Game

[Great Rumbler]

Final Fantasy Wara Wara

[Diunx]

37 mins? what the fuck??

[MCD]

There is really nothing in that video.

Square need more men like Tak Fuji.

[Lan]

nothing worth my money has been announced yet.

[MCD]

I watched it, Borys-san.

They should have shown us this instead: http://andriasang.com/con2jo/lightning_returns_demo_impressions/

[SantaC]

squeenix modeled hope after himuro

[Rahxephon91]

The demo sounds actually intersting. Just wish it wasn't a XIII game.

[recursivelyenumerable]

despite my requisite snark I actually liked the video, I mean it's bizarre but at least it's different. I like the idea of the game too, though skeptical of execution esp given the apparent rushed dev timeline. That logo though 

[MCD]

Game sounds like a project for them to test new ideas for the next big FF.

[Himu]

I watched it, Borys-san.

I never doubted you, recursive and other true FF fans. It's the poser ones like Himuro that are whining and acting childlish like Hope in 13.

That 30 minute video was made for feggits like Borys and TheJollyCorner.

Who is TJC?

You are the fakest FF fan there is Himuro. Do not EVER address me in a FF thread again, Shenmue loser. YOU ARE NEVER GETTING ANOTNER SHENMUE GAME, LAMEO (you got banned from The Bore, lol) WHEREAS I WILL BE ENJOYING NEW FF TITLES FOR YEARS.

And as demi said,

Junction these nuts to your chin, homo.

This post...it is...um.

Funny.

I mean, Recursive hasn't played an FF game in 10 years.

What is wrong with you?

[Himu]

In any case, the game sounds promising. It is a unique idea for Final Fantasy, but not an overall unique take on games like they advertised it to be. Still, it's really ballsy and this is the first bit of Final Fantasy news that has excited me in years.

Also, I like how you call me an FF fan when Final Fantasy is probably like, my 4th, maybe even 5th favorite jrpg series at this point in time.

Good lord, Borys. Stop drinking that radiated water in Poland.

squeenix modeled hope after himuro

BALLIN



Thanks for the compliment, SantaC. I'm sure they'd take note of you and put you in their game but alas, all they can work with are 100 shitty bitch threads on the gaming forum at thebore.com. They read your threads and decided,"Wow, that guy's an idiot. Why won't he just stop buying Konami games like someone with a brain?"

Hope is too good for you, Santa.

[recursivelyenumerable]

well that's not quite true, I played FF4 DS!

but yeah, I don't really have the time to play RPGs anymore. tho I apparently have the time to obsessively follow news and forum posts about them and read FAQs and watch YouTube videos  it is a mystery

[Cerveza mas fina]

I wish FF would go back to pre-rendered backgrounds.

[maxy]

SE TGS lineup

• Sleeping Dogs
Platform: Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system, Windows PC
Release Date for North America: Available Now
Sleeping Dogs is a gritty and visceral open world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Taking the role of undercover cop Wei Shen, players are tasked with taking down one of the city’s most fearsome Triad gangs.

• HITMAN: ABSOLUTION
Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Windows PC
Release Date for North America: November 20
HITMAN: ABSOLUTION follows The Original Assassin undertaking his most personal contract to date. Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

• FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn™
Platform: PlayStation 3 system, Windows PC
Release Date for North America: TBD
Set in the realm of Eorzea, 5 years after the devastating attacks from the Garlean Empire and the catastrophic events of the Meteor, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn presents an adventure for players around the world to undertake epic quests and battle with familiar FINAL FANTASY monsters as they work together to help forge the fate of Eorzea.

• The World Ends with You®: Solo Remix
Platform: iOS
Release Date for North America: Available Now
The World Ends with You: Solo Remix is the mobile version of the critically acclaimed action RPG, brings players back to the streets of Shibuya as Neku with new tracks and new social gameplay elements specifically designed for mobile players.

• SYMPHONICA™: Grand Maestro
Platform: iOS
Release Date for North America: Fall 2012

• DEMONS’ SCORE™
Platform: iOS (Android for JAPAN ONLY)
Release Date for North America: Summer 2012
DEMONS’ SCORE is a breakbeat action game that seamlessly fuses music and battles. The Unreal Engine 3 is used to deliver thrilling touch-based gameplay through a mind-blowing fusion of stunning graphics and music created by hit songwriters.

• BRAVELY DEFAULT™: FLYING FAIRY (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Nintendo 3DS™ system
Release Date for Japan: October 11

• FINAL FANTASY III (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: PlayStation®Portable system
Release Date for Japan: September 20

• GALAXY DUNGEON (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Gree
Release Date for Japan: September

• Emperors SaGa (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Gree
Release Date for Japan: Summer 2012

• OTOME-BREAK! (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: iOS and Android
Release Date for Japan: Available Now for iOS, September for Android

• LORD of VERMILION Re: 2 (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Arcade
Release Date for Japan: Available Now

• Chosoku Henkei Gyrozetter (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Arcade
Release Date for Japan: Available Now

• Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2 (Published by Square Enix for JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Windows PC
Release Date for Japan: November 22

Playable Titles at the Family Area:

• Chosoku Henkei Gyrozetter (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Arcade
Release Date for Japan: Available Now

• Slime Mori Mori DRAGON QUEST 3: Daikaizoku to Shippodan (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Nintendo 3DS™ system
Release Date for Japan: Available Now

• DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS®: Terry no Wonderland 3D (JAPAN ONLY)
Platform: Nintendo 3DS™ system
Available: Available Now

WiiU Dragon Quest will be there--"special stage event"

[Himu]

That's called being an adult. Nothing mysterious about it.

An adult instead of playing the games, reads the faq and watches the entire game on youtube.



Borys, you're adorable.

[Rahxephon91]

lol Versus.

But I mean Lightning Returns has to be there right? It's also not on the list.

[Tasty]

Wii U Dragon Quest launch game?

FF3 PSP. I had already forgotten about that.

[Himu]

Wii U Dragon Quest game is DQX.

[Rahxephon91]

I wish FF3 PSP would come here so I could play it. Only FF I haven't played.

[Himu]

No you don't. FF3 ds is shit.

I wish FF would go back to pre-rendered backgrounds.

No need, man. The 3D is up to the old ones IMO. See: Palumpolum in FF13 and Academia in FF13-2. It really is.

In Palumpolum, all we do is run. It lacks the atmosphere and detail of Midgar. Being pretty wasn't the only thing the old games had. They had a lot of spirit and punch and helped tell the story in a very visual way, since the detail from the characters was so low.

[SantaC]

In any case, the game sounds promising. It is a unique idea for Final Fantasy, but not an overall unique take on games like they advertised it to be. Still, it's really ballsy and this is the first bit of Final Fantasy news that has excited me in years.

Also, I like how you call me an FF fan when Final Fantasy is probably like, my 4th, maybe even 5th favorite jrpg series at this point in time.

Good lord, Borys. Stop drinking that radiated water in Poland.

squeenix modeled hope after himuro

BALLIN

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Thanks for the compliment, SantaC. I'm sure they'd take note of you and put you in their game but alas, all they can work with are 100 shitty bitch threads on the gaming forum at thebore.com. They read your threads and decided,"Wow, that guy's an idiot. Why won't he just stop buying Konami games like someone with a brain?"

Hope is too good for you, Santa.

tsk, I remember when you were a noob at gaf and started gaming in the N64 era 

You are not old school like me and borys!

[Himu]

Uhhhhhh...I started gaming on the nes. The first system I owned was the Sega Genesis.

[Tasty]

Wii U Dragon Quest game is DQX.

I know.

Edit- And FF3 DS was horrible.

[Himu]

FF3 ds is atrocious. Sup 3 enemies per battle. Sup molasses turn speed. Sup sword sponge hp sinks. Sup.

...Sup.

[Tasty]

It was so, so bad. I really wanted to get FF4 after it being recommended to me but I just couldn't justify it, having survived FF3.

[MCD]

Let's be honest here; all FF before 7 were atrocious.

[archnemesis]

FF4DS is also pretty terrible. Get it for some other system instead.

[Himu]

FF4ds is NOT terrible. If you are a fan of the classic game, it's a welcome different version. I couldn't suggest it to NEW people of FFIV, though.

Andrex, FF3 DS goes against EVERYTHING FF3 NES stood for: fast combat, fast turns, lots of enemies;etc. TERRIBAD and I'm not even a big fan of FF3 nes!

[Himu]

Let's be honest here; all FF before 7 were atrocious.

Here's your "real FF fan", Borys.

[demi]

FF4 DS is ok but I still prefer the original.

[archnemesis]

If you want a good Final Fantasy for the DS, get Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.

[Tasty]

If you want a good Final Fantasy for the DS, get Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.

I do want to check that out. The pseudo 3DS sequel looks great.

[demi]

Archnemesis can you give some starter tips? I tried it before but the combat system was pretty confusing.

[Himu]

If you want a good Final Fantasy for the DS, get Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.

I still haven't played that.  But the idea sounds nice.

[archnemesis]

I was really hyped about it before I heard details about the battle system. It's seems a bit slow and repetitive. Even so, it's one of the main reasons I got a 3DS and I hope we'll get an English translation soon.

Archnemesis can you give some starter tips? I tried it before but the combat system was pretty confusing.

You shouldn't have any problems with it. It's a throw-back Final Fantasy with a job hat system. The gems you earn from battles can be sold and IIRC it's pretty much the only good way to earn money and buy new gear. The game has a pretty restricted inventory size, but it isn't an issue unless you're an OCD hoarder.

[archnemesis]

Oh, yeah. There is an action point system. You can have up to 5 AP and each skill have a different cost. Each turn you earn new AP. Some skills, like cure spells, have auto-targeting. That's pretty much it.

[Mr. Gundam]

Final Fantasy IV is still my favorite Final Fantasy. Very fond memories of playing it (back when we called it Final Fantasy II) on the SNES on Christmas day back when it was released.

[Cerveza mas fina]

What was wrong with ff3 ds? I finished that shit!

[archnemesis]

Fugly 3D graphics, only three party members and slow as molasses.

[Himu]

What was wrong with ff3 ds? I finished that shit!

three enemies per fight

[Himu]

what is there to talk about? we'll go over the same old shit over and over. Every game in the series has their good points, except maybe 2, and that has some interesting things going for it considering it was the first story-based FF. Pick your favorites, sit, and relax. That other guys favorites? They're shit. There, I just summarized a hypothetical FF thread.

[Cerveza mas fina]

What was wrong with ff3 ds? I finished that shit!

three enemies per fight

Ok Im not some purist or anything so I don't know whats wrong with that. FF7 went up to 5/7?

[Himu]

FF3 nes had you fighting few enemies as well, however, the issue here is mostly speed. Also, FFIII nes has you fighting more enemies, more regularly, like 5 enemies at once sometimes. Instead of upping that number, like the snes FF's did to like, 5-9 enemies at once on average, it's almost always 1-3 enemies at once, which is 3d FF standards.

Factor in slow battle speed, ugly graphics, enemies with hp sinks because there are LESS enemies now so they try to make up for that, and you got a bad remake.

[Himu]

In other words:



vs

[Cerveza mas fina]

Well the remake didnt have ugly graphics imho, especially for DS standards.

[tiesto]

Did not like either 4 Heroes of Light or FF3 DS. The original Famicom FF3 is one of my favorites, but like Oscar and Himu said, the change to the number of enemies you fight at one time makes for a much less intense and interesting game.

[Cerveza mas fina]

And to think thats the last FF I finished  (until they bring IV to Android)

But thanks for clearing that up guys.

[recursivelyenumerable]

Framerate and slowdown aside, no, it didn't look bad for a polygonal DS game, but that's not much praise, is it? 

I actually appreciate well done low-polygon graphics (like in FF4ds) - there's an art to it and a certain appeal to "doing more with less", much like low-res pixel art. A problem I did have with FF4DS is that the field graphics, while well done, felt cramped because of the limited field of view compared to the SNES version (and it had to resort to a map on the bottom screen to make up for it - overall, it feels less immersive to explore).

[Himu]

Framerate and slowdown aside, no, it didn't look bad for a polygonal DS game, but that's not much praise, is it? 

I actually appreciate well done low-polygon graphics (like in FF4ds) - there's an art to it and a certain appeal to "doing more with less", much like low-res pixel art. A problem I did have with FF4DS is that the field graphics, while well done, felt cramped because of the limited field of view compared to the SNES version (and it had to resort to a map on the bottom screen to make up for it - overall, it feels less immersive to explore).

I agree. I actually like the way FF4DS looks.

[demi]

The next FF I will finish is FF: Dimensions

You're all talk. You know that $30 price tag HURTS your dirty poor soul.

[MCD]

http://andriasang.com/con2l3/lightning_returns_details/

A few new details on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII have surfaced from an interview in this week's Famitsu. Here are some of the key points:

 ■The game is currently 30% complete

 ■This will be Lightning's last game and will end with a happy ending. The game has just one ending.

 ■The first FFXIII was story driven, meaning that the story pulled the player along. FFXIII-2 was player driven, meaning players selected the story. Lightning Returns is World Driven, meaning players have to consider how they interact with the changing world.

 ■The game's in-game time works out to one day being the equivalent of one to two hours of real time. There will be increases and decreases in time.

 ■The game is meant to be played and cleared multiple times. The volume is not such that it will take many tens of hours to clear once.

 ■People from XIII-2 haven't died. Because of the effects of the chaos (I'm not sure if this is the proper English word), people have stopped aging and don't get old.

 ■The Novus world has four continents, two natural and two city-type.

 ■Depending on your actions, the remaining life of the world could decrease, and the game could end before the 13 day limit.

 ■There are some times when helping someone will decrease the life of the world.

 ■Defeating some enemies and clearing some quests will increase the life of the world.

 ■Lightning is all by herself in battle, allowing you to concentrate more than when you had to control a party.

 ■Lightning has become a considerably more refined person.

 ■You can freely move around during battle. Some elements of the battle system are timing-based.

 ■The battle system is close to action. There's an ATB gauge.

 ■During battle, you don't select menu commands. Instead, you select abilities which have been assigned to buttons.

 ■Hope will give guidance to Lightning via wireless com.

 ■The city has clocks everywhere showing the constant progression of time.

[Sho Nuff]

That's great

[archnemesis]

Still an ATB gauge? I thought they would go for straight action-RPG.

[Purple Filth]

Hope

So he's grown up enough now that him and Lightning can be a thing? 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Thes bulletpoints make me laugh

■This will be Lightning's last game and will end with a happy ending. The game has just one ending.

Fucking Japanese people how is this a bulletpoint?!?!?

■Hope will give guidance to Lightning via wireless com.

Wanna go bowling? 
 

■The city has clocks everywhere showing the constant progression of time.

clocks

Japan wins again

[MCD]

I read a transcript of the interview in Famitsu. I really like the direction they're going with the game.

They mention that the customization system in LR is actually a result of breaking down the basic concept of the Dress Spheres in FFX-2. Instead of having fixed jobs and costumes which players change between, what they want in LR is to allow the players to create their own jobs by putting together different equipment which into sets which then form Styles. Players can preset different Styles and change between them this way, but there is also much more freedom is customization.

Another element is the battles. For boss battles and tougher enemy types, they are planning to design them such that they feel like intense 1 on 1 battles, where Lightning takes the enemy down piece by piece, with multiple destructible body parts on the foe.

Sounds pretty good!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41771918&postcount=2680

[demi]

The new details sound much better... hype renewed

[demi]

During battle, you don't select menu commands. Instead, you select abilities which have been assigned to buttons.

Kingdom Hearts 3

[Cerveza mas fina]

■Depending on your actions, the remaining life of the world could decrease, and the game could end before the 13 day limit.

13 day limit in FF13

SE genius does it again!

[Tasty]