In order to make a 2013 dead-line, I'm expecting that is exactly what it will be like. The game will take some cues from the Goddess DLC where Lightning had large HP and access to all classes, and I'll bet it will vaguely improve on XIII-2's "platforming" segments with ladders, poles, and maybe some very light parkour.
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Lightning Returns trailer
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In order to make a 2013 dead-line, I'm expecting that is exactly what it will be like. The game will take some cues from the Goddess DLC where Lightning had large HP and access to all classes, and I'll bet it will vaguely improve on XIII-2's "platforming" segments with ladders, poles, and maybe some very light parkour.
Big Papa Husker
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What the hell did I just watch?
I thought the town looked nice (well judging from the compressed video). Framerate needs a lot of work. I did like the cloth animations. I don't know if it's predetermined or physics driven.
The rest however felt... meh
And cloth animations aside... I still can't get down her multi-piece rags, latex and shell of a costume.
Honestly, it's a shame that all Square brought out in terms of home console single player FF is FF13. It speaks to their inept management.
The rest however felt... meh
And cloth animations aside... I still can't get down her multi-piece rags, latex and shell of a costume.
Honestly, it's a shame that all Square brought out in terms of home console single player FF is FF13. It speaks to their inept management.
Chet Rippo
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Well, I'm more excited than I was for FF13-2. That's not really saying much though...
BurnOutBrighter
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This is just a disaster.
kunonabi
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Really? I seem to remember his "I'm so afraid of dying I think I'll die of fright" line being pretty wretched.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Frames Per Second
Supermanisdead
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4 towns, I think.
Box of Bunnies
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Toriyama: "Do you love her yet? Why don't you love her!?"
This is pretty much how I feel.
It honestly looks like they could have said "just kidding this is actually a vita game" at the end. Diffuse shading on everything, seems like there's no use of bump/normal maps at all, everything looks really flat....what happened to the engine capable of producing things like this?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Actually XIII-2 sold way below expectations. They would be better off developing something that isn't XIII-derived.
But the appeal of being able to reuse assets and branding must be hard to resist, and was set into motion years ago no doubt.
brandonh83
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Looks awesome. Love the art direction.
tiggerkiddo
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Oh happy days, let's shove religion into this...that's always a winning strategy, yep yep...
My thoughts exactly. I think that's the problem with a lot of Japanese games this gen honestly.
Spieler Eins
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Majoras Mask : Square Enix' Poor man's version.
we.are.the.armada
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Thanks, Kagari
Yep, at 28 seconds in, I'm seeing a Miqote or someone dressed up in cat ears/tail.
Nah, they were just shitty. Like her sword is a paper tube or something.
Fimbulvetr
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Looks like Stagger really is gone. Guess they wouldn't be able to implement it with only one playable character anyway. Kinda wondering what the 3 color-coded squares under every enemy's HP bar are though.
Solbringer
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That framerate is atrocious and I can't say I'm digging the new outfit.
Meccanical
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Someone who will be quickly forgotten after this game.
Part of me hopes this fails to sell 100K in Japan when it launches.
Why must they make me care less and less about the series
Because they don't want your money. Or anyone else's.
Is this a joke?...
Supermanisdead
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Yeah, they probably made a good chunk of profit off 13-2 and it's DLC and at this point, with FF14 being restructured like mad and Versus nowhere in sight, this game and it's cheap graphics, reused assets and combat seems like a good idea.
Manmademan
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Framerate is bad, not going to sugarcoat it.
The town isn't awful, just looks like it needs more NPCs. academia was a significant upgrade over this.
and that outfit..ouch.
The town isn't awful, just looks like it needs more NPCs. academia was a significant upgrade over this.
and that outfit..ouch.
Relaxed Muscle
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Toriyama's waifu
Being able to reuse assets reduces costs, so of course it's appealing. They're already bleeding money with FF14 and Versus's development, these are quick ways for them to make cash while those are in the oven.
MagicWithEarvin
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Will Matsuno ever helm a mainline Final Fantasy game again?
Get Toriyama and Kitase off the FF team, IMO.
Get Toriyama and Kitase off the FF team, IMO.
CosmicGroinPull
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Wow, those shades make her outfit look 10x better. D:
The town looks pretty awful though - look like flat walls plastered with a texture.
The town looks pretty awful though - look like flat walls plastered with a texture.
we.are.the.armada
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-Pyromaniac-
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Could Lightning be any more overdressed, lol.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Of course we should have seen this coming you know.
Wada realized Square was fucked with what XIII turned into.
The decree was handed down to shorten dev cycles on mainline FF games / major games in general. 2 years or so for big games. But there was no way they could about face to plan and execute the next actual Final Fantasy game on a dime.
So instead they've been sticking to the letter of the law by quickly assembling stuff out of the bones and assets of FF XIII. Wasn't there a suspicion that much of FF XIII-2 was made out of environments made for XIII but never used?
For this game, they probably did have to make wholly original content, but it's Square. No way they could make assets too elaborate in such a short timeframe. We've seen no indication that their internal development environment has changed or even started to change.
I think, if you want to hold out any hope for Square moving forward, this is your only scenario: while a relatively small crew worked on XIII-2 and XIII-3, others have been planning and prototyping Final Fantasy 15, in preparation for full production as soon as XIII-3 is out the door.
Wada realized Square was fucked with what XIII turned into.
The decree was handed down to shorten dev cycles on mainline FF games / major games in general. 2 years or so for big games. But there was no way they could about face to plan and execute the next actual Final Fantasy game on a dime.
So instead they've been sticking to the letter of the law by quickly assembling stuff out of the bones and assets of FF XIII. Wasn't there a suspicion that much of FF XIII-2 was made out of environments made for XIII but never used?
For this game, they probably did have to make wholly original content, but it's Square. No way they could make assets too elaborate in such a short timeframe. We've seen no indication that their internal development environment has changed or even started to change.
I think, if you want to hold out any hope for Square moving forward, this is your only scenario: while a relatively small crew worked on XIII-2 and XIII-3, others have been planning and prototyping Final Fantasy 15, in preparation for full production as soon as XIII-3 is out the door.
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