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KungKras on 18 November 2009
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
KungKras said:
dobby985 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@dobby

why do you even care

aren't you going to NOT buy FF13 because of one 4 minute song?

Yeah that and horrible uninspired cliche storyline, crap graphics, outdated battle system w/e

I might play it on my hacked 360.

It's an RPG.

am I the only one who can't stand turn based RPG's that use anything else than a Pokémon-like battle system?

The new "innovative" Active time battle systems are one of the things that scare me away from newer RPGs

It depends, for me. I absolutely love the Tales-battle system, but with many other games it falls short and I just can't enjoy it. Turn-based is pretty good even if it's old, for example I loved Lost Odyssey to death.

I really like the Tales system too, but it's action-based and not turn based, so it's not included in the definition I made in my previous comment.

Of course, I like Action-based better than turn based, and WRPG more than JRPG, but if the system has to be turn based, I just can't stand games that do stuff like the Active time system of FFVIII, I hate that system, it just makes things complicated for no reason what so ever.

   What works in turn based RPG's is the pokémon or FF1 and phantasy star formula of having things simple with Mana or PP with wich to use skills, and then just having simple turns. Anything that's more complicated than that is just unnecessary.



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Son1x on 18 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Son1x said:
darthdevidem01 said:
dobby985 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
dobby985 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@dobby

why do you even care

aren't you going to NOT buy FF13 because of one 4 minute song?

Yeah that and horrible uninspired cliche storyline, crap graphics, outdated battle system w/e

I might play it on my hacked 360.

1. So you have played FF13 since you know about the storyline

2. Graphics hailed as one of the best by every media site & people who played the demo, but no don't listen to them dobby

3. roflmao

1. Rebels fighting a tyranical government. That's really original and hasn't been done to death in all forms of media.

2. I don't need "professionals" telling me what the graphics look like. I have my eyeballs for that.

3. http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/post.php?id=2835409

1. They are l'cie not rebels, their mission is to kill the people in the country they have been brought up in, if they fail they will all be turned into crystal monsters or something. Thats why they go against the fal'cie.....its more like l'cie (our main cast) against the Fal'cie crystal gods of two nations (Pulse & Cocoon)

2. They have PLAYED the game....YOU haven't

3. lol, so you really haven't done any research on fF13's battle system rofl!

One more thing about point 1.....you won't find a single RPG, western or japanese that isn't loosely based on that kind of a storyboard

Ugh, thats just wrong. 

I changed it to many

& if its wrong give me examples

there is always the underdogs (our main character) & big empire/country/cliched villain against them

Well many is correct. I would have even used most, lol.

Incase you still want an example, Terranigma.



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mibuokami on 18 November 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Zlejedi said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
mibuokami said:
dobby985 said:
^ it will never reach 8m

How hard would it be to reach 5mil on PS3 and 3mil on 360? I really don't see it :/

5 Million on the PS3 is possible.  But 3 Million on the 360 is really up in the air.  Since its all going to be based on international sales to make up those 360 sales.  And even then, many people will still probably want to buy the PS3 version, since they've already announced it will have additional content the 360 version won't.  (The 360 version is essentially the game with content missing).

And while we're at it, it seems some people forget that FFXIII is only being released on the 360 outside of Japan.

Where ? I thought that the PS3 version is being cutted down to be equal with X360 release ?

If this is true, its something I didn't hear.  But it would make sense.

Shortly after announcing the 360 version however, they detailed how the 360 version would have differences than the PS3 version (though not specifying what differences).  Pointing to possible graphical deterioration or even some alternate content between the games due to the different amount of memory on the 360 disk.  They also threw out the possibility that the PS3 version might feature some extras that the 360 version may not like dual audio (Japanese and English voices) as well as additional content that won't fit on the 360 disk.

But I guess all of this could have changed by now.  The game has been stalled so long and was still in development for well over a year and a half since the E3 announcement it would be on the 360.

The compression technology used for sound & cutscene will be different and the game will come in 3 disk, thats about the only difference thats gonna happen with this game other than some minor graphical quirks due to porting.

The PS3 version LOST the bloody Japanese audio thanks to parity issue (I'm still pissed at that) there is no difference between the 2 version. This game will easily top 3 million on the 360, its been the flagship of RPG for 5 years now, older than this gen, I have full confidence.




twesterm on 18 November 2009

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.



 

Khuutra on 18 November 2009
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.



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twesterm on 18 November 2009
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.

Ok?



 

Khuutra on 18 November 2009
twesterm said:
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.

Ok?

All right, tell you what.

Wanna make a bet?



darthdevidem01 on 18 November 2009
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.

Remember according to twesterm FF has died long ago



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RageBot on 18 November 2009
RolStoppable said:
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.

With the way how gaming journalism and hype works these days, FF XIII will have sold four million before anyone would notice that the game is actually only two hours of cutscenes and three hours of gameplay.

Um, yeah. I hope everyone understands what I am getting at. FF XIII will sell big time. Seven million is the bare minimum and ten million aren't completely out of the question.

It only makes perfect nonsense!

Seven Million isn't the "bare" minimum, though I expect it to sell more than that, just like FFVIII/X, and you know, ten million isn't completely out of the question, but it is also highly unlikely.



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twesterm on 18 November 2009
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:
Khuutra said:
twesterm said:

FFXIII won't do 10 million, he's just trying to make hype.  I'm guessing 4 million worldwide across both consoles.

This is just as silly. It would be the worst-selling FF since the SNES days.

Ok?

All right, tell you what.

Wanna make a bet?

Nope, that's just what I think it will sell. 

I feel like making an out there prediction that I completely acknowledge is out there but still one I think that can happen.