No, Final Fantasy XIII Doesn't Suddenly Have Lesser Visuals
Final Fantasy XIIIWhen a game is in development for an extended period of time, and we only see samples of official media at sporadic moments, things can get a little confusing.
Take, for example, the recent dust-up concerning a supposed downgrade for the visuals in Final Fantasy XIII. It was this article that caused a definite stir amongst the gaming public; it compares a couple sets of screenshots in what was supposed to be a "before and after" examination. This really got everyone talking, and the PlayStation 3 faithful immediately sprang up and said, "blame the 360 for this!" Well, you should all calm down; we knew there was something fishy about this when viewing the pics, but we couldn't quite put our finger on it.
Thankfully, a poster over at the GameTrailers forums seems to have provided us with the answer: in all actuality, the "new" screenshots aren't new at all. They only seem new because they were just recently released to the public on DVD. But in fact, they were shown behind closed doors at last year's Tokyo Game Show, which was almost a year ago. Since then, we've seen more up-to-date media, and it has all been more impressive. So don't worry yourselves about some sort of graphical "downgrade;" FFXIII still looks gorgeous, and that's that.
Related Game(s): Final Fantasy XIII
8/4/2009 John Shepard
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sticklife
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 10:09:23 PM
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ThePearlJamer
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 10:47:48 PM
2 up, 12 down
Wage SLAVES
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 11:28:19 PM
Damn, drop the holier than thou crap and try to grasp the idea...
Last edited by Wage SLAVES on 8/4/2009 11:28:47 PM
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Mamills
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 1:11:47 AM
just cuz its multiplatform, doesn't mean it will be any worst in visuals.
And the way square has been acting PS3 owners are lucky they getting it at all. (looking at you Star Ocean)
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orangpelupa
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 3:02:22 AM
from what i see, the only difference between the X360 and the PS3 version is the interlacing on hair. Just see it for yourself, the hair when move, it got interlaced.
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bebestorm
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 10:10:58 PM
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mastiffchild
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 9:56:54 AM
Thing is, and it doesn't matter what anyone esp SE say the game WON'T look as good as a multi plat as it would have as an exclusive(and that goes for if it had gone to 360 exclusively too)-it's just a fact that no multi plats have got near the performance of PS3 exclusives this generation.
To me it's just logical that the mminute they announced it was going multi we could all give up on it challenging the better looking exclusives on PS3 in the looks dept.
Whatever, it'll look fine and it isn't worth all the fuss but to deny it won't be a slightly less good looking game as a multi is plain fallacy as it won't be quite as sharp and I doubt there's any way it could be when a multi has to deal with the weaknesses of both consoles and isn't optimised for either. Unlike, you huessed it, an exclusive can be.
Trust me SE's main aim is now going to be getting the game as good as they can while remaining as identical as possible over the two sysytems which isn't the same thing as they began with, is it?
So we shouldn't cry about it but nor should we kid ourselves that this is the same project it started life as because it plainly isn't going to be -regardless of any screenshots we won't ever know how it would've looked as a PS3 only game(or 360 only).
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Phoelix
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 10:36:25 PM
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ThePearlJamer
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 10:50:03 PM
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Mamills
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 1:13:30 AM
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orangpelupa
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 3:05:00 AM
maybe it will take 4 disc just like Lost Odyssey.
or microsoft will use mandatory install on FF13 xbox. just like what forza 3 do with the 2nd dvd.
in forza 3, the 2nd disc need to be installed to be able to use more race circuit and so on.
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Deleted User
Thursday, August 06, 2009 @ 9:07:25 AM
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orangpelupa
Friday, August 07, 2009 @ 3:11:02 AM
in the new beta NXE, yes the install size drop. but it have nothing to do with FMV compression and HD video compression.
its still being discussed on the scene what microsoft do with the new installation method.
some people suspect that in the new install method, microsoft not copy the padding to HDD. thats why games got smaller install size.
as for FMV on FF13, DF speculating that on the Xbox 360 all the cutscenes are in-game. and the PS3 will get pre-rendered cutscenes.
but both will still have HD FMVs.
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SerichA
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 11:18:29 PM
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King James
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 12:21:34 AM
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And where's a new vid for FFvs13?
Don't f--- this one up, S-E.
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eLLeJuss
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 12:21:36 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 12:30:27 AM
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mexgeo86
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 9:46:47 AM
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Arvis
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 11:50:31 AM
If you try and beat him your first time there, you've got to do some CRAZY level-grinding.
-Arvis
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Ravagerfromhell
Thursday, August 06, 2009 @ 1:51:39 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 12:31:39 AM
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BigBoss4ever
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 1:18:06 AM
Last edited by BigBoss4ever on 8/5/2009 1:19:11 AM
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Jawknee
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 1:20:33 AM
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4 up, 1 down
WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 2:32:29 AM
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___________
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 4:18:07 AM
if one games half done i cant see them going back and redoing all there work just to have both working the same.
they would leave it as it is, and do they 360 copy if it looks worse so be it, it should they stole it from us.
god dam M$ and their bottomless checkbook.
its a shame US does not have laws about buying out the competition like europe does.
now wonder they got sued twice in europe for trying to buy everything.
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Jawknee
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 9:13:58 AM
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Oyashiro
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 5:38:08 PM
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Mornelithe
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 7:05:42 PM
Devs just need to understand that there're other options out there than the same old techniques. The PS3's a perfect platform to expirement on, in that regard, as it doesn't handle FSAA very well.
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Deleted User
Thursday, August 06, 2009 @ 9:11:10 AM
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OriginalSin
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 1:59:25 AM
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And Fair enough we all know and agree that it would have been so much better if it was an PS3 exclusive. Right? Okay so unfortunately they made it multi platform which all in all was a business decision and they are going to coin it.
Okay so let us all suck up our tears and wait for the game to actually get released so we can at least play it, then when FFXIIIversus comes out as an exclusive then we can compare the two and then state our case there and then.
I for one just want the game regardless of it being multiplat or not....
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orangpelupa
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 3:10:45 AM
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it maybe just the bullshot created from crystaltools on PC.
Last edited by orangpelupa on 8/5/2009 3:14:03 AM
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___________
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 4:13:55 AM
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i cant see games getting hair and lighting looking that good for some time to come.
look at here blade the way the light reflects off made me shat my pants.
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Orvisman
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 12:50:58 PM
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This is the problem with blogging "reporters." It is okay to take a comment from a poster at Gametrailers and report on it as if it were news.
I'm sorry, but I am not going to take some poster's opinion over at GT as fact and neither should any of you, especially since most of the posters over at that site are fanboys.
This is why serious journalists will always look down on bloggers and game "journalists"... because neither use the age-old journalism credo of verify, verify, verify, otherwise known as getting multiple sources to confirm a story.
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Lotusflow3r
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 @ 2:20:52 PM
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i haven't enjoyed an FF since 9, maybe 10. 12 wasn't too brill which surprised me as it was very different and 13 looks mega cheesy.
Bring me Demons Souls and WKC!
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napoleon85
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 @ 9:58:48 PM
Last edited by napoleon85 on 8/4/2009 9:59:17 PM