Final Fantasy real-time tech demo - Luminous Studio

[Theo]

Nice to see that both eastern and western developers are getting ahead of time with their engines. I wonder how these demos would compare to actual game cutscenes in next gen games a couple of years from now.

I just thought about the same thing. The gap is certainly getting very close if this tech demo really is a representation of what a next gen FF can look like in-game. There's still a difference obviously, but it looks so damn good that I assume it would be hard to tell, especially during all this fast pace action these games tend to have going on perhaps even more than before. As for FF and SE, I guess I would rather have them use their resourses to the story telling instead of CGI cut scenes next gen at this point. But then again CGI has always been a great part of the series... There certainly is not as much contrast as there used to be even now in the current gen so they might consider dropping it and do it like Uncharted with in game cutscenes.

This is bringing me memories from the good old times. "in-game cgi graphics a reality" and all, you know! If this tech demo is anything to judge from I would say that next gen will convince even the most dedicated non believers lol.

[Diresu]

I just have a hard time getting excited about anything SE considering their record this gen.

[Luis]

To be perfectly honest, we might be forgetting that SE showed the infamous FFVII realtime demo at the PS3 reveal in 2005 and that was nothing but LIES compared to what we really got in the end.

[frosty]

Well, a tech demo meant to show off one console and a game meant to run on multiple consoles are two different things, but i get the point.

[Raitei]

Nobody said this was a game at all though.

[OmniStalgic]

To be perfectly honest, we might be forgetting that SE showed the infamous FFVII realtime demo at the PS3 reveal in 2005 and that was nothing but LIES compared to what we really got in the end.

we didn't get a FF7 game, but unless my memory is failing me, that demo wasn't all that impressive compared to visually stunning games on PS3 now is it?

Killzone no, no game has come close to achieving that level of fidelity, but I think they FF7 demo has been visually achieved.

[Newboi]

Judge what you will lol

[Luis]

Don't get me wrong. What I'm saying is that the demo made gamers think we would get a FF game in that quality and scale, and when you look at FF13 it's nothing like that in any way.

[masteratt]

Nobody said this was a game at all though.

They did a survey asking us how we liked the character and how interested we are to find out more about the universe. So I think it's a concept that is somewhat far into development and unless there is an overwhelming negative response (which there wasn't, in fact quite the opposite), that's probably the next FF.

I took a real shine to the main character of the tech demo and like her more than all XIII characters combined already.

[Raitei]

Fair enough, I think I misunderstood frosty's point anyway. He was comparing the 7 tech demo to the 13 game, not this demo as I thought.

[Segitz]

Looking back at this timedemo (FF7)... it's really not that special anymore (I am currently replaying UC3^^)

[GTAce]

Yeah, it looks worse than most top PS3 games. lol