The recent rumors regarding a 2008 release date for Final Fantasy XIII were denied by the North American department of Square Enix. It was not enough for Japanese Famitsu, however, who decided to call and ask Square Enix's PR department a few questions:
· Will FFXIII be released in 2008?
All the information about that is false and Nomura/Toriyama never said the game will be released during 2008.
· What caused that rumor?
The websites overseas probably mistranslated Toriyama when he said the development team is hoping to release a battle system demo in 2008, and "finally get the experience you wanted".
· To conclude, what is the current status of FFXIII, and when will we hear more information?
The PR department has stated that the progress of all Fabula Nova Crystallis games is going well, and the company always releases new information in events and through the media.
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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.
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
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
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it will blow your mind.
they had BETTER ship this in 2008 or much ownage with be dished not only on ps3 sales and adoption rate, but on sonyfanboys as a whole whom call this the 2nd comming of jesus in a game, and the 90% of ps2 users haven't instantly purchased an ps3.
This game will consume my life for at least 3 weeks.
One of the biggest games of this generation,EXCLUSIVE to the Playstation 3,I can't wait,this game will PWN!
But I am anticipating FFXIII Versus much more than FFXIII,but I will be picking up both,system sellers!;)
I still hope for at a Christmas release, hell release it December 31 and I'll gobble it up.
@WilliamRLBaker
Have you played the past 5 final fantasy's. Seeing how each one had a different combat system, story, summons, characters and it each one of the past 5 is someone fav I'm sure.
Final Fantasy wouldn't still be around if it were crap simple as that.