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Why the FF Versus 13 confirmation is bogus

Examiner: "Although it makes perfect sense for Final Fantasy Versus XIII to be going multiplatform after the recent success of Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360, there is no way a huge megaton announcement like this would be mentioned in a one sentence blurb tucked away in the corner of a page."

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Joule5477d ago

Nobody wants a crippled game.

Xander7565477d ago

LoL I don't think a 360 version would ruin the game.

Joule5477d ago

Look how FF13 came out :X

ThanatosDMC5477d ago

Expect it a huge amount of content to be cut if it becomes multiplat... remember MS doesnt want a lot of disks per game. I doubt they want to stomach more than 4 dvds.

Donny5477d ago

keep this game exclusive to maximize its potential.

- Ghost of Sparta -5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

XIII had no towns, was linear as lines, no shops, no airships, etc. All of which are included in Versus XIII. You were saying?

Wada was shocked at the reaction of the 360 rumor and went on to deny the existence of it.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/0...

I doubt he'd be able to sleep ever again knowing he has rabid Square-Enix fanboys stalking his every move. As pointed out, E3 just passed. Why didn't Microsoft say anything about it? This isn't the first time Game Informer reports on false information. Seems to me like they simply passed a baseless rumor as fact.

ThanatosDMC5477d ago

It'll end up like this again: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

FF13 gets booed on stage.

glassjoe2k85477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

It's pathetic that a fanboy internet rumor can be kicked around so long that it actually becomes gospel somewhere!!! Fucking astounding!

Did FFX13 have minor visual downgrades on 360? Sure. Was the video/audio somewhat compressed? Yep. Did either of these things have an effect on the PS3 version? Nope.

As to the questions of content, it has been claimed by the game's producer that ideas were cut, but that happens in EVERY video game. Developers shoot for the moon and then dial back. If anything had ever been made, it would be dlc by now. They said themselves nothing else was programmed, and we know the decision for a 360 port wasn't even made until a few years into production, not to mention the conversion didn't happen until AFTER the PS3 version was completed.

This game, as everyone associated with it has said, was meant to capture a new audience, one who wanted fast paced action without all the plodding conventions of old rpg's (i.e. TOWNZ!!!111). It was marketed using western pop/r&b for god's sake! Grow up kids, and get real lives and stop making up lies.

nnotdead5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

you are right glass. as of right now there is no proof, only speculation, that the 360 caused any sort of down grade to FFXIII.

also would like to say, i am 25 or so hours into FFXIII and the game is great. i don't understand the hate that this games is getting.

rockleex5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

The game is still exactly the same as it was the first 5 hours.

All the characters are still in almost exactly the same situation they were in 40 hours ago.

What exactly happened in those 40-50 hours? Nothing.

They could have taken out the story and I wouldn't even notice, because that's how lacking it was.

The gameplay only consisted of corridors after corridors of fighting. No exploration. No information gathering. No world development.

The only exploration you get is AFTER you have reached the end of the game and realize that although you can now explore, the exploration consists of just MORE FIGHTING.

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MadMan005477d ago

LOL, people just jumping on the wagon, people forget to look at the fact SE has sucked for quite sometime now...360 has nothing to do with it.

SE has sucked this Gen, simple as that.

Myze5477d ago

Squenix as a whole has sucked this generation. However, Nomura is one of the few developers they still have that I have some faith in. Also, Squenix has not released one exclusive ps3 game, so it's impossible to know for sure if they would make a better game if they were limited less.

I also sincerely believe the game will lose content if it's restricted by going multiplatform. RPGs are very different from other game types. They usually contain far more locales, and in the case of a FF game, it will be loaded with cutscenes, a huge soundtrack, etc.

That, on top of the stuff that vsXIII is going to have such as semi-open world, airships, huge locations, etc. You can't have a game like that work on just a couple of DVD discs, because a huge chunk of that data will have to be repeated on each disc. To make room for all the cutscenes and disc-unique music, they will be able to fit very little other than that and the repeated stuff.

To all the 360-loyalists: this isn't about graphics. While I do believe the game would look better overall as an exclusive (as most exclusives do), I'm sure it would still look ok as multiplatform. However, I know I'm not ignorant enough to believe they wouldn't cut content from BOTH versions to make sure one version isn't inferior. That is a poor business practice, but Wada is a poor CEO. Release inferior games, and sooner or later that little bit of extra you make at first will dwindle to nothing when no one wants the mediocrity you produce.

Xander7565477d ago

I agree SE isn't what they used to be. Final Fantasy hasn't been good since FF9. I think they need to make a new old school RPG. Like how Capcom made an old school Megaman. I think an old style RPG would sell well on the arcade.

xskipperx825477d ago

FFXIII was planned from the beginning to be the way that it was. The 360 port didn't change a thing.

glassjoe2k85477d ago

Your repulsive physical appearance and immature love of lame internet memes is what's astounding to me...

hot4play5477d ago

You actually believe that? :(

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ALFAxD_CENTAURO5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

Nomura is the Chief of this Project, not Wada.

And Nomura being a Chief of this Final Fantasy, it is 99% sure it will stay Exclusive for PS3.

If Wada was working on Versus, it is more than 50% Versus would be multiplatform. But Wada is not the Chief and not working on Versus.

Nomura it is like Hideo Kojima on real MGS Series. So expect something epic.

Wada take the whole project of FFXIII as the Chief, and Nomura only had 1 role (Main Character Designer) in that game and look how it turned out that Final Fantasy.

Now Nomura is the Chief in FFXIII Versus with 4 Roles, Director, Character Main Designer, Base Story and Producer (like FFVII).

Do you agree that Final Fantasy VII is one of the best FF ever created?

Why? Because Nomura was the chief of that project, also with Kingdom Hearts and he was working in Advent Children and a lot FF Games without Wada.

Wada is not working in this FF Versus.

Didn't you guys read that article saying Nomura threatened Wada to leave Square Enix if Wada make FFXIII Versus multiplatform?

glassjoe2k85477d ago

If I was born in the 1990's, yeah I might agree FF7 is 'teh best evar!!111', but I wasn't and I won't. It was fun for a console rpg designed during its era, but nothing more.

An unlikable 'hero', a poor translation, a muddled plot, goofy dialogue, and a mediocre battle system do not make for an epic rpg.

Redrum0595477d ago

I didn't know numora threatn to leave enix, thatz some real ass shit. To hell with wada.

DigitalAnalog5477d ago

Your comment:

"Did FFX13 have minor visual downgrades on 360? Sure. Was the video/audio somewhat compressed? Yep. Did either of these things have an effect on the PS3 version? Nope."

I really hate repeating myself to people like you. Here's a quote from Nomura below:

"Also on his stance on the PlayStation 3 in regards to Final Fantasy XIII at that time being exclusive to that platform, Nomura stated via QJ.net “It’s not just about how pretty the graphics are but more of how much limited amount of movement we can put on one go and how big our imagination and ideas are." (NOT ABOUT GRAPHICS AND MORE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT, something that is CLEARLY lacking in FFXIII).

"The PS3 is the machine that is closest to being able to express our imagination" <-- There, he said it.

-End statement

Redrum0595477d ago

Bubbles

Ppl just don't understand that ff13 was gimped because of DVD9.

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Omega45477d ago

Likely be timed SE can't ignore a 1ml userbase from FF13

Sunny_D5477d ago

Hmmm, well I think when another consoles sells more than triple the amount of another console. I think they can ignore it. Plus, how many of those sales weren't actual bundles? I mean if they were selling bundles, it's not like the consumer wanted it in the first place.

Xander7565477d ago

That doesn't make sense. Why would someone buy the FF13 bundle when it costs more than just the console if they didn't want FF13?

Newtype5477d ago

I sell them, and people just wanted the extra controller. They end up selling FFXIII though.

andfed5477d ago

It doesn´t work like that in the real world. It sold more on the ps3 that on the 360, but SE made more money than just release it as an exclusive. They couldnt care less wich system sold more copies, they just want to broad their sales as much as they can

Redrum0595477d ago

Actualy, u r wrong, it cost them more money to make a port for the 360 then they made on sales, ff13 barely sold on 360 worldwide to be able to make a big enough profit for their porting costs.

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fantasygamer5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

Buy a PS3 if you want it Omega4. ^-^

Lionhead5477d ago

Omega would have to give up his trolling ways if he owned a PS3 though

He can't do that

Loyal to Microsoft til the end, keep spreading the good word about Microsoft to us all Omega.

/s

Deathracer5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

According to you I'm a troll, but I own a PS3 so what does that make me?

Honestly FF for me has gone down the hill since 8, so I could care less what happens to FF unless that remake of 7 ever happens, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

EDIT: I'm not the one getting offended, you always seem to pop up on my comments saying how much of a troll I am, so it seems your the one who is offended. You can say what ever you want about me, I don't care. I just want to know what you think I am since I own a PS3 yet you call me a troll. Also I do know what I am, I'm a gamer and I enjoy all types of games what ever the platform may be, which is exactly why I own a PS3 and an Xbox.

Yea your right, I got offended /s

Lionhead5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

Anything I'd say you would take offense to, so why bother?

You know what you are.

Looks like someone got offended.

ViciousBoston5477d ago

my Best Buy (I work there) still has all 4 each store was alloted. I tried to sell one and a customer laughed at me and walked off. I was kinda happy at it though lol.

Newtype5477d ago

Dude, I work at Best Buy too. It's hard to sell an Xbox to people when the PS3 is right next to it.

KILLERAPP5477d ago

Is probably time exclusive, it comes out on PS3 for six months to a year and latter comes out on 360, MS has another big stupid announcement at E3 like FF13… Is all about the money after all, even if they have cut half of the game they will put it on 6 discs if they have too to make fit and sell it…

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LordMarius5477d ago (Edited 5477d ago )

Has anybody actually reached out to Gameinformer and find out if it was an error or not instead of just speculating

JD_Shadow5477d ago

No, just like no one has dared to even TOUCH this rumor PERIOD so far beyond the no-name blogs, the blogs and fanboys that are hoping and praying that it does happen only to get bragging rights (and shun off whoever brings up any common sense, most gamers are against a multiformat announcement for the game), and those that don't want it to be true for the game's sake. No one has contacted GI, and no one that we know of has even contacted SE about it.

You'd think at SOME point that SOMEONE would actually try to get it confirmed or denied, because apparently Wada's backpedal wasn't enough for anyone to shut up about this and people are still talking about and are concerned that it will hamper the game's quality or release date, and if this is true, then that means that SE has heard all of the gamers and listened to NONE of them, and are bigger liars than we thought they were already.

Xander7565477d ago

Well it is GameInformer Austrailia and I have no idea how I would go about contacting them to ask about this.

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Six Times When Games Turned Into A Horror Game

Ever play a game a game only to discover at some point it transforms into a horror game? No? Well Netto's Game Room shares six games that do just that!

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P_Bomb45d ago

Immediately thought of the El Dorado zombie dudes in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

raWfodog45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Not necessarily a ‘horror’ moment, but I remember feeling really tense and anxious when the Flood were first introduced in the original Halo. I never felt more on edge or nervous in that whole game as that moment. I think it was the whole buildup that something terrible was coming but you didn’t know exactly what.

Another non-horror game that had me feeling it was Subnautica. The deep dark depths, and knowing that sea monsters were lurking nearby, had me jumping at every sound.

NettosGameRoom44d ago

That scene where you first see them attack is pretty crazy!

Relientk7744d ago

I remember being scared of the Asylum level in the most recent Thief game from 2014.

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Final Fantasy XV Datamine Reveals Hidden Chapter 14 Scene That Was Cut

A new datamine of game files from Final Fantasy XV has revealed a cut scene from Chapter 14 that didn't make it into the final release.

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gold_drake180d ago

always liked 15, but the development was shch a shitshow. it could have been so much more.

but Tabata did a good job with what he had regardless

DivineHand125179d ago

Ff15 was a missed opportunity from square as they transitioned from turn based to real time.

One of the issues is that it was 30 fps. The combat mechanics required precision dodges to activate Noctis teleport ability and it was difficult to do at 30 fps. I am glad they rectified that in FF16. The story and flow also felt like it went through a chopshop similar to how some live service games end up when they are trying to meet a deadline. Those extra episodes they sold as dlc should have been in the maingame.

FF15 is one of the weaker entries in the series.

Z501178d ago

Dodges don't activate the teleport ability. Teleport was R1 + O. Dodge was just the O button. Explain the Black Hood (the item that automatically Dodges for you)

TheNamelessOne179d ago

Ah yes; FF XV.
The beginning of me coming to the realization the series was no longer for me.

Michiel1989179d ago

16 was a lot better, I think 15 was just a big mess with how development went and all. The music though, one of the best in the series, probably the only reason I finished the game.

Cacabunga178d ago

At least FF15 had RPG elements . 16 was just an action game from beginning to end.

Michiel1989178d ago

I rather have a good action game than a bad rpg with 2 button combat

Cacabunga178d ago (Edited 178d ago )

Then call it something else then FF. I got scammed with FF16. Nothing of what i expected it to be.
Even the action is bad in it, especially after the demo section where absolutely nothing happens until the very end.

FF15 isnt a great game but it has some variety at least.

CrimsonWing69179d ago

That initial trailer with the Leviathan fight was the game I wish we got. The actual retail release was watchdogged to all Hell and while there’s enjoyment to be had in the game, it’s such an incomplete product and so many elements feel so slapped together without any cohesion.

Like, don’t get me wrong, I loved fishing, cooking, and the first third of the game, but I much rather they made a story that didn’t feel barely there and the the last third of the game didn’t feel so rushed and unfinished.

Becuzisaid178d ago

Every time a party member left for a period of time screamed future paid dlc. It was horrible.

Imagine Dagger and Steiner making the party go to sleep in Lindblum in FF9 disc 1 and then taking off to Alexandria by foot themselves, but then never playing their side of the adventure in disc 2 when they smuggle her through the South Gate in pickles, take the cable car and fight the Waltz, head to Treno and start the quest to find Supersoft. They just eventually reunite with the main party in the future without explanation of what went on in their adventure.

Or Sephiroth's backstory in the famous Kalm flashback being added as a dlc pack. Same goes for Vincent, Cid, or Yuffie for that matter.

Oh and anything to do with Jenova, the Ancients, Aerith, her mom and Gast, shoved into a 2 hour CG movie or 5 hour anime ministries that's considered required viewing for anything in the main game to make sense or have characters actually be interesting.

I enjoyed FF15 at the time, and finished it, but it's bright spots are marred by a bad development cycle and a worse marketing scheme.

CrimsonWing69178d ago

What’s sad is when I watched a vid on the entire story (that wasn’t properly told in the actual game)!it was really solid and could’ve been one of the most epic stories in any FF. I think a lot of the compilation and cross-media stuff really f*cked it all up.

gurp179d ago

FFXV was underrated in my opinion
I have played all of the final fantasy games, and I loved this game
turn based to me takes too long, I like active battle
the extra dlc and chapters should have been included in the original release, but it is nice that they fixed the game later

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gold_drake431d ago

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

ChasterMies431d ago

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Asterphoenix431d ago

Glad that I absolutely can't stand subscription services.

Petebloodyonion431d ago (Edited 431d 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.

SonyStyled431d 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?