Final Fantasy Versus XIII Comments by Simon Parkin
Tetsuya Nomura speaks.
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Danbojones
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15/05/07 @ 13:39
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/puts neck out.
My bad I'm afraid. Sausagey finger this morning... /reels back in. |
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GamesConnoisseur
15/05/07 @ 13:57
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"It's clearly still early days with the project but we push a little hard for any more concrete details on the more action-orientated gameplay that has been rumoured. "We don't want to create a classic menu driven RPG here," he explains. "We're moving along lines much closer to Kingdom Hearts' action game system. The only instruction I've given the designers so far is to look closely at third-person perspective shooters - not in terms of game controls but rather in trying to work out how to create a similar kind of tension."
Looking at how to clone Gears of War's third person shooter with a lot of tensions?! Its still sound like they are going to do a straight action 'very rpg lite' game. |
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souljacker2000
15/05/07 @ 13:57
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allthough this aint no review, n is just alot of words about some kool geez... i hope this aint a PS3 exclusive
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justsomeone
15/05/07 @ 15:57
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he looks about 12. were you really intimidated by him? he made a fighting game with donald duck in - really, how dark can he be?
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". Rather it's based in the world today with all of this world's ugly issues. There's this mainstream tradition of Final Fantasy games and, in Versus I'm trying to propose new vision of how a Final Fantasy game can be. The game's going to be more human than the science-fiction caricature we so often see. It will focus around current world events - in that sense it's darker." "
Sounds fantastic - I love the idea of a very modern styled fantasy world and I don't mind dark as long as it's done in a mature and stylish way. Mature doesn't = buckets of gore and swearing, by they way... |
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"What I want to do is to examine the humanity of the characters in this game. This is not going to be a fantasy world in the traditional Final Fantasy sense. Rather it's based in the world today with all of this world's ugly issues."
Examine humanity = Characters, deep 'n' all. Good so far. Removal from traditional FF constraints; another check for that. The world today? Here, I'm thrown into "maybe", a more cautionary sentiment. It could be awesome (and again, it's meant to move FF forward, which is a plus) but it could also go wrong there. In Square-Enix We Trust? Mr. Nomura, you earn two gold stars. Be sure to present as enthralling a project as your theorising hints at, by the end of (the) term! |
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CitizenGeek
15/05/07 @ 16:29
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Great article!
Can't wait for more details on Versus XIII. Sadly, I think it'll be a loooong wait. |
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dirigiblebill
15/05/07 @ 18:04
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'Sounds fantastic - I love the idea of a very modern styled fantasy world and I don't mind dark as long as it's done in a mature and stylish way.'
All characters will have long white hair which hangs forward over one eye, and wear their collars high. They will spend a lot of time staring into space. Very, very infrequently their facial muscles will move. |
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absolutezero
15/05/07 @ 19:01
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Viewing the teaser video for Versus I have discovered this games mature secret.
His sword has... an engine. OH GOD DARKNESS AND DEATH |
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"ff vs. xiii?
xiii will win" Actually the word versus tends to take on a different meaning for the Japanese. Rather than a confrontation between two parties it will often signify a team up of some form. For instance the Super Sentai TV series (which operates in a similar fashion to Final Fantasy with each season being a self contained story) produces a yearly "versus" movie where one year's cast teams up with the previous year's. |
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It's going to be 'darker' than previous titles?
Didn't the first 'bad guy' (Shinra) in FF VII commit mass genoside against Midgar's own lower classes to ensure the destruction of six people (Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Biggs, Wedge, Jessie) and the second (Sephiroth) attempt to destroy a planet just to feed on the life force of it's dead inhabitants? What are they going to do for XIII? Eat kittens? |
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Well I really dont understand what we were supossed to be informed about from this article... only Vandrius did though and he souds more than excited about it!
@Vandrius And for once I thouhgt I wouldnt have to respond to something stupid while I was almost done reading posts.... Didnt you have anything LESS intresting to say at this point or you just had to prove your inteligence and what an as**le you can be to ppl that might want to play the game and have no PS3? Well we all hope your PS3 is out of order really soon and basically right after it has been thrown on your toes. So smart that only you pointed out how good FF XIII is by this pointless article. well done dude. |
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geminibros
16/05/07 @ 14:17
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Fantastic article, really! Nomura may go too far at times with his interview antics, but the thought that's clearly behind his work goes a long way towards legitimizing the medium of video games as an art form. I so enjoyed the article that I posted a response of my own on UGO.com's D-pad games blog. I felt compelled to finally register and comment here as well. Love the site... keep up the great work.
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brrrraannnng, brrrrrrrrrrrannnnnnnnng! Come get some!
Emo-spiky-haired-kid-with-filthy-mouth, FTW! Oh, wait, they're SO cool, they don't talk! They just pull off those very cool Matrix-inspired, slow-motion, movements! Defy Gravity Skill Level Up !! Slow Down Time Skill Level Up !! Well color me jaded. Let me go play FFXII and stop ranting about that. I just hope it isn't like KH in any way, shape, or form. |
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