why final fantasy is always about killing god ? , over and over and over, ff15 is different but yet it was sad ending. please make original story square enix !

This was one of the best pre release events that I ever seen. Congratulations guys

There has to be beastary(spelling?) so you can see a all creatures you fought and their drops. Lol

It was a great show except for the skanky attitude of the pink spats.

1:57:39

Will wait for PC version so sad you guys put it in PS5

Please fix the blurry effects when you move the camera angle . I really want to play this FF as well but the demo made me nausea during camera movements and I don’t think it’s the fps .

Wow when that boss hit max it did 6 more damage than HP he had 1:55:26

1:57:20 combat director Suzuki play

They said no dlc atm.

They should lauch it before 22nd. Every time they release a game it alway at midnight on the east coast meanwhile everyone esle gets it during the day. Lol

Love this new CEO he seems like such a big fan of Final Fantasy!!

Oh my god… 10/10 🖤

最高👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[1:26:38] Eikon Power Showcase
[1:48:30] Max’s Run
[1:57:05] Suzuki-san’s Run
[2:41:47] Narrative Of XVI Panel
[3:56:52] Music Of XVI Panel
[4:51:08] XVI Battle Theme
[4:56:49] Closing Messages

I loved this and i screamed to see max and alex being recognized. ❤

Impossible to buy Twitch points during the conference, while on the “Win to PS5” it is well written “prelunch and demo 12” why locked point purchases, I miss 20 entries to qualify for the draw Am I the only one in this situation?

Cannot wait.

shout outs to Kenny hyping up in the spectator seat and shine on doods

1:07:00 who the F is she, why did they pick up such unprofessional irritating player for such important event

The demo was amazing! Only small points of criticism. The motion blur and screen shakes were really hard on my eyes, I wish they had some settings for this. Npc talking animations were stiff and not realistic or immersive. Doesn’t seem to be up to today’s standards. Apart from that everything looked spectacular. Except for everyone’s hairstyles of course, for some reason Japanese always struggle with Caucasian hair hahaha. They look ridiculous. It’s the first thing every non-gamer that sees the game for the first time tells me. Hahah. Sure, but the rest is good

I don’t know why I laugh when max die in the boss fight

I think i’m gonna upgrade my pre-order to deluxe after seeing this🎉😅💰🎮

how to play on pc?

The demo was awesome, I’m super hyped for this !

So tired of everything been locked to different consoles, jeez just release on everything!

Awesome livestream!

I haven’t been this happy in a long time!!!

体験版を一通り遊んだ感想
カオスはどこにいる
カオスはどこだ
お前がカオスか？
がちょっと操作面でほんのりマイルドになったゲームかと思った

This was wonderful, although I kind of feel those banners on the walls many will consider spoilers by Square themselves. I wish I didn’t see the Shiva one, it would have been a nice surprise.

米津とかいらなさすぎ

Vaya pedazo de juego, quedé alucinado con la demo. Que regalazo , me lo voy a pasar genial. Ufff

Played demo today. Game took me to the great old times when I was high schooler and trying to avoid school to play ff9. Can’t wait for my deluxe physical copy

GOTY 2023

This is genius marketing, well done Square Enix.

Kenshi Yonesu (Sony Music Japan).
Shinji Hashimoto works for Sony Music Japan.

Sony Financial Holdings is about to divest from Sony Group and games business for acquisition will take to the next level where Sony Group in May said have never been before.

Financial services which is Japan only business has hold back Sony Group’s value as Sony Group’s president and CFO, Hiroki Totoki, stated. Investors applauded the decision and government welcome it to make Japan’s economy stronger. Government has been against unbalanced conglomerate business for decades. It only comes down to the companies to make this decision. And Sony Group’s investors have been against Sony Financial Holdings for many years now.

With this move Sony Group plan to strengthen the synergy with their entertainment divisions and electronics to catch up to Samsung and Tencent in the future and surpass Toyota’s value in a few years. Mainly global business will balance out Sony Group’s businesses and make the synergy stronger than ever.

FFXVI, FFVII Rebirth, KH4 looks strong. I hope we see a continuation of Drakengard’s universe whether it’s the mainline or the spinoff, NieR.

People can make fun of Foamstars for now, but once we play it we will have a different opinion on it. Toylogic nailed NieR Replicant remake and now they make Foamstars. Possible acquisition and merger for Square Enix.

Dragon Quest is owned by Yuji Horii’s company, Armor Project. They make the decisions for DQ, not Square Enix, not Sony, or Nintendo.

Kingdom Hearts is owned by Disney so a partnership between Disney and Sony have to be strong if PlayStation will receive exclusive.

The new CEO of Square Enix have Tobal no 1 as his favorite PS1 game and if that doesn’t tell anything that Square Enix is looking into fighting genre again. They got Taito since 2005 and Taito has not made games for console like for decades. They have arcade roots like Sega and Namco.

Foamstars (party shooter) can be made but other genres like shmup and fighting seems possible than ever now. It all comes down to financials. Square Enix have to work on their synergy as well.

Great presentation!

I just started the DEMO!

I’m already hooked.. 😮

Amazing!!

Best of luck XVI

I really enjoyed this ! I can’t wait to play !

This is NOT final fantasy. It’s something completely different

I had high expectations for this game, but I’m extremely disappointed with the lack of ability to disable the auto camera pivot. It’s making me very motion sick.

I’m starting to think I should just wait for the PC release. Someone on PC will make a mod to fix this issue day 1 just like someone made a day 1 mod to fix this issue for Elden Ring, at least until From Software listened to feedback and added it as a feature in the settings.

Such a great live stream

Wow kiryu Chan is a OG FF fan for real 🔥🔥🫡

Man, I was laughing from the beginning to the end, what a great time to be alive. Can’t wait to play!

Really looking forward to playing this game when it comes out, Torgal is cute.

Jim Ryan: “We paid millions & millions & millions of dollars to money hat FF16, you’re not allowed to play with Xbox SQ, you play with us & only us.

Soken is funny asf 😂

This was great and Square Enix bringing Max Dood in, to talk about how “great” the combat is, was a great move as some of the fanbase are really not sure about the no party members and the 1-to-1 action in battle. It’s a sign that they hear the fan’s doubts and of course, a great marketing move to combat those doubts 👏 I’m just not sure if it’s working for me. Excited about the game but not at all about the no playable party members aspect of it…

The demo blew my mind. I have played every final fantasy, I thought going action was wrong choice. I have never been more wrong, this may be one of the greatest games of all time.

戦闘がめちゃくちゃ面白そう！神ゲーだわ。

Great work. Would have been an even better treat to offer a bonus dlc or something for completing the demo!

Devs being good at their own games is so refreshing to see

14:32 i like him, he is about that Final Fantasy life.. for real
2:03:30 WOOW!!! The 1st time I’ve ever seen a dev godlike at their own game, the summon class switching was amazing and he finished the fight in style like an absolute Boss
3:07:30 I deeply appreciate this

Man, that translator lady was putting Eminem to shame with how fast she was spittin’.

Square Enix right now 🙌🏻 The new CEO seems very young and modern to 👌🏻

Putting Alanah on this was a huge mistake, especially after the controversy surrounding her 🤡

Kenshiyonezu♥️

Ryota suzuki Fight 1:57:31

1:26:55 – For anyone looking for when Max shows up!🤘🏽

❤❤❤

So great to see Max and consorts being acknowledged this way ❤️

Encouraged about the future possibilities from Square Enid and Final Fantasy. ❤

The respect between these professionals, the content creators and the game developers, is what I love most about this presentation. It makes me as a gamer feel respected too. Thank you to everyone who were involved in making this presentation happen!

Let’s go, Square! You’re making me feel goosebumps again.

Loved the music panel! Música always been a strong point for final fantasy games and this one’s no different!

Man, I’m proud of Max and Alex!

It has beem confirmed that the FF7 team and now also Ryota Suzuki possibly the whole FF16 team watches Max’s Final Fantasy videos 😅

FF新作を予約して発売日を待つこの感覚が久々で嬉しい。まだプレイ出来ないけど吉田さん並びに開発陣の皆様に感謝！来たれ6月22日！！

3:44:35 still??

(1:45:32) The white borders doesn’t look well with the very dark gameplay.

so boring

5 hours just for 16? square is so out of touch.

Incredible.

I’m so proud of max being a guest on this show

神ィィィイィィィィィイィィィ

Part 3 was easily the worst of it. When the only “dark fantasy” you can think of or compare to is game of thrones, you have a serious lack of knowledge on the subject and probably shouldn’t be hosting the panel.

I‘m so glad they made it in person. Way better than the boring digital only events. But the only thing i dislike is that they invite to many influencers/streamers. Dont know what they have to do with the new game. But overall the show was great!

From the comments if feels as though they are talking about a completely different game than what was actually shown. Dark gray filter over everything. Really generic hack and slash combat with a gameplay loop of dodge, dodge, dodge, throw spell, melee attack repeat.

This is devil may final fantasy, not actual Final Fantasy. Bring back party members, female playable characters and go back to the better combat from 15+ years ago and you might have something decent. If SE wanted to make another generic button mashing game fine, but don’t give it the name Final Fantasy cause this isn’t Final Fantasy at all.

So happy to see Alex & Max up on stage 💛

I’m buying a PS5.
Just for this game.

And I am just so glad I pre-ordered. I felt a little sad, when I heard that the pre-orders were a little lower than what they projected. But thing of it is, people are downright tired and disappointed as well. So who can blame them? But yeah, mainly I am super glad I pre-ordered! GAME LOOKS GREAT. I hope to one day attend one of these conventions. ;w;

Mid.

Post launch playing be I

Playing the demo through right now… OMG! I’m already 100% hooked. Everything feels so good and so smooth to play. The combat is amazing. The graphics are incredible. I look forward to exploring the world and meet the characters. I can already tell this is going be a very special experience.

1:56:01 lol love how Max asked if the devs can show everyone how its done and the director just hands the controller to the combat designer himself

Yes the devs and content creators are all fantastic, but we need to acknowledge the MVP of the show: Ellen, the translator! She did a phenomenal job, especially at the beginning when Max spoke for like 45 seconds uninterrupted, and she (seemingly) captured everything without hesistation. And then during the story panel, when she not only translated Alanah’s English to Japanese, but also Maehiro-san’s Japanese to English. Give her a raise; that was super impressive!

1:54:03 is that kenny cheering for max?

Kenshi yonezu 💞

Amazing, thanks for this celebration event !

58:12 自分用

Dood living his best life.

Square honoring the content creators made me happy. Not only they are helping them in their careers, they’re also recognizing their fans. Good job Square!

58:41
Kenshi Yonezu

18:45
Game may offer infinite possibilities right now, but Japanese corporations just start to use ESG scoring system, so there will be many limitations imposed on Japanese content creators.

This kind of predominately white stories may be an impossibility to come out of Japan in the future. So this may well be the final fantasy

58:11
58:40

Soken is such a wholesome dude

What they did to the music was genius. If you’re in the phase of the gentler part of the music while on the hottest part of the battle cutscene, it will switch automatically to the wild version of the music to highlight the scene.

The Alex and Soken segment was so great lol. They just get along so well.

Good job, Square Enix! This Pre-Launch event was great, and it was cool to see the main team (26:20), but also Max (1:25:00), Alanah (2:40:15) and Alex (3:52:50) on stage :).

FFXVI has potential and is very promising. I can’t wait to play the demo and the full game! ❤‍🔥

自分用 4:22:39

Max killed it on stage (well, almost 😁)

米津玄師は日本で一番多く再生されたMV「Lemon」や、二番目に多く再生された「打ち上げ花火」などの曲を作りました。最近ではチェンソーマンのオープニングがヒットしました。米津玄師がメインテーマということにまず驚きます。

can we have something like this for ff7 rebirth as well? a showcase where we invite prominent content creators. maybe invite max again as well.

It’s wrong to recommend action battles.
Action battles can only be controlled by one person, so frinds are nobody.
In command battles, you can control all of your friends, so you’ll feel the excitement when you have more friends, and the excitement when you lose all your friends.
Even if Jill or Cid become friends or leave, they won’t be very active in battle, so they just don’t care.
RPG with action and friends are the worst compatibility.

kudos to the translator max, translating in real time with perfection

It’s so weird seeing max on the stage, he’s a huge FF7 fan, but YoshiP and business unit 3 worked on ff14 which he’s not much familiar with.

I love the banter between Alex and Soken. Ha ha ha!

I think what Soken was talking about in the boss fight music is that the transition between different phases is almost seamless no matter the speed of the battle. Or depending on the action, like if Efrit throws fireballs, the background music does something that’s like a subtle audio cue saying, “HE’S THROWING FIREBALLS!!!” That’d be pretty cool if that’s how it works. Something like that I guess?

Pulling an all-nighter to play the demo!

This is one of the Cleanest AAA game developments in the past 10 years, at least.

If Max is not a character on FF VII Rebirth or in the third game… I will speak to corporate immediately.

FFナンバリングの最高傑作になることを願っています。

The marketing for this game is unreal

1:26:59 back from first break, combat panel

Amazing event, awesome panels, so wholesome, lots of funny moments and incredible team

Maxxx!! 👍

The combat looks insanely epic, I’m so excited for this to drop! I’ve been a diehard FF fan since picking up Final Fantasy VII in ‘97 and XVI looks incredible. Just in time for my birthday too, preordered a copy can’t wait!

This gave me an incredible reassurance with the game and square enix especially that opening from the new ceo. It felt like a genuine heart to heart with your fans, and I see all the hard work and effort that goes into all this and truly appreciate it.
This event was special, everything about it felt truly genuine and heartwarming and I hope this game lands well because it looks like the team put an insurmountable amount of work, effort, love and passion into everything involving inside and out of this game. I believe square enix is truly moving in the right direction, and is going back to its roots, and is going to be giving us quality life changing experiences again. I am now very optimistic for the future, please don’t let the fans down. We will support the quality labors of love that you can provide, and this definitely looks like you are delivering. <3 regardless… absolutely amazing event. Thank you.

The power level of all these team members is over 9,000

It’s so sick that max was there on stage with them. What an honour. That guy’s really made it in life. His passion is his job. I don’t know the guy but I’m still proud of him.

happy Max you are there ✨😃✨

I don’t know much about him but I’m liking this new CEO. Nothing better than someone who’s forthcoming and open.

👎

safe to say ‘run dont walk’ to get this game, great presentation

This was great and ill be onto the demo asafp. Awesome to see Max there as well!

One of the greatest pre launch I’ve ever witnessed. Involved the fans, content creator/influencers, and the Devs. While highlighting multiple aspects of the games. Just an all around great event. Bravo CBU3! You deserve all the praise coming your way.

It was nice to see Max in a panel there. This audience was quite hype haha

Absolutely AMAZING!!!!

Maxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maxdoooooddddd shine one bro

I was grinning ear to ear for the entirety of Max’s segment with Takai-San and Suzuki-San. But over all an awesome stream. Please do more of these when possible square enix. I will be buying and enjoying this game!!

Awesome Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Launch Celebration Live Stream! Video.

Max the GOAT

Naoki Yoshida the Drip Lord

13:38 パート1 開始
22:24 吉P登場
34:20 北瀬Pメッセージ
47:35 体験版内容
53:20 ぬいぐるみ＆グッズ
57:41 米津玄師メッセージ
1:26:59 パート2 バトル紹介
1:40:25 実機プレイ開始
2:42:03 パート3 物語紹介
3:57:14 パート4 音楽紹介
4:57:05 パート5 エンデイング
5:03:15 吉Pメッセージ

1:57:30 best part

Ryota Suzuki destroying Atlas

Good job Max. 👏🏽 👏🏽

6:50 too incredible for words… the music in this game is immaculate

So it’s basically 15 except not modern. Shame, I was really looking forward to seeing the FF7 remake and 12 and 15 battle system get turned into anything different 😔
If you know, you know they are the least liked of anyone who’s actually played the games before 12.

ALEX I LOVE YOU!!! YOU NAILED IT

Max needs to simplify the questions for the translator in the future.

uuU🗡😇🛡Uuu

Amazing. Pre-ordered today after watching max play on stage. Listening to the producer and directors talk seem like they have listened to the people and can change final fantasy. A second golden age for this company would be great. Imagine if they made 16,17,18,19,20 and rebirth as great as they did 6,7,8,9,10.

I was hesitant to buy this game.

指輪のジャラ着けは辞めた方がいいと思いました・・・

4:51:09 u can hear the normal battle theme!

Muchas luces. Feo juego nunca me gustaron

YOOOOOOOO, MAX DOOD IS HERE!!!!!

How is she gonna call security on one of the games’ most popular voice actors. Man’s got work everywhere right now. Talk about entitled and clueless shhesh 🤣🤣

11:45 start mark

3:57:05 MUSIC segment with Alex Moukala and Masayoshi Soken 🔥🔥🔥

Great job saying forget you to any fans still waiting on Xbox SE. No one cares about your “relationship” with Sony if you still consider yourselves third party. Don’t mind exclusive stuff sometimes especially if it’s only timed, but stop acting like Sony owns you when they don’t. Have some dignity, you’re your own company and can deliver great experiences to all platforms if you want to.

Cool Playstation showcase though.

57:46

Some reason seemed like max was killing the boss faster, I could just be blind tho.

My type a game too bro

3:52:56 EPIC MUSIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

1:26:57 Maximilian Dood enters the chat

proud of Max, he nailed it!

Max did a good job that was so hype! Shine on doods!❤😊

1:48:27 HUH??!

Pog

this is a win.