Re: Final Fantasy XIII DVD trailers released

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 12th 2008 at 3:35PM }

How long will these trailers stay online? We're not exactly sure. Hopefully, you'll be lucky enough to catch these Final Fantasy XIII trailers, captured from the recently released "Re: Final Fantasy XIII" DVD. Check out XIII and Versus after the break.

[Thanks, Torgo!]

Tags: ff13, ffxiii, final-fantasy, final-fantasy-xiii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Carlos @ Dec 12th 2008 3:42PM

aaaaa the beauty of FF
im in love

El perron @ Dec 16th 2008 7:04PM

Versus looks awesome, XIII looks good too but I kinda got bored of the I hit u, u hit me sort of fights, kingdom hearts type of fighting is better, I got bored of the FF series when X came out. and disappointed me,

Aaron @ Dec 13th 2008 10:48AM

I came. Twice.

ocdog45 @ Dec 12th 2008 3:50PM

ahhh, this is bull. games look so tight and i have to wait for my kid to go to college for me to play it.

Eric E @ Dec 12th 2008 4:14PM

um what?
its like that lewis black joke "If it weren't for my horse, i never woulda spent that second year in college"

deathxrebirth @ Dec 12th 2008 9:50PM

So true... and I don't even have a kid yet.

blaze @ Dec 12th 2008 3:52PM

The only one i'm looking forward to in the Versus, the themes of it looks amazing and new from the other FF series.

eNrique @ Dec 13th 2008 12:14PM

Maybe it's just me but FFXIII doesn't look like a traditional FF game (7-10) for me, it looks like more like a FFXII, while Versus Looks Totally badassssss, reminded me a LOT about Final Fantasy VII.
But HEY, it's just my opinion.

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Dartmerc @ Dec 13th 2008 6:41AM

Yeah, people have cars.. how do they get into random battles?

blaze @ Dec 13th 2008 12:57PM

Your right eNrique it kinda has the dark theme of FFVII but there's still alot of difference as in what they have in the game, not saying i'm compareing 7 to 13.

Dartmerc that's just what we'll have to wait and see

aclerok @ Dec 14th 2008 11:40AM

It actually looks more like the traditional FF games (1-6,10-12) than the others. 7 and 8 were the oddballs as far as theme is concerned.

blaze @ Dec 14th 2008 1:00PM

but look at the cars, guns and blades, they are no were close to the other types of traditional FF weapons were the main char. only has a sword. and the city looks more modern, bridges and buildings etc. unlike the fantasy cities in regular FF games. And the cloths.

The Aggie CEO @ Dec 12th 2008 4:01PM

That shit is FLAWLESS!!!!

George Lucas shoulda hired Square to do Star Wars: Clone Wars movie AND TV show...

Smitty @ Dec 12th 2008 4:08PM

I think you're on to something there!

Puli @ Dec 12th 2008 3:58PM

*whines like a little kid*

But I want it NOW!!

:'(

Versus looks really good.

Vesku @ Dec 12th 2008 4:02PM

The foremost feeling that those two clips invoke in me is astonishment over all the things CGI can achieve this day and age: the environs, light, shadows -- all bedazzlingly beautiful. The characters still look a bit tacked on what with their pixel-perfect facial characteristics and all, but I guess there's a reason why even the title "Final Fantasy" implies that it's not trying to mimic reality one-to-one.

It'd be nice to know how well the actual gameplay graphics hold up to what is being shown here.

heypaul @ Dec 12th 2008 4:08PM

You kind of get an idea of it here. The last ten seconds or so of each clip is real-time as opposed to pre-rendered. Mind you it's not the reduced poly models you'll see in actual gameplay, but they're cinematics with high quality models rendered by the actual game engine.

I have no link from the horse's mouth for proof, but when you spend as much time staring at this stuff as I do, you kind of develop an eye for things like color depth, shadow detail, aliasing and the like. Those of you who screamed "real-time!" on the Uncharted 2 trailer with me will undoubtedly agree.

Mazrael @ Dec 12th 2008 8:37PM

actually.. the games are developed on PC's first, then they are optimised to what ever console.. Crystal Tools knows all the chip timings to get the game the best it could be at that time..it's just far easier to code for PC, obviously the PS3 was in mind as they do this..

Though as Hitori says - "aren't the two games going to affect each other? if your save in XIII reflecs something happening, then NPC's in versus will comment about it. I remember SE talking about doing that." - that sounds really interesting, although the amount of affects between the two games.. gotta wonder how that'd work..

Sicnarf @ Dec 12th 2008 4:09PM

I don't care what anybody said, but Versus 13 looks WAY WAY more interesting then FF13. I know i'm not alone, I mean just look at how badass all 4 of them looked, when they slowed down walking.

Matt @ Dec 12th 2008 4:09PM

XIII looked pretty good, Versus looked totally badass.

Rowdehaj @ Dec 12th 2008 5:14PM

XIII reminded me of the Lord of the Rings, whereas Versus reminds me of The Dark Knight.

An I love both.

Averna @ Dec 12th 2008 8:06PM

I think FFXIII looks like your typical "Final Fantasy" game, where Versus looks like something a 'bit' less fantasy and a lot more black leather.

I'll get them both, but I think vanilla has my attention more, but that mostly because I'm a FF-nut

wicko @ Dec 13th 2008 8:29PM

I'm just hoping they don't go back to the FFXII route with action RPG style combat. I much prefer turn based.

Matt @ Dec 14th 2008 7:55AM

Yeah, me too. Gotta love turn based combat.

BrokenMonkey @ Dec 12th 2008 4:05PM

Is Versus a standalone game or is it supposed to come with XIII on the PS3? I'd really like Versus but if it's standalone I'll buy that for PS3 and get XIII for 360.

chin @ Dec 12th 2008 4:09PM

And your intention with that? Both games were first developed for the PS3. so both will definetly look better on the PS3. So buy both games for the PS and enjoy your Fabula Nova Crystallis adventure... ;)

BIll @ Dec 12th 2008 4:21PM

Unless something changes, Versus is standalone and is still a PS3 exclusive.

BrokenMonkey @ Dec 12th 2008 4:12PM

I doubt there will be any graphical difference between the consoles, the 360 has a better controller and it's the one I use most often so I'd rather have a game I plan on playing a lot on my preferred system. I'm glad to see that PS3 fanboys still know how to objectively answer a simple question, oh wait...

Hala Madrid!! (THE BIRD IS THE WORD!!) @ Dec 12th 2008 4:13PM

Hey, don't tell the guy what to do with his money.

BrokenMonkey @ Dec 12th 2008 4:23PM

Thanks Bill, I just wanted to know if it was standalone or if it came with XIII on the PS3, I knew it was PS3 exclusive.

hatori1181 @ Dec 12th 2008 4:33PM

aren't the two games going to affect each other? if your save in XIII reflecs something happening, then NPC's in versus will comment about it. I remember SE talking about doing that.

BrokenMonkey @ Dec 12th 2008 4:38PM

I hadn't heard that, but if that's true then it would make more sense to get it both for PS3.

Mazrael @ Dec 12th 2008 9:05PM

It does make more sense to buy both on PS3.. I'd love to play both games, but I only get one at the moment, I have no idea if that would change, but I'd say it'll be based on sales.. then on the other end of my point is that I seem to not either have the time, or commitment for RPGs at the moment, with so many games I'm trying to work through at the moment..

XIII seem the normal FF, though scenes looked to have the Turks, Sephiroth.. and what isn't shown is a boss looking character with one red eye, no doubt tied in some how to the kid in Versus
XIII Versus is a darker path.. similar things, it seems to be in at least 2 time frames as the lead guy is older later in the trailer

I'll be getting XIII on my 360, as it's my console of choice and that's where my friends are.. Versus on the other hand, proving that it stays exclusive.. me & a friend will go halves on a PS3, as for us, the price point really isn't worth it for 1 or 2 games that we'll play only once each.. (by when the console will gather dust til Kingdom Hearts 3/game)

also note my comment above..

I expect my comments to be white before long, because that honestly seems the trend on this little chat.. happy playing..

peace

Mazrael @ Dec 13th 2008 1:44PM

Hilarious, though I saw it coming.. for a lot of people here, you can't have an opinion, unless it's pro-PS3.. :D

BrokenMonkey @ Dec 13th 2008 3:26PM

lol@low rankings

wicko @ Dec 13th 2008 8:26PM

Wow, so we're downvoting guys asking legitimate questions now? I understand this is PS3*Fanboy* but have a little civility, ya?

iamkid @ Dec 13th 2008 10:02PM

cmon guys, why are you being such, well, fanboys? i thought we were above that at ps3fanboy, yet when someone chooses a game on one console over another based on preference of controller(which is a legit reason, if they look the same), why all the hate with the white out of his comments? his comments make sense to me. people need to get over being dickish about consoles...

Genius @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:50PM

why get anything for the 360?

NeoSnake4 @ Dec 12th 2008 4:12PM

For Video 2: Looks like FF Versus 13 is going to take place in Tokyo, Japan. How do I know this because the building @ 5:02 looks like Tokyo Metropolitan Government building No.1 (東京都庁　第一本庁舎).
Heres what the real one looks like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government_Building

And it did say that its a Final Fantasy taking place in what might be the real world. This seems to be pretty cool if you ask me. Reality and fantasy mixing into one huge story which might be a blockbuster. I want this game!

higeki @ Dec 13th 2008 11:47AM

Just because it LOOKS like touchou, doesn't mean it is. Liberty City looks a hell of a lot like NYC, but it isn't.
I drive by Square's headquarters all the time on my way to work in Kouenji (Tokyo). All the designers did is look out their window for inspiration. How lazy of them.

That was a nice HEY-LOOK-AT-ME-I-KNOW-MORE-ABOUT-JAPAN-THAN-EVERYBODY-ELSE post. I'm just another jaded, bitter gaijin who has lived in Japan 5 more years than I should have.

Tez @ Dec 12th 2008 4:10PM

Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but none of this was gameplay footage, yeah? I mean, it looks amazing but I do not want to see any more of the game's characters looking cool, I want to know what the gameplay looks like.

Hala Madrid!! (THE BIRD IS THE WORD!!) @ Dec 12th 2008 4:10PM

Nice car.

Bentley?

digiboi @ Dec 12th 2008 6:25PM

Bentley's don't look that good. Its like a cross between a Veyron and a Morgan - with abalone trim.

Dear Detroit - here is what a luxury flagship car looks like.

Hotrod @ Dec 12th 2008 9:59PM

To me it looks like a Maybach 57 mixed with a 1931 Bugatti Dubos (favorite car of all time)

Muhammad Sabeeh Ali @ Dec 12th 2008 4:17PM

Versus XIII looks amazing ...

rgoff31 @ Dec 12th 2008 4:16PM

Wow.

Will @ Dec 12th 2008 4:18PM

Man I miss all the CG cutscenes of Final Fantasy. They're simply the most beautiful and detailed in the industry. With every iteration after X, they've been cutting back on them...these two entries give hope that they'll be having more of them.

Don't get me wrong...I enjoy the seamless nature of in-game cutscenes to gameplay but CG-rendered scenes are on a whole different level entirely.

xLordOblivionx @ Dec 12th 2008 7:05PM

Yea, totally agree. But recently when the developers know what they're doing, a la MGS4, sometimes you can forget that it's not cgi, and your actually supposed to be playing. Happened to me a couple times, I was like, "Oh s***! This game play looks just like a cgi cut scene!"