Final Fantasy XV Target Build vs. PS4 Demo Comparison Shows How the Engine Scales to Consoles

GearNuke: "Final Fantasy XV Episode Duscae demo provides an interesting insight on how Luminous Engine can work on the current generation consoles. Since we have seen most of the pre-release footage running on a devkit instead of an actual PS4, it should be no surprise to see some of the features and graphics being toned down to meet the deadline of the demo launch on the PS4 and Xbox One."

[d_g]

i hope the final Build will be like Target graphics

better texture and lighting ,more prominent

[HammadTheBeast]

I'm just hoping for a solid lock on 30 fps and maybe a boost to 1080 p if they can.

[skratchy]

Exactly, if they can get this to 1080P, I don't mind the lower frame rate. The demo looks kind of lackluster compared to some of the videos they started releasing a few months back. Not that I mind a whole lot; haven't been this stoked for a Final Fantasy game in a long time.

[Cuzzo63]

How about we hope for a good FF game instead of the resolution bull crap. If it was 720 y'all would still play it if it got perfect scores right?...
Probably not......
Well I'm happy we got a FF game to quench this thirst. Miss the Snes/PS1 days.

[Erik7357]

What?
The reflections in the water where much better than target build
There where much more trees than in the target build
In a lot of pictures I see the rocks are much more detailed....aka the ones on the lake where very ugly looking in target build but in the demo there is moss and a lot more detail on them.

Only thing that looked better in the target build was the lighting and the grass and a little bit of the ground upclose.

[spicelicka]

Man this game looks amazing. I wish there was a more realistic and epic way of taking down those huge beasts though, instead of just hacking at their feet. Shadow of Colossus would be a great example.

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

I'm pretty sure that warping to larger monsters backs and different areas of their bodies will be possible in the final game. I remember Tabata talking about that.

[Kurisu]

Let's hope so, because that section taking down the behemoth was epic! And then it was even more epic taking it down for real with you know who!

[KingKelloggTheWH]

In Versus we were apparently able to climb on top of them.

[mad-dog]

I hope they can reduce the insanely apparent jaggies in this game.
It's a shame.

[pivotplease]

It is quite apparent that it started on PS3, but it also does look better than the XIII series despite being semi-open-world.

I am actually happy with the graphics and more concerned with the combat. I hope there's enough strategy involved and it would be nice if magic played a bigger role because it looks like mostly melee with the occasional spell. Even Kingdom Hearts for all its melee had some awesome combat variety with all of the spells, summons, drives, reaction commands, and guarding as deflection.

[skratchy]

Yeah, it started on the PS3. It was FF Versus XIII a decade ago. Still, it looks incredibly more impressive since then, all jaggies aside.

[mad-dog]

It looks good. Just too jaggie.

[shay159]

This article is a little erroneous.
Firstly, the gameplay we have seen in trailers is not the final game's 'target'. It is the latest version of the Lunious Engine, 1.5. Tabata already addressed that the demo is running on an older build of the engine. It has not been downscaled, or trimmed, it's simply an older version of the game.
The Final release will be in Luminous 2.0, so it will actually be superior to the 'target' footage.

[noob_zero]

At least SOMEBODY knows what theyre talking about

[windblowsagain]

Not sure what the article is on about tbh.

The game looks more or less the same, just needs upping to 1080p.

[ironmonkey]

dunno hard to say kinda looks better after than the before. before has way to much bloom that kills it for me i dont want that in any game.

[Taislin]

Well, the demo is running on engine Luminous 1.5 and the final game will run in 2.0 so I think there will be plenty improvements.

[NoctisPendragon]

1.It is not thier target , thier target is something looking 30% better at least.

2.Demo is playble while the tech demo was far from playble ( bug , tons of pop-in and an insane amount of deadly bugs (a lot of monsters and humans were traversing the floor or the trees).

So the demo is better than the old target and the final game ll be better than both.

[MAULxx]

It needs some more time & attention.
Stuff in a distance looks blurry & there's jaggies. It does look like a PS3 game. Disappointing. I hope the final game is greatly improved.

[kowan]

How is Episode Duscae anywhere near of looking like a Ps3 game? Just putting Noctis' model on a Ps3/360 game would cause it to run in single digit FPS. Aliasing is present even on current consoles and even PC games.

[Snookies12]

There is no way in hell this could run on a PS3. It's more current gen than most games that are out right now, and it's running on an old engine...

[mysteryraz11]

the game isnt finished yet, the final build will look far better

[Kamikaze135]

It looks pretty damn good considering it's running on an old version of the engine. As long as the final version runs at 1080p and looks smoother, I'll be happy.