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Square Enix finally decided to release the gameplay trailer they showed behind closed doors at Tokyo Game Show last month. Below is actual gameplay footage taken from Final Fantasy Versus 13 and Final Fantasy Agito 13. I want to hear your thoughts. Well, how about I read your minds. "ZOMG FF Versus 13 looks WAAAAY better than FF13. Oh SHIT! You aren't stuck on a narrow path!!! It's like actual an RPG!!!"
I won't get fooled a second time with this trailer. Early FF13 footage had Lightning running around a big open field -- something she doesn't do until about 30 hours into the game. And while Square Enix may have again been very selective with the clips that they debuted, I'm really digging the look of Versus. I like that the game seemingly takes place in a modern time setting and I love how open the areas are. But most importantly, I like that there is a real twitch jump, as it ensures that this game is in fact a real action RPG. It's not that I necessarily prefer one over the other, but action RPGs tend to have more physical environments with a lot of verticality. I've been craving a big open action RPG, and it would be great to get one from Japan.
On the other hand, I wish Agito 13 was less action oriented. As a PSP title, I can already imagine my control and camera frustrations. The game looks great, but I need to learn more about the battle and sub systems backing up the action. When the game was first announced for PSP, I could have sworn I heard something about a card system for this game. I hope Sqaure Enix knows that a great card system is the key to my heart. Well, ironically enough, it's not the key to my heart in Kingdom Hearts, but I do fall in love with most card systems.
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14 years, 1 month ago
Its weird how the graphics and animation that Square Enix had in 2001 when they made Advent Children, has only got into the games they make in 2010/11...
14 years, 1 month ago
Oh Jesus Christ, Versus XIII. mmmmm
14 years, 1 month ago
about time we saw footage. while its not much, its still wonderful to see.
The psp title looks wonderful as development is going.
Versus 13 looks like a typical FF so far. so we will see how it develops as well.
14 years, 1 month ago
My thoughts during the first minute of the video was "WHAT? METAL GEAR?!"
14 years, 1 month ago
Thanks for the trailer. I'm interested in Versus and Agito- (but not TOO psyched) They're certainly something I have my eye on.
14 years, 1 month ago
I think FFvs13 will be Final Fantasy: Kingdom Hearts. Gameplaywise, that is.
...which I'm perfectly fine with. I thought FF13 was a piece of shit. Horrible game, held your hand for 20 hours and kept introducing new tutorials every other hour while you ran around in a long virtal corridor fighting mobs and watching cheesy cutscene after cheesy cutscene filled with atrocious writing and subpar cringewothy voice acting. I didn't even bother making it until the part when the game supposedly gets "good". If I have to play several hours until the game gets good I'm not going to bother. Might aswell spend those hours playing a different game that is good after 30 seconds.
14 years, 1 month ago
Meh, I'm not very hyped about Versus. I was interested at first, it looked different for a Final Fantasy game and was genuinely interesting, but over time that interest has just kind of died away since barely anything new has been shown except those few seconds of him running around. After 4 years you think they'd have more than that. Heck, if anything I'm starting doubt this game will ever even be released considering how slowly they seem to be making progress.
The funny thing is I doubt anyone would care about it at all if it didn't have Final Fantasy in the title. It's quite astounding how many people are saying that this game looks ground-breaking and amazing when there's only been one recycled cinematic trailer and a few seconds of gameplay shown over its 4 years in development.
14 years, 1 month ago
I smell some BS, the fact that the trailer is about 10 seconds long makes me think this game is going to cheap skate us again. I just have no trust in Square anymore, FF13 was a complete flop for me, I can't play it for more than 10 minutes without rolling my eyes at the gameplay and dialogue.
Move forward, press X/A, cutscene with crappy dialogue, repeat, boss fight
14 years, 1 month ago
Looks interesting I s'pose. I'm finding it hard to get excited like I used to with new iterations in the Final Fantasy franchise. This being mostly due to FF13 as it crushed my expectations of it into tiny, irreparable dreams. I did enjoy FF13's combat system, definitely more so in the later stages of the game, which is natural I suppose. But there is only so much of the combat a person can take before they feel the need to perhaps move onto other things and explore different areas for even just a couple of hours. None of which I found present in FF13.
What I want is a full-fledged trailer containing a detailed breakdown of the battle system and overworld system. If Versus and Agito have more than enough going for them, and they showcase those off well enough, then I'm all on board for joining the hype brigade. But for now, Im not interested in recruiting.
14 years, 1 month ago
Until they release some actual information, I'm not getting hyped for Versus 13. My sister's boyfriend borrowed 13 from me so I haven't played it yet so I don't want to take a stand on that until I actually try it. I am curious as to how the party system in Agito will work, and how deep the customization will be considering they stated there are 12 characters to use with their own summon. Hopefully they don't level individually, and if that happens they won't force certain party members at certain points in the game.
14 years, 1 month ago
Very little to make assumptions upon. I enjoy the look of Versus 13 thus far, despite how little has been revealed. If the gameplay is satisfying, I could see myself really enjoying a game set in a modern day style environment (or thrown into the future a few decades). The real questions are, how many invisible walls will be in those large sprawling fields and how memorable will the locations be?
Hopefully they learn a bit from 13 and whip their designers extra hard for them to develop interesting, interactive elements to these locations. Screw the shiny beautiful backdrops, put the characters *in* those locations. Do it even if it knocks down the beauty, and increases the ugly factor to a 3.5 on the butt-meter. Remember, you can do so many more things to real, yet slightly less attractive, setting/object than you can with a cardboard cutout of an extremely attractive setting/object. I could make a joke about real "objects" and pictures of "objects" now, but I think I'll stop there.
14 years, 1 month ago
I'm way more interested in Agito from what I've seen. So far from what they have shown for Versus looks pretty boring, combat wise, but at a technical standpoint it does look beautiful, but even so that's not enough (look at FF13).
I'd like to see more gameplay on Versus and Agito before any decision is made.
14 years, 1 month ago
I hope Versus doesnt turn out to be another disappointment like 13 was. Im hoping we see some more info released on it soon; 4 years better get us more than a 10 second trailer before release.
14 years, 1 month ago
Both games look amazing. I'm more interested in Versus' story though. I'll admit that Agito took me by surprise. I didn't think that Square was serious about making Agito a legit Final Fantasy experience. Sadly, we'll probably be seeing these games early and late 2012 respectively.
14 years, 1 month ago
I was pretty dissapointed with FF13, so I have some apprehensions with Agito and Versus, but knowing myself, I will likely buy them any ways, I just hope its more than meets the eye.
14 years, 1 month ago
Vs. 13 looks like a piece of art, beautifully mastered. What little bit of combat we've seen looks pretty solid. I've never been into JRPG's, but Vs. 13 might just be my gateway drug.
14 years, 1 month ago
yeah i would definitely be cautious with buying versus on day one. I wont make the same mistake again. I'm going to wait and see whats really in the game and some reviews on it before picking it up. Sure the graphics look nice and it seems to be open world, but it was the same deal with some of the early FF13 clips. And we all know how that game turned out as we played it....lol.
14 years, 1 month ago
Why is everyone hesitant about these projects because of FF13? They are completely different types of games by completely different teams. It's like being worried about Parasite Eve or Vagrant Story b/c you didn't like FF8. The games are related to FF13 in name only.
14 years, 1 month ago
I'm gonna be the only shallow one here and say I'm buying FFXIII Versus because Noctis is hawt. End of story.
Oh, and newsflash; It'll be better than FFXIII. Anything would be better than FFXIII. I think the fact that nobody is expecting anything great from this is why we're going to be so impressed with it when it comes out.
14 years, 1 month ago
I can't help but get exicited, due to the post-apoc look, but as Brad said on a podcast a while back, that is overused. If they provide an interesting levelling system and charectures, I'm fucking sold.
14 years, 1 month ago
Versus looks like the FF game I've always wanted, modern time environment with big open maps to explore. I really really want it now.
14 years, 1 month ago
WOW
That was impressive
I usually wait for a release before I commit but this one looks like its breaking the mold or rather returning to the old mold. ?
Either way this is what the genre needs.
14 years, 1 month ago
It's not so much the Final Fantasy XIII name attached to it that worries me...it's the fact that Square Enix is developing the games that is worrying me.
I have not been very confident with their games of late; to the point where when I saw the trailers for Deus Ex: Human Revolution I was instantly disappointed when I saw their name attached...however, when I came to find out they are only publishing the game I had a great sigh of relief.
Final Fantasy XIII was just the straw the broke the camel's back for me. That does not mean I am not going to ever give their games a chance again, it just means that they really have to work for my attention now.
Honestly, I wish they were just a full-motion video company now since every cinematic they make is liquid amazing. :C Sorry Square. You try so hard.
14 years, 1 month ago
I'm probably retarded, but I don't think Versus looks that great. I mean, it looks great, but not as great as everybody said I looked like a few weeks ago. They said it looked like a CG movie, but I don't agree. Sure the cut-scenes looks awesome but unless they are in-game I'm not impressed.
14 years, 1 month ago
Now, I don't really wanna say "oh this is going to be amazing" cause i said that about FF13 and i haven't even finished that game yet. But I will say I'm definitely going to be looking out for more gameplays of this game.
14 years, 1 month ago
I hate when trailers pump me up but then actually playing the game or watching the movie ends up a complete and total bust.