Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console. Alongside Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the game is a part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation. Unveiled at E3 2006, the game focuses on a mysterious protagonist who is the last heir of a dynasty ruling over the only remaining city to control crystals. Under unforeseen circumstances, he makes a stand against marauders seeking to take the crystal as their own.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII is, according to its developers, a wholly independent story unfolding with different characters and a different visual design. Although it is set within the same Final Fantasy XIII universe, it is unrelated to any other entry within the compilation and is thus neither a sequel nor a prequel to any other entries in Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII.

Within recent Japanese gaming magazine interviews, Tetsuya Nomura has stated that Versus XIII's gameplay will be a realistic derivation of Kingdom Hearts battle system with some elements of a third-person shooter - similar to Square Enix's Dirge of Cerberus. Nomura has also stated that the game will stave off the light and magical aesthetic of his previous directorial games (i.e. Kingdom Hearts) and opt for a darker, bleaker world that is intended to counter previous Final Fantasy installments. In formulating a realistic world, Nomura has stated that he wants the characters to be "believable" and thus realistic. As a testament towards his desire for realism; in the PlayStation Premier trailer, in contrast to previous Final Fantasy titles, Versus XIII had a greater display of graphic violence with an instance of blood.

[Flawless]

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We know very little about either Versus or FFXIII, but that trailer above (even while being all CG) has me more excited than I am for FFXIII.

[Candyman5]

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So is this part of a trillogy then? That is what I took from the info above. Trailer looks nice though.

[Cyros]

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Not so much trilogy as it is three stories set within the same universe.

Kind of like what they did with Advent Children, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus.

[Candyman5]

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Not so much trilogy as it is three stories set within the same universe.

Kind of like what they did with Advent Children, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus.

So what are the stories? FF Verses, FFXIII and what?

[billmatic]

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So what are the stories? FF Verses, FFXIII and what?

It's in the first quote.

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII

That trailer was pretty badass. Been looking forward to a next-gen FF.

[Cyros]

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It's in the first quote.

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII

That trailer was pretty badass. Been looking forward to a next-gen FF.

I wish this one was coming to the 360.

[Candyman5]

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I had another question, are these Final Fantasy's going to be Real Time or Turn Based RPG's?

[Cyros]

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Versus XIII will be real time. I think XIII might be a continuation of the system used in XII (correct me if I'm wrong) where you ran around and did everything in real time but from what I gathered your actions in battle were still on some sort of timer.

[Flawless]

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New details from Famitsu

Regarding the field screenshot, Nomura said that the field is an "open field," meaning you can walk through "nearly everything" shown in the field screenshot except for the mountains. He also said, "If you want to go to the end, it's truly far."

The three areas shown in the screenshots are all connected. The screen with the field and the screen with the gasoline stand are from the same location. The field extends out from the rear of the gas stand. These two areas are located immediately outside the city depicted in the battle screenshot.

It all looks like a pretty large area for what appears to be the game's prologue location, Famitsu noted. No need to worry, though, as Nomura revealed that you'll have access to a car. You can board and disembark your car whenever you like. Take your car out into the field area, and you'll eventually approach the submerged area that was shown in past promotional trailers.

It looks like you'll encounter monsters out on the field. Some will be roaming about, with Nomura citing an example of a behemoth walking around on a hill in the distance. In other instances, monsters will appear quickly.

In this week's "Flying get" column, there was a bullet point about the game featuring both symbol and random encounters. I presume this is where these points come from. Nomura did not specially mention symbol and random encounters, though, so it may be a bit too hasty to picture an RPG-like system.

Asked if the field and battles will be seamless, meaning no loading or screen transitions, Nomura said that the battles will be for the most part seamless. When you move between large areas, and when there are event cut-ins, there may be some loading, although the staff is trying to make the game as seamless as possible.

The magazine closed off by asking Nomura when we can expect additional Versus XIII details. This is still a ways off, he said, but he added "We're making preparations for a big announcement."

[beastwork]

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I don't know if I have the energy to get through another one of these games. It trully was a struggle for me to get through the last few levels of FFXIII

[DakkoN]

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This really looks nice. I loved FF12 and hope it's similar to that. FF13 on the other hand, was horrible to me, so I hope it's NOTHING like XIII.

[LionsFanNJ]

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now this looks like what XIII should have been. This is the FF i was waiting for. Not that On Rails game that was XIII

[KSUowls]

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Yeah I'm hoping for a good experience in this one. I kept forcing myself to advance the story in XIII before just deciding to not deal with it anymore, but this one looks like it might actually be fun.

[Flawless]

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Quality isn't great, but here's a new trailer. Gameplay footage starts at 3:00. Still looking better than proper XIII.

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