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

[Kim]

Look at that pre-rendered gorgeousness!

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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

'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.