This week's Shonen Jump Magazine features some rather exciting images. These images show off several of the new characters in Final Fantasy Versus XIII, as well as the new summons in Final Fantasy XIII such as Carbuncle and Ifrit.
While FFVII ranks highly, there's more to the series than one game. Here's Chit Hot's picks for the seven best Final Fantasy characters.
Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."
FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.
I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.
I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.
Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.
Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.
When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.
The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."
The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.
Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.
I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.
Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.
It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst
Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat
Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.
Story was pretty awful
I could go on
I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.
That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.
i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.
i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.
but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.
but i like 13-2 more :)
i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy
Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.
XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!
I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.
Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5
Square Enix Blog: "How do you compose iconic songs that help define a legacy? We speak to legendary composer Masashi Hamauzu about his work on Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII, and Final Fantasy VII Remake, and how to make unforgettable music."
thats WOWSOME
Wow can't wait to see these new trailers!
One of the characters in the new versus scans looks just like Angeal.
wow versus seems really interesting. I have a feeling that the protagonist is not going to be ur typical good hearted character; he's going to have some darkness within him.
"You know, people who say something negative about the 360 aren't always fanboys right? I'm not a fanboy even though I say those things. I merely own a PS3 and pass out digs at the others because I see the same truth the industry does..."
"PS3 is the best and will bury everybody, MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, all those games will destroy."
- SlappingOysters
slappy, you are the biggest douche idiot i ever seen bud....
you speak out one side of your ass, then say the other out the other end.....
okay slappy, you need to get off the crack-hoe LSD and yes I'm a 360 fanboy...........and you're a whore, a whore for sony...
its this simple Oysters.....you are a brainwashed, hopeless, snappy little idiot dawg and yo'u also only seem to see things inside yo' little world......
see it just so happens, millions of people have never even heard of your games....
the ps3 is NEVER going to take away the 360's lead even in yes EUROPE, because ALL the bioware franchises plus too human/fable are exclusive to 360..........
http://news.filefront.com/1...
oops, that includes mass effect and KOTOR......dont even open yo' mouth if you say first person shooter....we didn't buy ours for shooters, we got RPGs, adventure games, with shooters icing the cake...
see the problem with your philosophy, slappy, is its one of a FANBOY^
yo'u automatically ASSume that everyone wants to buy a ps3 or final fantasy, which is a game that has been milked what...........hundreds of thousands of times?
thats like assuming everyone is gonna buy a 360 and halo plus gears, even though scene-it has sold more than both nowadays...
that's assuming people even like that f$#$#@ game as well, isnt it?
fact is, me along with everybody I know doesnt want to even hear about final fantasy.....
we could care less and want saints row 2, alan wake and resident evil 5 dawg......
oh I know that must hurt your feelings, to hear of people who dont give a damn about f------- fantasy or who dont even care it exists....
as for little big planet, game sucks.
could give a s*$! less about metal gear solid when splinter cell conviction is coming out........seriously WHAT?
damn I guess some fools are gonna have to wait a year to play MGS4 and in the meantime play splinter cell 5 ALONG WITH HALO 3 ONLINE ALL THE TIME for the whole season.......poor them, we're really concerned..
seriously bud, the extent of yo' game lists is final fantasy this, final fantasy that......and you have forgotten.....the xbox audience doesn't give a %$*% about final fantasy, and they make up the majority of the north americana audience......
i mean im so shocked squirrel, that you got it so wrong....but i guess thats what sony fanboy s are paid to do huh?
looks this year of competition is going to be one great one indeed, cause finally there's going to be some "REAL" games released for the 360 and ps3......and those who prefer one over the other, will take the top spot....
don't hold your breath caus' we'll kick your ass in europe >:-D
can I be there to pick up your tears...