MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's Toriyama. What did you expect? Sugar and Rainbows?
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It's Toriyama. What did you expect? Sugar and Rainbows?
LOL yeah! Toriyama looking proud from above.
If only they skipped FFXIII-2 at first and spent this entire development time on FFXIII-2 instead of 3 games in the trilogy, we might have gotten a half-competent FF game. Should have made it like FFX-2, Lightning + Serah + Fang going around singing JPOP and fighting fashionistas.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Can I pre order it?
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
I expected them to give half a crap about the title. 13 to 15 months of full development (if the Fall release is true)? They clearly want to make it for as little as possible as well as just shove it out the door as fast as they can.
PlanetSmasher
Banned
Square really got to the "every game must be a trilogy!" period of this gen super-late. When every other developer was putting out the third game in their publisher-mandated trilogies, Square was only getting to their second.
I don't think I would've wanted XIII-2 even with a longer development time though - I just don't care about that setting or the people in it.
Baleoce
Member
I'd really like FFXV to be in the style of XII, but with a much deeper and interesting story. Perhaps tweak Gambiting so that it's not so automated, or that at least some things have to be manually controlled.
I think the lack of Versus in this statement means it's pretty likely to be touched upon at E3. Is the general consensus that they are using those assets for FFXV now?
I think the lack of Versus in this statement means it's pretty likely to be touched upon at E3. Is the general consensus that they are using those assets for FFXV now?
I agree completely, I just mean it may not have been such a pile of shit if they didn't try to pump it out in a year.
I hope the SE E3 presentation starts with announcement of Toryiama being fired.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Where's my Type series trilogy?
It only used a cast of about 8 characters for the most terribly written plot since 3rd Birthday. Written by the same guy with his even worse writing buddy Daisuke.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
You'd think the FFXHD collection should be near finished by now if they are gonna ship globally in 2013
Delayed, or buggy release, or last minute cram?
well, I think it'll come out in the summer still and early september counts as summer. but damn SE has a short time and there gonna have their games come out all the same time.
Meccanical
Member
It's going to be the most polished game in the series!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Maybe if Type 0 sold over a million, it would have...
XIII-2 should of been a PSP game.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
But FF8 already released for PC in 2000?
not tracked, % is too low lol
jeez they should really work on FFX HD and have that for a july release! i added the 2 percents of the 2 and divided by 2 and final fantasy X|X-2 HD about 75.2% done altogether. so its slightly above LR.
Yeah but 10% of FFX/X-2 HD is probably completed significantly faster than 10% of LR, not by much though I guess.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
And yet we still know jack and shit about any of the cast beyond what the plot absolutely requires us to know.
All I could think when entering this thread. Not surprised to once again find NOTHING.
U n i o n 0015
Member
If the FF8 PC is as good as the recent FF7 port, they can keep it.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Versus' handling is just beyond incompetent at this point. Christ in fuck, SE...
It past incompetent years ago. Everything about it has been incompetent thus far. From how long its taken to get full development (2006 to 2010 wasn't full production), to how early it was announced (it was announced at E3 2006. Fast forward to E3 2013 and we aren't even sure it'll get a mention), to how poorly Square has handled information about it (radio silence for years, constant "please wait a little longer", making condescending "please understand that development is tricky" statements), to just how long the game has been in the works (Normura came up with the idea in May of 2005. It's now almost June of 2013).
SoraanTribal
Member
I'm hoping we get the release date for FFX/X-2 HD at E3 and not just some vague "Fall 2013" or something like that. Sadly, that is probably my most anticipated FF game coming out this year.
BlazingDarkness
Member
All of those are in the final stages of development. (less than six months of development left)
Take into account that XIV 2.0 is also growing closer to launch then I really wouldn't be surprised to discover that much of SE is moving onto Versus and the next mainline FF - and that the Osaka team are working on KH3.
Take into account that XIV 2.0 is also growing closer to launch then I really wouldn't be surprised to discover that much of SE is moving onto Versus and the next mainline FF - and that the Osaka team are working on KH3.
I really really really hope for july :'( august just before September 4th
SoraanTribal
Member
July would be great, but given the percentages in the OP, I don't know how likely that would be to happen (especially if they have to localize additional stuff like Last Mission).
Hopefully we'll find out more at E3!
dark_chris
Gold Member
I love Final Fantasy 8. I consider it the best FF game.
But making it for PC is kinda pointless really... Why not just rerelease it with trophy support and up the graphics a little?
But then again, this is Square. A company of disappointments
But making it for PC is kinda pointless really... Why not just rerelease it with trophy support and up the graphics a little?
But then again, this is Square. A company of disappointments
July would be great, but given the percentages in the OP, I don't know how likely that would be to happen (especially if they have to localize additional stuff like Last Mission).
12 days till E3 I hope they'll give us FFX HD news soon and Versus. its complete foolishness for them to withhold information like that.
one could go as far as to say that in today’s times, making customers wait for years
it's not just years, it's half a decade lol
it started a generation (ps3\x360) with the announcement of versus\ffx14 online: now we are at the beginning of a new one now and they are taken between a ff14 2.0 and versus still needs to see the light of day lol
it's not just years, it's half a decade lol
it started a generation (ps3\x360) with the announcement of versus\ffx14 online: now we are at the beginning of a new one now and they are taken between a ff14 2.0 and versus still needs to see the light of day lol
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Indeed.
In a few months resources should be completely freed up to focus on what we want.
JoeyJungle
Banned
That last 20% is like 90% of the work, though.
It's the end of may tho
I actually played BD at launch and no. It's cute but not in the caliber of X-2/X
Maybe if Type 0 sold over a million, it would have...
Is this like when they told us to "buy more" if we wanted more Chrono at a time when Chrono wasn't even being sold?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Well BDFF wouldn't downgrade itself to FFX's level so of course not.
Tons of reused content + familiar tools/development pipeline's efficiency improved to the max + a big enough development team and it's really not that hard to make a game in that time span. It's not unusual for games to only have 12-15 months of full production.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I think most of ARR dev. team already moved into next projects considering the game is mostly completed and just on the polishing-phase right now. Probably the biggest team is on work to finish LR on time and soon after it will focus on versus.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Nothing will ever top:
FFXIII: 13% complete
FFvsXIII: 1.3% complete
FFagitoXIII: 0.13% complete
Those were the days. The innocent days.
FFXIII: 13% complete
FFvsXIII: 1.3% complete
FFagitoXIII: 0.13% complete
Those were the days. The innocent days.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
To be fair the same guy that told us that is currently telling us to be excited about something we know nothing about.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Yeah, actually there's something wrong when they take 2-3 yrs to do the same -.-'
I'm pretty sure LR will be a way more polished product than XIII-2 ever was.
Haters are going to hate it
BibiMaghoo
Member
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's now a CG film.
What does that even mean? Rikku is cute too, also some of Yuna's costumes on X-2. I don't get your point.
Yeah, actually there's something wrong when they take 2-3 yrs to do the same -.-'
I'm pretty sure LR will be a way more polished product than XIII-2 ever was.
Haters are going to hate it
Totally, with 50% as many playable characters they should be able to pump out a very polished product, pretty sure people will be like man this new Lighting Returns is really... polished.
So Versus is exempt from this new strategy? Its handling is just beyond incompetent at this point. Christ in fuck, SE...
The damage is already done with Versus being announced way too early, now they are just following their current guidelines. Their marketing policy nowadays is to focus on games that are the closest to being released. They'll perhaps do a re-reveal of it @ E3 and a few previews after that in Famitsu etc. the following weeks, but only start really building up the hype once it's <6 months from release and stuff like XIV 2.0 is out of the way (slowly at first, with bigger & more showy marketing starting to show up once it's 1-2 months from release).
The hype schedule might go something like this, if it's re-revealed at E3 this year:
Versus re-reveal at E3 and some previews after that in magazines detailing some big features of the game & interviews with Nomura -> XIV 2.0's marketing builds up closer to its release while Versus hype gives way later in Summer 2013 -> one or two new short trailers after a few weeks after XIV's release (Gamescom? TGS?) but focus will be given more & more on X & X-2 HD and Lightning Returns in Fall 2013 -> once those are released and assuming Versus is the next big thing in line after Lightning Returns, the full marketing blitz will start gearing up later in 2013 (with perhaps a release in Q1 2014)