Final Fantasy XIII-2 bits: You can stop complaining now (Videos)

Taken from the Square Enix Members blog:

https://member.eu.square-enix.com/en/blogs/hands-final-fantasy-xiii-2-exclusive-details-revealed

For the lazy:

Yes there will be towns

Environments are filled with people, many of whom can be engaged in dialogue. A little speech bubble floating above their head will let you know if they have anything interesting to say. All of this dialogue is fully voiced

(New Bodhum)

http://uk.kotaku.com/5809306/watch-as-real-humans-play-final-fantasy-xiii+2/gallery/(Town)

No more running in straight lines:

http://uk.kotaku.com/5809306/watch-as-real-humans-play-final-fantasy-xiii+2/gallery/(puzzles)

But, Battle stays the same with some new tweaks,( I love cinematics )

http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/2011/06/07/e3-2011-final-fantasy-xiii-2-demo-atlas-boss-battle-footage.html

Phew: Enough for now. Thoughts Yo?

where's ffvs13?

where's ffvs13?

neo418

Happy now, they said they would fix it and they did. Im quite interested to play FF13-2, wanna see what happens to the old characters and the who are the new ones. But if you ask me, square enix should haul ass on Final Fantasy Versus 13 . If you go to E3, and show Final Fantasy 13-2, people would be like, "Sweet" "Cool" But if you bring Versus 13 with a release date then everyone will be like "YESS!!!! THANK YOU OH GOD FINALLY!" Then theres Kingdom Hearts 3 but I wont go into detail because that would get me banned :P

where's ffvs13?

neo418

the same place where the lost ark is.

[QUOTE="neo418"]

where's ffvs13?

jimwade

He tells the truth. Look-

I hope there no hidden sidemissions witin these diologs in the towns. So I can just ignore everyone since I dont care to hear about how your day was or if your getting married or something els totally useless.

I hope the battle system doesn't get as dull quickly as the first game didLuxen90

Got dull? It opened up and got better and better lol.

I clocked 90 hours on it and didnt get bored of it, i love that battle system its the best of any final fantasy game.

will the storyline be good or make sense, i have my doubts about that

Got dull? It opened up and got better and better lol.

I clocked 90 hours on it and didnt get bored of it, i love that battle system its the best of any final fantasy game.

crimsonman1245

where's ffvs13?

neo418

TLDR This guy was terribad at FF13.

jimwade

[QUOTE="jimwade"]TLDR This guy was terribad at FF13.

Luxen90

[QUOTE="neo418"]

where's ffvs13?

hayato_

How is the combat in it any more dull than every other FF game outside of Crisis Core? jimwade

I liked FFXIII since i loved the battle system, but FFXIII really needed to have some more content

FFXIII-2 is keeping the same battle system and adding some tweaks and improvements to it, plus it seems there will be much more content and branching paths you can take.

FFXIII-2 seems quite promising so far.

where's ffvs13?

neo418

In purgatory with Kingdom Hearts 3.

[QUOTE="Luxen90"]I hope the battle system doesn't get as dull quickly as the first game didcrimsonman1245

Got dull? It opened up and got better and better lol.

I clocked 90 hours on it and didnt get bored of it, i love that battle system its the best of any final fantasy game.

BUT YOU LEF TOUT EH BIGGEST DETIAL, YOU CAN JUMP WHENEVER YOU WANT

yah my freind actualy got exited about that, i swear he has a mental illness at times,

yah this game fixed all teh flaws the first ahd so hopefull people shut up about minor things like towns not being there, well look there here now, enjoy the non existant impact it will have,

and the story seems realy dark and interesting, though seeing how the game is 5 years in teh future i realy realy want to see hope at the age of 19.

sorry about that last post, that was my same freind getting back at me while i was in the bathroom, i would just delete the message but the fact that he forgot "I" in that last statement i think im leaving it up there for all to see. the comment not the incredibly small penis

[QUOTE="neo418"]

where's ffvs13?

Lionheart08

In purgatory with Kingdom Hearts 3.

Do you guys sleeped january or something? :p keep in mind Type-0 is also missing at E3

Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

where's ffvs13?

neo418

Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

hakanakumono

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Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

texasgoldrush

No thanks.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

hakanakumono

No thanks.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] how about a non linear plot like The Witcher 2 and Tactics Ogre....SE should try that sometime. Also enough of the stupid characters and the cliches.texasgoldrush

No thanks.

I'll just have to pretend to take your word for it.

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[QUOTE="neo418"]

where's ffvs13?

ShadowriverUB

In purgatory with Kingdom Hearts 3.

Do you guys sleeped january or something? :p keep in mind Type-0 is also missing at E3

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

texasgoldrush

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

No thanks.

hakanakumono

I'll just have to pretend to take your word for it.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

Those things are all nice, but the plot doesn't even have the promise of the original. You can have your towns, your nonlinear gameplay, etc. I just want Square to get storytelling down. I already played FFXII last gen, I don't mind alternating between linear and nonlinear as long as the plot strength remains consistent.

MrSelf-Destruct

I'm looking forward to this. I'm one of the people who liked FF13.

Looks like I might give this a purchase afterall.

Gonna be weird only making it about 9 hours into FFXIII.

I didn't like the battle system either, but we'll see how it goes.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] Try playing The Witcher 2 sometimes.....it crushes the final Fantasy games in storytelling.texasgoldrush

I'll just have to pretend to take your word for it.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] Try playing The Witcher 2 sometimes.....it crushes the final Fantasy games in storytelling.texasgoldrush

I'll just have to pretend to take your word for it.

Because the experience is good enough. There's a reason why I'll play games like Xenogears countless tiles, whereas Heavy Rain only got one playthrough from me. Sure, Heavy Rain had the novelty of "changing" the story. But guess what? The story wasn't that good in the first place. The ability to make changes to the story didn't really add anything to it. It's an interesting novelty and it's important for a game like Heavy Rain where there isn't much gameplay substance to begin with, but for a game like Final Fantasy? No thank you, I want the writers to know exactly where they want the story to go and why.

If it doesn't matter where the story goes, then it's probably not a very good story to begin with. If the writers don't have clear ideas of what they want to do with the story, then they're probably not very passionate about the plot anyways.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

I'll just have to pretend to take your word for it.

hakanakumono

Because the experience is good enough. There's a reason why I'll play games like Xenogears countless tiles, whereas Heavy Rain only got one playthrough from me. Sure, Heavy Rain had the novelty of "changing" the story. But guess what? The story wasn't that good in the first place. The ability to make changes to the story didn't really add anything to it. It's an interesting novelty and it's important for a game like Heavy Rain where there isn't much gameplay substance to begin with, but for a game like Final Fantasy? No thank you, I want the writers to know exactly where they want the story to go and why.

If it doesn't matter where the story goes, then it's probably not a very good story to begin with. If the writers don't have clear ideas of what they want to do with the story, then they're probably not very passionate about the plot anyways.

If they make you think about the story more, then it's because the story isn't substantial enough in the first place. And it's a different kind of thinking.

The choice in Tactics Ogre is a novelty, but it doesn't improve the storytelling. I would probably like it more if the writers had clear ideas about what position they wanted your party to take, the role of Vyse, and the role of Kachua.

There are no great JRPGs anymore.

Nah. Saying the last 2/3 of Witcher 2 is completely different is a lie. It's quite different and there are different dialogue paths but it's the same places, same characters and ultimately similar outcomes. Still did choices waaaaay better than anything it's competitors have done though since the choices actually do have some effects and it's not just an illusion. Ace6301

If they make you think about the story more, then it's because the story isn't substantial enough in the first place. And it's a different kind of thinking.

The choice in Tactics Ogre is a novelty, but it doesn't improve the storytelling. I would probably like it more if the writers had clear ideas about what position they wanted your party to take, the role of Vyse, and the role of Kachua.

There are no great JRPGs anymore.

hakanakumono

The thing is, Tactics Ogre isn't even is as well written as Final Fantasy Tactics. Probably because FFT is linear.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

If they make you think about the story more, then it's because the story isn't substantial enough in the first place. And it's a different kind of thinking.

The choice in Tactics Ogre is a novelty, but it doesn't improve the storytelling. I would probably like it more if the writers had clear ideas about what position they wanted your party to take, the role of Vyse, and the role of Kachua.

There are no great JRPGs anymore.

enterawesome

Maybe, Idk. It's probably at least "good."

If they make you think about the story more, then it's because the story isn't substantial enough in the first place. And it's a different kind of thinking.

The choice in Tactics Ogre is a novelty, but it doesn't improve the storytelling. I would probably like it more if the writers had clear ideas about what position they wanted your party to take, the role of Vyse, and the role of Kachua.

There are no great JRPGs anymore.

hakanakumono

The thing is, Tactics Ogre isn't even is as well written as Final Fantasy Tactics. Probably because FFT is linear.

[QUOTE="enterawesome"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

If they make you think about the story more, then it's because the story isn't substantial enough in the first place. And it's a different kind of thinking.

The choice in Tactics Ogre is a novelty, but it doesn't improve the storytelling. I would probably like it more if the writers had clear ideas about what position they wanted your party to take, the role of Vyse, and the role of Kachua.

There are no great JRPGs anymore.

hakanakumono

Maybe, Idk. It's probably at least "good."