UPDATE: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Becomes FF15

[zombiesinc]

I'd like to think that they decided the world and story they created is simply big enough to be considered a completely new edition to the Final Fantasy series. Regardless, I'm happy to hear more news, 'cause from what I've seen I really think this will be the type of game I can't stop playing. It's been far too many years since I've played a Final Fantasy that I couldn't tear myself away from, so here's to hoping this will fall into that category.

 

[shrekfan246]

I'm going to laugh if Versus XIII is still in development hell and this is just a completely unrelated game with a similar-looking main character.

EDIT: If it's true though, then I hope that the game hasn't been gutted and mutilated from how all of the previous announcements have built it up. It's really the only thing still keeping me interested in Square Enix at the moment, considering it's also the game that has been keeping Kingdom Hearts III shelved.

 

[Beautiful End]

OH, FOR BLOB'S SAKE!

Come on, Squeenix! I don't care if you name it Final Fantasy Adventure Happy Go-Go Quest for Butts. Just give us the game already! And THEN hurry up and release Kingdom Hearts 3! If you hurry up, it could be released before I'm old and I have to buy it for my grandchildren!

Why is Squeenix making us their 5 remaining fans unhappy? Why are they trolling us...?

...make it stop...

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII is the JRPG fans' version of Half Life 2: Episode 3.

WRONG! That is Kingdom Hearts 3's position.

Also, in the video at 0:37, was that Gearbox's logo?

Anyway, hope it comes to the 360 so I won't have to buy a new PS3.

 

[Jeremy Meadows]

Honestly I could care less anymore. Square's complete shelling out of anything FF the past 5+ years has made me from fanboy to uninterested gamer very quickly. I just don't care anymore. Last FF game I even touched was Crisis core and that one is still mediocre in my opinion. So I'm gonna buy it either way.

 

[Dresos]

I really look forward to it actually, the things I've seen this far looks interesting enough. But good or not at least after this they will move on from "Fabula Nova Crystallis".

 

[Charmi the ninja]

Wouldn't be surprised if turn Versus13 into 15.
What would surprise me, is if this video was actually real!

 

[BooTsPs3]

Top comment on the youtube video actually seems right in this case. Here it is:

"First: It's the Premiere 2011 Trailer. Edited with the XV logo, Wii U logo, and CERO logo.

Second: It's NOT a conference room. It's a classroom, or some other small theatre.

Third: There's an entire five people in the room. Also, you do not cheer in a private conference. It's not for showing off stuff to a crowd, these small events are for press.

Fourth: The Crystal Tools logo. We already know Versus XIII was moved to the Luminous Engine months ago.

Thank you and good night."

After reading that comment and rewatching the video i think the comment is right.
Also changing the name to XV would lower sales, not raise them. FF fans are generally people in the know of game releases etc. so this would just piss them off.

Also the Wii U won't be using bluray. Wasn't part of the reason the Versus was being made because FF13 had to cut a lot to be on the xbox360 since it didn't have blu ray?

 

[CaptainMarvelous]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII is the JRPG fans' version of Half Life 2: Episode 3.

WRONG! That is Kingdom Hearts 3's position.

Also, in the video at 0:37, was that Gearbox's logo?

Anyway, hope it comes to the 360 so I won't have to buy a new PS3.

Kingdom Hearts 3? They keep releasing stuff leading UP to it, Versus XIII you get a new screenshot every year. Plus I don't think I'm that psyched for KH3, gonna depend how 3D does, until it gets announced it's just something to wait for.

Whereas every single bastarding screenshot or tiny video of Versus XIII since it was announced makes me think it could bring back the gold. WHY SQUENIX!? WHY MAKE THEATRYHTM WHEN THIS IS WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR! >_> sorry, little emotional there.

 

[AbstractStream]

Perhaps Square-Enix's executives were tired of Versus XIII's project lead Tetsuya Nomura wasting time.

Well I sure would be. Come on Nomura! Get with it! (And by it, I mean Versus or XV or whatever and KH3.)
We're not getting any younger here and neither are you.

 

[punipunipyo]

Please be a kingdom hearts battle system, FF7 God like characters, awesome ChronoTrigger/FF6t equivalent story arch, AMAZING GRAPHIC game... the way J-RPG should all be, but have NOT been for the past 5 years... oh please... open world this time....

or... just remake FF7/ChronoTrigger with FF7CC(or Kingdom Hearts) battle system...

 

[Genixma]

So in the US it's going to be versus XIII and in Japan it's going to be XV. Just like III and VI.

Note: 666th post, this bodes well.

 

[Charli]

I'm really starting to get bored of these template cutout pretty men/women. I mean ...Can we have some varied character styles again. Just seeing the style now is enough to make me go 'nope nope nope' and back away from it entirely.

(I'm looking at you FFX... this is your style they've kept rehashing)


Also Kingdom Hearts 3 first please. At least the Disney characters mix up the formula and visual style SOMEWHAT.

Since they'll outright refuse to do this (even though it's clear their CGI department just wants to do movies) I say let final fantasy stagnate in that with it's MMO for a while and forget about it.

Focus on something new or Kingdom Hearts which by Square Enix RPG standards is still in it's Infancy.

 

[Solo-Wing]

here you go, E3 2012 summed up for you:

They better fucking announce my god damned Last Guardian. I WANT THAT GAME.

 

[theultimateend]

I was a massive FF fanboy. FF6-10 are among my favorite games (9 being my favorite). 10-2 put a dent in my fanboy armor but I told myself that it was not in the main series (plus I liked the bonus happy ending so I let it slide). Then FF 12 came out and that was just Retern of the Jedi without jedi but still I had faith in the series. Then I played 13. There are no words to properly describe how much I hate 13. I have no faith left. I will check the reviews when it comes out but the series is basicaly dead to me at this point.

12 is like this amazingly beautiful butterfly in a sea of fetid turds.

You just don't know how it got there.

Also "bonus happy ending" on FFX-2 is the funniest thing I've read in a while >_>.

 

[DirgeNovak]

It would have been the best idea Square had in years. Oh well.

 

[Gizmo1990]

I was a massive FF fanboy. FF6-10 are among my favorite games (9 being my favorite). 10-2 put a dent in my fanboy armor but I told myself that it was not in the main series (plus I liked the bonus happy ending so I let it slide). Then FF 12 came out and that was just Retern of the Jedi without jedi but still I had faith in the series. Then I played 13. There are no words to properly describe how much I hate 13. I have no faith left. I will check the reviews when it comes out but the series is basicaly dead to me at this point.

12 is like this amazingly beautiful butterfly in a sea of fetid turds.

You just don't know how it got there.

Also "bonus happy ending" on FFX-2 is the funniest thing I've read in a while >_>.

If you like 12 then good for you. I did enjoy the gameplay (except the summoning system) and for a PS2 game the graphics were amazing but I have always played FF games because I have enjoyed the story and 12 was a weak Return of the Jedi rip off and you cannot say otherwise.

The bad guys were called 'The Empire', there is a roge princess running a rebel alliance, there is a Han Solo clone but instead of a bear-thing for a companion he has a tall, half naked bunny girl, they have judges that are basicaly Darth Vader without a lightsaber or the force, the main judge is revailed to be the brother of one of the main characters and he turns good and sacrifices his life after you kick his arse and there is a death star thing that has a super beam cannon, that can destroy whole citys and it is attacked by a small rebel fleet led by a guy who everybody calls admiral.

 

[Aesir23]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII is the JRPG fans' version of Half Life 2: Episode 3.

WRONG! That is Kingdom Hearts 3's position.

Also, in the video at 0:37, was that Gearbox's logo?

Anyway, hope it comes to the 360 so I won't have to buy a new PS3.

Kingdom Hearts 3? They keep releasing stuff leading UP to it, Versus XIII you get a new screenshot every year. Plus I don't think I'm that psyched for KH3, gonna depend how 3D does, until it gets announced it's just something to wait for.

Whereas every single bastarding screenshot or tiny video of Versus XIII since it was announced makes me think it could bring back the gold. WHY SQUENIX!? WHY MAKE THEATRYHTM WHEN THIS IS WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR! >_> sorry, little emotional there.

I have to agree. If they released a little tidbit every once and awhile to show us something new then the wait wouldn't have been so bad. The frustration, for me at least, comes more from the fact that we very rarely get to see anything new. At least three trailers showed the same footage just presented in a different way.

Also when they announced XIII-2 a mere year after XIII I don't think my jaw had ever dropped farther in my entire gaming "Career". Not in a good way either even though I did end up liking XIII-2 more than the original.

 

[lordlillen]

this is not good, this game plays alot more like kingdom hearts then final fantasy and if it was a spinoff that would be ok but as a sequel... actually when i think about it FF13 didnt seem to know if it wanted to be a rpg or a action rpg.

 

[Amnestic]

this is not good, this game plays alot more like kingdom hearts then final fantasy and if it was a spinoff that would be ok but as a sequel... actually when i think about it FF13 didnt seem to know if it wanted to be a rpg or a action rpg.

There's nothing wrong with evolving the formula over time. Each game did so, though notably from 7-9 (moving away from the more 'traditional' JRPG format which had become so commonplace) and then from 10-13 (moving away from the ATB in favour of different systems. 10, 12 and 13 were all markedly different to one another).