OH! MY GOD! FFXIII Versus is pretty as fuck.

[Kim]

Look at that pre-rendered gorgeousness! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIx9VJWSl8)

The combat looks like it draws heavily from KH, which is more than okay in my book. The setting is fantastic, since it's everything I liked about VIII's setting.

I wanna sleep with the protagonist. Look how soft his hair is. It looks so nice. I'm jealous of his hair.

So jealous.

And here's a ton of info about the game. (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/01/nomura_ffxvxiii_famitsu/)

I'm so excited.

I just can't hide it.

[Fifthfiend]

No lie, this is the only FF-related thing in years that's actually tickled my carebutton.

[Fifthfiend]

That's right everybody, "tickled my carebutton", right there.

for you

[Bells]

...i'm the only one who wondered "where" the carebutton is located aren't i...?

I like it. I really do, Versus seems awesome to look at. I have no idea where the "XIII" connectes really...

[Roland]

I was all "Well this sure is a pretty movie, but how about some gameplay?" And then there was gameplay. I want this now.

[Marc v4.0]

I might have to drop cash for a PS3 to play this. Wow.

[Aldurin]

I saw the "FFXIII" part and didn't know crap about this versus series or whatever it is, assumed it was some extension of FFXIII and thought "fuck that, but I'll look at the trailer anyway".

I want this harder than Uncharted 3, the next Super Smash Bros and Minecraft reaching version 1.0 combined.

EDIT: Also the combat system is everything I want in action/rpg games.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Well that only took like 3 fucking years!! It does look pretty though. No idea what the story is about or why there are giant monsters running around in what at first appears to be real life japan or why everyone's fighting SWAT teams with swords but ok. I just hope Square don't make the protaganist emo and moody like usual. He looks emo and moody.

Also am I the only person who though the guy with the 3rd person pistol ability propably got the short end of the stick? That pistol looked weak compared to all the super fast, jumping around slashing the shit out of everyone that the main guy can do.

[Krylo]

Well that only took like 3 fucking years!! It does look pretty though. No idea what the story is about or why there are giant monsters running around in what at first appears to be real life japan or why everyone's fighting SWAT teams with swords but ok.'Cause it's based on the mythology of that other FFXIII game. Probably based in the past or something before the earth turned into a giant unlivable shit hole.

I just hope Square don't make the protaganist emo and moody like usual. He looks emo and moody.Come on, now. They aren't fooling anybody. He's going to be totally emotastic.

That ain't no Zidane. That's not even a Tidus.

Also am I the only person who though the guy with the 3rd person pistol ability propably got the short end of the stick? That pistol looked weak compared to all the super fast, jumping around slashing the shit out of everyone that the main guy can do.
Apparently it lets him hit weak points better, and was staggering enemies, so between those two things and being able to kinda chill back while everyone else is getting shot/stick'd up, it probably about evens out.

I'm a little worried on combat as a whole, though. KH was kinda easy/button mashy and that works fine for a game about hope and love and pre-teens fighting things called 'The Heartless', but for a more serious game I'd hope for a more involved combat system. If it ends up being super similar to KH it's probably going to fall flat on gameplay, so far as I'm concerned.

[Kim]

Birth by Sleep and ReCoded have me convinced that you can have KH combat and still have a surprising lot to it, especially the former, as the latter was a watered down version of the former.

EDIT: Especially since Versus XIII has summons and "ex-abilities" or some such, and everything we've seen seems to be from fairly early in the game. I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

[Aldurin]

Is there an english version of that trailer? Or at least one with english subtitles?

[bluestarultor]

On Noct being emo:

According to director Tetsuya Nomura, Noctis will not have the "Cloud-like" personality that people are currently expecting. Instead, he will be a type of character that has not yet been seen in the series, one which Nomura has wanted to try out for a long time. Nomura says that Noctis will have a strong and distinctive personality, and will absolutely not be a "silent, gloomy little boy."

Nomura to the world and their expectations: FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!



Edit: For that matter, this entire project is Nomura's baby and he's been given a ton of freedom in it, or so it seems. It's had an incredibly long development time, but from the look of things, that's because they didn't put a time limit on it so he could crank it out to his own personal standards.

[Azisien]

Square has fallen out of my favour. They get no benefit of the doubt from me. Will this be their chance to make it up? Maybe. I do love ARPGs.

[Bells]

Wait... a personality not seen in the series?... i suppose he is refeering to Main Protagonists right?

So...

Firion
Bartz
Cecil
cloud
Squall
Zidane
Vaan
Lightning
Terra
Tidus

and considering remakes and Dissidia

Warrior of Light and Onion Knight

What sort of Personality is Different from all of those?

I'm calling Semi-Bull here.

[bluestarultor]

Wait... a personality not seen in the series?... i suppose he is refeering to Main Protagonists right?

So...

Firion
Bartz
Cecil
cloud
Squall
Zidane
Vaan
Lightning
Terra
Tidus

and considering remakes and Dissidia

Warrior of Light and Onion Knight

What sort of Personality is Different from all of those?

I'm calling Semi-Bull here.

If I'm getting his description right, he's going to be something like Red XIII crossed with Zell.

Noctis is said to be a very shy person, but he initially tries to hide this by "acting cool."

...

In a recent Dengeki interview, Nomura explained that Noctis isn't cool, but rather an ordinary young man who acts tough because he feels that it's his duty to protect his kingdom and its citizens. As a result, he sometimes acts rashly or overestimates his own strength.

So, from Red:
- sense of duty and pride
- hides his insecurities by acting toward his ideal of "cool"

from Zell:
- overconfident
- rash


Honestly, given those are two of my favorite characters, I think I'll like him well enough. If you watch the trailer, his voice parts sound pretty darn upbeat while all the action is going on while still retaining a bit of innocence to them and not getting into annoying territory.

[Krylo]

If I'm getting his description right, he's going to be something like Red XIII crossed with Zell.

So unremittingly terrible.

[Lost in Time]

At first when I heard that it will have a "Kingdom Hearts-like combat system" I was immensely disappointed. What I enjoy of Final Fantasy is how they remix and come up with new battle systems that I still enjoy.

But after watching that and going through some second opinions, I have decided that this looks cool and I'm alright with this. Totally hyped for it and this was the reason I bought a PS3.

[PyrosNine]

Well, Cloud himself wasn't Emo, he just had mental problems (memory loss, secondary identity adoption, mind rape) but he actually was a kind of gung ho "I'm gonna do it!" who at the beginning of things, didn't have the actual ability to do so. Even when he's deluded and thinks he's a SOLDIER, he still has a very Go Get 'Em personality, and even after his whole mental trauma and his desire to kill Sephiroth, he's still the dude who goes on a date, plays dress up, rides the best g'damn chocobo in the world, and has a fairly kooky personality.

Advent Children, the director admitted retooling the character to the perceived "emo" of Cloud that most people had as a popular conception.

This new character seems interesting if that's how they're going, because we're going to get a guy who acts Squall/SOLDIER Cloud/Lightning, who is really closer to Tidus, he's just using that 'gloomy' persona to protect himself from others, and as a result is lonely.

We'll probably find out he has a bedroom full of Chocobo dolls, Esper figurines, and Final Fantasy Unlimited DVD's, and goes to bed wearing Mog pajamas, secluded deep in his home. And when he invites people over, he shows them a fake room lit by dim candlelight and bookshelf full of Nietzche and Machiavelli, with a teapot and a gloomy violinist.

[Donomni]

NonCon excited about a Tetsuya Nomura game

Well, I guess NonCon really was replaced by his bizarro self.

I will admit, though, that for a game so fucking long in development, it really shows. Slightly optimistic!

[Kerensky287]

Noctis is said to be a very shy person, but he initially tries to hide this by "acting cool."

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/03034.gif

[Aldurin]

I'm buying this because I need to have hope in something with "Final Fantasy" in the title. Getting FF1 for iPhone is not enough to repair the damage caused by 13.