Final Fantasy Versus XIII Details from one of the supposed devs - Rumored/Take with Grain of Salt "What could have been" - (INCLUDES potential connection to spoilers of Final Fantasy XV)

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deskpro2k3 said:

m_csquare said:
So stella is just bruce willis in sixth sense. So much for "strong female protag".

And which part of this leak makes v13 a better story than ff15 again? Because it's "dark" and filled with bdsm gentiana and better npc costume?

It's called, personal preference.

The game was never going to be how the concepts made it look like. The game kept evolving and changing throughout its entire production. Most of the details you attribute to "Nomura's vision" were changed, removed or altered  by Nomura himself or his team before the production shifted to Tabata.

And to address your comment, I'd say it's called infatuation for Nomura.