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Final Fantasy Versus XIII to be traditional FF Game

Krunal | August 28, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 
One thing that almost all Final Fantasy fans have wanted ever since FFX was released was a more traditional Final Fantasy game. But what do I mean by traditional? Well, I mean a world map through which the character goes through and enters cities on... and it seems that TalkPlaystation.com have gotten word that Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be traditional in that sense.


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Final Fantasy Verus XIII, the exclusive Final Fantasy game for the Playstation 3 is believed to be more like a traditional Final Fantasy game than Final Fantasy XIII.

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  • 1 thumbs!
    chautemoc | August 28, 2008
    Comment by asdfqwe on August 28, 2008 @ 2:40 pm

    And how do you know all this? Sounds like your just making shit up to get more visitors for the site.

    I kinda agree with that guy (regarding the original poster, of course).
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      Cruxis Mana | August 28, 2008
      It was in the lastest issue of Dengeki, part of an interview with Nomura himself.

      I'll add some alt. sources now.
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        Krunal | August 28, 2008
        Thanks for that, I couldn't seem to find any 'basis source' though the news (if true) definitely did require a news article
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    Deathsythe | August 28, 2008
    Thank goodness they are going back to their roots.

    Not saying that X or XII were bad, and XI was a totally different genre altogether - but the traditional point and click RPG cannot fade away.

    Sometimes a step backwards is a step in the right direction.
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      Cruxis Mana | August 28, 2008
      Point and Click...

      wtf ?

      When has Final Fantasy ever been point and click ?
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      iLLmatic | August 28, 2008
      This has nothing to do with point and click style games.

      Anyway, this would be a very welcome surprise.
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      Deathsythe | August 28, 2008
      Point and click- turn based - active time battle - whatever name you want it to go by it is all the same thing.

      Select Action > Select Target > Confirm

      With different timings for everything. It is very point-and-click-ish, just instead of a mouse you have a cursor.
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        chautemoc | August 28, 2008
        Every game is point and click by that definition.
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          Deathsythe | August 28, 2008
          Not necessarily- off the top of my head: hack and slash's, action games, FPSs, all wouldn't fall under that category.

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          Fatal Error | August 28, 2008
          FPS: Point crosshair at enemy, click button to attack.
          Action Games: way to be vague
          Hack n Slash: Face enemy, lock on (point) and attack (click). All that changes is how many times you press the button.
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          Deathsythe | August 28, 2008
          That's really stretching the definition of "point and click" Fatal, by point and click I was emphasizing the 'selecting' as opposed to 'pointing' in the purest sense.

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          Fatal Error | August 28, 2008
          Actually you were the one stretching the definition in the first place by calling turn based RPG's "point and click" games.
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          Deathsythe | August 29, 2008
          The terminology has been used to describe the older Final fantasy games.

          quote A FFXII Preview
          Big changes are in store for the old-timers. We're used to a turn-based, point-and-click adventure that has followed the same set of rules for nearly 20 years. There have been differences in magic systems and job classes, but the game always felt the same. That was a part of the series' charm – that was its staple.
          source
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          Gothic Girl | August 30, 2008
          Point-and-Click = Myst-styled gameplay
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    Gamesta100 | August 28, 2008
    I really hope so.The world map was like my favourite thing from the older FF's.
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    Newcloud | August 28, 2008
    adding the world map is a big plus for me and i hope the fighting is like kingdom hearts 2
    it would be like a RPG without restrictions and dare i say revolutionise the genre
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    Mario_1 | August 28, 2008
    This is great news. I hope it doesn't have ATB, but if it does, I'll tolerate it just like I tolerated it in IV, because turn-based gameplay is usually great no matter what.
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    Cruxis Mana | August 28, 2008
    This is great news for me, but a few people in the forums were a disappointed as they were expecting a new, darker, breed of Final Fantasy games.

    Anyone else fall into this category ?
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      Newcloud | August 28, 2008
      it will still be a dark final fantasy with the old final fantasy elements plus i heard this will be the first final fantasy with blood
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    Zerpent | August 28, 2008
    Well, I would be happy if this is true, but I must admit that I'm kind of curious to see what they could make of this game if they didn't re-use old themes. Either way, I'm happy.
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    Duality_18 | August 28, 2008
    final fantasy crisis core had blood. Didnt 8 have blood?
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      Gothic Girl | August 29, 2008
      FFVII, FFVIII, Crisis Core, etc ... all had blood.
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        Fatal Error | August 29, 2008
        VII was special though because they weren't consistent about it.
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      Newcloud | August 29, 2008
      ya in cutscenes the did.. not while in gameplay which is what im meant... hit someone with your sword blood will come out ya know
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        Fatal Error | August 29, 2008
        Well they actually decided not to use blood in the cut scene with Aeris and then went and had blood in the cut scene with sephiroth at the end.
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    Mudkiplover94 | August 29, 2008
    Just wondering do all 13 games have the same storyline? Like one finish then the next picks up where they left off? Because 13 games to finish a story line is kinda long don't you think?
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      Raziel_326 | August 29, 2008
      New to the Final Fantasy series eh? No. Aside from FFX-2, FF7: Crisis Core and FF7: Dirge Cerberus, all of the Final Fantasy games are completely different stories with completely different characters in almost completely different worlds.

      FFXI Doesn't really count as a story because it has many storylines, since it's an MMORPG.
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    Final Blade | August 29, 2008
    How is this game going to be a traditional FF game?
    Wasn't versus supposed to be having the same battle system like KH, considering Nomura is behind all of it? So technically I don't see, other than the world maps, how its going to be a traditional FF game.
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    Silver Mirror | August 30, 2008
    Blood really hasn't been done in Final Fantasy before, the few rare times it showed up was usually in cutscenes. By the looks of this it will appear more regularly and likely in gameplay.

    I'm a bit confused over what exactly is meant as traditional too, I guess stuff like the world map and airships.
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      Cruxis Mana | August 30, 2008
      quote
      the few rare times it showed up was usually in cutscenes.
      That was a cutscene too.

      There's no indictation that there will be more blood in the game.
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        Silver Mirror | August 30, 2008
        But that was just an ordinary grunt, in the past blood was only used rarely and when it was significant. eg Squall at the start of FFVIII

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