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Final Fantasy XIII and versusXIII - new info
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IGN have an article up now about the FFXIII demo and it reveals some new details about the game. I'm posting the highlights.Here's some of what you won't experience in the demo. Although Lightning and Sazh start off together, you won't learn about their relationship until a reflection scene that takes place after the events of the demo. Also, while the demo lets you play from the perspective of just Lightning and Snow, the final version will also have sequences that take place from Vanille's perspective. As you advance with one character, the game will switch to another character and you'll experience what that character has been up to. Apparently, such scenes run in parallel with one-another.
The magazine expressed surprise with some of Sazh's motions from the demo (yes, they were able to sample the demo ahead of everyone else -- see below for what they thought). Apparently, Sazh reacts with surprise from the kickback of his weapons. It turns out that he's not particularly used to battle, and ends up making a lot of unnecessary movements on the battle field.
We'll see just about 30% of the final battle system in the demo, explained Toriyama. The game's "Evolved ATB" system (the name for this system is currently under consideration) will show itself in only its base form. There won't be summons in the demo, although they'll be in the final. Additionally, the demo will limit you to just three move stocks, while the final version of the game will have your possible move stock increase as your character develops. The final version will also have changes to the game's menus to make it easier to input commands even when there are a lot of commands at your disposal.
This star ranking system will be in the demo. A couple of points about the results screen won't make it out until the final, though. The game will have support for Trophies and other PS3 features, Toriyama revealed without getting into specifics. He also briefly mentioned that mysterious "TP Bonus" icon that has been shown in screenshots of the result screens. It has something to do with summon magic, but that's as far as he'd say.
Toriyama was even more vague about the game's character growth system. FFXIII will feature a new character development system, similar to how FFX featured the Sphere system and FFXII the License Board system.
Toriyama also offered up a preview of what happens prior to battle as you move about on the fields of play. As indicated by past trailers, FFXIII's enemies are visible prior to battle. The enemies have fields of vision, and when they see you, they will attack. In the demo, all enemies in the area will proceed to join in on the attack, although in the final version, the enemies will react to you individually.
For the tech heads, the interview also managed a few technical details. The game will output at 720p and 30 frames per second. There are a few slowdown issues with the demo during battle, but these will be cleared out in the final. Also, for those with SD televisions, the development staff is taking care to make sure the game will be readable by all.
Finally, some good news for those concerned about a massive wait for the final version of the game. According to Toriyama, the major areas of the game are nearly done, and now it's just a matter of connecting everything together. The work of the designers is, for the most part, finished.
But first, that demo! Two Famitsu editors were given a chance to sample the demo in advance. Their play time lasted one hour and twenty minutes or so. They praised the speediness of the game and the near zero load times. The background music is "cool," said one editor, who also made note of the detail in the backgrounds which allows you to see characters fighting enemies far in the distance as you move about the fields of play. It would be a loss to not experience the demo, said another editor.
Thoughts?
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Well, from reading eurogamers article, the battle system appears to be an evolution of X's CTB system, which can only be a good thing!Edge - which describes the FFXIII as "the best-looking game on PlayStation 3 yet" - says that the battle system eschews FFXII's real-time programmable parties in favour of an evolution of FFX's more traditional Active Battle System.
Magic and Action points are out, with time being the main resource spent on moves. A character's time gauge is now split into three segments. Weaker spells and abilities will use one of these segments, while more powerful ones will use two or all three. You can therefore queue up multiple moves per character per turn, and there's a suggestion that the number of time segment commands might increase as your characters level up.
Also the bit about following multiple characters along multiple threads is pretty intriguing.
I guess what we most want along (with aforementioned battle system) is an amazingly epic story after the rather dull XII. Hard to believe it's going on 8years now since X
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It sounds more like Chrono Trigger than FFXII since the battles take place on the exploration field and are turn based. I hope it's an evolution of the CTB system which for me was perfect and FFXII was a step in the wrong direction. It's sounding good but I'm not sure about the art style. It seems very anime, kind of the usual uninteresting designed by a focus group anime look that square have been using recently to appeal to the japanese teen audience. However last time I said that about an FF game was FFX and I ended up loving that.
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Yep! Play-Asia shipped it out yesterday morning, but I went a bit cheap on the postage so I'm guessing it'll be later on next week by time I get it.GothPunk has your copy of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children being posted?
I'm on complete media blackout as I don't want to spoil anything that happens in the demo. I'm really looking forward to it 0 -
Yep! Play-Asia shipped it out yesterday morning, but I went a bit cheap on the postage so I'm guessing it'll be later on next week by time I get it.
I'm on complete media blackout as I don't want to spoil anything that happens in the demo. I'm really looking forward to it
same as myself
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