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[Meccanical]

Well you know, video games are a matter of opinion.

Some people think FF XIII is the greatest game ever made.

 

[Shikoro]

"supposed to be", eh? That sounds like he only heard that the game is good, not that he saw it. What the hell?

 

[demosthenes]

I have a strong feeling that this game will end up being a commercial flop even after selling 4-5 million.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I have a strong feeling that this game will end up being a commercial flop even after selling 4-5 million.

That's why we get Versus XIII-2!

 

[King of the Potato People]

Some people think FF XIII is the greatest game ever made.

WHO?

 

[Kokonoe]

WHO?

There are even more surprising opinions, such as Sonic 2006 is the greatest game.

 

[Mr. RHC]

Is there a possibility that Versus will be a NextBox or and a NextStation title? Maybe they are holding it back for another year or two.

 

[Meccanical]

Is there a possibilty that Versus will be a NextBox or and a NextStation title? Maybe they are holding it back for another year or two.

No.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Well it was already amazing once Noctics and er Prompto were shown in the footage.

 

[JordanLMiller]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII |OT| Supposed To Be Incredibly Amazing

...you know if we ever get to that point

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Is there a possibility that Versus will be a NextBox or and a NextStation title? Maybe they are holding it back for another year or two.

no way they spend this much time and effort and possibly money on it and not take advantage of the large base.

 

[jorgeton]

I mean, at this point the game has to deliver day 1. It has to be on par if not better than the top tier console RPGs out there. No pressure, SE. (I'm sure they are quite aware of this.. hence the secrecy and prolonged development.)

 

[Meccanical]

I mean, at this point the game has to deliver day 1. It has to be on par if not better than the top tier console RPGs out there. No pressure, SE. (I'm sure they are quite aware of this.. hence the secrecy and prolonged development.)

Console RPGs haven't even been this good this gen, so won't be much of a feat.

 

[jorgeton]

Console RPGs haven't even been this good this gen, so won't be much of a feat.

Zing.

Just give me something with a scale as large as Skyrim/Xenoblade, a decent battle system, an OK to good story and I'll be happy.

 

[BadWolf]

I have a strong feeling that this game will end up being a commercial flop even after selling 4-5 million.

That's a possibility only if the game has been in development as long as some people think it has been (since that first teaser/trailer).

Just seems like the game was revealed way too early and actual work began on it way after, with various distractions along the way (so no full on effort where a ton of SE staff were solely focused on it).

 

[Kyoufu]

It's been over a year and a half, actually. Unless I'm forgetting something, the last media release was at that conference in January 2011.

That's still over a year.

 

[Meccanical]

Zing.

Just give me something with a scale as large as Skyrim/Xenoblade, a decent battle system, an OK to good story and I'll be happy.

That's all I want too.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

That's all I want out of every RPG ever, not just Versus.

 

[Defuser]

Zing.

Just give me something with a scale as large as Skyrim/Xenoblade, a decent battle system, an OK to good story and I'll be happy.

That's like.......impossible to achieve.

 

[HigherLevel]

That's like.......impossible to achieve.

Xenoblade did it. Well, maybe except for the story, I don't really remember the story lol.

 

[Rad-]

That's like.......impossible to achieve.

FFXII-2.

 

[Meccanical]

That's like.......impossible to achieve.

No it's not.

>_>

 

[jorgeton]

Xenoblade did it. Well, maybe except for the story, I don't really remember the story lol.

Yeah, pretty much. Xenoblade nailed it. Story was kind of meh, but it got really good at the end. Versus needs to at least be as good as Xenoblade. It'll def. be better looking.

 

[Meccanical]

So apparently he said "turning out to be" not "supposed to be".

That's a bit better.

 

[hateradio]

FFXII-2.

Wait, you're calling Xenoblades 12-2? I haven't really payed much attention to the game, but hearing there are similarities does make me curious about it.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII |OT| Supposed To Be Incredibly Amazing

...you know if we ever get to that point

We will, in 2015.

 

[patsu]

Small update, but Shinji Hashimoto, the game's producer made a couple comments on the game today - if there needed to be further confirmation the game was in development.

Nothing new but, "First and foremost it is important to bring out Versus. Versus is supposed to be incredibly amazing," as an indication somehow of how much the game has progressed according to the original poster who was around for this special guest chat Hashimoto went to.

Argh, at least show me the limited edition goodies, if not a screenshot or demo. 8^P

 

[Mesoian]

Yeah, pretty much. Xenoblade nailed it. Story was kind of meh, but it got really good at the end. Versus needs to at least be as good as Xenoblade. It'll def. be better looking.

Versus needs to be a LOT better than Xenoblade, Xenoblade completely falls apart at the end.

 

[Meccanical]

Versus needs to be a LOT better than Xenoblade, Xenoblade completely falls apart at the end.

I was kinda waiting for it to go batshit though, all Xeno games do that, so when it happened I was like "Ha ha! There it is! The crazy shit's starting!"

 

[Gr1mLock]

One day squaresoft will release a game..one day.

 

[ED Cantu]

You know what be nice? A new trailer, screenshots, ANYTHING to show their 'progress'.

This, I mean if they don't want to show a trailer or something it's ok but, How about showing some screenshots or artwork? something to let us know there is progress with this game.

It's been over a year and a half since we saw something from this game, no wonder that rumors about cancellation started to pop out.

 

[AgentChris]

What a freaking joke.

 

[Dead Prince]

Square Enix, please stop prolonging this gen.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Well you know, video games are a matter of opinion.

Some people think FF XIII is the greatest game ever made.

There are even more surprising opinions, such as Sonic 2006 is the greatest game.

Who the fuck are these people so we can ridicule them for their taste in video games

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

My question is, how do they not lose money on this game at this point?

 

[BocoDragon]

My question is, how do they not lose money on this game at this point?

Reusing the assets for Versus XIII-2 and Versus XIII-3?

 

[Citizen_Insane]

Reusing the assets for Versus XIII-2 and Versus XIII-3?

I'm okay with this.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

My question is, how do they not lose money on this game at this point?

do we know how much they've spent on it?

 

[ThatStupidLion]

fall 2013.

 

[Meccanical]

Reusing the assets for Versus XIII-2 and Versus XIII-3?

As long as Toriyama stays far away.

 

[chickdigger802]

how much longer before we can all laugh at the versus 13 avatar wielders

 

[BocoDragon]

I'm okay with this.

:/

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Hashimoto, I will "please look forward to it" again once you show me some.


This whole thing has been a real clown show.

 

[StuBurns]

do we know how much they've spent on it?

No, but we could probably take an educated guess. We know the staff size for the most part, the average wage at SE, roughly how long they were on other projects etc, the CG is impossible to gauge though I imagine.

At this point, the project has to have cost a small fortune, the days of 'well it's not in full development' as a manner of downplaying the budget are over.

 

[Dunan]

I have no problem with them reusing assets. They did it with FF1-2-3, 4-5-6, and somewhat with 7-8-9. Don't spend money reinventing the wheel graphics-wise; spend money creating a memorable story in a compelling world.

 

[H_Prestige]

"supposed to be incredibly amazing" doesn't inspire much confidence (although the quote probably loses something in translation)

Quote reads like they've given up on what the game is supposed to be are are just trying to get the game out at this point. Not that I blame them of course, but if you've taken this long might as well take as long as you need to get it right

LOL, even the producer knows next to nothing about this game.

 

[Kagari]

Wise words.

 

[RSLAEV]

I really believe this game cut all ties from 13 and is just being prepped as 14 or some sort of really big non numbered game. Also the exclusivity has to be out the window at this point.

God I hope so. Associating this game with the Final Fantasy 13 world will only lose them sales. It's time to put that dog down and move on.

 

[kirblar]

Just call it Final Fantasy XV already.

 

[StuBurns]

Wise words.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Square Enix, please stop prolonging this gen.

Boy am I sick of this. This gen's nowhere near reached its potential.