During the new Active Time Report (ATR) that was shown off at PAX Prime 2015, a few development updates were shared in regards to Final Fantasy XV. The developers outline these specific gameplay aspects in the video and i will attempt to list them all here in this thread for everyone to see. Lets get started. All of the assets shown off in the trailer will be described below with a screenshot for reference

 

Release Date will be Shown at a Special Event in March 2016:

 

 

Pulse and Traction (Ladder Camera): 70% Complete

 

 

Nilfheim Appearance from Airship: 50% Complete

 

 

Pulse and Traction (Battle Related Movement): 80% Complete

 

 

Buddy Ladder AI Implementation: 70% Complete

 

 

Pulse and Traction (Sliding): 80% Complete

 

 

Monster Attacking 02: 30% Complete

 

 

Monster Facial Expressions: 70% Complete

 

 

Monster Horn Breaking Proposal: Unknown

 

 

Monster Flying Movement: 30% Complete

 

 

Monster Battle Test: 40% Complete

 

 

Main Menu UI: 70% Complete

 

 

Combat (Pistol Weapon): 50% Complete

 

 

Combat (Shield): 60% Complete

 

 

Combat (Dagger Weapon): 60% Complete

 

 

Combat (Magic): 30% Complete

 

 

Combat (Slash Link): 80% Complete

 

 

Combat (Warp Strike): 80% Complete

 

 

Quest "B2B": 40% Complete

 

 

Environment (Sea Graphics): 60% Complete

 

 

Environment (River Graphics): 60% Complete

 

 

Pulse and Traction (Ragdoll Physics): 70% Complete

 

 

Malboro Attack Animation: 70% Complete

 

 

Environment (Physics): 70% Complete

 

 

 

I hope Square Enix does one of these for KH3 but i highly doubt it lol

I love that Noctis can use the same kind of weapons that the other party members have. Even though they removed character switching, we still get different types of combat. But it makes me wonder why they said that character switching wasn't a good addition to the game...Isn't the result the same?

I love that Noctis can use the same kind of weapons that the other party members have. Even though they removed character switching, we still get different types of combat. But it makes me wonder why they said that character switching wasn't a good addition to the game...Isn't the result the same?

They'd have to do chain attacks for each of the character pairs (Gladio X Prompto, for example), the combat would be repetitive (the same stuff we saw for Prompto's TPS shooting has been made for Noct now), the character animations for each and every party member must be refined (now people won't only look at Noctis but everyone), and I'm pretty sure UI elements would have to be adjusted. All in all, if character switching were started and refined on a complete engine since 2012, it would've been added. However, since the engine is not complete (although getting there) it would just be a hindrance to the development time of the game. I'm curious if the addition of Just Cause's technology could be the "breakthrough" Tabata-san was talking about to add seamless warping.

Wow. They have never been this open before. Seeing how an event will announce the release date in March, I predict it will come out between July and December 2016.

For anyone wanting to see it in action...

 

https://youtu.be/rVaOi0rrdHQ

 

...Someone should probably post this link. Apparently I can't post videos anymore.

Edited August 31, 201510 yr by Sun Wukong