I know we've gone into space with Final Fantasy VIII but I was wondering how neat it would be to have Final Fantasy with multiple planets to visit, alien races, space ships, and so much more overlayed with the traditional themes we've seen before in previous games.
I feel like FF has gotten as sci-fi as I can take already. They have Star Ocean for sci-fi jrpg action, though it's more Tales in space than FF in space.
I'm really not a big fan of space travel. Maybe for one game but I wouldn't want to see it too often in Final Fantasy. Though if you want that kind of thing, isn't that what Fantasy Star is about? And Star Ocean as was also mentioned.
FFXIII feels very sci-fi. Pulse and Coccoon feels like 2 different plants (although in thep lot, they are in the same). Not so much appealing to me, but it is all right.
FFXIII feels a lot like FFVII (I think it was sort of intended). Lol, many people have joked about the opening scene with Cloud and Barret on the train and how the same thing happens in the opening of FFXIII (Lightning being 'a female Cloud' and Sazh being like Barret since...well, they're both black :P)
FFXIII feels a lot like FFVII (I think it was sort of intended). Lol, many people have joked about the opening scene with Cloud and Barret on the train and how the same thing happens in the opening of FFXIII (Lightning being 'a female Cloud' and Sazh being like Barret since...well, they're both black :P)magitekk
Add to that the fact Light and Sazh face a scorpion mech. just like Cloud and Barrett did. Square had to of done this on purpose, but all told I think XIII was influenced more by Advent Children than it was by FFVII.
Cocoon looked an awful lot like Midgar, honestly. Then everything outside of the metropolis (Midgar/Cocoon) was just natural, plain old boring stuff, like villages, forests, etc.
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I really did find it funny that Midgar (well, I guess Junon can count) was the only scientifically advanced location in FFVII. Well, aside from the reactors, too, but they were a product of Midgar.
I wonder how a corporation could become the most powerflu place in the world of Gaia. lol The rest are mere towns and villages. Wutai is the only big place aside from Midgar. xD
I'm not talking about Phantasy Star, Xenosaga, or Star Ocean science fiction but more traditional(let's be real..what the hell are elves doing in space). By the way, I think Final Fantasy VII is the closes thing to a modern-day style with steam punk elements. In fact, I'd love to see more of that..even more a long the lines of Cowboy Bebop.
I love steam-punk as well, and FFVII's techno aspect handled the genre really well...but if Elves don't belong in space, do Moogles and Chocobos? And if they are to go then it sounds like it's being suggested that the fantasy should be stripped from Final Fantasy.
I don't think that FF should go full on sci-fi. Keep the fantasy but make it modern, idk. I like to read alot of urban fantasy and it looks like Versus might have that kinda fantasy but current day feel that I'm looking for. Also, I keep seeing lazyathew's icon and I can't help but want another The World Ends with You but thats getting off topic.
I was never really excited about VsXIII until I saw the gameplay footage featuring green field action. If the game had been set only in futuristic locales, my interest would have been severely diminished. As it stands, I'm looking forward to it...but I hope to see a good balance of "green-field" and "future-city" locations.
FFXIII is a lot more realistic than FFVII. They had to make it that way. There were a bunch of insanely ridiculous scenes in FFVII that really take away the points that make it 'a realistic Final Fantasy game'.
EDIT: There's nothing fantastic about a modern setting. That's why FFVIII was so bad; it was hard to incorporate the fantasy in with all of these annoying inconsistencies. For me, it just has to be medieval or sci-fi.
From what we've seen, FF can be just about anything. What defines the 'FF formula'? Making sure to add moogles and/or chocobos? :/magitekk
Of course Moogles and Chocobos don't make a Final Fantasy...but for me, they help a lot. All through FFXIII I found references to the other games, but the part I found to be most familiar and FF-like was free-roaming Gran Pulse on a Chocobo and randomly playing Chocobo Hot and Cold for treasures. Exploring on Chocobo was one of my favourite parts of Crystal Bearers on WII as well. Other games have horses, wild boars and other creatures to ride on, but the Chocobo is a distinctly Final Fantasy species. As is the Moogle. FFXII is loaded with Moogles and they are essentially just another race in that game, partaking in all aspects of society. Crystal Bearers also had a lot of Moogles and I'm stoked to see one in the previews for XIII-2 as it was one thing I really missed in XIII. There are very few things that are consistent between different Final Fantasy titles, but I think it's great that the series has it's own original creatures and species that set it apart from other worlds in the fantasy genre.
Just wait. Final Fantasy may someday start deviating towards Xenosaga, Star Ocean or even a Gundam Wing visual theme. They would have to suit the chocobos and moogles with cyber genetic parts and compatible jetpacks.
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