June 22nd, 2011
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In their latest issue, Famitsu sat down for an interview with Isamu Kamikokuryo, Art director of FFXIII. When asked if the number of cities and towns would increase in FFXIII-2, Kamikokuryo gave the answer all fans wanted to hear…
When asked: There are many places that were deleted on FF13, will those deleted to be include on FF13-2, Isamu replied – “It won’t come out like the original, however we will use it effectively.”
He was then asked if the number of cities and towns would increase, Isamu answered – “YES. There are variety of towns this time.”
Great news for Final Fantasy fans. The one thing everybody seemed to miss the most in Final Fantasy XIII was traveling to different towns, interacting with the townsfolk and so on. Considering towns have always been a huge part of any world in the many different Final Fantasy games, the absence of them in FFXIII was quite mind boggling.
Excitement for Final Fantasy XIII-2 just went up a notch.
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This is f*ckin stupid. This game only exists because Microsh*t didn’t want Square Enix to put the game on more than 3 discs, due to it’s lack of exclusitivity. So what did SE do? Cut the friggin game in half, so as to fit on 3 Sh*tbox discs. Same exact thing happened with L.A. Noire.
Agreed, Final Fantasy XIII should have remained exclusive. Microsoft are a great example of corporate greed.
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PS3 fanboy.
Who cares?
FINAL Fantasy 35 will be out next year, it will be so much better!!!
You know what Square Enix should screw Sony & Microsoft and go back to making Final Fantasy on Nintendo and make a good Final Fantasy exclusively on the WiiU it seems like Ps3 & 360 fanboys don’t really give a darn about this game all they do is fight over it.
… the first actually good “town” style final fantasy was on the PS1. And that was FFVII.
I have played them all on every console available, and to this day, the playstation ones are my favorite. Even after the “square-enix” merge, FFX was amazing.
Also, there’s been so much talk of towns, but what about merchants? Lodging? Temples? Etc.
I want to buy useless weapons and 99 potions for no reason, dammit!
Also, I found it pretty ironic that you knocked PS3 and 360 fanboys, then made yourself out to be a Nintendo fanboy (why anyone would want to be one of those confuses the hell out of me, but that’s besides the point).
We all saw what happened when they tried to bring final fantasy back to Nintendo after the first couple games… and it was horrible. Final Fantasy started on the Nintendo because there wasn’t much choice in the way of consoles. Once they realized the potential of the Playstation, they pretty much gave up on outdated consoles.
Again, not a fanboy, as I have all systems and play them equally (except the Wii. Mario and Zelda get old after you realize that’s all there is for the Wii.)
To be honest, I was not aware anyone was asking for a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII. In my subjective opinion, Final Fantasy has been going down hill after X. X was great, but everything after ranges from “Meh” to “Not good”.
Just me though.
I would have to agree with you on that. For what Final Fantasy has always been, everything good died with X. But if you ignore the franchise, Final Fantasy XIII was a pretty good stand-alone game. Plus, it incorporated the creatures and general ambiance of a typical FF game, and that’s what sold me on it. Unfortunately it appears that turn-based gaming is dying, and the high-ups behind FF seem to think that the generation that loved them apparently all died too.
I’m with you on that man – X was so so, its saving grace was the 2D art style and the Nobuo Uematsu score, XII was horrible in the way it gimped summons and removed the random battle system, all while making magic practically redundant.
XIII was….A trainwreck. I think they were hoping for huge sales on the US market judging by the watered down gameplay and button mashing strategy. Magic was completely useless once again, just like summons, key spells were entirely absent, upgrading weapons wasn’t really necessary throughout the duration of the game and the characters was so inconsistent, although I do feel Lightning is their strongest lead since Cloud Strife.
The artwork was amazing as always but the music was lacking and there was little to explore even on Gran Pulse. Just a disappointing game, through and through.