FF Versus XIII, Release date + Platforms Options

[Unversed Angel]

Yet another question for the day :3

When will Versus XIII be released? All ive seen so far are 30 second trailers...
And also, will be it on X-Box? I really hope so

Ooops nearly forgot, How come there are 3 XIII?
Agito
Versus XIII
XIII

[Satou Asahira]

No release date has been announced and it's PS3 exclusive for the time being. Hopefully there won't be more death threats to Square Enix if it does go multi-platforms. Fans are retarded.

And there are multiple XIII's because SE said so. lol Their Fabula Nova Crystallis collection is going to be like the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and the Ivalice Alliance.

These videos don't help make the wait any more bearable:

In game cutscene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw_TjdPlJw4

Extended trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Otr8l9PDsc

Leaked gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afbku8HCMQ...feature=related

I don't know why the text is backwards, I found a couple videos like that. I remember seeing one with the text facing the right way before but I didn't bother looking too hard.

This is already shaping up to be my favorite Final Fantasy. The setting alone is one that I really enjoy but doesn't seem to be used much in RPGs.

This post has been edited by Satou Asahira: Nov 28 2010, 02:42 PM

[heisenman]

This is already shaping up to be my favorite Final Fantasy. The setting alone is one that I really enjoy but doesn't seem to be used much in RPGs.

I adore that setting.
However it's shaping up to be my least favourite FF.

Ok, maybe my second least favourite FF.

[Satou Asahira]

This is already shaping up to be my favorite Final Fantasy. The setting alone is one that I really enjoy but doesn't seem to be used much in RPGs.

I adore that setting.
However it's shaping up to be my least favourite FF.

Ok, maybe my second least favourite FF.

lol Why's that? Noctis seems like a pretty cool protagonist and the story already intrigues me. Plus an action-based battle system is a welcome change for Final Fantasy.

[heisenman]

Noctis seems a character born in a FF fanfiction, brooding and uber strong, with gazillion of swords and able to destroy a whole army all by himself without breaking a sweat.
Not the type of character I like.

[Satou Asahira]

Noctis seems a character born in a FF fanfiction, brooding and uber strong, with gazillion of swords and able to destroy a whole army all by himself without breaking a sweat.
Not the type of character I like.

lol Nice. I see what you mean there. Incidentally, there are already 418 fanfictions for Versus XIII on fanfiction.net, which is retarded since they're all making up Noctis's and Stella's personalities. But yeah, I'm interested to see what SE comes up with.

[darkyoshi]

That leaked gameplay footage was the most uninteresting thing ever. Yes, a guy running through empty environments is very exciting. I'm not really liking the character for the same reason heisenman said. It's an official fanfic, much like Kingdom Hearts. I'm only curious to see how the game actually plays. The name itself has me giggling as I keep seeing it as someone going against the number 13.

[Rukiri]

Please keep in mind that this is an online game not an actual Final Fantasy in my eyes.
I'll probably get this for the 360 or PS3 depending on if they do the same thing they did with XII.
Xbox=standard dev, while PS3 is in 1080p high def.

In any case I have a ton of Nubytech/mad catz arcade styled controllers laying around so at least I can make this play like an arcade game from the footage.

[Satou Asahira]

That leaked gameplay footage was the most uninteresting thing ever. Yes, a guy running through empty environments is very exciting. I'm not really liking the character for the same reason heisenman said. It's an official fanfic, much like Kingdom Hearts. I'm only curious to see how the game actually plays. The name itself has me giggling as I keep seeing it as someone going against the number 13.

Yeah, I thought the name was kinda funny too. And yeah, that's the only gameplay vid I saw. I'm still interested in Noct. Even if he turns out to be lame, he still dresses like a total badass.

Please keep in mind that this is an online game not an actual Final Fantasy in my eyes.
I'll probably get this for the 360 or PS3 depending on if they do the same thing they did with XII.
Xbox=standard dev, while PS3 is in 1080p high def.

In any case I have a ton of Nubytech/mad catz arcade styled controllers laying around so at least I can make this play like an arcade game from the footage.

Dude I think you're thinking of XIV. Versus XIII is gonna be a single player game. As far as I know, XIV is only on PC and PS3, not sure if the PS3 version is out yet. Plus XI was online too and not only was it fun, it was a pretty worthy FF in my eyes.

This post has been edited by Satou Asahira: Nov 28 2010, 08:29 PM

[Unversed Angel]

No release date has been announced and it's PS3 exclusive for the time being. Hopefully there won't be more death threats to Square Enix if it does go multi-platforms. Fans are retarded.

And there are multiple XIII's because SE said so. lol Their Fabula Nova Crystallis collection is going to be like the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and the Ivalice Alliance.

These videos don't help make the wait any more bearable:

In game cutscene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw_TjdPlJw4

Extended trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Otr8l9PDsc

Leaked gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afbku8HCMQ...feature=related

I don't know why the text is backwards, I found a couple videos like that. I remember seeing one with the text facing the right way before but I didn't bother looking too hard.

This is already shaping up to be my favorite Final Fantasy. The setting alone is one that I really enjoy but doesn't seem to be used much in RPGs.

Thanks alot, and its one of my favourite ff's too, but not many people seem to like em :/

So theyre all based around crystals? i never knew that

This is already shaping up to be my favorite Final Fantasy. The setting alone is one that I really enjoy but doesn't seem to be used much in RPGs.

I adore that setting.
However it's shaping up to be my least favourite FF.

Ok, maybe my second least favourite FF.

lol Why's that? Noctis seems like a pretty cool protagonist and the story already intrigues me. Plus an action-based battle system is a welcome change for Final Fantasy.

I didn't really like the battle system in FFVII Crisis Core, Everytime you enter a battle "Combat mode Activated" it was a great game though
And the music for FFVII DoC was great, Gackt kicks ass

This post has been edited by FinalFantasyForever: Dec 2 2010, 02:11 PM

[Satou Asahira]

Yeah, Versus XIII is supposed to be like Noctis is the last member of a dying family clinging to the old ways. They're protecting the world's last crystal and people don't like them for whatever reason. I don't remember. lol I don't know the details of Agito as much.

I really liked Crisis Core's battle system but I guess that's just me. It was fun. I liked Dirge of Cerberus too. Both of those more than FFVII.

[Unversed Angel]

Yeah, Versus XIII is supposed to be like Noctis is the last member of a dying family clinging to the old ways. They're protecting the world's last crystal and people don't like them for whatever reason. I don't remember. lol I don't know the details of Agito as much.

I really liked Crisis Core's battle system but I guess that's just me. It was fun. I liked Dirge of Cerberus too. Both of those more than FFVII.

It does sound like a cool game, and i see you got yuna as a picture? i was just playing Final Fantasy X Today lol

That aside..I hope FFXIII Versus XIII comes out on xbox

[Satou Asahira]

Yeah, Versus XIII is supposed to be like Noctis is the last member of a dying family clinging to the old ways. They're protecting the world's last crystal and people don't like them for whatever reason. I don't remember. lol I don't know the details of Agito as much.

I really liked Crisis Core's battle system but I guess that's just me. It was fun. I liked Dirge of Cerberus too. Both of those more than FFVII.

It does sound like a cool game, and i see you got yuna as a picture? i was just playing Final Fantasy X Today lol

That aside..I hope FFXIII Versus XIII comes out on xbox

Yeah, I've been playing FFX-2 lately and been having so much fun with it. lol I feel like I'm forming an emotional bond with these girls. Like I'm the 4th Gullwing.

Back on topic, FFXIII was supposed to be PS3 exclusive but then it came to 360 and Yoichi Wada's, current President and CEO of Square-Enix, Twitter account received death threats from fucking INSANE fans. That may discourage a 360 port unfortunately. People need to fucking take a chill pill. Console wars are retarded. Honestly if I were Wada, I'd port it to spite those people. But not sure how smart that is from a business perspective. I'm just a douche.

If you want to read the article in question: http://xboxrepublic.top-forum.net/the-cons...fxiii-t5844.htm

[Samechiel]

After the train wreck that was 13, I'm not holding out any hope of any of these being good.

...you know, lets just be honest here. I haven't held out any hope of FF being good in a long time.

[heisenman]

FF13 was the most awesome train wreck ever.

[Spirit_Master_X]

It most likely won't happen, but I do hope FF Versus come to the 360. When the PS3 and Xbox 360 was out at the same time, people had to make a sacrifice. Either buy the 360 or PS3...only a small number bought both...but still. A lot of FF fans went to the 360, since it had the most quality out of everything...scratch the RRoD <_<; If FF Versus is strictly for PS3...I'm sure Square will lose a lot of support from fans. They already screwed up taking this long to produce the game...that will most likely be released AFTER Final Fantasy 14 is released lol. I'll be ok with a watered down version of FF Versus. FF 13 was watered down a lot, but that didn't stop me from getting my achievements <_<;

I like Versus. Then again...any game directed by Nomura is awesome in my opinion. If it doesn't go both platforms...guess I'll just read the entire story on wikipedia =/

-Sigh- An open world FF game...Square better break us off a piece of the pie!

[KisarethStudios]

FFXIII was not a real FF game..at least not in my opinion. A real FF game involves an in-depth storyline with deeply involved and well-written characters...FFXIII was boring and just a plain ol' chore to play. Huge cut scene, a few compulsory battles, save, cut scene, compulsory battles, save, boss, rinse and repeat. There was no town exploring (in my opinion a FF staple), no real "RPG" elements at all. It was an FPS/Action game dressed up in gorgeous graphics with a pseudo-FF battle system that required as little brain power as possible. No offense intended to those who liked the game, but the whole idea of the Paradigm feature, Autobattle, and so on makes the battle system broken and an offense to earlier FF battle systems. As for Versus XIII, I looked at the trailers, and was not impressed. Just more of Square Enix's "let's make a bad CGI movie and dress it up as a game" fanfare that they have been doing recently. Sorry if my comments seem harsh, but as an avid FF gamer ever since FFI for the NES there is no way that these games nowadays even remotely resemble a real FF game. *sigh* As for FFXIV, it's a technical blunder and Square-Enix should really stop trying to make MMORPGs. That's my take, my opinion on it all.

[Satou Asahira]

If FF Versus is strictly for PS3...I'm sure Square will lose a lot of support from fans. They already screwed up taking this long to produce the game...that will most likely be released AFTER Final Fantasy 14 is released lol. I'll be ok with a watered down version of FF Versus. FF 13 was watered down a lot, but that didn't stop me from getting my achievements <_<;

I got PS3 and 360 so I don't care either way. But more recent die-hard FF fans are probably thinking Final Fantasy belongs on the Play Station because that's where VII-X-2 were and a lot of the spin-offs. Even though the series' roots were on the NES and SNES. Personally, I think they should all shut the hell up and deal with it. Wada is a big boy. He can publish games on whatever console he wants. That's his, and SE's, decision. Also, XIV is already out. I forget exactly which article I read, somewhere on 1-Up, but Nomura was saying that it was coming along well. (For KH fans out there, he also said that he wants to make a KHIII ,but it will probably be after Versus because a lot of the KH staff is working on Versus).

FFXIII was not a real FF game..at least not in my opinion. A real FF game involves an in-depth storyline with deeply involved and well-written characters...FFXIII was boring and just a plain ol' chore to play. Huge cut scene, a few compulsory battles, save, cut scene, compulsory battles, save, boss, rinse and repeat. There was no town exploring (in my opinion a FF staple), no real "RPG" elements at all. It was an FPS/Action game dressed up in gorgeous graphics with a pseudo-FF battle system that required as little brain power as possible. No offense intended to those who liked the game, but the whole idea of the Paradigm feature, Autobattle, and so on makes the battle system broken and an offense to earlier FF battle systems. As for Versus XIII, I looked at the trailers, and was not impressed. Just more of Square Enix's "let's make a bad CGI movie and dress it up as a game" fanfare that they have been doing recently. Sorry if my comments seem harsh, but as an avid FF gamer ever since FFI for the NES there is no way that these games nowadays even remotely resemble a real FF game. *sigh* As for FFXIV, it's a technical blunder and Square-Enix should really stop trying to make MMORPGs. That's my take, my opinion on it all.

I wouldn't call it FPS or Action. At the game's core, it has an ATB battle system comparable to older games like FFVII(yeah, I went there). It just looks hella flashy. Yes, there are a lot of new features. Like being able to pick multiple actions per segment of ATB before executing your commands and how your party actively moves around the battlefield and can dodge attacks(IE: For Lightning's fourth attack if you do all attacks, she does a flip and shoots from mid-air after turning her sword into a gun. I was able to flip over a missile and shoot, killing the guy. Probably the most badass thing I've done in that game.) But deep down, it really is an ATB system.
I haven't been an FF fan as long as you but I wouldn't consider myself any less of a die-hard fan. I've played, and beaten, easily 20 games with a few more I'm working on. I really gotta agree that taking out towns and shit was a bad idea. But I haven't beaten the game yet and I've heard it opens up more later, just way later, so I'm gonna reserve my final judgment.
And yeah FFXIV was a mess. FFXI was really fun though for the 5 years I played it. Hopefully they fix FFXIV. A couple years down the line, I might try it again. But that's getting off topic.

[Unversed Angel]

If FF Versus is strictly for PS3...I'm sure Square will lose a lot of support from fans. They already screwed up taking this long to produce the game...that will most likely be released AFTER Final Fantasy 14 is released lol. I'll be ok with a watered down version of FF Versus. FF 13 was watered down a lot, but that didn't stop me from getting my achievements <_<;

I got PS3 and 360 so I don't care either way. But more recent die-hard FF fans are probably thinking Final Fantasy belongs on the Play Station because that's where VII-X-2 were and a lot of the spin-offs. Even though the series' roots were on the NES and SNES. Personally, I think they should all shut the hell up and deal with it. Wada is a big boy. He can publish games on whatever console he wants. That's his, and SE's, decision. Also, XIV is already out. I forget exactly which article I read, somewhere on 1-Up, but Nomura was saying that it was coming along well. (For KH fans out there, he also said that he wants to make a KHIII ,but it will probably be after Versus because a lot of the KH staff is working on Versus).

FFXIII was not a real FF game..at least not in my opinion. A real FF game involves an in-depth storyline with deeply involved and well-written characters...FFXIII was boring and just a plain ol' chore to play. Huge cut scene, a few compulsory battles, save, cut scene, compulsory battles, save, boss, rinse and repeat. There was no town exploring (in my opinion a FF staple), no real "RPG" elements at all. It was an FPS/Action game dressed up in gorgeous graphics with a pseudo-FF battle system that required as little brain power as possible. No offense intended to those who liked the game, but the whole idea of the Paradigm feature, Autobattle, and so on makes the battle system broken and an offense to earlier FF battle systems. As for Versus XIII, I looked at the trailers, and was not impressed. Just more of Square Enix's "let's make a bad CGI movie and dress it up as a game" fanfare that they have been doing recently. Sorry if my comments seem harsh, but as an avid FF gamer ever since FFI for the NES there is no way that these games nowadays even remotely resemble a real FF game. *sigh* As for FFXIV, it's a technical blunder and Square-Enix should really stop trying to make MMORPGs. That's my take, my opinion on it all.

I wouldn't call it FPS or Action. At the game's core, it has an ATB battle system comparable to older games like FFVII(yeah, I went there). It just looks hella flashy. Yes, there are a lot of new features. Like being able to pick multiple actions per segment of ATB before executing your commands and how your party actively moves around the battlefield and can dodge attacks(IE: For Lightning's fourth attack if you do all attacks, she does a flip and shoots from mid-air after turning her sword into a gun. I was able to flip over a missile and shoot, killing the guy. Probably the most badass thing I've done in that game.) But deep down, it really is an ATB system.
I haven't been an FF fan as long as you but I wouldn't consider myself any less of a die-hard fan. I've played, and beaten, easily 20 games with a few more I'm working on. I really gotta agree that taking out towns and shit was a bad idea. But I haven't beaten the game yet and I've heard it opens up more later, just way later, so I'm gonna reserve my final judgment.
And yeah FFXIV was a mess. FFXI was really fun though for the 5 years I played it. Hopefully they fix FFXIV. A couple years down the line, I might try it again. But that's getting off topic.

KHIII? ACE! I love KH <3
Ive been playing FFX-X2 lately and then went back to XIII and noticed how different the two are And i also heard of a FFVII Remake for the PS3...

This is just a random link off the internet, but my friend said Square did mention a remake but it would take to long to make so dont get your hopes up :/

http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/02/22/...to-make-kitase/

10-14 YEARRSS TO MAKE WTF!?

And also, i will be really pisses off if some stupid PS3 fans get there way and Versus doesn't come out on XBOX :/ kinda petty if you ask me

[Satou Asahira]

I remember way back in the day before PS3's release, Square remade the intro scene of FFVII with Cloud coming in on the train just to show off how awesome the graphics are. For awhile, all the fanboys were like "OMG FFVII REMAKE YEAH", but I knew it was only a graphical demo so I laughed at them.
It is possible they will remake it though. After all, they've remade I-VI so far, some of them more than once. If there is a remake, I'm not gonna get it, since I have the original version, unless I find it hella cheap at Gamestop, like I did with the PSP remake of FFT.
I've been playing X and X-2 recently too. lol I'm making a 100% video walkthrough with commentary for X-2 but I've been playing X because when Yuna talks about events that happened or meet people she knew before, I'm always like "Who the hell is this guy?" or "What happened here again?"
Back on topic, I think releasing it on PS3 and 360 would give it a larger audience. Though making it exclusive to one console may encourage rabid fans to buy that console if they don't own it. IE: let's say I think Final Fantasy is the best thing ever and I really want Versus but I only have 360. Then it comes out PS3-exclusive. That would probably encourage me to buy a PS3 because I wouldn't want to live without it. Hypothetical of course, because FF isn't my favorite series and I do have a PS3 but you get the point.
Ultimately it's up to them and I, personally, don't care about the result.