Lighting Return: Final Fantasy release date announced!

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#1 finalstar2007
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Well here it is not only did Square Enix announce the release date which will be on Fall of this year but also a bunch of new screenshots and an extended trailer featuring Noel fighting Lighting :o

Release Date: Fall 2013

Extended Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riLLp8YnRWM&feature=player_embedded

New Pictures:

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#2 Jonwh18
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Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

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#3 superclocked
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Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

Jonwh18
Indeed.. Repeatedly mashing the same button as I wait to watch another portion of a cinematic love story is not my idea of fun...
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#4 ActicEdge
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Man, atrocious framerate still. They should show a different none terribly running video. Other than that, it still looks bland but I wanna see how it turns out.

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#5 Sphire
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Eh, that's not an exact date. Trailer did look bland and having only one playable character is sad. I'm guessing SE are rushing to get this out before next-gen consoles arrive too, which might be an extra bad omen.
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#6 Xaero_Gravity
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Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

Jonwh18
The fact that I'm far more interested in Final Fantasy: All The Bravest than I am in anything Final Fantasy related on consoles is depressing.
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#7 finalstar2007
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Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

Jonwh18

[QUOTE="Jonwh18"]

Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

superclocked

Indeed.. Repeatedly mashing the same button as I wait to watch another portion of a cinematic love story is not my idea of fun...

Dont buy it? its really not rocket science you know

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#8 D3dr0_0
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Meh looks like crap.

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#9 finalstar2007
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Eh, that's not an exact date. Trailer did look bland and having only one playable character is sad. I'm guessing SE are rushing to get this out before next-gen consoles arrive too, which might be an extra bad omen.Sphire

Better than saying just "2013" :P

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#10 FlamesOfGrey
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Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

Jonwh18
Nah, you non Japanese speakers just get the table scraps. Final Fantasy Type-0 is great.
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WHERE IS VERSUS 13?!? WHY IS THIS PILE OF S**T COMING OUT BEFORE IT?!?
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#12 finalstar2007
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WHERE IS VERSUS 13?!? WHY IS THIS PILE OF S**T COMING OUT BEFORE IT?!?game_masta14

Seeing how Lighting Return is in the Fall then Versus probably holiday 2013 or next year lol

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#14 FlamesOfGrey
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WHERE IS VERSUS 13?!? WHY IS THIS PILE OF S**T COMING OUT BEFORE IT?!?game_masta14

Square-Enix keeps pulling Nomura's team off of Versus 13 to help with these FF XIII sequels (Why do you think they come out so quickly.). :lol:

Maybe you'll see the game at Tokyo Game Show 2013 after Lightning Returns is out.

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#15 superclocked
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[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="Jonwh18"]

Final Fantasy is crap now. Who cares.

finalstar2007

Indeed.. Repeatedly mashing the same button as I wait to watch another portion of a cinematic love story is not my idea of fun...

Dont buy it? its really not rocket science you know

But most people seem to agree. They need to fix the combat system, return to having actual shops with more upgrades, like armor, for the characters, and let people control all of the characters in the party.. The Final Fantasy series has taken a massive step backwards. Meanwhile, much better RPG's, like TES, are steaming ahead in all of the right ways...
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FF13 as a whole is a joke.

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No more Final Fantasy XIII games. Please.
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#18 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="superclocked"]Indeed.. Repeatedly mashing the same button as I wait to watch another portion of a cinematic love story is not my idea of fun...superclocked

Dont buy it? its really not rocket science you know

But most people seem to agree. They need to fix the combat system, return to having actual shops with more upgrades, like armor, for the characters, and let people control all of the characters in the party...

Not really, the only thing people want is a return to form. No one legitimately cares how they do it. I've played enough FF games with everything you're asking for, I don't see why for the 15 entry in the series more of the same is an absolute requirement.

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#19 Sphire
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[QUOTE="game_masta14"]WHERE IS VERSUS 13?!? WHY IS THIS PILE OF S**T COMING OUT BEFORE IT?!?finalstar2007

Seeing how Lighting Return is in the Fall then Versus probably holiday 2013 or next year lol

Eh, that could be suicidal. Depending on next-gen prices, adoption rate could be high, meaning people will be less inclined to get a 'last-gen' game. By this point in time, they might as well transfer VsXIII to next gen, calling it XV or just sticking with VsXIII. I doubt much has really gone into the game development wise anyway. And they still have to think of FFXIV, that piece of failure that is eating up resources.
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#21 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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The FFXIII world sucks and all the characters in it suck too.

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#22 superclocked
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[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Dont buy it? its really not rocket science you know

ActicEdge

But most people seem to agree. They need to fix the combat system, return to having actual shops with more upgrades, like armor, for the characters, and let people control all of the characters in the party...

Not really, the only thing people want is a return to form. No one legitimately cares how they do it. I've played enough FF games with everything you're asking for, I don't see why for the 15 entry in the series more of the same is an absolute requirement.

I didn't say more of the same. I said that they need to fix the combat system, not make it the same as it was. Personally, I would like to see a real time combat system instead of the auto fight, button mashing fest that they're giving people right now. Something more like Devil May Cry would be awesome. Seriously, the combat system just sucks.. Hell, they've dumbed down everything in the game but the cinematics. There are less upgrades and customizations, less character control, it has a super simple button mashing combat system, and everything feels very linear in comparison to other RPG's. I used to love my Final Fantasy games, but they took the series in the complete wrong direction IMO...
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#23 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="superclocked"]But most people seem to agree. They need to fix the combat system, return to having actual shops with more upgrades, like armor, for the characters, and let people control all of the characters in the party...superclocked

Not really, the only thing people want is a return to form. No one legitimately cares how they do it. I've played enough FF games with everything you're asking for, I don't see why for the 15 entry in the series more of the same is an absolute requirement.

I didn't say more of the same. I said that they need to fix the combat system, not make it the same as it was. Personally, I would like to see a real time combat system instead of the auto fight, button mashing fest that they're giving people right now. Something more like Devil May Cry would be awesome. Seriously, the combat system just sucks.. Hell, they've dumbed down everything in the game but the cinematics. There are less upgrades and customizations, less character control, it has a super simple button mashing combat system, and everything feels very linear in comparison to other RPG's. I used to love my Final Fantasy games, but they took the series in the complete wrong direction IMO...

Ewww, I def do not want to see any sort of DmC stuff in FF. Regardless, I wanna see where they go wih FF15. This isn't a hard thing to rebound from.

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No more FFXIII games, after playing the first two enough is enough. Though knowing me I will probably still get this game when it becomes cheap.:P

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#26 Zophar87
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I thought FF13 ended very well. There was no need for a sequel or even a three-quel. Square Enix effectively ruined the first game's canon by releasing these sequels.

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#27 hayato_
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Can't wait to play the final installment.:D . I wonder how its gonna turn out. Probably gonna be the only game I spend the full $60 for this year as well

So many games to buy this year, its ridiculous.:cry:

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#28 Animal-Mother
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It's a shame, the FF series has fallen so far in such a short amount of time.

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#29 darkziosj
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[QUOTE="Gue1"]

FF13 as a whole is a joke.

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just like all JRPG



Hey i agree with ff13 being crap but not all the jrpgs are crap

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#30 Bigboi500
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Meh.

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#31 khoofia_pika
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Oh look another girly Childish barbie pink game. SNIPER4321

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Everyone looks the same :o
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#33 DJ-Lafleur
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I remember thinking This new game's combat actually seemed promising and interesting, I just wish it wasn't attached to the FFXIII universe. I really don't want to buy FFXIII-2 just to know WTF will be going on in the third game.Well, I probably wouldn't understand the story anyways due to bad, convoluted storytelling, but still...

I didn't like the fist game THAT much and found it overall poor and flawed for me to want FFXIII-2.

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#34 PatchMaster
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Why does this exist? All it's succeeding at is delaying Type-0 and Versus.

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I hope no buys this game. I want this to bomb. Please!!
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#36 ArchoNils2
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It looks really really bad and after the Joke 13-2 was, I really don't care for this title. Maybe, and just maybe, I get it if we get more information that look actually good

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#37 FlamesOfGrey
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Why does this exist? All it's succeeding at is delaying Type-0 and Versus.

PatchMaster
This game has nothing to do with Type-0 getting released outside of Japan.
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#38 DrTrafalgarLaw
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So this bi-yearly trash is getting released sooner than Versus?

XIII is the last game I bought from them.

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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="superclocked"]Indeed.. Repeatedly mashing the same button as I wait to watch another portion of a cinematic love story is not my idea of fun...superclocked

Dont buy it? its really not rocket science you know

But most people seem to agree. They need to fix the combat system, return to having actual shops with more upgrades, like armor, for the characters, and let people control all of the characters in the party.. The Final Fantasy series has taken a massive step backwards. Meanwhile, much better RPG's, like TES, are steaming ahead in all of the right ways...

Lol no... just no. Final Fantasy has certainly had its issues, but you picked the worst series to compare it to. TES has the worst combat on the planet and the games keep getting worse outside graphical quality. Terrible repetitive combat, repetitive dungeons, terrible crafting system. TES games sell well because people are fools and attracted to the glean of open world freedom where you can "do anything" but nothing you do has any significance. FF needs to evolve, but so does TES.
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probably going to get this game too

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#42 Badosh
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They need to stop with the 13 games.
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#44 FlamesOfGrey
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[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"][QUOTE="PatchMaster"]

Why does this exist? All it's succeeding at is delaying Type-0 and Versus.

Desmonic

This game has nothing to do with Type-0 getting released outside of Japan.

But it may have to due with the delay in the development of Versus 13 which is a shame :S I remember hearing that the team responsible for Versus gave a hand to the 13 and 13-2 team in order to meet release dates (or was forced to). It's a shame really, personally I'm a big KH fan and the gameplay trailer they showed 2 years (I think it was 2 ago...maybe?) showed that the game was very, very similar in terms of gameplay styles and even character movement to a certain degree. So yeah I'd buy the sh!t out of that day one if the game was to follow that path :P Shame that we don't even know if it's even going to be released at this point in time.. :S

It definitely does have to do with the delay with Versus 13 as I mentioned in a previous post but nothing to do with Type-0.
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#45 josephl64
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well if you've seent he extended trailer there are tons of improvements(not that I ever disliked XIII anyways), but if it's any consolation, at least this one will be the last one if you hated the XIII family so much...as for thet people that liked XIII and XIII-2, hopefully it has a good ending to sum everything up

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#47 enzyme36
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XIII-2 was an amazing game, and Im looking forward to the conclusion....

It seems to me that the ones who bashed 13-2 it are the ones who hated 13 and never played the sequel.

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#48 Badosh
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It seems to me that the ones who bashed 13-2 it are the ones who hated 13 and never played the sequel.enzyme36
Nope. Played both, hated both.
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#49 hayato_
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[QUOTE="Desmonic"]

[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"] This game has nothing to do with Type-0 getting released outside of Japan.FlamesOfGrey

But it may have to due with the delay in the development of Versus 13 which is a shame :S I remember hearing that the team responsible for Versus gave a hand to the 13 and 13-2 team in order to meet release dates (or was forced to). It's a shame really, personally I'm a big KH fan and the gameplay trailer they showed 2 years (I think it was 2 ago...maybe?) showed that the game was very, very similar in terms of gameplay styles and even character movement to a certain degree. So yeah I'd buy the sh!t out of that day one if the game was to follow that path :P Shame that we don't even know if it's even going to be released at this point in time.. :S

It definitely does have to do with the delay with Versus 13 as I mentioned in a previous post but nothing to do with Type-0.

imo you can't really delay a game that never had a release date. That being said, Nomura and the co- directors have been done with Lightning Returns for some time now. I blame it really on Hashimoto (producer). No one could really get things done and polished at the pace like Kitase does. That and the team is fully invested to much within the Kingdom Hearts games. With KH 3D and the HD release 1.5

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#50 ConanTheStoner
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It would be awesome if this game sold 5 copies. I just wish something would force Square Enix to change direction. Hopefully they'll have something good in store for XV... or at least something wildly different from these XIII games. SE is good about changing things up, I'll give them credit for that.