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Watch FFXIII Being played

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Not sure how long this stream will continue, but for those interested, one lucky gamer already has his hands on the Final Fantasy XIII demo -- and is streaming it live to the web. Here's the stream for as long as it's running
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The battle system looks much better than 12 in my opinion. I hope this game turns out to be good.
 
sooo, is this game is probably going to be 720p right? since xbox chokes on dik when it comes to 1080?

edit:
Ps3 not great with 1080 either, But i'd say it sux dik vs chokes on it.
 
This will make me sound like a hater, but I dont care:

I really dont like where the Final Fantasy series has been going. I think the downfall started with 8, but arguably we could say 7, since it had a huge drop in gameplay and a huge boost in cutscenes.
I think they should put more effort in the gameplay, and less in the graphics. But since we all know you cant put gameplay on a box, it probably wont change.

That video showed an aweful lot of pretty, and not much substance. The combat looked like it had a lot of nice colors, but almost no strategy.
 
List of differences between the demo and retail version:

* Battle difficulty will be greatly increased. In fact, Toriyama expects XIII to be "the most difficult FF ever".
* In the demo, party members are CPU controlled. In the final, you'll be able to issue them directives.
* Continuing your "Chain" in the demo isn't very important in the demo, but will vital in the final.
* The classic FF victory fanfare isn't present in the demo, but will be in the final.
* Victory poses may be incorporated into the final; the matter is currently under consideration.
* If the first hit of a chain kills an enemy in the demo, your character continues attacking air for the duration of the combo. This will be remedied in the final.
* Snow is barehanded in the demo, but will have weapons available to him in the final.
* Encounters occur solely from the front in the demo, but various encounter styles will be present in the final.
* The final will have a level system.
* The demo only allows you to control one character, but the final will have a new system for managing other party members in battle.
* The final will have command shortcuts.
* Selecting your target in the demo can be a bit of a chore; the final will have a more streamlined targeting mechanism.
* The final will have an "item" command in battle.
* NPC dialogue will be subtitled in the final. In the demo, there is only voice.
* Sazh's rather bizarre battle animation will be altered to be less strange, and more "jolly".
* The Time Gauge maxes out at 3 in the demo, but you'll be able to add more segments in the final through a new character growth system.
* Summons will be present in the final. The mysterious "TP Bonus" that appears after battles in the demo relates to them.
* Finally, the occasional frame rate drops in the demo will be fixed, according to Toriyama.
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Originally posted by: novasatori
hey broski i need some heat

oh i got you right here mr bigballsman(?)
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My favorite quote as well, although I believe it's "Mr. Big Boss Man".
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
This will make me sound like a hater, but I dont care:

I really dont like where the Final Fantasy series has been going. I think the downfall started with 8, but arguably we could say 7, since it had a huge drop in gameplay and a huge boost in cutscenes.
I think they should put more effort in the gameplay, and less in the graphics. But since we all know you cant put gameplay on a box, it probably wont change.

That video showed an aweful lot of pretty, and not much substance. The combat looked like it had a lot of nice colors, but almost no strategy.
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+1,000

This what I feel about the series too. I grew up with these games, and after 7...I guess I stopped caring. Characters were now pre-teens, all angsty and obnoxious. play and story took a side-step to eye candy.

This one looks good, but 50% of that video, one battle, was an instant FMV, that you clearly have no control over, right in the middle of a fucking battle. Chick runs straight into a beam, dude takes the blast to his FACE for like 5 seconds and it seems there's nothing you can do about it which means:
1. it doesn't really matter, you'll survive
2. it's a pointless attack. built in for show, and nothing you can avoid.

wth?

what ever happened to the /defend command? 🙁
 
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