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[MrDenny]

 

[HK-47]

And this is why the thread is always being derailed.

No, its because someone brings up something they want in XIII, like moogles, and people then discuss moogles.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

And this is why the thread is always being derailed.

What the hell are you talking about lol I said I wanted to see Moogles, maybe Montblanc. I didn't even participate in the discussion about who had BETTER moogles lol

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Is something attached to Hope's boomerang?

And is that Jill elixir milk flavored by chance? Hurr hurr.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

And is that Jihl elixir milk flavored by chance? Hurr hurr.

Fixed!

And I still can't get over Vanille's weapon :lol

 

[badcrumble]

So we know how Lightning's weapon and Fang's weapon transform, but what about the other four? One of the recent interviews made it sound very much like everybody's weapons will transform in some fashion.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

So we know how Lightning's weapon and Fang's weapon transform, but what about the other four? One of the recent interviews made it sound very much like everybody's weapons will transform in some fashion.

Well I checked, and Sazh definitely has a rifle as well.

The ammo pack it's using looks similar to the one on his pistols.

 

[watervengeance]

http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz6/DennyGT/Elixers.png
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz6/DennyGT/ElixerFig.png

Serah is still my favorite character design in this game. It's the fact that she looks so normal and pure that makes her awesome.

Stella from FFXIII Versus looks great as well. Maybe I'm just a sucker for characters in white clothing.

Also, Bahamut is a joke. :lol

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Fang looks REALLY manly on those cans.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Fixed!

And I still can't get over Vanille's weapon :lol

What is it exactly? A fishing rod?

 

[Shadowlink]

Do people actually buy these action figures? =/

 

[Kagari]

IGN has an article about FFXIII:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/103/1037157p1.html

This has caught my attention:



Does he mean there's a field map as in FFXII?

No mandatory HDD install, yay!

 

[lorddarkflare]

Fang looks REALLY manly on those cans.

Why does this make her more attractive to me?

Orly?

I did a write up on the FFXIII Tvtropes thread.

Does anybody want to know details?

I do.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Why does this make her more attractive to me?

You and me both. Strong women are hot.

 

[Kagari]

Oh IGN... of course the game will have trophies, it's a damn mandate now.

 

[Mudo]

Hmm that IGN article says there is only loading when you transition from city to field. Now that sounds to me like FFXII world only instead of lots of micro zones you load into, the ENTIRE WORLD is 1 huge seamless entity with loads into the cities...if that is true, WOW!

 

[Kagari]

Hmm that IGN article says there is only loading when you transition from city to field. Now that sounds to me like FFXII world only instead of lots of micro zones you load into, the ENTIRE WORLD is 1 huge seamless entity with loads into the cities...if that is true, WOW!

White Knight Chronicles did the same thing. It's really nice.

 

[lorddarkflare]

White Knight Chronicles did the same thing. It's really nice.

This is good. I am sure that if the battles happened on the field like some(I) wanted, this may not have been possible.

 

[Tom Penny]

Hmm that IGN article says there is only loading when you transition from city to field. Now that sounds to me like FFXII world only instead of lots of micro zones you load into, the ENTIRE WORLD is 1 huge seamless entity with loads into the cities...if that is true, WOW!

Does swapping disk count as loading in the other version?

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Hmm that IGN article says there is only loading when you transition from city to field. Now that sounds to me like FFXII world only instead of lots of micro zones you load into, the ENTIRE WORLD is 1 huge seamless entity with loads into the cities...if that is true, WOW!

So it's like a Dragon Quest 8 style world map? I thought it was pretty much confirmed it wouldn't be like that seeing as vsXIII is doing it. Am I just interpreting this wrong?

 

[Shadowlink]

Hmm that IGN article says there is only loading when you transition from city to field. Now that sounds to me like FFXII world only instead of lots of micro zones you load into, the ENTIRE WORLD is 1 huge seamless entity with loads into the cities...if that is true, WOW!

Great!

 

[Kagari]

So it's like a Dragon Quest 8 style world map? I thought it was pretty much confirmed it wouldn't be like that seeing as vsXIII is doing it. Am I just interpreting this wrong?

Not a world map, it means areas are seamless, so there's no loading every time you go into a new section of an area.

This is good. I am sure that if the battles happened on the field like some(I) wanted, this may not have been possible.

It's possible. They're just not doing it that way.

 

[Elios83]

So it's like a Dragon Quest 8 style world map? I thought it was pretty much confirmed it wouldn't be like that seeing as vsXIII is doing it. Am I just interpreting this wrong?

Versus map should be an old style, FF7,8,9-like map. With the character the same size of cities and everything stylized.
FFXIII should be like FFXII but with a single loading for the field map so effectively like DQ8 or WKC.

 

[Shadowlink]

Versus map should be an old style, FF7,8,9-like map. With the character the same size of cities and everything stylized.
FFXIII should be like FFXII but with a single loading for the field map so effectively like DQ8 or WKC.

This, but I wouldn't mind a Overworld like the Crystal Bearers.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Not a world map, it means areas are seamless, so there's no loading every time you go into a new section of an area.

But if everything is connected via one giant filed type thing, isn't that the same as a DQ8 styled world map?

Versus map should be an old style, FF7,8,9-like map. With the character the same size of cities and everything stylized.
FFXIII should be like FFXII but with a single loading for the field map so effectively like DQ8 or WKC.

Whoa, back up. So the characters will be giant again and not to scale? When was this said? I thought it was supposed to be to scale seeing as it apparently takes hours to traverse.

 

[Kagari]

But if everything is connected in one giant filed type thing, isn't that the same as a DQ8 styled world map?



Whoa, back up. So the characters will be giant again and not to scale? When was this said? I thought it was supposed to be to scale seeing as it apparently takes hours to traverse.

No. It doesn't look like everything will be connected.

And nothing was ever said about that.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

No. It doesn't look like everything will be connected.

And nothing was ever said about that.

Ah, gotcha. Still sounds awesome though.

 

[lorddarkflare]

Not a world map, it means areas are seamless, so there's no loading every time you go into a new section of an area.



It's possible. They're just not doing it that way.

Let me keep my illusions, please!

 

[Elios83]

Whoa, back up. So the characters will be giant again and not to scale? When was this said? I thought it was supposed to be to scale seeing as it apparently takes hours to traverse.

It doesn't seem like that from the leaked pictures of Versus map. There's a giant Noctis and a stylized city icon. I can't post it because it's an old scan but you can try searching for FF versus XIII world map on google

No. It doesn't look like everything will be connected.

And nothing was ever said about that.

In that case it would be exactly like FFXII but without the many on-field loadings right?

 

[cosmicblizzard]

It doesn't seem like that from the leaked pictures of Versus map. There's a giant Noctis and a stylized city icon. I can't post it because it's an old scan but you can try searching for FF versus XIII world map on google

Just saw it. Definitely not what I was expecting. My hype for vs just went through the roof. Looks like I'll have to rely on it to bring back the world map to RPGs.

 

[Shuusui]

Australian Accent ARE WONDERFUL SINCE I READ THE RULES.

Still, thinking about importing it in Japanese. I love me some Balsa.

 

[Kagari]

In that case it would be exactly like FFXII but without the many on-field loadings right?

From the sound of it yes.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

From the sound of it yes.

Yes.

 

[Elios83]

Then it's much better than what I was expecting (something like FFX....yes I expected the worst :lol ) but it still sucks that you are forced to go through cities you don't want to visit to reach other places.
The ideal would be something like DQ8.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

From the sound of it yes.

Eh really? If this is indeed the case that's awesome, but I'm not so sure...

We know there isn't going to be mandatory installs, but I certainly hope we who choose to install will be sitting happy, load time wise.

 

[Kagari]

Eh really? If this is indeed the case that's awesome, but I'm not so sure...

We know there isn't going to be mandatory installs, but I certainly hope we who choose to install will be sitting happy, load time wise.

Toriyama is saying loading is basically non-existent, so it doesn't really matter.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Toriyama is saying loading is basically non-existent, so it doesn't really matter.

Toriyama says a lot of things lol

 

[dramatis]

Then it's much better than what I was expecting (something like FFX....yes I expected the worst :lol ) but it still sucks that you are forced to go through cities you don't want to visit to reach other places.
The ideal would be something like DQ8.

As long as transitions don't feel awkward, I'm thrilled. FF12 managed to do visual transition from area to area pretty neatly, despite the bottlenecking in paths between regions.

I'm beginning to wonder about the reason behind why Hope and Vanille's summons haven't been revealed yet. In previous FF titles, is there a pair of summons that can be considered 'connected'? I think Hope and Vanille's summons may be related to each other, although that would put a hole in the 'Vanille is Yuna' theory.

Who knows? If their summons are related, we might actually have a gattai transformation.

...Actually, that might be possible with all of the summons.

 

[lorddarkflare]

Toriyama is saying loading is basically non-existent, so it doesn't really matter.

Well, we have been lied to several times before so...

 

[Kagari]

Toriyama says a lot of things lol

There was only a brief initial load in the year old demo, I'm inclined to believe what's been said about it. And it was even confirmed in the TGS demo impressions.

 

[lorddarkflare]

As long as transitions don't feel awkward, I'm thrilled. FF12 managed to do visual transition from area to area pretty neatly, despite the bottlenecking in paths between regions.

I'm beginning to wonder about the reason behind why Hope and Vanille's summons haven't been revealed yet. In previous FF titles, is there a pair of summons that can be considered 'connected'? I think Hope and Vanille's summons may be related to each other, although that would put a hole in the 'Vanille is Yuna' theory.

Who knows? If their summons are related, we might actually have a gattai transformation.

...Actually, that might be possible with all of the summons.

Please, do not mention this anymore. My sanity can only take so much.

As for Vanille and Hope, it is possible that they both are summoners. When you consider the fact that the party is split apart so often...

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

There was only a brief initial load in the year old demo, I'm inclined to believe what's been said about it. And it was even confirmed in the TGS demo impressions.

Eh, I'll believe your intuition and so called "proof"

I'm beginning to wonder about the reason behind why Hope and Vanille's summons haven't been revealed yet. In previous FF titles, is there a pair of summons that can be considered 'connected'? I think Hope and Vanille's summons may be related to each other, although that would put a hole in the 'Vanille is Yuna' theory.

There is a possibility that the connection could be even deeper then Yuna had with her Aeons.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Please, do not mention this anymore. My sanity can only take so much.

As for Vanille and Hope, it is possible that they both are summoners. When you consider the fact that the party is split apart so often...

Or the only party members with CD players.

 

[Kagari]

Eh, I'll believe your intuition and so called "proof"

I'll have the game in hand in less than 2 months anyway, so you'll know either way by then. The type of streaming they've likely got going is possible and has been done before.

 

[Shadowlink]

Waiting for this game to release is boring now. =/

 

[lorddarkflare]

Eh, I'll believe your intuition and so called "proof"



There is a possibility that the connection could be even deeper then Yuna had with her Aeons.

Oooh, Human shaped fal'cie? Human shaped summons?

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Oooh, Human shaped fal'cie? Human shaped summons?

The bond that is created or, more specifically, thrust onto the characters, the link must go deeper then what we see now.

 

[Elios83]

As long as transitions don't feel awkward, I'm thrilled. FF12 managed to do visual transition from area to area pretty neatly, despite the bottlenecking in paths between regions.

I'm beginning to wonder about the reason behind why Hope and Vanille's summons haven't been revealed yet. In previous FF titles, is there a pair of summons that can be considered 'connected'? I think Hope and Vanille's summons may be related to each other, although that would put a hole in the 'Vanille is Yuna' theory.

Who knows? If their summons are related, we might actually have a gattai transformation.

...Actually, that might be possible with all of the summons.

I don't know but from the latest trailer it seems like Vanille is responsible at least for Serah's l'Cie mark (probably for the whole team being cursed/chosen) so she should be an importat character with a mistery behind her ,whether that has also a connection to summons who knows.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

I don't know but from the latest trailer it seems like Vanille is responsible at least for Serah's l'Cie mark so she should be an importat character with a mistery behind her.

Spoiler

Episode 0 explains when and how Serah became a l'Cie. Apparently the fal'Cie was talking to someone, but I really doubt it was Vanille. If anything, Vanille is just sad becase being a Pulse l'Cie(or any l'Cie) kinda sucks. :/

 

[Perfect Blue]

Waiting for this game to release is boring now. =/

I agree. :lol