Please make the combat and character creation great!
I saw some nice human character faces in the trailer, maybe they will give us something similair to Fallout 3 with a wide variety of hair and beardstyles :)
Graphically its not groundbreaking, but it still looks absolutely great. You gotta remember the size of this game, and all the speech, music, quests etc that goes in. Graphics cant take priority on a game like this.
Commented on 2011-04-18 20:09:05 In reply to Krazy_Kroz
Posted by Krazy_Kroz
Graphically its not groundbreaking, but it still looks absolutely great. You gotta remember the size of this game, and all the speech, music, quests etc that goes in. Graphics cant take priority on a game like this.
i know, that's why i never expect it from bethesda games, they make up for it in other areas.
Looks phenomenal for a console game, but I wish it had been built for the PC then fit onto consoles instead of the other way around. It isn't going to hold up against Witcher 2 visually.
Final Fantasy games (which I take you are meaning when you shorten it to FF, hope I'm not guessing wrong) can afford to look better because they come on 3 dvd's and take you on an epic linear path.
With regards to the actual roleplaying you get to do in FF games of late they are more akin to interactive storytelling than roleplaying.
Seph the ammount disks has nothing to with it, its to do with the fact that yes you can only see as far as the walls next to you but mainly.. the biggest thing is
there is fuck all AI fuck all in terms of a combat system that requires speed.. FF games only have to worry about visuals and nothing else, ES among many other games have to take many other things in to consideration.
I suppose what fit on FFXIIIs 3 DVDs would have probably fit on one blueray. So yeah a bit of a non-issue, having more space helps though.
As for what it had, all it had was pretty visuals and AI, not good AI, but AI.
They used it as a substitute for player party control and added frustrating and restrictive ways of managing your party of which the only bit I liked was the Crystarium Point System for its similarities to the Sphere Grid System.
Its like they don't want you to control your party and customise them, they just want to tell the story in which case they chould just remake Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and make other CG films.
considering it's Bethesda it looks great tbh. By far the best looking game they ever made, and it's not thanks to some superior graphics engine or tech thing, it's just more competent artists.
Commented on 2011-04-18 22:50:20 In reply to hermen
Posted by hermen
Doesn't look like huge upgrade in gfx. Not sure though why they took so long for this game
maybe the 50+ hours of gameplay you can probably expect from it?
I think you're remembering Oblivion with rose tinted glasses.
I just hope the framerates solid, and the bugs dont kill it before its had a chance to really show just how much work has gone into the game
Posted by Sephiriah
Final Fantasy games (which I take you are meaning when you shorten it to FF, hope I'm not guessing wrong) can afford to look better because they come on 3 dvd's and take you on an epic linear path.
With regards to the actual roleplaying you get to do in FF games of late they are more akin to interactive storytelling than roleplaying.
JRPG's are always linear.. which is why they seem so dated these days. But the only reason why FF13 took more than one dvd was because it told its story through CG cutscenes - which takes up alot of room. I would imagine this game will fit on one disc as Bethesda arent really known for cutscenes
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Commented on 2011-04-18 18:18:55Build for the PC first then port to the consoles please.
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Commented on 2011-04-18 18:49:32I just so look forward to strolling around in the forests meeting wildlife and enjoying the views. :D
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Commented on 2011-04-18 19:26:08I saw some nice human character faces in the trailer, maybe they will give us something similair to Fallout 3 with a wide variety of hair and beardstyles :)
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Commented on 2011-04-18 20:30:20 In reply to Sephiriah
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Commented on 2011-04-18 22:03:36With regards to the actual roleplaying you get to do in FF games of late they are more akin to interactive storytelling than roleplaying.
Commented on 2011-04-18 22:12:21there is fuck all AI fuck all in terms of a combat system that requires speed.. FF games only have to worry about visuals and nothing else, ES among many other games have to take many other things in to consideration.
Commented on 2011-04-18 22:25:38I suppose what fit on FFXIIIs 3 DVDs would have probably fit on one blueray. So yeah a bit of a non-issue, having more space helps though.
As for what it had, all it had was pretty visuals and AI, not good AI, but AI.
They used it as a substitute for player party control and added frustrating and restrictive ways of managing your party of which the only bit I liked was the Crystarium Point System for its similarities to the Sphere Grid System.
Its like they don't want you to control your party and customise them, they just want to tell the story in which case they chould just remake Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and make other CG films.
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Commented on 2011-04-18 22:50:20 In reply to hermenI think you're remembering Oblivion with rose tinted glasses.
I just hope the framerates solid, and the bugs dont kill it before its had a chance to really show just how much work has gone into the game
With regards to the actual roleplaying you get to do in FF games of late they are more akin to interactive storytelling than roleplaying.
Commented on 2011-04-18 23:20:53While all JRPGs are linear some are more than others. For example FFXIII is much more linear than say Lost Odyssey.
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