final fantasy versus 13 news

just found out some news on a forum about FFvs13...

From weekly Famitsu...-Final Fantasy Versus XIII will appear at TGS 10-You can go anywhere on world map (excluding the mountain because it is an open field)-Battles are completely seamless-The town in trailers is modeled after the Shinjuku city-Versus will be huge-Destructible environments-Cloud movement are done by physical calculations-No loading (only when changing from big area to other big area)-People couldn't believe when they saw the destruction of a road in realtime-Staff motivation is up high and they're happy-Nomura: Even though the quality is high we aim for more detailed graphics-Big revelations and the world unveiling of the game at TGS-The Versus screenshots show a fight with a weaponized Behemoth in a city-All the screenshots in the interview are captured from the game running in real time.


Tetsuya Nomura on Final Fantasy Versus XIIIHints from three gameplay screenshots featured in this week's Famitsu.Posted Jun 23, 2010 at 17:29, By Anoop GantayatJoining a lengthy interview on Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, this week's Famitsu has a significantly shorter interview with Tetsuya Nomura on Final Fantasy Versus XIII.Most of the discussion focused on three new screenshots. It will be a bit tough to follow most of this summary without seeing the screens for yourself, but here are some textual descriptions.* 1. A scene of main character Noctis standing on a cliff, looking out over a vast field, with a highway directly below, a desert clearing in the distance, and mountains in the far distance. The caption for this notes that you can walk as far as you can see.* 2. A scene of Noctis standing in front of a gas station. In the caption for this scene, the magazine notes that one of the themes of the game is a "road movie."* 3. A scene of Noctis facing off against a giant creature in a city-like scene. The visuals here look extremely modern -- you can see crosswalks and even bike lanes marked off on the road below. It looks like an in-game version of Tokyo, except for the giant beast.The screens are all taken off real hardware, Nomura said. The game currently runs at the quality shown in the screens, said Nomura, and they'll be improving the visuals even further.Not only are the screens real time, but they represent the perspective from which you'll play the game. The camera angle is for the most part what's shown in the screens -- from a third person view. They were originally considering switching to an overhead view when you moved into the outside world, but ended up keeping the the world as an open field in order to keep you close to the action.Of course, actual screenshots will have menus and icons. According to Nomura, these bits were removed because they did not want to let details on the game out.Nomura shared some details on a screen-by-screen basis.Regarding the gasoline and field screen, Famitsu noted that the game's sky color is finely detailed. Nomura said first that they're using true physics calculations for the movement of the clouds. He also noted that it took the staff a while to determine the visual direction they would take with the game. They could do all sorts of different visual styles by changing such things as filters and sunlight color.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."Regarding the city scene with the beast, Nomura pointed out that the beast is a military-use behemoth. It has a giant sword on its back.The city scene is actually a battle screen. Normally, it would have a command menu and other information.The menus and prompts aren't all that's missing, though. Noctis is shown fighting the behemoth by himself. In the actual game, you'll fight as part of a party. The reason the party members aren't shown in the screen is because Square Enix has yet to officially reveal the weapons and clothing for these characters.Famitsu noted of the battle scene, the "Shinjuku cityscape is real." The model for the area, said Nomura, is the surroundings of Square Enix's Shinjuku office, right down to the bicycle markings on the street.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."


this is from this link http://www.ff-xiii.net/boards/showthread.php?10610-New-Final-Fantasy-Versus-XIII-News&s=507ecb45920505d940ddfacc526c4d21

there are also scans takenm from gameplay there.... also i know most people know this but there is going to be a conference showing alot more info on the game... im so excited about this game and cant wait for it to come out xD

nah ive saw some leaked gameplay footage of ff vs 13 and its def not going to be like ff12... its going to be real life gameplay like kingdom hearts... that along wqith having a fully transversable world map is cool xD.. and its going to be more realistic (blood and gore and its not going to be all pretty and magical like other final fantasies lol, going to be the darkest FF yet which makes for a good change... im really looking forward to this game... cant wait for more info to be released on the 11th jan... hopefully a release date also..

lol yeah i know i missed all the towns and exporing!! :O.. so im glad thats comming back lol... and even though i did like ff13 it was wayyyyyyyy to simple and straightforward whihc i hated...

lol really, wedge and biggs? prolly best back up ever!!

i know its a bit stupid.. the only thing that ff13, ffvs13 and ff13 agito have in common is that they are set in the same ff universe.. otherwise.. its stated there are not related in any other way... a bit dumb lol

yeah agito is on the psp... i doubt they didnt release it on the ps3 cos it wasnt good enough.. maybe they just wanted to release it on another platform lol... nothing to do with the games quality.. and im sure the games will be good.. the designers definatly has had enough time, since it began development in 2003 lol. im certain itll be a great game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqWBd6J_k2c this is the new trailer that was revealed during the event.... looks awesome! :D

the last good final fantasy was 7, and argueably 8 and 9. its been all crap since then :(

just one ?...when is this coming out?

alright hack and slash. so it is going to be like kingdom hearts. damm 2012. how long must we suffer from waiting.

Here's a new trailer...

http://www.psu.com/New-Final-Fantasy-Versus-XIII-trailer-features-five-minutes-of-gameplay--a010447-p0.php

anyone remember secret of mana on snes? that was a great squaresoft hack and slash.

man I wish the ff13 versus allow gamers to play multiple players rather than just one person throughout the story like you can switch from one player to another in your current party while fighting like megaman x7. CPU sucks at support(stupid donald and goofy).