Games The Final Fantasy Thread! [Archive] - Page 2

Luca Breeze

June 22, 2008, 09:07 AM

Final Fantasy...oh, the memories...:( I remember hating RPG before playing FF7...then I'd find myself playing FF8, 9, Tales of Destiny, FF6, etc...I've recently began FF7 again even though I'm still not finished with FF12...the Seventh is just special to me, can't seem to get bored:eyeroll

Haha, see, I wasn't ever really all that fond of VII, I mean, back in the day, I remember looking at the graphics and going 'wow, this is so real, this actually looks like a person!' Graphically speaking, beggars can't be choosers, but the rumors I kept hearing of a 'rerelease' of VII with better grapics sort of annoyed me.

For me, VIII was the first one I played through all the way (cue the sighs of disgust from fellow thread members) and therefore, it has the most nostalgic feel out of any Final Fantasy game for me.

Then came X, which really, I liked. It was the most imaginative so far, and regardless, I think it had a great story-line. X-2 is what ruined the whole name of FF in my opinion, however.

And now for a little history lesson! This may or may not be common knowledge among avid FF fans like yourselves, but I'm a firm believer that somehow, someway the separate story line are intricately tied together and overlap somehow.

This is just something I noticed, and then read an article on it, from over at daeya forums. Figured I would share and get everyone's input and opinions on it as well.:
As some fans of Final Fantasy VII, X and X-2 may or may not know, the worlds of the two games share a plot-related connection. The connection's existance was established during an interview with Yoshinori Kitase (lead developer of the Final Fantasy series) and Kazushige Nojima (the scenario writer of Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis, Advent Children, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2 and the Kingdom Hearts series) in 2002, as featured in the Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega guidebook, an official Square-Enix publication.

This interview established that there would be a connection between the two
worlds, though it didn't detail it. However, based on what was later revealed
to be the connection, it's clear that it had already been conceived, as
Kitase hints at it with his final word on the subject. In 2003, the exact
nature of the concept was finally revealed in the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania,
having been hinted toward by a few elements of the game.

Nojima revealed that Shinra of the Gullwings, an Al Bhed child prodigy and
inventor of various machinery, would attempt using the remains of Vegnagun --
the behemoth machina Shuyin tried to destroy Spira with -- to extract life
energy from the Farplane and use it to power machines. Shinra would attempt
doing this as a result of his analysis of the Farplane late in the game.
During this diagnostic, Shinra concluded that there was a great deal of energy
floating around inside the Farplane, and that it was most likely the life
force of Spira, which could be extracted and used as a power source; however, he concluded that it would take generations to properly implement the idea.

Further of note is that Nojima explained that the Al Bhed entrepeneur Rin also
was interested in extracting mako from the Farplane, and that he provided
Shinra with the funding to make the attempt. For his part, Rin's desire to do
this is revealed during the game should he be uncovered as the culprit behind
covering up the malfunctioning machina disaster on the Mi'hen Highroad.

Nojima went on to say that Shinra's attempts to use Vegnagun's remains failed and that he was unable to complete the concept of mako-extraction, just as Shinra had predicted. However, some 1000 years later, once space travel became possible, Shinra's descendants would go on a voyage to the world of Final Fantasy VII. There, at some point in the future, they would be successful in utilizing the concept, and would provide electricity from the Planet for a price; these descendants would found the Shin-Ra Company of Final Fantasy VII.

The connection would again be hinted toward in the Final Fantasy X-2:
International+Last Mission (released in 2004) game's Last Mission scenario, in
which Rikku revealed that Rin and Shinra had begun working together. Next,
the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega guidebook (released in September, 2005) also brings forth mention of the concept, and, finally, the connection may have received further indication through Dirge of Cerberus (released in
January, 2006) and the Advent Children Reunion Files book (released in May,
2006), in which it is established that the Shera airship seen in Advent
Children and Dirge of Cerberus runs on ancient, lost non-mako technology that
Cid discovered. This technology very well may have originally belonged to
Shinra's descendants, as they are the only previous inhabitants of VII's world
indicated to have been in possession of advanced technology, and because the interior of the Shera bears some aesthetic resemblances to those of the
Fahrenheit and Celsius airships that figure prominently into FFX and FFX-2
(though the Shera's interior bears more of a resemblance to the Celsius').

In before 'old article is old' also. I know it's old, but I wanted to drag it up and get opinions.

JGSkpx0389

July 14, 2008, 02:28 PM

has anyone watched the E3 2008 Microsoft Conference???

if not and you're the big fan of FF series you have missed the BIGGEST announcement EVER!!!

at the VERY end of conference the head of Square Enix came out and said he had 1 more announcement to make... and there it was.... a trailer of FF13 with mix of "used-to-be private" trailer that only game website people were able to watch....

i'm soooo glad i waited to buy PS3 when FF13 come out because now i have no good reason to buy PS3

GG SONY

patedecarne

July 14, 2008, 03:06 PM

Oh, God!!!

I cannot believe!!!

It's too good to be true, mas it's the reality!!!ahuahauhahhaua

I couldn't be more happy now, damn, I never thought that I would play FF 13 on Xbox 360!!

This news made my whole year!!

rykarreolacr

July 14, 2008, 03:38 PM

At least Versus XIII, the one I was actually looking forward to, is still PS3 exclusive.

I almost died inside when I heard this announcement... Not because I don't want xboxers to get to play it, but because this game was bound to be great on 50 GB blu-ray and now I'm afraid it will just turn out to be mediocre due to the limitations of the DVD... unless they split it in 10 DVDs for the 360 version.

patedecarne

July 14, 2008, 03:42 PM

I don't think that will be about 10 dvds, my guess is at maximum 4 dvds, just like FF 8 and 9;

Sony must shows something really important tomorrow, at least to match with this bomb...

Well, my friends, the money cheat is able to do anything in game world...

rykarreolacr

July 14, 2008, 03:49 PM

I don't see what Sony could possibly do to top this... but maybe I'm wrong and they will show something extraordinary. We'll know tomorrow.

Final Fantasy XIII is still a PS3-exclusive ... at least in Japan. According to Kotaku, Square Enix exec Shinji Hashimoto told reporters: "I think you are right [in assuming that (the Xbox 360 version) is not coming out in Japan.]" It will only appear on Xbox 360 in English-speaking territories.

In addition, Final Fantasy XIII will release in Japan first -- and then will be localized for the international audience. That means Japanese gamers will enjoy FFXIII on PS3 long before the rest of the world will see it go multiplatform. Hashimoto says that the Xbox 360's large install base in English territories is what led to the decision to make the game multiplatform. Because the decision was recent, there's no way of estimating how many discs the Xbox 360 version will be.

Also, Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still in development as a PS3 exclusive.

vintagemistakes

July 14, 2008, 04:08 PM

JGSkpx0389

July 14, 2008, 04:22 PM

"for PS3 only in Japan"

we can assume there MIGHT be a 2 different version for Final Fantasy XIII

i'm just going to take whichever has more stuff on it XD

if both console gets same version then i'll stick with PS3 since i get to play Versus then

unless.... SE pulls off another surprising announcement XD

OhDearMoshe

July 14, 2008, 04:26 PM

I wonder how much Microsoft paid Square Enix to get this?

It still is an PS3 exclusive in Japan... at the end of the new trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36222.html), it says "for PS3 only in Japan"

They didn't. Rising costs in game development as well as the fact ps3 isn't doing to ho outside of Japan will have forced them to make that leap to shift units.

◆ T.D.A ◆

July 14, 2008, 06:04 PM

In terms of games there isn't much difference between 360 and PS3. I hope Sony make some big announcements and get more exclusives because PS3 is a great console but it isn't being used to it's potential.

JGSkpx0389

July 14, 2008, 09:59 PM

i can't wait for Sony conference... they really need to show something to us this time

ibra87

July 14, 2008, 10:07 PM

And I was almost sure of going Wii then PS3 in the future.. dang it all :oh

vintagemistakes

July 14, 2008, 10:33 PM

They didn't. Rising costs in game development as well as the fact ps3 isn't doing to ho outside of Japan will have forced them to make that leap to shift units.

well if you believe that... I got a bridge to sell ya...
its not cheap to port a game over to another console. at the very least they are paying for that if not shaving points off of their cut.

But with that said... what the hell is Sony doing? The PS3 is an amazing piece of hardware and yet they seem to be kicking themselves in the ass left and right when it comes to it. We'll be lucky to see Home before 2010, not to mention they are still allowing game makers to make PS2 games in Japan... what a disaster they have become.

rykarreolacr

July 15, 2008, 12:36 AM

And I was almost sure of going Wii then PS3 in the future.. dang it all :oh

Hey man, don't forget that the game is still coming to the PS3!!!!!

This is basically what Microsoft has been doing since the beginning of this generation. Just saying "me too" all the time. Games such as Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil 5 and GTA IV were going to be PS3 exclusive but eventually MS paid the developers to get those games over to the 360.

Of course Sony has also been copying Xbox Live, with features such as trophies (achievements) and other stuff, and Sony also has gotten games that were supposed to be 360 exclusives such as Bioshock.

This only shows that we are reaching a point where 3rd party exclusives are becoming very rare. Development costs are so high that the only way to recoup the money is to develop for any console available.

◆ T.D.A ◆

July 15, 2008, 05:57 AM

JGSkpx0389

July 15, 2008, 06:55 AM

I think the reaction is a bit over exaggerated, its not a 360 exclusive!!!!!! Also I think its a PS3 time d exclusive so thos ewith ps3 will have played the game quite before those on 360.

They said that the decision was new so I doubt 360 version will be ready in time at the same with the PS3 version.

I've also heard PS3 has a secret exlcusive on the works which some that know of the game are really excited.

actually SE said lunch date on both console will be the same which is why the game still doesn't have the lunch date yet (but since in Japan, only PS3 will have FFXIII so their lunch date might be earlier than NA)

i hope to see some new trailers and such for FF Versus XIII on today's Sony conference which is in about 6 hours XD because if they don't then only game right now that is worth buying for PS3 now is Killzone 2 and Tekken 6

Agrias

July 15, 2008, 10:25 PM

I think the reaction is a bit over exaggerated...
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/218/sonystasuicidaxd4.jpg
Final fantasy XIII is a traitor; Square must apologise! (http://kotaku.com/5025233/final-fantasy-xiii-is-a-traitor-square-must-apologise)

You gotta love fanboys. XD

◆ T.D.A ◆

July 16, 2008, 05:56 PM

WFT! People are acting as if the game ain't gonna come out on the PS3.

patedecarne

July 17, 2008, 07:55 AM

Yes, I cannot understand it: true players must enjoy the games regardless the platform, but no, they're even thinking about suicide...

C'mon, games aren't real life, but some people are taking this subject too seriously, bashing others consoles because their favorite games aren't exclusive anymore...

LadyHatake

July 17, 2008, 10:06 AM

I think people are upset because it's kind of a "breached" tradition. FF has been on just PS platforms for so long, that it's become like a cult, and now that it's going to be opened up to xbox, people feel like they are being betrayed. Part of me is like, wtf? XBOX? D: And part of me is like "sweet, now I don't have to buy a PS3 >.>" It's like broken loyalty, I guess you could say. It's like your favorite football team lets an opposng teaam use an awesome player of theirs. If you get my drift...

Like I said, I'm a sony fan girl, but I have been disappointed with PS3 thus far. There's few good games for it; honestly, it's pretty much just a blu-ray player right now :/ (Actually, it's better than a number of actual blu-ray players on the market, though >.>) One of the reasons I couldn't decide which to get, XBOX or PS3, was because I wanted PS3 for FF, and XBOX for Live and all the awesome games. This kinda deletes my dilemma xD

My question, though, is anything going to be sacrificed as far as graphics and everything for XBOX? Because PS3 has the blu-ray/1080p deal, which is fucking neat, then that console will probably have the typical awesome graphics. Will xbox suffer any? Or does it have similar capabilities as far as that?

patedecarne

July 17, 2008, 10:18 AM

I don't think we'll see huge differences between the two version, aside the fact the game will come in about 4, 5 dvds for XBOX 360, which isn't a problem, if you ask me;

Regarding the graphics, probably they're be the same, IIRC, a guy from SquareEnix in an interview has said that the XBOX port won't suffer any disadvantage in comparison with the PS3 version, and if I'm not mistaken, 360 supports 1080p, at least mine has HDMI compatibility;

But some time in the past, Square did the same to Nintendo, when they announced FF7 for PLaystation 1; some players could feel a little betrayed, like you said, but with money, everything could happen in the games world;

OhDearMoshe

July 19, 2008, 07:23 PM

Can I just say

Lol at Final Fantasy being console exclusive. What a load of testicles is coming from the gaming community as a whole in regards to this reaction. People really do seemingly forget that FF started out on Nintendo. Not to mention all the other spin of games that have been released, and the remakes.

To be honest I think this is the best possible move for square. They are reaching more audiences as a whole I for one a huge fan of the series am glad because I sure as hell aint hauling out 400 big ones sterling just to play two games.

What I find really hilarious though. Is everyone who shelled out so much money for a ps3 just to buy the game is now regretting it immensely because they could have gotten the cheaper console.

If any of you are out there.

Don't try to hide it =]

Gold Knight

July 19, 2008, 07:26 PM

And to think I was going to get a PS3 in September... >_>

Mostly for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm which looks beautiful, but now... ugh, I just don't know. If FF13 isn't going to be exclusive to PS3...

Heh, it's funny but Naruto may still determine me getting a PS3 in the end, since it's still PS3 exclusive. It was always going to be FF XIII though. xD

JGSkpx0389

July 19, 2008, 07:30 PM

hehe yeah i was gonna buy PS3 when FFXIII comes out.(i waited to buy PS3 to hope that price goes down by the time FFXIII comes out)

but now that it's going to come out for Xbox 360, i don't know which console to buy anymore XD but currently i'm still thinking of buying PS3 because of FF Versus XIII; since Versus is still currently PS3 exclusive

and i'm also wondering if SE made a choice to make FF for Xbox 360 for more profit... then why not for PC??? any thoughts on this?

Gold Knight

July 19, 2008, 07:40 PM

Well, Sony did announce that they would reduce the price tag of the PS3 to $300 by year's end. So it might still pay off to wait. I'm probably going to go ahead and get it in September though since Storm is coming out in October, plus I'll only have to pay for half the price tag due to it being my birthday then.

I still plan to buy a Wii eventually as well, though. As for PC I'm not sure if my computer's graphics card could handle FF XIII xD

vintagemistakes

July 21, 2008, 11:48 PM

Did SquareEnix make the wrong decision in releasing FF XIII on both systems and not FF XIII Versus?

It would seem to me that Versus has the better chance of selling more units than the standard FF. Versus is supposed to have a gameplay system closer to that of Kingdom Hearts... which means more action based gameplay... while FF XIII is probably going to be more reminiscent of the standard turn-based RPG. There are a lot of people that don't like RPG's for the sole reason of the turn-based gameplay. They find them boring. I mean, If I was trying to make back more money, the logical choice would be to port the game that appeals to more gamers...

patedecarne

July 22, 2008, 07:19 AM

Yes, the turn based RPG is getting kind of repetitive, nowadays people are liking more dinamic RPGs; the turn Based was great in the past, but now that they were able to mix action paced on RPGs there's no to return to turn based;

That's why I like so much the Tales of series, it doesn't use turn based, but instead, seems that you are playing an action or even a fighting game;

And if they use a FF 12 refined style, I think everything will be okay;

◆ T.D.A ◆

July 22, 2008, 01:10 PM

If your an avid Finall Fantasy fan there is still reason to get a PS3 since the versus game is gonna be exclusive. Also Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm is gonna be great, played the demo, and the gameplay is really good. I have a PS3 but I might get a 360 if Kotor 3 and Jade Empire 2 are exclusive to 360.

Shiro-kun

August 21, 2008, 06:35 PM

How come this thread isnt active?(yeah my poorly made bump)

There tons of things to talk about such as
Final Fantasy XIII (and Versus,etc)
and
Final Fantasy Dissidia (FF crossover consiting of twenty characters from the first ten games)

and I just played Crisis Core, its a great prequel for FFVIII
Also a nice backstory for a previously background only character Zack and his collegues.

- andthe FFIV remake for the DS was not to bad as well

ILUVATAR

August 22, 2008, 12:32 PM

we could revive it by start talking impressions over Crisis Core and other stuff but i don't know if something like that could be considered spamming (if you check the first page for the reason of this threads' existence :amuse
and believe me i'd LOVE to talk over Crisis Core... but even that could be considered spoilers for the ones that are now starting it or haven't played it yet :rofl -_-; i don't know whether to laugh or cry here...

Agrias

October 15, 2008, 04:21 PM

I'll bump this just to make a small comment on Dissidia's cast....Terra is on it, now it's a must buy for me. Sadly I dont have a psp >.>

http://www.ffrepublic.com/pics/734-wgcuoowilh.jpg
http://www.ffrepublic.com/pics/734-vpxaotfpzj.jpg

Amano + Nomura = WIN. After seeing those images, i couldnt help but dream once again about a *real* FF6 remake ;_;

sahugani

October 15, 2008, 04:33 PM

i've been spazzing over Dissidia for a while now. now that the full cast of 20 heroes and villains is confirmed, i'm more excited than ever. i really wanted Terra to be the hero from FF6 and think she looks absolutely gorgeous in the game

i'm buying the japanese version once it comes out.

Agrias

October 15, 2008, 04:37 PM

My heart was torn between Terra or Locke, both are awesome...Terra always seemed more likely to happen though. xD

(I'm glad they ignored Celes. xD)

ANBU4U

October 21, 2008, 12:33 AM

Haha, see, I wasn't ever really all that fond of VII, I mean, back in the day, I remember looking at the graphics and going 'wow, this is so real, this actually looks like a person!' Graphically speaking, beggars can't be choosers, but the rumors I kept hearing of a 'rerelease' of VII with better grapics sort of annoyed me.

For me, VIII was the first one I played through all the way (cue the sighs of disgust from fellow thread members) and therefore, it has the most nostalgic feel out of any Final Fantasy game for me.

Then came X, which really, I liked. It was the most imaginative so far, and regardless, I think it had a great story-line. X-2 is what ruined the whole name of FF in my opinion, however.

And now for a little history lesson! This may or may not be common knowledge among avid FF fans like yourselves, but I'm a firm believer that somehow, someway the separate story line are intricately tied together and overlap somehow.

This is just something I noticed, and then read an article on it, from over at daeya forums. Figured I would share and get everyone's input and opinions on it as well.:
As some fans of Final Fantasy VII, X and X-2 may or may not know, the worlds of the two games share a plot-related connection. The connection's existance was established during an interview with Yoshinori Kitase (lead developer of the Final Fantasy series) and Kazushige Nojima (the scenario writer of Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis, Advent Children, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2 and the Kingdom Hearts series) in 2002, as featured in the Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega guidebook, an official Square-Enix publication.

This interview established that there would be a connection between the two
worlds, though it didn't detail it. However, based on what was later revealed
to be the connection, it's clear that it had already been conceived, as
Kitase hints at it with his final word on the subject. In 2003, the exact
nature of the concept was finally revealed in the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania,
having been hinted toward by a few elements of the game.

Nojima revealed that Shinra of the Gullwings, an Al Bhed child prodigy and
inventor of various machinery, would attempt using the remains of Vegnagun --
the behemoth machina Shuyin tried to destroy Spira with -- to extract life
energy from the Farplane and use it to power machines. Shinra would attempt
doing this as a result of his analysis of the Farplane late in the game.
During this diagnostic, Shinra concluded that there was a great deal of energy
floating around inside the Farplane, and that it was most likely the life
force of Spira, which could be extracted and used as a power source; however, he concluded that it would take generations to properly implement the idea.

Further of note is that Nojima explained that the Al Bhed entrepeneur Rin also
was interested in extracting mako from the Farplane, and that he provided
Shinra with the funding to make the attempt. For his part, Rin's desire to do
this is revealed during the game should he be uncovered as the culprit behind
covering up the malfunctioning machina disaster on the Mi'hen Highroad.

Nojima went on to say that Shinra's attempts to use Vegnagun's remains failed and that he was unable to complete the concept of mako-extraction, just as Shinra had predicted. However, some 1000 years later, once space travel became possible, Shinra's descendants would go on a voyage to the world of Final Fantasy VII. There, at some point in the future, they would be successful in utilizing the concept, and would provide electricity from the Planet for a price; these descendants would found the Shin-Ra Company of Final Fantasy VII.

The connection would again be hinted toward in the Final Fantasy X-2:
International+Last Mission (released in 2004) game's Last Mission scenario, in
which Rikku revealed that Rin and Shinra had begun working together. Next,
the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega guidebook (released in September, 2005) also brings forth mention of the concept, and, finally, the connection may have received further indication through Dirge of Cerberus (released in
January, 2006) and the Advent Children Reunion Files book (released in May,
2006), in which it is established that the Shera airship seen in Advent
Children and Dirge of Cerberus runs on ancient, lost non-mako technology that
Cid discovered. This technology very well may have originally belonged to
Shinra's descendants, as they are the only previous inhabitants of VII's world
indicated to have been in possession of advanced technology, and because the interior of the Shera bears some aesthetic resemblances to those of the
Fahrenheit and Celsius airships that figure prominently into FFX and FFX-2
(though the Shera's interior bears more of a resemblance to the Celsius').

In before 'old article is old' also. I know it's old, but I wanted to drag it up and get opinions.

FFVIII forever. It was my first too, I have NO idea why that game catches so much flack. It is (and will forever be, the best in my eyes) with VII coming in at a close second.

Agrias

October 29, 2008, 08:18 AM

http://kotaku.com/5070245/shonen-jump-reminds-us-that-yes-tera-and-kefka-are-in-dissidia

<333

sahugani

October 29, 2008, 09:35 AM

Terra!!!

the esper form is a thing of beauty

ibra87

October 29, 2008, 02:12 PM

Crap, I'm tempted to buy a PSP now... Terra and Kefka have been my favorites since like.. forever. Seeing her in detailed 3D beauty is a must now, but what about my plans for an Xbox or Wiii? <.<

Red Hood

October 31, 2008, 05:59 AM

FF6 it has been one of my favorites, i still have my Znes emulator with it:). The thing that i like about this game its the ammount of characters that u can use. After this 1, i havent seen other FF with so much playable characters.

I still dont know if i like best FF7 or FF6. :D

sahugani

October 31, 2008, 08:08 AM

i'd have to say FF7 is my favorite of the FF games. i really liked the gameplay as well as the characters it contained (big time Vincent Valentine fan)

as my sig shows though, my favorite FF hero is Zidane from FF9 and is the person i most want to play as in Dissidia. he's just so unique among the FF heroes and i thoroughly enjoyed the conflict between him and his counterpart, Kuja

Agrias

October 31, 2008, 09:02 AM

My favourite FF, if not my favourite game ever, is FF6. The awesome cast of characters (and their development...Locke! Terra! Shadow! Setzer! <3), the giant plot twist, Kefka, the inside jokes, everything <3 I pray for a remake.

Second comes FFTactics, then maybe FF7 - i cant decide which one i love most, 7,5 or 4.
(ah, i love Vincent too sahu. <3)

Guess i'm just oldschool, i dont like the serious-oh-i'm-so-troubled kind of protagonists. That's one of the reasons that made me hate FF8 xD

Red Hood

October 31, 2008, 10:03 AM

My favourite FF, if not my favourite game ever, is FF6. The awesome cast of characters (and their development...Locke! Terra! Shadow! Setzer! <3), the giant plot twist, Kefka, the inside jokes, everything <3 I pray for a remake.

Thats what im talking about:amuse. FF6 story doesnt develop always around the main character (Terra) wich its great (i like the story of Shadow), not:notrust like FF8 and forward IMO its always about the main character.

For me the best story by far its FF7, even the prequels like Before Crisis, Crisis Core. It is sad:( that they didnt make a 2nd part of FF7, but at least we have the movie (Advent Children)that btw it was awesome(my favorite part its when Kadaj resurrect Sephiroth, great fight) and Dirge of Cerberus.

ANBU4U

November 02, 2008, 02:48 PM

Red Hood

November 03, 2008, 07:20 AM

FF8 has its up and downs, one of the things that i didnt like was the draw magic systems. Its very tiresome:notrust u to have to draw magic until u reach 100, i mean everytime u fight a new monster have to draw magic for each damn:shakefist character.

If u start drawing magic since the very begining of the game and i mean the 1st time u get in combat keeping ur enemies alive until u reach the max (100) of the spell that the enemy have, u can get PWUP too fast and the game will get too damn easy:sleepy. I prefer the old fashion way, learning spell and keeping with the game with some dificulty:p.

What I did like was the mini card game, man i was addicted to that mini game:nuts. the GF system was kind of cool, i could do pushups with my thumb after that:p;).

Agrias

November 03, 2008, 08:14 AM

Drawing 100 Ultimas one by one was one of the most annoying gaming experiences i've ever had....and it sucked, because you couldnt cast them if they were junctioned, or your status would go down in the middle of the fight....nice >.>

Agh, the giant GF sequences....dont even make me remember of that... ._____.

I hated the plot also...all the unbelievable coincidences, Squall and his "..." and all the shallow cast of characters...

And yep, my favourite part of FF8 was also the cardgame. When the best part of a RPG is the bonus minigame, you know it can't be a good thing ._.

I remember that i loved it when i played it for the first 5 hours - the graphics were awesome! Then I got used to them, and the game was just meh.

Red Hood

November 03, 2008, 11:32 AM

Drawing 100 Ultimas one by one was one of the most annoying gaming experiences i've ever had....and it sucked, because you couldnt cast them if they were junctioned, or your status would go down in the middle of the fight....nice >.>

:Dyeah, almost the whole frikin day.:p

Squall and his "..."

talk about wasting a line of code (in programing) for just "......":p

Sharinguy

November 06, 2008, 09:13 AM

Final Fantasy Tactics is the best for me,

Good History, Good Characters, Good Drama, Good Fights and Strategy, a lot of combinations that u can do.

The problem is a grafic very much a mix of 2d with 3d, but for me the grafics are the less important.

What make me play final fantasy is the history and capacity to handle the players with more and more necessity to finish it and know what ill happen.

I really want someday they make another FF in the FFT style, but please don't compare it to FFT Advance because this game is very sux, uggly and not fun =P

ANBU4U

November 07, 2008, 01:27 AM

Agrias

November 07, 2008, 10:29 AM

Square-Enix president talks remake boom (http://kotaku.com/5079168/square-enix-president-talks-remake-boom)
FF6 and FFT pulease? ;___;

(oh, i tend to forget that there's FFT on the PSP. Meh. ._.)
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Final Fantasy Tactics is the best for me,

For me too! (along with FF6, of course =p)

The problem is a grafic very much a mix of 2d with 3d, but for me the grafics are the less important.

I liked the graphics a lot. xD I love cartoonish 2d :p
(and i loved how they managed to keep the style on the new cutscenes for the PSP version too, it was done just right! xD)

I really want someday they make another FF in the FFT style, but please don't compare it to FFT Advance because this game is very sux, uggly and not fun =P

Ah....i know, FFTA is not one of the best games, but it was a quite fun one. The plot was silly and childish, the law system is annoying....but the battles are still addictive, and the new jobs are nice ^^

I still have to play FFTA2 though, still didnt have time to try it...but i heard that it was better than the 1st one, so that's good. ^^;

baboysai

November 07, 2008, 10:44 PM

any updates on FF13?

any scans from this magazine?

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/11/7/f_CIMG2820m_ba191c6.jpg

vintagemistakes

November 09, 2008, 02:23 PM

^^ I haven't seen any from that mag. but, here (http://www.finalfantasyxiii.net/) are some from Chinese Famitsu that are relatively new. Apparently there are some new images in them too...

Both the regular version and versus look so awesome... I just wish they weren't so far away from being released. Hopefully when the Japanese version is released they put in and option for a English menu. That way we(PS3 owners) could at least import it and play it with a tad bit more ease... although, that's probably highly unlikely and just wishful thinking on my part..

Sharinguy

November 11, 2008, 07:38 AM

I liked the graphics a lot. xD I love cartoonish 2d
(and i loved how they managed to keep the style on the new cutscenes for the PSP version too, it was done just right! xD)

i love the grafics too, i am saying for comercial issues FFT don't have great grafics hehehe and it can be a problem, but i love it =)

and even with not good grafics FFT sold 1,5milion copies only in USA. =]

Agrias

November 13, 2008, 07:22 AM

http://kotaku.com/5085265/square-enix-does-dissidia-bundle-box-right

Shiny and pretty. <3

sahugani

November 13, 2008, 08:20 AM

if i had not just gotten my PSP a relatively short while ago, i'd so be trying to get that bundle. the special edition PSP is beautiful

also, newly released Dissidia trailer with the full cast HERE (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42668.html)

Red Hood

November 13, 2008, 09:24 AM

:drool
http://kotaku.com/5085265/square-eni...ndle-box-right

After seeng this, im getting a new PSP:kukuku.

Agrias

December 15, 2008, 08:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NsnLfIAcs&feature=channel_page

Hermie showed me this and I felt like sharing...go watch the MegaMan ones also :3
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http://www.gamekyo.com/videoen13818_final-fantasy-agito-xiii-first-video.html
First Agito XIII video, thank des for sharing :3

vintagemistakes

December 15, 2008, 02:50 PM

Final Fantasy XIII - DK∑3713 Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43656.html)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII - DK∑3713 Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43655.html)

both games are visually turning out to be amazing.... at least cut scene wise. Although, I'm still annoyed that we haven't been shown any gameplay yet, we can't be too far away from seeing some since XIII has been confirmed(minus any delays) as a 2009(probably fall) release in Japan.

The two games also seem to be quite different from each other eventhough they're supposed to be taking place in the same universe. Most notably on the emotional value/themes that will be portrayed during the course of the game. XIII appears to be this extremely massive and worldly experience where Versus looks to be quite the opposite. A very lonely, isolated, and has somewhat of a desperate feeling to it... not to mention it has brooding Sasuke-ish looking/acting main character which goes perfectly with the nature of the trailer...

patedecarne

December 16, 2008, 06:45 AM

Both of the games seems to be really amazing, and I agree we need to see some gameplay, just to get the feeling of the action. The new emotional theme would suit well fot these games, as the last one was about war.

I believe Final Fantasies games are better portrayed with drama, like these ones, but of course the graphics help a lot on this aspec. Final Fantasy 7, for example, would be even better with facial expressions, even passing to us, gamers, the feelings. but with these brand new games I believe the graphics will be pushed to limits, just to pass all the feelings from the characters...

hatsuharupeace

December 16, 2008, 07:01 AM

Oh man, I can't wait till Agito comes out, that looks sooo damn good, and also so worth buying a PSP for.

Versus is looking good as well, though I wouldn't be surprised if XIII and Versus are contrasting games, which bear some similarities, but have many differences which make them unique, and also opposites as well.

Overall, can't wait for more info about all three games, though I'm also waiting for Dissidia to come out as well.

vintagemistakes

December 18, 2008, 11:35 PM

here's a couple of in game battle screen image(s) of the lead character in FFXIII fighting a giant robot/scorpion/buzz saw type enemy courtesy of FF-XIII.net (http://www.ff-xiii.net/).http://i43.tinypic.com/2yxjfvc.jpg

LadyHatake

December 19, 2008, 01:11 AM

sahugani

December 19, 2008, 02:54 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

Dissidia has arrived!!! For any others like me who were too excited to wait for an English version, des has found this English manual (http://www.psphyper.com/psp/dissidia-final-fantasy-english-manual/)

Do Kesubei

December 20, 2008, 04:51 PM

omfg........*drool*

I really hope it doesn't take super-longforever to come out over here :( But I damn well bet it will >__< That CGI is jut absolutely beautiful *,O* (drooling some more~~)

They need to make Final Fantasy movies (Read: Ones that don't suck like Spirits Within did...)

Square-Enix announced that Dissidia will be released in the US in Summer 2009. I may get the JPN version at some point before then, though, for the voice track.

hatsuharupeace

December 21, 2008, 03:42 AM

Is there going to be a EUR release of Dissidia?

Do Kesubei

December 21, 2008, 10:46 AM

Nothing's been announced. If something isn't announced by the Summer you could just import the US version. Should be cheap for you, considering the state of the US$.

ZZ9 Plural 9 Alpha

January 12, 2009, 08:32 PM

For the hell of it.

1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
Nine
2) Favorite character?
Magus...I mean...Beatrix
3) Favorite villain?
Garland
4) Favorite summon?
-=None=-
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
Nine
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
The Boss after Yuffie takes all your materia. Screw you Yuffie.
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
HAHAHA Tidus is DEAD?! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
Let the damn games be. They are fine.
9) What side-game do you like the most?
Chocobo Raising was nice.
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...
Screw you........(Dagger)
--------------------
For effect, why was FFVIII so horrible? God it sucked.

Red Hood

January 13, 2009, 08:49 AM

1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
FF7.

2) Favorite character?
Shadow or Cloud

3) Favorite villain?
Sephiroth, even tho Kefka makes me laught:D.

4) Favorite summon?
Bahamut

5) Which game have you replayed the most?
I think FF7

6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
Well Omega Weapon (FF8) was a little pain in the ass but after you sacrifice some cards you become invincible. So I think for me Emerald Weapon and Ultimate Weapon (FF7) are the toughest.

7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
I have a few but ill say, when Anima (FF10 Summon) trash everyone with his atack.:pwned

8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
I would say FF6.

9) What side-game do you like the most?
FF8 Triple Triad Card Game:whoo

10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be?
Pff... idk.. maybe Rinoa or Tifa.

vintagemistakes

January 19, 2009, 02:21 AM

We have some good and bad news regarding FFXIII..

Good news: a new character has been revealed to us. His name is Sazh Katroy and apparently he likes chocobos and guns as seen in these pics [here (http://www.finalfantasyxiii.net/images/other/v-jump/vjump-1.jpg), and here (http://www.finalfantasyxiii.net/images/other/v-jump/vjump-3.jpg)]. Not to mention he has one of the cheesiest but awesome smiles ever...

Bad news: According to an interview with Square Enix's Yoichi Wada in the UK's Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8259189), FFXIII wont be available outside of Japan until at least April of 2010...

Source (http://www.finalfantasyxiii.net/)

hatsuharupeace

January 19, 2009, 02:26 AM

.....That smile.... Oh my gosh, I can't bear that smile.... IT'S WAY TOO CHEESY! :crying

Sucks that we'll be getting FFXIII later though... >.<

Red Hood

January 19, 2009, 07:32 AM

baboysai

January 20, 2009, 12:25 AM

2010??? :faint

at least I have time to save up for a ps3 and a big HD tv :wtf

vintagemistakes

January 29, 2009, 02:38 PM

a new trailer is out with lots and lots of actual gameplay footage:D

Square Enix site (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/)
youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoimOk0Sn8&eurl=http://www.finalfantasyxiii.net/)
Direct Download courtesy of Final Fantasy Union (http://www.finalfantasyunion.com/news/new-final-fantasy-xiii-trailer-direct-download--331.html)

baboysai

January 29, 2009, 03:20 PM

wait... I hear very familiar voices.. Who are the seiyuu for this one?

ILUVATAR

January 30, 2009, 07:39 PM

o_o I'll need to buy a new TV for such a game...
damn I am thinking of buying a new TV to use it ONLY for this game and nothing else xD

vintagemistakes

February 04, 2009, 03:12 AM

@baboysai

I tried to find out the seiyuus for the trailer/game.... but they don't seem to be available anywhere. I've come across various names( Akeno Watanbe, Fukui Yukari, Sakamoto Maaya) throughout my search... however, I don't know how accurate they are since they seem to come from various people on different forums guessing at them...

baboysai

February 04, 2009, 03:19 AM

thanks anyway, vintage. ^^ Keep me posted though, if you find anything promising. :)

kimitachi

February 13, 2009, 12:57 AM

http://fd.img.v4.skyrock.net/fd5/jtemmerde02/pics/50126590.jpg

hi , i did a video clip of Final fantasy 8 with the song canon rock
so for those who like the game

i recommand you to watch this in hight quality

by the way i didn't know where to post this so if it's the wrong board ,sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhMAhwNZgnw

warbandit66

February 22, 2009, 05:06 PM

I'm happy that it's coming to the 360, mainly because it makes the fanboys fight, Luckily I have both consoles so my only problem is deciding which one i want my final fantasy games on, although I'm leaning towards Xbox for 13 because I'm thinking that there will be some downloadable content that will remain exclusive to the 360.

vintagemistakes

February 23, 2009, 10:20 PM

^^If there is DLC, I don't see it being exclusive to one console... especially not the 360. FF XIII is a PS3 exclusive in Japan and if SquareEnix ever released exclusive DLC on a version they couldn't get - there would be monumental outrage.

Triple_Platinum

February 24, 2009, 06:42 AM

I got my PS3 when it was first released, so I'm not riding the whole "I WAS GONNA BUY THE PS3 FOR FF13" bandwagon like the rest of the folks around the world.

You do not buy a console for a single game. You buy it to enjoy your free time by playing different games. Extra features are... well, just exactly what they are. Extras.

Anyways, SE can do whatever they like, as long as they make good games. The moment their games stop being good, I wouldn't be willing to even spend money on their games. Even if they ARE highly acclaimed titles. Like Star Ocean. Oh my did they screw that game up hard after the Second Story. LOL 4th dimension.

patedecarne

February 24, 2009, 11:42 AM

Well, actually I don't care for the DLC, IMO, the DLC options is the worst decision they vahe made so far, they just cut off the game just to sell pieces of it later, it's the cancer of the new generation, afff...

I'll stick with the main game though , it's not like I'll buy the pieces of the same game just to give extra money for the softhouses...

Triple_Platinum

February 24, 2009, 07:15 PM

^
There's cases where the actual DLCs are worth spending money on though.

Like say on Valkyria Chronicle. In the main game, you NEVER get to control a valkyrie, which pissed off numerous gamers. When the DLC was announced and released, we got our fix of Selvaria (a valkyrie) and a side story arc featuring Edy ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IN THE MAIN CAST (Recruit characters have never been able to interact with the main cast for some reason in the main game, up until now).

The other game extra DLCs on the other hand (where it's just extra maps, extra costumes, music, and extra weapons) are what's really pointless.

vintagemistakes

February 25, 2009, 05:26 PM

^^ I would fully agree. In certain instances, DLC maybe worth it e.g. GTAIV while in others its definitely not worth it, e.g. SFIV's extra costumes.

FF seems to be in the middle of those circumstances IMO. The only thing that they could really give us is extra boss fights. SE seems to release a game in Japan and then release it in the U.S.(with extras) only then to rerelase it in Japan with the American extras + Japanese extras and than re-release it in the U.S with everything..

So, Is it worth it? I don't know, but its better than having to spend $50-$60 on a final mix version or something like they did in the Kingdom Hearts series.

bean

March 30, 2009, 05:10 PM

...I am watching ep 51
the cannon reunion episode not filler...Or so I hope
besides I won't be comparing, I ll be just seeing ......er the fight..yeah...

Goddamn it..they take away the suspense with that crappy music....

edit: Pikachu powa FTW!!!
music has been all around shit in shitpoohden

pretimeskip, music was like FF7 music awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn71hIsm0U8)...shitpoohden music has been ff10 shit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GepZ5hM3nTw)

Strider's♥Death

March 30, 2009, 05:42 PM

music has been all around shit in shitpoohden

pretimeskip, music was like FF7 music awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn71hIsm0U8)...shitpoohden music has been ff10 shit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GepZ5hM3nTw)

This is so off topic but are u serious lol, dude jecht song was epic for the fight. The atmosphere the whole shit, u cant really compare a symphony song to a headbanging song. If u bothered to play FF10 u would know the epicness of To Zanarkand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLnZ5jcsRpc). If u want that analogy to work u should have done FF7 and FF-butt-fucking-jesus-christ-vaan-put-a-mutha-fudging-shirt-under-that-fucking-vest-12.

bean

March 30, 2009, 05:47 PM

This is so off topic but are u serious lol, dude jecht song was epic for the fight. The atmosphere the whole shit, u cant really compare a symphony song to a headbanging song. If u bothered to play FF10 u would know the epicness of To Zanarkand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLnZ5jcsRpc). If u want that analogy to work u should have done FF7 and FF-butt-fucking-jesus-christ-vaan-put-a-mutha-fudging-shirt-under-that-fucking-vest-12.
I had to play that final boss battle with mute on. I grew up with 8bit music that fits a game, not that rock shit for ff10. I mean, I'm not saying I don't like that kind of music, just not in my FFs. Epic it was not, one winged angel, now that was epic for a battle. That shit gave me goosebumps

Strider's♥Death

March 30, 2009, 05:56 PM

I had to play that final boss battle with mute on. I grew up with 8bit music that fits a game, not that rock shit for ff10. I mean, I'm not saying I don't like that kind of music, just not in my FFs. Epic it was not, one winged angel, now that was epic for a battle. That shit gave me goosebumps

The metal shit was a good choice for the fight against jecht, that is all him jecht ,epic, kind of a typical cool beaner dad sort of thing, if he was straight from mexico and spoke fluent english. But just cus u grew with the 8 bit(like many of us) doesnt mean u can compare a symphony to a song like that and even aside that, FF10 may have had Tidus and waka and Yuna ugh~ but to zanarkand made up for it an Auron was just a complete badass. FF7 and FF12 would have been much better analogy(music was bland), heck even better FF7 to the worst idea ever FF10-2.

bean

March 30, 2009, 05:59 PM

The metal shit was a good choice for the fight against jecht, that is all him jecht ,epic, kind of a typical cool beaner dad sort of thing, if he was straight from mexico and spoke fluent english. But just cus u grew with the 8 bit(like many of us) doesnt mean u can compare a symphony to a song like that and even aside that, FF10 may have had Tidus and waka and Yuna ugh~ but to zanarkand made up for it an Auron was just a complete badass. FF7 and FF12 would have been much better analogy(music was bland), heck even better FF7 to the worst idea ever FF10-2.
I never even finished ff12...in my mind, that game never happened.

jdw

March 30, 2009, 08:16 PM

I never even finished ff12...in my mind, that game never happened.

I thought FF12 was kinda awesome. I skipped some days of school because I got so caught up. The story was cool and so were the characters (though some could have been better). It isn't FF7, but what game is?

bean

March 30, 2009, 09:08 PM

I thought FF12 was kinda awesome. I skipped some days of school because I got so caught up. The story was cool and so were the characters (though some could have been better). It isn't FF7, but what game is?
i dont like a game where i can put the controller down, go to sleep, and then when i wake up, my main team is 20 levels up.

jdw

March 30, 2009, 10:02 PM

i dont like a game where i can put the controller down, go to sleep, and then when i wake up, my main team is 20 levels up.

I wasn't really impressed with that automated system either. Good point there. Each person used it differently though. I don't mind the mechanics of the game all that much, I was really driven to find out what happened next with the story. FFX13 looks good from the preview materials.

vintagemistakes

April 15, 2009, 01:49 AM

By sheer, one might say dumb luck, I just caught a live stream of someone(esegk) playing the FFXIII demo on justin.tv

I saw the last 10 or so minutes of it.

Overall: Looked good. Voice acting sounded good from what I could tell.

The gameplay reminded me of the beginning of FFX, when you were in Zanarkand; how you could see the enemies(sin spawns I believe they were called), but it wasn't until you basically touched them that you were taken into the battle system by a neat little screen effect.

Other than that, I really can't think of anything else to say about it... The Demo is officially released in 2(?) days, so I'm sure there will be a ton of videos uploaded very soon.

Edit: Oh, and at the end it had a nice little "Thank you for playing screen" with Winter of 2009 written on it

segua

April 15, 2009, 02:28 AM

Winter 2009 for the US? Didn't SE said that FFXIII was coming out next year since SE is making a port of FFXIII for the XB360 also? I suppose trying to get FFXIII ready for the 2009 X-mas season makes sense.

vintagemistakes

April 15, 2009, 03:07 AM

oops. sorry for the misleading statement. Its winter 2009 for the Japanese version.

The reason I noted it was because before they said Fall of 2009.

Gold Knight

April 15, 2009, 03:13 AM

Great news, either way, to hear and see more information. It means the game's well on its way, at least. And to be honest, I'm somewhat glad it's taken this long. I definitely want to upgrade my "entertainment center" before it comes out. Time to go HDTV hunting!

Thanks vintagemistakes for all the information.

I've put all the info so far about FF XIII in the first post.

Weapon_X

April 15, 2009, 07:14 AM

Would the gameplay of Final Fantasy XIII be similar to Final Fantasy XII? To be honest, FFXII has had the best gameplay system then any other FF. Much easier to handle..so will it?

vintagemistakes

April 16, 2009, 04:47 PM

Full Demo gameplay video.

Part 1 of 9 (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/24380)
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1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
2) Favorite character?
3) Favorite villain?
4) Favorite summon?
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
9) What side-game do you like the most?
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...

Have fun!
Bored and at work so I'll answer these questions...

1)FF7... It was the first FF game I played and it really revolutionized the genre/ my expectaions of games. Sidenote: Lunar the Silver Star and Lunar Eteranl Blue are still the best RPG's ever made(both Sega CD version).
2) since favorite villain is the next question I wont use that as a answer... but, I think I'll go with Celes. Reason: got non, but I know a lot of people hate dislike her so I'll go with her.... In actuality, I really don't have a favorite character... I'm pretty indifferent when it comes to that.
3)Sephiroth... he was just a badass.
4)tough to say... I've always thought of them as overrated spells... so, I never really used any during the game.
5) By hours: FFXII. By times through FFVII.
6)It wasn't really hard but time consuming... and that was getting the "ultimate" items in FFXII. You could spend hrs going back and forth trying to get one chest to grant you a weapon or spend hrs chaining monsters so you could get an item in order to sell it so you could than buy it....
7)Aerith's death... I don't mean to get all sappy, but I've never witnessed something like that in my gaming life before. It brought tears to my eyes... I didn't cry though, only watery eyes.... it was truly a amazing and breathtaking moment.
8)FFVII
9) Don't have a #1 game, but I like the variety in FFVII. I've always felt that FFXII lacked minigames and they blew the perfect opportunity to give the player a cheesy flying game.
10) ... never thought about it. either Celes, Ashe or or Aerith... Aerith kinda reminded me of Lacus from Gundam Seed. I don't know why, but I kinda had a thing for her.

Weapon_X

April 17, 2009, 06:45 AM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9029/ff2wc1.jpg
1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
2) Favorite character?
3) Favorite villain?
4) Favorite summon?
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
9) What side-game do you like the most?
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...

Have fun!

1) Final Fantasy XII, the best RPG game ever and overall the game is brilliant.

2) Hmm, favourite character has to be Basch. Cool, strong, good storyline from his character and his quickenings are awesome.

3) Yaizamat ( The Last hunt in FFXII). Took me 2 and a half hours to kill this guy..you guys should face him one day. One tough nut to crack he is.

4) Zodiark

5) Final Fantasy XII, replyed it again to get the Zodiac Spear.

6) Toughest challenge is Yaizamat. First it was Omega Mark XII, but when facing Yaizamat after, he is nothing.

7) The ending. When Vayne is defeated.

8) A sequel to FFXII

9) Not sure.

10) I'd date Ashe, if it were possible. LOL

patedecarne

April 17, 2009, 08:23 AM

What Graphics, huh? From what we have seen so far, possibly the best visuals, even better than KZ2.
And this time seems we'll have the world map to fully explore (Good old days of FF 7, with the wide variety of places to explore).

The problem is the waiting, for us, a XBOX 360 owner, until middle's 2010 to play the game...

But I'm considering a play 3 because of Versus: Final Fantasy + real time attack = flawless victory, just look at Star Ocean 4 and Tales of Vesperia, the RTA is excellent in both of games, and with versus I believe it'll be even better.

Weapon_X

April 18, 2009, 05:10 AM

There is going to be a FFXIII game for the PSP as well, it isn't going to be a sequel or a prequel, just based in the same fantasy. Versus is exclusive for the PS3, YES! The playable character in Versus looks cool, I think he is the male version of the playable character in FFXIII Lightening.

baboysai

April 18, 2009, 07:07 PM

what, ff13 on psp? how would they manage to fit that? what do you mean, like, the exact same game to be available on psp?

vintagemistakes

April 18, 2009, 11:19 PM

There are three FF XIII games coming out: FF XIII(PS3 & X360), FF Versus XIII(PS3), and FF Agito XIII(PSP). All three are supposed to be set in the same Universe but different time periods I think. The trilogy of games is dubbed FF XIII Fabula Nova Crystallis(Latin for The New Story of the Crystals)

Agito trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48158.html)

Versus ACC trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48155.html)

Agrias

April 18, 2009, 11:23 PM

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/17/final-fantasy-xiii-nightmare-looms-for-xbox-owners/

Indeed...i wonder how are they going to do it.

segua

April 19, 2009, 01:21 PM

SE just released a blue-ray version of FF7: Advent Children with a FFXIII demo in Japan. Just a heads up to those that want to get a taste of what FFXIII is like.
[hr]

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/17/final-fantasy-xiii-nightmare-looms-for-xbox-owners/

Indeed...i wonder how are they going to do it.

Oh man, that is some funny stuff. I'm sure that it's not the case. I'm sure that SE might make optimizations to the 360 version. Don't know whether that will be good or not.
[hr]
1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?

I would have to say FFVI. It was funny and dramatic. I hope that SE remake it into 3D because it deserves it. Additionally, I think that FFVI was the culmination of what was the best in the previous FF games and a platform for the later FF games. A very pivotal FF game in my regards.

2) Favorite character?

This is a toughy. I think possibly Laguna from FFVIII. Zack was very cool also.

3) Favorite villain?

I would have to say Kefka hands down flat! This guy was a psycho from the start til the end. When he came down as an angelic being with the same face, it was just beautifully funny. Also, this was also one villian that truly became a god and succeeded in decimated the whole world. Not to mention that he has an unforgettable laugh and theme song.

4) Favorite summon?

Crusader from FFVI. Knights of the Round Table (FFVII) was pretty awesome also.

5) Which game have you replayed the most?

Possibly FFVI.

6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?

Finding and defeating the extra side boss which sometimes prove to be much harder than the actual main boss themselves i.e. Omega Weapon (FFVIII) and Ozma (FFIX).

7) What was your favorite clip in the games?

The most memorable scene was when Garnett was climbing up a ladder with Zidane following and Zidane grabbed hold of Garnett's ass. I loved how Zidane showed off his excited pervertedness.

Honorable mentions: When Squall saved Rinoa right after being scolded by everyone and the ending of FFX when Tidus left his friends and Yuna.

8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?

It's not really a sequel but prequel of Final Fantasy VIII of Laguna. Since FFVII had a prequel about Zack, one about Laguna would be fitting. I would also like to see a sequel to FFVI in a world without "magic."

9) What side-game do you like the most?

Blitzball FTW! SE could have easily made another whole separate game just for blitzball.

10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...

Tina or that white mage woman from FF I.

Weapon_X

April 19, 2009, 03:02 PM

what, ff13 on psp? how would they manage to fit that? what do you mean, like, the exact same game to be available on psp?

Not the exact game it's part of one story which all the FFXIII games are centred. They woud have shared themes and myths, but different storylines. Fabula Nova Crystallis Final, the name of the series surrounding the 3 games, FFXIII, FF Versus XIII and FFXIII Agito.

The game play is going to be similar to Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, but will allow control over multiple characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Agito_XIII << Has the best information regarding the game.

croissant

April 21, 2009, 10:13 AM

1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
FF7
2) Favorite character?
Ashe
3) Favorite villain?
Sephiroth
4) Favorite summon?
Alexander in FF9
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
I think FF8
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
Getting that damn danjuro in FF12
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
Opening of FF8.. got goose bumps when i first saw it
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
I think FF7 has already have enough prequels and sequels already, thank you
9) What side-game do you like the most?
Hmmm... there are alot... Maybe the Treasure hunting in FF9
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...
Tifa

Kuszek

August 03, 2009, 09:58 AM

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1341/wtfc.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1341/wtfc.jpg/)

Question is "what the f*** happened?" It's impossible that even the gameplay was rendered. The game should look much prettier not worse :o

ps. the second screenshot comes from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete

Belisar

August 14, 2009, 10:33 AM

1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game?
2) Favorite character?
3) Favorite villain?
4) Favorite summon?
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
9) What side-game do you like the most?
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...

1. Final Fantasy VIII
2. Xell FFVIII
3. Ultima Weapon FFVIII
4. Odin and Gilgamesh FVIII
5. Final Fantasy VIII
6. To find all cards in FFVIII and to find Omega Weapon in FVIII (both never achieved)
7. The battle between Balamb Garden and Galbadia Garden FFVIII (EPIC)
8. Sequel of FVIII
9. Triple Triad card game from FFVIII (addicting)
10. Xell FFVIII

vintagemistakes

August 20, 2009, 06:18 PM

Courtesy of gametrailers.com (http://www.gametrailers.com/news/final-fantasy-xiii-due-spring/1284)

Final Fantasy fans have a lot to look forward come the warmer weather in 2010. In a gathering at GamesCom, Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase stated that the North American and European versions of FFXIII would arrive simultaneously in spring 2010 where as the Japanese version will see store shelves winter 2010.

More good news comes via Kitase’s recent interview with 1UP (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175677) where he estimated that the North America Xbox 360 version was 70% done and the Japanese PS3 version was 90% done. Why is this good news? Well, with the game that close to completion the odds of a delay look slim. That’s one more awesome game due for the first half of 2010, when wallets everywhere will be taking major losses to their HPs.
Source (http://www.destructoid.com/gc-09-ff-xiii-due-out-in-north-america-in-spring-2010-145089.phtml)

On one hand, I'm super glad that the release dates are relatively near, but on the other hand.. just seeing this announcement makes it all that much harder to wait. FF wasn't even on my mind and now it is... :mad:mad:mad

Weapon_X

August 21, 2009, 12:27 PM

Courtesy of gametrailers.com (http://www.gametrailers.com/news/final-fantasy-xiii-due-spring/1284)

On one hand, I'm super glad that the release dates are relatively near, but on the other hand.. just seeing this announcement makes it all that much harder to wait. FF wasn't even on my mind and now it is... :mad:mad:mad

Well look at it this way. Final Fantasy XII took 5 years until it came out on the PS2 and look how good it was...it was revied 10/10 for everything. It was official PS2 game of the year 2008. The sales were huge...

It's reasonable that Final Fantasy XIII will take 4 years to come out, the games are getting better and better. Sometimes just 1 game can make a lot of sales rather then let's say 2 or 3 mini games. ;)

Belisar

August 28, 2009, 04:26 PM

Versus ACC trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48155.html)

:wtf

omg, omg, omg...... the summons in XIII are the same as in VIII!!! :worship2

finally a protagonist that is not a girl, a girly boy or a kid. why can't they make one so badass as auron? at least as cool as cloud or squall. i had to wait for 4 final fantasy titles to get a kewl protagonist.

vintagemistakes

September 29, 2009, 10:55 AM

The release date for the Japanese version of FF13 has been announced as Dec 17th...

I'd love to import the game, but my Japanese language skills are pretty much limited to numbers... so I doubt it would be that fun to play.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfl36IiYkJo

so pretty...

I just wish I knew what they were saying :crying

ibra87

September 29, 2009, 02:05 PM

I bought a 360.. now COME 2010!

If I knew Japanese I totally would have bought a PS3 instead.

patedecarne

September 29, 2009, 04:11 PM

Well, I'll buy the japanese version anyway.

Though my japanese skills are just too basic, I'll give a try >.<

Well, maybe now they can give us some gameplay videos from Versus. Actually, Versus is the true next gen FF as said by some developers, and I understand that they aren't showing much about it mainly because of regular 13, but c'mon, I want to play versus next year, and given what we know so far, I don't know if it'll be possible...

vintagemistakes

September 29, 2009, 11:23 PM

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-09-final-fantasy/56990
subbed version of TGS 09 trailer.

goldb

October 01, 2009, 05:39 AM

You know, even after all these years FF still amazes me, not only gameplay-wise but it has some of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in a video game.

We've got a long wait til we see it over here in Europe; June 2010.

riki

November 13, 2009, 06:51 PM

The latest trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/dynasty-doc-final-fantasy/58996) revealed the release date for US and Europe will be March 9, 2010. A little bit of the storyline and the Paradigm Shift are also discussed by the game developers. The theme song for the US and UK version titled "My Hands" will be sung by Leona Lewis.

Agrias

November 13, 2009, 08:25 PM

And for the twitter users: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/f/finalfantasyXIII/

Rainier

December 02, 2009, 08:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8tnvXHIM5w

Watch it, I promise you won't regret it. (IF you truly are a FF fan).
;]

CBlitz

December 05, 2009, 11:43 PM

well they're releasing FF on the 360 and PS3 so they might as well release on the PC so I can play it too >.>

Dive

December 09, 2009, 04:11 PM

So I suddenly had an interest in FF13 after I saw an ingame image of Cid.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7686/cid1.jpg

ibra87

December 10, 2009, 09:53 AM

Xbox 360 to be inferior to the PS3 version due to size limitation on the DVD-discs compared to a blue-ray disc... <.<

riki

December 13, 2009, 04:46 PM

It looks like there will be a limited edition of FFXIII released in Europe (http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q4-2009/121309a.html).

Here is the official announcement by Square Enix Europe:

"If you thought your excitement for FINAL FANTASY XIII had reached fever pitch, brace yourself for the news of a forthcoming Limited Collector’s Edition version of next year's most anticipated title. What's in the box you ask? I'm afraid we're keeping schtum for the time being, but rest assured that the extras will be well worth the wait."

vintagemistakes

December 24, 2009, 12:12 AM

The reviews for FFXIII don't seem that good. Everyone is throwing around phrases like "incredibly linear", "its more of a movie than a game", and " you’re automatically healed to full strength after each battle"... My hopes for this being a great FF game are dwindling by the day.

Here's a review by the way if anyone wants to be totally depressed
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/12/final-fantasy-xiii-preview-2/

ibra87

December 24, 2009, 06:43 AM

lol, You'll always find people to dislike games vintage. I've asked a couple of people about it and they're loving it. And Square has probably accounted for the healing after each battle by making hard battles hard even with full HP.

patedecarne

December 24, 2009, 01:34 PM

From what I've heard, it's linear until halfway of the main plot. After that, things are more like open world.

Not to mention many people out there are just the first opportunity to criticize FF, given the fact these people doesn't like JRPGs.

From others reviews, people are saying this game will make you feel like playing a super nes FF, and that's only great.

AxelCross

December 24, 2009, 11:11 PM

Alright, I've scoured Google pretty well and searched forums (and the respective official sites of course) but I can't seem to find out how much data Final Fantasy VII and VIII (the PS3/PSP versions) take up. Can someone who owns the game be so kind as to inform me of exactly how much data these games take up?

Dive

December 25, 2009, 01:06 AM

1.83 gigs I think for FF8. My friend just mentioned it last night, but I am not 100% sure. I know it exceeds one gig.

vintagemistakes

December 27, 2009, 11:13 PM

Well its true that bad reviews aren't necessarily a bad thing. If anything they drive your expectations for a game down. Which only leads to you enjoying a game that much more. But the idea that for the first 20 hrs of the game you are basically pushing the analogue stick forward the entire time is a tad bit troublesome. Thats a ton of hrs that you have to endure before the game opens up. Not to mention that that say you can only control one character at a time in battles and that the game dictates which character you control. I don't know if I like that...

Eshvoide

December 30, 2009, 12:39 PM

Strange... it doesn't tell you from the Playstation Store on how big it is?

CBlitz

January 01, 2010, 07:43 AM

meh I don't take reviews many reviews for the FF series seriously since everyone bashes the latest installment but praise it when the next one comes out. I've heard that the gameplay is good, and thats what matters in the end.

Google Hero

January 25, 2010, 05:37 AM

Those who want to know whats in the Collectors Edition

Today Square Enix announced its plans for a Collector's Edition of the game for PAL territories (although pricing and other region were not mentioned) which is set to storm into stores on March 9th this year.

The Final Fantasy XIII Collector's Edition will contain the following.

The Final Fantasy XIII game (publisher still mention the game as part of the contents?);
Final Fantasy XIII Original Sound Selection - an exclusive soundtrack CD featuring in-game music tracks especially chosen for the Limited Collector’s Edition by composer Masashi Hamauzu;
The World of Final Fantasy XIII – a hardback book featuring character artwork, CG rendered artwork and environments from across the game’s production;
Exclusive Art Prints - three highly collectable prints showing artwork of the Eidolons, the powerful summoned allies of the lead playable characters;
A Unique ‘Brand of the l’Cie’ decal – a collectible decal featuring the most iconic symbol from the game’s storyline.
The "Limited" Collector’s Edition will be available in a branded presentation box.
A simple offering of art and music and the interesting addition of a collectible decal (is that a first?), all of which can be found in the picture below.

Final Fantasy XIII is out worldwide on March 9th.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/news/ff13collectedpal.jpg

Source
Xbox360Achievements (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-4234-Square-Enix-Announces-Collector-s-Edition-of-Final-Fantasy-XIII-for-PAL-Territories.html)

So for Australia it's $130 so i'm guessing 50, 60 pounds if that.

goldb

January 25, 2010, 05:56 AM

Wow! They are really pulling out all the stops, that sounds awesome!.
March can't come any faster.

Weapon_X

January 25, 2010, 08:55 AM

come ON! This is taking the PISS! lol I've literally ran out of games to play on my PS3, I seriously need a game which would take ages to finish. And I am so desperately waiting for FFXIII

goldb

January 25, 2010, 10:45 AM

you know what I'm saying!! FF is that game that keeps you busy and you know can last a good few months if you play it right, but some games these days can be done in a week then you're left staring at the case.

Weapon_X

January 25, 2010, 02:49 PM

Exactly. And another thing, you can't get bored of FF games because there's always sidequests and hidden shit in the game... from what I've heard FFXIII is a longer game then FFXII. That should be good. :tem

goldb

January 25, 2010, 03:37 PM

Exactly!!!! you know, even now after I completed FFXII there's still some missions I haven't done like the Yiazmat and some of the elite marks. My dream is still to have FFVII remade, that game was awesome for me!

sune94

March 30, 2010, 07:21 AM

i just got final fantasy for ps3. its a good game but its not all i expected it to be.
but its okay over all

goldb

March 30, 2010, 07:53 AM

What's the gameplay like? better than the previous installment or worse?

Shiro-kun

April 25, 2010, 01:38 PM

Its a matter of Opinion

There are people who like the new combat system and people who really dont
but imo i think its better than the FFXII system and once you get a handle of how the game works the game gets a whole lot easier.

I would love to see FFVI (DS remake or Console Remake ) and FFVII remade haha imagine the good graphics for both games :o
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<hr noshade size="1">
A lot of thread here die dont they?
haha

i dont think there is a lot of Open FF fans here

The Questionaire :)

Questionnaire for FF fanatics]:

1) What's your favorite Final Fantasy game? IX or X ...now XIII dont make me choose
2) Favorite character? its hard for me to find a series fav
VI- Terra
VII - Tifa
VIII - Uh ...Squall
IX - Zidane
X- Auron
XII - B
XIII - Lightning or Fang
3) Favorite villain?
Kefka
4) Favorite summon?
Bahamat
5) Which game have you replayed the most?
IX and X same amount
6) What was the toughest challenge you ever had in a FF game?
hmmmm
Defeating the Toughest Boss of the said game , iono some of the games have those moments
7) What was your favorite clip in the games?
all of them :tem
8) If you would like to see a sequel to any of the games, which would it be?
IX
but i hate FF sequels (i hate FFVII sequels and X-2 omg X-2)
9) What side-game do you like the most?
one can play blitzball for hours XD
10) If you could date a FF character, who would it be? Haha...
Lighning or Beatrix (FF9)

oooh let me add some questions ....xD
11.) Favorite Female Lead?
Lightning im sold
12.)Favorite Male Lead?
Zidane
13.) Toughest FF Storyline Boss Fight?
Yunalesca
14.)Favorite Boss Fight?
Any Final Boss fight or Climax boss fight
the feeling of just defeating them makes you feel powerful
15.)What FF game you want to see the most remade?
VI and IX
yep even if IX was anyways 3D....I would say VII but im kinda iffy

haha

riki

May 18, 2010, 08:19 PM

It looks like FFXIII Versus may be multiplatform (http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/05/18/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-may-go-multiplatform.aspx).

vintagemistakes

May 18, 2010, 09:15 PM

Not really surprised if its true. The cost to produce games is getting out of control so it only makes sense for a developer to make a game multiplatform. They'll probably just do the same thing they did with XIII - PS3 exclusive in Japan, multiplatform everywhere else.

Shiro-kun

May 19, 2010, 03:38 AM

Its good Business sense to go Multi platforom, i dont blame them whatsoever ..IF ive been hearing clearly FFXIII is doing well right now so i can understand why they are considering it right now.

Also to add on its not like going on different platforms is new to Square , The first Six Games were on Nintendo before they transferred to Sony and released VII- XII (VII and VIII were on the PC too... if PC counts that ..) on there consoles

riki

June 01, 2010, 08:59 PM

Don't expect a FFVII remake anytime soon...according to FFXII producer, Yoshinori Kitase, it would take 30-40 years (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/05/30/versus_xiii_and_ffvii_remake/) to develop. >.>

The staff was asked its usual question about a Final Fantasy VII remake. Kitase responded: "We've gotten this question a lot from many countries (laughs). To make FFXIII at this level of quality, it took us 3 to 4 years. If we were to make FFVII in the same style of FFXIII, it would take 10 times as long, so it would be difficult to take it up immediately. However, we always keep in mind how often this is requested."

goldb

June 02, 2010, 03:45 AM

Ahhh but he didn't say no? :p.

patedecarne

June 02, 2010, 03:37 PM

I really love Square...

Was better if it was just a joke >.<

FF 13 is good, but not that good, IMO, and just look at the time they took.

First, add cities again, FF like a giant corridor isn't funny. I just hope FF Versus can be a better product, but considering the huge amount of developing time, I bet the game won't be out till 2013, 2014...

Shiro-kun

June 06, 2010, 11:56 PM

(some spoilers ahead but no point in tabbing it)

Final Fantasy X did not have a overworld map and so XII as well

it was just pick a location and go FFXIII had a lot capabilities to return to cities ,and have similar format to X or XII , but the plot (there fugitives and hated by everyone by the way doesnt help matters.) and the lack of a reason to return to the cities are the in-game reason why we dont return to the cities in XIII (but it makes you feel lonely ...in the game ...seriously)

At the end of the game you are given an option to move around Pulse (where you visited), and talk to to stones (cieth stones ..) that took place as people . but in other parts of the game there were citizens that walked around in the populated areas and say two or three lines like the other FF random people did. So there shouldn't of had been much of a problem to have cities you can revisit in any of the next game

Also FFX was linear and XIII was more so , it didnt have the illusion of choice which the other FF's had but if you think about the other FF they were all Linear and the Plot tells you where to go and you have almost no choice but to complete it to go on

Anyways FFXIIIversus should be out by next year , they been developing long enough there is no reason to span the time to three years. IF Square Enix cant adapt to the changing times than too bad there not going to make it for much longer.

riki

June 23, 2010, 09:10 AM

Finally some FFXIII VS info (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/06/23/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-has-an-open-field-with-roaming-monsters/)!

Nomura said that the game will have an open world, the battles and the world will be seamless, there will be destructible objects, and a fight scene that is based off a gas station.

goldb

June 23, 2010, 11:02 AM

Arrogance

June 23, 2010, 02:21 PM

Thanks Riki! Finally some actual info for us. That seems really interesting. I wonder if it will be like grand theft auto but FF style since we can now drive cars through an open world :XD. I guess we don't have any more new about the airship though :XD. (inside joke with Riki :p)

patedecarne

June 23, 2010, 04:18 PM

Open world?

Then don't expect this game before 2014, 2015. The regular FF 13 doesn't have a solid open world and cities, and just look the time spent on its development. I really wanted to play this FF asap, but I don't think it'll be possible...

riki

June 30, 2010, 03:15 PM

:o really?? Looking forward to more...

This blog (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/06/23/nomura_on_ff_versus_xiii/) has more details about the Famitsu article. Nomura also mentioned that they are preparing to make a big announcement. I wonder what it could be? I highly doubt it would be the release date. >.>
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FFXIII VS story has been finalized (http://kotaku.com/5575225/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-story-finalized).

In an interview in the recent issue of Dengeki magazine, it was revealed that the scenario for the game is apparently fleshed out and finalized. This actually shouldn't come as a surprise as the details of the story aren't the heavy lifting, but rather, the actual game programming.

The character designs have also been finalized, and the clothing designs are finished.

riki

August 26, 2010, 02:58 PM

Another FFXIII VS update (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/09/versus_xiii_voice_recording/). I copied and pasted the important parts:

Regarding Versus, he said, "Versus has had many difficulties, and past method of production have been completely inapplicable, but these are the difficulties of birth, so we are working hard. We have a lot to announce, but because we're going in order, I can't say too much yet."

Continuing on Versus, Nomura added, "There have been many questions regarding fields. It's not a completely open world. It's like the 2D FF games in HD. Although, in terms of looks, it's not a top-down view, it's like the screenshots that have been released. You'll move through the world from that view."

The screenshots Nomura is referring to were first shared in Dengeki PlayStation and Famitsu in late June. They depict the action from a third person view, behind-the-back of main character Noctis.

Nomura also touched briefly upon development progress for both Agito and Versus. "Agito and Versus have different production styles and progress states, but they're both presently undergoing voice casting. 3rd's recording will end shortly. Next up is Agito."
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A little snippet (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/15/nomura_3rd_birthday_twitter/) about the game technology:

Related to the advancing technology discussion, Nomura wrote a bit about Final Fantasy Versus XIII. He was recently shown a movie sequence from the game and was surprised to see that that the movies have reached a whole new level beyond what's been shown thus far. "The in-game areas are advancing in a variety of ways, but definitely look forward to the advancing video work of our own Visual Works as well. It's like real footage."
[hr]
Nomura reveals his plans for Versus and Agito for TGS (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/26/nomura_tgs_showing/). I guess he'll combine footages from both games into one video.

In other news, it has been confirmed (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/26/final-fantasy-versus-xiii-may-not-make-it-out-in-2011/) that Versus will not be out in 2011... obviously.

Hystzen

August 26, 2010, 03:31 PM

he is putting Agito and Versus into a minute trailer of just gamplay. at TGS

Versus is showing footage from the pics we saw in the famitsu magazine

Agito is brand new as nothing been seen yet.

riki

September 07, 2010, 08:13 PM

Hajime Tabata tweeted (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/01/tabata_tweets/) some more info.

- Agito will enter its completion phrase after The 3rd Birthday is complete. The event scenes are not finished yet but the real-time components are coming along. As for the TGS PV:

Agito will appear at TGS as well, although only in PV form. This trailer, Tabata said, is extremely short, but he feels frame by frame it's well done.

- Habata hinted about Versus's TGS PV:

Tabata brought up Final Fantasy Versus XIII in his next Tweet: "On that note, Versus. That scene in the PV. I think it will make you shake."

Luckily, it looks like Square Enix is thinking about uploading the PVs online (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/30/nomura_tgs_trailers/) so we can see it.
[hr]
Nomura made an interesting tweet (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/08/nomura_versus_xiii_tweet/):

Wrote the Versus XIII director at The 3rd Birthday Twitter: "Multiplatform is when you start development on a game with the assumption of optimizing for multiple platforms. Porting is something that's done after you've developed a game specifically for a particular platforms. The debate over porting is decided by the management based off the current market and the costs. All I can say right now as a developer is that Versus is being developed specifically for the PlayStation 3."

Hystzen

September 08, 2010, 11:27 AM

Dissdia Final Fantasy is getting a sequal

was confirmed in Shouen Jump this week

scan
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h167/xendlesstwilightx/lightning_dissidia2.jpg

anybody else played first one n what you think

i loved it Squall was main character i used of course still the best FF character ever to me

riki

September 17, 2010, 06:43 PM

According to Andriasang (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/08/dissidia_ff_sequel/), the game will be called Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy and two new characters are Lightning (XIII) and Kain (IV). There might be a demo at TGS as well.
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Some screenshots (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/13/first-dissidia-duodecim-final-fantasy-screenshots-with-kain-and-lightning/) for Dissida Duodecim have been posted. It looks like Cecil and Garland will be back for the game.

There will also be new (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/13/dissidia_teaser_site/) maps, new BGM, new battle system elements, and an improved communication system.
[hr]
More DD FF info (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/15/dissidia-duodecim-final-fantasy-adds-assist-attacks-lightning-uses-paradigm-shifts/). It's mostly about game play (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/15/dissidia_control_chart/), which includes assist attacks but it also reveals other returning characters"

* FFXIII Lightning (Assist: Warrior of Light)
* FFIV Kain (Assist: Cecil)
* FF Warrior of Light (Assist: Tidus)
* FFVI Tina (Assist: Onion Knight)
* FFVII Cloud (Assist Sephiroth)
* FFIX Kuja (Assist Zidan)
* FFII Firion (Assist Tidus)
[hr]
Someone has secretly taped the FFXIII Vs and Agito trailers (http://kotaku.com/5640625/the-final-fantasy-trailers-you-werent-supposed-to-see) and posted them online.

Arrogance

September 17, 2010, 11:23 PM

Yes I saw the trailers before with my friend. Versus trailer was sweet. There was no words on the screen other than just straight up combat so I'm still in the dark on what the combat style for the game will be. :darn. Either way it still looks amazing :shakefist.

riki

September 18, 2010, 09:06 AM

Yes, it does. Hopefully it will be better than XIII. ^^

Tifa Lockheart will be in the new Dissidia game (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/17/tifa-lockheart-confirmed-for-dissidia-duodecim-final-fantasy/).

Arrogance

September 18, 2010, 10:49 AM

That almost sounds like you didn't like XIII Riki :oh..........I know the ending had some holes but the game as a whole was amazing IMO. :shakefist. If anything I'd want it to be better than XIII because I found it to be an amazing game and then that would make VSXIII an EVEN MORE amazing game :).

Hystzen

September 18, 2010, 11:08 AM

13 was good...combat is dull at begninng but soon as get to Jurassic Park (Gran Pulse) the game gets more exciting...the ending was fail...predictable n so short..the intro was longer..i miss the old FF days where you expect a main character to die any point in story now FF doesnt seem to try to shock anymore.

versus looks promising altho the trailer is what seen before n was pointless showing it a TGS..il wait til 11 jan now for there conferance for better details..at moment it seems it could be a FF8 beater..the main hero looks cool as squall.

rather have Cid or Vincent from FF7 but Tifa only there for the fanboys

riki

September 22, 2010, 05:25 PM

XIII is good but I miss the exploration. At least the music especially the battle ones is very catchy. ^^

Yeah, I think Tifa is there for the fanboys. I wonder who else will be included? I have a feeling Snow would be there just to piss off Lightning. :XD
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Nomura announced that they are slowly going to release all of the closed theater's PVs (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/23/squenix_closed_theater_pvs/) and the first one is Dissida 012 (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/22/kain-transforms-into-a-holy-dragoon-in-dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasy/).

Kain has a similar transformation like Cecil's in which he can transform into a Holy Dragoon.

Hystzen

September 22, 2010, 06:16 PM

dunno why nomura slowly bringing them out.

the only one people care about FF13vs n Agito where only 30secsonds and showed nothing new...it was leaked

unless he brings out extended trailers i be excited..

il post it here

but on January 11th there is the fabla nova crystal conferance which will be huge amounts of info bout FF13 series..so gota wait til then for something new n tasty...altho i wonder when the game comes out it be 2012 n prob world end :p

riki

October 22, 2010, 11:08 PM

Nomura tweeted more FFXIII VS info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/29/nomura_ffvxiii_twitter/):

Wrote Nomura, "Yesterday, we had meetings about three sections -- maps, events and battles. For the map section, I checked the problem areas that had been fixed. The staff had gone beyond the requests and and filled them with playful elements. I put in orders for additional areas as well."

Nomura's got a bit specific about what he was checking on the maps:

* The look of a forest that you can see once you've cleared a narrow mountain path.
* Things that are required when leaving the city by moving on the roofs of buildings.
* The positioning of the bookshelves in shops
* How flags are standing
* How the sea is handled on the world map
* The roads you can see from the air ship
* The length of bridges

Regarding events, Nomura said he can't say too much without providing spoilers. He's checking such things as:

* The look on a character during a short cut in a scene where he or she is leaving.
* Explanation of a fathers feelings during a conversation scene.
* The areas that they want to have connected seamlessly, and the areas that they want to connect via cuts.
* Explanations about the heroines movements.

For both of these areas, Nomura was attempting to convey that the check work goes down to detailed levels.

Regarding battles, Nomura checked up on menu areas yesterday. "We're doing lots of trial and error on this. When you say Final Fantasy, you think of enemy damage figures flying out and showing player HP. What will we do with these in the action-heavy Versus?"

He also mentioned that the staff is considering a twitter account for this game and Agito.
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More Dissida 012 info is posted (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/01/dissidia_site_live/).
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Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama hinted that there might be a FF XIII-2 game in an interview (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/04/ffxiii_ultima_interview/). They also discussed about DLC problems (they couldn't do any due to the different game consoles and how they work) and future developments.
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Square Enix USA has translated the TGS trailer (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/07/square-enix-quickly-subtitles-dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasy-tgs-trailer/) for Dissidia 012.
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The TGS trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-10-final-fantasy/705843) for Agito and XIII VS is up. Agito looks pretty intriguing.
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Nomura answered (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/09/nomura_on_ffvsxiii_trailer/) some questions about XIII VS TGS Trailer.

The opening sequence of the Versus trailer which shows a close-up of main character Noctis is part of a pre-rendered movie, said Nomura. Everything else is real time footage of the game being actually controlled.

Regarding the sequences showing Noctis running about, Nomura said that you can traverse these areas on foot as shown in the trailer, but he believes most people will opt for transportation via car.

Regarding the ending battle sequence with the giant behemoth, Nomura said that they slowed the speed down just a bit from the real thing. The reason for this is that Noctis' speed is actually so fast that you can't see him clearly.
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Vaan's seiyuu mentioned about voicing the character (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/13/vaans-japanese-voice-actor-mentions-new-voice-work-too/) again - is this a hint that Vaan will be in Dissida 012?

Speaking of Dissidia, Tifa's alt. costume will be her Advent Children (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/13/tifa-dresses-up-in-her-advent-children-costume-for-dissidia-012duodecim/) one. Interestingly, she also doesn't recognize Cloud either.
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The developers of FFXIII discussed what they think went wrong with the game. They believed it's because the team did not have a shared vision (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/14/the-shared-vision-of-final-fantasy-xiii/) of what the game should be.

More Dissidia 012 updates (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/16/dissidia_update/). The characters will have a third alternate costumes called Third Form.

Cloud's Third Form costume is a design from Yoshitaka Amano. Cecil wears a white costume that comes from the DS remake of Final Fantasy IV. Golbez sports his Final Fantasy IV The After look. Sephiroth's Third Form appears to be his unaltered FFVII costume.

You can see their third costumes here (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/18/see-cloud-and-cecils-dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasys-third-forms/).

They also discuss more info about the Assist Moves system.
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The US localization (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/19/dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasy-localization-already-in-progress/) of Dissidia 012 is already in progress.
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More info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/21/dissidia_new_gameplay_systems/) about Dissidia 012. There will be 4-10 new characters (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/19/dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasy-has-between-4-10-new-characters/) in the game.

Charlie

October 23, 2010, 02:18 PM

Post Bump so riki can make a new post rather an auto-merge.

Cloud looks awesome btw. :p

riki

November 03, 2010, 07:58 PM

Square Enix has updated their Dissidia 012 website (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/26/dissidia_official_site/). The Assist System is explained (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/27/see-dissidia-012duodecim-final-fantasys-assist-system-in-action/) and check out the EX Mode gameplay (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-ex-dissidia-012/706734) trailer.
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Square Enix has trademarked (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/11/03/duodecim-prologus-spotted-in-the-us-too/) the name, Duodecim Prologus (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/29/dissidia-duodecim-prologus-trademark-dramatically-appears/), in NA and Europe. Is this a hint of another Dissidia game?

kkck

November 03, 2010, 09:05 PM

riki

November 24, 2010, 10:39 AM

Vaan has been confirmed (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/10/vaan_dissidia/) to be in Dissidia 012, which is not surprising.
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More Dissidia (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/24/dissidia_assist_system/) 012 (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/22/dissidia_official_site_vaan/) info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/22/dissidia_update/) have been posted.

vintagemistakes

November 24, 2010, 06:21 PM

riki

November 30, 2010, 09:41 PM

@kkck
Hironobu Sakaguchi has posted his original idea of FFIX (http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/column/index.html) if you're interested.

SE is going to release Final Fantasy trading cards (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/30/ff_tcg_cards/). It will be out on Feb. 25, 2011.

kkck

December 07, 2010, 09:19 AM

^That is not very different from what actually happened though...

Anyways, I recently acquired final fantasy VIII although I haven't been able to really get into it. I also tried to get final fantasy VII but I can't see to get a hold of the game. I was able to purchase 8 and 9 sealed and brand new for 20 dollars each but I can't seem to find that with final fantasy VII. I can only find "vintage" stuff which sells for hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

Hystzen

December 07, 2010, 11:59 AM

ff8 is best final fantasy IMO ..

better story and characters way above 7.

7 is ranted as best mainly for nostalgia it was the first to go 3d the plot is quite weak and not really likeable characters.

i got 7,8,9 quite easy here in uk brand new. try online best option

kkck

December 07, 2010, 03:36 PM

^ I tried online including ebay and a number of independent online video stores. Not a single one of them had FFVII (except PSP version which is less than helpful).

Hystzen

December 08, 2010, 12:05 PM

http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/113/1139008p1.html

Laguna is in Dissidia 012

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss im happy ...was hoping Seifer or Laguna to appear from FF8
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http://dissidia.info/images/laguna.jpg

no idea why had to find the largest screen shot in the interweb

but fighting stlye

can hold down button for continuous attack, move and shoot...EX burst uses alot of guns,rocket launchers

also the fact he is Squalls Daddy could throw some intresting plot into story..if SE use that element of course

ℳαkαἶ ♛ ℇ♏℘ἶɾℯ

December 09, 2010, 06:20 PM

To be honest I am a big fan of FFIX. What is the general perception of that particular installment? I also read that the maker of the game actually thought that was the version which most resembles what he thinks is an ideal FF game (wikipedia though) and that is the game he would like to make a sequel for the most. Hopefully he will someday get to that, I would actually buy a game console solely for that game lol.

First off: sorry for beeing late :darn... For me FFIX was one of the best FF games i played so far and imo it also remsembles an ideal FF game. Maybe because i'd choose Fantasy over Steampunk if i have the choice. But it's maybe the only FF game where i really like every playable char without restriction of any kind ( ok maybe Quina a tiny little bit for beeing erm mentaly out of the world ...). Even the whole cast of antagonist, even if kuja was a shot to continue Sephiroth's legacy. ( i just tend to eraise Queen Brahne from my memory!!!)
The whole Setting, with it's architecure and level/city design was fabulous and never out of the picture imo. And a nother nearly perfected cast were the eidolons. Just a few but a great selenction of those and up till now, Ark is still optically my favorite. Plus Madeen was obviously the answer to the fan protests, why greever wasn't a gf imo! well before i spam more im sum it up: i adore FFIX and its in my top 3 ff fav's.

^That is not very different from what actually happened though...

Anyways, I recently acquired final fantasy VIII although I haven't been able to really get into it. I also tried to get final fantasy VII but I can't see to get a hold of the game. I was able to purchase 8 and 9 sealed and brand new for 20 dollars each but I can't seem to find that with final fantasy VII. I can only find "vintage" stuff which sells for hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

^ I tried online including ebay and a number of independent online video stores. Not a single one of them had FFVII (except PSP version which is less than helpful).

Do you want to have the actual game in your collection or just (re)play it? If its the latter, then you could dowload it from the psn store.

ff8 is best final fantasy IMO ..

better story and characters way above 7.

7 is ranted as best mainly for nostalgia it was the first to go 3d the plot is quite weak and not really likeable characters.

i got 7,8,9 quite easy here in uk brand new. try online best option

Even if he'd get a UK-version he would still be stuck with the game in his rack, because of the PAL norm. The result might be, that buying a great in shape vintage version isn't much more expensive then finding a us store who'll still insert regional code/norm free chips. I even dunno if this was in any way famous in the us as it was in europe, because of the lack of released games here?!

P.S.: Modding a us Psx to be able to play PAL games might be a first anyway and does it even work to convert the higher PAL solution to NTSC? I mean if the game was really adjusted to PAL it should cause seriously problems even with an adapter...

kkck

December 12, 2010, 02:26 AM

^Well, I intent to play on my computer for the most part so I don't care if I just download it. As long as I can play it on my computer anything is good for me. I think downloads are only for PS3 and PSP though.
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I really liked eidolons in FFIX though. I was really hooked with those. Only thing I disliked was that using them to their full potential took some time to say the least. Gathering all those pesky stones took too long. I gathered most of them except the leviathan one, gathering 400 ores just for that actually bored me. I stopped caring for vivi halfway through the game though. I liked the fact that he had a variety of attacks but as the game advanced even the supposedly high level spells lost purpose. Doomsday was good but setting everything so that characters don't die from it was too troublesome. In the end I could easily replace vivi with garnet(seriously, all elemental advantages and decent healing along with arc). I did like combining auto repel with vivi's spells though, I was doing 9999 damage by disc two lol (the combination loses purpose when other characters can do that kind of damage without the hassle). Steiner was always in my team too, climhazzard and shock just pawned. I never really did have a team which I preferred over others(I just disliked vivi lol). It is a bit of a pain to have learn spells but I did find her to be useful mid game. The awkward but varied number of spells is useful. I used mighty guard rather often too, one of the best spells in the game IMO. I stopped using her when I started to focus on getting 9999 damage on all attacks though, I never went through the trouble of getting all the frogs for frog drop. In my mid game I hated freya. Her spells are rather useless in the mid game and jump did nothing. I only really started using her for her best attack which always does 9999 after killing enough dragons. The only redeeming feature I found in zidane was that I always managed to get the good weapons for him very early. In that sense, even his normal attack was ok. Thievery was epic once I got it to the magic number though. I liked amarant, his abilities were always useful and I recall one of them did generally get 9999 damage but for some reason I could never get fit him into my party...
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Ok, I have been playing final fantasy 8 for a while and I get the impression I am doing something HORRIBLY wrong. I was watching a video of a fight against norg and I noticed significant differences between my characters and those in the video. Most significant, the characters in the game had between 3 and 4 more hp than mine. The squall I have has around 1200 hp while in the video he had around 4000.... Also the attack command. Squall in video could cause damage of over 400 regularly while the one I use barely reaches 120. Zell could do up to 700 with a critical and I barely do 200. In the video the guy could actually do something without the guardian forces while in turn I can't do crap without them for the most part. I honestly have pulled through my battles thanks to those lol. I get the impression I am not using the junction system all that well. I also barely find any use for the magics, summons work THAT much better....

One of the things which I don't like about characters in FFXIII is that I don't see any distinction between them. Limit breaks are different but is that that important? I actually avoid being that low in hp during battle so I never really get to use them. Every character can have any summon and use any magic in the most indiscriminate way. Am I missing something? Even though limit breaks are drastically different between characters, they don't seem important enough for me to consider choosing a character over another. I know these things are balanced out so that the main thing to consider is subjective but as much as I try I see no difference between zelphie, squall, zell, irvine, and so on. Junction some stuff and they are all clones with the exact same abilities. Seriously, should I give that much consideration to the limit breaks? Quite frankly, the only thought I have given to character selection is on which I get the best compatibility for guardian spirits and thus the most damage.

Magic is another thing. Do I need it? I am halfway through game two and I have yet to have any strategic need of it. Summons have done an overwhelmingly superior job so far. It's not like I have not tried bio, firaga, thundaga and a number of other crap. I have yet to tried ultima (which I just acquired) but unless I invariably get 5000 damage out of it I see no reason for it to be more relevant than summons. Spells take less time than summons to perform but in turn summons deal enough damage for them to actually save time in the long run.

Maybe I got too used to final fantasy IX though? When I played that game I actually gave a lot of thought about which party to use. Each character had actual unique abilities and traits I could exploit in specific battles. I even recall times when the unanimously hated quina proved to be extremely useful at least.

Seriously, what am I missing here? Why is it that a game which is supposed to involve actual strategy from players seem to have characters with no virtual difference and can be tanked through with the same spells? It's not like I have over trained for fights considering that if I level up enemies also do. Why is it that the attack command seems terminally useless, limit breaks serve no purpose whatsoever and there seems to be no difference between characters other than the model? WHAT AM I MISSING?

Hystzen

December 12, 2010, 04:45 PM

ok il help with ff8

Junction is the key thing..it only thing you need magic for...i have completed ff8 as a lvl12party.

ulitma junction to elmental def 100 will absorb ALL magic.

in disc 1 you can boost hp by water which can refine from Fish fins from the fish enemies outside garden. also works good to str junction.

ok limit break cheat...have attach water to hp...squall should have bout 3000+ hp ..now when it gets to 1000 it be yellow..keep pressing O button and limit break will appear ...spam it squall has most dangerous limit (if you get lionheart it will destroy anything it does more damage then a lvl100 cloud omnislash in ff7) next to quistis and zell.

you dont need magic of gf in ff8 attack is winnable ..

Squall is most usefull has he has a 220% hit rate from start so he never misses even when blind (dont forget use gunblade trigger R1 before he hits). GF boost (hold select during the attack spamm square button).

it even possible via card game to get the ultimate weapons by end of disc 1

kkck

December 12, 2010, 07:36 PM

I have been getting a better hang of the junctions now, things are looking less brim (except for the fact that my characters might have too much level lol). Water did not give anything near the HP you mentioned though. Still though, I get the impression there is no real difference between characters for the most part, everyone can learn anything...

Hystzen

December 13, 2010, 11:33 AM

a good tatic that might sound crazy is with zell

cast haste, protect, shell, berserk and ZOMBIE

zombie in ff8 adds def and berserk boosts attack he be a beast in battles . ( to bypass the healing magic hurts zombie attach a magic like fire to his def so he absorbs it then cast fire on him to heal him)

water only makes a differance it seems at start of game then but it good to attach to other stats.

a good way to win is attach death to status attack 100 death = 100% death strike on most enemies lvl up a breeze.

kkck

December 13, 2010, 04:45 PM

Interesting. My main issue before was that I did not quite get the whole junction thing. Now I have a better understanding of the whole thing lol. I think I will just start the game over so as do everything a bit better with better junctions... I could do it now but I'd have to do it all at once rather than gradually and that would kinda be a pain lol. I tried the death thing but I hardly got one hit deaths. Dunno why it does not work (I do have 100 deaths BTW).

Hystzen

December 13, 2010, 04:49 PM

riki

December 13, 2010, 04:55 PM

SE renamed their Fabula Nova Crystallis Conference to Square Enix 1st Production Department Premier (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/12/13/fabula_nova_crystalls_conf_change/). They would also show Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy and other SE games along with FFXIII VS and Agito.

kkck

December 13, 2010, 09:03 PM

just experiment alot with junction..alot people moaned that ff8 didnt have alot of expermination like ff7 materia but i find it is quite deep.

strange the death trick should work.

a good way get high tier magic is the card game...quezacatil (or the thunder bird) has card - refine abilty to learn which gets good items.

to get AP so gf learn abiltys is the beach on balamb garden island..bout 10ap a battle.

I already started experimenting with junction.... I decided to start the game again though, this time I am going to read stuff. Hopefully this time I won't miss little details due to not reading. I also missed siren so I thought I'd get that. I also want to avoid leveling up too much, I had to many levels which I think complicates the game.

steelwingcrash1

December 22, 2010, 08:01 AM

Unfortunately, leveling up in FF8 is not recommended, right? The more you level up, the same goes for your opponent. When I was in disc 3 (eight years ago, I can't remember too well), I can't seem to defeat Ultima Weapon because my level was over level 80. I had to restart the game with lower levels and luckily I managed to finish the game.

I guess, the sole thing that will keep the level of the game in playing field is the junction option. Even if you have a low level, you can make your character powerful by junction-ing powerful magic (like Death as Hystzen mentioned).

riki

January 13, 2011, 10:21 PM

ZERO PHOENIX

January 14, 2011, 12:48 PM

SE just registered the website, www.finalfantasy13-2game.com (http://kotaku.com/5732517/mysterious-url-hints-at-more-final-fantasy-xiii). I guess they are hinting that there will be a sequel to FFXIII. Good thing or a bad thing?

I'm feeling positive about it. The haters came out in droves for Final Fantasy XIII but I very much enjoyed it. Looking at the game by itself a sequel couldn't hurt. My only concern would be how it effects the emotional congruity of the Fabula Nova Crystalis project. Nomura stated that all three games in the project would be something of an overarching tragedy. Of course that was while XIII was still in the making but the game definitely gave you a sense of hopelessness. A XIII sequel isn't bad so long as it stays in line with the emotion that the other games in the project created.

I would suggest NPC interaction, more diverse sidequests, and towns.

News of a XIII sequel is well and good but I'd be more interested in getting a release date for VERSUS XIII. I'd like Square-Enix to make that fantasy come true.

kkck

January 14, 2011, 01:06 PM

I recently finished final fantasy VIII lol. I read a lot about ultimecia being one of the hardest bosses ever but I don't see how that can be lol. I fought her but it was a bit easy to say the least. Perhaps I should have leveled up to 100 and then fight her lol. Anyways, I am going through the game again (I want that shockwave pulsar for quistis) so perhaps I will level up for the sake of making the game a bit more interesting.

ZERO PHOENIX

January 14, 2011, 01:16 PM

I recently finished final fantasy VIII lol. I read a lot about ultimecia being one of the hardest bosses ever but I don't see how that can be lol.

I'm with you on that one. Different gamers have different levels of skill. I heard a lot of people say that VIII was difficult but to me, the GFs made that game little more than an exercise. Don't get me wrong FFVIII is great. One of my all-time favs. Difficult it was not.

Now Final Fantasy Tactics, THAT $#!* was hard. :blink I don't mean the little remake for the PSP I mean the original PS title. That was a nightmare. I like my games difficult so I had a blast.

kkck

January 14, 2011, 01:36 PM

Yeah lol.... for me it got easy once I got the junction system. Now every time I see a spell I spend a decent amount of time getting 300 of it. Now I somehow ended up with demi, quake and a bunch of holys by the end of disk one. I actually had to heal seifer in order to not outright murder him in one round of attacks and steal whatever he had.... As soon as I get ragnarok I am leveling every character to level 100 lol. Hopefully leveling up will make the game more interesting. Not saying the game is not awesome but it is just too easy.

Seriously, haven't games in the past 2 decades been far too easy? Games this days don't even come remotely close to being a challenge.

riki

January 20, 2011, 06:53 AM

Kotaku has posted some clips (http://kotaku.com/5736564/a-visual-guide-to-new-square-enix-trailers) of FFXIII VS, Final Fantasy Type-01, and FFXIII-2.

At least we get to see some gameplay from VS. :amuse
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The English trailer (http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiii-2/) for FFXIII-2 is out.

ibra87

January 20, 2011, 09:17 AM

Anyone tried the dissidia 2 demo? It's in Japanese so it was a lil difficult to get everything, but I like the assist system, brings something new to the table. Not to mention they say they've added a lot of items for customization so yay.

steelwingcrash1

January 23, 2011, 07:17 AM

I haven't played Dissidia 2 yet. However, I found the first one pretty "not-quite-what-I-expected-from-a-final-fantasy-game" like that.

In my opinion, no other FF game has totally surpassed the trio 7, 8 and 10.

ZERO PHOENIX

January 24, 2011, 11:29 AM

In my opinion, no other FF game has totally surpassed the trio 7, 8 and 10.

Only thing I would change to that is take out 10 and in its place I'd put 9 or the original Final Fantasy Tactics.

This is probably the most accurate review of ten.
FFX Review Part One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldEcWQ9Owwc)
FFX Review Part Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnsCV-Lgb38)

As accurate as it is hillarious! Finally, a real FFX review.

riki

January 25, 2011, 04:25 PM

FFXIII VS's battle system has been revealed (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/01/24/mysterious-man-on-the-throne-in-final-fantasy-versus-xiii-trailer-is-noctis-father/). The command menu will have four options: Magic, Summon, Item, and EX-Arts. You can also switch between characters, who have different weapons and abilities, during battle.
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More FF XIII-2 info (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/01/25/no-pop-songs-for-final-fantasy-xiii-2-sequel-will-explain-behind-the-scenes-events-in-xiii/) has been posted. In the game, players search for an invisible world called Bunibelle. Other characters will show up in the game as well.

Likewise more details (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/25/ff_versus_xiii_update/) have been posted about FFXIII VS.

Gintara

January 25, 2011, 06:24 PM

I'm looking forward to all of the FNC titles, most especially Type-0. I can't really play vXIII or XIII-2 until I get a PS3 or 360 again (my brother sold his 360), which sucks of course.

From the Type-0 trailer, I guessing the story is very serious...? ^^'

And I got Dissidia a couple days ago and I'm liking it so far; if I finish it by the time duodecim comes out, I'll probably get it. I want to play as Lightning again and try out the others as well.

The new FNC info is interesting too. I'm quite relieved XIII-2 won't be J-poppy. Wasn't X-2 J-poppy because since X was influenced by traditional Japanese culture and they focused on its pop culture for the sequel? Or something like that?

riki

January 25, 2011, 09:25 PM

^More info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/26/ff_type_zero_preview/) has been posted about Type-0 so you can check it out. ^^

vintagemistakes

January 25, 2011, 10:12 PM

So many FF games... I'm just really looking forward to Versus though. The first trailer came out soo long ago and then there was nothing about the game for a long time. Judging from the new released content, it doesn't look like its going to disappoint.... so I guess I can wait.

Gintara

January 25, 2011, 10:26 PM

*sigh* I guess Versus won't come out until next year. ;_;

How many years would that be? Six, right? But the new tidbits are good. The battle system sounds cool.

steelwingcrash1

January 26, 2011, 09:10 AM

I watched some leaked videos of its game play in youtube. It definitely looks promising in most eyes of people. However, I'm praying to dear God that it won't be "just graphics". To be honest, I did not like the previous Final Fantasies that succeeded the FFX-2. I wish they would revert the format again to the traditional turn-based system of FF?

When I watched the video, it kind of looked like Tenchu style with Devil May Cry?

riki

January 27, 2011, 06:27 PM

The HD trailers for FFXIII VS (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-gameplay-final-fantasy/709809), Type-0 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-special-final-fantasy/709815) and Dissidia 12 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japanese-final-dissidia-012/709818) are out.

More FFXIII VS info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/26/flying_get_f_style/):

- Your characters in Versus will not have jobs. However, your enemies will include dragon knights (or dragoons if you prefer) and summoners.

- There is a summoning element to the game.

- Your weapon selection will include: swords, axes, spears/lances, hand guns, machine guns, rifles, bazookas, and shot guns. This is just a partial list, though.

- The Ignis character (the guy with the glasses) is good with assist-style attacks. He can toss knives at enemies. (Note: I'm not sure if Nomura actually uses the Ignis name, or if it's just the person who wrote the summary.)

- The character with the scar on his face uses a fighting style. He can make use of a pile bunker and broad sword.

- The blonde character is a gunner.

- The game will have positional damage elements for attacking enemies.

- Larger enemies will have weak points.

- The game does not have team attacks for your party members. Repeat: does not.

- You can combo your attacks across character changes -- that is, you can keep your combo going when you switch the character you're currently controlling. As an example, you can make the scarfaced character do positional damage with his hammer, then switch to Ignis, or you can make the enemy shrink away in fear from Ignis's magic then call in another character to attack.

- You can bring party members back to life if they die. The exception is Noctis. If he dies, the game ends

- The difficulty is being set towards the high end.

Gintara

January 28, 2011, 09:02 PM

I was able to download all of the trailers yesterday. They look pretty good.

The CG sequences in the Versus trailer are really detailed. ^^

I was trying to make gifs out of them and somehow the Dissidia trailer shows up funny in virtualdub. *sigh*

And if anyone wants any screens from the trailers, I'll be glad to capture some. I got some already from Versus.

ibra87

January 28, 2011, 09:07 PM

No jobs, I'm kinda happy about that since I always worry what I should choose<.<

Who knows, maybe they'll re-release some JP-only version which includes jobs and other changes (as was the case with ffxii International) should the game prove to be popular :-].

riki

January 28, 2011, 11:30 PM

Famitsu interviewed Square Enix (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/28/ffxiii_and_fnc_interviews/) about FFXIII-2 and the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology. I'm too lazy to read the latter so here is info about the FFXIII-2 instead.

FFXIII-2 will answer the question on whether or not Lightning has found happiness at the end of the first game. New characters as well as the old ones will show up in the game. The story will be darker and more mysterious. Even though Lightning was shown in a new world, the FXIII world can still be explored. Speaking of Lightning, she has lost all of her l'Cie abilities (how convenient :eyeroll).

SE is considering the idea of giving a bonus to players who have a FXIII save file.

saladesu

January 30, 2011, 07:22 AM

The trailers for Versus are pretty amazing. Even my parents were really impressed - they were all "are those real people!?!?" :XD FF has always had great graphics, but this time they're really blurring the line between reality and graphics with the CG sequences.

The story will be darker and more mysterious.

Sounds promising, and I hope it delivers :) Like steel said, I hope it's not just graphics and nothing else to justify its price (and the wait!).

vintagemistakes

January 30, 2011, 01:11 PM

Thats probably my only concern for Versus at this point; A long time ago Squaresoft made a game called The Bouncer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bouncer) that had really pretty graphics but terrible game mechanics. Hopefully they have learned from the mistakes of their past. :notrust

riki

January 31, 2011, 06:27 PM

I agree. Hopefully Versus lives up to expectations.

Type-0 has a very detailed update (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/31/ff_type_zero_update/) about the title, story, characters, battle system, and multiplayer mode. According to director Hajime Tabata, the game will have two UMDs.
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A small Versus update (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/31/ff_versus_xiii_screens/) has some more screenshots and info about the battle system.

The command palette (Magic, Item, Summon and EX Arts) will be on the bottom left while the bars (HP, MP, EX) will be on the bottom right. The battles in VS will have a lot of gimmicks (e.g. tanks, mechs, etc.).
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They're really spoiling us with VS and Type-0 info...

In an interview (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/01/nomura_ffxvxiii_famitsu/) with Famitsu, Nomura revealed more info about Versus. Ignis (the guy with the glasses) was trained to be Noctis's military tactician. He and the scar-faced guy are childhood friends with Noctis while the blond guy has just become friends with the prince. Nomura said that the other two names won't be revealed yet, but Siliconera noticed that there is a character named Gladiolus (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/01/31/nomura-on-final-fantasy-versus-xiiis-destructible-fields/).

Storywise, it takes place when the enemy kingdom of Niflheim invaded Noctis's country so his friends and he must escape though the prince viewed it as "pursuing the enemies". When Noctis's father declared that he would be the final king, the quote was taken in a different scene and he was not talking to his son (I think he might be telling that to the white-robed man or maybe in that meeting of his "cabinet"). The white-robed man whom Noctis confronted is a different person. The forest scene in the trailer is from Noctis's youth. The term "l'Cie" and other words used in FFXIII will be used in the game as well but they will have different meanings.

The battles will be much faster than what has been shown in the trailers. The characters can double-jump, etc. and move with very fast speed. The battle system is close to Kingdom Hearts. The commands are temporary so they might changed but the HP bar, etc. are finalized. Nomura pointed out the orange gauge next to the HP bar but he didn't elaborate. The characters' faces above the HP bar show how well they are doing in battle. Interestingly, the other characters can only use magic if Noctis is around.

He also talked about Versus's worlds and field. There will be a lot of exploration and gimmicks. The example he gave was that in the highway scene, the behemoth won't destroy the bridge if you decided not to go across it. Speaking of behemoths, you can fight smaller version of them in the wild. According to Nomura, there will be day-night cycle so you'll confront different types of enemies based on the time.

We'll find out more info at E3.

Nomura also discuss some of his other games (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/01/nomura_other_games/). For FFXIII-2, he's designing the new characters and the old characters' faces though other artists will be in charge of clothing designs.

Nomura mentioned that he told the staff of Type-0 (the same one who did Crisis Core) to make the battles interesting. Based on some screenshots (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/01/31/it-appears-you-can-directly-control-summons-in-final-fantasy-type-0/), it looked like you can directly control the summons in Type-0. Apparently there will be a lot of characters since they have 50 voice actors in the game.

Gintara

February 01, 2011, 10:13 AM

I guess that's what happened to XIII; good graphics and stuff but people didn't enjoy its restrictions and limitations. I hope they release more info regarding XIII-2 soon; can't wait to see what they improved on since XIII.

btw, the FFIV Complete Collection for the PSP is confirmed for an English release (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-Complete-Collection-Sony-PSP/dp/B004LLRYOY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1296550069&sr=1-2) on April 11th (according to Amazon). It wouldn't hurt to replay IV, or I'll try out the After Years first. Just like I and II, everything got a graphic rehaul from the earlier versions. :D

riki

February 01, 2011, 10:25 AM

Thanks for the heads-up! Too bad we probably won't get the Ultimate Pack (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/21/ffiv_complete_collection_le/). That reminds me... I still need to finish playing the DS version of FFIV. :XD

Gintara

February 02, 2011, 05:51 PM

No problem! Too bad Europe gets all the limited editions and NA doesn't. Well that ultimate edition's from the JP version. ^^'

I only played FFIV once and that was on my computer (also VI). I don't have a DS so I was able to play the remake.

ibra87

February 12, 2011, 12:35 PM

Talking about Final Fantay IV, has anyone tried the after years? I hope they make it a bit more chronical and not just give you the choice of which story to play like they've done with the Wii ware version. You know, make it more Final fantasy like.
It was awesome playing with Palom again, a shame his story is very short =/

EDIT:

Damn, the FF4 + after years remake for the PSP looks so beautiful.

They should hurry and make one of FF6, that ought to make me replay it for the 1001th time :p

cracker

April 12, 2011, 08:20 AM

ibra87

April 12, 2011, 11:51 AM

Best thread I've encountered so far. I'm a huge FF fan...played the entire main series and most of the spin offs (definately all the good ones).

FF 6 is my personal favourite. That game is so great on so many levels.

Indeed. Which makes it that much more painful that no remake of it in any way has been announced....

Gintara

April 12, 2011, 12:00 PM

FFIV:CC is coming out next week here! I might have to wait for this one since I'm low on money atm. -_-

As for VI, it's probably my favorite one too. ^^

goldb

April 12, 2011, 12:51 PM

Have they actually ruled out remaking the older versions? cos I REALLY wanna see FFVII remake :love

ibra87

April 12, 2011, 01:19 PM

FFVII remake was ruled out yes. Not the 2d ones that can still be made into cheap 3d for the DS/PSP.

goldb

April 12, 2011, 01:26 PM

Oh the endless tears!!! :crying

juUnior

April 13, 2011, 10:28 AM

FF 6 is my personal favourite. That game is so great on so many levels.
Thats right - the best of the best of all time of the best of the best <3<3<3 FF6 rlz forever <3<3<3

Gintara

April 13, 2011, 06:55 PM

VI's been confirmed for a release on the Virtual Console and PSN. :D

Now PSN basically has I,II, IV-IX. Wonder if we'll eventually see the PS2 titles...? If the NGP can play PS2 titles, that is.

cracker

April 14, 2011, 11:11 AM

Thats right - the best of the best of all time of the best of the best <3<3<3 FF6 rlz forever <3<3<3

My friends say I'm bias towards it, meh, screw that. Its a great game.
It was good without being something that they were trying way too hard to make perfect (FF7)

Great story, memorable characters, great battle system...not to mention the first FF game with the lead role given to chick...man I could go on but the post would be way too long lol

riki

April 22, 2011, 10:25 AM

The official (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/22/ff_type_0_site/) site (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/0/) for Type-0 is now open.

Gintara

April 23, 2011, 07:15 PM

Can't wait for future updates; it looks very promising. Hopefully there's an announcement of a target release date for outside Japan.

riki

April 26, 2011, 03:58 PM

If you want more info about Type-0, you should check out this link (http://www.andriasang.com/e/database/games/ff_agito_xiii/content/)
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New Type-0 info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/26/ff_type_0_update/) has been posted.

Jammin

May 06, 2011, 01:03 PM

cracker

May 06, 2011, 04:39 PM

I liked Final Fantasy 8 just fine(Better than every Final fantasy that came after it IMHO), but i liked 6 & 7 a lot more.

Squall was a bit too much of a sulky emo for my tastes, sorta dragged down the whole experience for me( i would have much rather his father be the main character). That and i didn't think the surrounding characters stood out as memorable. Nobody like Barrett, Tifa, Vincent, Yuffie, Celes, Terra, Edgar, and Gau. And no bad guys even 1/100th as cool as Sephiroth.

I did love how summons worked in that game though, especially the way they effected your stats and abilities. I don't think they worked nearly enough of that aspect of the game into the story.

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Can anybody give me an idea of what to expect from FF5? I intend to buy it on psp if the Sony ever gets those PSN issues ironed out. I'd be interested to hear what some of you think of it

Vincent is possibly the most popular FF support character, he's the third most popular character in the FF 7 universe. And FF 7 on a whole is pretty damn popular.

If you're a fan of the FF series as a whole you'll know that that statement of Sephiroth isn't true, actually its really a matter of opinion. I've always liked the Kefka villain from FF6, the dude started with basically nothing and became "Mana" God of the Universe (FF 6 universe) before the end and that I thought always counted for something. 16 bit laugh was pretty classic too lol. Exdeath from FF 5 was a pretty good villain too.

Killing a support character and coming in a cgi movie really helped Sephiroth, honestly just playing through the game he never struck as anything super special the very first time around.

The FF 6 cast was fucking awesome, all those characters you named were 1 in a billion at the time. And Squall shares alot of similaries with other FF main characters, mostly Cloud though...

FF5 can be summed up as the FF game that took job system and broke it, so if you are a fan of the job system (seen in FF 10 part 2, FF 3, FF 12 International etc) you should like. Don't want to really give away too much...

Jammin

May 06, 2011, 05:29 PM

Vincent is possibly the most popular FF support character, he's the third most popular character in the FF 7 universe. And FF 7 on a whole is pretty damn popular.

If you're a fan of the FF series as a whole you'll know that that statement of Sephiroth isn't true, actually its really a matter of opinion. I've always liked the Kefka villain from FF6, the dude started with basically nothing and became "Mana" God of the Universe (FF 6 universe) before the end and that I thought always counted for something. 16 bit laugh was pretty classic too lol. Exdeath from FF 5 was a pretty good villain too.

Killing a support character and coming in a cgi movie really helped Sephiroth, honestly just playing through the game he never struck as anything super special the very first time around.

The FF 6 cast was fucking awesome, all those characters you named were 1 in a billion at the time. And Squall shares alot of similaries with other FF main characters, mostly Cloud though... I meant everything as nothing more than my opinion.

But as for Sephiroth, what i liked about him was that he was basically the dark knight type character perfected. Not exactly evil, more like insane. And the way he was introduced, with a very well written flashback, really catapults him above everybody else. It shows you what he once was and shows you exactly how he transitioned into what he had become.

He wasn't just a crazy evil and powerful dark knight. He was a crazy evil and powerful dark knight that you could understand. And to me that sets him far apart from similar characters.

I agree wholeheartedly about FF6's cast. It was just amazing. If SquareEnix released that game with PS3 level graphics and maybe a little bonus content that would be Game of the Year guaranteed. I mean, how could it not be?

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As for Cloud and Squall, i think they were pretty different in most of the ways that really mattered. I mean, they do share a few things in common but Squall was just packed with emotional nuance, Cloud much less so. I'm not against emotional nuance generally but in Squall's case i think it was waaaay overdone. There were times when that issue caused the story to seem less like and epic tale and more like a soap opera to me.

I guess i feel that, where Cloud was able to fill FF7's plot with drama, Squall ended up filling FF8's plot with melodrama. I viewed that as unfortunate and really rooted in "who Squall was", with all his many thinly veiled insecurities.

FF5 can be summed up as the FF game that took job system and broke it, so if you are a fan of the job system (seen in FF 10 part 2, FF 3, FF 12 International etc) you should like. Don't want to really give away too much...Cool thanks!

cracker

May 07, 2011, 01:57 PM

I meant everything as nothing more than my opinion.

But as for Sephiroth, what i liked about him was that he was basically the dark knight type character perfected. Not exactly evil, more like insane. And the way he was introduced, with a very well written flashback, really catapults him above everybody else. It shows you what he once was and shows you exactly how he transitioned into what he had become.

He wasn't just a crazy evil and powerful dark knight. He was a crazy evil and powerful dark knight that you could understand. And to me that sets him far apart from similar characters.

I agree wholeheartedly about FF6's cast. It was just amazing. If SquareEnix released that game with PS3 level graphics and maybe a little bonus content that would be Game of the Year guaranteed. I mean, how could it not be?

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As for Cloud and Squall, i think they were pretty different in most of the ways that really mattered. I mean, they do share a few things in common but Squall was just packed with emotional nuance, Cloud much less so. I'm not against emotional nuance generally but in Squall's case i think it was waaaay overdone. There were times when that issue caused to story to seem less like and epic tale and more like a soap opera to me.

I guess i feel that, where Cloud was able to fill FF7's plot with drama, Squall ended up filling FF8's plot with melodrama. I viewed that as unfortunate and really rooted in "who Squall was", with all his many thinly veiled insecurities.

Cool thanks!

I like your take on Squall's personality, thats pretty much him in a nutshell. Rinoa didn't really help much either lol

HegemonKhan

May 14, 2011, 03:20 PM

I haven't read any of the posts yet, but here's my comments:

I've played FF 1-8

My favorite is FF6 (Terra and Kefka, so awesome!)

I liked FF7 almost as much, but it has a few things I that didn't like about it, so FF6 wins out as my favorite.

FF8 was decent and quite fun, including some of its features, but I felt it was a bit lacking in terms of the story.

(other than Edea's deep V dress, I really don't care about graphics/cinematics, I'm an old school gamer, so fancy graphics don't mindlessly "wow" me, as the new generation seems to love and sadly thus that's how games are made now, all graphics and no story nor awesome features nor great game play)

FF5 has a very different skill system and it was pretty fun for the first time, and its story was decent too. It's a nice change from the other FFs

FF 1-4, the beginnings of FF, hehe, quite grueling and long games...

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My only big gripe about FF games:

I love watching the summons (the first few times), but after that, they get dull and its bloody annoying having to wait for them to finish their animations, lol.

(a function to be able to toggle on and off the animations of the summons, would be so awesome!)

riki

June 07, 2011, 11:20 PM

Type-0 website (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/16/ff_type_zero_site_update/) has been updated with a lot of information.

Apparently, in order to summon the war gods (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/05/16/sacrifice-your-life-to-summon-war-gods-ifrit-or-golem-in-final-fantasy-type-0/), a character must sacrifice his or her life.
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A gameplay footage (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/22/ff_type_0_gameplay/) of FF Type-0 has been posted and there is an analysis (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/22/ff_type_zero_gameplay_footage_detailed/) of it which detailed what's going on.

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Serah and Noel are playable characters (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/06/02/serah-and-noel-playable-in-final-fantasy-xiii-2/) in FFXIII-2.

Here is the storyline (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/06/02/you-have-to-find-lightning-in-final-fantasy-xiii-2-everyone-thinks-shes-dead/)

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A new FFXIII-2 Trailer

Teaser (http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6315324/)

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The full E3 trailer (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/07/ffxiii_2_full_e3_trailer/) for FFXIII-2 is up. I guess the game has been delayed to early next year.

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Kotaku has a preview (http://kotaku.com/5809658/final-fantasy-xiii+2-has-transforming-moogles-recruitable-monsters-and-rap) on FFXIII-2.

zelllogan

June 13, 2011, 01:40 AM

riki

July 01, 2011, 07:49 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=35VFOZnA-Kg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1_ez3K0GgqE

Jammin

July 01, 2011, 08:42 AM

FFXIII-2 ... Square/Enix chara design is becoming worse and worser, especially male characters. I had trouble since FFX (with Tidus, Wakka, ...) , FF12 had Vaan, FF13 had no good male characters. FF13-2 seems to have the same flow. That Noel dude is just a missed Squall.

Between the chara design, a pitch/teasing that isn't very interesting & the fact that FF are going downhill for years ... FFXIII-2 might be the first FF that I will not buy. Sadly, i pretty much agree.

I considered Final Fantasy FFXIII the most style over substance game in the Final Fantasy series. So i'm not too interested in continuing with the story. Looks like they might have fixed some of the gameplay elements that i loathed in the original Final Fantasy FFXIII-2 but it's too little too late for me.

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The Final Fantasy games are going to have to make a TON of changes before i can really get excited about them.

I'd like to see the Final Fantasy games do a complete change in art style. Considering the CG art style they use costs astronomical amounts of money to do and honestly i don't thing it really adds that much. My preference would be a more anime-ish style. Like the style featured in Final Fantasy 6, 7, and Tactics. Which would be much cheaper for them to do, which would mean they could spend that money on other parts of the game development that need it more.

They need to do better with the stories IMHO, the past three fantasy games had completely linear plots(that really wouldn't have been out of place in an action-adventure game). And the people who write out the plots need to figure out the difference between drama and melodrama, there IS a difference; one is good writing the other is bad writing.

Gintara

July 01, 2011, 02:00 PM

I personally would like to see an FF with Amano's art style again, kind of what is featured in his CG film Deva Zan. That would be awesome. :D

Jammin

July 01, 2011, 02:36 PM

That could be interesting. Especially if they used the sort of animation that Atlus used for their upcoming game Catherine. It gives everything a very 3 dimensional drawn look, so they could really apply any art style they want to it.

They really cut down on the artistic variety after FFIX, which admitted looked like an artistic disaster. Square sort of permanently adopting FFX's art style, which was really just an update of FFVIII's art style, and applied it to everything(even Final Fantasy: Advent Children) Just making everything look as realistic as they possibly can while trying to retain all the flashy anime clothing and such.

Which i think was a huge mistake. What i consider the best of the Final Fantasy games(FF6,FF7, FF Tactics) all did not feature much in the way of realism art-wise. I'm not convinced realism is great idea in the magical fantasy genre at all actually(unless it's a dark game like Dragon Age). I tend to think an "drawn" look serves the genre better.

Gintara

July 01, 2011, 11:18 PM

True. I hope they would consider doing different styles in future titles. Getting too realistic in the details doesn't really do it for some people. VersusXIII is going down that route, unfortunately, and although I appreciate how much the team is putting in making the visuals top notch, it doesn't matter if everything else completely sucks. Nice way of describing FFX's art style; that's what I initially thought when I first saw images of the game back in 2002.

I see fantasy-based games having an art style like a storybook or dreamy in a way; it gives that feeling of something you can't produce in real life, it lives only in your imagination. The current, realistic style they go for is to make gamers feel as if they are part of the world visually. I personally think that kind of style fits sci-fi.

riki

July 05, 2011, 08:39 AM

Finally! We're supposed to get new info (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/05/ff_versus_xiii_followup/) on FF Versus XIII next week. :whoo

Here is more details (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/05/ff_type_0_interview/) about delay, multiplayer, etc. about Type-0 (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/05/ff_type_0_update/)

Nomura and Tabata also responded to a quick Q&A with the Famitsu editors. Among the revelations here:

* For skilled action players, the game will have fighting game-like features like movement canceling.

* The game's loading screen shows user data. This will also show the player data of Square Enix Members.

* At save points, you can change your current party characters and also set your equipment.

* The game's main characters are from your school's "Class Zero." Students from other classes will also team up with you for missions. They have different colored cloaks.

* Nomura said that Square Enix is currently looking into a download version and overseas version of the game.

* There will be weather-related changes. Weapons will change in strength and firing range depending on weather. Amongst summons, Shiva will be stronger in the snow.

The game will also have peristyliums, which is a homage (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/05/final-fantasy-type-0-is-80-complete-but-may-be-delayed-to-fall/) to FFVIII.