Final Fantasy XV Battle Gameplay First Look Trailer Hits Home

New gameplay trailer for Final Fantasy XV showing party play and possible destructible environments.

[Vivi]

THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

[Xwow2008]

BLOWN AWAY

[LaChance]

One of the best multiplats at E3 !!

edit: come to think of it, if it would have been a PS3 exclusive it would have looked nothing like this. Its actually a good thing they are bringing it to both Xbox One and PS4.

[bintarok]

A deadly cool game, gratz SE!

Another incredible game came out of nowhere :
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[darthawesome90]

I haven't seen one bad comment...so why all the disagrees for EVERYONE???

Well the game looks amazing BTW. I love turn based but I can overlook that because this action styled gameplay looks amazing.

[shoddy]

Damn I miss the good old turn base systems and good summons.
that's what final fantasy is about.

I don't like the look of button smashing rpg.

I hope ff16 get turn base.

[pompombrum]

Am I the only old skool FF fan who was left disgusted with this? This game isn't a JRPG, it's a slasher.. looks more like DMC than it does the FF games I grew up loving.

@shoddy.. thank you, someone finally seeing sense. All these comments using fancy buzz words with capital letters, if I didn't know better,I'd say Square are learning some PR tricks from Microsoft.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

^^^ This is the direction FF needs to go. Turn Based games are outdated. Sure there have been great turn based games this gen, but none match the graphical beauty that Final Fantasy strives for. It would totally kill immersion to have a separate battle screen with turn based combat. Real Time battle-Kingdom Hearts/FF12 style is the way Final Fantasy needs to go.

Final Fantasy is back! Good job Nomura!

[dragonrage00]

@Outside_ofthe_Box
No its not. I couldnt care less about graphical beauty. XIII/XIII-2 were beatiful games... so what?
@shoddy and @aiBreeze
you guys are not alone. im sure there are quite a bit of fans like ourselves that can look past the pretty visials and realize this isnt a FF game

[shoddy]

Button smashing is action rpg.

the true beauty if final fantasy is just rpg wich need tactic like blind, slow, or fuk up your enemies somehow then finish them off with summon and limited break. That how I like it.

button smash is for simple mind player just try to hit the button as fast as possible hoping to make the most damage.

Final fantasy characters should be more unique not just human but mix race.

I hope ff16 won't become a shoota.

[Irishguy95]

Pfff Final Fantasy was never tactical. If you were stupid sure it might seem like it is tactical.

[Toon_Link]

This gameplay reminds me of the action sequences from advent children. And to all the people upset with the exclusion of turn base gameplay I got a feeling square is planning on making more games for XV with more traditional controls.

[rainslacker]

I have to agree with a lot of the people that this doesn't look to play like a main title final fantasy game.

Final fantasy games had definite styles to it's battle system. They were fairly simple, yet there was always strategy to them provided by the turn based system. FFXIII deviated from that, and put more importance into the paradigm system, but one of it's number one complaints was that mostly all you did was press X the whole time.

Now this looks to be a bit more involved, and I do like the battle style, but I feel re-branding this into FFXV isn't proper. There is nothing in the battle system that I saw that resembles anything from prior FF games. It does look more involved than hank n' slash, and there's nothing wrong with that for a spin-off/secondary FF title. But this is an ACTION JRPG, not a CLASSIC JRPG that moves that genre forward, which is something that FF has almost always done, sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a questionable way.

It'll probably be a good game though, and it does look like fun, and has incredible graphics. But a main series FF game it is not.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

@ shoddy + bubble

No Idea why you have so many Disagrees, and those who disagreed should be ashamed of themselves, I Miss the old ways of Final Fantasy to, That was truly epic times. I Know SE is trying to do action RPG, but they shouldn't at the expense of the Final Fantasy name.

Name it something else.

[pompombrum]

@waltercros

I think the disagrees are obvious.. just look at all the shills in here with their capital letter buzzwords.

[Temporary]

Ok ... I've just seen the video and i'm pretty goddamned souped! They didnt even show us the Magic spells and I'm blown away, WAIT TIL WE SEE THE MAGIC, I bet they're making us wait to see a spell other than Fire and Sword Shield :D

Edit: Whether it's turn based or not, the geniuses behind this game, the TEAM, is fantastic. They've wowed us before, and they're going to again. Nomura and is team are going to hit a grand slam with this one. The voice acting sounds amazing in Japanese, I hope to be able to play in Japanese with subtitles.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Shpold be leading on ps4. More powerful anyway.

[papashango]

looks like monster hunter...im interested

[xGrunty]

@dragonrage

I completely agree. While I do agree this game looks and probably will be fun to play. This IS NOT a FF game. Turn based games are not dying. There are plenty of great turn based JRPG's that have come out in the last 5 years that are simply astounding. I always like to throw out Radiant Historia lately, because that was probably one of the best DS games I have ever played. You're crazy to think the original JRPG is dead.

That being said I'd really like to bring my own opinion on this, because I talk about it with my hardcore RPG friends too. How does Square Enix live with themselves? They use to pride themselves so hard on what they do, but this is seriously a joke. Versus XIII got announced at THE SAME time as XIII and now they change the name and move it to another platform? 7 years for this? It's all you sad fans who buy anything because it "looks pretty" that really make me sick. FFXIII and FFXIII-2 were a joke, with the most unforgettable characters and laughable character depth. It's seriously sad the direction this company has gone.

[indysurfn]

I can't blame the people that wished this was turn based. I'm one of them. A turn based RPG would have insured I bought a ps4 on day one. This seems more like a devil may cry with final fantasy characters to me. I know the old and new Square enix just a couple months ago said they will return to their roots. I didn't expect they could do it this fast so I will not judge the new President for this.

@Outside_ofthe_Box your all inside the box. Case in point, you said turn based are outdated. That is a bad assumption, all inside the

assumption box. First came pen and paper. Second came action RPG'. Third came turn based rpg's (which make them newer the action rpgs).

Fourth came strategy RPG's. fifth came delayed turn based rpg's also called active time battle (most likely for marketing reasons). America

only has 5% of the world populations, and are one of the few places that people prefer action rpg over thinking (I mean turn based).
Even in Japan when for a few years (not this one or last) the overall country got smaller. But the JRPG market got bigger!!!!! Meaning more

and more people are playing less of the other games and more of the jrpg turn based. In other countries (save USA) turn based have grown a lot.

this is not the way rpg's need to go! If that was the case everyone would make a rpg that has gameplay that reminds you of devil may cry.

square has been doing action rpg's since ffx and have been going down since also!!! While all the other RPG companies in japan have gotten

bigger without merging!!! They need to get back at it.
mean while the Japanese games market only grew 1.2% but squares game share continue to slide. As they make non rpg games and half western rpg games. the other Japanese companies have grown by leaps and bounds. If you have been looking at magicbox.com for the last few years you would notice that it went from 16% of the top 50 games being jrpg's to over 40% of the top 50 game sales leaders being jrpg's week by week!!! That shows that Sqaure was dead set on trying to make people like action rpg over turn based (even though action rpgs are the oldest).

Do you think ffxvi will be turn based? I hope so come on nis/gust!!! port the real JRPG's that are not ashamed to be jrpg's to the US of A!
PLease?!!! by the way guys there is a new rpg out called atelier Ayesha it is awesome youtube it see the 14+ gameplay demos of it. Actual turn based this is just early game stuff so it is nice on the battles from the start.

[bigrob904]

for the people that don't like the action based gameplay i don't really understand. sure i love ff10 just as much as the next guy, or ff7 for that matter but i would be lying if i said i would rather the turn based gameplay more than real time fighting. i hate the fact that i just have to stand there and let somebodies attack hit me when i clearly see it coming and can move. that's why i love rpg's like kingdom hearts so much because it got away from that turn based gameplay. sure with turn based you get that time to pick out your moves and so on, but it also takes away from immersion because you're sitting there picking out attacks while everyone is just standing there. you cannot tell me what you see in this video looks less fun then turn based.

[indysurfn]

@Outside_ofthe_Box your all inside the box. Case in point, you said turn based are outdated. That is a bad assumption, all inside the

assumption box. First came pen and paper. Second came action RPG'. Third came turn based rpg's (which make them newer the action rpgs).

Fourth came strategy RPG's. fifth came delayed turn based rpg's also called active time battle (most likely for marketing reasons). America

only has 5% of the world populations, and are one of the few places that people prefer action rpg over thinking (I mean turn based).
Even in Japan when for a few years (not this one or last) the overall country got smaller. But the JRPG market got bigger!!!!! Meaning more

and more people are playing less of the other games and more of the jrpg turn based. In other countries (save USA) turn based have grown a lot.

this is not the way rpg's need to go! If that was the case everyone would make a rpg that has gameplay that reminds you of devil may cry.

square has been doing action rpg's since ffx and have been going down since also!!! While all the other RPG companies in japan have gotten

bigger without merging!!! They need to get back at it.

[indysurfn]

@bigrob904 you just proved you DONT like ffVII as the next guy! Just like American review media you say things like; i hate, wait, just stand there!!! But then you speak glowing of the opposite action rpg which means you like twitch game play, and the turn based is cerebral gameplay! They are exact opposites one is for reflex action based, and one is for short/medium/ long term thinking and resource managing! Two different kind of super heros: Batman outsmart-hulk smash. This game is HULK SMASH THINGS!

[bigrob904]

@indysurfn i in fact love that game, as a matter of fact i bought it off the ps store to play it on my ps3 because it's a good game. you miss understand, it's not that i dislike turn based because it allows me to think about my attacks because truthfully you can do that with real time gameplay. people are under the impression that action rpg means hack and slash, no, thats God of War(which i also love). if you think about it, it's very stupid that your character's are just standing there looking at the enemy doing nothing waiting for you to finally decide what you want. it takes more skill to do it in real time. kingdom hearts for example you have to make sure not to get hit while also selecting the right spell you want. i'm not saying one is necessarily better than the other, but look at that trailer than at a turn based game. i feel it speaks for itself.

[Jaces]

hopefully the fighting will be more reminiscent of KH style. It wasn't truly button mashing but neither was it turn based exactly. I can get behind that.

[G20WLY]

'True' FF game or not...did this just bitch slap Bayonetta, or did I imagine it?!

[thehitman]

Gameplay amazingly good but idk if its releasing on the ps4/xb1 then I sort of would've thought the graphics look better than it is. Seems like this game shouldve still been on PS3 and not on next-gen consoles. Im still dissapointed that it never made it considering it was one of the reasons I bought a ps3.

[MoveTheGlow]

There's an amazing Gaf thread on what this means for the gameplay system. It seems like yes, there's magic, the menu changes when you use it. You can equip a ton of weapons and use them in Linkform, including duplicates.

I just... this looks like what a Crisis Core 2 should be, and I couldn't be happier.

[Hadoukameha]

I liked CC too but this is FF15, so it should be traditional.

[coolfool]

wheres the blood gone?

Edit: I should qualify that by saying that I don't necessary want blood but I remember an earlier trailer for this game having blood in it. I think that was when this game was targeting maturer audiences.

[FragMnTagM]

Is this still turn based?

It is really hard to tell.

I was never a fan of turn based games, but this looks absolutely amazing.

[Hadoukameha]

Are you blind or retarded?

[Non4Gag]

BUY "Final Fantasy Tactics S" millions of times to make "Final Fantasy 16" a TURN-BASED RPG !!!

[FragMnTagM]

Damn Hadoukameha, no need to be an asshole. Bubbled you down for personal attack.

I was just asking an honest question.

I am just not a fan of turn based games. Yes there is strategy there, but it is boring as hell to me.

This game looks great and at certain points in that video it did look like it was turn based. For instance, when the guy was at the top of the stairs with the shield with all the military guys shooting at him, it looked like it was their turn, then he took a turn after they were done shooting.

It might be seamless turn based as in you do not have to bring up a menu if you don't want to.

Sorry for asking a legitimate question sheesh. I don't follow FF stuff as I was never a fan of the series or any JRPG for that matter. I love RPG's just not a fan of overly feminine male characters.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

Wow. This looks incredible!!!!!!

[Vivi]

I FORGIVE YOU SQUARE

[Eamon]

brb guys, i'm going into cryosleep and waking up on release day.

[bootsielon]

Just make sure you don't wake up 500 years later to fight the atheist league, alliance and unions :)

[ILive]

This, metal gear solid 5, infamous second son, killzone, and destiny are the best looking games ive seen thus far. They are really incredible.

[Studio-YaMi]

Don't forget :

The Division
The Order 1886

[Vivi]

GAME OF THE SHOW BY A LONG SHOT

[chestnut1122]

I can sense a lot of Lightinng Pussy fans disagreeing with Us. U mad FF 13 Die Hard Fangirls? These is million times better than Your So called ff 13.

[-Gespenst-]

More??!! Oh my God this game looks good!

ALSO, THIS GAME LOOKS LIKE THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME.

EDIT: Guy in the comments saying the graphics are "underwhelming"

[Lovable]

OMG...that was awesome! It looks frigging CGI

It seems like you're too overpowered with all that teleporting going on?

[Lucreto]

Just watched Noctis parry blows from an Iron Giant. Day made.

[Vivi]

SPREAD THE WORD OF THIS AWESOME FOOTAGE!!

[pompombrum]

How much are Square paying you?

[FullmetalAlchemist]

Anyone else think the main protagonist looks an awful lot like Sasuke from Naruto?

[x5exotic]

He DID high five that other guy so he has a sense of humor and not a total emo f****t though...

[noctis_lumia]

sasuke is awesome
noctis is awesome

go watch some west crap cartoons then...
the worlds knows east animes are the best worldwide deal with it.

not our fault if u were born ugly and hating on beautiful things

[Ingram]

not our fault that you are a mentally substandard human being

[CrossingEden]

wtf, crap west cartoons,lol yes, lemme tell you how poorly proportion characters standing their with their mouths moving is the best of the best, anime is a joke in the animation world

[Irishguy95]

yes but noct has been around since 06. Nomura copied naruto and the narito copied nomura for part 2 sasikes redesign

[first1NFANTRY]

ok that water scene was freaking epic! great combat.

[Chaos_Raiden]

Mindblown gameplay. Thanks for the share.

[King-Prodigy-X]

My God, what have we just seen. That looked epic.

[Crystallis]

Incredible. Battle system looks like so much fun

[Loki86]

Ladies and gentlemen, true next gen gameplay right here!

[6DEAD6END6]

Day one.

[HurtfulTimez]

If this was still ps4 exclusive that would of been the end of xbox one... Xbox one, you got very lucky indeed!

[first1NFANTRY]

they narrowly escaped a bullet

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

We have got some major disagree trolls in here. What the hell? This looks absolutely stunning. Everything i have seen has looks beautiful.

[dragonrage00]

I cant speak for everyone that doesnt agree with you but looking past the awesome tech, Im not impressed by the gameplay. As an action game, it looks too repetitive. I want FF to return to its roots. I want strategic combat. I want full control over my party members.

[DaPrintz]

Did you not know this game was and always has been an action RPG?

[dragonrage00]

Yes i knew. But theres 1 thing this game wasnt until now. And that is a main entry in the series. This was supossed to be a spin-off so i didnt really mind the fact that it wasnt the game i was hoping for. FF has spin-offs across all sorts of genres, from strategy games to third person shooters. However with this game turning into FFXV, it means the new standard for the series is an action game.

[Snookies12]

@dragonrage00 - You know what else is a main entry into the Final Fantasy series? 11 and 14... They're online only. I definitely consider this more of a main entry than those two.

[zlpw0ker]

ye,I agree with you there,I really love the turn based combat in FF games,for example killing penance in ffx is a major achievement and the strategy for killing him big and it would be impossible to do so with an action rpg like vs13...
it seems SE doesnt care anymore regards that made a final fantasy series great,they are already parts in the game that has shooting,so wouldnt surprise me if ff16 is purely shoting in it.

[Irishguy95]

The combat syst certainly isnt what made ff great. it was part of it sure but it has been surpassed by other combat systems. story. music. visua. Gameplay. These are wat masde ff great. There is more to the gameplay than the battle system

[Swedish_Gr3mlin]

OMFG - That looked INCREDIBLE !!!

[CrossingEden]

this does look really cool and all but how the hell is this a final fantasy game?
SE fans after 13 are like
"GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS SQUARE ENIX"
square enix does literally the complete opposite
"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY SE"
*sigh* at least tetsuya nomura is practicing minimalist character design for once

[dragonrage00]

couldnt agree more. yes the game looks gorgeous and its an awesome display of what the next gen can do. however i see absolutely no strategy in this footage and aparently theres no way to command the rest of the party while you are playing noctis. Now that this game is a main entry in the series im skeptical FF will walk the path of RE and abandon the genre it defined.

[pompombrum]

This tbh.. this isn't FF. The trailer looked awesome and the gameplay footage looks great when you detach yourself from what the title "Final Fantasy" means. But still, this gameplay footage looks like just another big arrow to the knee from Square to it's old generation of FF fans.

[HiddenMission]

Not true at all I've been playing all ff games from 6 to now including all spin offs. What makes ff games is the world, characters and story. You seem to be living in the early 90s still and genres move forward not stay stagnant. Kingdom hearts has shown us RPG elements can be integrated very well into action games. Other act like action games are mindless button mashers and i say bull s#*t try platinuming Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden games then come talk. If you want more for actiongames look at God of War for setting the experience bar so high many an RPG wishes it could even be in the same room.

Not trying to bust you up just saying stay open minded and think Skyrim is an action RPG and its considered by many to be near the top of all RPGs.

[CrossingEden]

FF has always been turn based or near time based, this is extremely scripted so far

[zlpw0ker]

well,ff is about story,characters and the world ofcourse,but the atb gives the player a more relaxed enviroment,and I could care less if turn based is stuck in 90's.its what I come to love for FF games.
DMC cant be platinumed,only the DMC HD. And ninja gaiden sigma 2 and ng3 both sucks and is wattered down as shitt.its only 1 ninja gaiden game and its NGS1.
action games like gow ye,I can play it blindfolded and still kick enemys,gow is made for the noobs that sucks in hack n slash games.
and you nabcake,go search on youtube on truestyle tournament DMC4 dante and you fast see that DMC is not mindless button mashing,but DmC is mindless buttonmashing
im really getting pissed off when talk smack about DMC and NG,but you think gow is the absoloute best,its the absolute shitties hack n slash ,it has no strategy,you cant almost juggle enemys in air,and launching an enemy and use L1+square isnt consering juggling.

[HiddenMission]

@zlpw0ker

Take a chill pill and breath bro...I wasnt even talking to you.

What i was pointing out is that IPs change over time or they stay the same, becoming stagnant, boring and then die. Growth is good for games and for gamers.

If you want turned based games there are plenty out there for you. Nomura wants HIS game to play HIS way and if you dont like that then fine SE has already said future games wont always be like this.

I wasnt talking DMC I was talking Devil May Cry which is why I wrote it out. Aside from platinums beating all challenges and all difficulties is not easy or a mindless button pressing task and everyone knows if you say the opposite youre a liar.

Ninja Gaiden is all about skill nuff said.

As for GoW games I wasnt talking skill duh read what I said I was talking about the epic scale...so my comment is still valid.

[indysurfn]

@hiddenmission #18.3
First came pen and paper rpg's.

Second came action RPG's.

Third came turn based rpg's (which make them newer the action rpgs).

Fourth came strategy RPG's.

Fifth came delayed turn based rpg's also called active time battle (most likely for marketing reasons).

[HiddenMission]

Actualy if you look back at the last gameplay reveal this isnt scripted Nomura was clear he wants this to truely be special and it is your just being negative for what appears to be an issue with SE and its IPs growing versus staying how thy were 20 years ago...genrws and IPs need to grow or they will die its that simple.

[HiddenMission]

@kalkano

Really so you think that what was shown 2 years ago made buyers say f this action RPG...really.

Heres the deal consumers knew day one it was an action RPG so stop acting like this is a surprise. If it is to you then that just means you arent a real fan of the franchise since you would have to have been living under a rock not to know.

There are those who will say but it was ok before because it was a spin off title and not a main entry and call BS on that. Here is why those same people are saying it was ok before are also the same people who said FFv13 would save the franchise and redeem SE so now it no longer does that because of its title...get f out of here with that s#*t.

The reality is you who are hating on the hate are actually those that hate SE no matter what they do because its cool to hate on the because thats what its there for right...

To those who hate bring better arguements because these are lame and not really valid at all!

[AllroundGamer]

click X for attack, repeat...

[Qrphe]

All FF games have been press X to attack. Vast majority of commands are decided with X actually.

[evolution54]

Absolutely stunning! And this is coming from a old school RPG fan! I hated real-time action RPGs but this one definitely looks amazing.

[d_dogg2007]

Seeing that xbox one logo at the end is like seeing a shit stain on the mattress!! You know you gotta clean it and can't leave it there!

[CoLD FiRE]

WTF! How do you get shit stains on a mattress? Do you shit where you sleep?

[jetlian]

lol funny what was he doin. Been waiting a while for this one. I love action rpgs. This will be my first FF game

[goldwyncq]

Typical immature fanboy mentality here. What is it to you anyway? This is actually a good thing since more platform means more sales and higher quality of production in the future. But I guess that's too complicated to get into your thick skull.

[fsfsxii]

You mean by more sales that it will sell like hotcakes on the PS4, get over it, the xbox fans aren't interested in any Japanese looking RPG
FF13 supports what i'm saying

[goldwyncq]

@ fsfsxii

Just because the Xbone is sh*t, doesn't mean that all games released in the system are sh*t too. Alright, so FFXV is releasing on Xbone, but why would you give a damn if you're not buying one?

[Lionalliance]

Holy hell yes!!!
IS it me...or does it appear that Co-op might be possible?

[andjudunno]

its like playing advent children...truly amazing

[Blackcanary]

i was thinking the same thing.

[jakmckratos]

Between this and KH3 this year was always going to be my favorite E3.

Sony and Nintendo needed to come out bigger(well Nintendo more so)

I wanted Medievil 3,Heavenly Sword 2 announced for the Vita and Jak 4 and Uncharted 4 announced for PS3.

[Maldread]

I want Medievil for PS4 along with Uncharted, but agree with the rest :)

[SlasherXI]

I keep replaying this...so awesome.

[Sm00thNinja]

Seriously if Xbox one can do this, I am satisfied. Still ps4 for final fantasy, wow blown away!

[KingKelloggTheWH]

The X1's visuals will likely be a bit different do to power difference.

[Snakefist30]

There will be a alot of difference between the PS4 and xbox one cause the ps4 has more power!

[WitWolfy]

Maybe, maybe not.. It depends from which system the game is ported from.

[noctis_lumia]

yea and we can see m$ repeat what they did last gen....(our version needs to be exactly the same as sony versions or we wont let you port it)

[vishmarx]

x1 version is a port.rejoice it was confirmed earlier today

[Snakefist30]

Thank God!

[Maldread]

Looks really fantastic. Just hope the wait wont be too long, but i fear the worst at this point :(

Hopefully they`re done with the Lightning crap soon ;)

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

I pray it releases in 2014. Id say 2013 but there's no way it could I think.

[Gamer-Z]

This was amazing the combat looked very fluid like watching a movie. Also Noctis looks an awful lot like Sasuke from Naruto.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

This right here is PROOF of why FFXIII was ridiculed to death for its sequel after sequel which was causing the delay of this SPECTACULAR TRUE FINAL FANTASY game worthy of the main series and too good to be a spin-off.

Finally, Final Fantasy is back!

[rhap]

What? Final Fantasy is back?

It's an action game, that's all. Not that I expect anything good from SE anyway, they have been sucking long time.

[pompombrum]

FF isn't back.. it's dead. Lightning Returns saw to that, this just confirms it. I can see where outside of the box is coming from and can respect his opinion, but for me, this is like the final nail in a grand coffin.

[Irishguy95]

Why do you think it's an action game? Don't be a tit.

[noctis_lumia]

its na action RPG buddy do your homework nab

[dragonrage00]

its one thing to like this game but calling it a "TRUE FINAL FANTASY GAME" is a little too much. the main FF series has never been so far from its roots.

[HiddenMission]

You seem very closed minded and jaded and just so you know you dont represent ALL old school ff fans. I love the series and Im loving what Nomura is doing with the title...by far my favorite title for next gen consoles

[x5exotic]

True,

people who want turn-based crap are slow-minded and need infinite time to think in order to play hahaha

[Temporary]

I'm very happy with the direction they went. The battles are going to be huge, and the tag team shit looks fantastic.

[SeanScythe]

Mature Kingdom hearts style gameplay, with advent children graphics in an open world to explore. And the ending seems to show stealth.

[fsfsxii]

You mean the same people who are relaxed while playing and want a relaxing game not a mindless button mashing disguised in the name of Final Fantasy, the slow minded fans are the people who brought the series to what it is now.

TBH, graphics look gorgous, but, this isn't the final fantasy i've grown up with throughout the years, all hope is lost in Sqaure Enix, should i say that sqaure soft is dead??

[x5exotic]

@people whining, boohoo FF always had different gameplay, you don't want to button mash? Don't button mash.

You need a turn based game to hold your hands and force you not to button mash? An action game can give you freedom of style, if you're button mashing, that's your own mentality. I know I won't.

[Pozzle]

"You need a turn based game to hold your hands and force you not to button mash?"

What turn-based games have you been playing? o_O My hand certainly wasn't being held when I went up against Penance, Ozma and the WEAPONs.

[silkrevolver]

I am very excited by this.

It's hard to tell exactly HOW you control this thing, but if there is any challenge or skill involved, count me in.

[JAMurida]

Looks insane, hopefully when released for US/EU, it will support dual-auido to have the original JP voice acting.

[mt]

to me it looked like Kingdom hearts gameplay with so mature theme , which I like so much.

[Need4Game]

YOU WANT TURN-BASED? YOU WANT TACTICS?

BUY "Final Fantasy Tactics S" NOW !!!

BUY THEM A LOT, BUY THEM MILLIONS OF TIMES,

hopefully the Next Final Fantasy will have TURN-BASED TACTICS GAMEPLAY.

[wishingW3L]

that game is pure strategy though. I like strategy but I think it would be too boring for today's gamers so normal turn-based ATB has the right balance of strategy and being a lot quicker.

[fsfsxii]

So you're basically saying that all gamers today want any action game and don't want to think while playing?? I myself like shooters but i don't think it would be too boring to play a 90's jrpg

[Hadoukameha]

We should not cater to the imaptient whims of children. This is not Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy died with XII, but even that is arguable.

[Blackcanary]

Noctis fights like Cloud a little bit i love it. I need to watch advent children now.

[Me_My]

This is Advent Children.

[fatstarr]

its vs13, but I know what you mean, its like the world of ff7 mixed with a kingdom hearts battle system in a advent children styled world.

[fatstarr]

oohhh my if this comes out for PC, I will be happier than mutumbo blocking a shot.

[CLOUD1983]

Trailer looks amazing the graphics looks stunning & the battle system is "real-time", "fast-paced" & "action" but I think every1 knows that already it's not the first time we see gameplay trailer from Versus, but back then was fine all that because back then the game was a "spin-off" not FFXV not the next main FF game.

I think that SE is going to disappoint a lot of old-school hardcore fans with this direction, no matter how good this game looks that's not what fans expect from a main FF chapter, after watching this gameplay trailer is more than obvious that there is no tactic involved in order to win battles.

I don't doubt that battle system looks cool & it will be surely a lot of fan to play but still I think every1 understand that this is way too far from what an FF is, SE moves further & further away from the old-school, traditional spirit of the classic FF's.

Maybe we must accept that FF will stop being "traditional" in the next generation (FF stopped to be traditional for the past 12 years anyway it's nothing new after FFX the direction was all over the place) & get our fix from companies like Atlus, Falcom, Level 5 etc

It's a little sad guys I understand very well all the old-school fans who love traditional JRPGs because that's my favorite games also, but that's the future I guess SE will never be the same again, the only think we can do is accept the change or move on & search somewhere else games with that old-school feeling.

[wishingW3L]

as long as there are side-quests, a bit of exploration and a nice story then everything will be fine. Gameplay looks very flashy, so many new people will jump in the bandwagon anyway regardless of the purists.

I really don't care how Square make FF games as long as they don't make another turd like FF13 and to avoid that they should fire Toriyama already! I don't want that man as a director of another FF game ever again, just look at the 4 turds he has created: FFX-2, FF13, FF13-2 and soon FF13-.3 He has really bad taste.

[CLOUD1983]

The only reason I'm still hyped about this game is because I did a lot of research all those years about the story & something tells me that it will be worth playing, Story & characters is the most important thing imo for a JRPG, & other important things like exploration seems to be also there now if only SE decide to add that dual-audio feature thousands of fans literally beg for all those years that will be all I can ask to be happy & stop worrying.

[mediate-this]

for everyone calling this a button masher, how is it a button masher? its a jrpg with a western twist just the like the souls series, turn based would totally kill the immersion.

Things change games need to innovate, I welcome this change, I have been a fan of the ff series since nes and snes, only one I didn't play was 13, I actually played it for ten mins and never played it again.

but all im getting at is I get a more action or button real time feel from this game just like the soul series.

[wishingW3L]

button mashing will make it more innovative and immersive? Dat logic... And where the hell do you see a western twist here? Can you even mention a single western game that look like this?

[mediate-this]

the open world style play, wrpgs are more open. dragon age witcher style more then typical turn base

[fsfsxii]

You mean a H&S game disguised in the name of FF to attract action junkies.
How would it kill the immersion?? can you tell mehow the older FF games were awesome and why??

[mediate-this]

also I kind of got a coop feeling when watching them tagging that monster with the big sword, and ifrit looks dope too

[ZeroYui]

freakn awesome!

[aim4dabushiz]

SQUARE is back!

[Destrania]

Looks sooooooo freakin' good! Can't wait to play this on PS4!

[maniacmayhem]

I have to admit that this looked friggin awesome. I guess I should really take the foot out of my mouth and eat some crow.

[spacetoilet]

Doesn't look next gen to me. Just being honest.
Maybe large city scape down to more ram but I was like "meh" on the graphics.
Not amazing at all.

[shysun]

Daaaaaamn !!!

[Snakefist30]

Gonna Buy this for the PS4!!!

[feraldrgn]

I can't say Square is back to their old ways.

It looks excellent & I do enjoy Kingdom Hearts gameplay.
What everyone keep forgetting is that every few games Square really change the way Final Fantasy plays.

Remember FF12? I hated it at first because of the drastic change from classic turn based, then I started to love it.

I'm not forgiving Square yet, this game has been in the making forever & as a Sony exclusive, it was a bit cheap to announce it now so late as multiplat.

Yeah it looks fantastic, it does indeed.
I don't care that it's on the other machine, it's just the principle behind keeping quiet about that for so long.

There are so many promising looking games next gen.
Including Kingdom Hearts 3.

[tigertron]

Did anyone else get an Advent Children vibe from this?

[wishingW3L]

not even close. Advent Children is just an over the top mess that tries too hard.

[JackVagina]

a lot of butthurt nostalgia babys in the comments

looks amazing, day 1 cant wait

[Tatsuya]

Square you have come back from the dead in my books! Now you just have to make sure that it does come out in the lifetime of my PS4! That's all I ask from you.

[Frodosmugins]

Be prepared to be disapointed like most of you was with FF13!!
Final 1-10 was allways turn based even 11 online was...

FF7-10 was allways the bigest selling games of their years!

Square like capcom sold out their best seling series to attract bigger audiance now they will loose alot of their fan base!

[johny5]

I have a feeling that this wasn't buit ground up for next gen consoles because of the fact that it was first made for Playstation 3 and the game engine was created for current gen in mind "Crystal tools"

I also see some bad texturing on some of the characters hopefully that gets addressed when it's finished because texture like that should be done away with next gen! " makes me wonder what it would have looked like if it stayed exclusive for playstation 4 and with almost double the power to work with?" "1080p 60fps"?

[project_pat36]

Final Fantasy XV: Dirge of Niflheim

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

looks fun though

[tudors]

Someone said this blows everything on the Xbox-one away! sorry but Ryse although different easily beats this on looks.

[tudors]

I am not on Sony or MS side but to say that Next Gen already belongs to Sony is way premature, you do not seriously think MS does not have something up their sleeves do you? everything can change between now and November, these are launch prices, come Christmas the offers will start, and I also doubt people will jump from Xbox-live to PSN until they see it betters it!

[no_more_heroes]

Well, now we know why this game's been taking so long. It's scale got too ambitious even for the PS3!

I can't stop watching this video!

[Superduper09]

The graphics look so good and gameplay seems promising. Hope it will get released soon. The wait has been too long.

[Drabent]

Squarenix still has it......wow thats sexy.

[noctis_lumia]

nomura has it

[noctis_lumia]

cant wait to play this ON MY PS4

[josephayal]

no love for the Xbox one?

[tudors]

Yes mate, it's been confirmed.

[josephayal]

thanks dude, I started crying

[giovonni]

Oh no you don't, Square. Until I play it, I'm going to reserve my judgment. The last few final fantasy's left much to be desired, or were a let down to say the least.

[Zeniix]

Day 1 for me

[cozeh]

Love sayin' I told you so.

Many bafoons around here were crying about this so called 'vaporware' months ago and lambasting SE.

I blame America's impatience with everything, ever.

[Pozzle]

Waiting almost a decade for a game is hardly "impatience".

[Shadonic]

See this Treyarch this is what a Real Next Gen engine looks like.

[kraigslist_killa]

holy shit ass!!!!! This game is important to me. can wait to play this, that was nuts !

[tigertron]

Square-Enix...you have impressed me.

[xxchicago33xx]

so...how do you know how much damage you're dealing without hit points...I don't know if I can play a FF game without hit points

/s

[lumley666]

did u even watch the trailer?? there wer hit points....

[xxchicago33xx]

I guess I was struggling to discern between cut scenes and gameplay...sorry I am not as good at watching trailer videos as you...I will try to be better next time

by the way it was a joke

[lumley666]

omg iv never been more impressed by a trailer in all my life. come on square enix make this the next ff7 for me :)

[-Gespenst-]

All thes people making judgments like,'this is nothing like an FF game, this is an action game'...

You don't have a controller in your hand, you have no idea how it plays. In all likelihood it plays like Kingdom Hearts, but greatly evolved.

[MrAnderson]

Combat looks exactly like DmC, crossed with Final Fantasy, funny thing is, DmC had great combat, yet people will love this and nobody bought DmC...lol

oh, and I miss the old turned based fighting, but IF and this is a big if, IF they can get hack and slash gameplay right, then i'm all for it, it was more the linearity and terrible story of FF 13 that is the reason I hate that game.

[aDDicteD]

AMAZING!!! just simply AMAZING! looks like a legit FF game!

[hollabox]

Looks good, glad SE is taking the action RGP approach. If games look this good now, imagine what they will look like in 2-3 years when developers figure out how to optimize their games.

[Sketchy_Galore]

Looks like a decent enough hack and slash but I do miss the days when Final fantasy felt like reading an old dusty book and less like watching a blockbuster summer movie.

[Hadoukameha]

Ah, this.

[fsfsxii]

Good bye FF series, you had a great run.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Alkaline1240]

People are still talking and complaining about this game being an action rpg? That's been common knowledge for like 4 years. Just sayin. That's how this game has been being built since the beginning. Accept it.

[mitchell1188]

Someone said its not a FF game because its not turn based. Seriously were on FF 15 here I'm ready for a change and they went exactly the way I wanted.

[Hayabusa 117]

I've always liked FFs art but never played one because I HATE turn based combat..select move, play animation, watch my ass get wooped, select move, win battle...que victory animation with crappy music.

I'm an action RPG fan, so this get's my attenetion. Not only that, but it simply looks stunning: the graphics, the moves, everything! Will it have a proper combat system or mindless button mashing? We'll have to wait and see.

I can totally understand why FF fanatics would be disapointed by this, hopefully Square will not forget their old audience, but c,mon, you can't dent this looks damn good :)

[Hadoukameha]

This new Devil May Cry looks pretty goo-...Final Fantasy?

[Kos-Mos]

I`ve made my choice. I will not see any footage of this game anymore (I didn`t see this). I`ve seen the early trailers, but I want it to be like old days like FFVI and FFVII where I saw 15-20 pictures in a magazine and didn`t know very much. This game will give a rebirth to the Final Fantasy series. Mark my words! Phoenix will rise! And haters will cry!

[ThyMagicSword]

Possible PC Version and Xbox One Version will be ports of japan's beloved child Ps4 and an extraordinary japanese game like Final Fantasy XV is, so I'm going with Ps4.

[DS36]

This button mashing fantasy could be SE's final. This looks like a button mashing slasher, with no strategy at all. Pretty graphics though, but not for me.

[Blacklash93]

I'm not totally sure how I feel about XV being bascially modified Kingdom Hearts gameplay, but I can't deny it looks good for what it is.