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Update on Final Fantasy Versus XIII Development
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-Pyromaniac-
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uhh why would you even make a joke like that.StuBurns said:
Vicetrailia
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That Versus game play trailer made the game look oh so good.
The Praiseworthy
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So, we are going to have joke posts in every VersusXIII thread now?!
Rahxephon91
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Well I mean, it's kind of a joke now.The Praiseworthy said:
scytheavatar
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decoyplatypus said:
LOL the long development doesn't mean more thought put in the game, it means that Nomura/Hashimoto/Kitase have been incompetent and haven't been doing their job properly. Just look at Duke Nukem Forever, 15 years of development and ended up being a critical flop, being accused of being outdated and without polish. And this game is in danger of turning into Square's Duke Nukem Forever.
It won't be anything incredibly costly. It hasn't been in full development from the minute it was announced at E3 2006 (or even a long time after that). They had a REALLY small team working on some tests once they did start with it, then once the Crystal Tools were ~done in early 2008 a somewhat bigger team started working on it. Then they had to help with finishing FFXIII for a while (at least a part of the team) and only recently have they moved a lot more people to help with the final stretch of development.BobTheFork said:
Why? Because ignorant people don't even try to understand how its development has advanced and how it hasn't been in development for 5 years?
Don't write shit about things you clearly have no idea about. Versus hasn't been in development for 5 years, more like 3,5. And yes, they HAVE put a lot of thought into it. A large part of the pre-development phase went into testing what they could do with the hardware they were given.
No it isn't. If you knew shit about game development and how Versus's development has advanced, you'd understand there are absolutely NO similarities between Duke Nukem Forever and Versus XIII. 3,5 years (or even the falsely claimed 5 years) is nowhere near 15 years, nor have they had to restart the project numerous times like DNF.
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hteng said:
Nah, different planets/worlds/time. Same universe insofar as each FNC game being different interpretations of the FNC myth.
Think about the early FFs. At least the ones with the "Crystals are the lifeforce of the world" mythos. The earlier FFs basically take this premise and make their own plot with it without being connected. The FFXIII games are like that. At least this is my way of looking at it after hearing what the devs have to say.
Rahxephon91
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It's hard to be actually ignorant when there's no real information to be ignorant about.Famassu said:
But, I think you need to chill. I'm pretty sure we are all waiting for this game and are just joking. Not me though, I think Kingdom hearts is pretty terrible and well this has been sold as a more mature KH game or something.
-Pyromaniac-
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Jump Festa in December is what she is referring to I believe. Might also be a January conference like they had in the past. Maybe both.SamuraiX- said:
nelsonroyale
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Zwei said:
damn it
There's plenty of information. All of it has just been trickling out slowly during the years. Still, once they started to actually work on Versus, the project has been advancing steadily. To say that it is going nowhere (even when we've seen a pretty polished looking build of the game this year) is being ignorant.Rahxephon91 said:
You know what's funny about this game? Well, it's development. But specifically, I remember being a college senior FIVE YEARS AGO in Japan when it was announced and talking to some dudes about it. Who would have thought that I still haven't played it. Mind you this was before the PS3 even came out.
Has there ever been a game that's taken this long, Duke Nukem Forever excluded?
Has there ever been a game that's taken this long, Duke Nukem Forever excluded?
dark_chris
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Hype for this game died for me.
Rahxephon91
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Stop it, you're being ignorant.Phatcorns said:
-Pyromaniac-
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I wouldn't even call it development back then. They haven't had many people working on it till recent years, important to note that.StuBurns said:
nelsonroyale
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I am still far more interested in this than XIII-2
You've got it confused. They started working on the Fabula Nova Crystalis concept/mythology in 2003 (after X-2's release), but Nomura didn't do ANYTHING in regards to actually working out Versus XIII's concept & scenario until early 2006, when they had finished Kingdom Hearts II localization.StuBurns said:
charlequin
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The Praiseworthy said:
We've had joke posts in every Versus thread up 'til this point, why stop now?
Famassu said:
Well, except for that whole vaporware-that-ultimately-ships-far-past-even-the-most-conservative-estimates-at-reveal-time thing.
StuBurns said:
Began in what sense? Versus was not a game in any sense until recent years. When they announced it in 2006, it was a CG concept video and a story in Nomura's head. Are you counting development as from the moment the main creator starts planning ideas in his head?If you are, then Birth by Sleep started development in 2002, at the same time as KH2, and it was released in 2010!
-Pyromaniac-
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You're taking liberties with the term development though. AND YOU KNOOWOOWOWOW ITITIIT.StuBurns said:
Rahxephon91
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Well this is obviously the much more ambitious and all around more fresh game then XIII-2. But XIII-2 really seems to be addressing some of the problems with XIII and looks like a real solid game.nelsonroyale said:
I don't know how else you can really measure a game's development. I see that argument a lot, and it's fair, but since conception is the only really logical way to gauge it to me.duckroll said:
If it took two to three years to do those character designs/music/logo/art direction/CG trailer, then that's what it took. It's still a vital part of the game's development.