This is what a next-gen Final Fantasy could look like

by Andrew Yoon, Jun 05, 2012 8:45pm PDT

Related Topics – Square Enix, PC, E3 2012, PlayStation 4, Next Xbox, Luminous Studio

What would a next generation Final Fantasy look like? That's the question Agni's Philosophy answers. Developed by Square Enix's Japanese team, it's the first public demonstration of the company's Luminous Studio engine. And it is incredibly impressive. Imagine, if you will, a pre-rendered cutscene from Final Fantasy XIII--but running in real time on DirectX 11 hardware.

I had a chance to speak with Mike Fischer, president and CEO of Square Enix, about the new engine. He told Shacknews that Luminous is currently not targeting "any specific hardware. It makes a certain set of assumptions where we think technology is heading."

Fischer wouldn't say whether or not this technology would work on the PS4 or the next Xbox, but he did reassure me that they are not reaching too high. "I am confident that [the console manufacturers] know what they're doing, so that doesn't keep me up at night."

We'll have more from our interview with Fischer soon on Shacknews.

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Andrew Yoon posted a new article, This is what a next-gen Final Fantasy could look like.

What would a next generation Final Fantasy look like? Imagine, if you will, a pre-rendered cutscene from Final Fantasy XIII, but running in real time.

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What would a next generation Final Fantasy look like? Imagine, if you will, a pre-rendered cutscene from Final Fantasy XIII, but running in real time. : Shacknews
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- Nice to see games finally taking advantage of the latest hardware : TheIneffableBob
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  Now if they'd just release it on Steam for PC, they could make soerious money without having to wait for ... : st4rdog
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    I'm not sure that a steam exclusive AAA budget Final Fantasy would be able to sell the numbers it would n... : snubble100
    - This is what "hardcore" PC gamers always forget. Great post, btw! : ColoradoCNC
    - There's no need to be Steam (PC) exclusive, but I'm sure that they'd make more than breaking even having ... : TiTaN10k
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      I think it just comes down to how close to PC hardware the next generation of consoles will be. Porting a game from a PS3 to the PC is not a simple task because of the difference in architecture. But if the new consoles are essentially closed-system PC's... a port would probably not cost that much money and any extra sales for a game can only help. Even if it doesn't live up to the console sales numbers.
      
      Jun 06, 2012 4:18am PDT
      
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      I think it just comes down to how close to PC hardware the next generation of consoles will be. Porting ... : Gwyndion
      
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      This argument holds no water as the FF13 engine runs on PC, but they didn't port it. Also, I think the PS... : StealthHawk
      
      Well, they designed that engine from the beginning to be portable. That was the whole point of that engi... : Gwyndion
    - Lowered expectaaaaationssss : Lucien Irenicus
    - I disagree with you and that's not because I have a crazy rig and favor the PC. Just look what millions o... : valcan_s
  - +1 : TiTaN10k
  - It would turn into Crysis and Witcher 2. The most pirated "can my system run it?" benchmark of the year. : kingdepork
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  Bring it on, now that is what I am talking about, shit "real time" freaking AWESOME : valcan_s
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    hahahaha wow. How many studios will actually have enough cash to make games with this level of detail? : EnhancedInterrogator
- Now, if they can just write a compelling and interesting story to work with this in the games, then we're... : IliyaMoroumetz
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  How about they stop spending so much time on making detailed androgynous angst, and instead make some int... : jayacheess
  - Like. : Alexrose
  - needs more bizzaro stories nobody knows whats going on. : radula
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    It doesn't matter what you like, it matters what their target demographic wants to see. FF12's main chara... : Caboose
    - that's disappointing to hear. Do you have a link to the history of the development of final fantasy xii?... : deathofrats
    - Considering that most of the kids who played FF7 (you know, the FF that sold the most copies ever) would ... : StealthHawk
  - Lol, it's Japan emo stuff. Won't change, especially now that Japanese companies have tried and failed mis... : shirif
  - aside from a few games in recent memory, every game has trash as hell storytelling, even AAA series like ... : DewFuel
- okay that was pretty fucking cool like seriously the first SE promotional cutscene (that is not actual... : DeBurgo
- So what did they run this demo on? : DrWaffles
- thats purty : bolneze
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  Goood GOD... i never thought next-gen gonna look THIS good (and I am a freakin' developer!!! who also mak... : shora farahani
  - and thats only a 100 minutes movie... with no extra locales or interactivity in different branches!!! : shora farahani
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    Hey do you work at weta? I know a guy who used to work there too. : disembodied potato
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      No... I never worked at Weta... but I have a couple of friends who are there too (FYI I am currently at ... : shora farahani
      
      Well done! : disembodied potato
  - Yeah, there are not many studios who are going to be able to put out something like this. But at least i... : Gwyndion
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  Looks impressive, but honestly it doesn't looks THAT much better than Naughty Dog's games, and they are j... : Madrigal777
  - I dunno; the DOF, motion blur, hair, lighting, etc. looked a lot better than Naughty Dog's games. The tex... : ColoradoCNC
  - You're forgetting that streamed video, like from youtube, isn't at a high enough bitrate to allow one to ... : Yumcheese
- holy mackerel! looks pretty too bad it will be wasted on awful games like FF. japan, get with the prog... : El Guapo
- Why doesn't anyone lock the f*c$ing door anymore? : DragonSire
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  Looks good, except that girl's annoying squeaky anime voice. : DevSword
  - Seriously. So tired of that. : Volatus32x
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  A new Deus Ex running on this, anyone? : TiTaN10k
  - Bricks would be shat. : lcizzle
- I just filled out their survey, I'm not sure why... I guess I really liked square 15 years ago and I'd re... : EnhancedInterrogator
- One cool thing about the long life cycle of the current generation of consoles... I think we are all goin... : Gwyndion
- Yeah bring it on, this is what we are all waiting for. What's crazy is if and when devs can pull this off... : techx4
- 1) I don't believe it will 2) It would make development costs go through the roof. That's a lot of work. : Clay
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  Not sure what the point of these speculation articles are. Every generation of console has had pre-releas... : Fred Garvin
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    Remember the Kill Zone 2 demo for PS3? : Peanut Fox
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      lol oh god that demo, hahaha, the hype was insane in the membrane : Chandler55
      
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      You mean the surprisingly good game which ended up coming surprisingly close to the CGI trailer? : abrasion
      
      Not really that close I'm afraid :( Unless you call "close" being you heard about heaven's gates from a c... : Toth21
      
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      For me close would be "almost" indiscernible. I don't feel the final game was that. Play a similar area... : Peanut Fox
      
      There's been articles on how close it was, go back and view the 2004 video and then look at the game, it ... : abrasion
      
      Here's a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1JOxxOhhTY : Fred Garvin
    - Madden for 360 was one too, right? : waxthirteen
  - re: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty trailer for the PS2 during E3 2000 many people doubted it was ... : emacs
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  I watched this vid several times now, you know what I think this is the best engine to date and even kill... : valcan_s
  - Don't confuse "graphics engine" with "art direction" - most engines can all do the same stuff at this poi... : Jobos
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  Am I the only one who doesn't care about next gen FF that probably won't come out anytime soon and wants ... : StealthHawk
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    I read somewhere that Versus has been renamed to FFXV. Has anyone else heard that? : Derringer
    - That was based on a totally fake video. I was at Square Enix's pre-E3 event and they didn't show anything... : AndrewYoon
- Dear MS and Sony...don't frack up the next gen consoles with your stupidity or we will be forced to dev... : squeakychimp
- So, in other words, this is what games would look like now if it wasn't for consoles. : Jobos

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