FF XVI Demo is out

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Type-b for R1 to be melee. Prefer the freed up face buttons. No regrets.
 
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FatKaz

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Im waiting.
Gaming wise, not much is better than that delicious midnight launch experience, of sinking into a brand new game for the first time
Yeah i decided to wait aswell.

The demo seems to cover a bit of of the story in the beginning and i don't like having to play it and then wait a week.
 
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Vertigo

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Performance mode could use some work… doesn’t handle the castle area as young Jon snow well in some parts.
 

nongkris

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Still playing the demo but i must say the image quality is really blurry for me and certain textures look really low res. Facial animations/lip sync are also nothing to write home about. Not the looker I thought it was gonna be technical wise, but the art is gorgeous.
 

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Still playing the demo but i must say the image quality is really blurry for me and certain textures look really low res. Not the looker I thought it was gonna be technical wise, but the art is gorgeous.
I really doubt that claim after finishing it. There must be something wrong with your TV then, looks great on performance mode.

You say you are excited for the games MS showed and now you say that this doesn't look good? Gtfo...
 

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Saw this posted on gaf, apparently the demo may be an older version.

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Saw this posted on gaf, apparently the demo may be an older version.

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It's definitely an older version. They showed gameplay at one of the recent events where they were playing a newer build and the framerate in exploration mode looked a lot smoother than it does in the demo.
 

Vertigo

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Still playing the demo but i must say the image quality is really blurry for me and certain textures look really low res. Not the looker I thought it was gonna be technical wise, but the art is gorgeous.

Outside of cinematics it kinda gives off big budget Ff14 vibes.

The muted colors also makes me wonder if HDR is off or broken but that’s kinda what the game has been looking like.

Heavy film grain use too. Too much in fact.

I don’t like 15 or 7r much at all. Enjoyed my time with 14 more than either. I think this is absolutely hype worthy and the most excited I’ve been for the series since FF9.

Heavy game of thrones vibes whether that’s accurate or not. I’m loving everything they’re doing here with the vibe. Feels like the series has finally turned a corner.
 

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Outside of cinematics it kinda gives off big budget Ff14 vibes.

The muted colors also makes me wonder if HDR is off or broken but that’s kinda what the game has been looking like.

Heavy film grain use too. Too much in fact.

I don’t like 15 or 7r much at all. Enjoyed my time with 14 more than either. I think this is absolutely hype worthy and the most excited I’ve been for the series since FF9.

Heavy game of thrones vibes whether that’s accurate or not. I’m loving everything they’re doing here with the vibe. Feels like the series has finally turned a corner.
Yep the story and gameplay are the parts that have me intrigued. The graphics are serviceable for that fact. I hope we will be able to adjust the depth of field and motion blur in the final product, it's really affecting the image quality for me.
 

Vertigo

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I get the performance mode complaints now. I don’t know what the fuck is happening but the frame rate only feels smooth when in combat. Out of combat and just moving the camera is erratic. It’s like some botched res scaler I’d bet.
 

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Saw this posted on gaf, apparently the demo may be an older version.

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Man people do not understand software. It takes time to get stuff tested and deployed, especially in a production like this. If they knew they wanted to have the demo out today, they might have had a cutoff date of much earlier to have it ready.

For a video they can obviously just hit record and put it up on YouTube, it's not the same thing at all.
 

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I get the performance mode complaints now. I don’t know what the fuck is happening but the frame rate only feels smooth when in combat. Out of combat and just moving the camera is erratic. It’s like some botched res scaler I’d bet.
Ive heard it drops in combat too? Something about when lots of fire on the screen
 

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Yep the story and gameplay are the parts that have me intrigued. The graphics are serviceable for that fact. I hope we will be able to adjust the depth of field and motion blur in the final product, it's really affecting the image quality for me.
i can agree with motion blur, i always play without it and it feels very heavy here.
but can't agree on graphics, on 30fps game looks great. few things are dodgy, that's about it.