re: "Final Fantasy XV isn't afraid to innovate to find greatness" & More Previews

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but that's what is so perplexing to me: FFXIII reeked of mass consumer appeal. are the type 0, "-2" and online games now reserved for the hardcore and the main titles scaled down for mass appeal?

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I could see how you think this. Type-0 never got a western release. -2 and -3 were shitty sequels off the main XIII game and took way less effort than making a new game, they had the engine, the characters, and the basic story, look at it as a cheap way to make a dollar, because people still buy anything with FF attached to it.

I played only an hour of Type-0 on a PSP emulator and, it looks like it's going to be an epic game, with themes and visuals not usually associated with FF. There is over the top violence and tons of blood in this game, there has never been blood in a FF game.

My hope is this. Type-0 with strong sales becomes an entirely different series (maybe even not a part of FF) It would be more mature and let SqaureEnix do some stuff theme-wise they aren't comfortable doing in the main FF Series. (We get Type-1, Type-2, etc)

and the main FF numbered series XVI, XVII, etc continue the feel, settings, characters we've come to expect from the FF series.

But I'm just hoping at this point.

so does that mean the whole world map is going to be that unpopulated world shite from XIII? or is this thousands or at least hundreds of years in the future?

Is type 0 an action RPG?

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The only thing there will be in common is the l'Cie, fal'Cie and Focus stuff, just with a different take on it all.

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deal breaker


one of the biggest problems with xiii was the fricking indiscernible and weak story. So instead of giving us a new game, they want a mulligan or worse, think that the falcie shite was good and want to expand on it?

XV will have a fully populated, interactive world. It is also open-world and you have a car for road trips.

There are huge towns, and airships.

The game is open world, they have goal markers for story missions and if you wanted you could run around (or drive) and just fight or visit towns. There's also dungeons and caves to explore.

I'm wanting an action rpg right now. I'm still putting this off because of bloodborne the next week.

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I'm not bothering with type 0 simply because it says "type 0" I'm talking about XV...is that the one that will still have all of the l'cie/falcie weird shite?

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I'm just going by the FNC wiki, but both have it

I am getting Bloodborne too, but I've never played the Souls series.

I wouldnt hold off on Type-0 if you are a FF fan though, you will probably miss out on the 3 hr FF XV demo. Just a suggestion.

I'm getting both Type-0 and Bloodborne on launch day.

why is it that like 5 years later we're still with this fricking l'cie shite? The reviews were overwhelmingly clear...this is the worst FF game ever made.

So they schedule production for the next decade based on the world they created in the worst fricking game they've ever made so frustrating

they have said they are going to go away from the falCie l`Cie shite and concentrate on the ongoing war for control of the Crystals instead of the deities. only time will tell.