Comments on: 7 Reasons Why Final Fantasy Versus XIII Is Probably Coming To Xbox 360

By: BIG FREAKING DEAL

BIG FREAKING DEAL — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:25:34 +0000

Oh please. Versus XIII going to 360 isn’t going to mean squat or harm anything, as long as the game comes out after & is not the lead platform. Over sensitive and over hyped Sony fanboys need to be quiet, sit back and take a chill pill.

The Xbox360 is just as powerful, if not more so in designing enormous environments. All it requires is the disc space to load them…as proven in countless examples such as Lost Odyssey, or Star Ocean 4, whereas Star Ocean (one of the biggest RPGs to date) was three entire discs.

They did not sacrafice any quality nor content in those releases. And especially not in the Microsoft property Lost Odyssey, which is really one of the best rpgs of this era. I’d love a sequel to that. But in any case, with the RIGHT tools & proper care there will not be a single thing cut from Final Fantasy Versus XIII. As well, as long as the lead platform never changes it will result in a very high quality 360 version which runs in 720p. All it takes to see that proof in action right now, is the game Dark Souls.

Again, the only way S-E could botch the game is if they deliberately tried to undermine it by packing every disc full of FMVs. FMVs & uncompressed audio are what take up disc space, not gameplay. FFXIII-2 proves that, as its a far larger game than the “accident” of cut content in FF13. It will simply be four discs on 360, and only one on PS3 with a bonus disc. That satisfies everybody involved and to be honest FFXIII-2 was originally to be 4 discs & Star Ocean 4 was one of the biggest rpgs this generation. As well, it doesn’t affect enjoyment because a great game is still great when designed exclusively first.

By: Aiden A.

Aiden A. — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:11:55 +0000

If they dont watch what they are doing with the multi-plat approach it can become another issue that “damaged greatly the FF brand”….

By: Holo

Holo — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:30:57 +0000

If we can trust what Nomura’s chitchat.I may think otherwise.
With those new engines being implemented on versus,I doubt the 360 could even dream on running this one properly.Not unless they would waste their efforts and degrade everything again.

By: Maulana

Maulana — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:17:37 +0000

Final Fantasy goes multiplatform = Low quality games.
If you wanna play FF Versus XIII with high quality, just jump to PS3. Or you like to play LOW QUALITY multiplatform GAMES, just stay put on your XBOX and wait until the game is multiplatformed.

By: Mornelithe

Mornelithe — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:08:57 +0000

In reply to GeorgeReith is GAY!.

@ Shubhankar: Not necessarily, though, there’s a reason why FF jumped from Nintendo to Sony. So, in that case, I guess it could’ve ruined it.

Nah, I think the real issue is multi-platform production, versus tailor making a game to suit a specific piece of hardware. The really big issue is that both the PS3 and 360 have their strengths and weaknesses, and by creating multi-platform games, they cater to the lowest common denominator in both. Whereas, with exclusive production they don’t have to worry about how other hardware will handle this aspect, or that detail.

The consoles aren’t PC’s, where you can just expect more resources to be available to compensate for certain deficiencies elsewhere. It’s something many developers haven’t quite figured out this gen.

By: Mornelithe

Mornelithe — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:59:43 +0000

The likelier reason is that the FF brand has been so damaged by their last few foibles, that releasing on one system simply may not recover costs they’ve incurred during the time it’s taken to develop FF Versus XIII. Making this simply another cash grab, on name recognition alone.

By: Shubhankar Parijat

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:12:18 +0000

In reply to GeorgeReith is GAY!. Wow, I never knew a SYSTEM can ruin a game.

By: GeorgeReith is GAY!

GeorgeReith is GAY! — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:10:37 +0000

George Reith deserves to die within a month!

The crapbox360 better not ruin another FF game!