Back in 2006, I wasn’t a videogame journalist yet. At that point, the PS3 wasn’t even out yet, and when it did come out, it was far too expensive for me to consider buying one. I mean, I was just a broke college student.
But one day, I casually walked into a GameStop and saw the trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Yes, this was the trailer that had debuted at 2006’s E3.
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Another thing to note is that Versus XIII was supposedly going to include a giant world like the older and more traditional FF games....which is something that "FFXV" is rumored to have.
Then there is the part where the rumors mentioned that FFXV started getting worked on shortly after XIII released.....which was around the time that SE mentioned Versus XIII development went into full throttle.
With that said, I'm sure that FFXV aka Versus XIII will be announced later this year and get released next year since they supposedly want to shorten development cycles.
FF13 Versus was his project, the reason he wanted to make it exclusively for the PS3 was so he could focus his time and effort on a machine which could bring his vision to life without limitations, FF13s cut content prooves he probably didn't want the same to happen to verus.
So what will he feel like now that his project...the story he's been building up for 6 years now is going to be made into FF15 which is a Multiplatform game. I mean if FF15 is exclusive to the PS3 then fair enough I bet he would be fine with it, happier even that a FF spin off is now a main title game but if it is MP and then have to cut a ton of stuff out of the game and dumb things down Nomura would be devestated. I wonder if he would leave Square and continue to put up with them...will they force him to make KH3 multiplatform? So many questions
If it is cancelled completely I really want to know how Nomura feels about this.
Basically, if he gets 15, Wada will have to admit Nomura deserved a chance in the first place.
Wada"i've been trying to salvage this POS ffxiii when I shoulda given Nomura and the team the go ahead to make versus at full speed"
On top of the fact that just becoming XV doesn't prove that it will all of a sudden become multiplatform. SE saw first hand that FFXIII sold a majority of it's copies on PS3 and while the 360 did get some sales they would have to weigh the trade off in quality and keeping Nomura happy against that. SE probably knows they are not very popular right now and getting Versus out as Versus or XV and still being exclusive can be something of a vanity project.(i.e it will like not make as much money but will be a positive mark on their record as far as the fans are concerned)
All that said I am really getting annoyed with all these articles poping up about it being cancelled. It was a RUMOR and until SE confirms or denies it people should treat it as such but since the original rumor broke we have had like 3 articles treating it as if it was fact.
Oh wait, it's people taking another stab at being game journalists.
I am not saying that it isn't cancelled, merely that without a confirmation reporting Kotaku's earlier speculation as fact is irresponsible and a disservice to the game community.
2. Besides if Versus is indeed not cancelled then it should get a release date next year. I think that would be too soon for a numbered FFXV.
That has me leaning toward Versus still carrying it same name...or at least not being call FFXV.
BUT if it becomes FFXV, maybe it goes multiplayform on next-gen consoles. At that point, the disparity between 360's and PS3's storage mediums would be null, considering DVD will obviously no longer be a factor.
And I think it'll be better if Square starts the development of FFXV on next gen consoles because seeing how slow they are by the time the game comes out this gen will be more than dead.
I was thinking about graphical assets. They could something like Skyrim, on 1 DVD9, but Skyrim doesn't have the graphical diversity of Final Fantasy and the graphical assets that are present don't approach the quality of FFXIII. And FF13 was gutted of content, degraded in quality, and made linear as hell all for the sake of 3 DVD9's.
So, you are correct. Unless they all the way back to PS2 graphics...early PS2 graphics we are screwed if it is multi-plat.
If anything, only the name of the game got changed and not canceled. I mean if SE did cancel this game then they might as well just close up their doors for good because no fan will ever like them again especially after dragging fans through 6 years of anticipation for a game that won't see the light of day.
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here is the link to the Wii U multiplat and re-branding rumor
http://www.gamesradar.com/f...
I don't really think it's cancelled. It has everything going for it. Likeable characters (from what we've seen), dark like FFVII, great aesthetics, huge fan base, etc. If they can't perfect something that has been in dev. for six years then what makes Square-Enix believe that they can create FFXV? (assuming it's not FF-Versus rebranded)
http://n4g.com/news/1008678...
Hey guys final fantasy vs 13 is coming out tomorrow....
Awesome i gotta go preorder.
With this generation closing it would make more sense to release this game next gen - this way they game would sell more and it would have longer legs.
Plus they can take advantage of the net gen tech. Also I dont see this game still being exclusive unless SQUARE singed a contract with Sony, times are hard and game studios need every bit of money they can get.
The same will go for MGS5 it will be multi-plat next gen because as much as Kojima loves the PS3 share holders have more of a say in which platforms the game releases on to maximize profit,
Have you ever played any two numbered FF games? The background of XIII is all over vsXIII for it to be simply turned/renamed into XV; no main FF game has ever shared the background of any other main FF game.
FFXV will most likely have a franchise of its own (thus original mythos and lore) like most non-MMO FF games.
Noct or his family is likely a chosen L'cie of either Etro or the death god(if they aren't the same being). So is Stella. Same names, but L'cie is still way different in this one/ The only resemblance is Noct is given power by a higher being. You could give the same comparison for someone blessed by God for example/ Only the name really relates the two. Also due to this, it would be very easy to get rid of the word L'cie and Fal'cie, then there is no resemblance at all(or at least, it's only as much as other FF's resemble)
Although one could argue that Noct's families focus is to protect the crystal/ Anyhow the story so far goes completely against him having a focus in the way XIII does, since he goes on a road trip with his cronies after his city is attacked/taken over
And with that title you aren't one now. There is no cancellation as of right now. Kotaku has successfully made idiots out of so many pseudo journalists who will have to retract all of these statements later.
The amount of people making "articles" about a rumour that has literally no substantial evidence in even the smallest amount is epic facepalm inducing. Actually no, it induces this...
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Also, the title had to be shortened to fit N4G's 100 character limit. The ACTUAL article title is longer, but more accurate.
The article spends more time reminiscing than talking about the actual rumour, and not until the 8th paragraph is the word rumour even used, and only briefly. And in the last paragraph you have "whatever the reason for this decision" as though it's something that has actually happened.
Sorry, but the article is written by a blogger, not a journalist.
Also, apparently, a reliable source on neogaf apparently says there will be info at TGS.
Now who should I believe? Kotaku or someone reliable close to SE who gave good infos in the past?
Ain't that the truth
They will not cancel this though, waaaaaaaay too much ambition, despite the lack of information.
You would have to be pretty dumb to cancel this.
http://youtu.be/1LCDWDoncow
Yeah ok for past 5-6 years they was going the wrong route but I think Square is in a transition and Im excited what lies ahead..
For example Square have redone FF14 Online in a way wich willl appeal to more people.. I mean the guy has got his team siting down playing western mmos to get ideas on how to make a good mmorpg...