FFXIII Advent Children Demo: Not Worthy Of The Fans?
Final Fantasy XIIIMany gamers in this country were upset when they learned that the one-hour demo of Final Fantasy XIII, which would be included in the Blu-Ray release of "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children," would only be available in Japan. Well, perhaps they won't be so annoyed when they read this.
According to FinalFantasyUnion and an article that doesn't pull any punches, Square-Enix has said that the demo in question won't be "reflective of the game's current build as it was built using an older version of the engine that was used during 2008." Therefore, we have to realize that whatever you see in that demo isn't indicative of the final build, which may really get under people's skin. There's also the question as to why Square-Enix would even release this demo so early; they did it with the playable demo of Final Fantasy XII that came with Dragon Quest VIII, but that demo turned out well. This time, with a demo that isn't even using the same technology Square-Enix is currently utilizing to complete development on FFXIII, the fans are a touch irritated. On top of it all, if you want the version of "Advent Children" that comes with the demo, it'll cost you an additional $10, so that's not helping in terms of incentive. Perhaps the bottom line is simple: really, what's the point of such a demo if we can't even get a good idea of the final product?
Well, let's be optimistic. Let's say the demo is great and everyone seems to love it. Doesn't this mean that the full game will be that much better, considering Square-Enix's usage of a more refined tech? Maybe it's best to view the situation in this way, but even so...
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII
4/13/2009 Ben Dutka
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Scarecrow
Monday, April 13, 2009 @ 10:38:37 PM
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Monday, April 13, 2009 @ 10:41:28 PM
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squeeee squeeee!
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Monday, April 13, 2009 @ 11:47:18 PM
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:21:37 AM
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RoyBrown
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:22:32 AM
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Another epic everyone hate on SE thread.
The Killzone 2 demo was a 4 minute piece of sh** and I loved the final version.
Oh and Uncharted, that had a horrible demo. Yet it's one of my favourite games to date!
I bet the FFXIII demo is sh**.
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
Most demos are sh**.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:58:23 AM
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aaronisbla
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 3:33:28 AM
The demo for uncharted was exactly the best either, and it turned out extremely well
Not sure if id call every demo rubbish.
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 3:23:26 PM
It was the main reason I bought the game in the first place.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:23:57 AM
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Sheez, you can get a lot of great PSN games for that money.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:39:56 AM
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Q!
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:48:59 AM
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I have no problem with the mention of an early build, but the statement from SquEnix ~<Square-Enix has said that the demo in question won't be "reflective of the game's current build as it was built using an older version of the engine that was used during 2008.">~ has a rather ominous sound to it.
I have to doubt that they would deliberately gimp the game for the final release so that the 360 port and PS3 original are closer to each other in quality terms. That said, there are only two possibilities, either the demo is really poor compared to the current build of the game, and they want to temper the disappointment. Or the quality of the demo is visibly better than the actual game and they want to make sure people's expectations are appropriately deflated.
Either way it feels like a cop out.
Oh well, what's one more cop out from SquEnix? They couldn't even confirm/deny whether TLR would appear on PS3 - not that it's worth worrying about that game, and they have had nothing but disappointing news for Playstation 3 customers since before the launch of the PS3. That's a hell of a long time for former fans of SquEnix and their games to put up with substandard support, and poor games on a competing platform.
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The X Factor 9
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:57:47 AM
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Nobody wants a crappy, rushed product. I think we can all agree on that.
Square Enix is just trying to milk as much money as they can out of this "demo". Well guess what? They're not getting a dime out of me.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 12:08:18 PM
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Kevadu
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 1:08:48 AM
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I kind of wonder if certain folks aren't just looking for excuses to complain...
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shadowpal2
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:17:07 AM
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We all know that a demo won't reflect the final work of course...it's just the project in progress. Where they have come so far. But...this demo...was where they were like 1 year ago. Anyway I wish the best for it.
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Monday, April 13, 2009 @ 9:54:01 PM