[Varizen]

The world exploration looks like it was in 12, Same with battle, except battle seems to be combined with XIII cinematic elements. Looks like it will be amazing.

[Velhart]

An almost 8 year project and now just showing gameplay, I sure hope so.

Love the setting though, and Nomura knows what good gameplay is.

[Tsuji]

This looks better than the disaster what FFXIII was, but my hopes aren't that high to begin with. Its never been the same without Sakaguchi...

[Mirae]

The setting looks more appealing to me than FFXIII ever did. Hope it won't be a corridor-disaster that the latter was.
Looks interesting, but my hopes are pretty low for the franchise ever since X-2, XII and XIII.

[Varizen]

You know, most people actually hold XII in high esteem.

The other thing that amuses me is you like X, but hate XIII...

[phunk]

I'm happy to finally see something from Versus, however my excitement is long gone; especially after playing through XIII. Looks like a mix of Kingdom Hearts and XII. Not the biggest fan of Nomura, seeing that he's the director for versus I'm interested to see what his take on Final Fantasy's universe will play out like.

[Velhart]

Varizen, on 18 January 2011 - 03:54 PM, said:

You know, most people actually hold XII in high esteem.

The other thing that amuses me is you like X, but hate XIII...

Well I can argue on that one. But before I say anything, just know I really liked FFXIII.

The difference between X and XIII is that even though X went in a straight line to Zanarkand, it still had things to do on the way, and you were not taken from one scene to the next. Even though it was in a straight line, you had the opportunity to explore the world and back track. FFXIII took you from one scene to the next and gave no opportunity to get to know the world of Cocoon, and barely Pulse at that matter. This is what made FFXIII feel more like a movie than an RPG and a traditional Final Fantasy. The thing that each FF has had is that you got to know the world around you and made you feel like you were part of it, and got to know it's culture, history, etc.

These are missing elements people have noticed and why people do not favor FFXIII. And despite me liking the game, and even though all FF's have used the illusion of free roam when it is really linear (except FFXI and FFXII), FFXIII let the concept of linearity come out with no attempt to hide it.

[Mirae]

Varizen, on 18 January 2011 - 03:54 PM, said:

You know, most people actually hold XII in high esteem.

The other thing that amuses me is you like X, but hate XIII...

XII's gameplay was good, but I really disliked the story and characters of the game. Could not get into it at all, but to each their own.

As for X, Velhart already nailed that one for me. XD