Final Fantasy XIII

Started by Peach27 pages

No, where on earth did you hear that?

Originally posted by Rewmac
What about Versus is it really coming in November?
No it isn't. Where did you hear that crap? XIII isn't even out yet and so far its been stated that the people involved with versus XIII halted the project to help finish XIII.

Actually, that's not true, but there are people working on both teams.

Versus XIII will likely not be out until FFXIII itself, though, or later.

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I can't believe Japan will have this game on 2009 but North America has to get it in 2010. Why?

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I can't believe Japan will have this game on 2009 but North America has to get it in 2010. Why?

Because that's how it goes. It takes time to translate and localize the games. This is nothing new and that's always been the case with games like this.

I don't care if the game speaks Japanese. I only care about the fighting.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I can't believe Japan will have this game on 2009 but North America has to get it in 2010. Why?

Don't worry. It has always been like this, and I rather wait for a good localization instead of having to read/hear poorly translated dialogue. Not to mention we tend to get exclusive stuff like extra bosses and content to make up for the wait.

Whatcha think of the gameplay?

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I don't care if the game speaks Japanese. I only care about the fighting.

Then you are playing FF for all the wrong reasons. It's an RPG. The focus is on the characters and plot. How can you play a game like that without knowing what's going on?

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Don't worry. It has always been like this, and I rather wait for a good localization instead of having to read/hear poorly translated dialogue. Not to mention we tend to get exclusive stuff like extra bosses and content to make up for the wait.

Whatcha think of the gameplay?

The gameplay is what made me go "okay, good, this IS still FF" when I was watching that video. Sci-fi stuff is just something that never seems to go with FF in my mind beyond small bits of it.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I can't believe Japan will have this game on 2009 but North America has to get it in 2010. Why?

Well, you have to get bilingual writers to translate all the text for a huge RPG, then recode the game with the new language and recheck several times for errors, audition and hire actors, actually record all of that script in the new language, replace the original sound with the new sound, recheck all that several times for errors, give marketing time to think up, create, and send out advertising...

It's a lot of work.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Whatcha think of the gameplay?

Two words: kick ass 🙂

Originally posted by Peach
Then you are playing FF for all the wrong reasons. It's an RPG. The focus is on the characters and plot. How can you play a game like that without knowing what's going on?

Agreed. Hell playing Dissidia which is a fighting game is hard when it is in japanese. Well...not really hard but learning the moves, and especially the story is almost impossible. I can't even begin to imagine how terrible playing a FF in japanese would be.

Originally posted by Peach

The gameplay is what made me go "okay, good, this IS still FF" when I was watching that video. Sci-fi stuff is just something that never seems to go with FF in my mind beyond small bits of it.

It is somewhat similar to FFVIII in the scifi(I'm fond of 8 so it doesn't bother me) and I agree about the gameplay. It looks FFIsh...but it feels more vibrant...I can't wait to learn the details.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
I don't care if the game speaks Japanese. I only care about the fighting.

A lot of the hardcore fans will order the Japanese version of the game so that they can play it early, even if they can't understand the dialogue. You're free to do the same if you wish, there are Japanese websites that ship overseas.

As far as the Sci Fi goes, been lingering since FFVI. FFVII had a large Sci Fi element to it, as did VIII. FFVI enjoyed a happy medium of some sci fi aspects within a fantasy setting.

Okay, whoevers idea it was for Japan to have FFXIII first is a baka.

It's always been that way. Square is localized in Japan, they make the games in Japanese first, just be happy we started getting them here regularly, there was a time when we wouldn't even be getting each FF game, many skipped release here in the states.

It makes sense to do it this way rather than making Japanese gamers wait while they translate the game. If it's finished and ready to go in Japan no reason why they shouldn't release it.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Okay, whoevers idea it was for Japan to have FFXIII first is a baka.

...you're aware that Square-Enix is a Japanese company, right?

I know Square-Enix is a Japanese company. I'm so enraged because I can't play this game until next year. NEXT YEAR!

Apparently Cloud started taking estrogen.

It is also worth noting that the US release won't come until the 360 version is ready.

The fighting mechanics look like a combination of FF 1-10 and Crisis Core.

Taking turns with a bit of freestyle button-mashing.