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[Gematsu] Final Fantasy XV Staff, Characters And Development Detailed

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Noctis Lucis Caelum - The Crown Prince of the Lucis kingdom. Due to an accident during his childhood, he can see the "light" from the heavens which foreshadows a person's death. Noctis dislikes the strict and rigid rules of the kingdom and acts as he pleases, thus causing trouble for his peers. He is a man of great confidence, but the most important thing about him is that he protects his friends.

Gladiolus Amicitia - The eldest child of the Amicitia house. He's the "shield" of the royal family and is sworn to protect them for generations. He has a powerful physique and a "raptores" tattoo on his arm and breast. He raised Noct from his early childhood days and considers him his brother, almost surpassing the relationship of a family. He has a very good relationship with the royal family and is their sworn friend. He wears but a jacket over his bare chest and is a tough guy who shaves one side of his head.

Ignis Scientia - A young man who and close friend of Noctis since early childhood. He us composed and serious, and received a special education for gifted children in order to work as a staff officer for Noctis. He acts as the understanding consultant for the clumsy Noctis, whom he follows, and wears glasses with swept back hair.

Prompto Argentum - A woman-chasing mood maker who has been quite different from Noctis and friends since their childhood days. He was their bad companion. He minds his childhood friends and has a different social status. In that extent, it seems like he wants to be useful to his friends. He is a bit shorter than Noctis and wears a sleeveless shirt and has messy blond hair.

Cor Leonis - A stubborn military man who has sworn his loyalty to the his country and Noctis' father, King Regis. He is the commanding officer of the elite imperial guards. Known as the "Immortal Shogun," he is extremely powerful and one of the top three soldiers in the Lucis kingdom. He is strict with Noctis and his friends. He is sensitive to smoke and is a fellow practitioner of austerities in order to watch Noctis and the others attentively. He is a middle-aged, short-haired man with a grim face.

From left to right: Prompto, Gladiolus, Noctis, Ignis, and Cor.

Misc Gameplay:
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-Damage is displayed in numerical values and the player has to manage HP and three playable characters, whom he can switch between freely. There is plenty of co-operation and the player will be aware of the activity of characters outside the party.

-In Final Fantasy XV, it is possible to free-run towards monsters outside the map, as well as ride on monsters and aim at specific parts of their bodies.
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So excited for this.
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Loving the game play, I just hope it's open world unlike FFXIII.
 
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This awesome its playing just like kingdom hearts and I ******* loved that game. The people QQ'ing about the games not playing the same as they did 10+ years ago need to **** off square is trying to mix it up and experiment and there's nothing wrong with a little change.
 
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Originally Posted by King Lycan View Post

Loving the game play, I just hope it's open world unlike FFXIII.
I think it's safe to say that it'll be open. In the first trailer above there's a point where a minimap opens and we can see the layout of the city below, with a visible waypoint serving as a point of reference in determining size. It appears this area is fairly large.



Likewise, the second trailer once again showcases vertical gameplay, with Noctis attacking enemies up and down the side of a building. Between this and being able to warp across the sky to an airship, it looks like players will have quite a bit of freedom in how they move about areas.

Then we have all sorts of clues from a few years ago, when the game was still known as Versus XIII. First there's the fact that a traditional world map (i.e. Final Fantasy I through IX) was confirmed, and at one point Tetsuya Nomura mentioned that he'd just finished up running through the game's world map, towns, optional dungeons and so on.

We also got our first glimpse of gameplay with the 2011 trailer, which showed field gameplay (the 4:45 mark). The areas looks large and open, similar to Final Fantasy XII.



It remains to be seen if that old school world map survived the game's evolution and jump to PS4/Xbox One. Comparing the 2011 trailer to the ones from E3 makes it seem like only combat has changed, but Nomura has talked a lot about making the game 'seamless', so areas may end up being directly connected. Either way, it looks like they have no intention of making XV as linear as XIII was.
 
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Originally Posted by kx11 View Post

no girly boys this time around huh?!
To be fair, Final Fantasy XIII's cast was pretty tame as far as character designs. Unless you count Hope as a girly boy, but young teen boys are kinda girly.
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What a sausage fest and his dad is RegisCREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 90 whats up with that?
He doesn't look like Regis though.
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Also, there is at least one female main character, although she isn't isn't playable as far as we know.

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Originally Posted by Tsumi View Post

Loving the darker and modern theme, it's a nice break from the usual fantasy. Kinda like Final Fantasy VII.
In-game locations have been based on real world cities. The area in both trailers was based on Shinjuku, Tokyo, with others based on Venice, Manchester and so on.

He's also said that the game opens in a more realistic setting, but you'll be seeing more traditional fantasy stuff throughout the game as well. What we've seen so far reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy VIII, whose world was also very realistic and modern, but with a minor sci-fi and fantasy twist.
 
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"ride on monsters"

SOLD! Seriously though, the trailer actually reminded me of the metal gear rising combat, jumping around on walls fighting huge enemies? As long as the ff13 "combat system" gets fired into the sun like it should have been when it was first suggested, this will be a preorder for me!
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did anyone read the source ?
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The decision to move to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One was made two years ago. At the time, it was still expected to be a cross-generation title (on PlayStation 3, as well).

Final Fantasy XV development is being ported from DirectX 11-based hardware. It's the reverse of our approach until now, where we target this generation of hardware.

There's no difference in media storage between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as they're both using Blu-ray. The final specs depend on how close the machines can match the "original Final Fantasy XV" developed in DirectX 11. As we are using over-specification hardware to develop Final Fantasy XV, I can't say how much the final, optimized versions will differ yet.

Currently, we aren't considering a PC version, but it ultimately depends on demand. Right now, it would take a fairly expensive gaming rig to play the game at full specs but we will consider it if demand is high enough.
so ... its gonna be released on Xbox one too ( i didnt knew that , so Kingdom Hearts III might be going to then )

it could be on PC
 
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Originally Posted by King Lycan View Post

Loving the game play, I just hope it's open world unlike FFXIII.
They have already stated the World Map will be back FF7 Style (airship+chocobo's+cars"ff8") - with plenty of open world free roaming.

This is supposed to be the saving grace of Square Enix - if they pull it off it's going to be sick.
 
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