Yogurt check, chips check, sleep ......

It's lateness.
FF Versus XIII is Destined for Lateness.

As we all know.

I'm at the point where I don't care anymore.

We know next to nothing about this game anyway, so what's to get hyped about. No one really knows how it plays or if the story is any better than FFXIII.

I didn't really care for the character designs that were shown anyway (same ol' J-POP band characters in a FF game).

Because This....

Trumps this....

Everyday of the week for me. the bright colored technology thing just doesn't sit well with me. I see high tech as sleek and efficient, sterile even. I love the throne room in XIII in Orphan's Cradle, Midgar is amazing, and love zanarkand. I also hate overy ornated background.

"Don’t be fooled by the dark mood the trailer leads you to, what you’ve seen is merely a representation of what’s to come but I can disclose that the character (Noctis) is not solitary or dark even though the burden he carries is very heavy."

"Since he prefers depicting friendships over love affairs, the former will play an important role in the game's story. The burden resting on the shoulders of the protagonist and his friends might be very heavy, but nonetheless Nomura also aims to realistically show the positive aspect of their friendship, too." (Tetsuya Nomura)

For more comments from Nomura and others: here

They are aiming for realism through believable characters.

as the OP shows, we know plenty. We honestly knew more about how Versus was going to play out than we did of FFXIII before it finally released :/

If you don't like JPOP looking characters than you obviously don't like JRPGs that much, they ALL have them. Nomura does have a way with his japanese pretty boys but its all apples and oranges from there. Noctis is actually rather tame for his designs. Have you SEEN The Bouncers???? lmao

I see myself as probably one of FFXII's biggest fans.....but lets be honest here. The soundtrack for that game was gawd awful. I could not listen to any of it without fear of being put to sleep. I literally would have to cut it off entirely and put my own tunes on in the background to get through the game, regardless of the fact I loved the battle system and the story. Also, 12 may be dark but not as dark as say....FFVI,VII, or IX. I was referring more towards asthetic in the OP but these are darker in story and over all tone as well. FFXII does have a distinct oppression to it but I never fealt like the characters were losing/sacrificing anything to get the job done. Ashe and Basche both experienced decent losses but they never hit home like...

• Aerith's Death scene
• Sephiroth burning down the town
• Jenova's corpse
• Blood splattered hallways of Shinra Co.
• The systematic destruction of every big city in IX
• Vivi's realization of what he is
• Eiko living alone in the village of summoners.
• Yuna ready to sacrifice herself for the greater good, Tidus willing to do the same just for her in X.

damn, beat me to it lol

He had to show me the video. God now I am hooked on it again.

But Zanarkand is full of odd-designed buildings with waterfalls and even whole floating rivers and lots of lights. It's not very different from the examples you mentioned to dislike. Aren't you sure you just want some sort of chromatic/thematic consistence? That's another issue entirely.