Final Fantasy XIII countdown ends, new trailer emerges

  • Posted January 28th, 2009 at 12:42 EDT by
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Masterpiece is not exactly a word that is unfamiliar when discussing Square and their beloved Final Fantasy franchise. The series not only saved the developer from a fatal ending, but has propelled it to role-playing dominance unlike any other. With the recent countdown finally reaching "0," Square has unveiled yet another trailer for their anticipated title.

The trailer, which features an ample amount of gameplay, is rather epic. We've included the video below.

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  1. Halcyon

    • 12:44pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Why the translation? There is a perfectly and official subbed version right here:

    http://www.finalfantasy13game.com/

     

    Looks ok, nice to see finally some in-game battles.

    Now do the same and show some Versus gameplay also  XD

  2. shinnkun

    • 12:48pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Now that is what I call a trailer! Game looks totally awesome! :D Can't wait!!

  3. Stevie | XxSteviexX

    • 12:52pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Looks cool. Im interested again. I saw metal gear and Helghast in there! :p

  4. Dave

    • 12:52pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    We can't embed from the official site though Halcyon. ;(

  5. ruismael

    • 12:54pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

     they might as well turn Final Fantasy into a FPS,  all the elements necessary are there

  6. Majin187 | Majin187

    • 12:55pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    seems like it wont be as disappointing as 12,now for versus

  7. Khan91 | khan91

    • 12:55pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    friggin awesome!!!!!!!!! :d

  8. ZenSelai | khan91

    • 12:55pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    im sorry but just seeing xbox on that site to view the trailer Halcyon posted here just gets to me. it just doesnt sound right.

  9. Intervention

    • 12:57pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Looks awesome, looks like I will have a reason to get a 4th game for my PS3 in 3 years.

  10. john316again

    • 12:58pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Holy mother; it looks A LOT better than I was expecting.  Damn you Sqaure Enix; forcing us to wait til 2010!

  11. Dave

    • 12:58pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Joystiq has the subtitled version up. So, props to them.

  12. The Master

    • 1:06pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Too bad they made this multi-plat, can't wait for versus XIII :)

  13. Oztheboss

    • 1:06pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

     With the translations here, will they be in the game?

     

    I certainly hope so.

  14. seb | MorpheusPSU

    • 1:08pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    That was absolutely amazing!  Simply stunning in-game and CGI. The perfect blend.

  15. Eric2929 | Eric2929

    • 1:08pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Made the resoultion larger on Dave's embed. So... yeah. :)

  16. Anduril

    • 1:09pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Final Fantasy Versus XIII > Final Fantasy XIII

  17. xdbuix

    • 1:12pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

     wow...... looks good. My hopes for this game just went up again lol

  18. Altercode | Altercode-cupid

    • 1:15pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    I'm more interested in VS... xD

  19. Sol110

    • 1:24pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    It looks good I'll give it that. Gameplay looks lame, Can't wait till Versus.

  20. MMDs | MMDs

    • 1:31pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

     finally some gameplay, and just as i figured, rpg style fighting (selecting special moves from a list), the only HUGE reason i don't like traditional RPGs unfortunately. still looks good though, im impressed. I'll wait and see how it turns out.

  21. willisc89 | liquidsoap89

    • 1:34pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

     Its funny how all of a sudden all the negative talk about ff13 is gone and everyone's back to saying this game looks incredible... Wierd how that works.

  22. Oatmeal | NEJI64

    • 1:44pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    damn i neva bought a final fantasy i always played them at a friend house but this just might be the first. but by the trailers i'm liking versus better

  23. chomperbull

    • 1:44pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    looks good but is it coop

  24. Ahaaa | A-HAAA

    • 1:51pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    @12 for oncce i agree with you

  25. liquidus118 | liquidus118

    • 1:54pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Well, gotta admit this trailer re-injected some excitement into me for this game, the fighting system looks quite good but I'll have to see more of it or find an explanation somewhere to how it works before I decide if I like it or not.

    Oh and did anyone else notice that there's an xbox live logo but no PSN logo? That has me kinda worried...

  26. Amusimbel | Amusimbel

    • 2:05pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    After seen what PS3 capable of (with Killzone2 ) this look like a evolution of the FF12 engine. Square isn't take any advantange of the PS3's procesing power and I'm sad for that.

    I'm Final Fantasy fan and this look disapointed after almost four years of development I espect something more. 

    FF13 has lost it's magic to me but I will buy it anyway

     

  27. markwesker

    • 2:08pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i`d love to know if this is gonna be 1,2,3 or 4 dvd game for the 360 and that will show if they toned it it down for the ps3 or not.no way can a massive rpg with good graphics fit on one dvd for the 360.

    il wait for vs13 if not.

  28. RocManX | RocManX

    • 2:11pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    @21: My thoughts exactly, silly fanboys. In fact I was looking forward to FF13 more than Versus. Mainly because everytime I see Lightning, she's whooping *** and not acting annoying or being all whiny.

  29. Doogal_UK | Doogal_UK

    • 2:19pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    never played a FF game before, looks good, i;m not that keen on the fight display, seems a bit cluttered but its early days at the mo

  30. Mo-green28 | Mo-green28

    • 2:37pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    50's game is going to be better than this :)

  31. rutea7

    • 2:51pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i'm soooo gonna love this game

  32. Wolf873

    • 2:51pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    I don't know about game being awesome anymore. Ever since they announced it was going multiplat I lost all interest in the game knowing how many corners they would have to cut to make the game exactly alike on either platforms, plus the fact that PS3 version got delyaed due to MS not wanting PS3 gamers to get a head start on it, nice move but kind of heartless too. Perhaps I'd get interested again, somehow. But currrently only KZ-2, Uncharted 2, and Gow-3 have my interest.

  33. Loan | Loan

    • 2:59pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    wtf with that lag on the video -.-

  34. Edito

    • 3:45pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i dont care about Square Enix they can do wathever they want KZ2, heavy rain, uncharted, GT5, those will get my money FFXIII can explode or wahtever...

  35. swanky2167 | Sanguinary

    • 4:03pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    lots of action! Pretty good, I just hope the game doesn't overdo the use of FMV. the battle system looks great too!

  36. Infernoz0 | Oblivian_92

    • 4:05pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i'm still wondering how the f@ke is gonna the x360 handle this ?!

  37. Bigdoggy | Gypscrew

    • 4:16pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    The game looks cool for someone that likes this kind of RPG but I have notice that every FF game is starting to get more and more guns, It's stupid.   Now they are using full fledge machine guns which is really turning me away from this, even though it looks cool, I have never felt right playing RPG's with machine guns, it just isn't right.  

    I agree  with the guy that said, "they might as well have made it an FPS".   WTH is the point on using swords when the enemies are using machine guns.  Sorry, but that's down right lame.   Even if you have a sword that shoots bullets, arg.  

  38. BigFoot74205

    • 4:18pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Holy frak, that looks seriously wicked. I cannot wait to get my hands on this game.

  39. Kurupt-The-Don

    • 4:20pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    not impressed...Versus please..

  40. theDeity | TheDeity

    • 4:22pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i will just wait for verses ........

  41. primalbreath | jdawg222

    • 4:29pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    yeah, swords verus guns??     and how do you beat up a huge robot with your hands????  i dont like hand combat of snow, he should just have guns

  42. LunaTech

    • 4:29pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Seeing for PS3 and 360 made me a little bummed =/

     

    OMFG SEXY GAMEPLAY!

    (Though I miss the original gameplay and probably won't pick this up first day. Versus plz)

  43. shadowrth | shadowrth

    • 4:36pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    i don't care what anyone says that looks sick i'm buying.

  44. Girugamesh | Shidousha

    • 4:40pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Looked unbelievable, I mean this just elevated to one of my most anticipated titles EVER. Still, it was a bit of a buzz kill seeing XBOX all over the last screen.

  45. el kevo | El_Kevo

    • 4:41pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    Hmm, what to say about this game.  Graphics are very weak compared to Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2.  Its very dissapointing to see that they've slipped far away from their original vision of FF; as in a magical place with no guns what so ever.  I'm fine if theres a just a bit of guns (FF10) but this is an overdose.  It looks like they're trying to appeal to much to Western Gamers and in this sense are leaving behind the area where RPGs sell most, Asia.  This is a very sad and pathetic attempt by SE and i didn't think they could get much worse then FF12.  The combat system does look improved though, however it will probably end up playing itself like 12 and turn into a snore-fest.  I'm sorry but Tetsuya Nomura is the only good developer left in SE.  Versus 13 and KH3 will be the only things I'll be purchasing from Square in the future.

  46. jigglespsu

    • 4:43pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    still unsure about it all :|

     

  47. Girugamesh | Shidousha

    • 4:51pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    You guys are being complete fanboys. The graphics for this game are some of the best of all time.
    Yes, it's being compromised for the 360. So what? You're missing out if you don't get in on this title.

     

    This is looking to be one of the best Final Fantasys yet. Yea, FF Versus XIII is probably going to be quite a bit better...Why miss out on this different experience, though?

     

    Stop being fanboys, get hyped for this game, buy the game, enjoy the game, love the game.

  48. wetfbbqchiken

    • 4:58pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    @47 xbox delaying the release is the only thing pissing me off...............

    as for the gameplay OMG it looks kinda turn based like ff7 CANT WAIT every rpg these days seems to be an ACTION rpg geez there not as fun

  49. Shalashaaska | Shalashaaska

    • 5:07pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    I came.

  50. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 5:21pm GMT - January 28th, 2009

    We can all agree that yes we're upset that development is being halted by the bummy 360 version but this game looks great the gameplay looks great too, FF was popular on the Playstation brand and yes it sucks that the 360 is getting it as well but we all have to deal with it, We still have Versus 13 and other PS3 exclusives coming our way. Personally I'm looking forward to see how this game can progress.

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