If, like me, you are a die hard fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, you will be happy to hear that there is new news! First, we have the E3 trailer for the next iteration of FFXIII: Lightening Returns. Second, we know when we’ll know more about the next Final Fantasy.
Yeah, FFXIII was a bit of a fail. Okay, a lot of a fail. But it had some nice elements. I definitely liked FFXIII-2 more; it was great to be a time traveller, but I still wasn’t as happy with it as I should have been. Now, I must say that I’m a bit sick of most of the characters. Maybe Lightening was the most popular character (despite her irritating sister), but I’m not too sure she needs another whole game! In any event, the game will be launching in Europe on 14 February 2014 – I know what I’m getting for Valentine’s Day. Here is the E3 trailer.
Next in the news, Square Enix will hold a Q&A for media titled “Future of Final Fantasy” at E3 on Tuesday, 11 June. Seeing as Sony is having their big event the day before, I wonder if they will also give more information about the new Final Fantasy coming to the PS4, or if they will save that for Square Enix’s event.
I hope that they go back to the old vibe of Final Fantasy. I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t seem right without Cid as your engineer. Or without a much more open-world than the last few games. Are you keen for the next era in Final Fantasy? Is this one of the franchises that you love or hate?
Last Updated: June 7, 2013
TheFez
June 7, 2013 at 09:22
Ouch!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 09:30
Lol using the same image twice sucks
Ultimo_Cleric N7
June 7, 2013 at 09:24
Confession Bear time:
I dont like the FF franchise…….I have tried really hard to, but I just dont.
Feel free to judge me now 🙁
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 7, 2013 at 09:26
My confession Bear time is that I haven’t enjoyed/played a FF game since FF8
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 09:31
FF X for me … 12 in my opinion was way worse than 13
Argentil
June 7, 2013 at 11:13
You see, now I LOVED 12. It was way better than X for me. It was different, but it was amazing for it’s time. Strong art direction, excellent voice acting and dialogue, mature story, well-written characters (for a change). FFXIII in comparison felt like a cornified FFX. And X was already so corny, still liked it though. The gambit system was great, dragon age: origins even stole it. The downfall was the lack of character focus, and large-scale storytelling that made everything feel impersonal. That and it was a bit mature for most audiences in it’s method of delivery. I freaking loved the Arazlam monologues. A wonderful throwback to FFTactics (probably my second favourite FF in the series).
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 11:19
Lol many loved the game, and your points are valid. very mature story and awesome art direction, But what I hated was buying licenses for equipment, 15 hours into the game I unlocked most of the stats buffs and abilities. Exploration yielded no rewards, the environments you run through has no worthwhile treasure, the gambit system was fun but only setting up gambits was fun, the actual use of gambits made the battle system extremely devoid of any user control. I played without gambits and the battle system was still boring for me. The only thing I loved was the music, I love Hitoshi Sakimoto’s compositions
Johan du Preez
June 7, 2013 at 11:43
FF X for me as well actually playing it on a PS2 emulator on my pc atm
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 11:46
It actually plays quite well on the emu hey, I was very surprised
The new build of the emu is really good
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 09:27
Lol, everyone has their tastes … no problem
That said …. BE GONE HERETIC!!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 09:25
I’m extremely curious to see if Versus 13 will be re-branded as Final Fantasy 15.
I don’t know why buit I;m really hype for this game
CypherGate
June 7, 2013 at 09:59
That game has been far too long in development. I get that they take the time to build a quality game, but damn…. waiting years just to play a game is just insane. Better games eventually start coming out and next thing you know when this pops up it will just end up being just another game. The thought of it is horrible after waiting years for it to be released dont you think? I mean check out Diablo 3. How long we all waited and the results ended up being so bad for most gamers out there. Check out Duke Nukem. Waited years and when it released…. damn… I wont even go there, but you get the idea.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:04
Indeed, the thing with Versus is that it’s the pinnicle of hope for FF fans, those games you mentioned never really showed any promise to begin with besides it’s name. Duke Nukem rode on the hype of the Duke Nukem Brand so did Diablo with its name and pre-rendered cutscenes.
FF versus 13 actually has promise and they showed actual gameplay that looks amazing, but I know that is not even enough to keep our interest and who knows if the actual game will be that good. But all I know is, those excited for the game are excited for the game and promises not just because it’s the next entry in the list.
CypherGate
June 7, 2013 at 10:14
VERY true with what you say. Its just that its sad that the dedicated fans religiously wait on the arrival of these amazing games only to get kicked up the ass. Sucks. I do hope it keeps to what it has been showing all this time.
FF fans deserve something really great after all the mediocre releases.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:16
Couldn’t agree more, FF fans deserve Versus, after all the teasing they do, they can’t keep us in limbo. Also, I can’t believe SE never localized Type-0
Sir Twakkus
June 7, 2013 at 09:33
Is that a woman or man in the header?
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 09:35
Women, you are now allowed to fap
Unavengedavo
June 7, 2013 at 10:04
Maybe he was hoping it was a man :/
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:23
lol oooooouch!………
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 7, 2013 at 09:38
Where is Rince with his *Le Sigh*?
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 09:56
HERE!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
June 7, 2013 at 10:25
YAY! 🙂
OVG
June 7, 2013 at 09:50
They started coding the Crystal Engine for FFXIII 8 YEARS AGO… 8 FUCKING YEARS.
It took them 5 years to make XIII then 2 years to place all of the cuttings off of the floor into XIII-2 now another 2 years for a game that nobody wants.
XIII sold over 6 million copies, it is a success. XIII-2 sold 2.5million, still profit but anybody can see the FOOL ME ONCE syndrome creeping in.
XIII-3 will sell 1 million. I bet they still make profit.
So much for the Japanese stereotype of working hard and efficient.
Expect Final Pantysee Versus XIII Alpha plus novo crystal or what ever the fuck they call these things now days to be in Development HELL longer than DUKE NUKEMS COCK.
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 09:57
With you on all you said!
OVG
June 7, 2013 at 09:59
These games are created for the TAX periods. That is all.
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 10:01
Damn straight. 8 Years? Come on people. that’s almost a decade worth of CoD titles…
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 09:55
She was the most popular character? In what universe? Cloud and Squal were far better, and they didn’t sigh all the time!
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 7, 2013 at 10:15
You just HAD to Post Sighbot pictures……Didn’t you?
However, I agree, Squall and Cloud were awesome, and on a lesser scale Tidus.
The only FF game in the next while that will see any Randelas is FFX:HD (once i have finished replaying VII, VIII, IX (thank you PS Store)
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 10:18
I want to replay 8, but alas, do not own a working PS2 anymore 🙁 Loved that game man!
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 7, 2013 at 10:19
You get it on the PS3 🙂 only 90-odd randelas
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 10:21
Ahh, awesome! Seeing as I won’t be buying the Xbox FUCK One (sorry, couldn’t restrain the swearing after reading about the confirmed DRM) I think I’ll get a PS3.
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 7, 2013 at 10:23
On the PS Store, you can get 7, 8, 9 for something like 230. Then they are doing a HD remake of 10 for the PS3 later on in the year…. so yeah, Choices are becoming clearer
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:24
Indeed, FF 10 and 10-2 HDizzle my nizzle for shizzle im getting those game in this year
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:17
I Think she meant in the 13 universe. I actually like Noel much more than them all
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 10:20
Ah,. that makes sense. Flip, Sarah, I wanted to MURDER her… And Snow… WITH Sarah… Christ, what sort of Freudain issues do these Japanese artists have?
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:22
Lol Snow and Lighting seemed like a more believable couple…not this Huge ass man with tiny lil Sarah.
If I could kill any single character in any game I would kill Vanille my god I hated her so much
Rinceyouropinion
June 7, 2013 at 10:24
Oh you utter bastard! I had blocked that disease out of my mind! You bring it back! Kill it, KILL IT WITH FIRE! Nooooooooo!
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:30
No one can escape this disease , not even a shower will help 😛
Zoe
June 7, 2013 at 10:38
I HATED Vanille! Sahz was cool despite the rampant racial stereotypes. But all their stories were just irritating.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:45
Lol we all hated her … I loved fang, not for her character but she was the strongest character in the game. Sahz was nice, I liked him, he the most human of them all.
LordCaptainAwesomeness
June 7, 2013 at 10:20
Yeah man….
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:30
Walk into a Chocobo take-aways an all you hear is the chocobo theme playing … a tear runs down your face
OVG
June 7, 2013 at 10:01
13 year old kids who watched the Final Fantasy Versus teaser ARE NOW 20 YEARS OLD.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 10:06
LMFAO!!! I was so young when I first saw it. this magical Fabula Nova Series that ended up being Lighting and co series
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
June 7, 2013 at 11:38
By the way, Chaos Rings 2 was one of the best Final Fantasy’s that never was