Final Fantasy Versus XIII leaked trailer shows off combat, reality-based fantasy [update: trailer removed]

@WPstart I just came O.O! OMG KH fighting system hell yeah!

@WPstart Finally a FF game that i am willing to shell out money for. Sh!t looks dope!

@Sambone

I won't be surprised if this gets announced for Xbox at this E3...

Screw Square and it's shitty Final Fantasy XIII

@Ashkental
Well I just figure even if it does come to Xbox, it will still prolly be a more enjoyable experience on PS3. I'm not a graphics whore, but I am a sound/music whore, so the uncompressed audio alone is worth it for me.

@Ashkental
I hate that gamers have chosen camps and continue to wage this war.

What's so wrong about sharing the love with our gamers that decided the Xbox was the console for them? I love my PS3, I don't want an Xbox. But that doesn't mean that I'd stick my nose up at someone if they wanted to give it to me for free.

@Bewoulf The easy solution is to own both consoles. It gives me a license to laugh at people who complain about system exclusives. (I use my 360 more, but wanted a bluray player anyway so getting a PS3 was an easy choice.)

@Sambone I too own a horse.

@Ashkental Herp, it was tweeted last night that Nomura fought very hard to keep it PS3, so it stays that way. But obviously you aren't the kind of person that would enjoy these games, so lick a nut.

@Faceless Troll
Buying both consoles is not an option for everyone...

@Levi
True, but the point is if you DO only get one console, don't condescend others for having the one you couldn't get.

@fujiman
Oh yeah? At the stroke of it's mane, does it turn into a plane? Then does it turn back again when you tug on it's winky?

My horse is amazing.

@Faceless Troll - but that's like being a bisexual

@Acosta02
if i'm not mistaken, isn't Versus 13 a ps3 exclusive while normal 13 (and I assume 13-2) was multiplatform? I could be wrong. either way, while the colors may look a little drab, i accept this as their apology for not making a Kingdom Hearts 3 at the moment. i was pleasantly surprised at how fluid it appeared. although i hope this isn't like a FF8 (which I loved don't get me wrong) where its mainly an angsty male lead saving the world

@Alphonze

Set in the same universe, just a different world I guess.

"Final Fantasy Versus XIII is, according to its developers, a wholly independent story unfolding with different characters and a different visual design. Although it is set within the same Final Fantasy XIII universe, it is unrelated to any other entry within the compilation and is thus neither a sequel nor a prequel to any other entries in the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series."

@blackangel209 One game? Have you seen the PS3's line up for this year alone?

@Muitnorts Sorry, none of them look remotely interesting to me. Half are shooters that look boring, don't care for Uncharted or LBP, and Ratchet and Clank alone isn't worth buying a PS3 for. The PS3 just isn't my cup of tea. I meant no offense to any PS3 users with my above statement. Different people like different things.

@blackangel209

I have a feeling that if it did come out on 360, 360 owners would get screwed again, in turn PS3 owners would also get screwed again.

360 owners were given a lesser quality FF13 and PS3 owners because of the 360 port were given less of the game in general which was supposed to be longer and filled with more stuff.

So as much as I'd like to see a proper multiplat release, I'm not always sure it works out to be in the two consoles benefits :(

@blackangel209 Not wanting to start a war or anything, but isn't most of the 360's line-up boring shooters?

Sure they have good exclusives like Alan Wake.. But I see mostly shooters there. I'm no fanboy, but as an owner of both systems, I think the PS3 has a superior line-up.

@Dumbapple *sure it has good [...]

@acefondu

Because they're running out of numbers.

Looks beautiful. Hate the setting though, seems like japanese pop culture and an old Final Fantasy smooshed together, just not my cup of tea it seems.

I wish Square would do a good old fashion RPG, in the same style they're doing all this new stuff, but you know, a FF14 style world. But that's just me isn't it...

@acefondu: It's part of some kind of "collection" Square Enix decided to come out with, which is the "Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation: (I had to Google that name since I completely forgot what it was lol). Although each main game of this collection is based in different worlds with different characters, they will all ultimately be based around a common theme, which is some kind of "special crystal", if I recall correctly. These crystals are integral to each game's world, and I think I remember hearing Square based the design of look of each game's world on their specific crystal or something.

All I know is that Square Enix is making it that "XIII" isn't just one standalone game, but a compilation of many titles revolving around the same theme. So far, there's four titles in this compilation that we know of: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, and Final Fantasy Agito XIII (Type-0).

Square Enix still has long plans for XIII, saying that this compilation alone could span a decade. This is just speculation, but I think Square might want a core Final Fantasy to end at the number 13 (FFXIV doesn't count 'cause it's an MMO). I heard about this rumour a long time ago, even when FFXI was in its infant stages of development.

@rogueface

yea this looks friggin amazing. i love regular Kingdom Hearts so definitely count me in for a grown up Kingdom Hearts.

@C1 I'm all for this going multiplatform, but I don't think the Nomura-fanboys who've been following this for nigh on five years would be happy campers if that lead to another delay, nor should they be really.

@C1 Why would it be a bad thing for 360 users to be able to play this?

@blackangel209 must we go back to FF13 to find out the reason why?

@blackangel209

Honestly, I don't care if 360 gets it in a general sense, but I would hate if there's an even bigger wait for the PS3 version because of it. If they release it and then worry about porting it (a la ME2), that would be fine, but for some reason that never happens.

While I respect your opinion, it blows my mind that you don't find anything interesting in the lineup this year.

@Kodros

I really hope that was a reply failure, since nothing in my comment suggests anything about any other games.

@Kodros

What? How do you get that from my comment?

@ironneko sorry, somehow replied to the wrong one. I blame the board software

@Kodros

I figured that later. And my double reply was from one of them not coming through for a while. The timestamps verify that. Totally weird.

@Spunky Monkey 190906 Gameplay is taken from kingdom hearts not crisis core two different game plays it even says it if u read the article just the difference of gam play between this and koh is that it's enhanced and added vehicles and shooter mode

@Spunky Monkey 190906

Yeah, it does take the gameplay elements from Kingdom hearts, but whats wrong with linking it with Crisis Core as well. The character Zack, put him next to this character and tell me you don't see the similarities. Being more advanced then Crisis Core its bound to play like Kingdom Hearts as well.

The way you make it sound is as if what I said bore no connection whatsoever.

@Spunky Monkey 190906 Cuz crisis core is way different than koh game play plus u act I was talking bout u linking crisis core to versus when I just talked bout the gameplay and on top of that if it would be a tribute it would again be to koh due to the fact that the director of this game was the one for koh

@TheShaper Sorry I offended you by saying that I don't personally like the PS3 and would like it to come out on 360, but nice low blow there.