these vids won't be up long.

Watch these Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII trailers while you still can - Joystiq

-btw, the games gorgeous. Graphically speaking, FFXIII will be the pinnacle.

 

can someone EXPLAIN what the hell 'versus' is? I'm to lazy to research it, plus as I don't have a ps3, i'm not motivated either. It does look phenominal though.

If these games play half as good as they look then Square Enix will have done quite the achievement.

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/15/reuters-final-fantasy-xiii-coming-2009-to-japan-overseas-after/

I decided not to make another thread about FFXIII. Instead I bumped his one. It appears Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting Japan at some point in 2009, and won't be heading to America until April 2010...as of now at least.

 

Your guess is as good as mine, though I don't think porting it would be that difficult. It's mainly the translation that takes the longest. First it all has to be translated to english, then you need to hire english voice actors. and so on and so on.

 

That gap isn't any different than most of squares games. The Japanese generally get their games wayyyy before we do. The 2010 release isn't the slightest bit surprising to me. I also don't expect it to hit it's april 2010 mark. I actually think it will be closer to the holidays.

Look at Nintendo and the DSi. Japan got it 4 months ago, America won't be getting it for at least 3-4 more months. If that.

 

yeah. If the stories intertwine (and are well written) they have the potential to be awesome. im definitely interested in both. May even succumb to purchasing a ps3 if it comes to it.

 

Sadly I watched the first half hour of the game in japanese. I have no idea what they were saying but man did it look good. You could NOT tell when they went from a cutscene to gameplay. It was that fluid. I am stoked for this game.

And I just might be getting it on the ps3 rather than the xbox for 2 reasons. A) I think Square Enix hates Achievements/Trophies, cause in every game so far, the ones they do are impossible to get, or just not worth your time. and B) if it is going to be one disc on blu ray and 2-3 discs on the xbox, im just gonna have to go ps3.

 

Well you will never gain the kind of emotional connection with a movies character the way you will an rpg character. At most you spend 3 hours with a movie character. You spend 30-40 hours trying to save the world as Cloud Stryfe, your going to feel everything he feels. You're going to fear the enemy, you're going to be knee deep into the relationships, and you're going to want to see the ending to know how it all goes down. etc.

RPGs are popular because in an industry built around games that are usually supposed to be 8-10 hours long, heres a genre of games that you KNOW are going to be worth $60 cause even the shorter ones are stil 30 hours long.

RPGs aren't for everyone. Especially Japanese RPGs. THe fighting isn't based on timing, technique or how fast you can push a button. They're about strategy. They require the most amount of thought to beat the bosses. Like if you're strongest attack is an Ice attack, and the boss is invincible to Ice attacks, that requires you to go about the fight in an entirely different ways. I know that sounds silly but even something as small as that makes you play the game differently. In a world of Killzones and halos where you do the same thing from start to finish, games like Final Fantasy and Fallout stand on much higher ground. (IMO of course)

 

Now the real question is this, have you played one? Cause i know where you're coming from. By just looking at the game, the concept does seem stupid. "Why do I have to wait my turn to attack?" ANd you're right. but you get past that.

I remember as a kid i watched my sister play FFVII and i laughed at her saying "what is this, chess?" then i went and played crash bandicoot for 2 hours. But a couple years later i popped FFVII in for myself. Lets just say, i cared a lot more about what was going on in FFVII then Crash Bandicoot. (oh no, neo cortex is after crystals!)

 

Also, Stitches, how was Advent Children Complete. I liked advent children, is there any reason for me to track down the blu ray and see 'complete'?