Agni's Philosophy

[Agent Dunham]

"Final Fantasy real time tech demo"

Square Enix has been showing off the Luminous Engine again. If they're to be believed, these are all real time but it is just a tech demo and isn't indicative of any products developed on the engine. It's targeting next-gen hardware.









From NeoGAF

[Ffamran mied Bunansa]

Pure awesomeness!

Agni's Philosophy -- FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO - YouTube

Agni's Philosophy -- FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO - YouTube

[Mike]

I have no words for how amazing this game would be if it were made.

[Agent Dunham]

Originally Posted by Mike

I have not learnt my lesson and will go wherever Square Enix's pretty pictures lead me.

Fixed .

[Ffamran mied Bunansa]

High-resolution (put in spoiler tag to save space)

Spoiler:

The hair details.... dies
First time ever an ugly old guy with rotten teeth in final fantasy!? This is unprecedented!



There is a survey on the site, so please, rate!

https://form.square-enix.com/a.p/933/

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Agent Dunham

Fixed .

At least I'll admit that I'd play a Final Fantasy game for graphics alone if it were pretty enough.

[NotitsMan]

That was positively amazing. More thoughts later.

[Ffamran mied Bunansa]

Okay, so soon enough in-game graphics and CGI will be two of the same thing! I have high hopes.

[Astraia]

This one left me stunned for a while! If versus would end up looking kinda like this, i am willing to wait. i think.

[Agent Dunham]

[Oracle]

Why, Shannon. WHYYYYYY.

[Agent Dunham]

BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HURT

[Oracle]

You're sick. I hope you're happy with the countless lives you've ruined today.

[Agent Dunham]

But default Ladyhawke is one of the best things about the game. ;;

[Mike]

...I'm fine with it.

[Ramenzilla]

Durka durka

I really like the potential that has to be kick ass game. FFXV what? I'm ok with it.

aka. I demand it.

[Cibiz]

is that really real time? OMG
Can't believe, of course next gen, we'll be playing SE's games like this tech demo

[.simon]

That looked great.

[doubleArash]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...

[Agent Dunham]

While this is the next-generation of Square Enix's game engines, Hashimoto said the engine can also be adapted for current-generation consoles, but stopped short of confirming a current generation Luminous Studio game. He added that the demo was running on a very high-end PC with off-the-shelf commercial hardware.

And while, judging by the demo, the engine is capable of highly-detailed, high-budget productions, "It is possible that the Luminous engine could be used in a very broad way. ... [Angi's Philosophy] would be an example of a very high-end game. But on the other hand, very casual games also will be able to use this in a very simple manner. ... We're not really focusing on any specific genre -- all kinds."

Hashimoto added that Square Enix has no plans on licensing the engine, although it would be possible for Square Enix outsourcers to utilize Luminous Studio. And even though the engine will be the company's flagship tech, it won't be forced onto subsidiaries -- studio directors will choose what engine they want to use for their games.

Hashimoto couldn't specify when Luminous-powered games will hit the market, but he smiled and said, "It won't be that far from now."

Gamasutra

Everyone's ready for the next generation except for the companies making the machines for it. Fuck this shit, I'm going to PC.