The last of the free roam FF series, but it's finally here!

[Jayconius]

People said it would never happen, people said it was possible due to the PSx CPU architecture.. But it's finally here!

It's not the best FF but I'm still buying it none the less!
I always knew it was coming to PC since it had PS3/PS4 releases. ^^

[Seattlehockeyfan84]

FFXV isn't free roam?

[Jayconius]

Well, sort of.. it's fake free roam.. I believe the term is "Tunnelled free roam"? I like Fable.
But it doesn't count because it's not on the platform we Glorious PC Gaming Master Race play on. :)

[Taktloss]

Not really true.
FF XV will be free roam and FF X was free roam same goes for FF 12 ;P. The only "tunnelled free Roam" Final Fantasy's so far were FF13-2, FF13-3 (Lightning Returns), FF 13 wasnt just as open btw. takes a long time until you are able to roam.

Oh and the PS3/4 Versions are the PSX Versions just emulated and this one will be a real port or a "remaster" if you want to call it like that.

Just saying

[Klaus]

Escrito originalmente por Taktloss:

Not really true.
FF XV will be free roam and FF X was free roam same goes for FF 12 ;P. The only "tunnelled free Roam" Final Fantasy's so far were FF13-2, FF13-3 (Lightning Returns), FF 13 wasnt just as open btw. takes a long time until you are able to roam.

Oh and the PS3/4 Versions are the PSX Versions just emulated and this one will be a real port or a "remaster" if you want to call it like that.

Just saying :happymeat:

FFX wasn't free roam lol.

[Taktloss]

I dont really want to argue here but it was if we are talking about the world map if not then neither FF7/8/9 is really free roam. I did put more as 100 Hours into that game back in the old days on PS2 so i know a bit about it ;P.

[Qah]

None of the Final Fantasy games classify as "Free Roam", even remotely. If any title in the whole series even comes close to that, it's Final Fantasy XI, XII, XIII-2, Lightning Returns and XIV, all of which feature semi non-linear narratives, the ability to tackle the story at different paces and in different order, multiple paths to explore without progressing on the main narrative and access to later areas of the game at earlier moments. Ironically, people who say FF died before/at X, and praise the old games for nonlinearity while condemning later titles for the lack of it, largely never played them.

People need to understand that having an overworld doesn't mean it's open world or that there's a choice on where to go. Likewise, while we're on the subject, Skyrim being huge doesn't mean there's anything to do in it. Final Fantasy XV isn't "free-roam" either. Each area is a large instance that functions as hub-based exploration areas with specific entry and exit points that lead to other similar areas with the same level design principle. It's not open world, either.

Let's not play pretend anymore. Final Fantasy games were always linear in some fashion and that's the way they're bound to stay because that design philosophy meshes best with their desired type of narrative. It will never be GTA, or Skyrim, and it doesn't need to be.

[Taktloss]

Escrito originalmente por Red:

None of the Final Fantasy games classify as "Free Roam", even remotely. If any title in the whole series even comes close to that, it's Final Fantasy XI, XII, XIII-2, Lightning Returns and XIV. Ironically, people who say FF died before/at X, and praise the old games for nonlinearity while condemning later titles for the lack of it, largely never played them.

People need to understand that having an overworld doesn't mean it's open world or that there's a choice on where to go. Likewise, while we're on the subject, Skyrim being huge doesn't mean there's anything to do in it.

Let's not play pretend anymore. Final Fantasy games were always linear and that's the way they're bound to stay because that design philosophy meshes best with their desired type of narrative. It will never be GTA, or Skyrim, and it doesn't need to be.

You said it much better as me (english just isnt my native language ;) ). Anyway most of them are fun games some are just more linear as others

[Jayconius]

It's been forever since I played X and XII, would be handy if those were on PC.. *hint hint*

[Qah]

I still own a functioning PlayStation 2 and I played XII last year. It was a very pleasant experience.

I'm in no rush for a PC port; I've owned the game for years. Would be nice, but I don't particularly think every videogame in the world needs to be ported to the PC.

There's a certain degree of purity in experiencing classic videogames the way they were made, when they were made. If we keep remastering every "classic" game and adding stuff to them, in 20 years none of us will even know what the original looked and played like anymore.

[Jayconius]

If they see a market for it, PC won't get left behind agian. :3
I say support them ^^

[sno0ks]

It's not here yet, so why the hell did you say it was.

Also, at best, it's marginally open world, but very linear in its progression.

[Roronoa Ladle]

Escrito originalmente por Taktloss:

Not really true.
FF XV will be free roam and FF X was free roam same goes for FF 12 ;P. The only "tunnelled free Roam" Final Fantasy's so far were FF13-2, FF13-3 (Lightning Returns), FF 13 wasnt just as open btw. takes a long time until you are able to roam.

Oh and the PS3/4 Versions are the PSX Versions just emulated and this one will be a real port or a "remaster" if you want to call it like that.

Just saying :happymeat:

If FFX was free roam, FFXIII would haev to be as well because they're the exact same type of game.

[DashFox]

FFXV will be the most realistically free roam type game yet, the car drive travelling will be in real time and youll see the estimated time it will take, and for going over mountains there will be rock climbing, so once you get all your gear there shouldnt be any place you cant go.

[djknockturn]

Diehard FF fan (I geek out on an extreme level). That being said, if you think FFIX (or any of the earlier FFs) is a "free-roam" game, guess again. Very few instances in old-school FFs had actual free-roaming; they just had wider hallways. "But the world maps were so open" you say? Actually, if you really think back, the maps' geography was usually variations on "mountains on this side, mountains on that side / weirdly shaped island with a bunch of mountains." When you first leave Midgar in FF7, which is like hours into the game btw, there is pretty much no choice about where to go (sure, you can visit Fort Condor, but nothing really happens there when you first go there.) All Final Fantasy's are incredibly precisely calculated stories with gameplay built *around* that story. Anything that detracted from that story (imagine if you could swim to North Crater right after leaving Midgar) was tightly controlled. I love me some FF, but don't kid yourself by thinking they haven't always been very pretty hallways.

[Sh1nRa358]

type-0 is free roam