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Joni · (06-13-2012, 04:48 PM)

Originally Posted by outunderthestars:

According to wikipedia development started in September of 2005, and gameplay was shown in 2009.

Nomura stated in 2009 that development would start. Before it the game was only in pre-production, so designing characters and environments. Between 2005 and 2009 nothing of worth happened. This is not Duke Nukem Forever that was remade four times.

we.are.the.armada · (06-13-2012, 04:50 PM)

Would it make sense to rebrand it as FFXV now? Would it make sense to have it remain in the FFXIII group?

2014 Fall I'd guess

jett · 04:55 PM

Honestly? Who fucking knows.

Originally Posted by Diablos54:

I can think of one reason. I don't want FNC to infect XV since all the games involving FNC sucked (Type-0 which we'll never get to play in the West not included).

nobody gives a fuck about that "fabula nova crystallis" shit, one way or the other.

TheMan · (06-13-2012, 04:53 PM)

jesus, i wonder how much money square has sunk into this game

they need to just fire all management and bring in fresh blood. it is time to reboot square.

jorgeton · (06-13-2012, 04:55 PM)

Originally Posted by we.are.the.armada:

Would it make sense to rebrand it as FFXV now? Would it make sense to have it remain in the FFXIII group?

kind of but not really, and no.

The game's been around for so long that calling it FF15 is kind of disingenuous. FF15 should be an all new game we haven't seen, IMO. But if Versus kicks as much ass as Nomura's been implying and the trailers suggest, then sure, why not?

The XIII brand seems to be its own thing now. It stars Lightning and friends and has a whole set of connotations but an excellent battle system. And an FFXIII-3 is a strong possibility. They just can't leave us hanging like that! Unless Versus is somehow connected to all the craziness at the end of 13-2...

jett · (06-13-2012, 04:57 PM)

Originally Posted by TheMan:

jesus, i wonder how much money square has sunk into this game

they need to just fire all management and bring in fresh blood. it is time to reboot square.

If it wasn't for their Eidos buyout their E3 showing would've been hilariously pathetic. Even with Eidos in there it wasn't that good.

Meisadragon · (06-13-2012, 04:59 PM)

Originally Posted by ponpo:

Game scrapped / focus on Agnis' Philosophy engine FF7 remake ps4 launch title.

Spending more money is the solution, then?

HitokiriNate85 · (06-13-2012, 05:00 PM)

Originally Posted by batbeg:

Versus isn't really something you "play", it's more of an idea or concept, like love or Santa.

Hahahaha, so good.

I don't think I've ever even seen a trailer for this. Was there one back around the time it was announced? If so, I saw it and just don't really remember.

What has been said about it in the last couple years? I'm not being a dick. I've just totally ignored as much as I can about the series since 13 came out.

Is there any real reason to believe the game isn't being canceled? I guess that wouldn't make a lot of sense since I'm not sure what else they'd develop for consoles at this point. It certainly doesn't seem like they're interested in making a KH3.

I think KH is a really great indicator of what happened to JRPGs this gen. In two games it went to becoming SE's second biggest series in the west, only to be relegated to handhelds this generation. Even with releases, it must suck to be a fan of the franchise.

DaBuddaDa · (06-13-2012, 05:01 PM)

I'm putting my money down on somewhere between November 2013 - February 2014 for a US release.

Kagari · (06-13-2012, 05:03 PM)

The game should be at TGS in some form...

nelsonroyale · (06-13-2012, 05:04 PM)

Originally Posted by jett:

If it wasn't for their Eidos buyout their E3 showing would've been hilariously pathetic. Even with Eidos in there it wasn't that good.

Basically it started to go wrong when they began to try to appeal specifically to western gamers and failed miserably...they already had a big fan base on ps2, they got complacent...I mean the psone and ps2 games already appealed to quite a number of western gamers, and certainly had massive profile

jett · 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Kagari:

The game should be at TGS in some form...

A closed mega theater showing with 30 seconds of new CG!

Originally Posted by nelsonroyale:

Basically it started to go wrong when they began to try to appeal specifically to western gamers and failed miserably...they already had a big fan base on ps2, they got complacent...I mean the psone and ps2 games already appealed to quite a number of western gamers, and certainly had massive profile

Things started going south for this company since The Spirits Within debacle. Square hasn't been right since. Square doesn't even exist actually...

B.K. · (06-13-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by Kagari:

The game should be at TGS in some form...

A trailer with five seconds of new footage!

Kagari · (06-13-2012, 05:06 PM)

Originally Posted by jett:

A closed mega theater showing with 30 seconds of new CG!

At least with closed Mega theaters we still got info out of them.

awaiken · (06-13-2012, 05:21 PM)

Originally Posted by TheMan:

jesus, i wonder how much money square has sunk into this game

they need to just fire all management and bring in fresh blood. it is time to reboot square.

it's doubtful the budget ballooned since development was put on hiatus for a long time. The devs were reassigned to other projects in the interim.

M_Night · (06-13-2012, 05:59 PM)

at tgs 2010 (september) type-0 was shown and still marketed as agito, and then in january 2011 it was renamed.

i'm still fairly confident that they will at least drop the xiii even though the game has been known as versus for so long.

Originally Posted by HitokiriNate85:

Hahahaha, so good.

I don't think I've ever even seen a trailer for this. Was there one back around the time it was announced? If so, I saw it and just don't really remember.

What has been said about it in the last couple years? I'm not being a dick. I've just totally ignored as much as I can about the series since 13 came out.

Is there any real reason to believe the game isn't being canceled? I guess that wouldn't make a lot of sense since I'm not sure what else they'd develop for consoles at this point. It certainly doesn't seem like they're interested in making a KH3.

I think KH is a really great indicator of what happened to JRPGs this gen. In two games it went to becoming SE's second biggest series in the west, only to be relegated to handhelds this generation. Even with releases, it must suck to be a fan of the franchise.

wow that's pretty surprising.

you can find all the trailers here with the newest at the top:

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/fin...rsus-xiii/3498

the 2nd trailer contains segments of the worldmap and showed the first initial gameplay footage. the 1st trailer contains plenty of in-game footage.

Diablos · (06-13-2012, 06:00 PM)

2023, bundled with Duke Nukem Forever II

Muffdraul · (06-13-2012, 06:02 PM)

Originally Posted by HitokiriNate85:

What has been said about it in the last couple years?

"Please forget about FFvsXIII for a while." -Tetsuya Normura, 2009

RustyNails · (06-13-2012, 06:02 PM)

Nomura said in August 2011 that they have a fixed date for the next vs 13 presentation. I'm positive it will be shown this year at TGS (or right before), with a release date around March 2013.

Diablos · (06-13-2012, 06:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Muffdraul:

"Please forget about FFvsXIII for a while." -Tetsuya Normura, 2009

haha.

MormaPope · (06-13-2012, 06:05 PM)

July 2013 for Japan
December 2013 for U.S.
March 2014 for Europe

B.K. · (06-13-2012, 06:05 PM)

Originally Posted by RustyNails:

I'm positive it will be shown this year at TGS (or right before), with a release date around March 2013.

I think any release date before Q4 2013 is a bit too optimistic.

Kagari · (06-14-2012, 12:37 AM)

Originally Posted by Muffdraul:

"Please forget about FFvsXIII for a while." -Tetsuya Normura, 2009

He said that in January 2011.

SafeinSound · (06-14-2012, 12:44 AM)

Early 2014 worldwide is my guess.

elcapitan · (06-14-2012, 12:51 AM)

Originally Posted by Kagari:

He said that in January 2011.

Hahaha :(

I would guess Fall 2013.

Kientin · (06-14-2012, 12:53 AM)

A couple years ago I was honestly speculating it would come out last year. Now that that's all gone and we still have like hardly any info I have no clue and I'm done waiting. This is off my radar until it actually comes out. If it does anyway.

Kamek · (06-14-2012, 12:57 AM)

Late 2013 worldwide. I always anticipated this game from jump, but I really had no idea how lambasted SE was around the industry (actually, GAF is the only place I see this) for delaying it. And rebranding it FFXV? Not going to happen. Etro is one of the central plot devices this time around. Story looks interesting, and a Shimomura OST will make this Day 1 when it does come out.

fernoca · 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by Yuripaw:

It is quite sad, that that's the first thing that came to mind when I read the title. :p

But realistically, I don't know. I do hope it comes next year; but not expecting it.

A friend of mine dies a little inside every time he sees it; since he loves Final Fantasy a lot. He graduated as veterinary technician, joined the Air Force was a little over a year there, returned and is on his second year of general medicine...and the game is still a mystery.

Grisby · (06-14-2012, 01:00 AM)

I'd say late 2013-early 2014.

Kagari · (06-14-2012, 01:02 AM)

Originally Posted by fernoca:

It is quite sad, that that's the first thin that came to mind when I read the title. :p

But realistically, I don't know. I do hope it comes next year; but not expecting it.

A friend of mine dies a little inside every time he sees it; since he loves Final Fantasy a lot. He graduated as veterinary technician, joined the Air Force was a little over a year there, returned and is on his second year of general medicine...and the game is still a mystery.

SE should have never announced the game so early.

vissione · (06-14-2012, 01:04 AM)

I graduated high school and went through college and this game still hasn't come out.

My guess? Never.

miladesn · (06-14-2012, 04:05 AM)

I was just reading this, it's a few days old but whatever http://www.square-enix.com/eng/news/...20611_01en.pdf

Originally Posted by Wada:

For the revitalization of the FF brand, we decided not to shutdown FFXIV and to continue the services while adding improvements at the same time as rebuilding the game from scratch. As a result of the decision we made, it was inevitable to move the resources within the HD game to FFXIV and new title releases have suffered for 2 to 3 years.

probably Versus got affected by this I imagine. and probably other stuff too.

Clevinger · (06-14-2012, 04:15 AM)

I bet this game is going to be such a let down after all that time, if it ever comes out at all.

funkystudent · (06-14-2012, 04:16 AM)

I bet we play this before we play a new Half Life.

jsnepo · (06-14-2012, 04:17 AM)

nevah

Kagari · (06-14-2012, 04:18 AM)

Originally Posted by miladesn:

I was just reading this, it's a few days old but whatever http://www.square-enix.com/eng/news/...20611_01en.pdf

probably Versus got affected by this I imagine. and probably other stuff too.

Actually, I was told at E3 some of the left over staff from FFXIII were moved to the project. Versus remains unaffected.

Reveirg · (06-14-2012, 04:19 AM)

WHYYYYY did someone have to post a link to the 7min trailer... -.- Hyped again.

However, the in-game graphics DO seem somewhat outdated (I'm pretty sure Nomura said they made a huge overhaul of the graphics since then).

I still have to wonder though... Versus's absence from E3 was predictable. But if they didn't show a localized Type-0, when can we expect to play THAT game? I was kind of hoping to see it come out in ~November 2012...

Originally Posted by Kagari:

Actually, I was told at E3 some of the left over staff from FFXIII were moved to the project. Versus remains unaffected.

But wasn't a good part of Versus' staff moved to FFXIII at some point?

sleepykyo · (06-14-2012, 04:22 AM)

Originally Posted by HigherLevel:

So this game was announced in like 2005 or 2006, it's been so long I can't even remember. What little we have seen of the game has looked great, especially compared to XIII and XIII-2. Being realistic, when will we finally get to play it? Next year, likely sending out the PS3 with a bang? Or maybe on new consoles we haven't seen announced? I really just want to play this game, I haven't been excited for many FF games in the last 10 years, XII is the only one I've really wanted to play since X. When will it finally happen GAF?

As soon as Microsoft is done ironing out the details for the exclusive ending/prologue.

LiquidMetal14 · (06-14-2012, 04:22 AM)

It's REALLY PATHETIC how this game could get announced and obviously only have a logo way back in forever ago.

This is now how you handle a major game with the FF name behind it. It's lazy and seems fitting of how Japanese game studios are perceived these days.

At this point, I'm frustrated that we haven't even had some kind of playable public demo.

2014 it is.

StuBurns · (06-14-2012, 04:23 AM)

They didn't only have a logo. It was announced with a decent length CG trailer that showed lots of preproduction work had already been completed.

Ghost_Protocol · (06-14-2012, 04:24 AM)

I don't care if the game comes out in 2014, it just better be damn good. Revolutionary even.

Kagari · (06-14-2012, 04:24 AM)

Originally Posted by Reveirg:

But wasn't a good part of Versus' staff moved to FFXIII at some point?

Yes but the XIII team was pretty massive.

LiquidMetal14 · (06-14-2012, 04:29 AM)

Originally Posted by StuBurns:

They didn't only have a logo. It was announced with a decent length CG trailer that showed lots of preproduction work had already been completed.

Even sadder then >>

StuBurns · (06-14-2012, 04:31 AM)

Early announcements never bother me personally, I'd rather know what a team is up to than not.

Kagari · (06-14-2012, 04:32 AM)

Originally Posted by LiquidMetal14:

Even sadder then >>

E3 2006 trailer: http://media.rpgsite.net/video/85/48...3-2006-trailer

Caelestis · (06-14-2012, 04:46 AM)

I have a feeling by the time it will see a release it won't really look all that impressive. It was cool in 2006 and some years after, but will it hold up?

RedSwirl · (06-14-2012, 04:53 AM)

Tech-wise will this game even be all that impressive when it does come out?

Marleyman · (06-14-2012, 05:07 AM)

You don't play Versus; Versus plays you.

hateradio · (06-14-2012, 05:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Marleyman:

Versus plays you.

It sure has. It sure has.

Reveirg · (06-14-2012, 05:29 AM)

One has to wonder if Shimomura wrote the soundtrack over all those years, or actually completely stopped after composing the 2 trailer tracks.

I know she's been SUPER busy all those years but still, even if fragmented, 6 years of inspiration, research and songwriting can only announce promising results. I can't wait to hear that soundtrack!