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It's all the games in the Final Fantasy XIII universe. So this thread is about Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy versus XIII. Hold discussions and post any related news you find in this thread.

Personally it's the reason I bought a PS3 the other games such as Gran Turismo 5 and other such exclusives were just a plus. So far the game seems like it will be great but not much is known about actual gameplay. A new trailer will be shown at the Tokyo Game Show (September 20-23.) The story will revolve around a female character named Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII and in Final Fantasy versus XIII the main character's name is still unknown.
For more information there is a thread on the Playstation forums which can be found here Final Fantasy XIII
 
Good luck in finding the girl to play her in the movie. Prettiest sprite I ever saw.
 
Gametrailers has been working on a video retrospective on the Final Fantasy Series:



Each mini-documentary is between 15 and 20 minutes long. They are posting a new one each week and are currently up to part 10.

Click HERE to see the list of all the documentaries currently available for viewing.
 
FFs have always been awesome games and offered expectional value for gamers.(think about average playtimes :) )

Last month i bought FF X2 and so far i have enjoyed it with PS3. Im not so exited about FF7 remake, but of course i would buy it if it was any good.
 
Hmmm ... the fighting in Versus looked a little cartoon-y, as did parts of XIII, but they are FF games. There's probably a hell of a good reason as to why the world works that way.
 
ok so im downright confused...so theres going to be two versions of FFXIII (FF13 and FF versus 13)?
 
I like the main hero in FF versus XIII a bit better because the ambiance is more darkened and stuff like that and he just looks BADASS! :D

But i'll get both, day one purchase as all the FF's and i'm gonna play the hell out of these two, i can't freaking wait :D
 
old thread, whatever :p

both of these look really good. im kind of curious how "battles that resemble those in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" will work out. does that mean we wont have to worry about mindlessly leveling up and being able to concentrait on the big game and explore the world more?

i will get a ps3 when these are released.
 
Earth
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:lol:

I especially like how he drinks milk out of a wine glass. :)


That deserves to be in the Funny Videos thread. :)👍



Yikes... I just noticed Earth deleted all his posts?!?!?!?!
 
FFS what on earth, are people actually this sad.

I consider myself a geek lol, but thats ridiculous.

Want to make one point. The Japanese sales outweigh European and American sales. The game is PS3 exclusive in Japan. They are looking into compressing audio and video for the 360 version.

Whats to worry about.

These same people should have complained when it went from Nintendo to Sony.

If the fanboys want to play just laugh at the fact that the BIG announcement for the 360 was that it was getting a game thats already coming out on the PS3.

Thats just plain funny.
 
lol funny vid. as long as its built on the PS3, i could care less about a 360 port.

but if its built from the ground up on the 360 then forget about it :indiff:
 
nissan tuner
lol funny vid. as long as its built on the PS3, i could care less about a 360 port.

but if its built from the ground up on the 360 then forget about it :indiff:
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FFXIII will end up like Burnout Paradise, Good looking game that was developed on PS3 first but because it used a multi platform engine it only look marginally better then the 360 version.

Lets be honest, exclusive PS3 games are smoking exclusive 360 games right now.

360 Gears of War 2? 10 players max online

360 Halo 3? 16 players max online

PS3 Resistance 2? 60 players max online

PS3 Warkhawk? 32 players max online

PS3 MAG? 256 players max online

It's gotten quite obvious that the PS3 is capable of a considerably far more advanced experience then the 360.

I'm not talking about a few more frames per second here or smoother edges or slighty better textures here.

I'm saying the PS3 is proving it can handle things like twice the number of units on screen, at higher resolutions and framerate.

Final Fantasy XIII will in no way show any great potential of the PS3.

Call me a fanboy, but I'll be honest. The real time footage shown so far of FFXIII isn't exactly jaw dropping. In fact, I dont even thinks it makes my personal top 10 list of best looking PS3 games so far.

Now why exactly will FFXIII not show the potential of the PS3 even though its being made on the PS3 first then being ported to the 360?

Because its being made on a multiplatform engine.

Initially Square created the "White Engine" to create its games specifically for the PS3. However the abandoned it and moved on to the crystal tools engine to make all their games multiplatform. Now, only Final Fantasy vs XIII is using the PS3 exclusive white engine and is said to be the last game to do so.

Crystal tools, a multiplatform engine should make porting the game to the 360 easier but at the same time it will take away any advantage the PS3 could have given FFXIII by not using the exclusive white engine.

Square has begun sliding down the slippery steep slopes of mediocrity.

Now I know some will get onto my case saying "What's wrong with letting other people have the game even if its not quite as good as it could be"

Let me tell you, once you accept less then the best that's when you've accepted mediocrity. I only accept and demand the best.

Why should I be happy about a gaming franchise that has stayed exclusive to one console or another letting the developers get the most out of that particular system is now becoming a multiplatform crapshoot?

Like I said earlier, this will end up being just like Burnout Paradise PS3, a good looking game that is only marginally better looking then the 360 counterpart, when we know PS3 is much more then just 'marginally' better then the 360.
 
You still rambling on about that. Don't you have a girlfriend, job, social circle or something that might just be marginally more important and take your mind off it a little bit.
 
Dave A
You still rambling on about that. Don't you have a girlfriend, job, social circle or something that might just be marginally more important and take your mind off it a little bit.
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That's really mean Dave
 
Earth, just because an engine is multiplatform doesn't mean the things that are made with it are automatically limited by the specs of the weakest platform the engine supports. They are going to use the engine to make the game for the PS3, and the engine is not going to stop them from doing things with the PS3 version that may cause difficulties when they try to port it to run on the 360. These difficulties will either be solved by re-writing some of the code for the 360 version so it runs better, or by making compromises with the 360 version. The PS3 version of XIII will not be held down or suffer the slightest bit by being developed with a multiplatform engine.
 
yaywalter
Earth, just because an engine is multiplatform doesn't mean the things that are made with it are automatically limited by the specs of the weakest platform the engine supports. They are going to use the engine to make the game for the PS3, and the engine is not going to stop them from doing things with the PS3 version that may cause difficulties when they try to port it to run on the 360. These difficulties will either be solved by re-writing some of the code for the 360 version so it runs better, or by making compromises with the 360 version. The PS3 version of XIII will not be held down or suffer the slightest bit by being developed with a multiplatform engine.
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I wish that was true

BBC's Darre Waters
"On one hand I am saying that I've not seen a game on PS3 that leads me to believe it is not also possible on the 360.

while also saying...

That the mystery represents a sea change.

Am I contradicting myself? I don't think so.

What I was shown was a demo; not a full game. Until a game is in my hands I'm not going to commit myself. But what I was shown was v impressive.

A lot of the developers I've spoken don't believe there will ever be a big difference in finished product between the two machines for two major reasons:

1. 3rd party companies have to be multiplatform and they just can't afford to priorities one machine over the other.

2. The two consoles are strong but in different areas.

Obviously the first point doesn't apply to first party games.
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That's the whole problem here, Square couldn't afford to prioritize the FFXIII on the PS3 with the white engine because of development costs so they went multiplatform.

Which PS3 games stand head and shoulders above 360 games? The exclusive games built with only the PS3 in mind, Uncharted, GT5P, Motorstorm, MGS4, R&C, Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, Killzone 2 etc etc.

Crystal Tools is a multiplatform engine designed to make porting games to the 360 and PC easier. The white engine was designed with only the PS3 in mind. Now if they said they were creating this game with the white engine I wouldn't care but they're not they've switched to the multiplatform engine. Only vs XIII is still using the white engine.

Once again I'll use my Burnout illustration. It was a game built for the PS3 first then ported to the 360. But because EVERYTHING was not geared toward the PS3's strengths just to make porting easier the game only looks marginally better on a vastly superior system.

Square is already lying and saying there will be no difference between the PS3 version and the 360 version outside number of discs. Who believes that? So why should I believe shifting from the PS3 exclusive white engine to the multiplatform engine shouldnt change anyting as they say?
 
Earth
That's really mean Dave
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Take it light heatedly, I wasn't trying to be mean and apologies if I offended you but don't you think you are taking this a little too far?

Look, the game will be good or bad, just like any other game out there. I've played good multi-platform games and I've played bad ones, I've played games that have been ported well and games that have been ported badly. The code for FF XIII is designed first and formost with the PS3 in mind, I know oyu keep saying the white engine is multi-platform but all that means is it's capable of working with PS3 code libraries and XB360 libraries, the two consoles do not work the same or require the same codes and coding techniques to program. Therefore it will require a major port once it's been done on the PS3. No ammount of compromising the PS3 version engine wise will make porting the game any easier since the two code libraries are different anyway.

The end result is the game will be as good as SE make it, if they screw it up that it'd be a smart guess that they'd have screwed it up anyway.
 

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