i hear that. they gotta cut costs somehow. I ended up getting the metal gear bundle 80gb version. that one still had backwards compatibility. so i got lucky
Final Fantasy XIII
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I think he looks like tha habbo hotel guy.
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NEW TRAILER IS OUT. English subs and all. New gameplay and story revaleted.
http://www.finalfantasy13game.com/
Sweet as hell, i want it to my box.
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i loved at the end
"In Production For Playstation 3 and Xbox 360"
lol, Square… making us wait
Don't fuck this one up cause, god damn it looks cool!
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Sweeeeet.
Looks like they're going for a more techno-sci/fi bent for this one, where XII was more fantasy.
And while he didn't get any real screen time in the trailer, Sazh's name is listed under Lightning's in the first gameplay scene.
I decided I'm really liking the outfits for this game so far. It seems like they've managed to restrain themselves a little and gone for simpler outfits.
Although I will say that the redhaired guy looks like a Wakka clone.
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It's been so, so long since I've been excited for a Final Fantasy game like this! Please let it be good!
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Wa-hooooow. That was impressive. Like, really. It's like they're taking the realistic enemy/party relative distance/interaction of 12 but not giving you TOO much control over the motion which was where I felt 12 failed. I love inputting commands but I'm really not interested in moving around during battle, that is to say, controlling movement. Chrono Trigger did this albeit in an infinitely less numerically complex environment.
If that's how it turns out this is surely going to be a remarkable experience, it may even make me look at the old party setups of Us vs Them in straight rows as outdated, which is something I never thought possible.
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Trailer makes me happy. One of the party members looks like Garnet from FF9 which makes me very happy. You see her like 5 times but I'm already lovin' her.
Wish we saw more of Sahz in action, you can spot him but he doesn't do much.
But it's looking like a lot of fun, and Im liking the heavy sci-fi vibe this game has since we haven't really had that since 7 and 8, and even those two weren't so much sci-fi as they just had alot of sci-fi elements.
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Looks cool. Definitely getting when I get a 360.
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Wow it looks freaking cool, definitely getting it. I didnt expect Snow to be using his fists to fight.
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Videos of the demo are out:
OiGl0SJkBjIVery nice. (and yes, the black dude is in this video).
Although I'm wondering at something. The battle system seems to be a cross between XII and the old turn-base systems used in X and such. You can still see enemies on the field, but when you battle them the flow breaks and you go to a "battle screen", where you input commands BUT each character has an "action bar" that has to fill before a command can be done like in XII. And each battle ends with a ranking and stats.
We'll have to see how this works as a whole. XII seemed a lot more seamless, but this has a touch of old-school charm to it.
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lol, black people.
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The game looks pretty damn good. Although I'm still mad that it's going to the 360. If they'd made it exclusive they could've added so much more content considering blu-ray discs hold a hell of a lot more content than dvds.
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Uh…Its going to PS3 as well...
In fact, the whole game was initially designed for the PS3.
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The setting looks like it's straight out of Matrix Revolutions. I'm not too much of a FF series sci-fi background fan, but if they mix it up with traditional themes it could deliver.
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If they'd made it exclusive they could've added so much more content considering blu-ray discs hold a hell of a lot more content than dvds.
Oh come on. Jesus Christ. DVD isn't a limiting factor whatsoever. There were multi dics games already 10 years ago and, you know what, they can still do that. The game isn't going to be smaller because it isn't an exclusive, only fanboys' brains are getting smaller because of it. Not saying you are a fanboy, of course.
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Although I'm wondering at something. The battle system seems to be a cross between XII and the old turn-base systems used in X and such. You can still see enemies on the field, but when you battle them the flow breaks and you go to a "battle screen", where you input commands BUT each character has an "action bar" that has to fill before a command can be done like in XII. And each battle ends with a ranking and stats.
REALLY great to hear that! Final fantasy 12 caused me headaches and it was really lacking the typical Final Fantasy feeling to it…
Hope they managed a great balance gameplaywise...
The greatest thing about this is the "Random-battle" music, though!
First one that gets me really pumped since FF 7!And about the black guy, from what I can see he's really likebale!
It's really weird but I can identify A LOT more with him than with "Ice Princess" Lightning.
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Blackness is awesome, and the girl reminds me of Jo from Bakuretsu Tenshi.
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This looks awesome. But damn, I'm not sure whether to get a PS3 or an Xbox 360. Anyway, the graphics look amazing, and the black guy FTW! I never thought I'd see the day.
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She appears like a female Cloud copy at the moment. Hope this image is different in the actual game.
They meant her to be a "female Cloud"-character. It was stated somewhere. Sorry.
Anyway, so gonna get this when it comes out in Europe, but that'll propably be a while. Not before 2011/2, I guess. Not actually bad, seeing as I still need to buy a PS3 until then, which might be less expensive by that time.
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Blackness is awesome, and the girl reminds me of Jo from Bakuretsu Tenshi.
LOL googled her and she really gives off similar vibes (minus the tattoo of course)
The only thing I know about Lightning is the whole amnesia-story (which is a really overused Plot-device), I still think they can handle it, though..
But what's more important is that she actually has some character… I'm annoyed with the generic stoic hero, like Cloud and Squall...
Is she really the main-character?
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Black dude is sweet. I liked his VA. Added a nice touch of comedy to Lightning's stoic-ness. Of course, watch the english release fuck his voice up with some stereotypical, hollywood-style, chris tucker-delivery.
regardless, the combat actually looks fun. And I agree with whoever said it first that the system seems to be akin to the older ATB style.
But I can wait… cause it's gonna be a while folks...
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Just wanted to agree with the growing sentiment that the black guy is awesome. Too bad his name is goofy… But I can easily see this guy being the best character in the game, if the main villain disappoints like in 12.
However, if we get another Exdeath or Sephiroth-level villain, well, this game is just going to turn me into a giddy little bitch...
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@tigerlily: To be fair, Vaan from XII wasn't stoic like Cloud and Squall. He was more bratty than anything. What I liked about him was that he didn't sit around emo-ing for more than the first few cutscenes.
And Balthier is like the OPPOSITE of Cloud and Squall. Hence he's the best character in the whole damn game.
Black dude is sweet. I liked his VA. Added a nice touch of comedy to Lightning's stoic-ness. Of course, watch the english release fuck his voice up with some stereotypical, hollywood-style, chris tucker-delivery.
My seiyuu-fangirl ear detects that the guy voicing Sazz there is the same guy who voices Maito Guy in Naruto. Which makes it more awesome.
Squeenix's had a good record with FF dubs the last two times. The english VAs in XII were FANTASTIC. So here's hoping they get somebody good.
Heck, Basch's voice actor was black. Keith Ferguson. Maybe he'll do Sazz too. He did a damn good job too.
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I found some good quality demo footage (cutscenes and all) on Youtube. Have a look. (And yes, the black guy's in it.)
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MiYLD4Vqy4UWhile the chances of me ever playing this are astronomically low, it is nice to see the battle system being a throwback to the older games. The presentation reminds me of Chrono Trigger, actually. I like the battle music a lot too.
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Black dude is sweet. I liked his VA. Added a nice touch of comedy to Lightning's stoic-ness. Of course, watch the english release fuck his voice up with some stereotypical, hollywood-style, chris tucker-delivery.
They could just get Phil Lamarr like they did for 12.
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Could there finally be a reason for me to get a next-gen console ?
This looks awesome!
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Old school combat with battle screens, battle music and victory boards?
A detailed cyber/fantasy setting? Return of Shiva, Ifrit and suchlike?All I can say is: thank you SE. I dare hope again.
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Well, it's ATB style, BUT with the important addition of being able to see your enemies on the field so you can not initiate a fight if you don't want to.
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They could just get Phil Lamarr like they did for 12.
good point. He does great work!
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Well, it's ATB style, BUT with the important addition of being able to see your enemies on the field so you can not initiate a fight if you don't want to.
Oh, that's perfectly fine with me, it's a tried system which works in many other Jrpg series. I'm just happy that we get a traditional fighting system with 100% player control and more strategy, instead of a real-time system with AI control and focus on physical/special attacks.
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@tigerlily: To be fair, Vaan from XII wasn't stoic like Cloud and Squall. He was more bratty than anything. What I liked about him was that he didn't sit around emo-ing for more than the first few cutscenes.
And Balthier is like the OPPOSITE of Cloud and Squall. Hence he's the best character in the whole damn game.
Be honest, you actually grew fond of Vaan? I tried, but I had the urge to punch the screen whenever he talked.
He wasn't stoic, okay.. but His voice, the way he dressed, his general design appeared just…very very gay (for lack of a better word here)...
Even Tidus was more bearable (and that guy had ADD)
But I agree with you on Balthier, he made up for Vaan a little bit....By the way, thanks for the demo footage, Crossword!
I hate to say it but I want this game so freaking bad now...
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Snows fighting animation looks retarded, what were they thinking?
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The game looks pretty damn good. Although I'm still mad that it's going to the 360. If they'd made it exclusive they could've added so much more content considering blu-ray discs hold a hell of a lot more content than dvds.
Square-Enix already revealed that the PS3 version of the game will be making full use of the advantages. The 360 version will simply be downplayed.
Sazz is definitely awesome, I was a little worried people would start throwing out the racial blasts with the whole "Oh oooh, so the BLACK GUY has to be the comedic relief character, huh?" but I don't see any of that here, who knows elsewhere tho.
This game definitely is another reason to get a 360, which I already knew.
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when your 360 melts your disc you'll be wishing you had a PS3
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Be honest, you actually grew fond of Vaan? I tried, but I had the urge to punch the screen whenever he talked.
He wasn't stoic, okay.. but His voice, the way he dressed, his general design appeared just…very very gay (for lack of a better word here)...
Even Tidus was more bearable (and that guy had ADD)
But I agree with you on Balthier, he made up for Vaan a little bit....He grew on me after about, oh . . . . . when they first infiltrate Archadia. He's still far from a favorite character. I just didn't hate him. Balthier, however, purrs.
Oh, and be noted that Vaan has a cameo in Final Fantasy Tactics A2, only this time with a shirt. Looks MUCH better.
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when your 360 melts your disc you'll be wishing you had a PS3
Back off, Sony fanboy. The 360 is the best system currently. Also, I don't know what the hell you talking about melting discs.
Am I the only one who didn't give a shit about Balthier?
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Back off, Sony fanboy. The 360 is the best system currently. Also, I don't know what the hell you talking about melting discs.
Am I the only one who didn't give a shit about Balthier?
I have a 360, and I got a PS3 a year after it came out so hush. My 360 has eaten 5 games so far, so I've given up. I had to get Gears of War 3 times, I haven't been able to finish Tales of Vesperia because my XBox wont go past a certain part. It's definitely not the best system. Good luck trying to call me biased though.
And Balthier was the best thing about FFXII so this post was incredibly bad
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The new footage is amazing, this game will be beyond epic. Haven't played a Final Fantasy since 10 (if you don't count the IV remake for the DS).
@rusashi - That's kind of weird with the 360. I know if you put the system in an enclosed area it will butcher games due to the heat but I doubt you did that. There's also been cases if you move the system when a game is in the disc drive where the system ruins the game. Other than that, kind of strange. Sorry to hear that.
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The new footage is amazing, this game will be beyond epic. Haven't played a Final Fantasy since 10 (if you don't count the IV remake for the DS).
@rusashi - That's kind of weird with the 360. I know if you put the system in an enclosed area it will butcher games due to the heat but I doubt you did that. There's also been cases if you move the system when a game is in the disc drive where the system ruins the game. Other than that, kind of strange. Sorry to hear that.
Considering I have about 4 other friends who have similar problems of disc failures and the system eating the discs, I don't think it's just me.
but yeah FFXIII looks prettty rad
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This game still looks dumb and doesn't interest me…BUT I LOVE SAIZ.
What to do, What to do....(depending on if I have money, I may get it but I hate their clothes,names, and settings so much. And the magic looks lame...)
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The movie of the boss fight ruined Sahz (whatever the spelling is) for me. Maybe it`s just the fault of his generic Japanese VA.
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The movie of the boss fight ruined Sahz (whatever the spelling is) for me. Maybe it`s just the fault of his generic Japanese VA.
What's wrong with Sazh (I believe that's the official) in particular? (I actually like that VA, he's in everything)
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He sounds dopey. Like in a 'let's make a CG Pixar-knock-off film for kids and add a dipshit clownish character that children will love because he talks funny' kind of way. Yes, I'm sure they're going to balance it with his 'traumatic past' and bring it full circle when he has a break-down mid-story but that makes it stand out even more.
I have an inkling the English VA will give him exactly the touch he needs.
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He sounds dopey. Like in a 'let's make a CG Pixar-knock-off film for kids and add a dipshit clownish character that children will love because he talks funny' kind of way. Yes, I'm sure they're going to balance it with his 'traumatic past' and bring it full circle when he has a break-down mid-story but that makes it stand out even more.