Final Fantasy Type-0

JBnaglfar

I can't say that I have payed too much attention to XIII-2, after the disappointment of playing XIII, but I stumbled on this article and found it interesting. It seems that Square have acknowledged the mistakes made with XIII's design, and are looking to rectify them for the next game. An honest attempt to make up for a poor game, or a cynical attempt to convince us to continue to buy FF games? I remain unconvinced for now, but will pay more attention coming up to its release.

megaten

Well see. That was the developers speaking. Management could come in at any stage and **** it up no matter what their hopes are.

Mario007

According to most of the previews from E3 the game actually delivers on its promise and learns from XIII's mistakes, but then again that was just a 20 minutes demo.

Also it is worthwhile to note that SE is showing gameplay trailers and demos fro this game instead of CGI trailers, so hopefully they learned on that front too.

Lastly, Type-0 looks amazing. Hopefully it gets localised, but there's still doubt about that.

GothPunk

Mario007 wrote: »

Lastly, Type-0 looks amazing. Hopefully it gets localised, but there's still doubt about that.

I wouldn't be surprised to see it be released here for the PSVita, which sources tell me is what Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is going to be released for here. Saves them having to release it on 2 UMDs as well.

nesf

I feel all weird now for enjoying FF XIII...

Mario007

nesf wrote: »

I feel all weird now for enjoying FF XIII...

haha i'm the same, i can't really get the hate for the game. then again, i enjoyed dragon age 2 as well, so i guess i just tend to like game people hate

animaX

Type 0 demo is up. Press the big red button to download. Its in japanese of course but might be worth a gander. Requires firmware 6.39

GothPunk

I played a little bit of the demo yesterday, I'm all kinds of impressed.

Here's a little guide to the controls if you need it.

Retr0gamer

Is it a monster hunter clone or is it actually worth the download?

nesf

Mario007 wrote: »

i enjoyed dragon age 2 as well, so i guess i just tend to like game people hate

Freak!! Unclean!!

megaten

The controls do look very monster hunterish. I really do hope this comes here out in some form or another though.

Mario007

more ff xiii-2 news: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/09/03/ffxiii_2_jump/

to be honest xiii-2 is looking better with every trailer and every piece of news released

Mr. K

Do want:

http://kotaku.com/5837344/this-final-fantasy-figure-excites-me-more-than-the-game/gallery/1?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Raze_them_all

first comment down yours? :P

Mario007

new time travel system detailed: https://member.eu.square-enix.com/en/blogs/we-discuss-time-travel-with-final-fantasy-xiii-2s-Motomu-Toriyama

it sounds pretty exciting

Retr0gamer

It's looking interesting but whoever did the localisation should be shot. The english dialogue is god awful.

Mario007

you mean this article of the game as a whole (as seen from the trailers). if its the case of the article then i'd say it was a bit rushed to break the news as this article was posted right after Jump revealed that a time crossing feature was gonna be in the game

megaten

There's images of hope and snow out. They look a little less stupid.

Mario007

Type-0 one Famitsu score: 39/40, same as Xillia. Wonder how many copies this will sell in Japan next week

Retr0gamer

Famitsu can't exactly be trusted though. Hope Xilia makes it here, have heard it's fantastic. Still no plans for a western release for Type-0 which is insane.

megaten

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Famitsu can't exactly be trusted though. Hope Xilia makes it here, have heard it's fantastic. Still no plans for a western release for Type-0 which is insane.

There has to be a vita release for it. There's no way they'd leave a game with that much production value unreleased in the west.

Retr0gamer

It's square enix we are talking about. I doubt it will be a big seller at all over here. It's too early in the Vita life cycle and the PSP is dead. I wouldn't be surprised if it got shelved.

Mario007

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's square enix we are talking about. I doubt it will be a big seller at all over here. It's too early in the Vita life cycle and the PSP is dead. I wouldn't be surprised if it got shelved.

i doubt they'd leave an ff game which took around 3 years to make to stay only in japan. steve blum has already hinted that he'll be voicing a 'king' in a ff: http://www.finalfantasy.net/type0/final-fantasy-type0-localization-hinted-va/

now that could be type-0 localisation or versus (since noctis' father is a king). SE have already made plans for digital release of type-0 on the day it launches in japan so maybe they might do the same in the west, allowing vita buyers to have the game. or they could do a psp remaster, since Sony said that the technology for psp remasters on the ps3 is available to any developer and it'll only take around 6 months to remaster a game.

Retr0gamer

I hope you are right but the official stance is that there are 'noplans' to localise it.

Mario007

yeah hopefully they localise it. they did say in famitsu or dengeki last time that they're 'looking into' localisation, so we can only hope.

Mr. K

XIII-2 is finished: http://ie.ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1213153p1.html?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter

Quite looking forward to this, I like the whole time travel thing!

ancapailldorcha

Same here, with the added bonus of Liam O'Brian's voice.

Mr. K

A new trailer: http://kotaku.com/5862218/the-new-final-fantasy-xiii+2-trailer-proves-square-enix-still-knows-how-to-make-a-scene

Dramatic!

Retr0gamer

Whoever did the localisation should be shot, the dialogue is terrible. Still really looking forward to it though.

ancapailldorcha

It's like my wallet just got £40 lighter.