Not a TV thread, so afraid I may de-rail this.

But to put it in a nut shell, if possible just don't buy any TVs for now. CES 2017 is just 2 months+ away, hopefully we will see more 4k TVs with proper capabilities of displaying HDR with low input lag, good IQ and at a sane price tag. If not, then you can always choose from one of the very few good 4k TVs of 2016 to buy as clearance stock next year anyways.

Lmao 80 sidequests. Considering that 2 thirds of the sidequests are the usual boring "fetch me this" and "go kill this" sidequests, this is going to be stupidly boring.

Take note that R2 and R3 cannot share DLC. Also saves are not compatible cross regions.

So don't pandai pandai all buy without thinking first.

On Pro here, game looks good. But unfortunately the frame pacing has not been fixed yet. It's effin janky right now, worse than bloodborne even.

Oh and there's also this weird ass stutter when driving the regalia. I mean the driving is shit enough but still bearable. But with this stutter, it makes it an annoyance to drive. Rather walk and luckily there are chocobos.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 29 2016, 02:17 PM

Base PS4 mode is generally okay. There are some frame drops here and there, but nothing too bad. Most of the drops are during some sort of big animation which doesn't deter gameplay.

They definitely need to hurry up with the Pro-centric patch. It looks good as it is right now, but it needs to perform better.


Well...

XV is a good JRPG, but at the same time is not the long-time coming of what it should be, considering it's been in development for over 10 years. A lot of elements in the game are obviously outdated, they are things that would have been "revolutionary" if XV would have released back in 2010/2011.
There are gameplay mechanics which has already been done by other games out there, so getting them in an FF game is very much like "yeah whatevs, been there done that".

JRPGs used to be the forefront of introducing a lot of new gameplay mechanics, a lot of new story telling elements, a lot of new ways to just... role play. But XV proves once again that the Japanese has long been overtaken and is playing catch up with every game now a days.

I don't want to spoil anything about the story, but my take is that it is a little bit messy. It's not XIII messy, it's not XIII yawn-fest. Wouldn't say it's confusing but rather the way it is being told is a bit too plain and broken up. There definitely are a few times where I feel like... "you know what? I don't care.".

XV should have came out half a decade ago. Whatever developer-hell they went through, I don't want to know. XV is a new dog with old tricks basically.

Bottom line; XV is a good game, worth the play, worth the time to enjoy. But it's no where near the phenomenal epic that it should have been.


This is an issue since the Judgement demo. Nothing new here.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 29 2016, 04:12 PM

Actually on combat, it's not shallow. Rather the game does a poor ass job in explaining how to chain combos between party members effectively and in a way that makes you want to do it.

Most people will just go in as Noctis and hold O to bash something until it dies. It works yes and unfortunately, the game allows it to work. It's only on the very hard enemies that straight up holding O isn't going to do the job. So it depends on the player's willingness to explore the combat system, it's stupidly simple for a reason and there's decent depth if the player wants to creative.

Obviously it's not DMC or Bayonetta, not even a hair near. But at least it's better than that gawd-yawning-awful XIII auto-battle bullshit.

Pretty much.

By the time you can start to heavily invest in your other party bros of which allows you to chain more attacks, the game is already in the somewhat late stages.

My opinion? Nope.

The major point of the whole season pass is to basically give you the additional story that you can play through as either Prompto, Gladiolus and Ignis. That's just an assumption really. It may even be a Mass Effect 2 style where you are STILL stuck with Noctis primarily and you go through either of his companions side stories.

How big those side stories are, I don't know. When will they come, no idea either. Will they be released like episodes? Don't know.
Heck, by the time it even launches... the season pass may be so cheap that it may make you question what's the point of buying it now anyways when there's no way Squeenix will be able to give you any of the extra story content within the next 2 months.

So... it's wrong to express an opinion about the game? Tell me again, what's the point of this thread then... beyond you know, TALKING about the game?

Oh and @ bolded
I was given the game for free, paid to talk shit about it and I refuse to give it a score. How bout' that?

What the hell is a "reviewer" anyways? It's not even a profession.


No, people buy the game to play it and try to enjoy it. But when there are parts which aren't enjoyable and other people who are asking about it, then it's only fair to express why there exists parts which aren't enjoyable. Like that also cannot?

Understand what is an opinion. You don't have to agree with it nor do you have any right to tell people not to express themselves.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 29 2016, 09:07 PM

Wasn't even raging. Just because someone quoted you back with a reply doesn't mean it's a rage post, grow up.

This thread is about talking about the game, everything from opinions to helping one another in the game itself. So tell me again, what's wrong with people expressing theirs? Who are you again to tell anyone, directed or not, that they should just "shut up and enjoy it if you can pay for it". You don't even know what you're trying to express on your own.

And btw, so far no one has actually criticize the game without merit. They point out what they don't like, then they explain why they don't like it. Just because one enjoys the game, it does not mean they don't have a part that they don't like. This is why no games are made perfect.

To each their own man, this is an open forum. Not your BN office.

This basically proves you gave zero expression and comprehension skills.

You are free to disagree with anyone's opinions. No problem with that. However all you are saying is "shut up and enjoy it for what is is, don't have to talk like you are a paid reviewer".

You made ZERO explanations as to why you disagree with anyone, at all. You're acting like a self entitled kid, so of course people will talk you down like one. Don't like it? Stop acting like one, simple.


No one is salty. You are the only one being salty here and telling people to just shut up and play.


Since you already have zero comprehension skills, please don't try and do a job of an analyzer and coming up with a summary.

As for @bolded
Since that's what I said and you directly put it in your silly summary, you are taking words and putting it in my mouth. I never said it was a waste of time, go re-read what I wrote instead of being a smartass interpreter.


Oh and finally, you have NOT even played the game. So back at you, why not shut up and buy it first?

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 30 2016, 01:03 PM

Well that means you haven't played it yet! So what's with all the big mouthing here?

And sure, bring up my past. I'm not even denying the plagiarism that I have done before. Yes I made mistakes, and I have apologized for it. Everyone was a kid before, but clearly you haven't grown out of it yet. And this is on topic in relation to XV because?

Anyways, no point continuing to talk to a person with no comprehension ability. Ignore list you go.

And remember, make sure you shut up and play when you get the game. Don't come here and talk about it, please just incase you want to make yourself look more stupid than you already do.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 30 2016, 01:47 PM

Not everyone is sensitive to frame pacing issues. People who play a lot of high sensitivity games can notice frame pacing issues immediately.

The game is entirely playable and after a while, it's just an annoyance that occurs through out. The frame pacing issues aren't game breaking, otherwise games like bloodborne, Dark Souls would have failed miserably as those games have even more skill based combat involved than XV.

Well I just thought that it was possible to have a civilized conversation. But you know how it goes, no matter how much you polish a turd, it is still a turd.

Initially yes, the combat system will seem present a "hold the O button and wait for battle to end" scenario. But after the first 2+ (I'd say 3 rather), the combat mechanics start to open up as you have more weapons and more skills unlocked. You'd also probably have some points spent on your party members.
THEN, the combat gives you more creativity in how to take down your enemies. You can start to chain combos from your party members, throw huge magic shots, follow up with a flurry of attacks from different weapon combinations.

Again it's not DMC or Bayonetta deep, but it can be quite cool to pull off several cinematic-worthy combos!

Input lag and stuttering are 2 different issues.
TV plays a role in input lag indeed. Many TVs are still not updated to have the same input lag between HDR and SDR modes too. The underlying problem is also because TVs hasn't been in a great position for gaming since 2014, many TVs are above 30ms in input lag of which is only barely acceptable and that's only with console usage, not PC gaming.


I am one of those who are highly susceptible to poor framepacing and high input lag. But you know, what to do? XV is only available on the PS4 and Xbone. So it's very much just deal with it and continue playing.

But on xbox one, you'll have to deal with a lower resolution. 900p really, really makes the jaggies and shimmering very apparent.

Thanks for the share. I actually missed this one.

Welp game has crashed on me thrice now when summoning an aeon. It's doubly frustrating because I was in the middle of a tough fight. Sigh.

The last time an FF game crashed on me during a summon was in the pirated FFX days lol.

PS4 pro, lite mode.

60fps patch coming this month for the PS4 Pro.