Impressive? Not.

[Roxxas]

The only single bit of bad news I've found about either of the games so far is that they made Lightning basically a female Cloud. That alone makes me want to scream. Seriously, Cloud wasn't a very good character square quit cloning him and repeating him and let him die already.

[Jessweeee♪]

Cloud's starting to really grow on me n.n

At first I thought he was a good character, now he's a pretty kewl character. A female Cloud would also be neat. They can have a little Cloud, too.

[DMKA]

Wow, this thread is just like the entire FFXII forum before it's release. ^___^

[Avarice-ness]

I'm not really too stoked about this either.

And, I've said it and I'll say it again. I believe that this game will be the single most example of how squeenix puts profits over the games. And how the Final Fantasy series is loosing the heart it had that 'caused it to be loved by many many people.

For those saying that this thread sounds like how FFXII was before it came out. You also have to realize that the hype for FFXII was split, and after the game came out it got even MORE split.

Personally, I'm not all about graphics and flashy things, the -only- thing that kept me playing FFXII was the fact it was pretty to look at but I never once was sucked into the story nor had any feelings towards any character at any time while playing.

I'm DREADING that FFXIII will be alot like FFXII in that aspect, 95% graphics, 4% story, 1% heart.

And when I say Heart, I mean that you could actually feel something for almost all the characters at any time.

FF7 had plenty of chracters that you felt for, I mean hell when Aeris died I was almost more sad by the expression Tifa had, the whole running off and crying thing, I felt like "OMG SHE'S SO SAD"
Even in FFVIII I felt for the characters, and I don't even like the game!
In FFIX, the scene at the end with Zidane and Garnet getting back together made me the happiest person on the world and made it feel like everything I've felt for them had finally come to a finale.
In FFX, regardless if I couldn't stand the game, I felt for Tidus, I felt for Yuna, Hell I even felt for drunken Jetch.

In FFXII... I think I might have felt for Penelo? Maybe, only because I like her character design? I think Fran and Baltheir are cute, but.. I never felt like I was once with any chara, but more so just watching them in a movie, a very dull movie.

So yeah, this game worries me. If I play this I'll rent it and play it on my sister's ps3.

[Nifleheim7]

I'm DREADING that FFXIII will be alot like FFXII in that aspect, 95% graphics, 4% story, 1% heart.

And when I say Heart, I mean that you could actually feel something for almost all the characters at any time.

That's a scary thought!
*knocks on wood*

I don't know about FFXIII but i feel that at least Versus is in good hands.I think Nomura prefers more character driven stories.

[Roogle]

I am curious about XIII and will certainly buy it on the release date if not sooner - but I am not really giddy with excitement, because I feel it's too high-tech for my taste. (Nothing would be better than if I were wrong on this!)

I agree, Tabris. I hope that Final Fantasy XII will pull a trick similar to what happened in Final Fantasy VII. The game begins in Midgar and the player has no reason to believe that the rest of the world is much different from Midgar, yet when you go on the world map for the first time...

[Crizpy]

I'm not really too stoked about this either.

And, I've said it and I'll say it again. I believe that this game will be the single most example of how squeenix puts profits over the games. And how the Final Fantasy series is loosing the heart it had that 'caused it to be loved by many many people.

For those saying that this thread sounds like how FFXII was before it came out. You also have to realize that the hype for FFXII was split, and after the game came out it got even MORE split.

Personally, I'm not all about graphics and flashy things, the -only- thing that kept me playing FFXII was the fact it was pretty to look at but I never once was sucked into the story nor had any feelings towards any character at any time while playing.

I'm DREADING that FFXIII will be alot like FFXII in that aspect, 95% graphics, 4% story, 1% heart.

And when I say Heart, I mean that you could actually feel something for almost all the characters at any time.

FF7 had plenty of chracters that you felt for, I mean hell when Aeris died I was almost more sad by the expression Tifa had, the whole running off and crying thing, I felt like "OMG SHE'S SO SAD"
Even in FFVIII I felt for the characters, and I don't even like the game!
In FFIX, the scene at the end with Zidane and Garnet getting back together made me the happiest person on the world and made it feel like everything I've felt for them had finally come to a finale.
In FFX, regardless if I couldn't stand the game, I felt for Tidus, I felt for Yuna, Hell I even felt for drunken Jetch.

In FFXII... I think I might have felt for Penelo? Maybe, only because I like her character design? I think Fran and Baltheir are cute, but.. I never felt like I was once with any chara, but more so just watching them in a movie, a very dull movie.

So yeah, this game worries me. If I play this I'll rent it and play it on my sister's ps3.

Couldnt have said it better myself.
This is exactly the same way I feel.

[Roto13]

Something about you know, haveing like 3 or 4 seperate games to complete owning 13 itself just seems like Squee is focusing on profit, and not game quality.

For starters, Square is one of the few companies who could undertake a project of this size and still make sure all of the games are quality titles.

Because they have a wonderful track record of that with FF X-2 and FF VII: DoC.

Comments like these are usually said by people who have no idea what they're talking about and just like to jump on bandwagons.

Yep, that sounds like Roto alright!

Yeah, and I guess all of those horrible reviews DoC got were all bandwaggoning. :rolleyes2

I have a bit of shocking news for you, but brace yourself. People are often going to have different opinions than you. Sometimes, most people are going to have different opinions than you! It's true! That doesn't mean that everyone is just hating for the sake of hating, though, so it doesn't give you an excuse to behave like Anasia's little brother. Get over yourself.

[Kenshin IV]

I'm going to go out on a wee bit of a limb here and say the only impressive thing you've seen so far is the graphics prooobably because they haven't shown anything at all on the actual game yet.

[Roto13]

I find it funny that this thread was created over a year ago, but it's still true.

[Croyles]

People want to get hyped without getting disturbed I guess. Going on forums where you will hear other peoples opinions from around the world is not the place to be if your one of those people.

Im taking this stance: Im hyped for the game until proven otherwise.
This is the way I usually do it. It means more disappointment, yes, but I still like it more this way

[Wolf Kanno]

People want to get hyped without getting disturbed I guess. Going on forums where you will hear other peoples opinions from around the world is not the place to be if your one of those people.

Im taking this stance: Im hyped for the game until proven otherwise.
This is the way I usually do it. It means more disappointment, yes, but I still like it more this way

Lol! I'm the opposite. I've been too badly disappointed with hyped FF games (VII and X respectively) to just jump on the hype machine with the others. I respect we all have our opinions and though I do feel its odd to be hyped for XIII with the little info we do know; I don't care that others feel differently as long as they respect my ability to state my conflicting opinion.

I'm staying the skeptical route, but sadly, the game doesn't interest me much so it may even be longer for it to prove its worth since I doubt I'll bother playing it for a few years. Nothing about it says "must have" to me like previous installments. Throw in my lack of thinking "SE=Good and Quality" and its even harder for me to get hyped about it. I might care again if SE stops hiring Nojima to write for them.

[Skyblade]

I am curious about XIII and will certainly buy it on the release date if not sooner - but I am not really giddy with excitement, because I feel it's too high-tech for my taste. (Nothing would be better than if I were wrong on this!)

I agree, Tabris. I hope that Final Fantasy XII will pull a trick similar to what happened in Final Fantasy VII. The game begins in Midgar and the player has no reason to believe that the rest of the world is much different from Midgar, yet when you go on the world map for the first time...

Actually, I loved that moment for a different reason. You fight around in Midgar, exploring this massive technological city, fight some climactic battles, and then you get tossed out into the world map. It just made me realize how big the world really was.

Mostly, I agree with Avarice-ness though. I don't have much faith in the heart Square is putting in its games right now.

[Bolivar]

I'm still surprised at how much anger and detailed examination can be given to a product with 3-5 1-3 minute trailers, a couple of pictures and maybe less than 10 english interviews. I guess it's the price we pay for decentralized media.