Final Fantasy XIII

I'd rather them take a long time with a game and work on it as much as they can, rather than rush it to the public without proper testing, polish and so on.

Seriously.

I mean, it's not even coming out in Japan until the end of this year. The average lead time on an FF game being localized for the US is about 6 months. Also keep in mind that they have to do the 360 version of it.

Summer-fall next year is when we'll likely get it. I wouldn't count on it being any earlier than May 2010. I'd personally guess August or September.

I'm in no hurry to get this, I always have patience for upcoming games, haha.

It's not complaining about a game will move its release date earlier.

Originally posted by Scythe
I'd rather them take a long time with a game and work on it as much as they can, rather than rush it to the public without proper testing, polish and so on.

Yeah, don't want another X-2 😘

Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
Yeah, don't want another X-2 😘

Haha, I honestly enjoyed X-2. I didn't take it as a serious game to begin with, and bought it for $3 bucks, so I didn't lose much. A lot could've been improved in that game in my opinion, but it was alright.

Oh, that game...

*grumbles*

I liked it the first time I played it, up until the end. Second playthrough was pure "wait, wtf is this?" territory.

Originally posted by Peach
Oh, that game...

*grumbles*

I liked it the first time I played it, up until the end. Second playthrough was pure "wait, wtf is this?" territory.

Hahahaha, I hear that a lot. It wasn't that bad of a game, but I know what you mean, haha. I still don't understand the ending, but the boss fights were fun, and I was able to kill them all. Unlike FF 12 which had still bears bosses a casual gamer like myself can't even topple.

Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
Are you hating on Bethesda? 😛

Personally, the only thing special about Final Fantasy is the production and the story and characters. Considering this, it really shouldn't be hard at all to make a good Final Fantasy game. It only requires money and time. As hard as they try to reinvent the leveling system in each new installment. The gameplay still comes down to leveling and getting rare items. I really don't see why you're comparing FF games to Western RPGS. It seems like you're trying to say that FF games would suck if they were more like Western RPGS. This leaves me to believe that you're saying Western RPGS suck. Is that what you're saying? lol

I don't like WRPGs, either. I grew up on turn-based JRPGs. They're what I prefer. WRPGs and by extent, action-RPGs are extremely boring to me - I simply cannot stand that style of gameplay.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/988/988642p1.html

Spring 2010. durw00t

(10:57:38 AM): Infinity Ward and Activision will release 2 MW2 map packs first on XBL. Toriyama, director of FFXIII and Yoshinori Kitase, producer on FFXIII now on stage.

(10:58:02 AM): Toriyama, director of FFXIII and Yoshinori Kitase, producer on FFXIII now on stage. Speaking in Japanese through a translator.

(10:59:01 AM): Giving a brief history of Final Fantasy, tracing FF from when it first started 20 years ago. Last year he says he shocked the world with the FFXIII to Xbox 360 announcement. Today they're premiering the game running on Xbox 360.

(10:59:40 AM): It's part of the demo desquence we saw on PS3. English voices are in. Framerate appears to be staying steady.

(11:00:26 AM): Lightning is fighing the large scorpion robot from the demo. Sazh is also in the fight. Talking about how the game has four active time gauges to power up attacks. Conjuring the Odin summon.

(11:01:24 AM): Lighting tosses a red ball in the air and he appears behind her in battle. Will then partake in the fight. Normally you would not be able to use him that early in the game, he appeared much larger than other other characters covered in spiky black armor. Targeting a spring 2010 release.

More info on VERSUS XIII

Long ass trailer and can't embed, but very interesting and good quality too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDjkGUM7skk

0:27 looks exactly like FFX Besaid Island...

Release date revealed ... as well as the Title song and singer for the US/PAL version:

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/142/14266574/vids_1.html
Click in the Announcement trailer

3. 9. 2010

Originally posted by S_D_J
Release date revealed ... as well as the Title song and singer for the US/PAL version:

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/142/14266574/vids_1.html
Click in the Announcement trailer

[b]3. 9. 2010 [/B]

Haha. Coming out right on my birthday. Too bad I don't give a rat's ass about FF.

Yeah, I heard about it a day or two ago, but since I didn't have a source (beyond "email from the district manager"😉 I didn't say anything 😛

Awesome.

I'm resisting the urge to import the japanese version just to play it earlier.... 🙂
just one month (Dec 17) 😐

anyways this is the US song for the game:

Leona Lewis - My Hands
YouTube video

March is gonna be a great month for gaming.

Hope it's better than XII.

I have a feeling it'll be the best Final Fantasy since IX. Though weirdly I'm no longer as hyped about this game as I used to be. Looking way more forward to Golden Sun DS, Sands of Destruction and Arc Rise Fantasia.