En massa Final Fantasy XV info
Under de tidigare timmarna i dag (kl 04.00 i morse), så hade Square Enix ett litet party för Final Fantasy XV, där vi fick ny information om spelet, nya trailers och ett release datum. Square Enix är väldigt seriösa med att expandera FFXV universumet och kommer släppa en Anime som kallas Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV och i denna anime ska man få lära känna karaktärerna på ett bättre sätt. Första avsnittet finns redan ute, ska själv sätta mig och se det i helgen är det tänkt.
Det ska även släppas en fullängds CG-film kallad Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, det skall tydligen utspela sig samtidigt som spelet, fast hemma i Noctis kungarike. Imponerande nog har de fått med grymma skådisar som Sean Bean som kung Regis, Lena Headey spelar Luna och Aaron Paul spelar soldaten Nyx. Tyvärr kommer inte dessa stjärnor låna ut sina röster till samma karaktärer i spelet, vilket jag tycker är synd. Avskyr lite när de använder olika röstskådespelare på samma karaktärer, men det blir nog bra ändå! Ser fram emot att få se den, som vanligt gör Square Enix grymma CG sekvenser.
Square Enix släppte även en ny demo på spelet, som de kallar för Platinum demo: Final Fantasy XV. I demot får man spela som en ung Noctis och lära känna han lite mer och så får man se den söta summon-djuret Carbuncle. Man får se lite hur väder effekter, dag och natt förändringar funkar och får testa på lite fighting. Innehållet i demot kommer inte finnas med i det fullständiga spelet. Men det var kul att testa och jag känner mig absolut mer hajpad på FFXV, plus klarade man demot så ska man få tillgång till Carbuncle i det fullständiga spelet.
Naturligtvis får vi inte glömma den nya trailern för FFXV, vissa massa med godbitar! För att inte tala om release datumet! Vi kommer få ta del av spelet den 30 september 2016, så det är bara att markera datumet i era kalendrar (det har jag gjort) och kommer troligen be om en ledig dag från jobbet så man kan spela hela helgen. Nu börja den där längtan igen, men vi har redan väntat i 10år så vi kan vänta ett par månader till. Hoppas verkligen denna lever upp till hajpen dom skapat kring spelet och att när det väl är dags för Final Fantasy XVI att det inte tar 10år till.
Det ska även släppas en Deluxe Edition av spelet, som kommer i en snygg steelcase där man får Kingsglavie filmen på blu-ray. Den kommer bara finnas tillgänglig för streamning och nerladdning annars. Square Enix släpper också en trevlig collectors edition version av spelet, begränsat till 30.000 exemplar i hela världen. Jo, den är redan slut.. Men ni kan se bilderna nedan vad ni hade kunnat få för runt 2600kr.
Även om det är trevliga saker i förpackningen hade jag aldrig lagt runt 2600kr på det eller något annat spel för den delen, tror jag. Men hoppas dom som ville ha ett exemplar fick tar på det, jag nöjer mig med standar utgåvan.
Tags: Collectors, Final Fantasy XV, JRPG, Media, PlayStation 4, Release, Square Enix, Trailers, YouTube
Early birthday gifts!
Today is a day I’ve waited a long time for! Finally Tales of Zestiria is released and I have my copy of the game! But that is not all, today is even the release of Dragon Quest Heroes. I think I’m set for the foreseeable future right now.
This is an early birthday present to myself. No way I could wait another 11 days to play it on my birthday. Not to fix some quick things and then gaming is on the schedule for the entire weekend. Which suits me just fine, since I can to much else since my lite operation. I just have to take it easy and not move around too much, which is easier said than done.
Tags: Bandai Namco, Dragon Quest Heroes, JRPG, Photos, PS4, Square Enix, Tales of Zestiria
Some Dragon Quest titles
Today Square Enix had a livestream where they where going to announce their next mainline Dragon Quest game. And the announced game was Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that both versions find their ways overseas. Here is what they showed of the PlayStation 4 version.
From what I see the game looks fabulous! Can’t wait to see more and hopefully they’ll show combat next time. Here is the video shown for the Nintendo 3DS version.
Looks pretty promising too. I like the SNES inspired parts of the game, so I might just have to buy both if they release them in the west. They also announced that Dragon Quest X (the online game) is getting a PS4 port, so we’ll see if that makes it over. But according to “Verendus” of NeoGaf fame all Dragon Quest games announced for PlayStation 4 are coming over. Let’s hope his information is correct. I’ve been somewhat open in the past to what I think of MMO games, but if Dragon Quest X came over I’d be willing to try that.
Square Enix also showed a gameplay trailer for Dragon Quest Builders, that seems to be a Minecraft clone more or less, if my understanding is right. Never played Minecraft so I don’t really know, but it looks somewhat fun. A great time to be a Dragon Quest fan right now, Square Enix is giving the series a lot of love. Hopefully they’ll share that love with us in the west.
Tags: Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest Builders, JRPG, Minecraft, Nintendo 3DS, PS4, Square Enix, Trailers, YouTube
E3 2015: The rest of the show
And the E3 conferences have ended, well they ended some days ago actually.
This year was a pretty good show, with some surprises that actually interests me.
My biggest surprise among everything is that Square Enix and PlatinumGames are making a new NieR game. I was ecstatic to say the least. NieR was one of my favorite games for the previous generation so I’m very hyped about this one. PlatinumGames really is making every game from now on, they are involved in Transformers: Devastation, new NieR and Star Fox Zero for the Wii U.
We got too see a great new clip from Kingdom Hearts III and it looks bigger than ever! We got confirmation that Star Ocean 5 is being released in west for the PlayStation 4 in 2016 and we got a video of the game. I’m amazed how well it worked with their seamless battles, walking in the fields, see a monster and the battle menu pops up. While this is nothing new, I’m just amazed how quick it is! And you can have a big party with you to battles, they show 6 characters in battle at the same time and there seems to be room for one more. Crazy.
While Square Enix conference was long, they had some pretty sweet announcements that spoke to me. The one I found most boring was Nintendo. I liked their show with the puppets, but they didn’t announce anything new that spoke to me. They showed mostly stuff that was already announced and stuff that I already want, but I can’t honestly remember if there was anything else that spoke to me. Probably not, and remember this is my opinion. If you liked it good for you, good for you that you got something out of it.
All in all one of the best E3 in a good while. Usually there are just about one or two games that usually interest me. But this year there was a bunch, so I’m happy. I’m glad there was such a focus on the games this year from the big 3, they didn’t talk sales numbers or stuff like that. They just rolled with it and I liked that. They can do something separate if they want to announce how much they’ve sold. This E3 will certainly be remember as one of the better ones. What was your favorite stuff from E3?
Tags: E3, Kingdom Hearts, NieR, Nintendo, PS4, Square Enix, Star Fox, Star Ocean, Trailers
E3 2015: The show so far
Now that both Microsoft and Sony’s show is over, lets see what where some of the highlights for me. I liked Microsoft’s event this year, first time ever I think. They where focused and it felt like they finally knew what they where doing, a bunch of great announcements. The first gameplay of Rise of The Tomb Raider was awesome.
The Rare collection which includes 30 titles from Rare, that’s a lot of quality games you get there. They announced that Xbox One would become backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games, which probably was my biggest surprise and something I think is great. The Minecraft / Hololens demo was pretty fucking awesome I must say.
Sony re-revealed The Last Guardian, guess it wasn’t canceled. I for one don’t care for the game at all, but I know a lot of other folks do, so I’m happy for them. Creator of Shenmue, Yu Suzuki revealed a Kickstarter for Shenmue 3, never thought I’d see the day. But then they went and revealed something I never thought I would see ever and that was the remake of Final Fantasy VII. Yes, they are finally remaking that game. I’m not a FFVII fan, I liked the game sure, but it’s not my favorite and I liked Crisis Core more. But I still got very excited over this news. They showed a lot of stuff that doesn’t interest me as much, but we got to see the first gameplay of Uncharted 4 and it looked good.
And now for two things that was not show in any of the press events, PlatinumGames is making Transformers: Devastation and it looks awesome! Really looking forward to that.
And I just check my Twitter just a short while ago, to see them having announced that they are releasing the 20th anniversary DualShock 4 controller separately! This might not a very big deal, but damn I’m in love with that color and the colored Home button. It really gets the nostalgia in me flowing, I need this controller. I’m going to get this controller when it is released in September. I’ve also wanted a second controller for a while, so this will be my new main controller and the other will be Player 2 controller.
Some really great stuff and so far one of the better E3 in a while. And let’s not forget we still have Nintendo’s and Square Enix event to see later today. But right now I need some sleep.
Tags: Controller, E3, Final Fantasy VII, Microsoft, PlatinumGames, PS4, Remake, Sony, Square Enix, Tomb Raider, Transformers, Xbox
E3 2015 is closing in…
So we are about one week away from E3, one of the most festive times for a gamer. And it’s one of the few traditions I have myself, I’ve followed E3 live since 2006 and it has become of the things long for most in the year.
So which shows am I going to follow? All of them? No, I’m skipping out on Bethesda, EA and Ubisoft those three companies don’t interest me in the slightest. But who knows, maybe I’ll be surprised. But somehow I seriously doubt it and this is just what I think, you can like them all you want, this is just my opinion. I as I said I will be genuinely surprised if they announce something I’m interested in, of course I’m hoping they do.
So I’m going to watch Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and Square Enix. While Microsoft has had the most boring show two years in a row, I’m pretty interested to see what they can do now. There is a rumor floating around that Sony is going to have some JPRG announcements to share with us, while I do think this is BS to some degree I sincerely hope this is true!
Nintendo. Well as always Nintendo seems to be the ones to surprise me the most, both in a good and bad way. So I’m hyped to see what they have for goodies for us this year. And Square Enix is a newcomer in having their own press event. So I’m not sure what to expect but I’m hoping we’ll get to see the first clip from Star Ocean 5.
So am I hoping for anything special? Maybe a confirmed date for Tales of Zestiria and a confirmation if they are releasing a PlayStation 4 version or not, even if it seems very likely they are. Other than that I just hope for a good E3, with many good games being announced.
Tags: E3, Games, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, PS4, Sony, Square Enix, Wii U, Xbox
So we are getting Star Ocean 5
Not a lot of stuff has happened in the past weeks, not more than I was sick last weekend and couldn’t do anything that weekend. Which really pissed me off! It was such a big waste, just lying in bed and not having the strength of energy to do anything. Felt like I was dying, but thankfully it is better now.
But I got a big surprise what really made me happy. We are getting a new Star Ocean game!
Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Hopefully it will get a western localization conformation sooner rather than later. Man I’m pumped for this game. They are going to have the dude who wrote the story for Star Ocean 1-3 do this story too, so hopefully that means the game will feel a bit less “anime” in style as Star Ocean 4 did. I’m very hopeful for this title, it became one of my most sought after games now. Man I just love that we are getting new JRPG’s. And Square Enix says they have more to release on PlayStation 4, so I can’t wait to see what they bring. Perhaps Final Fantasy XII HD? Hopefully more new titles too, well I’ll leave you with some images.
