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Final Fantasy XIII
- Thread starter Chill
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*Tyson*
Smash Ace
Yeah, i think you had to buy one of the first waves of the game though. With it you get a item in 14
¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯
Smash Legend
Are you sure? I got it the day it came out and I don't remember a promo code.
Big-Cat
Challenge accepted.
Yeah, same here.
Minato
穏やかじゃない
There really was a promo code that came with the first run of the game. You can use it to apply for the beta or/and use it to get an exclusive item, the Asuran Armguards. They only state that it's an extra for the PC version, so I don't know if it applies to the PS3.
TLMSheikant
Smash Master
Huh? I also got it march 9 and didnt have any promo code...
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
No DLC for FFXIII
http://kotaku.com/5632613/report-you-wanted-final-fantasy-xiii-dlc-sorry
Japan Finally Getting Final Fantasy XIII On The Xbox 360
http://kotaku.com/5632465/japan-finally-getting-final-fantasy-xiii-on-the-xbox-360
http://kotaku.com/5632613/report-you-wanted-final-fantasy-xiii-dlc-sorry
Japan Finally Getting Final Fantasy XIII On The Xbox 360
http://kotaku.com/5632465/japan-finally-getting-final-fantasy-xiii-on-the-xbox-360
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
Taken from the above article.
Pluvia
Hates Semicolons<br>;
Man I'm just on my way to the final boss in XIII. Glad to hear they're making a sequel though.
Ryu Shimazu
Smash Master
I'm on Chapter 6, and I love this game despite how much I hated looking at it. It's linear, but it could be worse.
Ryu Shimazu
Smash Master
^ Actually, Pluvia(Or Kr) bumped it, I just added that because I played it last night. =[
Edit: And a Sequel would be cool, if FF's past sequels were not so bad. X-2 was pretty bad, and a lot of the 7 Compilation was kinda weak too.
Edit: And a Sequel would be cool, if FF's past sequels were not so bad. X-2 was pretty bad, and a lot of the 7 Compilation was kinda weak too.
The corridors could have been straight instead of curved?
I'm really not sure that Square should really be working on FFXIII-2 when they could be...
a) Finishing FFversusXIII.
b) Fixing all the problems with FFXIV and generating interest in it outside of the core Square fanbase.
c) Starting development on FFXV or another AAA RPG title.
...especially since...
a) Despite high sales, neither of the past two main series FF titles were well recieved.
b) Square has been taking hundreds of years to develop their games lately.
c) The story of FFXIII is not the worst story in the series but it definitely isn't the best and it does not merit revisiting, especially since they'll inevitably screw up one of the characters (like Sazh becoming a rapper or Hope becoming Justin Beiber or something).
Oh, and the evil version of the main character of the original game is such a clever and original idea.
http://kotaku.com/5736409/final-fantasy-xiii-gets-a-second-chance-with-a-second-game
2. It'll be delayed to early 2012 in Japan and Holiday 2012 in America, I'm calling it right now. Europe I have no idea, they may never get it for all I know.
3. This is a good idea because rushing games out has always worked for Square in the past. Just look at FFXIV.
a) Finishing FFversusXIII.
b) Fixing all the problems with FFXIV and generating interest in it outside of the core Square fanbase.
c) Starting development on FFXV or another AAA RPG title.
...especially since...
a) Despite high sales, neither of the past two main series FF titles were well recieved.
b) Square has been taking hundreds of years to develop their games lately.
c) The story of FFXIII is not the worst story in the series but it definitely isn't the best and it does not merit revisiting, especially since they'll inevitably screw up one of the characters (like Sazh becoming a rapper or Hope becoming Justin Beiber or something).
Oh, and the evil version of the main character of the original game is such a clever and original idea.
http://kotaku.com/5736409/final-fantasy-xiii-gets-a-second-chance-with-a-second-game
1. PFFFFTAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
2. It'll be delayed to early 2012 in Japan and Holiday 2012 in America, I'm calling it right now. Europe I have no idea, they may never get it for all I know.
3. This is a good idea because rushing games out has always worked for Square in the past. Just look at FFXIV.
Big-Cat
Challenge accepted.
Chances are that they're reusing the same engine from before. Combined that with an established protagonist(s) and mythos, a lot of the work's already taken care of.
Maybe that dark haired girl is a Satsui no Hado version of Lightning. We don't know anything about the plot, but I think
Maybe that dark haired girl is a Satsui no Hado version of Lightning. We don't know anything about the plot, but I think
the crystal lesbians won't be crystal by the end.
Minato
穏やかじゃない
Agreed. And Versus XIII is looking amazing, and they should be focusing on that before straying off to XIII-2. I had my doubts when Versus was first announced, but it looks much better than XIII.
Not like I care about XIV, but Square really screwed it up.
I wish they would move on and not worry about XIV, but they did spend too much time on the game, so I guess it's natural that they want to make it better to satisfy people.
They probably are already. I'm guessing the team that did XII is probably throwing around some ideas at least.
I'm actually still playing through this game. It's pretty boring at times, so I haven't played it for hours-long sessions like a bunch of other rpgs. It's definitely getting better, though.
Versus looks nice, and I can't wait to play it.
Versus looks nice, and I can't wait to play it.
a) not the same team
b) not the same team
c) They probably already did.
'cause it's a direct sequel to this game not a year old that's coming out this year.
Here's the trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObiaNbDtF3Y
spoilers for the end of 13... cause it's the sequel duh
SyOn
Smash Journeyman
godammit square.
just forget this game and go work on another game
just forget this game and go work on another game
Well yeah, obviously having an engine in place is a big help when making games, but the engine wasn't really the problem in FFXIII. What they really need is a more coherent storyline with a better villain, better level design, and sidequests at an earlier level.
I actually almost called her "Shin Lightning" in my earlier post. Apparently it's a guy though. You can tell because...?
http://nerfnow.com/comic/273
I don't really care about XIV either, but it's sad to see an MMO with so many potentially good ideas fail so horribly because it doesn't have the basics down. Plus, a numbered Final Fantasy game should be much better than this. I mean ****, FFII wasn't THIS bad.
If they did, they're not telling us and likely won't for a while. Which is actually a good thing since announcing a main series FF game 4 years before it comes out builds up a needless amount of hype and eventually leads to a large amount of disappointment in the fanbase. BUT WHEN HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED?
Actually, yes it is. If Wikipedia is to be believed, they're both being done by Product Development Division 1.
I realize that, but it kind of brings me to another point - Square as a company is incredibly bloated. As I'm writing this, Square has 11 teams total, including two for main series FF games, one for FF Crystal Chronicles, one for FF Online, one for Dragon Quest, one for the semi-defunct Mana series, four for random crap, and Eidos. I'm not an expert on business structure, but I'm pretty sure if you consolidated and combined them, you could only end up with 5 teams that you really need - One team for FF, one team for FF Online, one team for Dragon Quest, Eidos, and one team for other random crap (Kingdom Hearts, Mana series, Facebook games, cell phone games, random other games, etc.). By only having one team work on the FF series as a whole, they'd be better able to finish their biggest games in a timely manner instead of spending 8 years or more on each title. In fact, now that they own Eidos, they should just outsource all their shovelware to them so they can focus on real games.
I think that's a good idea, but that's just me.
Already talked about that.
The trailer for FFXIII-2 looks nice. Lightning looks like a badass from the waist up, but the half-skirt of feathers is giving me a Gunner Yuna vibe. At least she's not singing...yet...
No they aren't. Versus is made by the Kingdom Hearts team. While they did assist that team some times, they were not the same team.
Isn't Capcom too? I remember that recent interview with Inafune, where he says that the 300 Capcom JP employees work on only like 3-5 games at a time or something.
Wiki on FFversusXIII said:
Wiki on FFXIII-2 said:
I believe Square works on a lot more titles than that a year.
No, I meant both the fact you mentioned that their studios are bloated, since the mentality isn't the same in Japan, where it's a secure job and in america it's 'you make a bad game, you're fired lulz'
And it's still 2 different teams. teams !=studio. Don't you remember when people thought, because of a mistranslated Famitsu interview that Versus's development was halted to finish XIII's?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ff-versus-xiii-reports-are-false
theeboredone
Smash Legend
Hm, I'm a bit confused on why they are making a 13-2. Were sales that great for 13 to make a part two? If anything, I heard more criticism on this game, then any other FF in a long while. Is there even a story to add on? At least FFX had that whole, Tidus might be alive thing.
But in any case, my honest reaction to the announcement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX1NtxkqcE#t=1m25s
But in any case, my honest reaction to the announcement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX1NtxkqcE#t=1m25s
Kuraudo
4Aerith
Spoilers for Post!XIII stuff here.
Lightning went off alone to find a way to rescue Vanille and Fang from their crystal stasis. Saving them could be a driving force behind this game. We'll see what happens.
Minato
穏やかじゃない
Ah... Fresh Prince. I love that show. lol
XIII wasn't the most successful out of the series, but the company had put in a lot of work into making XIII so they might as well use all the material they made for another game. And even if XIII-2 ends up being bad, it's not like it's going to ruin XIII's reputation. It didn't exactly make a huge name for itself.
Saki-
Reset Project
By continuing with Minato said it might end up at least making it a little better.
Oh god please don't be another FFX-2 though.
Oh god please don't be another FFX-2 though.
Pluvia
Hates Semicolons<br>;
Hopefully, that'll be a good way to continue the story.Kuraudo;1201323[SPOILER said:
Anyway I finnally finished FF-XIII. The whole ending almost made no sense, but I enjoyed it and this game was worth the 34 quid, which is more than I can say for most games.
Ugh. I'm still playing through this game, and I'm almost done with chapter 8. It's still a complete drag at times, but it seems like its going to get better soon.
I just keep playing it a little every now and then because I can't sit there and play it for hours like most other games. Moving in a straight line and pressing X gets pretty boring after more than a couple of hours.
However, I can definitely see why they're making a sequel. The universe surrounding the original has a ton of potential, but they wasted most of it. Personally, I wouldn't mind giving them one more chance to do this game justice.
I just keep playing it a little every now and then because I can't sit there and play it for hours like most other games. Moving in a straight line and pressing X gets pretty boring after more than a couple of hours.
However, I can definitely see why they're making a sequel. The universe surrounding the original has a ton of potential, but they wasted most of it. Personally, I wouldn't mind giving them one more chance to do this game justice.