[WeasteDevil]

Originally Posted by esmufc07

Yes, but there is no way you can play and enjoy a Japanese version of the game in the UK. (Unless you are fluent in Japanese)

That is a problem, yes, but not unsurmountable.

[WeasteDevil]

For example, you could have GT5 Prologue now, I don't think that it having Japanese text would distract from the experience.

[esmufc12]

Originally Posted by WeasteDevil

For example, you could have GT5 Prologue now, I don't think that it having Japanese text would distract from the experience.

Yes but that is just a racing simulator, you could easily enjoy thta in Japanese. But what about if in FF, you want to kill a boss of with your limit break, but you give them an x-potion instead?

FF storylines are so deep anyway, definately need it in English.

[spinoza]

Originally Posted by esmufc07

Yes but that is just a racing simulator, you could easily enjoy thta in Japanese. But what about if in FF, you want to kill a boss of with your limit break, but you give them an x-potion instead?

FF storylines are so deep anyway, definately need it in English.

I think the dialogue would be more of a problem.

[esmufc12]

Originally Posted by spinoza

I think the dialogue would be more of a problem.

My analogy of the Jap version was a joke. The dialogue not being in English was precisely my point.

[Rahul]

Anyone getting FF: Crisis Core?, theyr'e releasing it in Europe now

they released some English clips a couple of days back apparently.





Not sure about the voice actor for Sephiroth.

[KingEric7]

I'd love to get Crisis Core but i sold my PSP.

[Rahul]

Originally Posted by KingEric7

I'd love to get Crisis Core but i sold my PSP.

Epic CGI fightscene between Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal on Juniper cannon.

[viiinz]

i've finished playing FF7 crisis core last december...though the game was japanese and i couldn't understand a thing...but now the english is coming out and i am definitely getting it...

the ending of crisis core is classic...i would love to share it but i wouldn't want to spoil a great ending

[KingEric7]

Originally Posted by viiinz

i've finished playing FF7 crisis core last december...though the game was japanese and i couldn't understand a thing...but now the english is coming out and i am definitely getting it...

the ending of crisis core is classic...i would love to share it but i wouldn't want to spoil a great ending

I'd hazard a guess that it's just after Zack dies, and when Cloud heads to Midgar considering the nature of FF7.

[Rahul]

Some possible bad news for FF fans

http://www.dbtechno.com/gaming/2008/...s3-until-2010/

2010 !? Fecking ages away

[Rooney1987]

Originally Posted by viiinz

i've finished playing FF7 crisis core last december...though the game was japanese and i couldn't understand a thing...but now the english is coming out and i am definitely getting it...

the ending of crisis core is classic...i would love to share it but i wouldn't want to spoil a great ending

Do you know when Crisis Core gets released in the UK

[Cina]

Cunts. Wish they'dd left FFVII alone instead of releasing all this new shit for it. Fucking Enix. Bring back Squaresoft

[KingEric7]

Just downloaded Final Fantasy 6. It's brilliant; i just wish i'd played it back in the day. It's got an absolutely fantastic storyline and soundtrack.
As for Square-Enix, i'm still pissed off at how badly they teased us about FF7 on the PS3! I'd buy a PS3 just for that if it ever came out.

[Rahul]

Originally Posted by viiinz

i've finished playing FF7 crisis core last december...though the game was japanese and i couldn't understand a thing...but now the english is coming out and i am definitely getting it...

the ending of crisis core is classic...i would love to share it but i wouldn't want to spoil a great ending

how the heck did you play it in japanese !?

[esmufc12]

For those who ain't seen it, this is an effing good video

[WeasteDevil]

Interesting how far the series has come isn't it?

[esmufc12]

In such a short amount of time aswell, phenomenal the way technology is going.

[Adzzz]

FF7 was the most astounding game ever to me, left an impact on me as I remember it in my childhood...Red XIII always reminded me of United too.

[Nucks]

The NES and SNES versions were good. Everything after that started to go down hill and get way too bizarre for my taste.

As to the greatest games of all time...FF isn't even close on my list nor most peoples lists.

XCOM, Baldurs Gate 1&2 and Fallout tend to come up in most peoples number 1 slot.

[WeasteDevil]

Bubble Bobble is the best game ever made, so you and they are wrong.

[Adzzz]

Originally Posted by Nucks

As to the greatest games of all time...FF isn't even close on my list nor most peoples lists.

XCOM, Baldurs Gate 1&2 and Fallout tend to come up in most peoples number 1 slot.

How can you make such a huge generalisation?

I think you'll find FF7, is much higher than any of those in the top games lists anyways, hell WoW is probably higher.

EDIT: This is without mentioning Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Sonic the Hedgehog, Lemmings, and a whole host of other games...generalisations = silly.

[Stobzilla]

[Nucks]

Originally Posted by AdZzUtd

How can you make such a huge generalisation?

I think you'll find FF7, is much higher than any of those in the top games lists anyways, hell WoW is probably higher.

EDIT: This is without mentioning Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Sonic the Hedgehog, Lemmings, and a whole host of other games...generalisations = silly.

It isn't a generalization.

Look up any major media outlet top game lists.

Those 3 will feature prominently.

Well shit. The first site I went to with a list.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p3.html

Granted that is PC only.

Final Fantasy really isn't in the same league as any of those three.

Baldurs Gate 2 stands pretty much alone in it the length and depth of its story line. This is combined with the fantastic infinity engine. Bioware does great stories without having to rely on heavy anime and hentai elements to draw in the guys who fantasize about railing 11 year old asian girls.

Fallout, what can you say about it? Personally I didn't play it when it was not terribly dated. However the game set a new standard in terms of freedom of action in an RPG. It is still untouched in this regard. Since you desperately want me to generalize here is one. You can graph the depth of gameplay inversely to the quality of graphics in a game.

XCOM. If you didn't play it I feel sorry for you. It is the greatest turn based tactical squad game of all time. The game was fantastically creepy. The atmosphere was amazing. The role playing elements for your squad management were brilliant. The depth of gameplay is again unrivaled for its genre. I still remember how stressed out I would get on terror missions when chrysalids would come charging out of the shadows and turn 2 of my best troopers into zombies. The game is legendary period. It wasn't a rehash, it defined an entire genre.

[Clueless]

I'm with you on Baldur's Gate 2.

Easily the deepest and best written game ever.

[Mozza]

Planescape:Torment is apparently the greatest of the infinity engine games, its from black Ilse Studios who also worked on BG2, I've never got it to work on my computer

[WeasteDevil]

Originally Posted by Nucks

Baldurs Gate 2 stands pretty much alone in it the length and depth of its story line. This is combined with the fantastic infinity engine. Bioware does great stories without having to rely on heavy anime and hentai elements to draw in the guys who fantasize about railing 11 year old asian girls.

[Nucks]

Originally Posted by Mozza

Planescape:Torment is apparently the greatest of the infinity engine games, its from black Ilse Studios who also worked on BG2, I've never got it to work on my computer

Black Isle did Torment and Icewind Dale 1 and 2. Bioware leased the infinity engine to Black Isle for those games. Bioware did BG1 and BG2 + expansions for both. Black Isle published BG1 and BG2 which is why they are on the boxes ;p

Torment was pretty good. I believe it released between BG1 and BG2. For whatever reason Torment tended to be very highly regarded by hardcore Fallout fans.

[spinoza]

Originally Posted by Nucks

XCOM. If you didn't play it I feel sorry for you. It is the greatest turn based tactical squad game of all time. The game was fantastically creepy. The atmosphere was amazing. The role playing elements for your squad management were brilliant. The depth of gameplay is again unrivaled for its genre. I still remember how stressed out I would get on terror missions when chrysalids would come charging out of the shadows and turn 2 of my best troopers into zombies. The game is legendary period. It wasn't a rehash, it defined an entire genre.

That's why Xcom rewarded patience... I had a fucking army of superhuman troopers, so I'd waste about 80% of chrysalids before they got near enough. Happy days.

I did enjoy TFTD more than UFOD though. I must have been the only one in the world who did.

[Rahul]

A Final Fantasy 7 remake seems to be the biggest demand on fans' lists these days, and so original director Kitase speaks about the possibility!

After a quick mention of his most recent title, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 (which he produced), he goes on to talk about the demand and possibilities of seeing as remake of the iconic original.

"My feelings are that if a remake were to work well then all the core members of the original team must be reassembled, all the artists and designers.

The problem is that, although all of us have an idea of what a remake should be and how to do it, organising such a thing right now is logistically very difficult. All the different members are now involved in very new, very large projects like Final Fantasy 13 and those projects are going to take a while.

Maybe, when all those games are finished then we can look at doing something like that.

Of course, that said we came up with the idea for Crisis Core in just two days. It was a case of 'this is what we want to do, so let's do it'. So, you can definitely expect the probability of something spontaneous happening at some point, but it's hard to predict."

So there you have it folks - it is indeed still a possibility, but a rare one at that. Maybe, after Final Fantasy 13 is completed, things might move foward...

http://www.ffinsider.net/

Would be epic if they remade a final fantasy VII on the Ps3

[esmufc12]

Would be indeed, they'd make a fucking shedload of money too.

[KingEric7]

Originally Posted by Nucks

The NES and SNES versions were good. Everything after that started to go down hill and get way too bizarre for my taste.

As to the greatest games of all time...FF isn't even close on my list nor most peoples lists.
XCOM, Baldurs Gate 1&2 and Fallout tend to come up in most peoples number 1 slot.

Well let's be honest, that's just bollocks, isn't it?

[esmufc12]

Originally Posted by KingEric7

Well let's be honest, that's just bollocks, isn't it?

His tagline explains it all.

[Spoony Youngblood]

FF7 was brillaint. The one's since have bene pretty pointless. An exerise in tedium.

[esmufc12]

The good news, Final Fantasy XIII fans, is that all of Square Enix's efforts are being put toward your game. The bad news, Final Fantasy Versus XIII fans, is that the FF XIII effort is at your expense.

Tetsuya Nomura, director of Versus, broke the news in the latest issue of Famitsu, according to PS3fanboy.com The issue hits Japanese newsstands Friday, and in it, Nomura goes on to say that Versus team is now helping put together FF XIII. Both games will be at Square Enix's August party -- although they reportedly won't be playable. Apparently, Nomura "hints" in the Famitsu article that more info will be revealed in October at Tokyo Game Show.

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/882/882640p1.html

Versus XIII is interesting me more out of the two, but both look superb regardless. Hopefully we will see XIII in early 2009, rather than summer 2009.

[WeasteDevil]

FF Versus XIII reports "are false"

Square Enix has rubbished suggestions that Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold.

"Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false," the publisher said in a statement passed on to Eurogamer.

"The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII. Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled."

That rather significantly contradicts translations of game director Tetsuya Nomura's comments in a Famitsu article, where he reportedly used the words "on hold" and said "the entire Versus team is helping to finish Final Fantasy XIII".

Along with Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, Versus makes up a three-game "compilation" of titles marking the next, and next-generation, step forward in the famous Square RPG series.

Not much is really known about it other than what's been seen in trailers, but Nomura has previously evoked Kingdom Hearts when searching for comparisons. Speaking to Eurogamer last May, Nomura said it would "examine the humanity of the characters in this game" and distinguish itself from the FF games' traditional fantasy worlds.

"In Versus I'm trying to propose new vision of how a Final Fantasy game can be. The game's going to be more human than the science-fiction caricature we so often see. It will focus around current world events - in that sense it's darker," he explained at the time.

It's also still happily in development, or so Square Enix says, despite the inevitable bias towards getting FF XIII - a banner game for both its publisher and platform holder Sony - out of the door as quickly as possible. Hopefully we'll hear more about its progress at E3.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=155677

[esmufc12]

Recent comments made by Square Enix suggest that Final Fantasy XIII may not come to Xbox 360 until well after the PS3 version is out.

According to Square Enix, "Work on the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII would not begin until the PS3 version of the game was completed," reports GamePlayer, while referring to Square Enix's E3 press conference held on July 14.

"So unless something was lost in translation," speculates GamePlayer, don't expect to see Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 until 2010, whereas the PS3 version is widely expected sometime in 2009.

When asked for clarification, a Square Enix representative told GamePro over the weekend: "Outside of the interviews we had at E3 we won't be able to provide any official comments right now."

Whatever happens, it's worth noting that Final Fantasy XIII has been in development on PS3 for some time, whereas the decision to port the game to Xbox 360 was only made recently, says Square Enix.

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=205843

Looks like 360 owners may be waiting a while.

[RedKaos]

I loved 7, 8 and 10.

I dont like the combat system in Crisis core though, however the story seems to get better and the characters more likeable as the game progresses.

[esmufc12]

Btw Kaos I'll let you know how FFXIII is while you wait

[RedKaos]

Originally Posted by esmufc07

Btw Kaos I'll let you know how FFXIII is while you wait

Thanks, I'm undecided about FF13 so a personal review will be appreciated.