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Final Fantasy XV: The Title That Is But Isn’t Versus XIII

Let’s start back in 2006. At E3 gamers were put into drawn into footage about a certain game. That game was Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Many revered it as an interesting concept. While it shared the same title as the flagship title Final Fantasy XIII it was simply not related in any way shape or form.

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PirateKing3908d ago

I'm saying it now. This game has the potential to be just as great as FFVII or better. So hyped after 7-8 years of development.

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FlameHawk3908d ago

It's not like it's been in developement for 7-8 years, probably 3 years, I'm sure they switched projects many times and went back and forth between FFXV and others.

Edito3908d ago

Action Oriented is a no go for the old school FF fan like me... i think it's a FF for the nexgen of gamers...

No Turnbased - Bad
No Nobuo Uematsu - Bad
No Sakaguchi - Bad

The only good thing about the game is Nomura.

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Elda3908d ago

FF is no longer old school & I consider myself old school,FF is always been about reinventing & it's not the 90's or early 2000 gameplay anymore,FFXV is looking amazing so far,either you're on board the fast new train called change or you're still on the old slow train from decades ago.

Capt-FuzzyPants3908d ago

Just because Uematsu isn't doing the soundtrack doesn't mean it won't be good. Shimomura has proven heraself many times that she can make a soundtrack just as good as Uematsu's or Haumazu's.

levian3908d ago

Honestly, this game looks amazing. I've been a fan since around 1998 when my friend showed me FFVII. All of those games are great, but I think this is a great evolution for Final Fantasy. Turn based combat is phasing out, and while it can totally be fun still (I replay XII, and all the older ones and still have a blast), I think that turn based combat was only in those games because of a technical limitation when the series was created, and they just stuck with it.

After the success of the Kingdom Hearts series, and realizing that fans of Final Fantasy really enjoyed the combat, it makes perfect sense to combine them. It looks like the best of both worlds. An action style combat with RPG elements, where the enemies don't lose limbs and shoot gore everywhere like in a God of War game, but instead still shows the damage in numbers on screen.

Gorgeous game, and if it turns out to be good, I know I'll personally buy two copies.

3-4-53908d ago

This game will end up being the 3rd or 4th best FF ever made.

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Run_bare3908d ago

I want this on my PS4 by/before Christmas 2014

colonel1793908d ago

"In May many investors asked president Yoichi Wada about a possible XBOX 360 port. The internet exploded because many took Wada’s answer as a yes. He later clarified that his answer was neither a yes or a no. He added that a port is only made after a game has been developed."

Square Enix are a bunch of liars. They promised, even swore time and time again that the title would be exclusive to PlayStation. If they were to release an Xbox version it would be AFTER, but now it is pretty clear that they have been developing at the same time. So what Wada said at the above quote was pretty much BS. Just like everything they have done since last generation started.

If they hadn't bought Eidos, they would be pretty much non existent right now.

I just don't see how they won't mess up Final Fantasy XV. They have already modified the UI and HUD to look simplier and boring, while before, at the 2011 event, they showed it with the faces animated in real time showing damage and stuff. Also, they already confirmed to be sequels, so that only means that they are already cutting stuff.

The only game they have left is Kingdom Heart, and although I don't have much faith in it, it is a franchise that I love and it was made by Squaresoft, and that's the only reason I am giving them the benefit of the doubt. However, don't expect much anymore.

Square Enix needs to be on the verge of bankruptcy to understand not to play with fans, and if they announce something exclusive, they should leave it like that. Also, to stop having so much secrecy about their games and only showing them to the press. Guess what Square Enix? fans are the people that buy your games, not the press.

KonsoruMasuta3908d ago (Edited 3908d ago )

It doesn't matter if the games is exclusive or not. I'm going to get the game on PS4, no matter what system it comes out on.

"Square Enix needs to be on the verge of bankruptcy to understand not to play with fans, and if they announce something exclusive, they should leave it like that. "

But you do realize that their fan base expands past Sony systems, right?

worldwidegaming3908d ago

This is bs. We all just forgot that this game was for the ps3?
I have my reservation for the ps4 but still...
Instead of getting a made for ps4 product we are getting a made for ps3
Product being ported over. I mean no one had dev kits that far ahead of development
Except maybe sony and microsoft...
Well i gues its buy ps4 or stick with lightning.

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Elda3908d ago (Edited 3908d ago )

@WWG...The game has been in development for a while & is being developed on pc that is compatible with the next gen hardware,not dev kits.

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I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H92d ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

VincentVanBro16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.

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Here Are The Games Leaving PS Plus Extra & Premium In May 2024

Here are the games that will be leaving the Extra and Premium tiers of the PS Plus subscription service in the month of May, 2024.

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gold_drake10d ago

crazy, glad i own the ones i wanted to revisit and play

ChasterMies9d ago

Absolver Downfall
Abzu
Adrift
Ashen
Elex
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X | X-2
Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
How To Survive 2
I Am Dead
Jotun
Last Stop
Minit
Moster Jam Steel Titans 2
My Friend Pedro
Observation
Sundered Eldritch Edition
The Artful Escape
The Messenger
This Is The Police
This Is The Police 2
World of Final Fantasy

Asterphoenix9d ago

Glad that I absolutely can't stand subscription services.

Petebloodyonion9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

I don't recall Sony forcing you to subscribe like nobody forced you to go to Blockbuster to rent games instead of buying them.

SonyStyled9d ago

Pay-per-view was almost cheaper than the cost of gas and rental fee from Blockbuster. Blockbuster doesn’t exist today. Are you being sarcastic?

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Yuji Naka guilty of insider trading breaks silence to accuse Square Enix producer of lies

Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.

Profchaos16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence

solideagle15d ago

can you please give some of us who don't know anything about this, a summary of what happened?

Chocoburger15d ago

Balan was knowingly rushed out by S-E, it had an extremely short dev cycle and was fairly low budget.
Naka was the game's director until near the end when he was fired or perhaps he quit, I forgot.

carrotcakeag15d ago

@Chocoburger Yeah they did fire and replace him which caused him to unload a bunch of rants about the company. The project only existed because of Naka in the first place, he convinced Square to give him one shot at making a platformer. They gave him an opportunity but pulled the rug out before he was done for reasons not explained.