Okay, now before I get into it; I felt I should notify you guys that I’m only speaking of one. Let’s have a history lesson; back in 2006, Square-Enix showed off a game in its Final Fantasy franchise; which one was it? If you answered Final Fantasy Versus 13; then you win a hug! We haven’t heard anything really new about Versus 13, which leads to a lot of people wondering, what the bloody hell is going on? Well, rumor has it, that according to Kotaku.com, the game has actually just been outright canceled and never going to release.
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Now it may not only gone, but a 13-3 could be announced to bury and replace it.
did you see the footage of ffvs13 it look more promising then anything SE put out there this gen. They trully have failed this gen in my opinion, their out of sync whit what their fans want.I am stress myself anymore with SE games, i will get my fix of JRPG with tales of xillia and NI NO NI kuni <- SE can only dream to make such a charming game now in theit life time
For the very fact 14 had the launch issues it did. Was such an obviously painful initial lazy job which has lead to massive damage control and the practical rebuilding from the ground up while not taking it offline.
And 11, not matter what you and others who've played it think, probably marked the true end of the franchise as anything special. Its just a generic fantasy world with FF decorations.
@BanditGamer:
That was the argument ages ago before 13-2 was announced and released. Has become an ever empty hope ever since if not before. That's why so many are willing to accept that its canceled.
I doubt it's cancelled, I just think Nomura is a perfectionist and the pressure being put on this game to be successesful is what's dragging development out. XIII & -2 were developed by a completely separate team.
I actually have more faith in Ito's team (VI, IX & XII) who are apparently 4 years into development for FF XV. Without the stigma of it being the saving grace for Sqaure, I think it has the best chance.
FF13 and FF13-2 were developed by the same team. Division 1 and the Kingdom Hearts Team as helpers, this is the very reason why FFvs only entered full development by the end of last year. The FFvs Team has been helping out Division 1 in the development of FF13 and FF13-2 from the very beginning.
Ito's team is Division 4 of Square. And while Ito had some role as director of those games the main one for FF6 was Kitase and for FF12 was Hiroshi Minagawa. Only FFIX was actually directed by him.
Most fans are 50/50 on FF12 and you can see why/
Other than that FF7 fans seem to like FF8-10 some 12 and some even like Turd Fantasy 13
I'm a 7 Fan, but I love 6,8,9 and 10!
11 is online, i've skipped it and 12... well didn't like it, but finished.
i dint like 13 as well it was too confusing and too linear. But i loved 13-2! It was like a Chrono Trigger in the FF13 universe and I understood a little more of the first.
http://fc05.deviantart.net/...
Their is some true criticism based off of complaints of their FF games having 20 year old gameplay design and lazy inward thinking concepts.
JRPG's need the living worlds of Skyrim and the depth of inventory etc. JRPG's need the Path choices of Mass Effect(at least) JRPGS need Solid gameplay mechanics of a fighting game(chunky-beefy-impactful feel) with mature/grounded Japanese story telling to be relevant today.
I'm just happy to get this content out to you people so that you may read and perhaps share in the discussion.
No you are not. It isn't news. You are furthering what is at this point a rumor, little more than harmful adolescent gossip, which if not true may financially damage a company. Real news sites should service the gaming public, not their own desperate need for web hits.
How is coma sleep? I asked because we already have this "content". And this rumor has been discussed. Again, and again, and again.
You know what article hasn't yet been written?
Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku, Elitist Snobbery the Culture of Irresponsibility.
Instead of repeating a rumor ad nauseum, attempt a real journalistic feat of investigative reporting.
Oh wait, these are self centered video game sites we're are expecting to act as a real journalist. What were we thinking.
Iam legend down there, that ain't the CEO of S-E, it's some random guy who happens to be quite credible when it comes to FF news.
I do appreciate your opinion and I welcome you to share it. And yes, this rumor has been covered by almost every gaming site that I know of. But, all gaming sites are seperate from each other, and asking us to go through every gaming site to weed out the stories that have already been covered is asking a lot.
Let me ask you; would you go to every site and look through every news piece, with the sole purpose of finding a story that no one has covered?
N4G is used for sites to get noticed and for us to promote. This is merely an outlet for sites to get their content out and hopefully stir up some interest for our site. Multiple sites use it so chances are, stories will be covering the exact same thing. The only thing that may be different is opinion and I've included what questions were sparked inside of me by this rumor.
no one has to go digging at other sites for the news of this damn rumor. all they gotta do is come to n4g. you know the same place you come to get noticed. your like the 15th site to do this. welcome to last week.
an you didn't refute what morg said about hit hunting sites that can't do real journo work.
your site got noticed alright an for all the wrong reasons.
Twelve is still my favorite though. Just saying.
Also iamlegend? proof?
that has no one from Square in it, it has neogaf and another website....NOT Square, until SE comes out then I will listen to them but not before
Kind of pissed though; that means that my article didn't have much of a life and now is just me ranting about crazy things lol
They know alot of people are hype about it, heck I know I want it.
A lot of developers focused way too much on the looks of a title, instead of its depth. Some titles actually benefited from both elements (graphics and gameplay), but a bunch of others, simply... didn't.
Namco Bandai seemed to have taken Square Enix's spot for, "jrps people actully wanna play" category (which is something I agree with, wholeheartedly 100%).
Then again, if we can only look at what developers have done with the Wii console, we'd see that even with SD visuals, games like Xenoblade, Monster Hunter Tri, Pandora's Tower (action rpg), and The Last Story inspire an "awe" moment whenever fans of the genre, get a hands-on experience with those titles (Dragon Quest X hasn't released yet, and I forgot to mention the other Wii jrpgs).
Saying FF is dead, is an over statement. It just isn't as popular as it once was, but if I be rectified if Square Enix decides to go back to the original formula that made the series successful in the first place.
Waiting for september 1
I wonder what Square will do to surprise us now.