Now, I just watched the two new trailers for FFXIII and FFversusXIII. Now, these games aren't exactly wowing me, but FFXIII looks nice, and even though it's in a futuristic setting, it looks like that's only a small part of the world, and that most of the world is actually typical fantasy setting. The futuristic sections do look nifty I admit. We also finally see another main character (Mr 33cm, most retarded name ever). Also, thumbs up for Transformers meets Summons. :) However, FFversusXIII pisses me right off. First, it opens with the line "This is a Fantasy based on reality." Newsflash, reality and fantasy are opposites. A fantasy based on reality is just reality, or at least a very boring fantasy. It then goes to a city. Not a cool steampunk city like Dalmasca, not a nifty looking cyberpunk city like FFXIII's setting, but just a normal looking city. Then we see cars, normal cars! Holy crap this isn't fantasy! Did we not learn anything from Final Fantasy VIII? Now we see the main character, and it's basically like the first trailer. Most of my friends, who all claim they're all FF fans, but have never played anything not made by Nomura bar IX, are shitting their pants at this guy, saying he's so cool and such other bullshit. However, I think he looks crap and unoriginal. I hate his design frankly, because it's typical Nomura self-indulgance. Nothing about it is original. Silver hair? Hmm... My friends say he's awesome because of all the swords he uses. Sorry, been done already by the best there is. Spiky hair? Please! Would it kill Nomura to obey gravity for once? All black? Snore! Now, maybe I'm being unfair. Maybe he'll be an amazing character with great pesonality. But I doubt it. All he does is kill a lot of soldiers with ease, then when it's over it cuts to him sitting an a chair looking all thoughtful. Five bucks this guy has some kind of tragic past. Maybe I'm just gettting bitchy because of one thing. Why the fuck is this called Final Fantasy versus XIII? What does it have to do with XIII at all? They admit that each story is unconnected mostly. Why not just call it Final Fantasy versus then? Or maybe an entire new game series altogether? Sorry about that. I just felt I had to get that out of my system. | |||
From what I saw he had dark blue hair and it was straight down. I think the game looks awesome. | |||
FFXIII looks great so far. If FFXII was Star Wars, then FFXIII is Transformers + Beast Wars. But that's just me. FFvXIII is meh. Over-powered characters are not my stuff. And I saw blood. Did any FF had blood before? | |||
Squall's gash on his face and Kuja's forehead say yes. | |||
DrakemasterDrake - "I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity." TALK - {{{time}}} The clock on this site is so messed up, why bother? | |||
I personally believe that Versus XIII looks better than XIII, and doesn't that guy have jet black or blue hair? Maybe he dyed it for the trailer you saw. Can you post a link to the trailer you saw? And fantasy based on reality=sci fi, so I guess they can get away with that. After all, some of the most popular games has midevil(?) elements in a kind of sci-di setting. Examples include, but are not limited to, VI, VII, and X (moreso with VI and VII, X's more of fantasy with a bit of reality than reality with a bit of fantasy). So if you didn't like VI, VII, or X, you probaly won't like Versus XIII, or possible XIII. | |||
Crazyswordsman - Final Fantasy VI, because Drake says he wants to link to FF7 every day, which is bad because that game is so far inferior to FF6. TALK - 18:58, 16 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
If I want an RPG based in the real world, I'll play Earthbound, thank you very much. | |||
Diablo, you said "new", where can I see this "new" trailers? | |||
I found them on RPGamer.com. They might not be that new, since they're a very slow site. | |||
Versus looks boring. A total cliche hero fighting generic SOLDIERS in what appears to be the lame neighborhood of The World That Never Was. Just regular XIII looks awesome. And Agito is game on a cell phone that isn't Tetris or Snake, so by law of physics it must be horrible. | |||
User:Booff7: ha, you beat me to it. I just saw these trailers 5 minutes ago and came here to post them whlen I found this. Anyway, both games look awsome no matter what anyone says and the guy from ffvxiii is without a doubt the coolest character in all of Final Fantasy!
I'm off to bed, but I'll leave you with these, the trailers which Diablo talked about: EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
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EDIT... CONFLICT... ¬¬ Thanks, also, I like the idea of the transforming summons and the game doesn't look bad at all. I still don't have a strong opinion about FF v.XIII, later I will say something pointless about the game, I'm tired now... | |||
My opinion is that this is something like VIII a really good game, then a complete let down. Also,Do I smell a new batte system? | |||
No, you smell XII battle system with some jumps and crap like that, the fire shot shown on the video is just like using a -ga spell | |||
Maverick King - You are not a Snake and I am not an Ocelot. We are men with names. TALK - When the lambs stopped screaming {{{time}}} | |||
ah. From the videos, FFXIII gives me the feeling that it's gonna deviate from the party system of before and just be a solo misson. I just don't see how someone could manage all that flair and action with three character. The story for FFvXIII seems pretty good and when i first saw the trailer, the overall mood and music almost makes it looks like a futuristic film noir. Take that for what you will, but I kinda like the darkness. However, the main character is probably gonna have some crappy Cloud-like messiah complex. sheesh! Also FF has never been that graphic before, snaping enemies' necks and impaling them (with blood effects mind you) has never been used. | |||
I like both of them. I like FFvsXIII more than XIII. Kinda what MK said | |||
DrakemasterDrake - "I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity." TALK - {{{time}}} The clock on this site is so messed up, why bother? | |||
From what I hear, XIII is supposed to have a modified version of the XII battle system. Versus XIII will be more like an action RPG, similar to Kingdom Hearts. I think Versus XIII is going to surprise us with a really great story and cast of characters. | |||
Why do they call it FFXIII versus? I'm pretty sure FFXIII and FFXIII versus don't share the same world (at least it doesn't look like it). Also I agree with most of what Diablocon said. My impression is that the guy is just a Xaldin ripoff (Lances are better than swords anyway). | |||
Henryacores - "É que esta noite vou lançar ao mar/A bruma que houver em mim./Vou beber e cantar este luar/vou dançar até ao fim." TALK - {{{time}}} | |||
I actually like Xaldin's style, but i rather see it with spears... I prefer XIII cause it's faster and it has nice scenarios. vXIII is too dark for a Final Fantasy. | |||
Masamune22 - "Please allow me to introduce myself; I am a man of wealth and taste." TALK - Time is such a relative thing... | |||
While I feel like the original FFXIII trailer was much better, the new Versus trailer was amazing. Granted, the character design is a little worn, with the enemies looking pretty much exactly the same as those in more recent games such as Dirge of Cerberus and FFXII, and the main character looking more than a little bit like Advent Children Cloud with dyed blue hair, but it still looks good. A good game is a good game, whether it rigidly adheres to the precedents set by its predecessors or not, so arguing that it's not a Final Fantasy is somewhat groundless. I think that the real reason people are turned off by this game is because it reminds them of Dirge of Cerberus. DoC is pretty bad, but with an improved Close Combat System and some decent level design (maybe we could play in some more locations from FFVII instead of the same f*#&ing hallway over and over), it would actually be somewhat playable. All in all, I think both games look good, and I will probably end up buying a PS3 only for these and Metal Gear Solid 4. | |||
JamaBenJamin - I don't want to kill you, but your to ugly to let live. TALK - It's Ben Jamin! Not Benjamin. 19:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
A direct response to Diablo's tragic past comment: Most characters in Final Fantasy have tragic pasts! Few don't! Anyway, another point: I've noted there are three types of personality's for male characters. (1. The cheery, happy, naive and some times down right stupid characters. (2. The mopey, emo, depressed and self-guilty kind. (3. This one is rare. The relatively quite, mature, intelligent characters. They are observant and speak only when absolutely needed. My guess the main character for FFvXIII will be this way. | |||
True. I'm not impress with FFvXIII since day one and still don't like it now. probably worst settings in Final Fantasy history. | |||