Comments on: New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer Shows Vanille’s Mech Summon

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:40:24 +0000

Wait, wait, wait. You're telling me that FFXII and an online game were too “poppy” compared to FFVII, FFVIII and FFX? Does not compute.

By: 311

311 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:13:11 +0000

IMO it's interesting how the series has taken this turn and most gamers HATE it. To me the BEST of the series will always be FFVI I've played it far more than all the others combined. I really am quite anxious for this release to see if I can get the bad after taste it was from previous installments. When X was released I was really skeptic about it and when it finished I lost the love I had for Square, this one looks real promising, even though I can't read Japanese I'm importing and when it's released stateside I'll purchase it too. If other users here feel differently about my opinion I didn't try to insult anyone's love for a title in particular from the Final Fantasy Series. I just feel that Square is losing their touch but they somehow always get my support.

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:40:24 +0000

Wait, wait, wait. You're telling me that FFXII and an online game were too “poppy” compared to FFVII, FFVIII and FFX? Does not compute.

By: 311

311 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:13:11 +0000

By: Cristóbal Escalona

Cristóbal Escalona — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:50:24 +0000

So I was looking at the battle section of the trailer and noticed that on that part around 3:40, Vanille, the current controled character which is set to the Healer optima, DOESN'T have Attack as her first command , which we alredy knew, instead she has Recover(or it'll be translated to something like that), which probably means that each optima has a unique “first” command, which is awesome since I love juggling jobs in FF games.
I've also noticed in this and on a past video that the “Blaster” optima seems to have lots of “blows”, for example, in this video, around 3:58 Lightning uses Wind Blow, Flame Blow, Spark Blow, Frost Blow and Aero, in that order.
I wonder whatever do you have to do to trigger those slow-mo close ups too:O?

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:34 +0000

Yes, w/ English voice acting and Jpn in game text if X, X-2, XII Zodiac were any indication, but chances are you probably still wouldn't get the Jpn dub unlike Star Ocean 4 International.

By: kazalt

kazalt — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:28:14 +0000

::quickly finds something to complain about::

There's voice acting in the game?! SLAP IN THE FACE! =P

By: Tim Nguyen

Tim Nguyen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:56:16 +0000

Think we could get a racing game out of this?

By: Tim Nguyen

Tim Nguyen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:13 +0000

I might be importing as well, but I can't read Japanese D: your so lucky xD

By: Mr_Qoo

Mr_Qoo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:05:55 +0000

You _know_ the holiday spirit is here when kazalt turns a new leaf. =)

By: kazalt

kazalt — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:53:14 +0000

After mulling it over in my head, I've decided to stop my bitching about FFXIII. A few reasons.

A: While I still don't exactly like the summons, I'm sure there will be an explanation as to why shiva is a bike and other things like that.

B: One of my bigger complaints about Final Fantasy 13 was that it's gone into Sci-fi, and that wasn't really my thing. Soon after an internal rant in my head, I realized that Final Fantasy was already Sci-Fi in some aspects (Final Fantasy Four had you go to the MOON, and when you come back with an ALIEN, you have to go inside a big robot and destroy it's CPU.). Later that same day I talked to someone about how much I loved the Phantasy Star series, which is totally Sci-Fi.

C: I know that despite my bitching, someone I know will have the game, and I'm going to end up playing the hell out of it anyway, and probably like it.

I think the last trailer that came out finally broke me, and this one was the follow-up punch. All I need now is a 360 or a PS3 and I'm good.

By: xking2

xking2 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:04 +0000

I can honesly say that after playing through the final fantasy series in preparation for dissidia, this is oly the second time that I actually get "magical warmth" kind of vibe from a final fantasy game. The only other time was FF9.
Don't get me wrong; the stories of most of the others are great, but only FF9 gave me the thought "I'm gonna remember this forever". Even FFX, the only one I actually bought at the time of release has already faded away from my heart long ago. But FF9, which I finished 2 years ago, still burns brightly in my heart, and I haven't even touched it since..

I guess where I'm going with this is that in my opinion, the game is connecting with me and it's feeling more and more like I think a final fantasy game should..

I think what really got me was the beginning of the trailer..
The surreal dream esque pop music coupled with the scene depicting the party riding on a dragon through a cloudy sky, dodging bullets with the allegory goofball hanging on from behind.

By: pacanug

pacanug — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:07 +0000

Something tells me the necklaces the majority of the characters are wearing are going to pop up on the SE online store for $100+.

By: badmoogle

badmoogle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:44:41 +0000

I wouldn't call it an “abomination” but i definitely relate with your point.This game just doesn't give me the Final Fantasy vibe,like the older Squaresoft games did (especially FFVII,FFIX,FFX.)
After FFX something went wrong imo and the games became too “poppy.”

By: ShinGundam

ShinGundam — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:08 +0000

The Best people ?