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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on January 29, 2014, 05:16:26 PM

Title: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 29, 2014, 05:16:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQrBSO74DzA

Why didn't they just make this a real game instead of the XIII trilogy that we actually got?
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: thisismyusername on January 29, 2014, 06:16:10 PM
Better question is: Why play FF13/13-2 when this is out there to condense them down? :lol
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Trent Dole on January 29, 2014, 07:07:41 PM
I'm guessing this mainly exists as a promotional tool for Lightning Returns to get people up to speed/recap and they figure anyone who's gonna play XIII 1 and 2 has probably already done so by now.
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: thisismyusername on January 29, 2014, 07:15:46 PM
I just started 13-2 yesterday though.  :lol Bad timing, Square-Enix! :lol :yuck
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Damian79 on January 29, 2014, 07:25:04 PM
Well the recap confirms one thing, the story is shit.  Where are the super villains like Kefka and Sephiroth?  Now we only have the villains we can "relate" to.
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 29, 2014, 07:33:27 PM
Better question is: Why play FF13/13-2

 :patel
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 29, 2014, 07:34:26 PM
:lol within one second of each other, Esch
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: demi on January 29, 2014, 07:34:34 PM
Most of these sprites are from All The Bravest, lol.
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: demi on January 29, 2014, 07:35:12 PM
Better question is: Why play FF13/13-2 when this is out there to condense them down? :lol

This video actually skips a whole bunch. It gets to the point, I suppose, but I wouldnt consider it a good "refresher"
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: SpeedStats on January 29, 2014, 07:37:15 PM
Well the recap confirms one thing, the story is shit.  Where are the super villains like Kefka and Sephiroth?  Now we only have the villains we can "relate" to.

Pretty sure you can't relate to a space pope, though. I think some of that FF13 stuff was retconned, but who gives a shit now.

At least they're finally using these sprites, I guess:
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13-2/osarai13/
http://www.ff-xiii.net/images/media/4e729d56_Final-Fantasy-XIII-Sprites.png

Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 29, 2014, 07:53:58 PM
What if this was a stealth annoucement of FFXII 3DS/iOS?  :ohhh
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: Raban on January 29, 2014, 09:36:51 PM
What if this was a stealth annoucement of FFXII 3DS/iOS?  :ohhh
You probably meant XIII, but I'd be all over playing XII on an iPhone :drool
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: magus on January 30, 2014, 06:33:55 AM
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/029/b/3/final_fantasy_xiii_story_recap_by_endless_1-d747xq9.gif)

the girl dying over and over is symbolic for final fantasy
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 30, 2014, 03:46:26 PM
Awesome pixel/animation/event direction work, but it's disappointing they used a random mishmash of 8-bit and 16-bit-ish arrangements (recycled already existing ones I'm guessing?) for the music instead of arranging everything in a consistent late 16-bit style to match the graphics.
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 30, 2014, 04:49:08 PM
Couple other notes:

* Mode 7 flight scene :o
* This video reminds me of how irritated I was at the time with "Final Fantasy III" going back to setting all the character names in ALL CAPS. Even if you changed their names back to title case it would still prefix NPC utterances with their name set in caps like "KEFKA: Uwee hee hee!" while your PCs would use the string set exactly how you entered it, making it annoyingly inconsistent, grrrrrr
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 30, 2014, 05:06:22 PM
AND ANOTHER THING, while this is clearly closely based on FF6 and its FF3 SNES localization specifically (not just a generic "16-bit" style), it errs in using the monospaced font everywhere where FF3SNES only used that font in battles and menu screens and used a proportional font for dialog boxes on the field / field events. I only nitpick because this is otherwise so perfect that the mistakes GLARE like a sore windowshade
Title: Re: FF13 story recap with 16-bit graphics, and it was actually made by S-E
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 30, 2014, 06:31:02 PM
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/029/b/3/final_fantasy_xiii_story_recap_by_endless_1-d747xq9.gif)

the girl dying over and over is symbolic for final fantasy

that is brilliant, from the transition/splitscreen to the decolorization of each one as a new one comes in, to the way each new one is sped up a bit from the last. would really like to know who event-directed this thing.