Final Fantasy 15

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/11/16/final-fantasy-xv-screenshots-iris-cor-guest-characters/

Some more new screen shots, including a few featuring guest party members Iris and Cor.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-15-day-one-patch-details-coming-on-m/1100-6445548/

Details about the Day One patch will come out this Monday, the 21st. They list them as "extra features" though, so it seems likely that the game will work without the patch on release. That's important to me, because I plan to play A LOT on Tuesday, and can't download the update until early Wed morning.

http://gearnuke.com/final-fantasy-xv-day-1-update-1-01-patch-notes-revealed-adds-new-items-cutscenes/

Final Fantasy XV will be officially out on November 29th but thanks to stores breaking their street date, the game is already out in the wild. We have already heard about the size of the day 1 patch, which is around 7.2 GB on PS4, but we still haven’t seen what has been added or fixed in the new patch. Thankfully, we can have an idea of the day 1 patch notes through the PS4 Update History, which lists the changes and additions to the new patch.

Here is what is included in the day 1 patch. Version 1.01

Various bug fixes New items and cutscenes Cutscene adjustments Deeper combat, driving and other game mechanics

Saved games must be updated to work with the current version of the game.

Current version saves will not work with the former version of the game

Read more at: http://gearnuke.com/final-fantasy-xv-day-1-update-1-01-patch-notes-revealed-adds-new-items-cutscenes/

So, I'm calling shenanigans. The main reason that they gave for delaying the game from September was that they wanted to get it ready to play out of the box, and not have a huge Day 1 patch. 7.2G is the biggest Day 1 patch I've ever had for a game. Thats not cool. I'm also a little worried about the wording regarding saves. If I start a new game and play for a number of hours on Tuesday, and then update the game Wednesday, will I be able to continue where I left off with the patch improvements? Or will I have to start over?

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

http://gearnuke.com/final-fantasy-xv-day-1-update-1-01-patch-notes-revealed-adds-new-items-cutscenes/

So, I'm calling shenanigans. The main reason that they gave for delaying the game from September was that they wanted to get it ready to play out of the box, and not have a huge Day 1 patch. 7.2G is the biggest Day 1 patch I've ever had for a game. Thats not cool. I'm also a little worried about the wording regarding saves. If I start a new game and play for a number of hours on Tuesday, and then update the game Wednesday, will I be able to continue where I left off with the patch improvements? Or will I have to start over?

While I agree with the Shenanigans, I've seen some really shitty day 1 patches. I also, can't fault them for it. While I'm sure their goal was to prep to not have a huge day 1 patch, they probably fell behind (development is a bitch), Hence a huge Day 1 patch. I just really hope it's at least serviceable out of the box and the Day 1 is framerate luxuries, not necessities (I'm looking at you No Man's Sky).

I am ready. I do not care if the patch is 80 GB personally.

"Stitches wrote:

I am ready. I do not care if the patch is 80 GB personally.

Same. I gots gigabit

Dude, I'd kill for mediocre DSL! But it is what it is.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Dude, I'd kill for mediocre DSL! But it is what it is.

Where are you that you don't have this stuff?

"mor911 wrote:

Where are you that you don't have this stuff?

Rural central Virginia, about halfway between Charlottesville and Richmond. My wife and I are talking about building a new house next year though, so after 12 years in the wilderness, I might be back to modern life next year at some point, lol.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Rural central Virginia, about halfway between Charlottesville and Richmond. My wife and I are talking about building a new house next year though, so after 12 years in the wilderness, I might be back to modern life next year at some point, lol.

Awesome man. We're in the middle of building right now (Austin Suburbs) - Sorry for derailing the conversation. Honestly it's TON of work and I'm not sure it's worth it lol. I guess I'll know when we move in next Feb.

Pic as of yesterday: https://goo.gl/photos/iHtxf6Vjyrd59xvw8

Imade this for my friends to annoy them. This is PSN while the PS4 is on (it downloads faster in rest mode). Steam is much faster.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/11/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-final-fantasy-xv/

Spoiler free list of what to expect in the game. Mostly things those of us here already know, but well put together.

"mor911 wrote:

Imade this for my friends to annoy them. This is PSN while the PS4 is on (it downloads faster in rest mode). Steam is much faster.

If I get up in the middle of the night when I have a larger bandwith allowance (2am-8am, though they slow it way down after 7:30 or so), and I get lucky where my satellite modem and the PS4 like to talk to one another (they sometimes fight, though its much better than it was on the PS3), then I can sometimes download a gig in about half an hour. For the larger DLC content for The Witcher, it took me about 3-4 hours each day, over a period of 4-5 days.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

If I get up in the middle of the night when I have a larger bandwith allowance (2am-8am, though they slow it way down after 7:30 or so), and I get lucky where my satellite modem and the PS4 like to talk to one another (they sometimes fight, though its much better than it was on the PS3), then I can sometimes download a gig in about half an hour. For the larger DLC content for The Witcher, it took me about 3-4 hours each day, over a period of 4-5 days.

My heart weeps for you.

I finally got the opprotunity to watch Kingsglaive, and I really enjoyed it. Fantastic animation. Square/Sony have absolutely pushed the envelope with lifelike full CGI. And it was a terrific prologue for the game, setting the scene. I'm now going to be curious to see how many of the characters (beyond the obvious) you'll encounter in the game, and if we'll be able to travel to certain places seen in the film.

I also think that its cool that they modeled the characters of Crowe and Libertus on their voice actors, and did a great job.

Also was a terrific shout out for long time fans for the monster Ultros to show up.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Also was a terrific shout out for long time fans for the monster Ultros to show up.

Pretty sure Ultros was revealed in the FFXV world creation portrait (bottom left), but it's nice to know he's actually back in something more than just a cameo role. I'll be watching Kingsglaive tomorrow, so this will be interesting.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/11/25/final-fantasy-xv-screenshots-phantom-swords-customization-familiar-monsters/

Another good batch of screen shots, featuring customization and a few familiar old school monsters. They've yet to show alternate looks for your party so far, as far as I know, and I'm curious to see how far they go with that, since most other RPGs let you go pretty deep these days.

FFXV file sizes: ~40 GB on PS4, ~52 GB on XB1.

"Desides wrote:

FFXV file sizes: ~40 GB on PS4, ~52 GB on XB1.

I expected about as much, so I deleted The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 from my system a few weeks ago.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I expected about as much, so I deleted The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 from my system a few weeks ago.

My PS4 Pro arrives Tuesday. I have a 250GB SSD ready to go, pending some amazing Cyber Monday deal.

"Desides wrote:

My PS4 Pro arrives Tuesday. I have a 250GB SSD ready to go, pending some amazing Cyber Monday deal.

I'm honestly just too scared that I'll break my PS4 if I open it up and try to change the hard drive out. I only play a couple of games at a time, so I'm content to just delete things as I go.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I'm honestly just too scared that I'll break my PS4 if I open it up and try to change the hard drive out. I only play a couple of games at a time, so I'm content to just delete things as I go.

How? You literally just slide out a tray and undo 4 screws.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I'm honestly just too scared that I'll break my PS4 if I open it up and try to change the hard drive out. I only play a couple of games at a time, so I'm content to just delete things as I go.

I dumb as hell with computer hardware and this was soooo easy to do. Just look up a guide (they're everywhere) and follow it. You'll be fine.

http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-the-kotaku-review-1789400066

A ginormous review by someone who's played the series for a long time and has a lot of love for it. Fair and deep, and it has me itching to get to the store tomorrow morning. I fully expect the game to have its warts, but I also expect that for the most part, it will play the way that I enjoy, and hopefully, square will fix some of the things via patches. Apparently, there's another 8 GB patch coming on the heels of the day one that we knew about.

For all of the love that it has deservedly gotten, The Witcher 3 was a glitchy game that was almost unplayable for some people at first before CD Projekt Red did an awesome job of both fixing it and being transparent about it. Hopefully, Square will do the same. They seem to have the best intentions and aren't just there for a money grab.