Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Agni's Philosophy

 Agni's Philosophy
type
TVTItem
 Agni's Philosophy
label
Agni's Philosophy
 Agni's Philosophy
page
AgnisPhilosophy
 Agni's Philosophy
comment
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Agni's Philosophy is a graphical tech demo shown at the 2012 E3 conference by Square Enix. It was designed to show off their new Luminous Studio Engine, which can render extremely detailed and realistic graphics in real time, being shown again during the PlayStation 4 announcement conference running on the new hardware, continuing a trend of Final Fantasy related media showing the processing and graphical power of a new home console. As such, it looks very pretty.The demo shows a very short story starring the title character, Agni. A group of mages performing a ritual around a crystal come under attack by aggressors bearing modern firearms. Their leader is shot and killed, but he passes on a smaller crystal to Agni, who escapes the massacre. She flees into the city, pursued by mutated dogs, and completes the ritual to summon a dragon to save herself. The clip ends with Agni mounting the dragon and flying off, viewing a city in the distance.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Although Square Enix consistently denied it, there were many rumors that this demo's characters or story would feature in a future installment in the epileptic-tree-plantingly popular Final Fantasy series. In particular, it didn't escape notice that the "minister" looks almost exactly like one of the central villains from Final Fantasy XV, that the displayed technology levels (not to mention the general visual design) of FFXV and AP are virtually identical,note never mind the fact that Luminous was developed in no small part for FFXV after the failure of Crystal Tools, and that the playable team for FFXV had neither any truly dedicated spell-casters nor, more infamously, any women. However, in the end the finished product for FFXV didn't feature anything from Agni's Philosophy at all.In April 2015, Square-Enix showed a new brief real-time tech demo called WITCH Chapter 0 [cry] , which featured Agni kneeling among ruins and crying... which naturally kicked the above into even further overdrive, because either they're just making Agni their go-to "demo" character, or with that much work they're planning on putting her in a "proper" game of some sort. It's also implied that what's been shown is going to be part of a more substantial updated tech demo.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
 Agni's Philosophy
fetched
2020-08-14T00:10:21Z
 Agni's Philosophy
parsed
2020-08-14T00:10:21Z
 Agni's Philosophy
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Agni's Philosophy / int_1dab5333
type
Total Eclipse of the Plot
 Agni's Philosophy / int_1dab5333
comment
Total Eclipse of the Plot: The summoning ritual could only occur during a solar eclipse. It damn near passes before Agni is able to complete the ritual.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_1dab5333
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_1dab5333
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_1dab5333
 Agni's Philosophy / int_26ac510e
type
Mythology Gag
 Agni's Philosophy / int_26ac510e
comment
Mythology Gag: Several to the Final Fantasy series: The main character's name is Agni, meaning "fire". It's a common trend in the series for protagonists to have names that correspond to natural forces or phenomena. Summon magic in general, and a dragon summon in particular. It may even be Bahamut. Its design, which features in colorful scarves and beads, may also be a reference to Yoshitaka Amano's Signature Style. A red mage. A healing potion makes an appearance, and is shown in a Coke-shaped bottle, which may be a simple example of Bland-Name Product or a reference to Final Fantasy's various cross-promotions with Coca-Cola.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_26ac510e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_26ac510e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_26ac510e
 Agni's Philosophy / int_2b5ea43c
type
Bland-Name Product
 Agni's Philosophy / int_2b5ea43c
comment
A healing potion makes an appearance, and is shown in a Coke-shaped bottle, which may be a simple example of Bland-Name Product or a reference to Final Fantasy's various cross-promotions with Coca-Cola.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_2b5ea43c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_2b5ea43c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_2b5ea43c
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4128bc77
type
Broken Tears
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4128bc77
comment
Broken Tears: The focus of WITCH Chapter 0 [cry], as the horrors of the previous demo seem to be catching up to Agni. It's hard to notice until the demo zooms in close, but it also shows makeup running around her eyes.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4128bc77
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4128bc77
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_4128bc77
 Agni's Philosophy / int_49d59be9
type
Scenery Porn
 Agni's Philosophy / int_49d59be9
comment
Scenery Porn
 Agni's Philosophy / int_49d59be9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_49d59be9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_49d59be9
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4c798fd5
type
Shock and Awe
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4c798fd5
comment
Shock and Awe: The acolytes seem to specialize in lightning magic, and use it to defend themselves and their leader.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4c798fd5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_4c798fd5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_4c798fd5
 Agni's Philosophy / int_504a1991
type
Body Horror
 Agni's Philosophy / int_504a1991
comment
Body Horror: Watching Agni convulse as she heals herself, and even seeing a bullet forcefully expel itself from her body.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_504a1991
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_504a1991
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_504a1991
 Agni's Philosophy / int_51bf74d6
type
Power Crystal
 Agni's Philosophy / int_51bf74d6
comment
Power Crystal: One is instrumental in the summoning ritual.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_51bf74d6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_51bf74d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_51bf74d6
 Agni's Philosophy / int_53407671
type
Action Survivor
 Agni's Philosophy / int_53407671
comment
Action Survivor: While Agni is capable of utilizing electrical attacks, she only does so once in the initial strike on the compound, and spends the rest of the demo evading her pursuers and attackers, briefly healing her wounds, and finishing the summoning for the dragon.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_53407671
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_53407671
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_53407671
 Agni's Philosophy / int_6293c185
type
Sequel Hook
 Agni's Philosophy / int_6293c185
comment
Sequel Hook: Still hunted by her attackers, Agni flees with the crystal astride the dragon. WITCH Episode 0 seems to be the beginnings of a follow-up.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_6293c185
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_6293c185
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_6293c185
 Agni's Philosophy / int_99db72ee
type
Immune to Bullets
 Agni's Philosophy / int_99db72ee
comment
Immune to Bullets: The acolyte's magic is able to render them thus for a short period of time, but they are eventually overwhelmed.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_99db72ee
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_99db72ee
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_99db72ee
 Agni's Philosophy / int_a18d407b
type
Samus Is a Girl
 Agni's Philosophy / int_a18d407b
comment
Samus Is a Girl: The acolytes are initially presented as identical, robed figures, with hoods over their faces. Only when Agni pulls her hood free do we realize that "he" is a she.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_a18d407b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_a18d407b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_a18d407b
 Agni's Philosophy / int_aa30e350
type
Sole Survivor
 Agni's Philosophy / int_aa30e350
comment
Sole Survivor: Agni is the only one to survive the attack.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_aa30e350
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_aa30e350
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_aa30e350
 Agni's Philosophy / int_afc8486b
type
Awesome Anachronistic Apparel
 Agni's Philosophy / int_afc8486b
comment
Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: In a setting with cars, firearms, and futuristic cityscapes, Agni wears an elaborate ceremonial robe (as do her compatriots, and the Prime Minister, for that matter).
 Agni's Philosophy / int_afc8486b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_afc8486b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_afc8486b
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b33d17a0
type
Sickly Green Glow
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b33d17a0
comment
Sickly Green Glow: The Psycho Serum injected into the hyenas.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b33d17a0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b33d17a0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_b33d17a0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b7d85d68
type
Healing Potion
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b7d85d68
comment
Healing Potion: Agni creates one from a soda bottle filled with a clear liquid during a breather in her escape. The results certainly heal her, but it looks extremely painful.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b7d85d68
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b7d85d68
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_b7d85d68
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b9085a47
type
Summon Magic
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b9085a47
comment
Summon Magic: At least one of the functions of the large crystal is to summon a dragon.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b9085a47
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_b9085a47
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_b9085a47
 Agni's Philosophy / int_bd5e8cd9
type
Urban Fantasy
 Agni's Philosophy / int_bd5e8cd9
comment
Urban Fantasy: The setting combines magic and a setting that wouldn't be too far out of place in the modern Middle East, complete with turban-wearing attackers using firearms that strongly resemble AK rifles. note This was one of the things that fueled speculation that the demo would hook into Final Fantasy XV more directly, because the level of technology on display exactly matched that in FFXV, but it wasn't the case.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_bd5e8cd9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_bd5e8cd9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_bd5e8cd9
 Agni's Philosophy / int_c0935922
type
Dragon Rider
 Agni's Philosophy / int_c0935922
comment
Dragon Rider: Agni, at the end of the clip.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_c0935922
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_c0935922
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_c0935922
 Agni's Philosophy / int_da650ce1
type
I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin
 Agni's Philosophy / int_da650ce1
comment
I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin: A variation. The leader of the coven is mortally wounded despite the acolyte's best efforts. He passes on the smaller crystal to Agni before dying. While the two characters are clearly acquainted, this hits all other aspects of the trope perfectly.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_da650ce1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_da650ce1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_da650ce1
 Agni's Philosophy / int_dd608502
type
HellHound
 Agni's Philosophy / int_dd608502
comment
Hell Hound: The result of injecting a hyena-like animal with a glowing serum looks like a cross between a hyena and a porcupine, with More Teeth than the Osmond Family.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_dd608502
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_dd608502
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_dd608502
 Agni's Philosophy / int_eb81c601
type
Big Damn Heroes
 Agni's Philosophy / int_eb81c601
comment
Big Damn Heroes: Just as Agni finishes the incantation and is about to be done in by the monster, the dragon bursts out of the compound, swoops down and snaps the monster up.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_eb81c601
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_eb81c601
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_eb81c601
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f5eda11
type
Mix-and-Match Critters
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f5eda11
comment
Mix-and-Match Critters: See Hell Hound.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f5eda11
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f5eda11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_f5eda11
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f9339f97
type
The Red Mage
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f9339f97
comment
The Red Mage: Agni is shown to use lightning both offensively and defensively as well as healing magic. She also wears red garb.
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f9339f97
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_f9339f97
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_f9339f97
 Agni's Philosophy / int_fe614133
type
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
 Agni's Philosophy / int_fe614133
comment
Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted. Agni is certainly attractive, but the fight with the attackers and the tracker beasts clearly takes a toll on her. And in WITCH, something rather more serious seems to be happening...
 Agni's Philosophy / int_fe614133
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_fe614133
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_fe614133
 Agni's Philosophy / int_name
type
ItemName
 Agni's Philosophy / int_name
comment
 Agni's Philosophy / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Agni's Philosophy / int_name
 Agni's Philosophy / int_name
itemName
Agni's Philosophy

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Action Survivor / int_fd53b3b7
 Agnis Philosophy
seeAlso
Agni's Philosophy
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Broken Tears / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Healing Potion / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Hellhound / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Immune to Bullets / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Mix-and-Match Critters / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Power Crystal / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Sequel Hook / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Sickly Green Glow / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Summon Magic / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
The Red Mage / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Total Eclipse of the Plot / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Urban Fantasy / int_fd53b3b7
 Agni's Philosophy
hasFeature
Your Makeup Is Running / int_fd53b3b7