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PhoenixDark
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Sounds like they're aiming to make it a Revolution launch title. I thought it would just be a Japanese launch title, but now hopefully it'll make it here in time.
PhoenixDark
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...DrGAKMAN said:
Huh?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
It was made to be pretty important, and will be missing something without it... but it could still work.Scalemail Ted said:
Most of the stuff you could do wasn't really that important to have on your own screen, like equipping things. But it was pretty fun how one person might have a detailed map, another person might see where the monsters are, and thus you'd have to talk to each other about what only you knew. Also part of the competitive element had to do with each person having their own objective (Use magic a lot, never use magic, whatever) that other people didn't know until the end of the stage.
The switch from digital movement, two face buttons, and two shoulder buttons to the Revolution controller should also add a lot, though. I guess since the DS version should be able to keep that style alive, I don't mind the Revolution version going in a different direction more suited to its capabilities.
Reading that surprised me as well, but why so impossible as opposed to any other game we know so little about?Beezy said:
Ehh, not really. We learned of GameCube Final Fantasy March 2002, less than 6 months after launch. Not long after we saw a bit of footage in a commercial, so they must've been working on it for some time. It then released in 2003. Plenty of time to make more if they actually cared to.ethelred said:
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
So pretty.
Is it so hard to imagine this sequal having "magnificant graphics"?
Mmmkay said:
Yep. Check the source article and read carefully.
http://www.n-planet.com.br/?view=article&article=3932
Article translated from Portugese said:
The underline and bold sections are not related to each other. Wada didn't say anything about the Revolution here. Also, the original states that the game could appear for Rev in 2006, not that's it's going to be a launch title.
Red Herring, move along.
Meh, more regurgitated info. Pointless.
Anyways, I really, really wanted to like FF:CC, but it's SP game was just bland. I'll probably pick it up again soon cause it's so cheap now, but had they backed away from the idiotic GBA requirement for MP, I think this might've been my favorite Cube game.
And while I hope the Rev version is much better (and more accessible) I'm afraid the control scheme will be lame, and only implemented for the sake of using it (kinda similar to how they required GBA's for MP on the Cube to promote the connectivity crap). I want full on traditional controls, and I'm afraid I won't get that.
Anyways, I really, really wanted to like FF:CC, but it's SP game was just bland. I'll probably pick it up again soon cause it's so cheap now, but had they backed away from the idiotic GBA requirement for MP, I think this might've been my favorite Cube game.
And while I hope the Rev version is much better (and more accessible) I'm afraid the control scheme will be lame, and only implemented for the sake of using it (kinda similar to how they required GBA's for MP on the Cube to promote the connectivity crap). I want full on traditional controls, and I'm afraid I won't get that.
LiquidMamba
Member
Online action RPG? Sounds goods. Hopefully having the game launch this year is actually the case however.
meltpotato
Member
this is a real longshot, but could FF:CC for rev hint at wireless DS connectivity? And if so, could that be one of these Rev "secrects" that we have not heard yet?
I know this is a stretch, but let me explain my reasoning:
-GBA connectivity was an integral to FF:CC GCN.
-Selling DS units and connectivity is beneficial to both Nintendo and S-E.
-with the big push of both wireless and wifi, linking the products is pretty simple and logical.
-Linking with the DS would add the "touch" element. drawing or writing in the game could be useful. (think seal-drawing in Castlevania: DoS)
-(non FF:CC point) Aside from FF:CC, MMOs could make good use of the DS as a writing unit and it would add a feature that could not be replicated on other consoles.
-The Japanese market is already where it needs to be with install-base so that a good majority of the people buying the game will already has DS and wont need to go purchase one.
-Nintendos history and implied benifit gained from developing a link between their console and handheld.
(please kick me in the nuts if this is an announced feature tha i missed)
I know this is a stretch, but let me explain my reasoning:
-GBA connectivity was an integral to FF:CC GCN.
-Selling DS units and connectivity is beneficial to both Nintendo and S-E.
-with the big push of both wireless and wifi, linking the products is pretty simple and logical.
-Linking with the DS would add the "touch" element. drawing or writing in the game could be useful. (think seal-drawing in Castlevania: DoS)
-(non FF:CC point) Aside from FF:CC, MMOs could make good use of the DS as a writing unit and it would add a feature that could not be replicated on other consoles.
-The Japanese market is already where it needs to be with install-base so that a good majority of the people buying the game will already has DS and wont need to go purchase one.
-Nintendos history and implied benifit gained from developing a link between their console and handheld.
(please kick me in the nuts if this is an announced feature tha i missed)
i really enjoyed ffcc on the gc, it's one of my favourite square-enix games.
i also liked the fact it didn't have much of a story. narratives in games are so boring these days, to have a light travelog narrative was refreshing. i think it helped the game's open feel. i loved going around this land that existed without me being the focus.
the 4 player game was excellent, but i thought it was good in single player too. online ffcc on rev could be awesome! can't wait.
i also liked the fact it didn't have much of a story. narratives in games are so boring these days, to have a light travelog narrative was refreshing. i think it helped the game's open feel. i loved going around this land that existed without me being the focus.
the 4 player game was excellent, but i thought it was good in single player too. online ffcc on rev could be awesome! can't wait.
Can someone clear something up for me please as I have never played FF:CC.
How does multiplayer work? Assuming this will be NWFC with 4 players or so. You all start an adventure from scratch? play until someone leaves then save your 4 player game to resume next time? Or you have your personal file and people can join in as and when they please?
How would this work on wifi though? does your adventuring on someone else's game mean you make no progress on yours? I would like to play with lots of different people but wouldn't want to create new saves everytime. Say we get to a point where everyone goes off but I want to continue by myself?
How does multiplayer work? Assuming this will be NWFC with 4 players or so. You all start an adventure from scratch? play until someone leaves then save your 4 player game to resume next time? Or you have your personal file and people can join in as and when they please?
How would this work on wifi though? does your adventuring on someone else's game mean you make no progress on yours? I would like to play with lots of different people but wouldn't want to create new saves everytime. Say we get to a point where everyone goes off but I want to continue by myself?
:Motorbass
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I'm not 100% sure how it worked in FFCC, because I have only played with the same guys on my save. But you "import" players to your quest. The game has a overworld map like Super Mario World where you select levels and progress. You do not level up, but after beating a boss, you can select artefacts from a rigid list (you can select an artefact only once) which improve your stats. That and the Equipment is what you propably take over to your game. There's more to it of course...kaizoku said:
So I think it could work well online. And Teamplay is very important and fun in FFCC (Like, the players have to combine their magic and get the timing right to unleash different spells; different "jobs" when fighting a boss, etc). Would need some communication tho...
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Mmmkay said:
So there goes that.
But I can't imagine it not coming out at least within 2007, and not having revolutionary control, online capabilities, and magnificant graphics.... so really, we're right back where we started, aren't we?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
:Motorbass is right about how players can come and go with their unique artifacts and equipment. What stays with a particular save of the game would be things like what areas you've opened up, how much time has passed in-game, things like that.
Well, the article at top specifically mentioned this year rather than 2007.John Harker said: