NEW TRAILER: State of Play May 2019

Ariga

Sephiroth's Best Friend

pxp

Pro Adventurer
Hmm, I can't really see it, I'm afraid. Sure, her eyes widened a little bit, but that could have been anything, really. Would be good if they did subtle things like that, though.
Agreed. I mean can it really be said the sword caught her attention? She’s leaning forward and looking upwards into his eyes a second or two prior, not the other way round.
 

Kain424

Old Man in the Room
His machine-gun dance made me laugh.

But I don't know. A big, boisterous black dude sounding like a big, boisterous black dude seems spot on to me.
 

Cloud_S

Pro Adventurer
I wonder if the differences are related to just the quality of the video file itself. Especially when it comes to video compression and the max YouTube trailer resolution being 1080p vs. the game itself almost certainly running at 4k, if you're screen capturing anything from the raw game output vs. pulling out those frames that were rendered in the trailer's resolution after whatever you get from the video conversion. That seems most apparent in the Cross Slash image, since you can see the motion blur effect just being a part of the swing of the attack, and other things like the little light blooms from the sparks.




X :neo:

Maybe so when there's no other difference aside from increased clarity, but for the one of Aerith, Cloud and Barret, and Cloud at the end there's better detailing on the hair and shadows. Not to mention Aerith's smile in the non-trailer frame, even though it's the same exact frame.
 

ForceStealer

Double Growth
I was being selfish, I wasn't being bummed for Beau Billingslea. I personally wanted to hear his performance on Barret's whole arc.

And let's not kid ourselves, if EVERY actor changed, it's almost certainly a pay/union issue. Not a quality one. But that doesn't mean different actors can't do a good job either, and that is obviously all I care about as well.
 

Wolf_

Pro Adventurer
The thing that concerns me the most is the fact they haven’t revealed in character order. The pessimist in me is thinking square is due a fuck up and it’s going to be Tifa’s design. I can see E3 now.. *Shows trailer with Tifa and waits for applause* “...we have badly misjudged this..”
 

Kain424

Old Man in the Room
I love Tifa. I really hope her design is good.

So... are Cloud and Sephiroth's voice actors the same as before or different?

Hard to say. They could be the same actors playing the scenes a bit differently, or maybe the voice actors sound a bit different after all these years, or they could be temporary actors filling in for the trailer, OR they could have recast. They are close enough to the original actors that it sounds similar. So who really knows until they announce it?
 

pxp

Pro Adventurer
The thing that concerns me the most is the fact they haven’t revealed in character order. The pessimist in me is thinking square is due a fuck up and it’s going to be Tifa’s design. I can see E3 now.. *Shows trailer with Tifa and waits for applause* “...we have badly misjudged this..”
What do you mean they haven’t revealed in character order? They have haven’t they?
 

pxp

Pro Adventurer
Also as I’ve said quite a few times, they’re trying to mirror the OG where Cloud, Barret and Aerith were revealed first. So I knew Aerith was next and I’m sure Tifa’s next too :)
 

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
AKA
X
Someone pointed out on tumble that when Aerith first bumps into Cloud, what grabs her attention is not Cloud, but Zack's sword.
Her face. </3

WELP. THERE GO ALL MY FEELINGS INTO A MILLION PIECES.

This is the kind of thing that makes me know I'm gonna REALLY love playing this game a TON of times. All the little details man.

Maybe so when there's no other difference aside from increased clarity, but for the one of Aerith, Cloud and Barret, and Cloud at the end there's better detailing on the hair and shadows. Not to mention Aerith's smile in the non-trailer frame, even though it's the same exact frame.

Question: Is the comparison image pulled using the same frame from the Japanese or the English trailer? Due to the fact that we've seen that the dubbing is language-specific, those scenes are going have little discrepancies around the mouth based on the dialogue being spoken. The fact that the difference is specifically a subtle little smile is likely the result of the differences in the EN/JP performance capture – especially because the only difference is around her mouth.

I'll try and look more closely at the hair/shadow details on the other ones though.



X :neo:
 

AerithLives

Pro Adventurer
They've absolutely nailed Aerith. It's off to a good start!

Here is hoping it's not more Square Enix doing amazing trailers and over hyped brilliance, followed by a flat game with an incoherent storyline (like they always do).
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Lex

Administrator
The more I watch the trailer, the more I like it.

BUT - I was instantly worried last night when they showed Sephiroth. I do not want to see him until the Kalm flashback. I suppose if they avoid showing his face until then it's a fair compromise for the time being, but such a big deal is made and has been made in interviews about how they didn't even talk about Sephiroth in the beginning of the game. He's meant to be a shadow, so if he pops up every 5 minutes I'll probably be annoyed. They need to be careful about how they handle that one.
 
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