C'mon Square! Just give me this damn game.

Hopefull this is true and we can expect to see a 2010 spring release. Seems to be on track for Japan and promises to look bette than any video or pics we have seen so far.

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Over at Japan, Dengeki magazine got a bit of a status update on Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360) straight from Square Enix. So, curious of how everything's going for this baby? Well, don't worry, they reassure everyone that the game's still on track for a release this year. (Wait, how come I feel like I've heard that before? Umm... anyway, moving on...)

Here's the deal. Let's do bullet points, shall we?

• Story and Scenario is 100% done.
• Graphics around 80% complete.
• Battle system currently still being refined.
• All screens and videos anyone's ever seen so far have been taken from previous builds of the Crystal Tools engine. They've advanced further along and we can probably even expect more from the finished product.
• When asked about DLC, the devs responded that there are no current plans of making add-on content available. As always, since we have the "current" clause in that statement, this indicates that it's not altogether impossible.

While I'm not all that concerned about DLC right now - I just hope they focus on getting the game released first. And then we can talk DLC. I'm also hoping we get to see more footage of FF13 in a more advanced build of their engine. I wonder how far along they really are. Because even from what I've seen so far, it's already looking pretty sweet.

[Via UFFsite]

I can't express how sick I am with Downloadable Content.

Put it in the game we payed for in the first place.

Who gives a damn about DLC in Final Fantasy games, we need the full package.

Excellent

so the game is in finishing stages I take it

I too am happy with the no DLC.

@darth
Pretty much although there is no mention of how the porting of the 360 version is going (for US).

No DLC means they aren't relying on releasing an unfinished game and cashing in on an update later.

Good stuff. However, DLC could've added more side stories or something, but I bet gamers will have enough to do upon release.

dlc is so overrated and the worst thing of this generation .

Agreed for 75% of games out there. Although I do genuinely beleive that not all companies are in it for just the cash in. They want to bring you quality vs. quantity. That's my take on matters.

No DLC.... It's a fuckin' jRPG for goodness sake. I'm already pissed that I have to PAY for Disgaea characters... but atleast they're actually characters that aren't already on the disc...

This is Final Fantasy XIII. When we buy it, we want everything on the damn disc... and UNLOCKED!!!

EDIT: THere are some companies that do this right. Burnout updates have been great, only a few extra cars that you have to pay for. Army of 2 and UT3 have been getting good dev support.

DLC just wouldn't work in a numbered final fantasy. Maybe if it were Tactics in the form of a job class or something, but people buy FF for the full package