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2000_SI
05-09-2006, 02:11 PM
Taken from IGN
(http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705978p1.html)

May 8, 2006 - Pretty much everyone expected Square Enix to announce another Final Fantasy title at their E3 press conference. Few could have guessed they would announce three Final Fantasy XIII titles. The series is collectively being called Fabula Nova Crystallis (that's "the new tale of the crystal" to those of us not fluent in Latin) with two of the titles appearing on PS3 and one on mobile phones. The premiere title, simply known as Final Fantasy XIII, was the most talked about and had a wild trailer to back up the discussion.



Final Fantasy XIII is not a prequel or sequel to the other two FFXIII titles announced today in the traditional sense. As Square Enix explained, they're linked through a common mythology but do not have any common characters, worlds, or stories. They all take place in the same universe, but aren't related to each other directly.

The video trailer of Final Fantasy XIII shown at Square Enix's press conference was longer than the one shown at Sony's later in the day. It featured a futuristic world with a female protagonist who kicks some serious ass with a short sword-gun combo, similar in appearance to Squall's Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII. It started with her soaring through a city and then followed her on to a train as she fought soldiers in a battle where she was clearly outnumbered. The train sequence ended with a giant mechanical scorpion-esque monster attacking from above.

A collective gasp was heard in the audience when the movie went from what appeared to be pre-rendered footage to a full set of menus indicating that nearly everything we saw was made using the in-game engine. We were then taken through a series of environments ranging from futuristic cities to dense jungles. All of them were lushly detailed with plenty going on in both the character's immediate vicinity and in the background.

Everything we saw in the trailer pointed towards a title that leans heavily towards the action side of the RPG spectrum. The press release also described "intuitive controls" and real-time gameplay, further cementing this title's action status. Although much about Final Fantasy XIII is still up in the air, one thing is for sure-- this is one incredible looking game.

Trailer Here
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/826/826843/vids_1.html


I must say that I was pretty suprised to see Sony release details of another new FF game, since FF XII is still in the works and they havent even put out a set release date for it.

b_t
05-09-2006, 02:34 PM
Personally Final Fantasy games don't impress me anymore.. the plots are getting passe, the characters all develop in a predictable way, there is absolutely no common thread between all thirteen games aside from the basic formula most of them follow.. not to mention the increasingly gay main character designs. Looks like they just finally gave up and made FFXIII's lead character a chick. I am almost certain that this trailer was CG, like the other FFXIII trailer they showed, just done up to look like it was from a game.

yellowsnow
05-09-2006, 02:54 PM
Awesome! can't wait :thumbsup:

statick
05-09-2006, 10:01 PM
E3 this year brought a lot of good stuff...:thumbsup: