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Final Fantasy or Too Human? The next big thing on 360

The days of exclusive titles for separate consoles are coming closer to an end with the news out from E3 that the next and much-awaited Final Fantasy instalment will be released both on Xbox 360 and PS3.

There's no date set for Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII but it'll be great to play, taking advantage of the next-gen technology particularly in the field of graphics.

I love Final Fantasy - the varied and deep characters, the endless storytelling, the mini-games, the tough boss fights and the immaculate visual detail. I just can't wait.
Montrealien - contributor
Published: 514 days 20 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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RadientFlux - 514 days 21 hours ago
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Personally I liked the Too Human demo, thought it was pretty good and the storyline was compelling... but the game isn't for everyone.

I think the next big universal title to be released for X360 will be Fable 2 then followed by Banjo and Gears 2.
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jcfilth - 514 days 18 hours ago
1.1 - ok...
Fable 2 and Gears2 we agree...but Banjo?? they f@cked up the whole Banjo thing with the stupid cars, more than 60% of the game is in cars. They screwed and awesome classic.
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gaffyh - 514 days 11 hours ago
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Too Human or FFXIII? Obviously FFXIII, Too Human is not even in the same league as Final Fantasy.

@RadientFlux - Banjo will be crap IMO, simply because of all the vehicle assembly stuff, it should have stayed as a platformer. And personally I don't think Fable 2 will be too great, but that's just personal preference. I agree about Gears 2 though.
1.3 sumfood4u | 514 days 7 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Ashton - 514 days 20 hours ago
2 - seriously
FF will not come out till late 2010,,,are we comparing a game that comes out in less than a month to game that's a year an half away?

can I ask why?
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hay - 514 days 20 hours ago
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This isn't comparison as far as I understand. He just points two big games for 360.
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RadientFlux - 514 days 20 hours ago
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the title of the original article is a little misleading
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AAACE5 - 513 days 22 hours ago
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FFXIII wikk come out Nov. 09 at the latest. Square is trying to keep a steady flow of games coming out. They have one hitting next month I believe. One hitting for christmas or early 09. One hitting in spring. and they will probably have a delay until November, unless they announce some more games to fill the void for the summer months(which they probably will).
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beavis4play - 514 days 20 hours ago
3 - FF is on ps3 also and "too human" has had mixed previews
if these are the choices for the "next big thing" then 360 is struggling.
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StephanieBBB - 514 days 18 hours ago
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Yeah I totaly agree with u. The xbox360 has alot of games out and alot of multiplatforms coming out but by the looks of it those are the only ones any xbox360 owner will be playing for a long, long time.

To those of you only owning an Xbox360 in 09: Have fun playing with your Mii look a likes!
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plenty a tool - 514 days 17 hours ago
3.2 - in 09
there's atleast two mmo's coming to the 360 plus plenty of yet unannounced stuff. any mmo's coming for the ps3 next year?

anyway, i loved the too human demo, and it will be a day one purchase. really looking forward to it.
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scottie2521 - 514 days 14 hours ago
3.3 - @ plenty a tool
doesn't The Agency and DC Universe count as mmo's???
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AAACE5 - 513 days 22 hours ago
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Don't get so jumpy... there are alot of games coming out for 360! They were just comparing those two. Go to IGN.com or something to look up release dates.

My opinion... Too Human is garbage! I started playing the demo with an open mind, but got bored and irritated with the game! It may be for some people, but I just don't really like this game. Call me crazy, but too human made me feel like one of those D&D nerds(no offense) from the 70s! In other words the whole thing just felt corny, and copied flashy stuff from other games to cover the corniness up!
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THE_MACC - 514 days 20 hours ago
4 - @ Flux
Agreed. que the PS3 fanboy rant at Too Human!
ooops too late!
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Mausenheimmer - 514 days 18 hours ago
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You are absolutely right. Whenever Too Human is mentioned, a whole bunch of people start talking about how it will inevitably be garbage, and vastly inferior to the wide range of games coming to the PS3. Makes me wonder if they actually played it, or just take a criticism they read of it as fact.

I, for one, think that Too Human is going to be awesome. Vikings and machine guns, what could be better?
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okcomputer - 514 days 18 hours ago
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I really don't care how too human stacks up to the upcomming ps3 lineup. I own both so its irrelevant. That being said, while some enjoyed it, i thought the too human demo was garbage. The graphics were slightly above 1st gen 360 games, the shooting was terrible, the camera was bad, and while i did like the use of the second analog stick to use the weapons, the mele combat was slow and pretty bland, especially after playing ng2. The dialogue was really cheesy too. After playing the demo my interest in too human went from about a 4 out of 10 to 0.
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ThanatosDMC - 514 days 11 hours ago
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I played Too Human. Didn't like it. I thought it was trash. I was hoping it'd have the Diablo feel... but they lied to me.
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VsAssassin - 514 days 20 hours ago
5 - Seriously...
The PS3 has a much stronger line-up than the 360, as for now, that is. But if there is to be a game that can be named "the next big thing", I believe that game is a PS3 exclusive.

Sorry, but I believe this is true.
FFXIII may have been snatched away from Sony as an exclusive but there are tons of new games to be announced for the PS3, you'll wish MS would just launch the 720.
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jkhan - 514 days 20 hours ago
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I agree with you. The main reason is Sony has tons of Internal Development studios all of them making exclusives for PS3 and we know all of them have delivered amazing games on the ps2. While Microsoft is really lacking in this dept. I wonder why they don't put money in internal studios rather than spending money snatching exclusives and neutralizing them.
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RadientFlux - 514 days 19 hours ago
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I disagree since I'm more looking forward to the X360 exclusives this fall than the PS3 exclusives.
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kinggeoff - 514 days 19 hours ago
5.3 - both
have some great games coming out

good time to be a gamer

still stupid to be a hater
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StephanieBBB - 514 days 17 hours ago
5.4 - There are alot of big things happening but people are too blind to see them. (You can hate me for this but im telling u the truth)
Home will be bigger than most things this fall mainly because Sony is giving out a long time developed MMO-community game for free to it's players. I mean that is really huge! Think of it... They have worked on it and spent millions of dollars on it and we get it for free.

If they gave away FFXIII for free then I would have been wow'ed but come on FFXIII is just another RPG ffs. An extremely highly anticipaded RPG by fans but still, Just Another RPG.
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jkhan - 514 days 20 hours ago
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Fable 2 is the next big RPG, if it delivers on the promises.
Gears 2 will be the best selling game of the year on 360. The multiplayer modes are simply insane.
FF too early to decide.
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mistertwoturbo - 514 days 20 hours ago
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Still waiting for Alan Wake. Hopefully the next big thing. I'm definitely intrigued by the story.
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devilhunterx - 514 days 17 hours ago
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Guess which 2 of those will drop on the PC too.
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richierich - 514 days 19 hours ago
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Too Human will be nothing compared to a game like FF13. I thought the demo of Too Human was rubbish. This has to be the worst comparison ever especially when FF13 wont be out till another 2 years we havent even played the game or even seen some actual gameplay for the game and now someone is comparing it with Too Human. What was he smoking?
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kinggeoff - 514 days 19 hours ago
9.1 - i couldn't get
ANYTHING out of the too human demo either. colour me disappointed :(
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Isaac - 514 days 19 hours ago
10 - LOL
Who uses these two games on the same line? FF is also on PS3 so how is that "the next big thing on 360"? Microsoft said it would arrive on day one, but Square Enix said otherwise. By the time the game arrives on 360, there will be an Xbox 720 almost out of the gates. Why play the multiple disc version? The game is already crippled from day one as sacrifices will have to be made in the whole structure of the game in order to accommodate several discs instead of fitting in just one. Unless of course, the game was planned to be on more than a single blu-ray disc, but now it is confirmed not to happen.
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Truplaya - 514 days 19 hours ago
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Too Human wont be a 'big thing' and FF13 is too far off to even talk about yet.

Next 'big thing' on 360 are Gears2 and Left4Dead in November.

You only have to look at the sales for RPGs on the 360 to know that no one cares about them anyway.
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RadientFlux - 514 days 19 hours ago
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The great thing about an article like this. Is that you can easily tell who has read the entire article and who hasn't.
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Z501 - 514 days 19 hours ago
13 - The next big thing is .....
Fallout 3

Durrr
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RedVsBlue - 514 days 19 hours ago
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There might be no date set for the 360 Final Fantasy 13 but that announcement WILL HURT Final Fantasy 13 PS3 sales
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asyouburn - 514 days 18 hours ago
15 - hurt ps3 sales
how will it hurt ps3 sales? its only on 360 in US and EU 360 is nonexistent in Japan (where people actually buy RPGs) and ps3 > 360 in EU. 360 and ps3 just about getting on even ground in US. 360 players want gears not ff. i think majority of copies sold will be ps3. it'll sell just as little as blue dragon and lost odyssey
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strotee - 514 days 17 hours ago
15.2 - La Chance
1. Not wise to use "explode" and "360" in the same sentence.
2. It's exclusive to PS3 in Japan. That, my friend, is HUGE.

@Montrealien

I'm not implying Japan is the end all of gaming but name one console that did poorly in Japan and still end up winning a console generation? My reason for bringing up Japan is simply to counter the argument that where else in the world would a person get FF13 exclusively for 4-6 months? That's right, Japan on the PS3. Imports, man, imports.

If MS wants to beat Sony (worldwide & for the entire generation), MS needs to beat Sony in their own backyard. I appreciate MS' efforts but people in Japan are (for some reason, it's been discussed heavily) not swallowing the MS kool-aid. EU is almost a wash after 1.5 years (with a 16 month head start, mind you), Japan is a lost cause, and so this leaves NA. Of course sales in NA for the 360 will quickly overtake sales in Japan since NA is MS' backyard. Having FF13 exclusive to Sony's backyard is not helping MS one bit. In fact, it hurts them on a world-wide basis and further drives home the fact, to Japan, that MS is thinks about NA 1st, and everyone else, last.

And, I know this is a bit off-topic but it's been on my mind, this notion that simply releasing a console is the start of the next generation is not entirely true. Sony/MS/Nintendo don't determine when the generation starts, the consumer does. The fact that the PS2 is still selling after almost 9 years is an indication that consumers are more interested in a low price console & a vast library of cheap games than 1080p resolutions. If MS releases a console in 2010 and drops the 360 in 2011, that does not necessarily mean they won "this" generation simply because they are ahead in sales. If people are still buying the PS3 in 2015 and it's 25-50 million ahead of the 360, then guess who won "that" generation?
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Montrealien - 514 days 17 hours ago
15.3 - @strotee
Pls explain to me, since when has the Japan Market been huge? NA market sells as many consoles in a week as Japan does in a month most of the time. I`m not hating on Japan, but I am tired of people thinking of Japan as the reference on wether a game will be good or not. They do there thing wich I have always respected and loved, but we do ours and it is very different most of the time.
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BlackJack1988 - 514 days 17 hours ago
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of course it will hurt ps3 console sales, at least with regards to those who own a 360 and were planning on getting a ps3 for it. With regards to final fantasy, Japan is their biggest market and where it matters to them the most. i wont say that ff13 wont sell well on the 360, it will! but i can see it selling much much better on the ps3.

@ LA, if both companies say they're ahead of each other in the EU than who the F*** can we trust its all BS to me and i dont know why we care.

p.s you say f@nboys way to much, i think you're one yourself, just in denile...
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BlackJack1988 - 514 days 16 hours ago
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strotee, that last paragraph was a good take on things, opened my eyes a little there. id never thought of it that way..

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Montrealien - 514 days 15 hours ago
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@strotee

I agree with you to a certain Degree, I just think times are changing. Japan is still a good reference however it has been losing steam the last couple of year when it comes to world wide appeal. Like I said, they do their thing and don`t really care for the rest of the world, and I can respect that. I`m just tired of them being seen as the deciding factor of these stupid console wars when they clearly don;t give a crap for the rest of the world.

I don`t want any console to (win) I just want them to be competitive. Our industry is growing into something really special and it would be a shame to see one company control all that. 10 years ago we where debating if we would support 3 consoles in the market. Now we got a vibrant portable market that spans from phones to music players to portable dedicated gaming machines. 9 year old Home consoles that look like they could last forever and a really nice pair of super machines that offer each their own great gaming experiences.

It is not about winning, or starting a new generation, it is about finding great games you can enjoy on consoles you have.

talk about off topic...

I like the Too human Demo? And I`m buying FFXIII on my PS3? there we go, back on topic!
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tiropitas - 514 days 18 hours ago
16 - it depends
If ff is released first in eu and us in ps3 then ported and released after 6 months to one year on xbox360 it wont make much of a diffrence.

If not it will make a diffrence but not that big one since japan is still exclusive.

And anyone should ever care is that they are going to play it on their 360 not how much it hurts sony
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NewSchoolGamer - 514 days 17 hours ago
17 - I agree with the others, if Too Human and a multiplatform game that won't appear in Japan
are the next big games on the xbox360 then the console is in trouble.

I played the Too Human demo. It's very fun at first and it gets addictive but It got too repeititive for me.

Japan is not a huge market but it is when a Final fantasy game is released(COMMON SENSE)
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NewSchoolGamer - 514 days 16 hours ago
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The next big game on the xbox360 will be Alan Wake. If it ever sees daylight.

The next big games on the PS3 include Infamous and Littlebigplanet. 2 brand new IPs with promising games like Resistance 2, God of war 3, and ff versus 13, and uncharted 2.
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Halochampian - 514 days 15 hours ago
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did you forget GeOW2 which will be HUGE.

for the Too Human demo: the first time I played it, I thought it was TERRIBLE. But I tried it out again and it grew on me and I found myself really enjoying it and I may even end up buying it.
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Nevers - 514 days 16 hours ago
19 - Comparing a game
that has yet to be released to another game that is yet to be released is the bread and butter of this site... haven't any of you fig'd that out yet?

LOL!!

Anyway... It's utter nonsense to compare these two games so early in their pre-console lives. I really liked the demo for Too Human and it's convinced me to purchase it day one. I'm gonna get FFxiii day one as well... but there'll be a few games I pick up before then.
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NewSchoolGamer - 514 days 14 hours ago
20 - halochampian
it is the next big thing meaning the next big franchise on the xbox360.

Gears is not new on the xbox360.
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