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[That Dude John]

Because Square's CG Team is OP.

Lock if old.

 

[Yoshichan]

Are they fighting over the birthday gift?

On a serious note, I need this game inside me. Like, right now.

 

[Eggbok]

Getting a lot of Assassin's Creed vibes....

- On a side note i'm totally excited

 

[MagiusNecros]

Is GILGAMESH in the trailer? I'm not watching the trailer unless he is in it. Thanks.

 

[Manmademan]

Looks neat. But why are we still doing cg? In engine or bust.

 

[fvng]

The hell is going on in this intro?

 

[That Dude John]

Is GILGAMESH in the trailer? I'm not watching the trailer unless he is in it. Thanks.

Nah, but there are Sphinx lookin' doods.

 

[adamsapple]

Looks neat. But why are we still doing cg? In engine or bust.

Going by FFXIII-2, just the intro and outro are CG. The rest of the content is completely real time. Considering this game has changeable costumes which appear in cut scenes too (based on the images), you can guarantee everything is real time.

 

[Kyoufu]

Is GILGAMESH in the trailer? I'm not watching the trailer unless he is in it. Thanks.

Why do you do this in every single post?

 

[Resilient]

Questions :

Why is Lightning fighting Snow?
Why is Lumina a Serah clone?
Why is Lumina here?
Why is Snow a bad guy?
Why is Hope talking but not in the trailer?
Why is Sazh not in this trailer?

Is GILGAMESH in the trailer? I'm not watching the trailer unless he is in it. Thanks.

I'm sorry.

 

[nikos]

Damnit, I still need to play FFXIII-2 and my backlog is already gigantic. :|

 

[MagiusNecros]

Nah, but there are Sphinx lookin' doods.

Thanks for saving me the trouble.

Why do you do this in every single post?

So I can find out if the game is worth buying.

 

[Blimblim]

We have a higher quality version:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_lightning_returns_new_video-14659_en.html

 

[Auskeek]

There's still so much Lightning worship going on that the dialogue is difficult to take seriously, but if there's one thing I'm liking so far, Snow's character seems vastly improved since XIII.

 

[Stuart444]

Looking forward to it but I'm honestly wondering if they will release the ending cinematic before the Japanese release is even out...

Ah well. Still, looking forward to playing this in November.

 

[Impeccable]

I'm excited. Not even going to lie.

 

[badcrumble]

Can't wait for this to finally be over.

 

[Toth]

Dialog has improved a bit at least but the usual suspects won't care.

 

[fvng]

Questions :
Why is Sazh not in this trailer?.

Why doesn't he have his own game is a better question

 

[Resilient]

Dialog has improved a bit at least but the usual suspects won't care.

Dialogue seems the same to me, but I dunno. I really want to know WTF is happening in this game though, this trailer made no sense to me

 

[Squishy3]

Why doesn't he have his own game is a better question

Sazh Max Payne style game developed by United Front Games?

 

[Yoshichan]

So I can find out if the game is worth buying.

I just had this funny thought of you going into a video game store, picking up like 50 different games and putting them all on the counter - asking "Does any of these have Gilgamesh in it?" :lol

 

[Ludist210]

So many unanswered questions from that video...even playing through the extra scenarios in XIII-2 didn't come close to resolving them.

 

[Yoshichan]

Dialogue seems the same to me, but I dunno. I really want to know WTF is happening in this game though, this trailer made no sense to me

A trailer barely makes any sense because it's a mixture of different scenes... what you just watched, however, was the intro cinematic of the game :lol

 

[Tankallex]

Damnit, I still need to play FFXIII-2 and my backlog is already gigantic. :|

Same here. This game is looking promising.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I just had this funny thought of you going into a video game store, picking up like 50 different games and putting them all on the counter - asking "Does any of these have Gilgamesh in it?" :lol

The Will buy for GILGAMESH effect is only applicable for FF games. Otherwise picking up Xenoblade would be a impossibility.

 

[GreenMakoEyes]

We have a higher quality version:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_lightning_returns_new_video-14659_en.html

thanks!

 

[Cornbread78]

We have it in higher quality, but with French subs. Choose your poison
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_lightning_returns_new_video-14659_en.html
Edit: Version with no subs coming in a few minutes

Awesome that I could play that in flash on your site, since my work PC disables most media streaming! TY!


Also, I played both XIII and XIII-2 and have no idea what is going on in that video, but goddamn it looks so beautiful... I have to grab this one right at launch in Feb. Sorry to the XIII haters, this just looks too good. It will definately be my last PS3 game purchased....

 

[Ganon Dragmire]

So many unanswered questions from that video...even playing through the extra scenarios in XIII-2 didn't come close to resolving them.

They did the same thing in XIII-2. In the beginning all of a sudden Light is in Valhalla fighting Caius, and that was more or less explained by her near the end of the game. But in this game you play as her throughout the game, so some if these things could be explained earlier.

 

[Yoshichan]

The Will buy for GILGAMESH effect is only applicable for FF games. Otherwise picking up Xenoblade would be a impossibility.

I bought two Gilgamesh statues at Dreamhack this summer... u jelly :3?

Spoiler

I expect you to have at least 10 statues next to your bed.

 

[ekka4shiki]

Snow is more tolerable now, huge improvement there.

 

[That Dude John]

Surprised no one has gif'd that neon pole dancer, yet.

Snow is more tolerable now, huge improvement there.

I kinda think it's more due to Mr. Baker's performance. He's obviously trying more than Hillis.

And evil guys are ttly kewl.

 

[Ninjimbo]

Confusing, but its pretty.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I bought two Gilgamesh statues at Dreamhack this summer... u jelly :3?

Spoiler

I expect you to have at least 10 statues next to your bed.

They only ever made 2-3 officially. And I only ever liked the one from FF5.

The one FF8 one that isn't perched on a rock is pretty neat looking though.

Aesthetics-wise.

 

[King of the Potato People]

These stories would've been a lot more better if the writer just had... some restraint, there's too much going on at once to actually care about any of it.

"you're a regular angel of death" and awful, cheesy dialogue. If only the writers were as talented as whoever created the visuals in the FMVs.

 

[Kagari]

Can't wait for this to finally be over.

2 more months. 2 more months. 2 more months.

 

[fvng]

Snow is more tolerable now, huge improvement there.

I felt they made him more tolerable in 13-2, he came across like the final fantasy Duffman to me, which was humorous

 

[Fuu]

So many unanswered questions from that video...even playing through the extra scenarios in XIII-2 didn't come close to resolving them.

From what I know of the story in this it's like they got an AU fanfic off the internet and made a game based on it. It all looks good and stuff but it's the biggest disconnect I've seen in a sequel in recent times, and XIII-2 already got pretty bad with how far removed it was too. Hopefully most of the time is spent in gameplay and there won't be too many cutscenes with slow uninteresting speeches (fat chance, haha).

I'm not a FFXIII hater and I somewhat enjoyed playing through XIII and XIII-2 but I really can't wait to see this all done and over with. I'm having a hard time mustering interest in Returns but maybe watching some gameplay videos will make me want to play it.

 

[Kagari]

These stories would've been a lot more better if the writer just had... some restraint, there's too much going on at once to actually care about any of it.

"you're a regular angel of death" and awful, cheesy dialogue. If only the writers were as talented as whoever created the visuals in the FMVs.

The script is equally bad in Japanese so there's not much they can do with the English to make it any better.

 

[MagiusNecros]

2 more months. 2 more months. 2 more months.

Isn't that when Lightning appears in Eorzea?

 

[Resilient]

A trailer barely makes any sense because it's a mixture of different scenes... what you just watched, however, was the intro cinematic of the game :lol

Yeah but...how did we get here? Why 13 days till everything dies? Why is Snow a cunt to Lightning for like, no reason? Is he possessed by these demons? Was it Caius? I get the feeling there are answers out there, somewhere, but I'm going to have to sift through lots of crap to find it. Maybe I'll just wait till the game comes out, but Feb is a long way away.

 

[Esura]

I felt they made him more tolerable in 13-2, he came across like the final fantasy Duffman to me, which was humorous

LOL...now I'm imagining Snow saying "DUFFMAN!!!" with the Duffman theme playing now.

 

[That Dude John]

I felt they made him more tolerable in 13-2, he came across like the final fantasy Duffman to me, which was humorous

I laughed harder than I was expecting lol

 

[Resilient]

They did the same thing in XIII-2. In the beginning all of a sudden Light is in Valhalla fighting Caius, and that was more or less explained by her near the end of the game. But in this game you play as her throughout the game, so some if these things could be explained earlier.

Damn son...stop making sense!

 

[Yoshichan]

They only ever made 2-3 officially. And I only ever liked the one from FF5.

The one FF8 one that isn't perched on a rock is pretty neat looking though.

Aesthetics-wise.

You hating XII Gilgamesh?!

 

[King of the Potato People]

"You know who I am, you know what I want"

OHHH! She's so cool.

 

[MagiusNecros]

You hating XII Gilgamesh?!

They never made a XII GILGAMESH figure. :I

 

[badcrumble]

Yeah but...how did we get here? Why 13 days till everything dies? Why is Snow a cunt to Lightning for like, no reason? Is he possessed by these demons? Was it Caius? I get the feeling there are answers out there, somewhere, but I'm going to have to sift through lots of crap to find it. Maybe I'll just wait till the game comes out, but Feb is a long way away.

We still don't even know which fal'cie he went to, but it's likely driven by that.

 

[MechaX]

Dialog has improved a bit at least but the usual suspects won't care.

Improved compared to what? Keep in mind this is the same game where a character literally says "There are no souls for you to save here. Just dead people."

 

[Esura]

Yeah but...how did we get here? Why 13 days till everything dies? Why is Snow a cunt to Lightning for like, no reason? Is he possessed by these demons? Was it Caius? I get the feeling there are answers out there, somewhere, but I'm going to have to sift through lots of crap to find it. Maybe I'll just wait till the game comes out, but Feb is a long way away.

Only part that could be answered right now is "how did we get here?" FFXIII-2 ending. Our plucky young duo failed and chaos seeped through the world, Serah died, and Lightning went into a crystal stasis. What we are seeing is of course the aftermath of the fantasy equivalent of the apocalypse. Everything else I feel will be answered in time in game.