Final Fantasy XIII Real-Time Goodness
Final Fantasy XIIIVery often, the media is inundated with gorgeous screenshots of a title in development, and the first question everyone asks is: "is this real-time?" For the most part, the answer it typically "no." It could be a still-frame shot that has been artificially touched up, or it could be a photo from a cut-scene or CGI sequence. So, what about Final Fantasy XIII? Of what we've seen so far, what is actually real-time?
Well, according to new information, this picture right here is most certainly taken from real-time combat in the game. According to Forever-Fantasy.net, Square-Enix head man Yoichi Wada appeared in a TV interview in Japan to talk about his company and their current projects. He talked about the failed takeover of Tecmo (if you hadn't already heard, this proposal didn't go through), and he also showed off three screenshots taken from the game's special engine, Crystal Tools. You can view those shots over at Forever-Fantasy, and you will also notice that pic at the bottom: it's real. It seems about 10 seconds of real-time fighting from the game was shown during this interview, and it's clear that this picture isn't artificially manufactured or buffed up in any way. It may be difficult to believe, but we said the same thing about early Heavy Rain screenshots, and those gameplay videos proved the real-time validity of the leaked photos.
There's no doubt that Final Fantasy XIII is one of the most anticipated titles of the generation, and we can't wait for that demo. If you've already forgotten, it will come with the Blu-Ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in March, and that ain't far off.
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII
9/28/2008 Ben Dutka
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AceTatsujin
Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 11:07:29 PM
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fatchad420
Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 11:12:30 PM
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orangpelupa
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 12:10:49 AM
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the textures i really detail, awesome.
a bit jaggies here and there (maybe 2xAA) but its really great.
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orangpelupa
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 12:17:05 AM
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btw isn't its the SS produced by CrystalTools? a PC application.
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fatchad420
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 1:06:26 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 1:05:05 AM
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Gabriel013
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 1:07:38 AM
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orangpelupa
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 1:20:40 AM
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what i mean is :
isn't that SS is rendered with CT on PC?
not rendered on PS3.
just like the article said. its on CT
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Scarecrow
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 1:31:35 AM
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www
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 6:31:50 AM
FF X,FF XII graphics were far better off than MGS 2,3 by a mile,we saw this clearly on ps2.
Yes MGS IV graphics r good but i know FF XIII graphics will be better.
@Ben can u make this clear for me?
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ffrulez
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:04:56 PM
The whole game MGS2 and 3 were better graphics than Final Fantasy X and XII but the cutscenes for X and XII were far better than MGS2 and 3.
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vampko
Saturday, October 04, 2008 @ 7:44:48 PM
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Ultimadream
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:01:51 AM
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Wage SLAVES
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:31:53 AM
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ffrulez
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:40:50 AM
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orangpelupa
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 5:13:43 AM
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ffrulez
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:07:42 PM
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Akuma07
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 5:51:29 AM
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they are slowly releasing tid bits to increase hype.
it is coming.
Final Fantasy will continue to be made until the end of square enix.
and from looking at that pic, i could believe from 1st look that it is in-game footage.
look at the anti-aliasing, and her hair. stuff like that.
deffinately in-game
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ffrulez
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:12:08 PM
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NEWCL0UD
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 12:30:41 PM
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it looks flawless
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orangpelupa
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 3:46:00 PM
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1 DVD wont sufficient for FF 13 :)
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ffrulez
Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 9:06:33 PM
Microsoft would not allow a 360 game to have more than one disc, or it will show flaw in their system.
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orangpelupa
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 5:36:59 AM
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can i know what your source?
i never know M$ not allow 360 games to have more than one disc.
Lost Odysset 4 DVD
Infinite Undiscovery 2 DVD
so FF 13 will be released in multiple discs. no need to cut contents. and hi-res textures also can fit nicely in X360's 512MB Video Ram.
and having multiple discs is not bad at all
what im afraid is, if FF13 in X360 will have very long loading.
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ffrulez
Saturday, October 04, 2008 @ 7:03:04 PM
The Xenon or whatever the Tricore processor is called has no match for the Cell, so it will have to process a few things at a time rather than the parallel processing.
PS3 relies on it's processor for graphics, and 360 relies on the graphics chip mostly.
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Fabi
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Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 10:58:26 PM
I wonder if they still think WKC rivals FF13's graphics after seeing this.
This is what the current generation should look like. There are only a handful of games that have actually impressed me visually this generation. For the most part, it's been a letdown on the graphics side of things.