New Final Fantasy XIII Information and Screens -Mark ALL Spoilers!-

Originally Posted by squall24

I'm pretty sure the game uses in game models for cutscenes, much like mgs4 did. So, thats what the game itself will look like, at least I'm ptetty sure.

Konami always used the in-game graphics for everything in the Metal Gear series. The cutscenes are likely to have the same graphics as when you are in control, though the FMV's are always superior in looks. However, looks aren't everything, I'm just hoping the game plays good.

Originally Posted by Princess Glitter Fairy

Also, for those of you that care, FFCC:CB is going to get a nu trailer on the 29th of January.

The trailer will apparently be on the Wii version of Echoes of Time.

I hope so. The last month's Quartermann in EGM said that it had been "quietly canceled."

Originally Posted by Eternal Paradox

Wow, it looks good. So will it be turn based, or atb?

The trailers are now in HD:
Gametrailers.com - Final Fantasy Versus XIII - DKS3713 Trailer HD

Gametrailers.com - Final Fantasy XIII - DKS3713 Trailer HD

That's it, I can't take it. Ignoring this and just letting it pass until its release is far too difficult for my impatience to bear. When is it coming? WHEN WILL IT ARRIVE!?

BTW, I'm more interested in FFvs13 and how it will turn out. It seems everyone's attention is more toward FFXIII, which isn't fair. Personally, it looks far better than FFXIII, but that's just me. I'm still getting both, though.

EDIT: That person in the FFXIII with the long hair and the coat looks too much like a Sephiroth rip-off. What is it with SE and making almost every main villain have long hair?

FF7: Sephiroth
FF8: That witch (I know, a woman, but still applies)
FF10: Seymour
FF12: that guy whose name I keep forgetting -_-

Originally Posted by Spearhead

EDIT: That person in the FFXIII with the long hair and the coat looks too much like a Sephiroth rip-off. What is it with SE and making almost every main villain have long hair?

FF7: Sephiroth
FF8: That witch (I know, a woman, but still applies)
FF10: Seymour
FF12: that guy whose name I keep forgetting -_-

Seymour isn't the main villain, and Vayne's hair isn't that long. It's just passed his shoulders.

Originally Posted by silver arrow

Seymour isn't the main villain, and Vayne's hair isn't that long. It's just passed his shoulders.

But I haven't seen a FF villain with hair that doesn't pass their shoulders. It'd be great if one turns out to be bald.

Originally Posted by Spearhead

But I haven't seen a FF villain with hair that doesn't pass their shoulders. It'd be great if one turns out to be bald.

Ummm, Dr. Cid had short hair. Jecht did too, but there aren't many.

New information out of Famitsu!

Information Acquired from the scans:

- Apparently the MP system is gone and is replaced with a "cost" system.

- In one turn, you can stock up a series of commands and activate them all at once, instead of choosing one. Also, depending on the pattern of the commands you choose, Lightning's actions will change. For example, choosing "attack-attack-fire" and "attack-fire-attack" will activate different movements of Lightning. At the beginning of the game the maximum number of stocks per turn is 3, but it is very likely that the number will increase as you progress through the game.

- ATB is updated in the game, where you can to control the amount of the ATB gauge to use. For example, if you choose the maximum amount of commands in a turn, the gauge will become empty, but if you choose only one command in a turn, the loss of the gauge will be minimal.

- A yellow bar is displayed on the top right corner of the screen, which displays a "bonus" percentage on the bottom and the chain attack number on the top. "BREAK" replaces the chain number when the chain attack is broken. The use of the bar and the meaning of the bonus percentage is still unknown.

- The field system is very similar to FFXII's where the enemies are visible, and you have the choice to engage in combat or ignore. On the field you can check the enemies' names and HPs before you go into combat.

- The main enemies from the Holy Government are the Gewalt hounds, and the PSICOM soldiers. When Lightning was still in the Holy Government, she had some kind of association with PSICOM.

- The giant mechanical enemy that Lightning has been seen with on the train belongs to the Holy Government, and is called Manasvin. It mainly attacks with lasers and with circular blades that are attached to its wings.

- During gameplay, Lightning's weapon's form can freely be changed by a command in the menu. From a blade, to a gun, and vice versa.

- Lightning uses her weapon with her right hand, while she uses magic with her left hand. She does not summon gravity with her own powers, instead, she uses a special mechanic that's attached to her left hand.

- Not much of the new character on the bottom left corner of page 3 is revealed, except the fact that he knows Lightning since she was with the government.

The different button combinations sounds a lot like Xenosaga Episode I to me, which is awesome.

Originally Posted by silver arrow

Seymour isn't the main villain, and Vayne's hair isn't that long. It's just passed his shoulders.

Seymour was the closest thing to being FFX's main villain, though. Jecht is really just a puppet, and Yu Yevon doesn't reveal himself til the very end (And is, by that time, a mindless beast.)

Seymour is quite like Golbez, as he was present throughout the game doing evil stuff. However, unlike Golbez- where Golbez was a puppet to the puppetmaster- Seymour was trying to be the puppetmaster. He was the most "evil" antagonist in the game, without a doubt.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wonderful

New information out of Famitsu!



The different button combinations sounds a lot like Xenosaga Episode I to me, which is awesome.

That sounds awesome. But I like the fact that you can choose which battles to fight. Now I don't have to worry about running through hordes of beasts that would kill me in one hit.

Any more info on FFvsXIII though? I'm interested in that game a bit more, seeing as how it's much darker than the rest.

Originally Posted by Andross

Seymour was the closest thing to being FFX's main villain, though. Jecht is really just a puppet, and Yu Yevon doesn't reveal himself til the very end (And is, by that time, a mindless beast.)

Seymour is quite like Golbez, as he was present throughout the game doing evil stuff. However, unlike Golbez- where Golbez was a puppet to the puppetmaster- Seymour was trying to be the puppetmaster. He was the most "evil" antagonist in the game, without a doubt.

Not really. He's more like the persistent midboss. He's in no way the main villain. Jecht, who I agree isn't really even a villain, is closer than Seymour, since he is Sin. Seymour was evil, but he was weak. He was defeated early on and kept coming back until his last appearance where he's just completely pitiful and desperate. In a way, he reminds me of Ultros.

New info sounds sweet too.

Originally Posted by Spearhead

Any more info on FFvsXIII though? I'm interested in that game a bit more, seeing as how it's much darker than the rest.

Well, I just discovered that you can see a concept rendering of Final Fantasy Versus XIII's world map in this scan. (Bottom half.)

Originally Posted by H_Prestige

Kitase hints at FFXIII International. Absolutely ZERO DLC planned for FFXIII.

Also, the whole world will apparently know of FFXIII because they are going to promote it so much. We'll see Kitase. We'll see.

Lame. Sauce.
And I thought these screens were old in Famitsu this week, so I didn't post them earlier. Turns out they are different, and high quality to boot!





Oh man. So hot.

Snow consents to letting them figh to. Among the escapees is Oerba Dia Vanille, who Snow gives a gun to. She takes it, pretends to aim it at an enemy, and says "Bang!"

So Lightning is in reality Liquid Ocelot?

Originally Posted by Princess Glitter Fairy

I had kind of lost interest in FFXIII but after this flood of information I'm super hyped. Anyone else getting a Chrono Trigger vibe from the battle system? Seems like FFX+FFXII+CT to me : B.

Thats exactly what it sounds like.

Originally Posted by Mr. Wonderful

Well, I just discovered that you can see a concept rendering of Final Fantasy Versus XIII's world map in this scan. (Bottom half.)




Lame. Sauce.
And I thought these screens were old in Famitsu this week, so I didn't post them earlier. Turns out they are different, and high quality to boot!

The link is broken. Do you have another that works?

And what do they mean by no DLC? What does it stand for?

DLC = Downloadable content.

Originally Posted by Spearhead

The link is broken. Do you have another that works?

And what do they mean by no DLC? What does it stand for?

Oh, sorry. I fixed it.

Originally Posted by Xeno

DLC = Downloadable content.

Ah, thanks. Now I feel like a noob

Originally Posted by Mr. Wonderful

Oh, sorry. I fixed it.

Woah, it looks ****ing amazing! Damn, I can't wait any longer for this now. The hype is too much.

Woah, it looks ****ing amazing! Damn, I can't wait any longer for this now. The hype is too much.

Hoping to avoid a Twilight Princess repeat.

Originally Posted by Skar

Hoping to avoid a Twilight Princess repeat.

LOL. Anyone who got hyped up for Twilight Princess in the first place was delusional. Though I must admit that I expected the game to be much more than it was (revolutionary, instead of ever so slightly evolutionary, if even that.)

I was hyped for Twilight Princess...*Gloom*