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Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Realistic, non-anime vibe?

Are we seeing the same game? Over-the-top wire-fu with a combat system that has your party DMC style juggling opponents in the air? A summon that turns into a motorcycle that Snowe can ride into battle? A world that is one part Compilation Midgard, one part 2nd Milita (Xenosaga II), and one part extra unused dungeons from FFX?

I don't see any realism except in the characters faces. The game reeks of anime cliches and designs. Hell, at this point it looks more like a spin off title for Devil May Cry than the next Final Fantasy.
That's what she was referring to though if you read this line she didn't say the game as a whole.
And my comment is about the visual style of the game, that detracts from any realism one might gleam from the game; cause no matter how realistic it looks, I'm still riding a motorcycle made from a pair of twins.

As for the character's looking realistic, they have been for years and I seriously don't see much of a leap from previous full cgi entries from SE. Thus I don't see the big deal or progress.


I also have to disagree about the DMC spin off. None of the designs or the settings are similar to DMC which takes place in a modern/goth setting with most of the characters dressing in similar attires while XIII is set in a futuristic setting with varying clothes type from tribal to urban. Nor is the gameplay of XIII like DMC either.
DMC utilizes a gothic architecture but the outfits are pure modern street design and I feel the same about XIII's. Vanille doesn't look tribal, she looks like a girl using name brand items and configure it to give the impression of "tribal" while still being very much modern. I honestly don't see much variation outside of the gaudy designs of side character and possible villain figure. Most of the clothing of the main cast could easily be replicated by going to a thrift store.

The combat system itself, reminds of DMC's, as the core appeal is juggling opponents with combos which is the same philosophy for XIII's system. Not to mention the wire-fu used in a lot of trailers doesn't help with DMC's use of wire-fu.

I believe that Square is hoping that XIII will be the next VII. I'm not speaking in terms of story or anything like that, but to create a new standard base to the currently younger generation who would play XIII as their first FF and grow up with it being their favorite and creating another rivaling community where people would have arguments down the road that XIII is the best and the main villain is the best there is while the smaller community fans will be saying that XII or XV is the greatest.

I'm not really sure about the idea that it will be reaching a new international fan point. It all depends on how they would advertise the game because I see FF still as a genre that is not accepted by a lot of the gaming community, but I am looking forward to the game and am hoping for the best for it.
I feel the same way, its like what they were doing with FFX as well. Yet I feel FF is accepted as a whole by the gaming community, its anything that doesn't have FF in the title that's out on the ropes. The appeal of rpgs have dwindled but I feel FF has taken a place as a core title much like MGS, Gran Turismo, Madden, and Mario. Its become the causal crowd's "choice" for the RPG.