FFXIII Demo Gameplay Leaked, Watch Live Battle Video
Final Fantasy XIIINot surprisingly, the Final Fantasy XIII demo has been in the news a lot lately; you'd have to be living under a rock on Mars to not know a one-hour playable demo just recently shipped with the Blu-Ray edition of "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" in Japan.
It's not available outside of Japan, but we all assumed the gameplay would be leaked not long after the demo made its way into the hands of the Japanese public. And so it has happened: feel free to watch a live streaming video (courtesy of Justin.tv) of the demo over at FinalFantasyXIII.net. While it may be true that this demo is based on an outdated build of the game - a sensitive topic amongst the fans - it still looks great. We've seen plenty of gameplay details already, and some of us were a little worried that FFXIII would represent an almost complete departure from the gameplay we all know and love. But while there will be more of an action-oriented focus in certain aspects of the battle, you can see in this video that Square-Enix hasn't left their roots behind. We're excited to see a good amount of flow and diversity in the combat, and of course, we're thinking about the vast potential... You never see the biggest, flashiest stuff in early demos like this, and FF is often all about "flash." Hence, what might a massive summon look like? Or how about the most impressive physical attacks? And what about those unbelievable multi-character combos we've been hearing about?
Anyway, this may be the closest most of you ever get to this demo, so drink it in while you can. There is a chance that Square-Enix will let gamers nab it off the PlayStation Store and/or Xbox Live Marketplace at some point, but that'd be a ways off...if it ever happens at all.
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII
4/14/2009 Ben Dutka
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:26:56 PM
Thanks for the e-mail, though.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:35:59 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 11:29:22 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:18:16 PM
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Akuma07
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 4:08:45 AM
please let it be.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 12:20:16 PM
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bigrailer19
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:20:43 PM
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c'mon as a writer it takes awhile to get stuff posted, considering typing and editing. If it could come right from Bens mind to the screen I'm sure he'd be steps ahead of you.
Now on to Final Fantasy... The video does look good even though its not the final build. I really wish we would see the demo on PSN but as said it would be a ways out.
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crapreviews
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:26:51 PM
this LIVE DEMO has been being played since 8pm EST. i sent the email to Ben around 10:15 or 10:30pm assuming that since it wasn't posted yet i figured he didn't know about it. them magically awhile after that the article pops up. its just funny.
god forbid someone calls out the mighty gods on this site about things.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:29:03 PM
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bigrailer19
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:29:55 PM
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I think its great you know of all the latest before alot of others and im sure PSXextreme.com appreciates the tips!
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crapreviews
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:35:06 PM
oh and just so you can't say i never talk about games.....
the demo was nice although it seemed like you really only control the main chara. i also would have liked to see some type of summon or esper being shown... but this is an old build of a demo.
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txgamer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:38:53 PM
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crapreviews
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:42:31 PM
he also showed a different trailer (i think it was different) of FF vs XIII. that was also on the disc
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kokoro
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:44:14 PM
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i'm crying
It already feels like the old final fantasy games
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ffrulez
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 1:09:16 AM
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shadowpal2
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 10:45:29 PM
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OH MY FU**ING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS LIVE STREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERSUS XIII LOOKS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REAL-TIME FOOTAGE OMG I'm freaking out!!!!!!!1
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 11:01:50 PM
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 11:07:22 PM
he usuallys shows it after he finishes the demo
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 11:27:40 PM
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mastiffchild
Sunday, April 19, 2009 @ 2:19:09 PM
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TBH, the demo didn't really hit me as hard as I expected anyway-dunno why maybe my hopes were too high but the Vs footage looks really sharp(not just because it's(atm) PS exclusive) because it looks like more of a progression rather than taking this and that from previous FF games to improve the whole like FF13 itself looks from the battle system. Hoping for some actual innovation in Vs(I know it's hardly the genre for that usually but it looks so special so why not?) Nomura can do it if anyone left at SE can but does anyone else still have that lingering feeling about MS taking KH to 360 exclusively this E3?
Like SO4 I don't want to mess about with multiple discs when my 360 still scratches the odd one-something which will make buying FF13 a no brainer for the PS3 version for anyone with the choice. The longer this has gone on the more it feels like MS, understandably, did the deal mainly to slow PS3 sales in Japan.
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