Final Fantasy XIII
Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Mar 09, 2010
This entry into the Final Fantasy universe is set in the worlds of Pulse and Cocoon. Players take control of multiple characters who are caught in a war between these worlds.
Watch The Whole Darn Final Fantasy XIII Demo Right Now
Yep, that's an RPG. I don't really hold Final Fantasy above any other RPG coming out these days. Which is good, because it's as generic as the rest of them. I'll wait for the hook to make me choose this one over anything else, but right now just saying "It's Final Fantasy" isn't doing it.
Especially considering the huge development time on this one. After so much investment, seeing so little improvement in this vid just ... isn't doing anything for me. I honestly get more out of tri-Ace's offerings than I do the big S-E machine these days.
Also, can we get rid of Nomura and his lazy, recycled designs? Especially the main character. It's getting old really fast. But that's just me, I think.
This game looks freakin' sick! More reminiscent of FFX-2's fighting mechanics...though I'm sure they are much more refined and interesting.
Saw this on a live streaming video earlier today. This game is amazing. Finally a RPG for PlayStation 3 owners... :P
I dunno about anyone else here, but from the little chunks of Final Fantasies that I've played in my day, I dislike the active time battle mechanics. Fumbling through menus quickly because stalling means more hp taken away from you isn't as fun nor strategic; though I suppose the old "get your ass kicked until you discover this one weakness" enemy strategy is also tired. So I dunno what to think of ole' 13 here. I've managed to go my entire gaming life without finishing a Final Fantasy game short of Tactics Advance, yet I find myself really wanting to play this one. I just want to wait and see if the story is up to snuff. It's the story that I'm always most interested in when I'm playing these RPGs, anyway.
Oh, and the most amazing aspect of this game I've seen so far? The orchestral aspect. I love the music in a FF game.
Hmmm unsure if I am going to import in the blu-ray now or just wait for the US release...I want the Blu-Ray but 70 bucks is a bit steep...rather get demon's souls or something instead.
Woah, running around in a futuristic setting killing stuff while the story is told entirely non-interactively. Epic.
Well, it looks alright, besides the fact that this demo consists entirely of battles. I like that they're going back to turn-based. That's how it's supposed to be.
What's great to me is the username for the person who put this up. "All the names are taken", except because all the names have been taken, they write "tooken" instead. Either very stupid or very clever :)
Is this long road scene reminding anyone else of FFX?
The combat looked better and more dynamic than any RPG ive ever seen, although the camera looked a bit bad at times in the open run-around gameplay. But heck, theyve got yonks till this is released so I'm sure theyll work that out.
The entire Final Fantasy franchise died after FFX.
And this time I'm not falling for it. It'll come out and it will get good reviews, but it will just have diverged too much from what made Final Fantasy games fun for me. I feel like I am just getting too old and the franchise is just being made for a younger generation.
Whats with the gay ass voice acting, music and characters... lol at the black guy. thx for the vid no way im buying this crap
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. :(
theMcNasty they need to localize it...game can run 20+ hours and are often thousands of pages of dialogue that needs to be recreated and re-subtitled as well as adjusted to the Western half of the world as well as ported from a PS3 Blu-Ray Game to a 360 DVD Game which may take multiple disks and they are planning a same time release. It's square they want it to be accepted well and not screw it up with poor translations and references or cultural differences. I wasn't expecting an 09 release of the game anyway, hopefully Q3 10; i'll have plenty of games to play until then anyway.
"i still don't understand how to play these kinds of games. am i missing out???"If you are comparing RPG's to an action game, then it's going to be a much more laid-back experience. You tend to play RPG's for longer sessions of time than an action game. There's also a lot more stats to cover and more variable affecting how the game goes. Also, RPG's are focused on story, while action games are on sequences of action.
You won't know if you like an RPG until you play it, but I recommend them.
I see they are still using the same two "walking on metal" sounds from 1997. At least the battles look more dynamic, though still not totally like a real battle. I see the music is still terrible.
"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. :( "
Wait, you can't be serious....
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.
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
Eh.
@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.
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!
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