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08/31/09
No, go away business brain, this isn't for you to decide!
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Someone show me proof otherwise. Please. I actually want to see it.
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I have a huge interest in FF XIII Versus, not because the character looks like a "badass" (as I'm sure why many people choose Versus over XIII), but because it looks as though the game will be providing a more personal narrative that will center around Noctis and Stella. Seeing this narrative makes this game seem much more appealing to me than the warring factions depicted in FF XIII.
08/31/09
Who cares about FF13 and v13? S'all about FF14.
08/31/09
@Black-Dog-Howls: That image sure is making it's way around.
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As for the two iterations of Sora... I only have 4 words: Return of the Jedi
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Not to say I don't love them, but seriously. Advent Children wasn't really any more shallow than any of the games, and it doesn't take 40+ hours. I suspect you just feel more attached to people when you are with them for that long.
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But in general, yes, Final Fantasy is hardly Tolstoy, is it?
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While the other characters discuss important matters, like what is going on, or a person's past, Vaan runs off in the background to look impressed at whatever new area they are in together with Penello.
To call him a lead is fallacy, because he doesn't lead even once, he follows. Ashe leads, or Balthier does. The Princess and Bash are the only characters with motivation. Balthier is along because he can profit, and Fran follows because she goes wherever Balthier goes. Vaan and Penello? They are just along for the ride.
They never add one thing to the story, even less than any of the guest-characters do.
08/31/09
I'd think XIII would have considerably more hype at this point, but I've been wrong before.
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I personally am hyped up more forVersus more so than XIII. Main reason being XIII just looks like a complete, random-fest (with some of the most silly names), while Versus APPEARS to have a more calm, subdued approach to it's design. Not necesarilly 'realistic' but just not... crazy as XIII.
Besides, that trailer with that atin Song, Somnus somethign is amazing. Yoko Shimomura can do no wrong...
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Hey, I hear they're making FF15! Why are they hiding what is clearly Game Of The (whatever) Year (it comes out)?!
08/31/09
The only thing that has me weary is the battle system, which is said to take after Kingdom Hearts, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus.
08/31/09
I can't trust trailers to tell me much about emotional depth; when I think game themes, I think Victorian steampunk or zombie-cowboy. And nobody wants to give me either.
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I'll be tad surprised if Vs is even released at 2011 for PS3 as well as for the Xbox 360.
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tl;dr: when Square Enix decides they like money AKA when multiplatform FFXIII hits America, they will negotiate a port of Versus with Microsoft.
08/24/09
Squaresoft had to merge with Enix Corp. BECAUSE of "The Spirits Within." Enix replaced all the heads of Squaresoft with its own guys. The CEO of Squaresoft was forced out.
No one was laughing at Square when that movie came out Your use liberal use of "laughing stock" also indicates your own breadth of knowledge in these parts.
Games released in Japan from 2001-2002:
-Final Fantasy 10
-Final Fantasy 11
-Kingdom Hearts
-Final Fantasy X-2
Refuting your actual argument about Sqenix liking money and Versus going to the 360:
The man behind KH1&2 is the man behind Versus13. He is an adamant Sony fan and outright said his game (which is his) will not go anywhere else.
08/24/09
That changes EVERYTHING.
Let's refute this charge by charge:
1. The merger didn't happen because of The Spirits Within. Quite the opposite. It almost DIDN'T happen because of The Spirits Within.
2. Yes, SquareSoft had become a joke in the Japanese corporate world after they lost nearly 100 million USD on their Hollywood movie venture.
3. Games released in Japan 2001-2002: I can't refute this. I don't know why you included it, though.
4. Tetsuya Nomura may be producing the game, but management will take his protests under advisement in the event that they want to sell FFXIII Versus multiplatform in America for more money. This is speculation, but mine is at least grounded in reality. I mean, FFXIII is multiplatform, right?
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Sorta like if you were to build a guitar from scratch, lets say, and for the first one you ever built, you would need to buy all the equipment then figure out how to work all of it. After the first one is done, then building a 2nd would be quicker because you've already have the tools and he experience. You've made your mistakes on it already, and know how not to make them anymore.
If the guitar is the game and the tools are the game engine, then this would be a quicker process, even if you are doing some things differently, the basics, and framework of the game is ready to go.
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Not because i hate MS, but because then we would have to wait even longer (assuming they do what they did for XIII).
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I don't think the announcement of a 360 port would do that at this point, considering Square's treated PS3 fans like shit since day one of this generation.
The only thing that'll blow our minds at this point is a full-on gameplay reveal.
08/24/09
At least you PS3 owners get games. Back in my day, we Nintendo 64 owners got NOTHING.
08/24/09
In the three and a half years since the PS3's launch, they've put out two downloadable titles, both ports. That's it. That qualifies as "like shit" to me.
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After a few years of nothing, I think even a few in-game screenshots would qualify as mind-blowing.