Ignore what I said about hoping it’ll be fixed before launch

Resetera spoiler thread is killing me man. Can’t believe that forum is a real place

Well it is a final fantasy game still so

Are the spoilers even verified as legit?

If people are getting whipped up, then the only thing I can imagine it being is something pertaining to, trigger warning: rape/sexual assault .

Yea whatever has been posted so far is pretty concrete and supported with active time lore, screenshots, etc. At first I thought the reactions were trolling but they’re dead serious

Apparently the leaker is like 40 hours in but they over there melting down over s*** that happens in the first few hours

Is it something that happens IN the game, as in you see it, or is it something that has already happened prior?

Am I on the money content wise?

Honestly my main worry was that the base game will be too easy, and when I take into consideration the difficulty in FF14, the amount of time they spent trying to convince people that don’t like action games to play this game and the tutorial sequence in this game explaining extremely basic things, I definitely think it will be similar to 14 where they are restricted on how difficult they can make the fights because they want the game to be as accessible as possible and also want everyone to be able to finish it

Not having real difficulty options in this game puts even more restrictions on how hard the base game can actually be. I know the Timely Accessories exist so they can work around this issue but I definitely think that because everyone is technically on the same difficulty, there is a ceiling that has has to be lowered because of people that have never played action games.

With all that being said, Nier Automata is my favourite game of all time and the difficulty on that game is non-existent and hard mode in that game is also implemented horribly (not as bad as Nier Replicant though - hard mode on that was complete dog s***), I actually remember having to remove a lot of chips during my Automata play through because things were dying too fast, so when I think about it I guess that as long as the combat is satisfying then I can actually excuse how difficult a game is.

Edit: I also just want to make clear that I don’t think making games accessible for less experienced players is bad, FF has never been fully action so I understand why the intro of this game plays out the way it does and I can’t really blame them for not making the game too difficult

Real for playing Reverie day 1

Also I know that people in here hated the Phoenix fight but I thought it was really cool, reminded me of the shootem up segments in Nier Automata and ever since Nier Automata I wanted another game that would break away from regular gameplay to do something that usually isn’t done in its genre.

Granted, the shootem up segments in Nier Automata do give you way more control so it didn’t feel like you were completely on rails and were more fun than the Phoenix fight, but the (people gonna hate me for using this word) cinematic experience with the structures collapsing, the music syncing up at certain points of the fight was incredible and gave me a similar level of awe as those segments did in Nier Automata. I do wish for more interactivity later on but I don't think the inclusion of these segments is something that actively make the game worse as some people describing. This being a AAA game I kinda already knew these fights were leaning more towards being cinematic than interactive

It’s relevant to what you mentioned content wise and pertains to both happening prior and in the game

Didn’t spoiler anything but put the tags in case

90GB for a single player game is crazy, but i’ll take it. how long you guys think the story will be?

Now i want to reread the once and future king

Developers saying it’ll take about 35-40 hours to complete the main story

finally got around to playing this

amazing demo, i can only imagine how good the full game will be

Low-key feel like Clive might end up being the JRPG equivalent to Arthur Morgan.

not much longer now...

Finally playing the demo

They might have one with this , 15 was cool but this looking like an all timer

Think a big part of it is just an overall feeling of confidence. The best FFs have always had an air of effortlessness to them.

It throws you in, introduces you to an entire cast of characters, an ongoing conflict, the political nature of the world, the world’s use of magic/crystals, the caste system at play etc. in a very concise way without missing a beat or being overwhelming.

15’s first 2 hours feel barren by comparison.

just now replying after i finished the demo, i can agree with most things you’ve said, though it doesn’t lower my hype for this at all. QTE and the door interactions are indeed quite unnecessary, but i don’t find them actively making my experience worse (or better lol) i’m just indifferent about it.

story wise i think it was a nice introduction to the characters and set the tone for what’s to come. if we just jumped into the story without knowing clives background it would have been less impactful.

eikon fight was very boring, i agree. literally spamming the fire button and dodging like 1-2 times while everything else is done automatically. kind of like where in some parts the game shows you an arrow pointing up, clive will just immediately jump over on his own instead of you having to press a button. this hand holding stuff in gaming definitely has to go (or at least be optional).

i’m still very excited for this game as i’ve come to love FF and have been starving for a good combat focused single player game

I am hoping in later parts of the game it feels less hand holding . Some leaks say its like that for many hours into the game like 20 or so

damn, we can only hope

Demo got all these YouTuber girls crying. Make up streaming in every thumbnail

Complain about cutscenes and story in a final fantasy thread go look up why and how final fantasy exists in the first place.

Like going into a Mario thread and complaining about jumping

300 MB's by the way.

I think the quote that’s attributed to this is the developers saying more along the lines of them thinking that the game won’t require a day one patch, not them saying definitively that there won’t be one.

Think it’s from a Game Informer interview or something.