New Character, Battle Info For FFXIII
Final Fantasy XIIIIt should come out this year, and if it does, it'll certainly be one of the biggest titles of the generation thus far. We're hoping the announcement of a release date isn't far off but in the meantime, here are a few more fresh details from Square-Enix to tide you over.
According to RPGFan, there's some new information concerning the primary characters in the game. In some trailers, you've probably seen Lightning entering a train, where one of the people on board is Vanilla, the red-haired girl you may have seen pictures of. She joins Lightning and if you're wondering, there is another playable character - by the name of Snow - and Snow is the "head of a resistance movement fighting against the theocratic government of the Cocoon." The assembled party will have to fight normal Cocoon soldiers, but they'll face more powerful foes as well. You will see all the enemies on the field map and running into any one enemy will trigger an encounter, although Square-Enix has made it clear that the "transition between exploration and battle will be seamless." Basically, fans should expect an "enhanced version" of the familiar Active Time Battle system, so the combat is command-based.
However, even though a character will execute a command immediately, he or she has a limited number of "Action Points," which - obviously - dictate the number of performed actions. Certain actions require more points, so if Lightning has two action points, she can perform two basic attacks. Or, maybe she could use both action points at once to cast a spell; the decision is up to the player. Furthermore, you can execute chain attacks and stringing them together causes the bonus gauge to increase...although that's where the details end, so we're not sure how the bonus gauge works. Even so, this is more than enough to satisfy us for now, and we'll stay on the lookout for more. Final Fantasy XIII is gonna be epic.
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 10:24:01 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 10:27:50 PM
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Wage SLAVES
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GoldenShadow
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 10:43:02 PM
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laxpro2001
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 11:16:58 PM
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I don't mind the battle system... and this is going to sound crazy because it is soo unlike FF, but how about seeing a battle system in real-time. If you all think it's a bad idea... sorry. I've been hungry for KH3 and they've just screwed me over too much by not announcing it for the past 2 years at TGS.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 11:25:42 PM
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SHADOW [Moderator]
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 11:50:56 PM
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 1:22:10 AM
Cloud, Squall (gust of wind), Tidus (I've always though of 'tide', coz' he likes water xD), Laguna, Luna, Ash(e), Terra, Noctis ('nocturnal? - during the night?)
.. well that's basically all earth-condition names I can think of.
:P
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ffrulez
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 2:02:23 AM
Main characters lol
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 3:46:58 AM
:P
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LegendaryWolfeh
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 11:46:07 PM
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cegmp
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 12:22:55 AM
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ffrulez
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 2:03:07 AM
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 3:07:10 AM
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ANYWAY I wanna see what this new character looks like. Is it that blonde guy? Hope not
Anyway so FFXIII's keeping FFXII's battle system? good good
Hehe I laugh at FFXII's haters :D
The major difference is the fact that it's using turns(which was actually there in FFXII with a bit more freedom if you will).
And I'm sure you'll be moving your character(s) around so yeah.
I don't know, I still don't see this FF being epic. Good graphics for sure, but there's all 'bout I'm seeing at moment.
Mind you I have every FF since VII.
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 3:50:15 AM
And I wonder when they will name somebody Rraine (with 2 r's) lol!
:P
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 4:13:29 AM
Why is Ben acting as if we haven't seen this dude since like 2007 -_-
Crap crap crap!
Meh makes me even less excited for this game.
The character designs so far are subpar, the only one looking interesting is the pink-haired Lightning.
Rikku/Aeris-wannabe *cough* Vanilla *cough*
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SeipherII *cough* Snow *cough* are boring character designs.
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 4:14:30 AM
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Troy Powers
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 8:14:04 AM
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karneli lll
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 9:47:21 AM
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fallingdove
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 9:58:23 AM
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coverton341
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 10:42:35 AM
So far it is an exclusive but let us not forget that Agito was a phone based exclusive at one point too, but yeah it will probably be at some point in 2010 but if it is just a crap action RPG then who cares if it is exclusive or not? I am not saying I think it will be crap but I am not holding onto any hope for it anymore so if it does suck I won't be let down.
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fallingdove
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 11:28:23 AM
Yeah, you never know with Square-enix these days.
I am actually more excited for Versus than XIII though. I happen to like Nomura's take on the Action/RPG. Crisis Core and Kingdom Hearts were both a lot of fun, not to mention I am really enjoying Dissidia.
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King James
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 10:40:42 AM
Since no one answered your question Troy. U no, KJ got u. FFXIII is trad RPG Action turned based gameplay. FF Versus XIII is similar to Kingdoms Hearts so its Action RPG style. And Agito is unclear. Ppl think that its gonna be similar to FF7 Crisis Core.
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Jeffrey
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 10:56:56 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 5:04:44 PM
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Ultimadream
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 12:35:38 PM
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http://www.ff-xiii.net/
If theres any new updates, its on there.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 5:09:14 PM
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Ultimadream
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 11:14:27 AM
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http://anchan.an.ohost.de/save/src/123194141946.jpg
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Banky A
Thursday, January 15, 2009 @ 3:23:05 AM
@ Barret from FFVII,
You're still the buff ghetto member of the party, don't worry :P
>=]
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LightShow
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Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 10:16:55 PM