• Final Fantasy Versus XIII - A Release Date?

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    Night Fury
    Published on 03-11-2013 12:39 PM
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    This could be the news that fans of Final Fantasy have been waiting almost five years for... An insider source from Square-Enix has given us a potential release date for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Hold onto your hats kids, it's coming pretty soon if this leak is anything to go by.

    The source has spoken about the game to GameFAQs and has said that Versus XIII has been "plagued by internal politics strife but is on track for a late fourth quarter 2013 or early 2014."

    The source then went on to comment about the financial situation of the game, pegging it as a "gutted project" which too much money and time has been put into.

    “Regarding an official announcement, nothing is planned just yet but we are already ramping up partnerships with distributors/retailers.”

    It has also been revealed that the action element from the combat system has been removed, and they will be reverting back to an Active Time Battle system most like the one used in Final Fantasy XII.

    Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first unveiled in 2006 as part of the Fabula Nova Crystalis series. (Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy XIII Versus)

    I remember first seeing the trailers and images from this game back when I was still at school. My friend and I were filled with excitement and we couldn't stop talking about it! I'm now about to graduate University and I'm still waiting... But patience is a virtue right?

    The game focusses on a character named Noctis who is part of a dynasty ruling a vast city state that have part of the last remaining crystal in the world. The director of the game, Tetsuya Nomura has said that this game will be the most seamless Final Fantasy in the series.

    The Versus XIII world is said to very bleak with a real world, global crisis happening. It is going to have a very serious and realistic tone about it, being more mature than any of the previous games.

    Whilst this news is very good for the fans, it is unsurprising that many of them may be skeptical about it. The game has been in production for years, with nothing truly concrete ever being released. That said, the PlayStation 4 is just around the corner, and Square-Enix are going to need a big game to continue their recent success with Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs. You never know, it really could be coming soon...

    [Source: http://gamingbolt.com/final-fantasy-...013-to-q1-2014 ]
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Final Fantasy Versus XIII - A Release Date? started by Locky View original post
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    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 03-11-2013, 11:53 AM
      Test.
    1. Elpizo's Avatar
      Elpizo - 03-11-2013, 12:57 PM
      Taking this with an enormous grain of salt, of course, until we get confirmation from SE themselves (which'll probably be never).

      Still, IF there's any merrit to this rumour, then I'm rightly disappointed by this bit:

      It has also been revealed that the action element from the combat system has been removed, and they will be reverting back to an Active Time Battle system most like the one used in Final Fantasy XII.
      Don't get me wrong, I liked XII's combat system, but Versus has been pegged as an action RPG since day one. Can't imagine it being any good to change the entire combat system around into a classic turn-based one. I mean, surely environments and dungeons were all designed with action-based combat in mind, not turb-based.

      Still, this feeds the suspicions of fans and critics all around the globe that Versus will be the flop of the century. It's certainly starting to look that way.
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 03-11-2013, 01:05 PM
      Totally agree! This game has been in production so long I'm wondering just how good it will be, and I'm also taking that 'release' info with a whole truckload of salt. But still, if they're going to release it at any time, to coincide with the PS4 would be the wisest I think.
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB - 03-11-2013, 03:22 PM
      They removed the action element? Well... balls.
    1. Jinx's Avatar
      Jinx - 03-11-2013, 03:39 PM
      Aren't ATB and FFXII's battle system very different?

      I'm super excited about this bit of news!
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 03-11-2013, 04:11 PM
      No, I think FFXII has a form of ATB, just very updated and changed over. You still have to wait for your attack gauges to fill up and stuff, I think they mean it will be quite... free roam as it was in XII, where there is no 'break' before a battle, you just dive straight in after encountering enemies on screen.

      I think, anyway.
    1. Jinx's Avatar
      Jinx - 03-11-2013, 04:45 PM
      I hope so! That was a really great system.
    1. Formalhaut's Avatar
      Formalhaut - 03-11-2013, 05:34 PM
      As much as I did really like XII's battle system, the whole "internal politics" bit seems abit stark.

      Just hope they've all kissed and made up. If the source is correct, obviously.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage - 03-11-2013, 07:24 PM
      So who is this source?

      Anyway, FF12 used active dimension battle, not active time battle!
    1. Aulayna's Avatar
      Aulayna - 03-11-2013, 08:34 PM
      I'll believe this when I'm playing it. I have money at the ready Square Enix, your move.
    1. Wolf Kanno's Avatar
      Wolf Kanno - 03-11-2013, 11:15 PM
      It will be interesting to see if this rumor pans out but considering the long development time and some of the overly ambitious almost Peter Molyneux style ideas that Tetsuya Nomura was spouting in the game's early development, I can see the project getting gutted for the sake of being released before the next console cycle. It probably should have happened sooner, but this is all just a rumor so no reason to take any of this to heart.
    1. DMKA's Avatar
      DMKA - 03-12-2013, 02:53 AM
      Sounds like yet another BS rumor to me.

      I'd actually be cool with an FFXII style system again, but I honestly can't see Nomura letting that happen. He was pretty hellbent on making a dark gritty mature game with the Kingdom Hearts battle system.

      If this does turn out to be true (it won't) I'll be overjoyed anyway. I've wanted to play this game for so very long now.
    1. Wolf Kanno's Avatar
      Wolf Kanno - 03-12-2013, 07:53 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
      So who is this source?

      Anyway, FF12 used active dimension battle, not active time battle!
      Lol, it turns out to be some person on the GameFaqs board claiming to be an "Insider at SE".
    1. Bolivar's Avatar
      Bolivar - 03-13-2013, 05:28 PM
      I, for one, would be glad if this, or whatever Final Fantasy Square announces at E3, dropped any aspirations of being an action RPG. I don't enjoy playing Mass Effect and other games that forsake deep gameplay in order to appeal to broader audiences. An FFXII-inspired system would be amazing, that was Square's last original masterpiece to me.
    1. Cloudane's Avatar
      Cloudane - 03-13-2013, 05:40 PM
      Pfft, next you'll be telling me Duke Nukem Forev..... oh wait
    1. nirojan's Avatar
      nirojan - 03-13-2013, 06:15 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
      I, for one, would be glad if this, or whatever Final Fantasy Square announces at E3, dropped any aspirations of being an action RPG. I don't enjoy playing Mass Effect and other games that forsake deep gameplay in order to appeal to broader audiences. An FFXII-inspired system would be amazing, that was Square's last original masterpiece to me.
      Right, but this IS Nomura's team. The one that makes Kingdom Hearts. So it's safe to assume that they know what they're doing for an ARPG. Story on the other hand... please let one of the Western studios handle that (C'mon Square, DO IT!)
    1. Wolf Kanno's Avatar
      Wolf Kanno - 03-13-2013, 11:34 PM
      Nojima has already been slated as the game's writer (much to my despair) and I figure that's already been finished by this point. I am somewhat indifferent to the idea of the game getting a gameplay change, I've never been a huge fan of Action RPGs because they often never do a good job satisfying either aspect for me. A return to a more traditional ATB would actually be appreciated but its highly unlikely unless Nomura was actually removed from the head of the project or was convinced.

      Yet, its kind of silly to dwell on this since the source for the rumor is highly unreliable.
    1. Bolivar's Avatar
      Bolivar - 03-14-2013, 12:28 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by nirojan View Post

      Right, but this IS Nomura's team. The one that makes Kingdom Hearts. So it's safe to assume that they know what they're doing for an ARPG. Story on the other hand... please let one of the Western studios handle that (C'mon Square, DO IT!)
      I haven't played Kingdom Hearts, so I'm holding you personally accountable if this fails, Nirojan
    1. DMKA's Avatar
      DMKA - 03-14-2013, 03:24 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
      So who is this source?

      Anyway, FF12 used active dimension battle, not active time battle!
      Lol, it turns out to be some person on the GameFaqs board claiming to be an "Insider at SE".
      Yeah, it's false.

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