Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - Includes FF XV Demo

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by The Apocalypse

Thanks

It's giving me an error code

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Last edited by Mavrick; 03-18-2015 at 04:30 PM.

[The Apocalypse]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

It's giving me an error code

Guess we'll have to wait till Friday then. Ah well.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by The Apocalypse

Guess we'll have to wait till Friday then. Ah well.

Maybe it will go up once the store updates today, not sure what time that is but I'll just keep trying it.

[The Apocalypse]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Maybe it will go up once the store updates today, not sure what time that is but I'll just keep trying it.

Fingers crossed. They're itching for some FFXV, at least until the full game and The Last Guardian are released.

[Bizdady]

Wonder if store copies still have the demo? Im only interested in the demo so it would be a gamble.

[blahsi]

Originally Posted by Bizdady

Wonder if store copies still have the demo? Im only interested in the demo so it would be a gamble.

As long as it says "Day One Edition," it includes the demo (in the U.S.).

[Hayabusa85]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Considering your the only person ive heard say that I think your a bit nuts there, IGN, BG Users, Gamespot and other reviews say the demo is off the charts.

I have seen plenty of people not happy with it and yes there are people who enjoy it. Nobody is nuts for having their own opinion even if they declare Shaq Fu the greatest game ever made

My personal problems are the developers seem like they couldn't decide on the identity they wanted the game to have and mashed a bunch of ideas together. Part of it wants to be a real-time battle RPG like Tales, part of it wants to be a MMO while missing what makes a MMO tolerable, part of it wants to be Monster Hunter etc. Just feels like a complete mess to me of a game with no identity because they tossed too much in the blender.

Then on top of that it feels lazy. Hold down L1 when you see an attack start to dodge without having to time the dodge. Once you watch the animation parry the attack instead of a parry requiring perfect timing. Hold down attack to keep attacking while you look away from the screen instead of having to worry about the exact timing of the attacks. Hype up this big battle that you can go find a summon to win in one attack.

All while your TV gets a tube of Vaseline dumped on it.

But again not everybody will have the same opinion and nobody is nuts if they do enjoy it or vice versa. For me like I said a lot of work will need to be done to make me care about the final product because in this state it is one of the least enjoyable experiences I have had on PS4 to date. Which is a shame because Final Fantasy XIV was finally a game that made me a bit more optimistic Square could do something right again.

[Harlock415]

Originally Posted by Talal86

^ I don't think that's what he meant

are you playing on normal? I heard it's recommended to play on easy the first time

I'm playing on easy. I generally do because basically I'm not that great at gaming. And especially with Adventure and with RPGs I'm really interested in playing through the story. Diablo III was the only game I had to dial the difficulty up to hard and above.

Originally Posted by Hobbun

Ok, so what do you think he meant, then?

Not necessarily disagreeing, but I am not sure what you mean on what you believe he said.

I'm not 100% sure what I mean either. But every once in a while, yes I may hear a cry out in Japanese from Queen, maybe from getting hit. Cuz its definitely a different voice. And every once in a while I'll hear 'Kupo?"which I looked up is a moogie. And it's definitely said by a Japanese voice actress.

I'll get back to it later today and play. It's been fun so far, but somewhat overwhelming. Ace has these attacks and other than wall, I don't know what they fully do. And there are 13 other characters that are playable.

As far as the FF XV demo is concerned it should be installed and ready to go when I get home.

[Terjyn]

Kupo is a Final Fantasy sound, not a Japanese word.

It's been in pretty much any game that has Moogles in them, and a few that don't. Even the English translations.

[owa]

Yeah, I seem to remember the Moggles saying that in 13 and 13-2 (the only two I've played). Anyway, this one is quite a bit different and I have no idea what I'm doing but I didn't in 13 or 13-2 at first either so that's not surprising.

Edit: Tried the demo but had to stop because it was giving me a motion sickness type of headache for some reason.

[Havok83]

so has anyone actually played Type-0 and have opinions to offer up?

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Havok83

so has anyone actually played Type-0 and have opinions to offer up?

I don't think so, everyone that bought it only got it for the XV demo

[owa]

The graphics are just so so and I thought it was weird that it blocks recording and screenshots during part of the beginning. You have 3 characters (I think it was) that you can switch between as you're playing and some are better suited for certain types of battles. As someone else mentioned already, it's bloodier than the other ones I've played and so far has a more war-like feel to it. I don't really understand the combat enough to know what I'm doing yet but have made it through a few of the battles where it is mostly showing me how to play. The characters move a little too fast for me so I'm not use to the camera/movement controls yet and didn't check to see if I could make it less sensitive thinking it was probably that way for a reason. I haven't played it long enough to say much more than that.

Edit: varmintx has posted a few screenshots of Type-0 HD in the screenshot thread.

[Terjyn]

I tried this game but can barely play it because the camera causes these weird jerks which give me almost instant motion sickness.

I basically have to play what is, in theory, a 3d area where I can spin the camera around the player and can't move the camera.

Total failure IMO.

[owa]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I tried this game but can barely play it because the camera causes these weird jerks which give me almost instant motion sickness.

I basically have to play what is, in theory, a 3d area where I can spin the camera around the player and can't move the camera.

Total failure IMO.

Which one gave you motion sickness? Type-0 HD or the FF XV demo? I also got motion sickness after playing. I thought it was from the FF XV demo but I played Type-0 right before the demo so if you saying Type-0, maybe it was that one that caused it for me and it just hit me once I started the FF XV demo.

[ariakon]

Originally Posted by Havok83

so has anyone actually played Type-0 and have opinions to offer up?

I've been playing it, and honestly...I don't know what to think. I want to like it, but as Terjyn said, the camera swings around so fast that it's very difficult to keep track of what's going on. I'm not suffering any motion sickness, but I can understand why many would. I like some of the characters, and I like that there are so many to choose from, and the music is classic Final Fantasy. As Owa noted, the story is darker than normal, and the game is rather bloody. The combat itself seems okay, and the game has plenty to do (raising chocobos, leveling up your squads, etc.) but it's difficult to look past the janky camera and so far I'm not having a very good time.


It has to be noted that the graphics are rough. Given that it's a remastered PSP game, I had lowered expectations, and the art direction itself isn't bad, but there is a strange filter over the game that makes everything look blurry. It reminds me of those Double Dragon or Golden Axe re-releases with the smoothing filter on.

I hope I don't sound overly negative, I really hoped to enjoy the game and I'm not giving up on it, but so far it's been a bit average. Hopefully it's just one of those games that takes a while to settle into a groove.

[Terjyn]

It's not the speed of the camera bothering me, it's the jerkiness. If you stand in a spot and spin the camera next to the university, the building and people jump around for no discernible reason, like one frame is way offset every few seconds.

I'm not sure what they did wrong but ugh.

I actually find the combat interesting. It was refreshing to actually need to dodge in a FF game before the 20 hour mark to win a battle.

[varmintx]

I'm reminded of Resonance of Fate where after struggling getting my head around the combat system, I just decided to stop advancing in the game and just do battles until I figured out exactly what to do. A large portion of that time was spent learning the moves of all the characters and deciding which I was the most comfortable with. There were 3 clear favorites: Sice, Seven, and King, but I can use Ace if none of those 3 are primed. It's then a matter of putting the right supporting characters in to compliment your main. I still haven't gotten comfortable switching them on the fly for specific needs, but I assume I'll be forced to as the number of abilities, and situations needed for them, open up.

[Blu-Generation]

FFXV demo shows good potential for the actual game, Type-0 however has terrible clunky camera. I understand it was that way due to the PSP version, but they could have fix that in this remaster. They didn't, so it loses point in my book.

That said, I am among the many who got this for the demo.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Blu-Generation

FFXV demo shows good potential for the actual game, Type-0 however has terrible clunky camera. I understand it was that way due to the PSP version, but they could have fix that in this remake. They didn't, so it loses point in my book.

That said, I am among the many who paid for the demo.

remaster not remake

Thanks to all for the comments. I was almost tempted to get this but Im not spending $50 for a demo