Watch The Whole Darn Final Fantasy XIII Demo Right Now

My life is complete XD

Lame its been taken off :(

HHHMmmmmmmmmm....not...bad...?

I kinda like the new use of the ATB gauge. It sorta blends Chrono Cross and FF mechanics from past. Just from looking at it she had four attack options. The one with the 3 next to it takes 3 attack slots and requires a full ATB gauge to use. The others can be mixed and matched and used with full gauge for a combo or in one or two piece chunks for quicker attacks. I could see some decent strategy coming out of that potentially.

I like the graphics, they have a kinda FF7 futuristic grittyness to them.

I like how the game is shaping up; the characters, the setting and the actual game mechanics all look interesting.  I'm especially impressed with the battle music. 

Im less interested in this game now. The graphics look bland and boring (no matter how technically good they made be) and it looks like they have given up on the FFXII gameplay. I may be one of the few people who like the FFXII gameplay but I liked it a lot more than the turn based system which for is completely played out. Going back even with some modifications just feels "old". Maybe ill get it at some point but for me the name "Final Fantasy" holds nothing, its new always new characters and new storys, the only thing that stays is the (for the most part) the "gameplay" and names of things but for me I can get that gameplay anywhere and dont care what the airship pilot is called or whether I have magic or magika or anything like that.

I'm gonna have to agree with BoG, especially the point about it being a science-ficition more than a fantasy. It feels as though Square-Enix is trying to force futuristic settings as the next big thing for RPGs, when that really isn't the case. Sure, it's cool if you can take a futuristic setting and still make it a fantasy, but that isn't what FFXIII's doing.

Right now, the main thing that impressed me was the music. The battle music sounds really symphonic towards the middle, which is nice.

Well, so far I don't know. I wasn't really impressed by the video. The battles look cool, some sort of a cross between Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy XII, which could turn out well. Having a hard time dealing with the lack of Levelling up or XP, I mean, this game IS an RPG, what elements of it are going to make it an RPG? I don't get the complaining about going to a separate screen for battles, it's been a part of the series for a very long time. The only thing that really worries me about it is that battles could end up tedious like they did in Okami for me. The transition never felt natural in that game.

"Looks ok, nothing special.  Just another FF with better graphics and slightly different combat systems.  I would buy that, cept.  I don't want to play a female main character.  If I can play the other guy or someone else, I might be more interested.  But as a guy, who loves immersive game qualities.  I'm not at all interested in playing a chick.   She can be in my group.  But not as me.Thats a clear game breaker for me.  :(  "

just like what i expected.

I like what they did with the battle system and the game looks really nice (Trailer is up on PSN) in 1080, this a definite buy for me.

Can't wait!

Well, the presentation of the combat is nowhere near the stuff that was in the target renders. Not surprised, but you know, dang.

I like the wacky african american sidekick

I don't know about this..

After battle, does their HP regenerate fully?  It seems like it does.   That was one thing in The Last Remnant that I thought was a great idea.  I hate having to replenish after every round.   This game looks great!!!

Only watched the first part, watching the second and others. So far it looks nice and dandy.

"Dude, this is more proof than ever that Final Fantasy just does not play anymore in North America.  It's an irrelevant 90s series still trying to hang with the current top dogs like Fallout 3 and Mass Effect"

i was old before i saw this video, now i'm more sold.

I love the Final Fantasy games and been playing them since FF7 ( never played FF 1-6 because I didn't even know they existed back then, never played FF11 because I hate MMOs ). Nonetheless, I remember buying the Playstation One just to play FF7 and nearly dropped out of college because I couldn't stop playing long enough to go to class. That game was so addicting!  LOL!

FF13 looks stunning, the character models look awesome ( Lightening, Oerba, Sazh, and Snow ) , and the cinematics are absolutely beautiful, as always.  Battle transitions are very quick, I love it!  Kool music too!  Let's hope the story is as epic in scale.  I'm so glad Squenix didn't fill the game with annoying teen or pre-teen brats like most JRPG developers do (Blue Dragon, Star Ocean, Dragon Quest, etc. Yuck!).  I am just too old for that shit.

The battles seem too much like FF12, which I found disappointing.  Don't get me wrong, FF12 was a decent enough game and sure, the gambit system used for controlling the AI was pretty sweet and has great potential with further refinement.  I just didn't like the boring battle system, that's all, and the license board sucked.  Bring back the Sphere Grid!  I guess I prefer the strategic old school pre-FFXI way of doing things.  Also, there's too much crap on the screen during the battles.  You would think video game developers would learn to tidy up or strategically place their UI elements so that they do not obstruct the gamers view of the action.  Well, that's my two cents.  I'm still buying FF13, I'll just have to grit my teeth and bear the disappointing combat mechanics, so I can enjoy everything else about the game.

I wonder who they will get for English voice actors?  Any guesses or hopes?  I would like Jennifer Hale for Lightening and maybe Tara Strong for Oerba.  Hedy Burress is a great voice actor, too!

Even though this is now on Youtube, I'd still love to see a GiantBomb Quick Look on it.

Looks pretty cool. I had a period where I no longer played JRPGS but I got The Last Remnant on steam and now I'm back on board. I'm excited to check this out.

Dude, this is more proof than ever that Final Fantasy just does not play anymore in North America.  It's an irrelevant 90s series still trying to hang with the current top dogs like Fallout 3 and Mass Effect

"I can't help but feel that the game would be infinitely better if the fighting engine is akin to that of the kingdom hearts series..."    No, that would just make the game infinitely more button mashy and shitty.

This looks sick as hell. I'm pumped.

Less Final Fantasy more Front Mission please Square, kthanksbai.

Wait... so you're telling me, there is no XP and there is no MP bar...

we need someone to step up and do this correctly, in high quality 720p

Awesome, looks like I won't have to drop 80 bucks for this.

Pros:

• Battle transitions.
• Graphics.

• No levels or XP.
• No MP -- the timer is the only limiting factor.
• Terrible music.
• Overblown, crappy, anime cinematics.
• Silly, rehashed, story.
• Fails at humor.

Pros:

• Battle transitions.
• Graphics.

• No levels or XP.
• No MP -- the timer is the only limiting factor.
• Terrible music.
• Overblown, crappy, anime cinematics.
• Silly, rehashed, story.
• Fails at humor.

Looking at that movie made me so confused. I really need to try this system myself.

Do the mechanized soldier-dudes look like Helghast to anyone else? That aside, I'm excited. I've been excited for every FF since 8, and haven't been disappointed. Mostly. 12 and X-2 weren't my favorites, and FF11 was average at best.

I watched the whole thing.  I don't quite know what was happening in places, beyond my lack of understanding of Japanese.  It seemed that some of the characters moved around during the battle, but I don't know if that had anything to do with player controls.  Also, do you think you might be able to avoid encounters, or at least have attacker advantage if you position yourself right?

I hope there is more than one battle music, because despite liking it I've already reached my fill of it.  I'm also not a big fan of the campy way the characters seem to pose for the camera.  This would be really hard to pull off in a serious live action movie, but it seems people like to show off a bit more when it's digital animation.

At times I felt that me-as-a-teen feeling that I haven't felt in quite a while, seeing the crazy future design aesthetic of the game that inspired me to do some imaginative stuff myself, but after watching the battles grind through I realized it would be much more fun to play the game than to watch it.  I'm curious about the story at least, but...

Yeah, Youtube is awesome.  And cheap!

@REDRUN

It may just be me but, I thought only FF13 is coming to both PS3 and 360 while versus 13 is coming out for PS3 and Agito 13 is coming out for PSP.

Pretty sweet, waiting for 360 release next year :)

I've never owned a Sony console and the last Final Fantasy I played was FF6 on SNES, so I'm kind of looking forward to this.

Eh.

this was on justin tv yesterday all day. game looks extremely linear. 

Can't wait to get Final Fantasy Agito XIII for my Xbox360. Wait... there is more! I am willing to admit, it's a definate for me going out to buy me a PS3 for the Final Fantasy Vesus XIII title in time of its release. Excited for the release of FFAXIII and fanantic about the FFVXIII trailer. Soon they will be mine.... muhahahhahaa*cough

never was excited for a FF game, and even less so with how the last few turned out.  Why do the characters have to look so gay or be whiny little bitches?  Ahhh, one day maybe FF will be more acceptable to me.  And speaking of which, FF the movie looked to me to be a lost opportunity, the theme and tone of that game was less gay than anything since FF6.

That battle music makes me want to dress up and cosplay Cloud Strife while I hold my big buster sword.

typical FF nonsense, only this time on Blu-Ray ....yawn

FYI, The Vidoes are also up on 1up.com.

I love the battle theme for this.

"Looks ok, nothing special.  Just another FF with better graphics and slightly different combat systems.  I would buy that, cept.  I don't want to play a female main character.  If I can play the other guy or someone else, I might be more interested.  But as a guy, who loves immersive game qualities.  I'm not at all interested in playing a chick.   She can be in my group.  But not as me.Thats a clear game breaker for me.  :(  "

Does anyone here know Japanese? What are they saying?