In the Midst of the 360 Debacle, We Have A New Trailer

[Avarice-ness]

Wow, it's like they combined Star Wars with something from every other game.

For some reason all the flying ship things SCREAM FFVIII to me. While the "storm troopers" SHOULD scream Star Wars they scream FFVI because of the trooper steam punk setting... which.. FFVI ironicaly screamed Star Wars at times.. because of the imperial troopers.. storm troopers.


Just by looking at the trailer, I have NO FREAKING IDEA what the plot could be. All those pretty places are really nice to look at but for some reason I can't imagine them all being on the same planet.

Eh, I dunno, I still don't plan on getting this. It looks pretty, but that's it.

It's odd... the PS3 gives them the best opportunity to create a real, believable fantasy world - but instead they're making it pretty while detracting from the realism. I'm just not interested in heroes who never break and sweat and never get injured, or whose clothing and armour has no bearing at all on their movement or defence. In future, they really ought to consult an expert or two who knows about modern weaponry and tactics, and historical weaponry and tactics. Armour and technique, and the appropriate use of each, can make a huge difference when you're trying to construct a realistic setting. Sure, teenage boys probably like the sight of a bikini-clad girl leaping through the air upside down while shooting up army tanks with handguns, but that basically fails as anything more than sensory porn.

I agree. Personally I like the simple clothing designs we got from FFVI and down. Somehow random metal, belts, and lack of clothes seemed to have made their way into the designs FFVII and up. Looking at things logically, casts from FFVI and down would prolly have a better chance of lasting in a battle solely because of their clothes, I can't imagine someone being able to fight with 13 belts on their arm, or scarves flying everywhere, or giant metal boots, and not only that, the one wearing giant metal boots is the theif for some reason!

Maybe that's why I've been turned off from FF for a while now, it's becoming annoyingly unrealistic. With FFXII I couldn't get my mind past how Ashe was a fighter and only had random plate armor. I can only imagine the kind of wounds she would have really been recieving with such a lack of clothes. I also couldn't imagine her dodging that well because her boots are freaking metal.