Your Realistic Expectations for Final Fantasy Versus XIII (FFXV) E3 Showing

I'm just so used to disappointment with SE that I just can't even imagine it's appearance being a reality. Gaf will be an interesting place to be if it is indeed revealed. I've been on the fence about its appearance, but that Noctis perfume can't be a conincidence.

As for the name we do know its still refered to as "Versus" by Nomura's most recent comments. If that's just only it's development name remains to be seen, but that Roen mistake can't be a typo. I'm hoping for a name change to XV, a game of this motif deserves to be mainline. This particular setting along with a marketing budget a mainline title will allow will definitely get the casuals in the west to take notice, which I believe to be one of SE's goals.
 
I am 99% sure it will be renamed FFXV, only because a logo morph where the Versus morphs into a V is such a Square Enix thing to do.

On that note the article last year where Kotaku said it was folded into Final Fantasy XV may not be entirely off base. Just weird wording is all. The game wasn't canceled or folded but simply rebranded as Final Fantasy XV.

Back me up here Mr. Schreier.

Edit: Maybe it's time to start up a conversation with those old sources of yours again ;).
 
For a mainline title? I don't see SE adding a gimmick like that, as clever as it is.

No, I mean like a logo morph during a trailer. I can picture it already: 2 minutes of gorgeous CGI and dialogue that makes no sense, followed by the Final Fantasy Versus XIII logo, and then the "Versus" and "XIII" switch places and turn into XV. Coming to PS4 in 2014.
 
It will be PS4 exclusive.

It will be in trailer form only.

It will not launch with PS4, maybe a year after.

"Please be excited."
 
No, I mean like a logo morph during a trailer. I can picture it already: 2 minutes of gorgeous CGI and dialogue that makes no sense, followed by the Final Fantasy Versus XIII logo, and then the "Versus" and "XIII" switch places and turn into XV. Coming to PS4 in 2014.

Oh nvm, I thought you were referencing the made up XVersus title.
 
Final Fantasy XV, PS4 exclusive, and it'll be just as good as the PS1 glory days.

This. And it would probably be the last exclusive main entry ever. Or atleast drop the 13 branding and make it into its own standalone thing, who cares if a new IP shares the FF mythos and naming conventions.
 
You know...the idea that this game might end up not being that good has never crossed my mind until now. What a trainwreck that'd be.

That's been my assumption since the beginning. I've always puzzled at people chomping at the bit to play this inevitable trainwreck.

But yeah, I have no expectations. I don't think it'll make an appearance.
 
A stage demo with actual gameplay and someone playing the game on the floor is almost REQUIRED at this point.We have got plenty of trailers and they were probably some of the most successful trailers in the gaming industry(they almost generated a dedicated fanbase on their own)

Please God grant us this wish.Also this is looking like shimomura's magnum opus.

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On that note the article last year where Kotaku said it was folded into Final Fantasy XV may not be entirely off base. Just weird wording is all. The game wasn't canceled or folded but simply rebranded as Final Fantasy XV.

Back me up here Mr. Schreier.

Edit: Maybe it's time to start up a conversation with those old sources of yours again ;).

That was 100% Bashcraft, and despite all the flak we got from NeoGAF and elsewhere after Wada denied it, I think you're right. I'd be shocked if Versus and FFXV were two separate games. I guess we'll see in a couple of weeks.
 
A stage demo with actual gameplay and someone playing the game on the floor is almost REQUIRED at this point.We have got plenty of trailers and they were probably some of the most successful trailers in the gaming industry(they almost generated a dedicated fanbase on their own)

Please God grant us this wish.Also this is looking like shimomura's magnum opus.

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also after getting the stage demo, I want it to release within the year. I can't do any of this reannouncement then still be two years off bullshit. I don't care if they started from scratch at some point. They need to announce when its ready.
 
Kotaku's rumours have been solid recently so I really think it has been turned into FFXV. Now the only thing to do is to wait for the reveal. And if it does turn into FFXV then we will know what a big liar Wada was.
 
That was 100% Bashcraft, and despite all the flack we got from NeoGAF and elsewhere after Wada denied it, I think you're right. I'd be shocked if Versus and FFXV were two separate games. I guess we'll see in a couple of weeks.

Well I am just glad there are still some journalists that are still excited for the game instead of bashing it like so many other sites tend to do when the subject of Versus comes up.

Edit:

Kotaku's rumours have been solid recently so I really think it has been turned into FFXV. Now the only thing to do is to wait for the reveal. And if it does turn into FFXV then we will know what a big liar Wada was.

The only thing Wada said was that the game hasn't been canceled and it looks fantastic. The game was also at a point where they were having weekly meetings at the time.

That's the only thing Wada said. Square Enix has always refused to comment about the game being Final Fantasy XV even when that fake video showing it renamed popped up. All they said was "that video is fake". They have never strait up denied the game being renamed.
 
A stage demo with actual gameplay and someone playing the game on the floor is almost REQUIRED at this point.We have got plenty of trailers and they were probably some of the most successful trailers in the gaming industry(they almost generated a dedicated fanbase on their own)

Please God grant us this wish.Also this is looking like shimomura's magnum opus.

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This is fake, isn´t it;____;? Is it? Tell me... please!!! It´s been seven fucking years!!!!
 
Well I am just glad there are still some journalists that are still excited for the game instead of bashing it like so many other sites tend to do when the subject of Versus comes up.

Honestly , no one ever bashes versus.Its usually frustration directed at square enix and FFXIII(the most hated game of the generation, by far)

This is fake, isn´t it;____;? Is it? Tell me... please!!! It´s been seven fucking years!!!!

Yup its fake...There was a fake versus into XV trailer that made waves around the same time last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNywn0rCDw
 
Square appears to have no interest in the Xbone. Hope they go back to Sony exclusive anyway - some of their best work
 
OG FF XV, from the OG artwork, had a medieval steampunk look to it, akin to Dishonoured (Victorian Steampunk).
I was excited in having 3 upcoming FF titles. Now I look forward to 1? :/
 
it will be multiplatform,

it will be the 15th installment of the series.



oh yeah and SE estimated sale will be around 239293 bazillion copies until the end of 2013.

and hopefully everyone will be disappointed.


SE wont do good work for their fans anymore.

why work so hard, when you can earn money with mobile games with less effort?
 
Realistic: The same trailer again, with about twelve seconds of new footage. Square: "Please wait a little while."

Wish: ANYTHING WE HAVENT SEEN BEFORE.
 
My expectation? Here it is.

*camera sweeps across a war-torn city*

*there's death and decay everywhere, as humanity strives to drive back the monstrous forces bent on their annihilation*

*a voice begins to speak...*


"...Things...things never change...

I was once you like you. Young, and naïve. I thought my actions didn't matter, that the world itself could survive without the assistance of us.

...I was wrong.

Now, as I stand on the brink of our destruction, I fight back. Blessed by the Goddess herself, I have the means to drive back our enemies and re-claim out homeland...our birthright. It will not be easy, but it is a task given to me, and only me.

I cannot fail, for if I do it will mean the end of all things..."

*camera pulls back even further and reveals our protagonist*

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Final Fantasy XV

Me:

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I figure it's better to set my expectations as low as I possibly can, that way I [hopefully] won't be disappointed. :(
 
My expectation? Here it is.

*camera sweeps across a war-torn city*

*there's death and decay everywhere, as humanity strives to drive back the monstrous forces bent on their annihilation*

*a voice begins to speak...*


"...Things...things never change...

I was once you like you. Young, and naïve. I thought my actions didn't matter, that the world itself could survive without the assistance of us.

...I was wrong.

Now, as I stand on the brink of our destruction, I fight back. Blessed by the Goddess herself, I have the means to drive back our enemies and re-claim out homeland...our birthright. It will not be easy, but it is a task given to me, and only me.

I cannot fail, for if I do it will mean the end of all things..."

*camera pulls back even further and reveals our protagonist*

i6FmjhmuJv6Nu.gif


Final Fantasy XV

Me:

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I figure it's better to set my expectations as low as I possibly can, that way I [hopefully] won't be disappointed. :(
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Realistic expectation? Game will feature all those old CGI scenes rendered in real time, with awesome visuals throughout entire game.

Unrealistic expectation? It will come out in the next 2 years.
 
It's kinda funny. I've been fairly positive & optimistic about Versus all these years, as some of you've probably noticed, but I have very little hope that it'll be shown at E3 or that it has been turned into a PS4 game, which so many of you seem to believe. I don't think it's completely impossible, but I just don't see it happening.
 
If not this game, I wonder just what the FF PS4 title they said would be at E3 back in February is going to be...

FFXIII-4? Lol.

It's not going to be Versus. I mean, when is it EVER Versus?

For that matter, when was the last time an announcement from Square Enix was anything good at all?

And even when there were good things, how many haven't been tainted with some horrid thing. Like, "Yeah Type-0 is great. Never coming to America."
 
I expect it to be on PS4 at this point. But I clearly do not expect a release date, a release window is more realistically, though. And LOL @ playable version.
 
Having been burned like six consecutive times...

...NOPE, I still believe. I'm feeling it. FFXV name change, March 2014 PS4 launch.
 
It's not going to be Versus. I mean, when is it EVER Versus?

For that matter, when was the last time an announcement from Square Enix was anything good at all?

And even when there were good things, how many haven't been tainted with some horrid thing. Like, "Yeah Type-0 is great. Never coming to America."

I don't know, it seemed pretty specific for them to say they were working on a FF title for the PS4. It can't be a soundtrack, browser game, perfume, or mobage so at this point It's unlikely it could be all that bad.
 
There isn't going to be an E3 showing because this game doesn't exist.
 
I don't know, it seemed pretty specific for them to say they were working on a FF title for the PS4. It can't be a soundtrack, browser game, perfume, or mobage so at this point It's unlikely it could be all that bad.

Being an FF title alone doesn't guarantee quality of any kind anymore. While I agree its likely not a mobage, remember that even mobages bear the title of FF now.
 
Realistically?

Being retooled as FFXV
Cross gen PS3/PS4
One new screen and some new artwork

Coming never eventually.

Barring that? No mention at all. Please be excited.
I agree with the first two.

Been too long since a new numbered FF. People are increasingly jaded over the XIII brand and its spinoffs. XV just makes sense.

I also don't think they will port it to PS4 and *only* release it on PS4. While I'm fine with it, too much missed sales potential from the incredibly passive PS install base. It will be for both. In any case I want it on PS4 as that's definitely my preferred platform (well, or PC but... yeah, I'm not even going to bother wishing for that)
 
What I expect:

Versus XIII to be renamed Versus. Release date 2014 for both PS3 and PS4. At the same conference I also expect XV to be announced as a late 2015 project for 360 and Ps4 and PC Windows. Afterall at the sony event they told us "we're preparing for a development of a NEW final fantasy, please be excited". Announcing Versus to be XV after this will be trolling us all.

As for the game per se... I love every FF so my expectations are the usuals, I expect a great FF like every other FF.
 
Being an FF title alone doesn't guarantee quality of any kind

True, but we've kind of been stuck in the same number XIII for the last generation. (I don't really consider XIV as much more than an MMO that so happens to be a main numbered title, in fact we'd probably be better off without it ever existing...)

I'm looking forward to the next step after Versus/Lightning Returns and hopefully Versus will finally be announced so that we can get past this extremely long FNC chapter of FF. I really hope they never plan anything like this ever again.

Also, the timing of the Noctis perfume releasing days after E3 seems like it could mean something may be announced around that time.
 
After losing a large drop of sales from XIII to XIII-2, there's no way they won't rebrand it. I fully expect to see Versus under the XV banner, along with a release date and short trailer.

That's what I would say if I was optimistic. I'm not optimistic. I expect a curt "yes, Versus is still in development" when someone asks about it during E3.
 
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