StoppedInTracks
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Kitase has a cube too, I guess they don't have much room there. I think they were supposed to change their building again?, maybe these are old now.
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII announced for 2013 [Up3: Famitsu Details]
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She's highly marketable.
She got that "photo" face or whatever they call it. Her design is great.
Really? Neat. Pretty good news, depending on how they're handled.
Sounds good gameplay wise as well. Just as long as the time limit doesn't encourage rushing.
His love for her is so pure and she is his maiden. It's beautiful.
But will the Osaka whore be there!?!?! This is important.
Mysterious Stranger
Member
Im in love with Lightning sorry.
King of the Potato People
Member
Hope was really improved as a character in XIII-2, if only Lightning became more likeable too.
xion4360
Member
Something tells me everything's been in a 13 day loop since chaos entered in 500AF, anyone around then will probably be returning, completely unaware of the loop. Like how light and Caius were in valhalla fighting in repeat without knowing it.
If the game ends with the line "Best Birthday Ever" I will send SE $2k of cupcakes and hug every staff member.
I'm really interested in the no-aging thing. Can't wait to see all the ramifications from XIII-2. Hell, even the outcome of Snow and Hope at the end of the game was great, and to even get to see that followed up would be cool.
What's weird conceptually is a time loop though. It's like they'd be looping a certain amount of time... for a certain amount of time. Like 2 dimensions of time within time to measure time. It'll be interesting fo sho
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
3 final fantasy main games about the same character. Remember the days when every final fantasy could stand on its own and every final fantasy game had its own universe.
Ok they also made final fantasy x-2, point taken.
Ok they also made final fantasy x-2, point taken.
Lightning is a character in XIII-2, and a catalyst in the story, but to say it's about her is disingenuous. It's about Noel.
Don't forget all the spinoffs from IV, VII, and XII.
King of the Potato People
Member
Well Serah
may not be marrying Snow
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Yes but they didnt belong to the main series, just like final fantasy tactics doesnt belong to the main series.
You are talking about dirge of cerberus, final fantasy 4 the after years, final fantasy crisis core. They are spin offs. But final fantasy xiii-2 and lightning returns are part of the big main franchise.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Yeah but it's still in the same universum. Final fantasy used to be about creating a whole new universum with new characters without anything related to the final fantasy before (besides gilgamesh, summons, and some enemies like marlboro and name of the weapons).
But the universum, the towns, the characters, the villains were all unique to that final fantasy game (1-10).
LR is no more or less a main game then Dirge/Crisis Core/Before Crisis. It has a new main name and the FF is actually the subtitle just as all those were.
No, they are not.
Well, end result of the game pending, Snow did say that they could be together (Late XIII-2 spoilers)
after he finds and brings back Lightning, iirc. Obviously the Schrodinger's Cat that is Serah has to, you know, be resolved. Also given the many endings of XIII-2, i'm assuming that the Snow and Hope assassination ending will come into play, and well, since we know Lightning is in contact with Hope, and Hope and Snow were together at the end of XIII-2, I would surmise that that is a plot point that will have to be revealed somewhere in the game.
Half of it though is knowing where all the timelines stand after being fixed too.
Half of it though is knowing where all the timelines stand after being fixed too.
I see what you're saying, but I disagree (with your original point) only because I think it's neat that they're trying to do more work with expanded universes. FNC was a very interesting experiment for them, IMO, especially because they've not done many direct franchise sequels, though fans always clamor for them. Hell, with the storyline in FF XIV, "A Realm Reborn" is practically going to be XIV-2.
Whether or not they were successful is in the eye of the beholder, but I do think that trying this business strategy in regards to their plans for franchises was interesting, if nothing else.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Kitase has a cube too, I guess they don't have much room there. I think they were supposed to change their building again?, maybe these are old now.
Poor Kitase. :{
They probably made him move out of his office once The Gooch was
They have Yuji Horii in the 'penthouse' with all of his Dragon Quest geisha-girls feeding him grapes and Ito in the janitor closet, brooms constantly getting knocked over on him every time Nomura skips down the hallway.
KillerMan91
Member
It's kinda bizarre that they are continuing XIII games as XIII-2 was commercially pretty big flop compared to past Final Fantasy games. Still it probably made some profit so maybe they want to recycle assets once more and are hoping to achieve similar sales although I see that this just damages the brand. Still I kinda liked XIII-2 so at least I am buying this.
We'll see. Casual perception of the series hasn't been helped at all by an entire generation of nothing but FFXIII on consoles. I imagine the current stigma will effect Versus XIII in a way as well.
Meccanical
Member
If it's called Versus XIII, I agree.
NO GOD WHY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
He's SO sincere. UGH UGH AND SO PRETENTIOUS. NO YOU STUPID FAT UGH NO DEPTH TO THE UGH.
CREEPER UGH.
I can't.
I can't.
I can take everything Linkman posts in the "Awesome" Fan Art thread, but I can't do this.
Hahaha Crystals epitomize eternity but the ones in FFXIII-2 couldn't even last 500 years ahahaha I hate this man.
EDIT: Watching the art director is so much better. The art for the XIII games has been colorful and interesting across the board, and his presentation has me genuinely wanting to play the game. Watching Toriyama's presentation makes me fear for Lightning's safety at night.
EDIT2: Except the painting at the end. Don't tell me about it and not show me anything. Your company is bad enough about showing anything anyway. That's so Square.
Meccanical
Member
I told you , I told you about Toriyama.
At least you can't say he's not passionate about his "work", I have to give him credit.
At least you can't say he's not passionate about his "work", I have to give him credit.
Edge_Maverick
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http://www.novacrystallis.com/?p=3465
Really liked this part:
Kamikakuryou: Most of the in-game assets have been newly designed. Novus Partus has been created from the ground up out of many drawings. Lightning herself also looks quite beautiful now.
Really liked this part:
Kamikakuryou: Most of the in-game assets have been newly designed. Novus Partus has been created from the ground up out of many drawings. Lightning herself also looks quite beautiful now.
Meccanical
Member
I like this part:
Kitase:and it is also stressed once again that this is the last game that will portray Lightning.
Kitase has a cube too, I guess they don't have much room there. I think they were supposed to change their building again?, maybe these are old now.
Isamu Kamikokuryo's cube
those cubes look very stressful to work in D:
i really prefer those open space style workplaces, makes collaboration and creative exchange much easier. for comparison, Fromsoftware's office look like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfs6kG14Xss&feature=player_embedded
I seem to remember XIII-2 being 30% complete around announcement, and then 70% complete 6 months later around E3.
Very good to know. I can't wait to see it.
Loved the details on how the combat is, as well.
I wasn't ready for that. I just need to know if this is worse than the creepy love people say Sakamoto has for Samus. Like, only he knows where her birthmark is creepy.
I'm surprised they have their own cubes; at most Japanese companies (mine included) people are lined up at long cafeteria-style desks with or without partitions between each person. You'd think SE would want people being able to see what other people are working on.
Edit: Didn't see hteng's post. That office style, at From Software in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfs6kG14Xss , is the one I'm talking about. I don't like this style and would prefer a little privacy -- being, say, a translator in that environment is torture. People talking, phones ringing, and other office sounds can be really distracting, plus when doing brain-intensive work like translating, you sometimes need to stare off into space and collect your thoughts so as to find just the right word or phrase, and this is hard to do when you're in view of lots of people.
Edit: Didn't see hteng's post. That office style, at From Software in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfs6kG14Xss , is the one I'm talking about. I don't like this style and would prefer a little privacy -- being, say, a translator in that environment is torture. People talking, phones ringing, and other office sounds can be really distracting, plus when doing brain-intensive work like translating, you sometimes need to stare off into space and collect your thoughts so as to find just the right word or phrase, and this is hard to do when you're in view of lots of people.
BlazingDarkness
Member
People didn't find Lightning likeable during FFXIII-2? I'm surprised
Her narrative was pretty vague but it was pretty much all heartfelt and generally friendly, it's hard to grow attached as we don't get to play as her outside of the beginning, but there's nothing unlikeable about her, and I thought her character developed pretty well during the first game as well
Her narrative was pretty vague but it was pretty much all heartfelt and generally friendly, it's hard to grow attached as we don't get to play as her outside of the beginning, but there's nothing unlikeable about her, and I thought her character developed pretty well during the first game as well
Toriyama/Lightning vs Sakamoto/Samus
FFXIII x Metroid crossover needed
And of course hes the only one who knows where her birthmark is. Like 90% of the time she is in a full body Power Suit. Now let her make a cameo in DoA5.
I actually liked Lightning enough in XIII and she was decent in XIII-2. My problem is I've had enough, that and she was fucking awful in Dissidia 012.
I just don't want any more of this character and while there are certainly worse FF characters there is almost always a gap even if they end up super popular (Cloud, Squall, Sephiroth and the like) so it's not over and over again every damn year.
Lastly they didn't plaster Cloud all over Dirge of Cerberus box and marketing material as if he was a major character only to have the game ship and we only see him for 45 seconds.
Nice job on the interview Kagari. The game sounds better and ever. I am so thrilled we will actually see the mythology teased in the past games came to fruition. We may yet see just what Bhunivelze is...
As for people being immortal..that sounds disturbing. How can children be born? Did our heroes actually live hundreds of years without aging??? Sounds like a scary fate.
SniperHunter
Banned
Agreed! doesn't seem like a very good to work at. Looks absolutely horrible to be honest.
So many people would have been upset if that had been the case...
AuthenticM
Member
When was that and why is Tim Turi in this picture ?
Fimbulvetr
Member
Don't do this, man. Don't you dare get me hyped for this.
encephalon
Member
Tri-Ace, is that you?
But what about the development time?!?!