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Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII Media and Information Thread

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cosmicblizzard said:
That is true. Like a few magic users get separated from the main group and end up in a dungeon full of flans. That would actually be pretty neat provided there's more variety of magic based/vulnerable enemies.

Yeah, and there would have to be physical enemies that required tactics other than "spam -aga" to beat. Blind+poison them, and take care of the caster before you clean them up.
 
Aljosa said:
Yup. :(

Btw Kagari, when is the new Famitsu coming?

Famitsu gets leaked on Monday nights.

Okay, it's 620MB... I need a good place to upload it. You guys crashed my server when I had the DKS3713 stuff on there so I can't put it there again D:
 
mhhh english voices, so far for me:

Lightning: perfect
Serah: good
Snow: good most of the time (romantic scene kinda meh)
Hope: a bit strange/ sounds too old
Vanille: good (for such a cheerful character)
Sazh: good
Rosch: kinda bad (the loud parts sound like a generic bad guy + forced voice)
Jihl: good
hot new chick: wtf, the accent, she's ruined? D:


So I prefer Snow, Hope, Rosh and new chick in the Japanese VA.
Lightning, Vanille and most of all Sazh in the English VA
Serah and Jihl both sound like they should (based on my impression of the characters) in both versions.

also the "oh, ah, uh"s sound more natural in the Japanese VA :lol

I'm not so sure about the actual script, seems to be very different sometimes from the original (I base that on the gametrailer subbed version which I assume was translated more directly). Some lipsyncing-problems, especially in the romantic scene at the beginning (e.g. when Snow's laughing, sounds like his mouth should be wide open. He's not really laughing in the Japanese VA)


btw I don't get the scene when Serah is captured or something, she did it on purpose while still reaching for Snow? May be a cut.
 
English dub aside, what really stood out was that this basically could have come straight out of a soap opera or something. That battle system better be excellent.
 
Llyranor said:
English dub aside, what really stood out was that this basically could have come straight out of a soap opera or something. That battle system better be excellent.

Have you ever played Final Fantasy before?


...it's human drama ffs. The only time it wasn't was when we had the chosen crystal warriors and such.
 
SolidusDave said:
mhhh english voices, so far for me:

Lightning: perfect
Serah: good
Snow: good most of the time (romantic scene kinda meh)
Hope: a bit strange/ sounds too old
Vanille: good (for such a cheerful character)
Sazh: good
Rosch: kinda bad (the loud parts sound like a generic bad guy + forced voice)
Jihl: good
hot new chick: wtf, the accent, she's ruined? D:
Pretty much exactly how I feel. Although I like Hopes VA, I hate male characters with high voices.
 
Kyzer said:
...it's human drama ffs. The only time it wasn't was when we had the chosen crystal warriors and such.

As much as I hate soap opera drama, I'm still pissed that so many people are bitching about it as if it's something new to the series. :/
 
Fimbulvetr said:
As much as I hate soap opera drama, I'm still pissed that so many people are bitching about it as if it's something new to the series. :/

+1(000000)
Honestly, those complaining that about the soap opera drama either are wearing rose tinted glasses or have just not thought about what FF (at least all the 3D ones) are like at times.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
As much as I hate soap opera drama, I'm still pissed that so many people are bitching about it as if it's something new to the series. :/
Yep you're right but it is pretty annoying in FF VIII right now but I'm hoping they don't fuck it up in FF XIII.

Anyways, it's nice to go back On-topic! I hope you all learned a lesson while I was gone. :P
 
Shadowlink said:
Yep you're right but it is pretty annoying in FF VIII right now but I'm hoping they don't fuck it up in FF XIII.

Anyways, it's nice to go back On-topic! I hope you all learned a lesson while I was gone. :P

...wut


Anyways. I think Kingdom Hearts is actually a pretty fine indicator of the type of drama we'll be seeing. Just more "mature". Or at least harder to decipher

More specifically, plenty of one liners and "...I loved her..." stuff
 
Kyzer said:
...wut


Anyways. I think Kingdom Hearts is actually a pretty fine indicator of the type of drama we'll be seeing. Just more "mature". Or at least harder to decipher

More specifically, plenty of one liners and "...I loved her..." stuff
Are you drunk?

Roxas: Shut up!
 
Fimbulvetr said:
As much as I hate soap opera drama, I'm still pissed that so many people are bitching about it as if it's something new to the series. :/

Well most of the people who are complaining are the ones who thought that XII was a step forwards. Simply put, people who are not big JRPG fans seem to be the ones bitching about the drama the most.

The more info that is revealed, the more my friends bitch about the series taking a step back from XII. You can hear that reaction from many journalists in the west as well.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
ANGER AND HATE!
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the more i see this picture the more I remember why I disliked kingdom hearts 2 so much
 
Kagari said:
Probably. As long as it's believable drama.
Noctis: I am...... the one.

Stella: What?

Noctis: The one that will......

Stella: The one that will do what Noctis?

Noctis: Destroy the world.

DUN DUN DUN!
 
ZephyrFate said:
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the more i see this picture the more I remember why I disliked kingdom hearts 2 so much

That's the joke!

lorddarkflare said:
Am i alone in liking the triangle spam?

One good thing I can say is that it isn't nearly as frustrating as some other game's QTEs are.

Shadowlink said:
I think we will see more drama in FF Versus XIII.

Sora, donald, and goofy.

Yes Versus is sure to have drama.

SUBMIT!!!

Shadowlink said:
Noctis: I am...... the one.

Stella: What?

Noctis: The one that will......

Stella: The one that will do what Noctis?

Noctis: Destroy the world.

DUN DUN DUN!

I'm driven to destroy....
 
Yeah Kagari, the 360 can play MP4s so you don't need to do anything.

No_Style said:
Sarcasm or legit? My meter is recharging at the moment.
Tbh, I'm not sure if I'm sarcastic anymore but I actually wanted to see how it was.
 
I just wanted to point out that the 360 video at 2:20-2:23 has a smooth framerate and the japanese version on the ps3 at the same section has a pretty unstable framerate......just saying.
 
Synless said:
I just wanted to point out that the 360 video at 2:20-2:23 has a smooth framerate and the japanese version on the ps3 at the same section has a pretty unstable framerate......just saying.

Both videos are from the same version, just saying. I watched both and all the battle/field footage is the same. English version is probably from the latest build and made after the Japanese one from what it sounds like though based on comments made by SE PR persons.

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C button! lol
 
Kagari said:
Both videos are from the same version, just saying. I watched both and all the battle/field footage is the same. English version is probably from the latest build and made after the Japanese one from what it sounds like though based on comments made by SE PR persons.

http://kagari.zerox20.net/buttons.jpg/IMG]

C button! lol[/QUOTE]
Dreamcast 2 version am definitive lead platform. Just sayin'
 
Synless said:
I just wanted to point out that the 360 video at 2:20-2:23 has a smooth framerate and the japanese version on the ps3 at the same section has a pretty unstable framerate......just saying.
If that stays the same when the game releases in NA and EU, I will try to avoid this thread as much as possible. xD Oh how much I hope that both console versions are exactly the same.
 
lastinline said:
If that stays the same when the game releases in NA and EU, I will try to avoid this thread as much as possible. xD Oh how much I hope that both console versions are exactly the same.

Kitase already said framerate issues are being ironed out, I wouldn't worry about it. The 10 month old demo was already fairly solid.
 
lorddarkflare said:
The more info that is revealed, the more my friends bitch about the series taking a step back from XII. You can hear that reaction from many journalists in the west as well.

Which journalists are bitching? And are we talking about story or the whole game? I haven't really heard anyone bitching about it being a step back gameplay wise outside of the people that thought of XII as the only good game in the series.
 
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