Work yet to start on FFXIII for Xbox 360 Comments by Robert Purchese
Simultaneous Euro release looks unlikely.
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optimusprym8
28/11/08 @ 14:34
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I don't work for Epic last time I checked (well not anymore anyway) so no. Fuck I fed the troll (again) - really must leave you in your Stumpy hole.
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FFX-2 was both terrible and amazing at the same time. Amazing for having one of the best turn based combat engines of the series to date, terrible story and missing the vital part of any FF which is the exploration of new and fresh locations. Churning out the same old Spira with minimal changes. Pfff.
Don't get me started on that, there's a hidden cave... because the camera couldn't pan to the left a tiny bit in the first game, wtf Square at least TRY!? |
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Yeah, loads of the "new and wonderful" areas in the game were simply mazes with a max of about two textures. One for rock walls, one for dirty floor. Considering I'd pounded the land of Spira so massively while trying to populate the Monster Arena in FFX, I had my fill of seeing it. Let alone having to see it 5 times over in the course of the games chapters. Oh and add massive IRE for "you need the strategy guide" secrets creeping into the game at this point.
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If the game arrives on the PS3 first I'll feel inclined to buy it on that console (and also for the fact that the game was specifically designed for the PS3 means it has more chance to run better than when ported to the 360). However, I have a sneaky feeling Square may add some bonus material to the 360 release...
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farticusmaximus
28/11/08 @ 14:51
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@retibra
It's nice that you got some enjoyment out of FFX-2 and FFXII, despite their preposterously confusing nomenclature. You will not convince me either of them was a good game in any way though. I played them. They stank. |
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dirigiblebill
28/11/08 @ 15:10
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I'm in two minds about Final Fantasy XII. I found the first twenty hours of it irksome (and said so in an EG reader review), but I suspect I didn't approach it with the right mindset. Great games aren't always easy to appreciate.
It's a long, long way from being a stinker, certainly. The aesthetics, dialogue and some aspects of the battle system are brilliant. |
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SpyroViper
28/11/08 @ 15:14
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@ optimus
O yeah, I'm a troll. Because I spilt a bunch of facts that you in your crap company don't understand. And no, I didn't imply you worked for Epic but for another useless company.. Don't worry, I'm sure your wage will be on par with mine one day, I know it's tough.. Damn, I just fed the boring Bald man under the bridge.. Watch your footing kids!
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farticusmaximus
28/11/08 @ 15:26
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@Zero_Cool
No, it doesnt. Read the goddamn article you stupid troll. |
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Doctor_What
28/11/08 @ 16:04
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@ Farticus: re: memory in the machines: It might be that I was working at a developer who had a big focus on the PS3 so they thought the 360 was a limiting pain in the butt that has swayed by views! (Yes, they do exist!) My current employer feels the opposite way I suspect!
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Kenshin001
28/11/08 @ 16:04
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farty, it appears to say the PS3 owners will have to wait before the 360 version is done. Maybe MS are worried about the perception of a timed exclusive.
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"farty, it appears to say the PS3 owners will have to wait before the 360 version is done. Maybe MS are worried about the perception of a timed exclusive."
The FF series has ALWAYS arrived in the US and Europe many months after the release of the game in Japan, sometimes by several months. Gamers seem to have forgotten that. Hence this would have been the case with FFXIII even if it was still a PS3 exclusive! Therefore it's nonsense for gamers to assume it's ONLY delayed because of the 360 and therefore blame it all on MS/360. Of course, it's possible the 360 version may delay the US/Europe versions a little beyond what would have been the release date, but then again, it may not add anything at all. I guess we cannot know for sure at present. :|
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Landmaster
28/11/08 @ 16:34
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Bought my PS3 for this.
Sold my PS3 and bought an Elite for this soon after (: |
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"Holding back the english-spoken PS3-version until the 360-version is ready. The 360 fucks the US/Euro gamer."
Like I said, the idea that the 'english-spoken PS3-version' is going to be held back only because of the 360 version is an assumption, and an assumption which ignores the history of FF game releases across the regions.
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"Holding back the english-spoken PS3-version until the 360-version is ready. The 360 fucks the US/Euro gamer."
To be fair it only fucks those of us who own only a PS3 and that's because the SDF enjoy being fucked, don't they? They put up with it an awful lot for people who don't enjoy a stiff one up the arse, they must enjoy it, no? I know Les likes it. |
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"Which is of course a history of single platform development..."
That's right, where the delay between the game's release in Japan and the rest of the world was mostly due to work required for other languages. Hence that work is still required for the Europe/US version of FFXIII, which will happen in parallel to 360 developement, for which the game engine is complete on the 360, making porting that much easier (it's not as if it's being created from scratch on the console). So whilst splitting the game across multiple DVDs is probably the biggest issue, I don't see it holding up the eventual release by much, if at all, since at worse 360 gamers will have a version less optimised than the PS3 version if needed to get the game out on time.
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JediMasterMalik
28/11/08 @ 19:09
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It's not the 360's fault, but if it was indeed MS who made a deal for a simultaneous release, then MS will be fucking PS3 owners, whether they have a 360 or not, because they'll have to wait when it's not necessary. If not, then it's just SE being arses, and I can't imgaine them holding back the english PS3 version, for the sake of a simultaneous release if MS aren't somehow involved.
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Foregone Reality
28/11/08 @ 20:40
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FFXII was brilliant..except for the fact that it ended when I thought I was only halfway through it.
What happened to exploring the world? Only half of the world map was covered.. |
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JediMasterMalik
28/11/08 @ 22:35
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Yeah, the game had a costume system. It was a "unique" feature of the game.
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This better not impact on the europe launch, but then it shouldn't as translation and coding are done by different people so both can happen at the same time, hell i'm guess most the translation work is already done, just need to get the voice talent in and once the jap game is out, go through adding the translated text and voice to the game.
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Godhather08
29/11/08 @ 14:17
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@zero cool
There is no point discussing with fartmax, he is an arrogant ass hole. |
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tnt_2008smum
30/11/08 @ 08:45
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@Godhather08
there's no point talking to zero_cool, he's a total cock! |
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"We won't be putting them at a disadvantage in any way"
"We're going to complete that [PS3] version first before we move onto the 360" Simultaneous release in America and Europe... Something in these Squenix words must be a lie! PS3 version will be at least delayed. And most probably not fully optimized cause of the X360 version. These guys have to figure out more clever ways to deceive us! |
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farticusmaximus
01/12/08 @ 10:50
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@bonker
Aye, the costume you were wearing at the time basically decided your role in the party. @Nikanoru What the hell are you on? FFX was great, FFX-2 was shit, this is a well known fact. Although a direct sequel, FFX-2 played quite differently. @Zero_Cool Fuck off to a PS3 forum where your Sony cock sucking will be appreciated. We don't need your kind of stupidty here. @Godhather08 Fuck off with him. |
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