New Final Fantasy XIII English Launch Trailer Released

[Kitmitsu]

Square-Enix's official site countdowns have finally finished after a week of torture. However the wait has been worth it with the release of a new Final Fantasy XIII trailer, titled the English launch trailer. It contains new footage which we haven't seen before. Go to the official sites below to view the trailer. We're pretty sure they'll be going slow with thousands of people trying to access them all at once so try out all the sites.

Update: They're being overloaded but I did just see about 3 seconds of the trailer on the Japanese site. Try that link guys.

US Final Fantasy XIII English Launch Trailer Site (http://na.square-enix.com/ff13/)
European Final Fantasy XIII English Launch Trailer Site (http://finalfantasy13game.com/)
Japanese Final Fantasy XIII English Launch Trailer Site (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/)

[Adam Blade]

Fck yeah JF trailer.

[Neal]

http://i41.tinypic.com/ibeudd.jpg

HELLGHASTZ :wtf:

I dont remember who said that one of the characters was a black man with orange hair but fucking LOL at them. This person looks like Wakka, not a black man.

http://i43.tinypic.com/16icbw3.jpg

[Kitmitsu]

God they look like plastic XD Still loading the trailer fully.

[Kätharina]

I LUL'D .

PLUS REMINDS ME HOW HIS HAIR IZ AN AFRO :wtf: shit is related to cloud, yet took a ginger bath.

[taepoppuri]

http://dl.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/88npb1u91.flv#/FINAL_FANTASY_XIII_88npb1u91.flv

[byoushinn]

THE BATTLE GAMEPPLAY
IS SO FUCKING AMAZINMG
OH MY GOD

[Heaven's Cloud]

haha yea he's not black, gameplay looks good :) , was kinda hoping for english voice actors( got my hopes up way too far) lol , def not out 2009 for us, in production for PS3 and Xbox 360.

[Zeraph]

heeeee the trailer cut it in the middle hahahahahahaha

[EtherForce]

We have gameplay! I repeat: We have Gameplay Footage!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/EtherForce/FF13Gameplay.jpg

[liljc91091]

Does the US trailer say coming 2009 .The site is overloaded so I can't watch it , I saw the Japanese one though

[Adam Blade]

Lol all I saw was Lightning kicking ass.

[Paskoww]

THE BATTLE GAMEPPLAY
IS SO FUCKING AMAZINMG
OH MY GOD

yup, pretty amazing!

I like Snow's fighting style...

I'm not so sure about the "red" haired guy >_<

But all in all, more than I expected, well done SE!

[Rade]

I thought the red-haired guy looked weird too. He doesn't seem to look like a Nomura-designed character.

[The Brat Prince]

I can't stop watching it, orange hair dude looks an awful lot like wakka and goggles kid looks like cloud but fuck that battle gameplay made me jizz.

[Kätharina]

http://i39.tinypic.com/deb610.jpg

[Desi]

snow fought exactly like I was expecting. overall it looks good and combat is pretty but very sloppy. spell effects were disappointing too. i can't ask for much more though, was pleased.

PS. Snow's posse sucks ass. ^ haha, dude the orange haired guy belongs in phantasy star

[Exiled]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! i am bashing my head on the wall!!! this trailer is amazing !!!!! and YES we have gameplay footage. THe game look sooooo amazing !!! :D

[pseudocognition]

Orange haired guy looks absofreakinglutely ridiculous. But the asian woman and goggles kid look awesome. There's always one weirdo of the bunch, I guess.

[BUTTCHEEKIES, OOH]

I dont remember who said that one of the characters was a black man with orange hair but fucking LOL at them. This person looks like Wakka, not a black man.

http://i43.tinypic.com/16icbw3.jpg
Good god lol. If that's really him...

Cool trailer though :cookie:

EDIT: AUGH it's really him. The character designs in this game are looking rather crap for lack of a better word, I'm really not all that convinced...

[rickdangerous]

Did it look like there was 2 boss fights on at the same time? one for the Big dog and the other for the Buzz saw on acid tank?? i would love to see what the command bars look like in English.

[Exiled]

Did lighting use a rocket lancer or i am rong xD lol,

[ozonez]

r these:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7276/picture1if5.png

left and right, actually new characters?

[pseudocognition]

Anyone feel like nabbing that teeny tiny view of the goggles kid? I think I'm in love. It looked like he was covered head to toe in clothes, which is a miracle if I've ever witnessed one. And he looked less gay than I anticipated.

ETA: Snow seems pretty goddamn plain and normal next to those two.

[Kätharina]

http://i40.tinypic.com/3581kc2.jpg

[Oldrich]

Nice ass over there !

Nice trailer.. They didn't give us the date -.-

And hell yeah the battlesystem looked good.

[pseudocognition]

Thank you Cathryn!!!
Awww I like him. More than the Huge Wank at least.

[Exiled]

A Orange hair guy(wakka 2) A new chick and a blonde guy girl i can't tell

[Wandering Hands]

Goggle Twat looks like Naruto with a different coloured jacket. :wtf:

[Adam Blade]

Combat's just how I wanted it to be. Sick.

I'm guessing the cutscene just when the bosses arrived were real-time?

[Paskoww]

Goggles boy and asian girl are looking awesome IMO...

The red haired guy better has an amazing personality :wtf:

[Desi]

actually when i think about it. yeah this is Nomura. A lot of the outfits remind me of FFX (and Star Wars but that is another story). Just look at the people being sent below.

[finalmattasy]

just saw the US and Japan trailers. I'm disappointed with the gameplay... I'll take what I can get with a smile but the original trailer had shots in it that were touted as being gameplay, we all know the ones I'm talking about.. and we all know they looked a fair sight better than the ones in the new trailer. The Graphics look worse than the original "gameplay" and the camera doesn't pan and move around with the action. Sure it could be less grating in the long haul to have a stationary camera, but the old footage was sweeter imo. Definitely not pissed or anything. I'm still gonna love every minute of it. =)

-edit: can't argue with anybody though, gone snowboarding., VIVA LA FFXIII!!

[Ordella]

The trailer was pretty impressive,though the orange haired guy kinda threw me off...I don't think I like the way he looks. I missed the goggles kid, thanks for showing us Cathryn.

The ingame battles looked nice too. I can't wait to play it (:

[Exiled]

Combat look very fast and complex well maybe not 2 complex. But you make somekind of combo 3 choise of moves as far as i can tell........................

[LiOn]

Sazh is in the trailer as well, fighting along with ligthning =)

[pseudocognition]

Goggle Twat looks like Naruto with a different coloured jacket. :wtf:

Haha, true. I think Goggles Kid (twat) is in a jumpsuit tho. Does anyone else see that...?

[Noctis L. Caelum]

fantastic!! amazing game.........

[squall2]

ok so we all waited for the new trailer and it rocks! however i cant help but to notice how much better the jp website is :(

it has "new" topics and a new "message" and releace dates i think. obz everything is in japanese so i was just wondering if anyone had translated the "message" yet and i wonder why we didnt get one :(

[Desi]

the battle system is interesting though. kind of reminds me of Thousand arms, you play whoever you pick as the lead while the rest is support. Difference is you can swap to a support anytime while in TA you would drop the lead out of the fight. At least that is going by what they said in a interview.

[Kaiwa]

Maybe those 2 characters are just temporary.. You saw the scene where they told Snow they were not just gonna sit there and let them finish the job :)

That girl however can stay in my party :o

[Nex]

I finally saw it. So awesome. ^^

[chaostorm]

Is it just me 'man, or I'm just a little fuzzy about their movements. The effects might not be as good in the trailer maybe...*well they won't be disclosing spells that are too fantastic in the eyes.

Lightning's movements are fast, but for Snow's well maybe it just compensates with his size. He moves a little sloppy.

It's great to see also that you can see your party characters attacking simultaneously in 1 enemy. Kewl.

Kudos to Square-Enix, although tsk tsk, April 2010 here for us here in the US. RAWR!!!

[Ordella]

ok so we all waited for the new trailer and it rocks! however i cant help but to notice how much better the jp website is :(

it has "new" topics and a new "message" and releace dates i think. obz everything is in japanese so i was just wondering if anyone had translated the "message" yet and i wonder why we didnt get one :(
the message has already been translated on the japanese website. and I bet the thre reason why the japanese site has more items on there is because...well it's coming out over there before us...

[pseudocognition]

Could the older lady with the crowd of refugees be Serah, or someone close to her/it? Just throwing it out there. Like, if Serah is a god of some sort, maybe that woman is a priestess.

[Exiled]

Battle system seems good and fast, Maybe can somone translate the skills ??

[Hextan]

The two new names of Snow's party appear to be Shipuro and Gadoo. Female and male respectively? Their HP appear to be question marks. Gadoo could be something like "Guard" in English, maybe they are temporary? They seem too detailed to be though.

[Ordella]

Could the older lady with the crowd of refugees be Serah, or someone close to her/it? Just throwing it out there. Like, if Serah is a god of some sort, maybe that woman is a priestess.
or could it be that little girl next to the old woman that's serah? the one that was holding her arms out to snow...who knows eh? the trailer is very intresting ^_^

[Kätharina]

Did lighting use a rocket lancer or i am rong xD lol,

http://i42.tinypic.com/209ksqr.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/zxjmrs.jpg

[Paskoww]

the one that was holding her arms out to snow...

That was Vanille...

[boomiko]

oh yeah just watched it thru my ps3 on a 46in flat and the game looks beast!!!! I cant wait for the 720p version to b dwnloadable cuz i can only c it kn 360p with broadband
duz anyone kno y the us site dont work ?

[pseudocognition]

http://i42.tinypic.com/209ksqr.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/zxjmrs.jpg

MANNNN that's badass. I love a woman with a rocket launcher.

[monkeybananayum]

whoa. love the trailer. :D

but the orange haired guy is fucking weird looking. and that goggles boy's hair is completely crazy. He does kinda look like Naruto. Asian girl looks how I imagined. she's sorta normal looking.

Anyways, this game looks sick. i'm gonna like this better than xii for sure.
And the graphics are amazing. anyone who says otherwise can never be pleased.

[Desi]

Maybe those 2 characters are just temporary.. You saw the scene where they told Snow they were not just gonna sit there and let them finish the job :)
yeah but the talk about being able to "switch to any member on the fly" pretty much brings it to context that you would be playing one character at a time with the others doing Jade Empire/Thousand Arms like support.

Is it just me 'man, or I'm just a little fuzzy about their movements. The effects might not be as good in the trailer maybe...*well they won't be disclosing spells that are too fantastic in the eyes.

Lightning's movements are fast, but for Snow's well maybe it just compensates with his size. He moves a little sloppy.

Yeah the spell effects are pretty disappointing but I understand if it was a engine problem. FFXII had amazing spells effects but would make the engine crawl badly.

Snow was said to fight sort of silly/sloppy/funny when he was announced. I just thought the combat looked sloppy.

[chaostorm]

the message has already been translated on the japanese website. and I bet the thre reason why the japanese site has more items on there is because...well it's coming out over there before us...
Goodpoint there. Wahahaha actually felt the bias...but of course it comes from there. Hahaa!!!

[Neal]

http://i42.tinypic.com/209ksqr.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/zxjmrs.jpg
omg is she shooting a psp??? or is it a rocket launcher???

[squall2]

the message has already been translated on the japanese website. and I bet the thre reason why the japanese site has more items on there is because...well it's coming out over there before us...

translated to english? where??

[Nex]

I haven't seen it with subtitles yet.

Blank, we were right, you worked it out! =D Both the bars are ATBs, the one on the left is more detailed but they both have the same purpose.

There seems to be a significant pause function so the action doesn't become overwhelming. It's not entirely realtime, it seems everything pauses when you attack.

It looks like free movement is confirmed. And the allies are controlled by AI.

[Zeraph]

the two new characters remember me to FFX

[chaostorm]

yeah but the talk about being able to "switch to any member on the fly" pretty much brings it to context that you would be playing one character at a time with the others doing Jade Empire/Thousand Arms like support.


Yeah the spell effects are pretty disappointing but I understand if it was a engine problem. FFXII had amazing spells effects but would make the engine crawl badly.

Snow was said to fight sort of silly/sloppy/funny when he was announced. I just thought the combat looked sloppy.
Oh? Wahahaha!!! Well, let's see about surprises. I believe I read something like Snow got a secret power whatever from his tattoo. We'll see about that. :p

[Ordella]

That was Vanille...
sorry I didn't realize it, she looked really tiny...

[The Brat Prince]

just saw the US and Japan trailers. I'm disappointed with the gameplay... I'll take what I can get with a smile but the original trailer had shots in it that were touted as being gameplay, we all know the ones I'm talking about.. and we all know they looked a fair sight better than the ones in the new trailer.

Yeah I had forgotten about that "original gameplay" although that did look like you'd just be entering a load of qte's and it'd be more like an interactive movie than a game.

Ginger dude reminds me of Benvolio from Baz Lurhmans Romeo and Juliet. Most similar pic I could find

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1996_Romeo_+_Juliet/Thumb/996RNJ_Dash_Mihok_006.jpg

[Exiled]

Well as much as i like snow and from what i saw he fights very good lighting seems that she can realy kick some serious ass xDhahah

[Exiled]

I mean this woman even use a rocket launcer and we haven't even see the whole game xD........

[Kätharina]

Could the older lady with the crowd of refugees be Serah, or someone close to her/it? Just throwing it out there. Like, if Serah is a god of some sort, maybe that woman is a priestess.

Wat this wuman?

http://i41.tinypic.com/2vl7868.jpg

Plus why the fuck is she at the back holding a gun being a lazy cunt with Snow :wtf:

http://i40.tinypic.com/j8d5xi.jpg

[lauryrg]

I saw the trailer on the Japanese and I love it ^^

[Nex]

Are we 100% sure the Asian girl and Wakka are part of the party? Their HP is "???" and their names are apparently just "Guard" and something else.

[Exiled]

sorry I didn't realize it, she looked really tiny...
What is this Vanille???? she is tiny like a little girl....this maybe is cause snow is big or Vanille dwarf :P

[pseudocognition]

Wat this wuman?

Plus why the fuck is she at the back holding a gun being a lazy cunt with Snow :wtf:

She has to be sort of important, she doesn't have the copypasta outfits everyone else has and Snow seems to be protecting her. Maybe.

[Exiled]

She has to be sort of important, she doesn't have the copypasta outfits everyone else has and Snow seems to be protecting her. Maybe.
Maybe is his mother :P or sister or something.....

[chocobosmoogles]

What is this Vanille???? she is tiny like a little girl....this maybe is cause snow is big or Vanille dwarf :P

She's not tiny. Look closely she's on her knees. And Snow is like...*smirk*;)

[Desi]

Are we 100% sure the Asian girl and Wakka are part of the party? Their HP is "???" and their names are apparently just "Guard" and something else.
guest/temp members it looks like.

edit: looks like someone is on top of the giant green ship/monster they caught at the beginning of the video.

[pseudocognition]

Maybe is his mother :P or sister or something.....

I'm hoping its something like that, FF characters are notorious for having no immediate family. :|

[Exiled]

She's not tiny. Look closely she's on her knees. And Snow is like...*smirk*;)
Oh yea i notice it :P well good because if it was tiny that would be well wierd... no offence to short people:)

[Ordella]

I wouldn't mind the asian looking girl in the party but I hope the wakka looking guy is temporary...he does indeed look ridiculous. the goggles kid looks alright though

and yeah in Cathryn's post with the old woman with the gun...did they really expect her to shoot?

[chaostorm]

just saw the US and Japan trailers. I'm disappointed with the gameplay... I'll take what I can get with a smile but the original trailer had shots in it that were touted as being gameplay, we all know the ones I'm talking about.. and we all know they looked a fair sight better than the ones in the new trailer. The Graphics look worse than the original "gameplay" and the camera doesn't pan and move around with the action. Sure it could be less grating in the long haul to have a stationary camera, but the old footage was sweeter imo. Definitely not pissed or anything. I'm still gonna love every minute of it. =)

-edit: can't argue with anybody though, gone snowboarding., VIVA LA FFXIII!!
Felt the same for some reason. It's as if im impressed with the earlier trailers. Although im not saying it as all bad. It's still good I guess. It's just that there's this deficit with the move-ability of the gameplay. Well if that's what the engine can do, what can we do about it? Play. WAHAHAHA!!!

I can't get over with Snow getting too sloppy than a girl. WAHAHA!!

[BlankChocobo]

I LUL'D .

PLUS REMINDS ME HOW HIS HAIR IZ AN AFRO :wtf: shit is related to cloud, yet took a ginger bath.

Told you it was Goku hair. lolz.

God they look like plastic XD Still loading the trailer fully.

Yeah, what gives? >_> I'm smelling rushed jobs..

Did it look like there was 2 boss fights on at the same time? one for the Big dog and the other for the Buzz saw on acid tank?? i would love to see what the command bars look like in English.



Haha, true. I think Goggles Kid (twat) is in a jumpsuit tho. Does anyone else see that...?

His clothes remind me of an Al Bhed. XD

The two new names of Snow's party appear to be Shipuro and Gadoo. Female and male respectively? Their HP appear to be question marks. Gadoo could be something like "Guard" in English, maybe they are temporary? They seem too detailed to be though.

Actally, that's Gadou (or something similar) and Reburo (or something similar), I believe. Possibly Repuro. Can't tell if we have tenten or maru on the corner of the second name. They are question marks and I don't know why. o.o;

omg is she shooting a psp??? or is it a rocket launcher???

People have been calling it a rocket launcher, but I can't tell if you're joking.

[Hynad]

Can someone rip the full resolution version (the 720p one) and convert it into a WMV file please?


I saw the Youtube version but it doesn't do the game justice, I think. I'm running on a computosaur, and Flash 10 isn't working on my PS3. :/

[pseudocognition]

Mannnn the lighting in this game (at least the train area) is so asdlfja;sldfj fappable. My art senses are tingling.

[Exiled]

The Wakka 2 guys(orange hair guy) it's not something special on appereance like snow or lighting to be a team member well that is what i think at least...... Usualy the team member they have something special on them.

[Zezlar]

When I first watched the trailer, I thought Lightning was a real person for a little while. Lol. They are getting so good at their graphics.

[Nex]

Hey Blank, they're both ATBs, you were right. =D

[BlankChocobo]

I'm hoping its something like that, FF characters are notorious for having no immediate family. :|

Unless they're fighting them, of course.

Tidus - Jecht
Cecil - Golbez
Zidane - Kuja (sort of)?
Basch - evil twin whose name I can't remember
Palom and Porom are twins
Yuna and Rikku are cousins, no?

[chaostorm]

Yeah, what gives? >_> I'm smelling rushed jobs..





Felt the same with this one. Or are they starting to feel that NA and Europe are getting sooo excited that they have to finish it really really early.

*Just Assuming. WAHAHAH~! XD

[Exiled]

When I first watched the trailer, I thought Lightning was a real person for a little while. Lol. They are getting so good at their graphics.
Wait until we play the game at 1080p at a big screen then they will be like real :P.

[Exiled]

Felt the same with this one. Or are they starting to feel that NA and Europe are getting sooo excited that they have to finish it really really early.

*Just Assuming. WAHAHAH~! XD
Yea right :P like they care, they enjoy themselves by torturings us untill 2010+ xD.....

[3FinalGamer3]

I'm curious for the English dub^_^. Great trailer btw, kinda short though but I'm happy with the content for now:D

[Adam Blade]

Felt the same with this one. Or are they starting to feel that NA and Europe are getting sooo excited that they have to finish it really really early.

*Just Assuming. WAHAHAH~! XD

They'll most likely fix that shit.

[Zodirak]

Guys , something strange .. I checked the euro one and i couldn't watch the trailer .. but i saw another countdown .. 64 or 65 days !!???? I wonder whats that .. ><"

[BlankChocobo]

Right. I forgot to put it down, but the only new commands that appear here are in Snow's menu:

He has Blizzard and Blizzaga in place of Lightning's Fire and Firaga.

[Oliver]

I'm glad we finally got to see something new but i'm still waiting on what the demo will tell us about the gameplay, I mean how will we assign magic and techniques and stuff, will we be able to equip weapons or not? Can Snow only do ice-based attacks? that makes me think that magic will be dependable from what summon you'll have. Next to all those questions I'm really happy we got that trailer from SE.

[pseudocognition]

Unless they're fighting them, of course.

Exactly D: If they insist on making all of their characters mid or late teens, I don't know why they aren't homesick or concerned for their families. Ever. Like, KH... "Oh, my entire world was eaten up by the minions of darkness. Guess my parents were too. Oh well, off to save the world 8D"

ETA That'd be a nice way to broaden the story, too, and give the characters depth. IT'S AN EASY TRICK GUIZE. *shakefist at squeenix*

[Exiled]

I'm curious for the English dub^_^. Great trailer btw, kinda short though but I'm happy with the content for now:D
Well be happy with all we have right now :P they show us for the first time gameplay footage this is a dream that came true cause SE is well known to be a pain in the ass

[chaostorm]

Yea right :P like they care, they enjoy themselves by torturings us untill 2010+ xD.....

WAHAHAHA!!!! Oh well. It did suck that it's 2010 for us. I can really see the distinction between the "Maker" and the "Consumers" with how they do it.

Not to mention Japan's site really rocks. Well it's out for them this year.

Snow is still a Sloppy Joe. Dammit. WAHAHAH~! XD

[chaostorm]

Exactly D: If they insist on making all of their characters mid or late teens, I don't know why they aren't homesick or concerned for their families. Ever. Like, KH... "Oh, my entire world was eaten up by the minions of darkness. Guess my parents were too. Oh well, off to save the world 8D"

ETA That'd be a nice way to broaden the story, too, and give the characters depth. IT'S AN EASY TRICK GUIZE. *shakefist at squeenix*

Hahaha this made me laugh. WAHAHAHA!!!
Is Zidane...part of the teen-world too or he's just short...Hahaha!!!

[Nex]

This gif shows why the animations looks sloppy sometimes, look at the way Lightning moves around the field when she should be standing still-

http://i40.tinypic.com/2yxrmnq.gif

I think they've done a brilliant job anyway. This game looks a whole generation ahead of the rest of the JRPGs this gen.

Oh, and the enemy AI is also borderline retarded right now.

[Wacka14]

I remember hearing about her little snapping to manipulate space/time ability like 2 years ago. But I don't recall seeing her actually snap until now

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Wacka14/ohsnap1.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Wacka14/ohsnap2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g248/Wacka14/ohsnap3.jpg

And glad to see they finally showed us an updated version of her battle on the train with fixed graphics.

This gif shows why the animations looks sloppy sometimes, look at the way Lightning moves around the field when she should be standing still-

...well they are fighting on ice?

[EtherForce]

Maybe the new characters are Biggs, Wedge and Jessie? Heh heh :P

[Exiled]

This gif shows why the animations looks sloppy sometimes, look at the way Lightning moves around the field when she should be standing still-

http://i40.tinypic.com/2yxrmnq.gif

I think they've done a brilliant job anyway. This game looks a whole generation ahead of the rest of the JRPGs this gen.
Well it looks very good 2 me :) as far as i can tell all this year of waiting is worth.

[chaostorm]

This gif shows why the animations looks sloppy sometimes, look at the way Lightning moves around the field when she should be standing still-

http://i40.tinypic.com/2yxrmnq.gif

I think they've done a brilliant job anyway. This game looks a whole generation ahead of the rest of the JRPGs this gen.

Oh, and the enemy AI is also borderline retarded right now.

Hmmm, she's like a figure skater. Her feet isn't leaving the ground for some reason. Hahaha!!! Although good thing you got this. First time that 2 players attack one monster in the trailer.

Kudos to ya 'man.

[monkeybananayum]

I had deja vu watching this.
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa285/krisda1/infernape.png
http://i44.tinypic.com/2s1ta40.jpg

[Zodirak]

loool guess no one cares of what i have seen ><" .. some one check the european for the countdown thing ><"

[BlankChocobo]

Can Snow only do ice-based attacks? that makes me think that magic will be dependable from what summon you'll have.

Interesting. If this is right, that means Lightning either has or will get Ifrit. But I don't know.

[Adam Blade]

This gif shows why the animations looks sloppy sometimes, look at the way Lightning moves around the field when she should be standing still-

http://i40.tinypic.com/2yxrmnq.gif

I think they've done a brilliant job anyway. This game looks a whole generation ahead of the rest of the JRPGs this gen.

Oh, and the enemy AI is also borderline retarded right now.

I noticed that when Lightning moved but it didn't really bother me.

[pupucachi]

Awesome trailer and gameplay, and the characters look so real to me :D But the gameplay looks a little confusing. What will it be like if we control more than 3 characters? :V

[chocobosmoogles]

absolutely awe stricken.

i'm glad the battles arenn't as dizzying as the original trailer showed them to be.

[pseudocognition]

Hmmm, she's like a figure skater. Her feet isn't leaving the ground for some reason. Hahaha!!! Although good thing you got this. First time that 2 players attack one monster in the trailer.

Kudos to ya 'man.

Aren't they on ice? Maybe we're misreading it as sloppy animation when they've actually taken into account the environment. But that's just me being optimistic. It's probably just mistimed animations Xd

[Exiled]

Awesome trailer and gameplay, and the characters look so real to me :D But the gameplay looks a little confusing. What will it be like if we control more than 3 characters? :V
Well probaly we will not direct control all character at once it will be like FF 12 they will follow certain plan that you choose and you can always switch who you direct play.

[Wacka14]

I was just beginning to praise Nomura because all of his designs thus far have been exceptional and not overdone. But this new all 3 new characters seem to be a little loud and this orange haired guy is making me recall The Bouncer(which were by no means terrible, just funky) character designs.

They don't look terrible...But Lightning,Vanille,Snow, and Sahz look so much more genuine and less flashy. I guess we'll see of they're main characters or not. Maybe I just need to see them closer up

[EtherForce]

loool guess no one cares of what i have seen ><" .. some one check the european for the countdown thing ><"
The US and EU sites have screwed up countdowns. Try the Japanese site (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/) instead.

[chaostorm]

Aren't they on ice? Maybe we're misreading it as sloppy animation when they've actually taken into account the environment. But that's just me being optimistic. It's probably just mistimed animations Xd

WAHAHA!!! I hope so. I'll try looking at the trailer again. if she's doin the same thing...Immma laugh so hard.

But really, it isn't too bad. It's better than playing another PS1 game of this with one angled camera crap. XD

[Nex]

I seriously doubt she's sliding around cos of the ice. XD

Others things I've noticed-

-We never actually see any commands get input in the trailer, we only ever see them being used.

-Two flashing circles surround an enemy when the bar up the top right says "Break".

-There's definantly a dodging move, when Lightning does a back-handspring there is no command in her slots.

-Right at the start Lightning either cancels her input commands or gets interupted, because her slots lose two attacks which she never uses.

[mercy0001]

It is such a great trailer compared to the other ones. You could clearly see the updatet graphics with the E3 06 trailer. And it isn't an extension from the other trailers. It's fully new!! Thanks SE. My dream came true. I love the ending scene. :D

Could somebody please tell me how to download that trailer?

[Miles]

Here's a download link
http://dl.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13/88npb1u91.flv

[chaostorm]

loool guess no one cares of what i have seen ><" .. some one check the european for the countdown thing ><"

I think it's an error. I was actually checking all 3 sites simultaneously during the countdown. It was Japan who premiered first then, Europe then North America.
I guess they never expected large amounts of people expecting their site release.

I was able to see what u saw, in the NA site about 5 mins after countdown ended, they even had like 1424 days and shit. And it was funny.

I ended up rooting for the Japaneses site Trailer and successfully was able to watch the whole of kit about 3 mins after their countdown.>_<

[lauryrg]

Guys , something strange .. I checked the euro one and i couldn't watch the trailer .. but i saw another countdown .. 64 or 65 days !!???? I wonder whats that .. ><"
I also put it and then left me, but not load the trailer.
When I saw the nearly 64 days I die

[Desi]

Unless they're fighting them, of course.

Tidus - Jecht
Cecil - Golbez
Zidane - Kuja (sort of)?
Basch - evil twin whose name I can't remember
Palom and Porom are twins
Yuna and Rikku are cousins, no?
Shadow is Realm's father
Sabin and Edgar are brothers
Cid is Rosa's father
FuSoYa is Cecil's uncle
Everyone but Bartz is related to someone in V.

[Nex]

Shadow is Realm's father
Sabin and Edgar are brothers
Cid is Rosa's father
FuSoYa is Cecil's uncle
Everyone but Bartz is related to someone in V.

I think the point is that they're almost always orphans, or at least have no family waiting for them back home. There aren't many exceptions to that.

[Exiled]

Well we saw the trailer the game looks amazing godlike. But the game comes in 2010 ............. this sucks xD

[The Brat Prince]

I was just beginning to praise Nomura because all of his designs thus far have been exceptional and not overdone. But this new all 3 new characters seem to be a little loud and this orange haired guy is making me recall The Bouncer(which were by no means terrible, just funky) character designs.

They don't look terrible...But Lightning,Vanille,Snow, and Sahz look so much more genuine and less flashy. I guess we'll see of they're main characters or not. Maybe I just need to see them closer up


Agreed, the new 3 look like they could be from an entirely different game compared to the 4 we know of, if orange guy's hair was a little more restrained and he had less fur on or maybe a shirt of some kind I think he'd be alright, hoping he's another disposable FFVII esque biggs/wedge type, I reckon he is a main character though, sadly. Asian girl has fat thighs lol.

[chaostorm]

I seriously doubt she's sliding around cos of the ice. XD

Others things I've noticed-

-We never actually see any commands get input in the trailer, we only ever see them being used.

-Two flashing circles surround an enemy when the bar up the top right says "Break".

-There's definantly a dodging move, when Lightning does a back-handspring there is no command in her slots.

-Right at the start Lightning either cancels her input commands or gets interupted, because her slots lose two attacks which she never uses.

Hmmm...I had difficulty seeing this, thanks to my FLV player. But I checked with the ones on the sites and yeap. Got that correct.

[BlankChocobo]

Aren't they on ice? Maybe we're misreading it as sloppy animation when they've actually taken into account the environment. But that's just me being optimistic. It's probably just mistimed animations Xd

I think it's sloppy... why would she suddenly change slide direction on ice...?
T_T;
Well probaly we will not direct control all character at once it will be like FF 12 they will follow certain plan that you choose and you can always switch who you direct play.

I doubt it... I hope not at least. >__<

-Two flashing circles surround an enemy when the bar up the top right says "Break".

-There's definantly a dodging move, when Lightning does a back-handspring there is no command in her slots.

Famitsu or dengeki (can't remember) also mentioned the dodge/counterattack.

Lets figure out Break! @_____@

I think it's an error. I was actually checking all 3 sites simultaneously during the countdown. It was Japan who premiered first then, Europe then North America.

EU site is working for me, and has been since the start.

[Desi]

Agreed, the new 3 look like they could be from an entirely different game compared to the 4 we know of, if orange guy's hair was a little more restrained and he had less fur on or maybe a shirt of some kind I think he'd be alright, hoping he's another disposable FFVII esque biggs/wedge type, I reckon he is a main character though, sadly. Asian girl has fat thighs lol.they look straight out of FFX/X-2/Phantasy Star.

[Milyc]

The trailer is indeed amazing. The sense of scale is superb and the gameplay is bound to set a new level for RPGs, just as expected.

My only complaint is towards some poor modelling for characters fingers at some times. For the NPCs it is no such big deal, but Vanille? Hope that is fixed before release.

But on the other hand, there are some insane moments. When the battle was about to start I could swear it was CGI.

[Nex]

Wait, there is one point in the trailer where there's a pointing hand on an enemy. I'm going to work that out before the Bonus Bar.

I'm confuzzled. When the hand points at an enemy Lightning isn't selecting any commands and she doesn't have any commands in her slots. It doesn't make any sense. >__<

Her menu is still on the "Skills-Black Magic-White Magic" page.

It happens right after Snow Launch-Blizzard-Blizzard's the boss.

[mercy0001]

I've found it myself (on FFAC Reunion):
It's the HD MP4 version:
http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/O/so/73948

Enter "ff13" in the first field and the numbers on the right in the second field below.
(remove "")
It's the HD JP version. Great Quality

Also for the Battle system. I didn't see any exp points... I really hope there's something of a sphere grid or license board in it.

[chaostorm]

I think it's sloppy... why would she suddenly change slide direction on ice...?
T_T;

EU site is working for me, and has been since the start.

Hmm, I guess we all have different experiences. I believe that net traffic indeed caused some problems. But their all good now. :p

[chaostorm]

I've found it myself (on FFAC Reunion):
It's the HD MP4 version:
http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/O/so/73948

Enter "ff13" in the first field and the numbers on the right in the second field below.
(remove "")
It's the HD JP version. Great Quality

Also for the Battle system. I didn't see any exp points... I really hope there's something of a sphere grid or license board in it.


followed this one. GOT IT!
~Thanks!

[Nex]

Also for the Battle system. I didn't see any exp points... I really hope there's something of a sphere grid or license board in it.


Good point, we never really see an enemy fall, but they do lose all their health. I'm guessing there's a short victory screen when you win a battle, and that's where you get given EXP.

[pseudocognition]

The redhead even sounds a bit like Wakka.

I wonder what nationality both of them are supposed to represent o_O

[Noctis L. Caelum]

about the game for xbox 360, it is possible that the game runs well enough in view of what we see in this trailer ...

[Neal]

I've found it myself (on FFAC Reunion):
It's the HD MP4 version:
http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/O/so/73948

Enter "ff13" in the first field and the numbers on the right in the second field below.
(remove "")
It's the HD JP version. Great Quality

Also for the Battle system. I didn't see any exp points... I really hope there's something of a sphere grid or license board in it.
Thank you <3

about the game for xbox 360, it is possible that the game runs well enough in view of what we see in this trailer ...

Yes this looks more than possible on Xbox 360, if thats what youre asking.

[Desi]

about the game for xbox 360, it is possible that the game runs well enough in view of what we see in this trailer ...

why would it not? It is a current gen system just like the PS3. They may even get a few breaks with the more RAM it has to use.

[Nex]

The graphics aren't exactly Killzone 2 standard, but they are incredible. The quality of the trailer seems to be affecting them a bit, it looks a thousand times better in HD.

[byoushinn]

anyone else spot this enemy during the battle sequences?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/byoushinn/090109ff04.jpg

[chaostorm]

anyone else spot this enemy during the battle sequences?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/byoushinn/090109ff04.jpg

WTH? looks like a crappy boss with a scepter. WAHAHA~! there did u find it?

[Nex]

That's a pic from a month ago, from one of the magazines. And yep, that Judge-guy is definantly in one of the battles, accompanied by some PSIcoms.

[Neal]

The graphics aren't exactly Killzone 2 standard, but they are incredible. The quality of the trailer seems to be affecting them a bit, it looks a thousand times better in HD.
Yeah, I agree. Vanllie's fishfinger shaped fingers are pretty dissapointing to see on the PS3, especially as they're not coding with the 360 in mind or anything :wtf: The main characters, however, look pretty good. I hope the NPCs look better in the final thing.

[The Brat Prince]

anyone else spot this enemy during the battle sequences?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/byoushinn/090109ff04.jpg

Yeah in a few shots, if you pause it and flick through you get a nice picture of him giving sazh a beatdown.

Edit: He's in the last gameplay shot, he's the one getting fucked up mid air by lightning.

[chaostorm]

That's a pic from a month ago, from one of the magazines. And yep, that Judge-guy is definantly in one of the battles, accompanied by some PSIcoms.

Guess im gettin' outdated. WAHAHA~!. I then realized, the one in the new trailer *the first enemy, was too big. And it was great. Other FF's didn't have that much of a humongous boss except for FFVII's Weapons.

I wondered if Lightning would have different movements like stepping in the enemy while shooting *when the enemy's too big or what.

Crap this excitement's killing me BIG TIME~!

[jkoz]

I got the direct links to the FLVs. I am converting and will post an HD AVI in minutes.

[Xion]

Yeah, I agree. Vanllie's fishfinger shaped fingers are pretty dissapointing to see on the PS3, especially as they're not coding with the 360 in mind or anything :wtf: The main characters, however, look pretty good. I hope the NPCs look better in the final thing.


Thats what u get from a B teir model. Vanilles default, high poly model would not have blocky fingers. wether its being developed with 360 in mind or not is besides the point, this is still a game in development and as such nothing should be viewed as technically final. Most of the fine polishing takes place as the last stages of development.

[Moklin]

I think i understood a key aspect of ff13´s batle system.
As you know every char is able to do long-rage ataks. Lightning has a gunblade, Snow has a a gun, Sazh has 2 guns, Vannile has a bow, black man and chinese woman have a gun. I noticed in the trailler that only ONE char fights directly with monsters/soldiers, the other ones assist you. that is the reason you see so many damage numbers on a monster. its because the other 2 chars are shooting. So..i think you can control the 3 chars actions but you can only dodge and do some extra things with one char.the one which action is focusing.

[byoushinn]

I got the direct links to the FLVs. I am converting and will post an HD AVI in minutes.

subtitled trailer??

[Neal]

Thats what u get from a B teir model. Vanilles default, high poly model would not have blocky fingers. wether its being developed with 360 in mind or not is besides the point, this is still a game in development and as such nothing should be viewed as technically final. Most of the fine polishing takes place as the last stages of development.

Which is why I mentioned that I hoped they look better in final version. Thanks for the lecture but I think I can get by. :wtf::wtf::wtf:

[jkoz]

subtitled trailer??
Yes, subtitled. From the US site.

[Duzt]

I got the direct links to the FLVs. I am converting and will post an HD AVI in minutes.



nice cant wait

[byoushinn]

Yes, subtitled. From the US site.

i love you

[Nex]

I think i understood a key aspect of ff13´s batle system.
As you know every char is able to do long-rage ataks. Lightning has a gunblade, Snow has a a gun, Sazh has 2 guns, Vannile has a bow, black man and chinese woman have a gun. I noticed in the trailler that only ONE char fights directly with monsters/soldiers, the other ones assist you. that is the reason you see so many damage numbers on a monster. its because the other 2 chars are shooting. So..i think you can control the 3 chars actions but you can only dodge and do some extra things with one char.the one which action is focusing.

Snow doesn't have a gun, we uses hand-to-hand combat. And we've never seen Vanille with a bow, she just had a weird staff thing.

In one of the videos we see both Lightning and Snow fighting an enemy from close range. =)

[chaostorm]

Yes, subtitled. From the US site.

GREAT! Be waiting for this one. :P
Thanks bro!

[Xion]

Which is why I mentioned that I hoped they look better in final version. Thanks for the lecture but I think I can get by. :wtf::wtf::wtf:


Im glad i could help re-assure you :P

[Milyc]

I also think those fingers are way too PS2-like. SE did mention they would gather feedback from the internet, so I hope they read this. :P

[EtherForce]

I still think you can choose the commands for each character.

[jkoz]

Here it is, did a two-pass. The visual quality isn't as good as the JP site but hey, at least we can understand it.

If the site ends up hosting it, please give me credit. Thanks!

https://download.yousendit.com/bVlDSkhTSWVsMHgzZUE9PQ

[Noctis L. Caelum]

thanks jkoz

[chaostorm]

Here it is, did a two-pass. The visual quality isn't as good as the JP site but hey, at least we can understand it.

If the site ends up hosting it, please give me credit. Thanks!

https://download.yousendit.com/bVlDSkhTSWVsMHgzZUE9PQ


YEAY!!!! WAHAHAHA biggie thanks man!
Good thing on .AVI format!

[byoushinn]

THANK YOU =D

[pseudocognition]

Yay!

It's so beautiful ;_;

[mercy0001]

THAAANK YOOUUU!!

[Yue]

The trailer looks amazing *____*

[Kitmitsu]

A shame Square-Enix still don't understand what HD is. Why can't they just make a 720p trailer and release it. It isn't that hard to compress HD :/.

[Prevailer]

downloadable version and lots of screenshots:
http://final-fantasy-future.de/cms/news/neues/final-fantasy-xiii-neuer-trailer-von-offizieller-website-neue-charaktere.html

[Xion]

http://gamersyde.com/news_7481_en.html

[Adam Blade]

A shame Square-Enix still don't understand what HD is. Why can't they just make a 720p trailer and release it. It isn't that hard to compress HD :/.

I heard it's already up on PS Store or something?

[byoushinn]

A shame Square-Enix still don't understand what HD is. Why can't they just make a 720p trailer and release it. It isn't that hard to compress HD :/.

this is 720p i think
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_9890_en.html

[Nex]

-Sazh can use Fire.

-Asian Woman definantly uses a gun.

-I can't see Wakka 2.0's weapon, but he has a VERY weird fighting stance.

Look at this gif, the pointing hand goes from the menu to an enemy-

http://i43.tinypic.com/fd7z3a.gif

Wasn't the hand on the "Skills" command?

[serpent]

The trailer was amazing.
And the battles where really nice. And its a good thing that they are producing it for PS3 AND XBOX360
That could mean that they have started the porting.
And i noticed there was some minor laggy laggy going on with some battle scenes.
Can only hope that the game will be good.

[Sanji]

Maybe when the hand goes to the enemy it means that you have to select the enemy you want to fight...

[Neal]

I heard it's already up on PS Store or something?

Uh, I very much doubt that.

[Kitmitsu]

downloadable version and lots of screenshots:
http://final-fantasy-future.de/cms/news/neues/final-fantasy-xiii-neuer-trailer-von-offizieller-website-neue-charaktere.html

You're going to get about 10 hits from that Prevailer.

The trailer was amazing.
And the battles where really nice. And its a good thing that they are producing it for PS3 AND XBOX360
That could mean that they have started the porting.
And i noticed there was some minor laggy laggy going on with some battle scenes.
Can only hope that the game will be good.

No it doesn't. Remember when the trailers used to say "For Playstation 3 Only"?

I heard it's already up on PS Store or something?

Not on any store I can see.

[Adam Blade]

Uh, I very much doubt that.

Aah.

Fcking GT

[pseudocognition]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/whatisthis.jpg

Wat?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/whatisthis2.jpg

Then the monster thing emerges out of it with a flourish of cubical bubbles.

Any ideas?

[Sanji]

Why is the first pic strange?

I don't know what they're made of, but I think it's something like the luniols in FFX. I think it was said that the Crystal provided everything humans need, and maybe that's how they do it, they use that blue thing to shape monsters and stuff.

[Nex]

Something the Crystal created? Monster spawner?

Maybe when the hand goes to the enemy it means that you have to select the enemy you want to fight...

Why would you select the enemy you want to fight after selecting "Skills"? If it was "Attack" or "Fire" it would make sense, but not "Techniques" or "Black Magic". Pressing it should have opened another menu. >__<

[Kätharina]

Have some shitty arsed screenshots i cleaned. ahsfa

http://i43.tinypic.com/25ro6q8.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2psnhc6.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/20iv0uu.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/28wdx13.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/o94tn6.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/20ijcau.jpg

[byoushinn]

the katakana there says Behemoth
dunno what the metal ring dealy is though

[serpent]

No it doesn't. Remember when the trailers used to say "For Playstation 3 Only"?


Yes i remember. And then it was only made for PS3.
And know when they also doing it for Xbox360, had two teams,trying to make the release gap between japan and NA/EU smaller.
So i think they have already started with the porting.
the second team are doing the porting now, while the main team are finishing the Japanese version, and after that they start to translate it.

[GrimReaperXIII]

Waaah!!! That was amazing!! <3 <3 I'm having such a fangirl moment after watching that.

A lot more people in the trailer thna I was expecting (3, LOL), and the game looks so good. i wann buy it NOW. :)

[_Herbal_]

mmm...
im disappointed. i didnt like the look of battle. Its too swift, i cant feel the force of every damage, like i could feel in Heavenly sword.
but graphic looks amazing.

[Sanji]

Something the Crystal created? Monster spawner?



Why would you select the enemy you want to fight after selecting "Skills"? If it was "Attack" or "Fire" it would make sense, but not "Techniques" or "Black Magic". Pressing it should have opened another menu. >__<


Sorry, I didn't know that those 3 commands where Techniques, Black Magick and... White Magick?

I have no ideas then

[pseudocognition]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/sameguy.jpg

And here's this for anyone who wasn't convinced they were the same guys.

[Neal]

Yes i remember. And then it was only made for PS3.
And know when they also doing it for Xbox360, had two teams,trying to make the release gap between japan and NA/EU smaller.
So i think they have already started with the porting.
the second team are doing the porting now, while the main team are finishing the Japanese version, and after that they start to translate it.
They already said that they're going to finish the PS3 version first.

[serpent]

They already said that they're going to finish the PS3 version first.

And as they said before they got a second team for the Xbox360 version, so i dont see why they wouldnt start porting it for the xbox, when it dosent have any effect of the PS3 version.
And if they arent porting it right now for the xbox version, why would they say its in production?

[Nex]

And as they said before they got a second team for the Xbox360 version, so i dont see why they wouldnt start porting it for the xbox, when it dosent have any effect of the PS3 version.
And if they arent porting it right now for the xbox version, why would they say its in production?

Because it's faster than saying-

"In production for PS3, but we won't begin porting it to the Xbox 360 until the Japanese version is complete."

[Sanji]

Who's the third guy when Lighting and Snow fight in the icy land? I see 3 names but only Snow and Lighting. Is the other name Vanille? She should be there judging from some scans. Are they hiding her battle system? :wtf:

[pseudocognition]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/AsianGirl.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/OrangeDude.jpg

Cleaning up some more pics for you guys... as references, I guess. I know I'm going to draw the new guys during class tomorrow lulz... They're pretty fuzzy, but I hope this helps anyone wondering about the little details.

[Nex]

@Sanji- I'm pretty sure it's Vanille, and I think you're right that they're hiding her. Maybe because of her weapon?

Someone needs to take a shaver to Sazh's hair, drench Wakka's hair to get the wax out and remind Asian girl to put pants on.

[Paskoww]

Thank you <3

I love the girl... my favourite female char so far.
(no, not because she is half naked :awesome:)

and redhair doesn't look tooooo bad on this pic xD

[wohdin]

not read the thread, just throwing this out there

the JP site's HD trailer is MUCH, MUCH better quality than the US site's (idk about the EU site)

(JP has 25fps with very clean rendering vs. a rather choppy framerate - the file is still 25fps but for some reason the reencoding is like cam quality, 1280x720 vs 1008x576 and there's substantial artifacting/tearing, especially from the hardsubbing.)

[Deadaim2thegrave]

http://i43.tinypic.com/16icbw3.jpg[/QUOTE]

haha looks more like a mixture of wakka and akuma

[chaostorm]

Cleaning up some more pics for you guys... as references, I guess. I know I'm going to draw the new guys during class tomorrow lulz... They're pretty fuzzy, but I hope this helps anyone wondering about the little details.

The "Wakka" like guy is somewhat...I dunno, farfetched? That furry thing on his shoulders...somewhat distracting. About the "Asian" girl...looks kewl but doesn't look like she would standout * well we're not expecting that unless they're also characters that might assist the main ones. WAHAHA~!

I think she's like compensated with the outfit. Sexier than Lightning XD.

Next time I wanna see how Sazh works. I'm assuming his movements might be somewhat funny, since his character seemed marked with some comedy or humor after being revealed having a baby choco. :P

Thanks for the pictures :p

[rutea7]

gosh less then 3 minutes of a trailer is better then nothing but now i want more, lol

think they'll release anything else before the demo comes out in japan?

gotta say i do love the battle system :)

[chaostorm]

haha looks more like a mixture of wakka and akuma[/quote]

Got that right there 'man. Quite funny.

[pseudocognition]

Thank you <3

I love the girl... my favourite female char so far.
(no, not because she is half naked :awesome:)

and redhair doesn't look tooooo bad on this pic xD

No prob! And no, he doesn't look half bad from some angles. He just has this weirdly young looking face on a stupidly buff body... and the hair. Otherwise his outfit has some potential.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/Goggles.jpg

here's Goggles, not too much interesting detail on him. It seems like he does have a jacket after all, then some sort of tool-belt like holster, then Nomura's all-time favorite... waders. Or poof pants. Whatever they are.

[EtherForce]

The rings summon digital monsters! lol

[pseudocognition]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/Felicific/Game/ss4.jpg

And here's an amusing shot of Sazh getting assraped by the Not-Judge. 8D LOOKIT HIM FLY.

[chaostorm]

No prob! And no, he doesn't look half bad from some angles. He just has this weirdly young looking face on a stupidly buff body... and the hair. Otherwise his outfit has some potential.

here's Goggles, not too much interesting detail on him. It seems like he does have a jacket after all, then some sort of tool-belt like holster, then Nomura's all-time favorite... waders. Or poof pants. Whatever they are.

Looks like Naruto, and that coat design stuff, I dunno what you call it, somewhat resembled an "Akatsuki" cloud. His Googles looks like Naruto headband WAHAHA!!!
Yeah, got that right too. Stuffy eyes, and quite...weird.

Disproportionate. WAHAHA~!

[chaostorm]

And here's an amusing shot of Sazh getting assraped by the Not-Judge. 8D LOOKIT HIM FLY.

WAHAHAH~! ASSRAPED man!!!! WAHAHAHA!!!! never noticed this!
But thanks!

*LMFAO

[Yue]

FFXIII will be a strange troup....

[The Brat Prince]

Red head dude is just Raijin from FFVIII wearing a Wakka wig.

Also he has a weird rugby player crouch stance in battle, looks like another brawler.

[Sadistic]

The trailer looks amazing. you can really see the work that's being put into the game. I was on the JAP site for a while before and after the release, and after I watched the normal-res version, I watched it in HD and took over thirty screencaps. xD

[pseudocognition]

The trailer looks amazing. you can really see the work that's being put into the game. I was on the JAP site for a while before and after the release, and after I watched the normal-res version, I watched it in HD and took over thirty screencaps. xD

Nice, if you managed to nab any really clear ones, post them!

[Little Miss Scarlett]

OMFG yay <3 It's ACTUALLY new! I've only managed to watch it once, it won't load again ;; I really loved it too. Youtube has such crap quality. Come on, download quicker! You can do it!

I really like the look of the new characters except Wakka 2... the half-naked buff guy look just doesn't look right in games peroid. It just looks really weird... never mind the hair.

Tbh, I kinda think the sliding around on the ice bit's intended. It's quite possible to do that on ice, the only thing stopping you doing that would be fallin' on your arse. We'll see I guess.

[Mr. Gorilla]

I don't see why some are complaining about the gameplay. It looks like an enhanced version of the ATB system with its fun factor tripled.

In other words, it lookz awsum.

[Shiranui Reborn]

i really don't like that orange haired character....
he just seems so out of place!
has anybody else noticed that that new character sazh or however you spell it isn't in this trailer at all?

oh and the gameplay is like watching advent children which was pretty much jizz in my pants material

[Sadistic]

Nice, if you managed to nab any really clear ones, post them!

K, I've got a heap of clear ones. xD

I SHALL DONATE

But this isn't the first site I've given them to. These are raw, unedited.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13032.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13035.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13040.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13045.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF1304.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13044.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13048.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13051.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13056.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13057.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13058.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13062.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13065.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13068.jpg

[Kätharina]

.................................................. ..:wtf:

[byoushinn]

i really don't like that orange haired character....
he just seems so out of place!
has anybody else noticed that that new character sazh or however you spell it isn't in this trailer at all?

he is :P
look harder
around the battle gameplay sequences

[Hydromancer]

I just love the new trailer. It gives me that "final fantasy" feeling which is all I care about really. There are minimal differences between the CGI and in-game. The new combat system looks good especially with all the combos and the fast pace. I did however notice a huge drop in framerate at some points which I hope would be sorted out quickly. Now I need to find a JRPG to keep me happy till FFXIII does come out here in the UK.

[Nex]

Sazh has a couple of split second cameos. ;)

[wohdin]

I don't see why some are complaining about the gameplay. It looks like an enhanced version of the ATB system with its fun factor tripled.
Precisely this is why I liked X-2's battle system. Fast-paced, action-oriented ATB is how ATB should have been from the beginning, but only now has it been possible to pull off on this scale. What 13's battle system is turning into is definitely getting me interested (even with the strange magic system, which now I'm hoping becomes pseudo-8 with the whole disc thing [sans MP], it would work so much better that way).

But to be honest I hope the freedom of movement in battle hasn't been taken away. Although it would be somewhat pointless, I liked having that option at least in 12.
And if not, then dammit put the right stick to use for once. Like free camera movement or something, that would rock. Esp. with these stellar graphics.

[pseudocognition]

K, I've got a heap of clear ones. xD

I SHALL DONATE

But this isn't the first site I've given them to. These are raw, unedited.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13032.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13035.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13040.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13045.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF1304.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13044.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13048.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13051.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13056.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13057.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13058.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13062.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13065.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/IBeatSephiroth/FF13068.jpg

BEAUTIFUL.

I love you.

[Hynad]

I was honestly a bit underwhelmed by that trailer.
The CGI footage was as good as CGI can be. But the in-game footage was not as great as I thought it would be. A lot of low-polygons characters with blocky fingers and rough edges, the asian looking woman and the red-hair guy both look uninspired as far as their designs go. Certainly not on par with the other 4 main characters (Lightning, Snow, Sazh and Vanille)...

The battle gameplay looked like an improved FF X-2 version of the ATB (as far as the flow of battle goes) and didn't seem to me like it's going to be any revolution or such a huge step above the older FFs. I though FF XII was a move in the right direction, even if they still had some stuff to work on (like making the players actively take part in those AI programed battles...) but FF XIII seems like a throw back to the older ATB battles from before XII...

From the looks of things, I don't see anything that is worthy to be called a next-gen Final Fantasy game, except for the superficial envelope. But the game is indeed a long way off, so they have more then enough time to prove me wrong.

So now I'll wait until they release some in-depth infos about that battle system. Looks fun nonetheless, since I think FF X-2 had the best battle system out of all the games that use the ATB.

[soyrun]

the euro trailers a lot less laggy I find xD

[NikDK]

Like it how she snaps her fingers, to pull out the gravity. ^_^
and just as i expected the fightning system to be!

[Hydromancer]

Precisely this is why I liked X-2's battle system. Fast-paced, action-oriented ATB is how ATB should have been from the beginning, but only now has it been possible to pull off on this scale. What 13's battle system is turning into is definitely getting me interested (even with the strange magic system, which now I'm hoping becomes pseudo-8 with the whole disc thing [sans MP], it would work so much better that way).


I agree with the first bit. FFX-2 did have a wonderfully fast battle system. I don't know why people seem to be moaning about the pace. I'm not too sure about the exclusion of MP however but I like the idea of how you can execute a spell a set no. of times (like in VIII). What I'd like to see is if the whole party could cast a single spell together for it to have an enhanced effect or if there are certain combos which can be carried out by multiple party members (kinda like in chrono trigger).

[Nex]

I just noticed something else, pretty significant.

-Occasionally your combos will be interupted and cancelled if you are hit by an enemy. The combo will stop, the commands will be taken out of the slots, but you will retain the amount of ATB you had before. I imagine this will make the system quite strategetic, because you will have to plan out when you execute your combos.

[wohdin]

[...]A lot of low-polygons characters with blocky fingers and rough edges[...]
...Does the remaining year of development not leave room for any more actual development or something?

[byoushinn]

Do we know what happened to 'overclock' mode (was that it's name?)
i don't think we've heard anything of a limit break system in a while

[Nex]

Do we know what happened to 'overclock' mode (was that it's name?)
i don't think we've heard anything of a limit break system in a while

There doesn't seem to be anything, unless that bar in the top right really is a Limit bar, but I doubt it.

[pseudocognition]

...Does the remaining year of development not leave room for any more actual development or something?

I'm sure they've got one group polishing graphics, another polishing programming, and so on.

[Nex]

Square usually spend a lot of time polishing. There's no chance of any glitches, frame rate drops, clipping, etc. In the PS3 version at least.

[Neophoton]

Huzzah, for once it's better than what I expected. I was expecting the TGS trailer, but lo and behold, it's better.

Did anyone rip it yet, or...?

[wohdin]

I'm sure they've got one group polishing graphics, another polishing programming, and so on....Yeah that's how I thought development was supposed to happen :P

There doesn't seem to be anything, unless that bar in the top right really is a Limit bar, but I doubt it.I'm p.sure that bar is a damage multiplier, like how it multiplied in X-2. It seems they've taken several cues from their "bastard child" and I'm liking it.

[wohdin]

Huzzah, for once it's better than what I expected. I was expecting the TGS trailer, but lo and behold, it's better.

Did anyone rip it yet, or...?

u want rip?

the FLV is only like ~40MB...

[Sanji]

What I am worried about right now is the flying Lighting :wtf: it reminds too much of Dissidia. Lighting is still okay beacuse she has the gravity thing, but I hope not everyone will be able to do it. I'd like them to stay on the ground rather than jumping hundreds of meters just to kill an enemy. Also, how can Snow make Behemot-thing fly? :wtf: Does he uses some kind of bomb or does he just punch hiim?

Apart from these 2 little things, Batlle system is really cool

[Hynad]

...Does the remaining year of development not leave room for any more actual development or something?

They sure have a lot of time remaining to polish everything. I'm judging the trailer harshly I suppose, but those are legitimate complains that I hope S-E will address.

Blocky hands on a system like the PS3 is unforgivable, I think. Especially when they boasted the capacities of their Crystal Tools engine that makes use of 4 of the developer allowed SPEs to make things look like near CGI. That's certainly not what I see in that trailer.

[wohdin]

Blocky hands on a system like the PS3 is unforgivable, I think.
I can honestly barely notice it. (I can only really tell where Lightning's sliding on the big mech/ship thing.)
But surely they're working on it right now. They have much better models, so I'm sure they're just trying to optimize scenes like this so the animation and the models themselves can be as smooth as possible without causing much/any processing slowdown.


also u guise hold up
I think the "new guys", Wakka2 and AznChicca, are very temporary characters for that battle/area. ガドー「Gado」 and レブロ/レプロ「Lepro」 are presumably the two who "volunteer" themselves, and in the battle screens they have ??? HP, so before making any wild predictions keep that in mind~

[opera]

the trailer was nice. the graphics was good, but i have seen much better.
the only thing that is pissing me of is that the game is coming out next year.
so im not anymore hyped of this game.
and im pretty sure that many people feels this way.
hope SE are going to do something about it

[Neophoton]

u want rip?

the FLV is only like ~40MB...

That'd be pretty neat if possible. D: I would do it myself, but not on my main computer in the house... sibling occupying that for now. :l

Also, someone might chew you out for your double post. :wtf: Just a heads up for you.

[wohdin]

That'd be pretty neat if possible. D: I would do it myself, but not on my main computer in the house... sibling occupying that for now. :l
The original is FLV and FLV is p. easy on the system specs... what format would you rather it be in?

Also, someone might chew you out for your double post. :wtf: Just a heads up for you.
They'll live.

[Thunder]

I really enjoyed the trailer. IT gives me the tipical FF vibes....
Anyhow redhaired guy remember me too much of wakka in his design =_= He better have extemely good personality =____=
And asian girl a mix between Rikku and Yuffie >_> Also she forgot to wear clothes >.>

Is just my opinion or character seem be made of plasticine? O__O It looks like theyre plastic dolls >_<
And wtf :wtf:

http://i41.tinypic.com/35dajif.png

Super low poly shit :wtf:

[Hynad]

The original is FLV and FLV is p. easy on the system specs... what format would you rather it be in?


They'll live.

MP4, 720p with english subtitles? :P

:)

[Neophoton]

Sorry for the silence, left my computer in idle. Dozing off and getting bored waiting on sibling who seems to be taking a bit too long on my computer for whatever they wanted to do. :wtf:

Anyway, doesn't matter much... Hynad pretty much beat me to the punch.

[AT23]

The twin brother of Basch in FFXII is Noa(h?), and was also known as Judge Maester Gabranth.

Some of you need to stop saying contradicting things and being a big hypocrite, like "the trailer was meh but I'll love every minute of it." Please, go get hit by a trunk, then eat shit and die. You don't make sense.

From the shown battle scenes in this latest trailer, most of us already know from before that the main playable characters are:

Lightning
Snow
Vanille
Sazh

It seems like Snow's comrades, the orange-haired buff guy and the asian girl are at least temp playables or guests like Seifer and Edea in FFVIII, the Tantalus members in FFIX, etc. etc. for examples. In the battle scenes with these 3, the names are Snow, Gado (Gadoo, Gadow, Gadou, Gadeau?) and Rebleu (Reblou, Rebloe, Lebleu?). My guess is Gado is the orange-buff guy and Rebleu is the asian girl.

Translation:

Vanille: After awakening, the 13 days afterwards was the beginning of the end of the world.

Sazh: The l'Cie's given orders aren't about "Do this." "Do that" in words, it can't really be explained...

Lightning: If you don't know the orders, there is no way to accomplish it.

Vanille: I think... I've seen it already...

Snow: Rest easy, we won't let you get banished to Pulse. We'll do something about this.

Captive 1: We'll help too!

Captive 2: Yeah! We won't stand to go silently like this!

Snow: Alright, those who can fight lend us a hand!

Some announcement of an authority telling the quarantined captives that they're being banished to Pulse because they have been influenced by Pulse and pose as a threat to thousands of those in Cocoon.

(unidentifiable, possibly Gado?): The enemy's the Cocoon's government! They're also the very meaning of "Fear"!

(unidentifiable, possibly Rebleau?): What "Fear"!? They're no rivaling enemies for us 'Nora's! (Can also be translated into: They're no match for us 'Nora's, which I'm guessing is the name of the rebelling group)

*Lotsa battle sequences*

Snow (?): It's Sera! Sera helped us!

Lightning (?): Don't kid yourself! Look, because of you, Sera...! That's a l'Cie's power! She was cursed by the fal'Cie! She was turned into a l'Cie!!!

End of Trailer with a 2009 release date for the PS3 JP version.


I loved the trailer, the battle scenes were amazing and they certainly have captured a more creative rendering of battle participation and activity. I'm definitely looking forward to this game!

Edit: SE really needs better translators.

[Paskoww]

You do know that there is a trailer with english subs on the NA & EU Sites ?

[opera]

Translation:

Vanille: After awakening, the 13 days afterwards was the beginning of the end of the world.

Sazh: The l'Cie's given orders aren't about "Do this." "Do that" in words, it can't really be explained...

Lightning: If you don't know the orders, there is no way to accomplish it.

Vanille: I think... I've seen it already...

Snow: Rest easy, we won't let you get banished to Pulse. We'll do something about this.

Captive 1: We'll help too!

Captive 2: Yeah! We won't stand to go silently like this!

Snow: Alright, those who can fight lend us a hand!

Some announcement of an authority telling the quarantined captives that they're being banished to Pulse because they have been influenced by Pulse and pose as a threat to thousands of those in Cocoon.

(unidentifiable, possibly Gado?): The enemy's the Cocoon's government! They're also the very meaning of "Fear"!

(unidentifiable, possibly Rebleau?): What "Fear"!? They're no rivaling enemies for us 'Nora's! (Can also be translated into: They're no match for us 'Nora's, which I'm guessing is the name of the rebelling group)

*Lotsa battle sequences*

Snow (?): It's Sera! Sera helped us!

Lightning (?): Don't kid yourself! Look, because of you, Sera...! That's a l'Cie's power! She was cursed by the fal'Cie! She was turned into a l'Cie!!!

End of Trailer with a 2009 release date for the PS3 JP version.


FAIL!!!!!!!!!!

[Thunder]

The twin brother of Basch in FFXII is Noa(h?), and was also known as Judge Maester Gabranth.

Some of you need to stop saying contradicting things and being a big hypocrite, like "the trailer was meh but I'll love every minute of it." Please, go get hit by a trunk, then eat shit and die. You don't make sense.

From the shown battle scenes in this latest trailer, most of us already know from before that the main playable characters are:

Lightning
Snow
Vanille
Sazh

It seems like Snow's comrades, the orange-haired buff guy and the asian girl are at least temp playables or guests like Seifer and Edea in FFVIII, the Tantalus members in FFIX, etc. etc. for examples. In the battle scenes with these 3, the names are Snow, Gado (Gadoo, Gadow, Gadou, Gadeau?) and Rebleu (Reblou, Rebloe, Lebleu?). My guess is Gado is the orange-buff guy and Rebleu is the asian girl.

Translation:

Vanille: After awakening, the 13 days afterwards was the beginning of the end of the world.

Sazh: The l'Cie's given orders aren't about "Do this." "Do that" in words, it can't really be explained...

Lightning: If you don't know the orders, there is no way to accomplish it.

Vanille: I think... I've seen it already...

Snow: Rest easy, we won't let you get banished to Pulse. We'll do something about this.

Captive 1: We'll help too!

Captive 2: Yeah! We won't stand to go silently like this!

Snow: Alright, those who can fight lend us a hand!

Some announcement of an authority telling the quarantined captives that they're being banished to Pulse because they have been influenced by Pulse and pose as a threat to thousands of those in Cocoon.

(unidentifiable, possibly Gado?): The enemy's the Cocoon's government! They're also the very meaning of "Fear"!

(unidentifiable, possibly Rebleau?): What "Fear"!? They're no rivaling enemies for us 'Nora's! (Can also be translated into: They're no match for us 'Nora's, which I'm guessing is the name of the rebelling group)

*Lotsa battle sequences*

Snow (?): It's Sera! Sera helped us!

Lightning (?): Don't kid yourself! Look, because of you, Sera...! That's a l'Cie's power! She was cursed by the fal'Cie! She was turned into a l'Cie!!!

End of Trailer with a 2009 release date for the PS3 JP version.


I loved the trailer, the battle scenes were amazing and they certainly have captured a more creative rendering of battle participation and activity. I'm definitely looking forward to this game!

Edit: SE really needs better translators.
Wasnt this JF 08 version?

[Neal]

:lol: .

[Final Ultima]

Game play looks amazing!!!:ohmy::ohmy::)

[SquallCloud]

Brilliant trailer, loved the battle sequences and the multiple actions your character can seem to perform.

[Hisakata]

Ahhh, it was absolutely amazing! :D It was even more than I was hoping for! The little mistakes didn't bother me, the overall quality of the game is superb to me ^^

[Adam Blade]

They sure have a lot of time remaining to polish everything. I'm judging the trailer harshly I suppose, but those are legitimate complains that I hope S-E will address.

Blocky hands on a system like the PS3 is unforgivable, I think. Especially when they boasted the capacities of their Crystal Tools engine that makes use of 4 of the developer allowed SPEs to make things look like near CGI. That's certainly not what I see in that trailer.

lol "Unforgivable"? it's not even the final build.

[wohdin]

p.sure SE knows moar about the plot than we do, so I'm assuming their subs are accurate. (Not translation-wise, I KNOW they're not translation-wise, but context-wise probably so.)
I'm editing the original subs a tad to be closer to what's actually being said without destroying the context/information. I'm assuming things like "Focus", "L'Cie" are key vocabulary, and not just SEA's lame attempt at screwing with our heads.

[Final Ultima]

Why wasnt Sazh in the trailer?

[Adam Blade]

Why wasnt Sazh in the trailer?

He was there but he wasn't shown properly for obvious reasons.

[Nex]

I figured I'd have a go at explaining the system to people that don't understand. Thanks to everyone that theorised with us, I thanked Blank directly. =D I probably made it too complicated, knowing me.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss181/EvinexT/XIIIIMG1.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss181/EvinexT/XIIIIMG2.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss181/EvinexT/XIIIIMG3.jpg

-The ATB fills up in real time, similar to the systems in FF4 - 9.

-You can input commands as soon as an Action is full, meaning you don't have to wait for your ATB to completely fill up.

-Your character doesn't use commands as soon as you select them. Instead, you store them in the Input Slots and then press triangle (Execute) to use them all at once.

-Using more than one command at a time will create a combo. Every combo has a unique animation, meaning "Attack-Attack-Fire" will look different to "Attack-Fire-Attack".

-Your ATB will not fill up when you a Executing commands.

That's what we know for sure. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

These are just theories, so don't take them as facts-

-There is a dodge move, completely seperate from the commands.
-You are in full control of your character's movement during battle.
-You will have a leader during battles (represented by the yellow flag).
-There may be some kind of AI system to control allies.
-Getting hit by an enemies attack may cause your combo to end prematurely.
-The Cure command is grey, I'm guessing that's significant. It would be a serious balance issue if you could use Cure whenever an Action was filled. Maybe you can only use it once per battle?

[wohdin]

A better question probably would have been:

What video shell do you want this in? AVI, MKV?

[Hynad]

lol "Unforgivable"? it's not even the final build.

So...what?

I said I was judging the trailer. The trailer might be or not an indication of what it will be like in the final build of the game. So far, what they shown us has gotten me worried about those things I pointed out (i.e. Blocky hands and other low polygon modeling).

If you don't mind those things, good for you. I was promised near CGI quality real time graphics, and those certainly aren't near that level.


As far as I can tell, when they showed a similar trailer for FF XII, nothing had changed afterward and the game was pretty much like it was in those "early build" trailers.


So yeah, I'm worried.

[Shock]

Unbelievable trailer, in some parts of that trailer Lightning looks damn real. I now get how the battle system works, and I like it ...a lot after viewing the trailer.