This is what a next-gen Final Fantasy could look like

What would a next generation Final Fantasy look like? That's the question Agni's Philosophyanswers. Developed by Square Enix's Japanese team, it's the first public demonstration of the company's Luminous Studio engine. And it is incredibly impressive. Imagine, if you will, a pre-rendered cutscene from Final Fantasy XIII--but running in real time on DirectX 11 hardware.
I had a chance to speak with Mike Fischer, president and CEO of Square Enix, about the new engine. He told Shacknews that Luminous is currently not targeting "any specific hardware. It makes a certain set of assumptions where we think technology is heading."
Fischer wouldn't say whether or not this technology would work on the PS4 or the next Xbox, but he did reassure me that they are not reaching too high. "I am confident that [the console manufacturers] know what they're doing, so that doesn't keep me up at night."

http://www.shacknews...tasy-could-look

Some impressive images from FF-Reunion

Edited June 6, 201213 yr by Nikolasvanitas

Sounds nice, but they don't say anything productive about when they'll actually use it. Whereas the new Unreal engine was revealed and they're already putting it to use!

Sounds nice, but they don't say anything productive about when they'll actually use it. Whereas the new Unreal engine was revealed and they're already putting it to use!

 

yeah but still it looks pretty impressive,i hope we can get to see more of the Luminous capabilities

Overall the quality looked great (that spiked wolf thing was a little freaky but that's a different story).

HOLY ****

 

 

i never would have DREAMED of this EVER happening *sheds tears of joy*

I want to see Versus 13 before I see what a next gen FF looks like.

That YouTube upload can not give it justice because of YouTube's stupid compression rates.

That YouTube upload can not give it justice because of YouTube's stupid compression rates.

 

Still looks good though.

Eh... I honestly don't want the next Final Fantasy to be anything like this. It looks incredibly stupid.

And honestly, Square Enix needs to lower their graphical standards. Nothing will ever get done if they keep doubling the ammount of time it takes to make and animate models.

I just saw this, OMG mind = blown.. I hope ps4 will do this!! I really do! lol

The graphics were stunning in this trailer. http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.png They looked so real, but this is coming from a person who has never owned a high resolution system.

Oh God...the graphics look great, but they better not make a game out of this! It does not feel like Final Fantasy AT ALL!!!

I want to see Versus 13 before I see what a next gen FF looks like.

 

That YouTube upload can not give it justice because of YouTube's stupid compression rates.

 

This 100x.

 

But oh my god.

 

Hnnnnnngg.

That was cool but I don't get what was so special about it... How was the new engine different?

the one in the 1st pic kinda looks like xion....

That was cool but I don't get what was so special about it... How was the new engine different?

 

Those graphics are practically the cgi graphics that Square uses. It outdoes things like Versus XIII easily.

Those graphics are practically the cgi graphics that Square uses. It outdoes things like Versus XIII easily.

 

Oh I see... so what would the cgi look like?

The environments look amazing, but the characters still look obviously fake.

Those graphics look great, but shouldn't they focus more on gameplay, story and such?

 

if you only focus on one thing, you'll suck on everything else.

Oh I see... so what would the cgi look like?

 

Probably about the same. I doubt the graphics shown here are QUITE as good, and they'll take a hit in terms of quality when actually rendering levels the player can interact with.

Those graphics look great, but shouldn't they focus more on gameplay, story and such?

 

if you only focus on one thing, you'll suck on everything else.

 

Um.. it's not like Square Enix makes their programmers and writers to work on the graphics...

There tend to be, you know, different people in charge of different areas.