FFXIII-2

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

How long was the development cycle for X-2? Because a 2011 release, even w/them using the same engine and models, is a rly short time

One of the developers or the director or someone is quoted as saying they had a lot more material that they didn't use cuz xbox. I'm sure they just converted all of these other zones into a sequel and just needed to whip out a story and do some minor additions / changes. I remember there was talk of DLC for XIII, guess they decided to make a sequel.

I just hope this one is a bit more linear it was a bit difficult finding all the treasure in some of the maps they were so wide and varied.

[Katlan]

based on the logo art.. why do i get the impression its gonna be Lightning vs herself.. or like a dark version / embodiment of herself? the other character looks like her, has the same stance, holds the weapon the same.. and has the same hair.. just sayin

[Shenrien]

It's going to be Lightnings man side.

[Apelila]

But is the last boss going to be fought against and organ, on a machine gun, sticking out of the crotch of a giant robot thats threatenting to destroy the world? (FFX-2)

[Kyo]

One of the developers or the director or someone is quoted as saying they had a lot more material that they didn't use cuz xbox. I'm sure they just converted all of these other zones into a sequel and just needed to whip out a story and do some minor additions / changes. I remember there was talk of DLC for XIII, guess they decided to make a sequel.

I just hope this one is a bit more linear it was a bit difficult finding all the treasure in some of the maps they were so wide and varied.

Our bromance continues and I too enjoyed the shit out of 13.

[Fhloston]

WTF @that trailer..

Lightning: "I'm back, bitches. More leg, more action.." *title*

I'll reserve judgement until I see some gameplay at least lol

[Alkar]

Well the FFXIII team started working on their new project back in January 2010 or so, after the JP release. That means this is really not a response to FFXIV's situation but it was actually planned a while ago.
I really enjoyed XIII, can't wait to see this sequel. If anything I hope Lightning gets as much fanservice as Yuna did lol and it's actually looking that way.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Our bromance continues and I too enjoyed the shit out of 13.

I knew you would come back for me.

[Spira]

How long was the development cycle for X-2? Because a 2011 release, even w/them using the same engine and models, is a rly short time

X-2 took approximately half the time it took to develop X, due mainly to the fact that they didn't have to create everything from scratch. With a majority of stuff like monsters and areas being reusable that cut down a lot on development time (and cost).

If XIII-2 comes with a end 2011 release date then its also around 2 years since the release of XIII, though to be sure, they'd already created a lot more content for the game even before they might have decided to make a XIII-2. The DLC content that was supposed to happen, for example could have been used here, as well as the content that they said didn't fit into XIII due to xbox limitations..

either way.. looking forward to it because XIII left me wanting so much more..
and Lightning is one of the FF characters i happen to like a bit more

[Egon]

That youtube vid was taken down.. anyone have another source?

[Apelila]

Video is nothing special. Imagine lightning + valkryie profile in yuna's half dress made of feathers.

[Cesaria]

I liked 13 - it was linear for a while, but I enjoyed it and I liked the bulk of the characters (ok so Hope needed a bit of a slap for a while). Was nice to see a game with a female character in it that wasn't either a total drip, total annoying airhead (Selphie I'm looking at you) or pair of breasts on legs (I somehow doubt guys agree this is a bad thing though). I even quite liked the battle system which other people slammed - but then, I loathed 12 so perhaps I'm just odd.

The first thing I thought seeing the trailer was that it looks like it's gone exactly the way X-2 did... more leg on show.

[Hyan]

The newest Jump magazine hints that the game takes place on a whole different era. Also time traveling.

That's how you reuse Cocoon o=

[Nevex]

Are you sure it's a different "era" and not "universe"?

Lissar translated the "Fabula Nova Cristallis Mythology" novel which explains a few more things about FFXIII. It can be found here here.

From what i understood, there are two parallel universes in FFXIII, one where the game takes place and one called the "Invisible world" where the Maker is supposed to reside. New deities are introduced as well.
The Maker is not the god Pulse as we thought, but an entirely separated entity.

I think that FFXIII-2 will take place in this "invisible world" that is mentioned here.

[Hyan]

Yeah, that seems to fit better. Probably mistranslation from JP.

[Toth]

Wow at the backstory. It has made the story of 13 so much more fascinating!

So let's see if I can summarize this: The god Buniberzei took over the world by defeating his mother. He was troubled and believed the world was fated to die, blaming this on a curse set by his mother. He resolved to destroy her. Lindzei was created to protect this usurper god while Pulse was created to find the gate to where Muin, the true Maker, fled to/was banished into. Pulse created Titan and Atomos and other Fal'Cie to explore the world and find the gate to the invisible realm. Humans were created by Etro, a god created by Buni mistakingly in Muin's image and given no power, but through some contact with Muin on the other side, she was able to give humans the power to unlock their hearts (chaos) and gain untold power. Lindzei, seeing this development, must have feared humans potential as a major threat to Buni and therefore devised Cocoon (fitting name). He then created Barth and his kin to watch over/ spoil them and thus keep their power in check to protect their sleeping god from the humans. Very interesting.... I wonder then where they got the idea that killing all the Cocoon humans would open the door to the invisible realm. Perhaps they saw that their souls (their chaos) return to Muin after they died and decided that the influx would open a gaping door there. Then they could awaken Buniberzei and finally destroy Muin. However, humanity showed they can fight their fate and ultimately defeated Lindzei's plan and his children with it.

Perhaps now Lindzei will try to wipe out humanity and the former L'Cie before he awakens Buni due to desperation and the realization on how to finally open the gate. I am betting that Lightning becomes some knight of Etro and fights against an avatar of Lindzei (The Fang brother figure?) before he can safely awaken Buni and enter the invisible realm. Unfortunately, this will no doubt cause the worlds to fall out of balance and be destroyed so.............

edit: here is a video of the legend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mQT3NGqHrs

THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED OR SHOWN IN THIS GAME SE. The one thing that they should learn from FF13 is that majority of gamebase is not sharp enough to read into stories or check datalogs. Having the episode 0 stories (that really fleshed out the characters and backstories of life on Cocoon) separate from the game and online (and ultimately untranslated offically into english) hurt the establishment of the story in the game and is, in my opinion, one of the reasons the story was not as well received here.

[Nevex]

If FFXIII-2 is indeed about time traveling I really hope we get to witness the War of Transgression.

[Shnaklaha]

I don't know why everyone hates on XIII.....it has nearly the same linearity of X, except you cannot revisit past cocoon locations. Thats it. Oh and maybe a minigame here or there with monster catching, chocobos, and hidden airship locations. But really, the extra sidequests with titan's trial, the final trial guy (even though he was a pussy tbh), and all the trials which are optional....i don't know.

FFXIII to me, was a very very well made game. If you look past the linearity and take it for what it should be taken for (an "Experience), you'll most likely love it just like i do. I'd like to see the lore they created explored in 2 as the others above me said. They have very little to do to the engine running the game most likely, and these next months until november (or whenever they're planning for japan release), will probably be all script/story and gameplay. I'm probably one of the few that wont care if the gameplay is near the same....it was fun.

[Kuya]

Everyone doesn't hate on xiii.

[Nevex]

Oh why hello there.

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