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FF XIII Report: Development status, and Future Multiplatform Final Fantasy

The FXN crew dig right into recent news on Final Fantasy XIII's progress, include scenario and art. The crew also hit up news from Xbox Japan and discuss future of Final Fantasy being multiplatform.

Lord Shuhei Yoshida6098d ago

Final Fantasy XIII will be on the 360 in Japan as well.Expect the game to suck because the PS3 version will get shafted due to the 360s DVD9.White Knight Chronicles will the only true next-gen RPG.

ShinMaster6098d ago

Wrong!
Square-Enix already said that the Xbox 360 will not interfere with PS3 development.
And that they will TRY to make the 360 version CLOSE to the PS3.

Expect 360 multi-discs and content cuts.

P.S. You forgot FFVersusXIII.

slpknt6sic66098d ago

dude they also said it was only possible on ps3 and that it was exclusive... jesus i hope your right tho. plus expect versus on 360.
but hey its ff they will be good on 360 and ps3.

SixTwoTwo6098d ago

should we also expect Star ocean on PS3 then?

kimi_maro306098d ago

that's what we call damage control

UltimateIdiot9116098d ago

I agree with kimi. If you are a developer and you knew that the game will go onto another system, tell me. You can't honestly say that you won't have the idea of cutting down quality to make it easier to port in mind.
After all, to earn trust takes time, to lose trust it takes just one big lie. Whatever happen to only possible on PS3?

Pain6098d ago

they F&^% this game up because of that pile of Sh!t PC box 2 they going to get Burned Alive.

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ShinMaster6098d ago

Square-Enix already said that the Xbox 360 will not interfere with PS3 development.
And that they will TRY to make the 360 version CLOSE to the PS3.

Expect 360 multi-discs and content cuts.

juuken6098d ago

They also *said* it would have stayed exclusively on the PS3 and look what happened.

I don't trust them on their word. Square wants money and I wouldn't be surprised if they screw over PS3 owners even more.

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hay6098d ago

Flawless Victory.

I hope that X360 development won't actually hurt final version of the game and Square won't f**k their customers again.

Man_of_the_year6098d ago

I am suprised that Juuken actually made an unbiased comment - however Juuken i am sure that the content on the PS3 will not in any way be scaled down - what will happen is MS will pony up the money for the extra discs.

DanteLinkX6098d ago

nice work there arrrgh and and hay, that really cracked me up. Flawless victory indeed.

gaffyh6098d ago

Anyone who has listened to the podcast care to summarise it? I don't have time to listen to it.

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crazy250006098d ago

because if they do anything to p!ss me off, i will buy the game used and wont support with a new sale

so it all depends

Sony Rep6098d ago

That's exactly what MS wants you to do.

crazy250006098d ago (Edited 6098d ago )

because i refuse to pay for half-*ss games anymore

Fishy Fingers6098d ago (Edited 6098d ago )

If a game is good I buy it, I dont care what or how many platforms it's on, I don't care if one company forked out a load of cash for it.

Good game gets a purchase from me, simple as that. People seem to have become far to concerned with the "politics" of gaming and forgot it's all about the games themselves from our point of view.

crazy250006098d ago

you are definitely right about that.....maybe im just letting all this get to my head =/

ive loved the FF series, but this gen has all been about comparisons...etc and its really annoying, but at the same time sometimes i do get mad that we get the end of the stick

Sony Rep6098d ago

That's how most PS3 owners feel, for the most part. It has come to a point, where every other game is irrelevant except for SCE branded games.

This is definitely blamed on developers, companies like MS, extremist (who lie about Bioshock pics), and Sony to some extent.

kimi_maro306098d ago

the picture of the big daddy being pixelated is true download the demo and ill guide u where u can find the big daddy with a pixelated armor

Sony Rep6098d ago

I've played the demo 4 times, and you never are able to interact with the Big Daddy. I don't know where they got that fake pic from-- showing a downed Big Daddy.

UltimateIdiot9116098d ago

I know how you feel about the short end of the stick. So far after seeing GTA4, DMC4 (hugely disappointed at how underwhelming it is), and whatever title I maybe forgetting has all been disappointing, I fear for the result of FFXIII.
I don't enjoy all these multiplatform comparison either. It's getting annoying especially at the fact that developers do not optimize for the PS3. I would love to see more sixaxis control like wipeout, lbp, resistance, and mgs4. I know my CoD4 experience would have multiplied if they add some sixaxis.
Most of the games I look forward to these days are first parties and second parties and any third party exclusive. Many multiplats are just half ass works.

kimi_maro306098d ago

just like u i tried to find the big daddy 4x and there it is a big daddy corpse near the broken stairs after the scene of a big daddy drilling the splicer, you'll found the corpse stuck behind the gushing water with a two splicers waiting to attack u and a flying robot too

RememberThe3576098d ago

With the past few big name titles coming out multi-plat(GTA4,DMC4) and being very underwhelming I fear the same thing will happen with FF13. I don't really trust Square to put their best foot foreword, when I comes to quality, anymore.

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MajesticBeast6098d ago

FF13 is the last chance for square to redeem themselves in my eyes they have screwed sony over this whole gen in favor of M$ moneyhats im sorry but wkc actually will be released in 2009 and i already think ff13 is getting a 2010 release all because of this 360 bullsh*t. Sce should just start a rpg division so they don't need SE and sony still has stock in se just sell it and screw se backstabbers.

VMAN_016098d ago

I can see Sony purchasing Level 5 after WKC hits and also they have there Japan Studio.

UltimateIdiot9116098d ago

I wouldn't mind if Level 5 become second party. I do mind if they become first party. It's just that I love the Professor Layton series on the DS with the touchscreen.

RememberThe3576098d ago

They make great products on every platform they touch. I think Sony needs to use their own internal developers to create the RPGs we want. I'm pretty sure the Japan Studio has a group that works on RPGs so maybe they should get to work.

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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_Bomb41d ago

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

raWfodog40d ago (Edited 40d 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.

NettosGameRoom40d ago

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

Relientk7740d ago

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

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Final Fantasy and SaGa series veteran Kazuyuki Shindo leaves Square Enix after 27 years

Kazuyuki Shindo, who worked on games including Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy XIII, and SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.

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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_drake175d 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

DivineHand125175d 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.

Z501174d 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)

TheNamelessOne175d ago

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

Michiel1989174d 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.

Cacabunga174d ago

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

Michiel1989174d ago

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

Cacabunga174d ago (Edited 174d 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.

CrimsonWing69175d 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.

Becuzisaid174d 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.

CrimsonWing69174d 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.

gurp174d 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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