Forum - View topicINTEREST: Square Enix Demos Real-Time Rendering with Final Fantasy
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JustinGallimore
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Just a tech demo but no announcements -_-
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Juno016
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I saw Middle-eastern peoples, and then I saw a Western guy speaking English, and then suddenly PRETTY GIRL FACE and I was like, "WUT."
Seriously, though. If they can do this on the Next Gen system, I see a lot of potential for gaming in general. Not sure if I can judge future games on Square Enix graphic standards, though. 
As for my view on Square Enix, I have enjoyed FFXIII (so far--I'm on chapter 10 and I suck at RPG's in general) and I like their cut-scene driven experiences, even if some hesitate to call them "games." I don't restrict games to just being about gameplay, so it doesn't bother me all that much. Though it would be nice to get something that incorporates thrilling gameplay into the cut-scenes to drive the excitement. =P |
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Xanas
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I'm still playing FF XIII, I had a very very very long diversion but I'm at Orphan's Cradle or whatever so I think I"m fairly close to beating it years late...
I just don't play console games often. I'm more of a PC gamer and I wanted to finish Agarest Zero before starting up on this again. After I'm done with that I'll be trying to finish Vesperia from where I was at 50 hours into it (seemed not too far from ending). |
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j Talbain
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This new engine (Luminous Studio engine) is meant for next generation Consoles, PC's, Web and mobile phone applications. They hope to get games looking this good and it will be achievable on the next gen consoles. Take a look at 3eyond for the PS3. One of the most beautiful games I've ever seen and it's running real time. |
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Emerje
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I think they learned from making their Final Fantasy VII tech demo while continuing to this day to deny they're doing a remake. Better to make a demo for something they'll never make.
Er, but that's what a tech demo is, a demonstration of the technology, not a demonstration of a new game or anything they intend to build off of. Really, the demo blew me away, but I knew from the start it wasn't something they'd make into a game. Tech demos aren't about game play, they're about graphics. Emerje |
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anime10121
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If only more people realized this, we wouldnt have people to this day clamoring about a FFVII remake. How uninformed the majority of the mass is (when talking about things without doing ANY kind of research on the topic), is quite frightening. |
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dragon695
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Yeah, real time rendering like that requires a massive cpu and gpu multiprocessing that is not available in the consumer market of today. Check back in 5 years, maybe more. I suspect this was done on a huge blade server in some datacenter that SE operates.
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Shenl742
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^Especially since the FFVII tech demo wasn't even the first time S-E did such a thing.
They also did an FF6 test demo for the N64 ...as well as one involving the FF8 dance scene for the PS2 |
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configspace
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It's using DirectX 11. And at the interview at Shacknews indicates it's not targeting any particular hardware but he's not worried about next gen console so much (likely a hint). Given that it's running DX11 and is developed on PC and therefore has to run on current GPUs (albeit very high end ones, maybe SLI/Xfire?) I have no doubt about current consumer PC tech being able to handle it, likewise with next gen console perhaps with details dialed down.
If you've seen other demos for Nvidia and AMD GPUs some of which you can also download and run yourself, it shouldn't be too surprising. Andriasang has pics of manipulating the chars in real time in the development software |
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ikillchicken
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You have to admit though, something has gone horribly wrong when the demo looks way more interesting than the games you're actually making. |
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jdnation
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Lots of devs have been teasing us with games this E3 on high end PCs and playing coy about what platforms they're coming out on.
Ubisoft's Watch Dogs looks great and considering it's open world like Grand Theft Auto, it's downright amazing. They have said it will come to 360/PS3, but given they are also specifying 'multiple platforms' in an interview and that the gmae will be in development a good while longer, it's likely for neXtbox and PS4 as well. Same with the Star Wars 1313 game and its amazing visuals. Epic is also debuting UnReal Engine 4 for high-end PCs/next-gen consoles tomorrow. With Square Enix showing this and Hideo Kojima still being coy about showing off what his FOX Engine can do, all signs are pointing towards a build up for the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft (likely by 2014). Those who've analyzed the Square tech demo see a lot in there that will be easily feasible for next-gen. I'm excited! While this demo from Square is just a demo to test their engine and for hiring new talent, they are taking a survey asking people whether they are interested in seeing the concept presented in this demo become a real game! |
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GhostShell
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Personally, I'd like to see more animated movies produced with SE's style of graphics. I'm not a video game player, so whenever I see promo videos containing cut scenes, it's the cut scenes I'm interested in and not the game.
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