I remember the E3 2013 trailer, it seemed so interesting, so coherent, such a strong vision. But everything surrounding Episode Duscae has kinda called that into question again. I also don't think it helps that there's been so much discussion about going on a road trip with your buddies I have very little idea what the actual premise of the story is. Remember that old dude from the E3 trailer who wore a cape? Who's he? What kingdom is Noctis prince of again? We're going on this road trip to... where are we going again? That stuff with the city being attacked by Leviathan, Magitek armour, buildings collapsing, the daring escape from a raging tsunami... what's going on with that side of things?
I remember that trailer and all those things too. I am hoping that they are sort of holding off on that for now until the demo is released (since the demo won't feature any of those things) and then we will get a more holistic view of the game in the form of gameplay footage and such. I certainly hope so because at this point, comparisons to other upcoming titles are inevitable and what Monolith Soft and CD Projekt are doing to showcase their upcoming games (Xenoblade X and The Witchter III respectively) is much more compelling and informative as it gives you a better sense of what the game has to offer; and those games haven't been in development for as long as XV has.
For example here is a gameplay demonstration of Xenoblade X from 8 months ago...
And one of The Witcher III from 6 months ago...
Of course, I am more excited for XV than I am for these games, but shouldn't we be seeing this level of footage and detail about XV at this point?
Just gonna pop in quickly and point out that these two games are both coming out in the next couple of months. Right now, FFXV doesn't have a release date. I agree with anyone who says that FFXV has been in development for too long, but regardless of that until we have a release date for FFXV and we're within a couple of months of it being released, then we shouldn't expect the kind of stuff you're seeing in those trailers. The trailers we have seen recently are for the demo alone, which doesn't feature towns etc. and will basically be designed for people to get a feel for the controls and, more importantly, to sell copies of Type-0 to the masses. In the end, it's just a very minor demo.
Originally Posted by Egami
I remember that trailer and all those things too. I am hoping that they are sort of holding off on that for now until the demo is released (since the demo won't feature any of those things) and then we will get a more holistic view of the game in the form of gameplay footage and such. I certainly hope so because at this point, comparisons to other upcoming titles are inevitable and what Monolith Soft and CD Projekt are doing to showcase their upcoming games (Xenoblade X and The Witchter III respectively) is much more compelling and informative as it gives you a better sense of what the game has to offer; and those games haven't been in development for as long as XV has.In the end, it's just a very minor demo.
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