The Final Fantasy Thread

[Eradicator30]

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Discuss all things FF here.

[nuclearjew]

The FF4 remake on the DS is pretty awesome. I'm stuck trying to beat the four elementals. Fuck Rubicante.

[Eradicator30]

Yeah, I got stuck there on the PS one version. I have the DS one but haven't played it yet cause I'd like to finish Tactics Advance 2 first.

[Eradicator30]

Final Fantasy XIII demo could be two hours long (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/16/final-fantasy-xiii-demo-could-be-two-hours-long/)

by Griffin McElroy (http://www.joystiq.com/bloggers/griffin-mcelroy/) Aug 16th 2008 2:30PM

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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/final-fantasy-xiii-01.jpg (http://finalfantasyxiii.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218870305&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&)

A recent issue of Famitsu revealed a startling fact about the upcoming demo for Final Fantasy XIII (http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Final%20Fantasy%20XIII) -- the playable preview will apparently last longer (http://finalfantasyxiii.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218870305&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&) than the film that it is packaged with (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/02/japanese-blu-ray-advent-children-includes-ffxiii-demo-will-come/), Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete. For those of you keeping score at home -- the original Advent (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/04/final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-reports-from-hollywood/) had a runtime of 101 minutes. Assuming this length will only increase with the director's cut of the film (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/896/896058p1.html) means Square-Enix's eagerly anticipated demo could last longer than two hours.

To put that in perspective, here are a few things that the demo (which the same Famitsu article (http://finalfantasyxiii.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218870305&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&) revealed will cover the very beginning of XIII) will likely last longer than: an expeditious playthrough of Portal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1PrnuYoOw), the Anglo-Zanzibar War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War), an international soccer match (barring any lengthy penalties), and the celebrity status of Lou Bega (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjevQ7ZtCc). (Who? Exactly.)

[Ocelot]

Hah, that's great! Since we haven't seen much gameplay, I wonder how much will be actual playing/fighting.. It looks like it should be fantastic though.

[Fletch]

The FF4 remake on the DS is pretty awesome. I'm stuck trying to beat the four elementals. Fuck Rubicante.

Yeah, that kicked my ass as well.

Final Fantasy XIII demo could be two hours long (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/16/final-fantasy-xiii-demo-could-be-two-hours-long/)

by Griffin McElroy (http://www.joystiq.com/bloggers/griffin-mcelroy/) Aug 16th 2008 2:30PM

A recent issue of Famitsu revealed a startling fact about the upcoming demo for Final Fantasy XIII (http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Final%20Fantasy%20XIII) -- the playable preview will apparently last longer (http://finalfantasyxiii.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218870305&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&) than the film that it is packaged with (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/02/japanese-blu-ray-advent-children-includes-ffxiii-demo-will-come/), Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete. For those of you keeping score at home -- the original Advent (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/04/final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-reports-from-hollywood/) had a runtime of 101 minutes. Assuming this length will only increase with the director's cut of the film (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/896/896058p1.html) means Square-Enix's eagerly anticipated demo could last longer than two hours.

To put that in perspective, here are a few things that the demo (which the same Famitsu article (http://finalfantasyxiii.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218870305&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&) revealed will cover the very beginning of XIII) will likely last longer than: an expeditious playthrough of Portal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1PrnuYoOw), the Anglo-Zanzibar War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War), an international soccer match (barring any lengthy penalties), and the celebrity status of Lou Bega (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjevQ7ZtCc). (Who? Exactly.)

I'm kinda torn on this. You should be able to get a real feel for the game...but hopefully without giving away anything.

[Eradicator30]

Final Fantasy Agito XIII Update


Square Enix hints that infrastructure support could be on the way.


by John Tanaka (http://psp.ign.com/email.html)


August 18, 2008 - Word of a PSP version of Final Fantasy Agito XIII (http://psp.ign.com/objects/826/826844.html) was one of the biggest pieces of news to come out of the DKS3713 event earlier this month. But unfortunately, the news of the platform shift came without any solid details on the game.

Enter that always-reliable source of Japanese news, Famitsu. A special PS3 version of the weekly gaming magazine has a full report on the show, with some new details that suggest Agito will result in yet another very special Square Enix PSP title.

Speaking with Square Enix's Tetsuyo Nomura and Agito director Hajime Tabata, Famitsu's editors learned that a PSP version of the game was always in the planning, right from the start. The announcement at the event was really just an announcement that the PSP version has taken priority over the mobile version.

The two addressed a few story elements of the game. The DKS3713 Agito trailer (which is currently not available for public viewing) made mention of "Lucy," a word that has been mentioned in connection with other areas of the FFXIII project. As explained by Nomura, this is one of the common points players will find connecting the worlds of the various FFXIII games.

Another term mentioned in the new trailer is PAX CODEX. This is the name of a peace treaty that exists in the Agito world. As Tabata explained, Cid, from a neighboring country, has broken the treaty and sent a Lucy (or possibly multiple Lucies) out in an invasion.

Tabata revealed that the Agito battle system will offer a mix of action and turn-based gameplay, similar to Crisis Core. He suggested that players picture a more developed version of the "super-high-speed ATB" (Active Time Battle) system from Crisis Core.

Different from Crisis Core, whose battles were solo-based, Agito has party-based battles. This, Nomura said to the magazine, gives the battles a different impression.

The party-based battles currently support infrastructure mode, Tabata revealed. Three players can currently form a party over the net. Tabata said that he cannot confirm yet if the final game will have infrastructure mode support, but this is something that Square Enix would like to offer players.

One other area of the battle system mentioned by Tabata involves summons. Plans call for giving players the ability to raise summon beasts and control them in battle.

All this sounds like the makings for a fine addition to the FFXIII saga. Best of all, players throughout the world will get a chance to play now that the title is coming to the PSP.

[Mustard]

Will FFXIII be a great game? Or the greatest game?

[danjuro]

FF4 and Tactics Advance 2 are fantastic. TA2 took over my life for almost 2 weeks straight.

[Ocelot]

Here are some high quality pics of FFXIII and FF-versus-XIII-

Xbox 360 Display box (unofficial):
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FF Versus XIII
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FFXIII
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Could anyone tell me the main difference between these two games? Is it the same characters in alternate universes? Or is it kinda like FFX and FFX-2?

[Ocelot]

Trailer shown at a Square Enix event this past summer finally makes itself public.

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