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Forums - Sony - PS3 "Final Fantasy 13" actual development time was only two years.

outlawauron on 04 January 2010
ClaudeLv250 said:
Sounds like bullshit. It was announced in 2006, that would mean they put together a trailer and then sat on their asses for a year doing nothing.

Not saying it only took 2 years, but most of the work at that time would have been changing the engine wouldn't it? I mean, three engines were used.



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Xxain on 04 January 2010
outlawauron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Sounds like bullshit. It was announced in 2006, that would mean they put together a trailer and then sat on their asses for a year doing nothing.

Not saying it only took 2 years, but most of the work at that time would have been changing the engine wouldn't it? I mean, three engines were used.


thats the iffy part.. Crystal Tools started on PS2 but it damn sure wasnt finished they gave a teaser then just work on the engine for a year...it could Xxplain the lack of visible media of FFXIII for awhile

outlawauron on 04 January 2010
Xxain said:
outlawauron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Sounds like bullshit. It was announced in 2006, that would mean they put together a trailer and then sat on their asses for a year doing nothing.

Not saying it only took 2 years, but most of the work at that time would have been changing the engine wouldn't it? I mean, three engines were used.

thats the iffy part.. Crystal Tools started on PS2 but it damn sure wasnt finished they gave a teaser then just work on the engine for a year...it could Xxplain the lack of visible media of FFXIII for awhile

Well, it was originally White Engine that FF13 was going to be built on. Then they switched to Crystal Tools and made it work with 360. Then they later changed it again to work with the Wii.



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Xxain on 04 January 2010
outlawauron said:
Xxain said:
outlawauron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Sounds like bullshit. It was announced in 2006, that would mean they put together a trailer and then sat on their asses for a year doing nothing.

Not saying it only took 2 years, but most of the work at that time would have been changing the engine wouldn't it? I mean, three engines were used.

thats the iffy part.. Crystal Tools started on PS2 but it damn sure wasnt finished they gave a teaser then just work on the engine for a year...it could Xxplain the lack of visible media of FFXIII for awhile

Well, it was originally White Engine that FF13 was going to be built on. Then they switched to Crystal Tools and made it work with 360. Then they later changed it again to work with the Wii.


iirc White engine was the codename/prototype with Crystal Tools being the final engine ... there the same thing...right?

ClaudeLv250 on 04 January 2010

White Engine 1.0 is Crystal Tools. They changed the name and announced its intended purpose to be compatible with 360, Wii and PC at the same time.



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