I haven't heard anything really from Versus XIII, but they need to get their focus going and get it done. You are right though, it does have a ton of involvement from the Kingdom Hearts team. Actually, from what I've heard Tetsuya Nomura said he isn't working on an "official" Kingdom Hearts 3 until Versus XIII is done and out the door.Kwatsu said:Yeah, what's happening with Versus XIII? Anyone heard anything lately? After being very disappointed by FF XIII I'm putting a lot of hope in Versus (it's got heavy involvement from the Kingdom Hearts team, if I recall) but it only seems to exist in YouTube trailers.Infernai said:
As for this: direct sequels don't seem to fare well in Final Fantasy. But, who knows. Maybe they can do something interesting with it.
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Good guess, but no, you play as broody spice's little sister.
OT: Ugh, this looks exactly the same...
But damn you Squeenix! You just had to throw a fucking moogle in there, didn't you, you arseholes?!
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Anyone notices how quickly they've been managing to work on this?
Just goes to show that either there's almost little to no effort being made here, or they were lying when they said that making games to this standard takes unreasonable amounts of time...
(e.g: 'An FFVII remake would take 40 years to make to current standard!')
loved XIII can't wait for XIII-2! i hope lightning will have bigger role than trailers lead to believe.
Oh boy, I get the feeling that this game is in trouble. Seriously, why would you bring back the whiniest, most pathetic, annoying, rage-inducing character in Final Fantasy history? Is there a single person in existance who found Hope the least bit likeable? The entire time I've played Final Fantasy XIII all I've wanted to do is pound his annoying, whining face into jelly with a truncheon! And then you bring him back?! NO!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!! NO NO NO! нет, không có, 无, नहीं, nicht, なし なし なし, Aucun and every other language that has ever existed and will ever exists's spelling and interpretation of NO!
Now some of you may think I'm over-reacting. Well to those of you who think that...
Hope was such an annoying character that if I were to torture him, the damn Cenobites would tell me to ease off on him! I want him to suffer! TO BRING HIM BACK IN ANOTHER GAME IS, TO ME, THE EQUIVALENT OF A WAR CRIME.
Now some of you may think I'm over-reacting. Well to those of you who think that...
Hope was such an annoying character that if I were to torture him, the damn Cenobites would tell me to ease off on him! I want him to suffer! TO BRING HIM BACK IN ANOTHER GAME IS, TO ME, THE EQUIVALENT OF A WAR CRIME.
I'm sorry to hear you say that. Especially since Hope was my favorite character in XIII and the character I could connect with most. He had the most development as a character in the game, he had the best interactions with characters(particularly Lightning and Snow), and when it came to gameplay he could become both the best magic-using Ravager and the best Synergist. Most people bash him in the beginning when he was acting how a regular kid would react when put into that situation, then forget how later in the game he becomes a voice of reason and starts standing up for himself(and rarely mentions his mother again).The Great JT said:
Now if you were talking about Sazh, I might have to agree with you though. God did he annoy the crap out of me...
Every part of me wants to not like this game. But I will buy it. I will play it. I, while playing it, will love it.
It can't be worse than 12 can it? No. No it can't.
It can't be worse than 12 can it? No. No it can't.
You sir, have given me perhaps the best idea I've ever had (video game related at least). What if on the release day of FFXIII-2, every person instead purchased some older Final Fantasy title. FF7, FF8, FF9 or Tactics on PSN, whatever is on Wii's virtual console. Dissidia even. If Squeenix made boat loads of money from Final Fantasy on 13-2 release, but not from 13-2, I think that would be incredible.Torrasque said:
Sadly I don't have enough pull on the internet to organize that... bummer.
Try the 5-7 million people who bought XIII and Square Enix would say yes. Those kind of numbers just don't lie that the game was popular, even with all the negative feedback (which they're listening to)Infernai said:
People just don't seem to realise that XIII-2 and Vs XIII are made by different teams. Vs XIII is being made by the Kingdom Hearts team and XIII-2 is being made by those who made XIII.
There was a LOT of mythos and story of the worlds of Cocoon and Pulse still left to be told in XIII, and that was one thing that I hoped to learn more of as I finished XIII. I'm glad they are making a sequel, and y'know this is in the same 'universe' as Vs XIII and so the whole 'The Maker' and 'Goddess Etro' ties in very closely to vs XIII.
Don't believe me? Go and watch one of the gameplay trailers of Vs XIII and they will talk about the Goddess of Death (i.e. where they get their magic from in that game) and that is Goddess Etro... the same Goddess Etro who Lightning serves in XIII-2.
What was wrong with Radiant Dawn? It was just more Path of Radiance. How is that not a winning combination!?Torrasque said:
I'm guessing you didn't see the info from E3 2011? Huh. The third character in the party for a bunch of battles is a monster, you capture certain monsters randomly, each has their own combat role (the lizard with the shell is a Sentinel, a Flanbanero is a Ravager, etc).Sober Thal said:
Gotta say, even though I actually enjoyed FFXIII and it's awesome battle system, I.. Don't know what they're thinking bringing Hope back. Who knows, maybe he has learned how to be badass for once.
That said, I've read *loads* of stuff on Twitter from people absolutely over-the-moon-excited that Hope is returning. My mind exploded. More Sazh and/or Fang please, or GTFO.
But eh, what the fuck was I expecting of The Escapist community anyway? I knew it would just be pages of Final Fantasy bashing. Typical..
Wait, you took more than 5-10 minutes for battles in FFXIII? You're doing it wrong. The battles are meant to be quick and action-packed. This isn't the '90s anymore. The old ATB "Attack, Attack, Attack, Waitwaitwait, Attack, Wait" scenario is beyond over.Olrod said:
How the hell do you expect to control the 2 AI characters as well in a battle system that has a fast-paced "Enter commands in right the fuck now, you piece of shit! nature?
Sigh.. So silly.
All the bitching about Versus is annoying too, considering that the crew working on FFXIII/FFXIII-2 has literally NOTHING to do with FF Versus XIII. Versus XIII is being made by the Kingdom Hearts team. If there's a game you want to ***** about them releasing, it's Kingdom Hearts 3.Infernai said:
Holy crap, someone who is smart on The Escapist forum? I AM AMAZE. You, sir, get unlimited amounts of internet and win. Use them wisely!Riku said:
Also, by "universe", it's mainly just the whole l'Cie/fal'Cie/Eidolon/Goddess Etro stuff, as you mentioned. Versus XIII isn't set anywhere near Cocoon or Pulse, it just uses a bunch of similar lore.
I'm sure that's what you meant and all, but just sayin'~!