Get Ready, Final Fantasy XIII-3 May Be A Foregone Conclusion
Final Fantasy XIII-2Looking past Final Fantasy XIII-2 and waiting on Final Fantasy XIV might not be the best idea.
First of all, Square Enix still needs to produce Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Secondly, according to Gaming Everything citing the Game Informer review of FFXIII-2, it seems another sequel is "inevitable." Yeah, that's right.
After calling the storyline "laughable and insulting," the critic said that upon completing the game, you're likely to see the words "to be continued," regardless of which ending you get (there are multiple conclusions). And the thing is, despite all the downloadable content planned for the title, what's left hanging in the air probably can't be handled by simple DLC. Here's the quote:
"To make matters worse, you aren’t even getting a complete story. The canonical ending (there are multiple other ‘what if’ endings) concludes with the words ‘to be continued’ and it’s not a scenario likely to be resolved with future DLC. After the credits, I sat in disbelief, wondering if I had done something wrong or somehow missed the true ending. I didn’t. Square Enix intentionally left the story incomplete. The announcement of Final Fantasy XIII-3 is inevitable."
You know, at least Square knew enough to stop after FFX-2 (not that that was a bad game). As for FFXIII-2, I've been playing it for approximately five hours now and although I won't have the review done for this weekend (embargo up tomorrow), there's something I will do- I'm going to make a thread in the forums that outlines the changes and enhancements this title features as compared to its predecessor. The fans need to know.
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII-2
Tags: ffxiii2, final fantasy xiii-2, final fantasy xiii-3, ffxiii 2 sequel
1/27/2012 10:33:12 AM Ben Dutka
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LimitedVertigo
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 4:32:53 PM
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Nas Is Like
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 5:09:04 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:15:40 PM
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Oxvial
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:24:34 PM
http://www.nickutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Drake-Bell-Live-Stream-Christmas.jpg
I'm joking xD.
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Ichigo40
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 10:55:11 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:59:07 PM
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daus26
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 10:55:19 AM
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Please, just please get Vs.XIII out the window before XIII-3 if it's true.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:02:00 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:59:08 PM
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Oxvial
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 3:31:25 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 4:34:40 PM
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Oxvial
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:11:45 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:16:59 PM
I actually think it fits the game but I'm probably in the minority.
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Qubex
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:09:03 AM
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Off topic: Its my birthday today guys :-) , and I was gifted an Asus Transformer Prime Tablet. What a beast of a machine.
Q!
`its.green.its.little.its.droid`
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Beamboom
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:16:24 AM
And OMG you lucky SOB. I've been drooling over that Transformer Prime since day one. It's a beauty like no other. Perfection, signed by ASUS.
Oh btw Qubex, if you want to share tips and experiences with games and other apps for Android head over to the forums and we'll make a thread about Droid goodies!
Nowadays we are all challenging each other in Wordfeud over there. I lose. A lot.
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gumbi
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:19:10 AM
I've been coveting the Prime since Asus announced it. But I need some hands-on time before I can justify the purchase.
gumbi is jealous.
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Excelsior1
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:24:37 AM
If the embargo is up by tommorow than I'll just strart checking Metacric to see how its scoring. I'm buying FF13-2 for sure. I'm okay with cliffhangers but I stilll want FFvs13 before the next main FF game.
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Qubex
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:50:42 AM
Yes, who else would do this but your parents. So they have both received very special hugs and a big thank you. It was gifted to me at a top class Italian restaurant, with the staff all gathering around to sing a belated birthday song. I was very embarrassed, but then the whole restaurant joined in as well... it was surreal with the Parma Hams hanging lazily down from the ceiling witnessing all of this.
Great fun... A 32Gb micro SD card was also thrown in for good measure, bringing the beast up to a staggering 64Gb of solid state goodness, and the keyboard dock was also gifted... did not know what hit me...
Talking of an amazing Android platformer you guys need to check out gameplay videos of Corby. Its a Little Big Planet ripoff of sorts but damn good.
Also, if you want to see the Primes Tegra3 quad core processor and gpu being maxed out watch the Nvidia tech videos for Glowball 1 and Glowball 2. Pretty amazing.
Q!
"quad.core.goodness"
*Sent from my Transformer Prime Tablet :-)
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Beamboom
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:44:26 PM
Please tell if you find other goodies. Here's one for you if you like puzzles: Apparatus. Looks good, and clever concept.
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Killa Tequilla
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:54:18 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:56:20 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:17:14 PM
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FatherSun
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:38:39 PM
Sony needs to get moving with that PlayStation Suite so you can game on that Prime. With Bluetooth DS3 controller support of course. Imagine
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Qubex
Saturday, January 28, 2012 @ 7:12:41 AM
Spent most of the weekend so far setting the tablet up. Still some way to go to get it the way I want. Anyway it is happy times at the moment...
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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Beamboom
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:12:57 AM
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Underdog15
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:41:33 AM
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Excelsior1
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:09:37 PM
It's been almost 2 years since FF13 launched. A biannual release is better fitting description.
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Beamboom
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:35:31 PM
No but really, SE did state so a while back, didn't they? That they wanted faster release schedule, annual releases etc.
This is just an incredibly stupid way of doing it. Who wants half a game, sort of (if what they say is true)?
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Fane1024
Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 4:51:13 AM
biennial = every two years
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Underdog15
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 11:42:52 AM
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I don't know how to take this.... seems.......... strange? Obviously going by what forumites say isn't a very good indicator of what everyone wants, but I've always been under the impression most people just want to get versus already.
Perhaps Versus continues the story? FFXIII-2 travels in time afterall...
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Jawknee
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:14:13 PM
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PlaystationLifestyle gave XIII-2 a 5/10.
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Underdog15
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:21:52 PM
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Looking Glass
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:42:52 PM
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DrRockso87
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:24:53 PM
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BUT for the love of God, PLEASE, Square, PLEASE, release Final Fantasy Versus XIII before you announce another installment! Please!! This is just sad.
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Russell Burrows
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:26:57 PM
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Try a few games from Glu mobile on the tablet.
That Assus is a very good tablet.
My Son and I both got the Acer Iconia 7 inch tablets on black friday for 189 at best buy along with the Sharp 42 inch HDTVs for 199 and the Lenovo laptops for 179 and the 199 PS3 bundles and the Vivitek Qumi LED projector and the Gateway netbook for 149 and Skyrim.
Ooops went off topic.
But what is SE thinking???
I mean WTF!!! a trilogy??
Yuck!!
FAIL! try again SE!!
Not buying FFXIII-2!! and a big NOOOOOO!!!!!!! to a screwed up, lackluster and worthless sequel!!!
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cLoudou
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:31:02 PM
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Really SE, really? You think these guys planned FFXIII as a 3-part game to begin with or did they really think "fans" wanted to play 3 games in this series?
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Looking Glass
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:32:42 PM
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FlyingKickPunch
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:46:04 PM
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Ninja_WafflesXD
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:51:22 PM
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This is actually getting ridiculous....I have so much rage right now but just don't have the energy to express it. Partially because I've almost come to expect such a stupid move from SE and partly because I'm suffering from the flu :(
I believe that this piece of info actually put me off wanting to purchase FF XIII-2 now.
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Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:21:56 PM
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Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:38:32 PM
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Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 1:52:55 PM
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Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:18:00 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:36:21 PM
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Beamboom
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 3:09:47 PM
But it's interesting to notice that from the few reviews so far the x360 review ratings seem to be higher on average than the ps3 reviews.
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Ludakriss
Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 9:07:51 AM
Beautiful isn't it? I mean, yeah, in a very righteous vengeance kind of way, but beautiful.
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jdt1981
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:32:23 PM
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Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:53:35 PM
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Lairfan
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 4:51:47 PM
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We might as well just call this inevitable sequel FF16 instead of FF13-3. It makes a lot more sense than the absolutely retarded dual-number title and is probably the direction they'll be going before long (aka making sequels in this same universe instead of new stories every game).
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Gamer Girl Gemo
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 4:58:14 PM
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Oh, wait, you're serious. IF Versus 13 doesn't come out well for me, then I'm completely done with SE. Let them toil away in their own little world until that day when sales fall flat on their face, and they're wondering what happened. Maybe the money piles will be low enough that they can see their computer screens by then, and realize that OH WOW, we don't want this crap. We want Final Fantasy. Not an action "RPG".
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Coffeya
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 5:45:28 PM
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Teddie9
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 6:30:13 PM
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Warrior Poet
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 6:52:39 PM
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No one on Earth wants a sequel to this game. If this rumor is true, I'll be flabbergasted. Stupefied, even. It is the worst decision they could possibly make right now.
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Heartless Angel
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 6:56:34 PM
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kokoro
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 7:18:34 PM
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tes37
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:18:32 PM
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The sooner I get the opportunity to pass on XIII-3, the better.
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FatherSun
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 8:43:47 PM
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Dancemachine55
Saturday, January 28, 2012 @ 7:10:54 AM
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You make another sequel for an FF game few people want, which will most likely delay FF Vs XIII AGAIN!! AND you are concentrating resources on an MMO (FF XIV) which from what I am aware of is desired by almost nobody!!
Here are what the fans want:
1. Final Fantasy VS XIII by the end of 2012 or in early 2013
2. Kingdom Hearts 3
3. A Final Fantasy VII HD remake for the PS3 or PS4
4. A Final Fantasy game (maybe FF XV) that returns to the series' RPG roots, deep and meaningful story, breathtaking graphics and CG, and beautiful orchestral soundtracks that emphasize the mood created within these masterpieces.
That's it!!!!
No more FF XIII part whatever games, forget the MMO, it failed, face it!!! No more Kingdom Hearts or FF games on freakin' handhelds!!!
Concentrate your resources on the major franchises for the major consoles and actually LISTEN to what the fans want!!!
If there are any other suggestions anyone would like to add to mine, feel free. :)
I only wish Square Enix board members and managers could see this.
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Dancemachine55
Saturday, January 28, 2012 @ 7:15:38 AM
S-E's stupid new mentality has almost killed the FF franchise for me. I still remember getting ridiculously excited when they announced FF VIII after I'd played FF VII, couldn't stop smiling for a week!!! :)
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aaronisbla
Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 2:39:51 PM
And im doubting Ben would listen to Drake.
PLUS: its off topic
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