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Archmagnus
07/16/09

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This just proves my point that most DS devs are lazy bitches. The DS is capable of some nice 3D renders such as Super Mario 64 and the FF remakes, then you have devs that churn out piss poor crap as well.

/rant off

One thing I think everyone wants to see is Ocarina on the DS or other great N64 games remade on the NDS: Majora's Mask, Donkey Kong, Jet Force Gemini, etc. It's untapped potential to remake these game or add new material to them.
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Skunky
07/16/09

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Since when is "mad scientist" an FF job? That's one the person in the last spot in the party kinda looks like.
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DarkFestim
07/16/09

@Skunky: You can't always look at the glass half empty friend. There have been plenty of jobs in the FF world that have just utterly and COMPLETELY sucked. Come on Onion Knight? Better yet Scholar? Who the hell wants to be a Scholar?

So when they throw Mad Scientist in there just remember, there have been plenty of awful jobs out there, worse than Mad Scientist, so the glass is half full... And then I drank it. Yeah Mad Scientist SUCKS!
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Witzbold
07/16/09

@DarkFestim: You obviously dont realize that the strongest job in FF series was the onion knight. Thats not a joke either.
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Skunky
07/17/09

@DarkFestim: Actually Scholars are badass in FFXI.

But I say if my Mad Scientist doesn't sound like Neil Patrick Harris, then I'm gonna be sad.
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Placentasaurus
07/16/09

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Man, I am loving that Music. What I'm not loving, though, is the look of the game. I can't stand the DS FF art style, because no matter how great the environments look, the characters always look like the same creepy, soulless, noseless, blankly staring, interchangeably undetailed chibi people. I can barely tell the difference between these characters and the ones in FFIII. It's like they just gave the same character models new hairdo's or something. And why do they have Akihiko Yoshida as the art director if they aren't going to even use his art style? They aren't even using it for the damn character portraits.

As great as the environments look in this trailer, I don't like the use of the spherical world thing from Animal Crossing. On just the world map, that would be great, but in the towns, it makes no sense, is each town contained on it's own tiny planet or something? It bothers me, as well as possibly being a pain to navigate.

Those issues aside, this could end up being a great game anyways, as long is it isn't kept TOO simple. There should be some completely insane, out-of-left-field plot twist that no-one sees coming, and completely changes everything. That would be awesome. And hopefully the writing will be good, even if the actual plot is simple.
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denki
07/16/09

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Sweet! I've always wanted to play a FF game where I just run around towns never talking to anyone...oh damnit there's the battle sequence. Fuck, actual game play? I don't think I can handle that. I've been used to the series holding my hand so so long...

comments...fixed?
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whitepawn
07/16/09

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It really looks like they've got the camera down pretty well, that's one of my biggest complaints on a 3d game on a smaller screen, but from the video it seems they have it move when it needs to so that you're looking at what you need most of the time.

I just hope that it stays that way and works as well as it seems when the game comes out.
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pigz0011
07/16/09

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I too am not (typically) a fan of 3D on the DS. The problem isn't so much that the visual quality is poor, but that the visual style doesn't often lend itself to providing the unique sense of atmosphere that existed in FF's (and many other "upgraded" series') previous 2D counterparts.

This however, looks like it just may have the right kind of art direction to pull it off. A delicate balance indeed. DQIX has done a great job of accomplishing this, hopefully this title can do the same.

I'm willing to give it a chance.
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tingyu
07/16/09

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How come Japanese can create magic like Ninokuni, DQIX, Phoenix Wright, The World is not Enough, revenant wings and this on a crappy hardware like DS?

While the Direct X 10 with hundreds of ATI and NVIDIA variety of cards have CRYSIS...

and Direct X 11? Crysis again?
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Fontane
07/16/09

@tingyu: Graphics don't make the game and I'm assuming you mean "The World Ends With You" because I don't recall there being anything magical about World is Not Enough.
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ninja_warrior
07/16/09

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That looks pretty sweet! I love the style of RPGs on the DS, the developers do a good job at utilizing the resources available on the system. Maybe I missed something, but will this be available outside of Japan too?
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
07/16/09

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Well they did better than I had thought, but I am not sold. They basically just did one of their 3D-Final Fantasies for the DS without it being based upon an actual game.

Problem is that I am not very fond of 3D-graphics on the DS. You see that everything is low-resolution, and even though they had some nice effects (curved world, grass-animation) and a stylized graphic, I'm not sure I am sold. I'd like to see how it handles first.

Also, yay for non-expanding input-field.
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FeliceLibnut
07/16/09

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I love the look of this game I can't wait to play it. I hope they keep that Ol' skool style of music in it too that would be great.
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phinehas
07/16/09

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YES. That looks gorgeous, and I'm not joking. Style over hi-fidelity graphics = win.

I love the way the world is curved - not sure if I've seen that in any other RPG at all. Parts of it were reminiscent of Phantom Hourglass, etc., but I'm loving the unique style. Hopefully it's updated old-school gameplay (yes, there is such a thing), b/c I can't seem to get enough of the grind.
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Mit
07/16/09

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Saw some screens for this earlier, and it looks 10x better in motion. And the screens didn't look bad in the first place.

Definitely looking forward to this one. I'm sure we won't see it until late 2010 or something like that, but I'll be picking it up. I don't know how Square does it, but they make the new, best-looking 3D games for DS every time they release one it seems.
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Furious George
07/01/09

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Time to go contrarian here and say that this looks -fun-. I love classic RPGs, and the world needs more of them. Not every RPG on the planet needs to be some sort of wacky new hybrid of one kind or another. There is a place for traditional in the overall market.
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
07/01/09

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People bitching about the amount of DS support SE shows needs to remember that next to maybe the PS2, it's the most profitable system for them. Deal with it, or get one and enjoy it like the rest of us folks.
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Fede17
07/01/09

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Looks cute and all, but what the shit. When are you going to bring some decent RPGs to the PS3? I'm tired of this waiting.

It's starting to become ridiculous.

It seems as if all this crap is going to come out, but it never freaking does.
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
07/01/09

@Fede17:They will bring more decent RPG's to the PS3 when the PS3 gives them the same return that the DS does. So if your tired of waiting, get ready for more waiting.

SE follows what's best for it, not what bitching fans on the internet want. Blame Sony if anything for not having a larger install base.
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