in these games. Final Fantasy VII didn't get by on its exotic fauna. It's the second best game in the series and put you up against nonsense like this
:omgomg: <- this is me except like with the energy of a billion exploding suns
02-26-2015, 09:46 PM
fat_moogle
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Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I think it's the eyes that really make them look a bit ugly more than anything.
Yeah, I agree. I just watched the video (didn't notice it there before) and I like the actual design of the Chocobo. The eyes just make it look less friendly.
02-26-2015, 09:55 PM
Egami
With those eyes this theme is what will probably play when you ride them...
02-26-2015, 10:07 PM
fat_moogle
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RIDE THIS CHOCOBO?!
I hope FFXV has an epic Chocobo Theme :D
02-26-2015, 10:32 PM
Freya
Well XIV just referenced it as a quest titled that so I'm sure it'll be an easter egg in XV too :P
02-26-2015, 10:34 PM
Egami
Heh, the lyrics of that theme were quite fun :D
Gas ‘em up with the greens and let him go
Stand back, stand clear as he puts on a show
So cute yet fierce, is he from hell?
I cannot tell, yet I don’t even want to know
So you wanna be a trailblazer?
Kickin’ dirt like a hell raiser?
Take the reins, but don’t react slow
It’s time to feel the force of the chocobo
So you think you can ride this chocobo?
Got Chocobucks? You better put them on this chocobo!
Saddle up, if you think you can ride in this rodeo
Are we in hell? I don’t know… to the dirt, let’s roll!
You’re loco if you think you’re gonna hide this chocobo
Everybody’s gonna wanna ride your chocobo
It’s choco-loco style in a choco-rodeo
Gonna ride him straight through hell in this chocobo rodeo!
Yeah, let’s ride!
02-26-2015, 11:01 PM
fat_moogle
HELL! RRAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRR!
I never really took much notice of the lyrics to be honest. If the crazy chocobo does feature in FFXV in some way then I hope it will be something subtle xD
02-27-2015, 12:07 AM
metagloria
I want there to be sections of the map that the car can't reach that are only accessible by chocobo.
02-27-2015, 12:10 AM
Egami
^ There probably will be since I think they said that the car would only be able to travel on the road and that for everything else you'd need to walk, use a chocobo or take a train.
02-27-2015, 12:25 PM
Loony BoB
I think for this particular chocobo, it needs a spookier, horror-styled variant of the chocobo theme.
02-27-2015, 04:55 PM
FFFFsephychibi
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• Tabata-san says Ignis is from a different part of the world than the rest of the party – so he has a different accent.
Interesting, didn't Nomura say back in the day Ignis grew up with Noctis and Prompto was the outsider? Am I going crazy? Sounds like they might have changed the story around...
Other than that, hosheet, looks great, can't complain, take all my life savings.
(Just hope they don't bow too desperately at fan feedback)
02-27-2015, 05:11 PM
Loony BoB
Being born elsewhere / growing up elsewhere gives you a different accent.
Being an outsider? You can do that while living around people your entire life.
