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New Final Fantasy XIII Screens Sure Are Pretty

October 25, 2009 in Screenshots comments 24

Famitsu.com have released a batch of gorgeous new Final Fantasy XIII screenshots featuring the new characters, the battle system and some of the beautiful locations in the game.
While we saw many of these scenes in the Tokyo Game Show trailer, it's nice to see the detail that has gone into everything. It looks like FFXIII is shaping up to be an amazing experience!

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  • 0
    Cruxis Mana Oct 25, 09
    You forgot Bahamut and Brynhildr wummin.

    I showed the TGS trailer to my friend yesterday and he refused to believe that it wasn't all CG.
    • 0
      RaidenXS Oct 27, 09
      haven't sony been saying its all CG since its inception?
      • 0
        Cruxis Mana Oct 27, 09
        Well the original trailers were all CG and pre-rendered stuff, but the trailer I'm on about shows actual gameplay.
  • 1
    Daweii Oct 25, 09
    Hmm maybe I am just tired of seeing this game but these new screens don't look as good as they hype and rave about. I mean they look nice and the scenes that are obviously cut scenes look better than the gameplay scenes, that grass is *bleep*ing ugly, but it doesn't look as good as it once did a few years ago. There just seems to be a huge lack of detail in the textures and scenary now that wasn't in past screenshots and videos. Some scenes look great, others don't.
    • 1
      Cruxis Mana Oct 25, 09
      The game has always looked like that.

      I'm not sure where this "it looked better in the past" idea is coming from. Examples?
      • 0
        Daweii Oct 25, 09
        Haha well look at that. Trying to find screenshots and I can't they all look pretty lackluster now. I guess over time I have gotten used to the standard of visuals Final Fantasy is portraying. I apologise.
        • 1
          Cruxis Mana Oct 25, 09
          I dunno if it's the case for you, but I've found that the game looks way better in motion than the screenshots make it look.
        • 1
          Miss Razz Oct 26, 09
          Tbh, the only screens that might be a bit disappointing to look at are the battle screens. But Squeenix have always had a habit of making the battle screens simplistic. The backgrounds are blurred, the ground is flat and empty. You're pretty much supposed to focus on the characters, the enemies and nothing else.
          I'm not making excuses for Square, but FF games have always been like this.

          The rest of the game looks absolutely stunning.

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          You forgot Bahamut and Brynhildr wummin.
          I refuse to acknowledge that thing is Bahamut
      • 0
        Shuyu Oct 26, 09
        I think I'm the only one who digs the neon thing he has going on, and his Gestalt form. Yes, the robo-chook head sets him back a bit, but if I prefer him to the Shivas.
    • 0
      RaidenXS Oct 27, 09
      maybe you're growing out of video games. i know i am. i haven't played a game that moved me in a long time. the last being MGS4
  • 0
    Existence Oct 25, 09
    I'm liking Oerba Yun Fang.
  • 2
    Duality_18 Oct 25, 09
    The scenery looks like stuff from ff8 in my opinion, not graphic wise but design wise. Anyone else see the same thing?
  • 0
    Red 9 Oct 25, 09
    Oh look, MORE FFXIII stuff...makes me wonder how much is in this game if they've revealed this much without giving away everything.

    Though the vegetation isn't all it could be. Uncharted 2's vegetation looks more real.
    • 0
      Daweii Oct 25, 09
      As I stated earlier while pretty in some places the whole game isn't all it could be. After SquareEnix touted this game as CGI quality they haven't met it, Killzone 2 is more graphically stellar. Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction is more polished than this hell that is a game that lived up to it's hype by many as a Pixar animation you can play.

      SquareEnix have obviously pumped a lot of the consoles horsepower into the character models. Though the rest is pretty average since as I stated earlier the grass in one of the gameplay screenshots is diabolical. There are lots of low res textures scattered all over these screenshots. It looks pretty don't get me wrong, but when you are a developer and among everything you tout your visuals to blur the line between video games and pre rendered CGI you better do better than this.
      • 0
        Cruxis Mana Oct 26, 09
        Yes. And that's why loads of media sites have claimed it's the best looking game yet, right?
        • 0
          Daweii Oct 26, 09
          Hype simple as.. Crysis is the best looking game yet and has been for over 2 years, Uncharted 2 is the only game that even comes close. I don't care what media sites say as they all do it to build hype, it's pointless..
      • 1
        Shuyu Oct 26, 09
        quote Daweii
        but when you are a developer and among everything you tout your visuals to blur the line between video games and pre rendered CGI you better do better than this.
        ... When was the last time they said this, anyway? Wasn't it back in 2007 or at the very latest, early 2008? And they've since then admitted they were overambitious and couldn't pull it off.
    • 2
      Shuyu Oct 26, 09
      Oh, you make me laugh.

      I'm betting that when they start doing it to Versus, you're suddenly going to stop complaining. We can swap, and-and I'll start and I'll whinge every Versus article about how they don't care about The 3rd Birthday and we'll see how long it takes you to tell me to shut up.
      • 0
        Red 9 Oct 28, 09
        Umm...okay. No idea what you're talking about.
    • 0
      Cruxis Mana Oct 26, 09
      Everything revealed so far is from the 1st half of the game.
  • 0
    Miss Razz Oct 26, 09
    I've seen enough screens, videos and trailers to know that I won't be disappointed with how the game looks visually.

    The story and characters on the other hand...
    • 0
      Shuyu Oct 26, 09
      I like how Fang's silk looks. It looks very... well, silky.
  • 0
    Aussie Legend* Oct 26, 09
    Can't wait for FFXIII to come out =)

    Very smexy <3

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