Final Fantasy XIII Only 13% Completed

Krunal | July 17, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 Gaming Tech/Hardware

We've all been waiting a long time for news regarding the game, and the hopes that we may even get a Release Date for the much awaited Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, however the game was missing from E3 (as said by Square that it would be) and so very little new information has come recently.

However, in today's PlayStation Premier press conference in Tokyo, Square have revealed information regarding to the status of both the games, and currently they are only 13% and 1.5% completed (respectively). This doesn't seem to fare well, and could mean an even longer wait for fans of the game to get their hands on the next FF instalment.

With TGS coming soon, what information about FFXIII will they be releasing at the event?

According to the company’s press materials, the former currently sits at just 13% completion, a far lower percentage than expected considering the title has been displayed multiple times in video form. The development of Versus, currently at 1.5%, is lagging behind so badly that we question just how much work has actually been completed on the project.

There have been numerous rumors suggesting that Square Enix is planning on displaying a brand new trailer of either (or each) of the projects at this year’s Tokyo Game Show this September. Stay tuned.

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Storm | July 17, 2007

13%? Wow, ironically that's the number for this game, too. I take this as good and bad news. Good news is that it gives many of us time to get a PS3, and with the pace they are going, it'll be something to look forward to in 2009. Bad news is the extremely long wait.
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  Xenctuary | July 18, 2007
  
  quote Storm
  Wow, ironically that's the number for this game, too.
  Final Fantasy 13%
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Krunal | July 17, 2007

I don't see it being anything other than bad news. I really wanted a new FF and that too soon. I'm sorry but the trailers for FFXII look far too good for them to not give it to us soon :£
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Sakura | July 17, 2007

That's quite disappointing. I really need a good game for the Playstation 3. We need this game to come out a lot sooner. I guess as long as it's an amazing game (which it probably will be), I can wait. ^^;
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  Krunal | July 17, 2007
  
  Well the PS3's Blu-Ray player means they can add a lot more content to it. I can see this being far bigger than FFXII, which was big as it is.
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Existenz | July 17, 2007

I can even see this being a dual disc PS3 game... i mean sure they can have dual layer blu-ray to make it 50Gb but i seriously think if they have been working on thi for aslong as i think they have then this game could be bigger than even the creators or blu-ray ever envisioned.
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FRoGBuster | July 18, 2007

they had a good demo video for something only 13% done. Wow.. it must feel really slow working on making the game.. because I know how it feels when I've spent a month on an RPG and it says i've completed 13% of the game.
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black_wing79 | July 18, 2007

Given the time they are going to put into this game, it is probably going surpass all the previous FFs in terms of graphics at least.. hopefully the gameplay is just as good as well.
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  Krunal | July 18, 2007
  
  That was a given from the moment they released the first inklings of details about the game. The Graphics and Battle System will be far superior to all the previous games, that's for sure.
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Gothic Girl | July 18, 2007

Wow, I'm surprised it's only at 13%. I would have sworn they would have been at least a third through making it.

Though it's good they're taking their time on it.
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Silver Mirror | July 18, 2007

Dear god they've been working on it for what 2 years and they haven't even a third through it?

Seriously I think Square are doing too many projects, work on them one or two at a time, people would rather one or two games a year rather than 8 all at once

Edit- shit there is a link in a thread in the 360 forum which says Final Fantasy XIII is not excluisive, whether they mean XIII is self or the other titles reamains to be seen
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Cruxis Mana | July 18, 2007

^{I'm not really bothered to be perfectly honest. At least the ball is rolling ...
Theres plenty of games that are going out in the mean time, for instance, I've diverted my attention to Metal Gear Solid 4 at the moment, so its not as though there's going to be a lack of games with XIII.

Hopefully we'll see a new trailer and perhaps a demo by the end of the year ??
Tokyo game show Please ... ??}
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EdwardTheBard | July 24, 2007

Well while it's disappointing, in the other hand they seem to put a lot of effort in the game; we don't want a beta of the game after all.