Final Fantasy XIII gameplay footage - 40 minutes

[DeathInABottle]

I'm one of those people that kinda liked FFVII, and this looks like a return to form.

Link to part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMwo6XEryik

It's about four minutes before the actual gameplay starts.  There's nothing jaw-dropping or unexpected, from what I can tell, but I don't speak Japanese.

Edit: there are actually five parts to the video, so it's 40 minutes long or so, I think.  I'm not going to bother watching all of it to find out.

[schild]

I watched enough to find out I want to play it. Which took 5 minutes. Media blackout for me til then. Peace out, thread.

[justdave]

I agree, this seems very 7. And, well...Chicken afro. CHICKEN AFRO. Please tell me this isn't a PS3 exclusive.

[Velorath]

I agree, this seems very 7. And, well...Chicken afro. CHICKEN AFRO. Please tell me this isn't a PS3 exclusive.

This isn't a PS3 exclusive.  It will be on the 360 as well, although it remains to be seen how good of a port it will be.

[K9]

Looks good.

[Lantyssa]

The main character is a bad-ass female?

[AutomaticZen]

The main character is a bad-ass female?

Yes, named Lightning or something.  But they say there is no main character, like VI.

[schild]

The main character is a bad-ass female?

Yes, because Final Fantasy is short on bad-ass "lead" females.

Terra
Rosa
Rydia
Tifa

[Hindenburg]

The main character is a bad-ass female?

Yes, because Final Fantasy is short on bad-ass "lead" females.

Terra
Rosa
Rydia
Tifa

Forgot Tidus, Cloud, Squall and Vaan.

Oh, and Daggr.

[schild]

The main character is a bad-ass female?

Yes, because Final Fantasy is short on bad-ass "lead" females.

Terra
Rosa
Rydia
Tifa

Forgot Tidus, Cloud, Squall and Vaan.

[AutomaticZen]

Forgot Tidus, Cloud, Squall and Vaan.

Oh, and Daggr.

Well see, then you're just screwed, because all the designs prior to that were Amano, the poster child for effeminate.

[schild]

Forgot Tidus, Cloud, Squall and Vaan.
Oh, and Daggr.

Well see, then you're just screwed, because all the designs prior to that were Amano, the poster child for effeminate.

I wouldn't call his designs effeminate so much as universally androgenous. Also, fucking amazing.


Good luck getting characters that fucking awesome in Final Fantasy again. We can only hope Mistwalker gets their shit together. Admittedly, Balthier was the first Final Fantasy character I liked since 6. But the bar was set pretty low.

Also, Vampire Hunter D.

http://static.minitokyo.net/view/26/43/92176.jpg

Fuck yea.

[Hindenburg]

I'd say they're flamboyant.

And gay as fuck.

[AutomaticZen]

Forgot Tidus, Cloud, Squall and Vaan.
Oh, and Daggr.

Well see, then you're just screwed, because all the designs prior to that were Amano, the poster child for effeminate.

I wouldn't call his designs effeminate so much as universally androgenous. Also, fucking amazing.


Good luck getting characters that fucking awesome in Final Fantasy again. We can only hope Mistwalker gets their shit together. Admittedly, Balthier was the first Final Fantasy character I liked since 6. But the bar was set pretty low.

Also, Vampire Hunter D.

http://static.minitokyo.net/view/26/43/92176.jpg

Fuck yea.

Yeah.  I have two of his art books on my shelf at the moment.  And I prefer his designs.

Just saying they're not any more or less androgynous than Nomura's designs.

[ahoythematey]

Amano has yet to make a male character that couldn't look more like Meg Ryan.  I'll take his style, thanks.

[stray]

Calling something gay is gay. Shows you have more ideals about other men than anything.

[Hindenburg]

Calling someone  who called something gay is gay. Shows you have more ideas about other men than anything else.

That shit be cyclical.

[stray]

Well, I admit. I'd love to doll up like one of these guys and start buggering any self-proclaimed butch in the ass. The more he resembles a space marine, the better. It's the most manly goal I have for myself.

Anyways..

[Hindenburg]

Yes, I'm afraid I'd surmised as much from your photobucket.

[stray]

I'm quite pretty, aren't I? 

[Hindenburg]

Your hair is the stuff of legends.

[stray]

 


Omg, lets talk about fucking games! 

[Hindenburg]

They're called dating sims. schild should be more than able to recommend a few dozen.

[stray]

Har. Seriously though, you've never liked a Final Fantasy or what?

... Actually, I could understand.. maybe.. if it was the last few. Although the last was good in it's own right, just not really my style (of gameplay). Otherwise, check yo self. Get past the androgyny. Or maybe there is a decent JRPG without that element (can't think of one though).

[Yegolev]

Get a room.

Also, what's so VII about it?  Train in a future city?  Black guy?  It might get all VIII on us, no way to tell.

Of course, I'll be finding out firsthand.

[Lantyssa]

Yes, because Final Fantasy is short on bad-ass "lead" females.

I'll be honest and admit I never got into FF until VII.

Tifa took over for a bit, but really it was all about Cloud and you played from his perspective for most of the game.  The only women I liked in all the subsequent ones were secondary characters (Quistis, Freya, Lulu) and I need to start up XII again.

I mean as the protagonist.  The person in charge and whom you're playing as for the majority of the game.

[stray]

Lulu is hot ;) Not sure why she wasn't a main in X-2. If there's any complaint about presentation in JRPG's I have, it's that the younger oriented characters tend to take precedence over the older ones (Lulu is more woman-ish.. Auron is cooler than everyone else, but he's an adult).

[schild]

Yes, because Final Fantasy is short on bad-ass "lead" females.

I'll be honest and admit I never got into FF until VII.

Tifa took over for a bit, but really it was all about Cloud and you played from his perspective for most of the game.  The only women I liked in all the subsequent ones were secondary characters (Quistis, Freya, Lulu) and I need to start up XII again.

I mean as the protagonist.  The person in charge and whom you're playing as for the majority of the game.

You should really play Final Fantasy VI if only to Get Informed.

The game practically revolved around Terra and huge portions of IV revolved around Rydia and the relationship between Cecil and Rosa.

Also, they make all the 3D ones look horrible in terms of pure enjoyment.

[Ard]

The parts of VI that didn't revolve around Terra mostly revolved around Celes.  The male characters might as well not have existed aside from brief substories when you first met them, or got their ultimate attack.

[Hawkbit]

Auron was by far my favorite FF character, even if the game was lacking. 

[Teleku]

Why does the black character always fight with a gun? 

[Goreschach]

He really should be using nunchucks.

[Merusk]

Lulu is hot ;) Not sure why she wasn't a main in X-2. If there's any complaint about presentation in JRPG's I have, it's that the younger oriented characters tend to take precedence over the older ones (Lulu is more woman-ish.. Auron is cooler than everyone else, but he's an adult).

Because Wakka was tapping the hell out of her big-breasted ass while Yuna and Rikku were being seduced by bondage girl pt2.  Yes, Auron was awesome. He was the only reason I finished FF10, I couldn't have given 2 shits about the Sin story, I wanted to see what happened to him.

[Fabricated]

The music was very good. The combat looked alright and better than FF10 or FF12's. I'll probably pick it up and never finish it like I did with 12.

[ahoythematey]

Reddas didn't use any guns that I can recall.

Lantyssa, FFV's entire character roster ends up with 75% women, one of them a cross-dressing pirate.  Also: job system > esper system.  You should play that before FFVI.