That's cool, I'm a patient guy .

More delays. Fun.

This isn't going to set Sony back any more than the expanse of Final Fantasy to the Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, and DS.

The difference is the main games in the series never came out for those.

Yes, they did.

FFI, II, IV, V, and VI were released on the DS.

III and IV were released on the DS.

Not when they were first released and nobody had played them yet.

I think I played FF1 on the NES first.

Everyone did, what was being discussed was Gamecube, GBA and DS.

I'm just saying... it's not really going to put a dent in their sales.

I think it will, and probably already had a small impact when the announcement came. The core Final Fantasy games have been a big deal since the FF7, and knowing you won't need to buy a PS3 to play the next one will certainly mean there's yet another reason to not buy a PS3.

http://www.finalfantasy13game.com/

The movie clip on there looks pretty bad ass.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/948/948799p1.html

that video makes me miss the days of turn based RPGs.

Well there is a menu on the bottom screen that looks like you can scroll through, so it might be like final fantasy 12

Bumping this one up because the JPN/Asian version are now released. I'm so tempted to import but neither has any English. The Asian version has an slip-sheet in English with the controls but nothing in-game. Waiting till March is going to be torture.

Needless to say, I'd love one of these:

There's a black LE PS3 for FFXIII too. They're selling for about $750 through importers. Way out of my price range.

Hong Kong Magazine gives Final Fantasy XIII a 4 out of 10

A Hong Kong magazine has featured a review of Final Fantasy XIII, and it's one of the most damning reviews of all time. We don't normally post stories about another outlet's review content, but this is too amazing to ignore. Calling Final Fantasy XIII the "biggest joke of 2009" and a huge swindle is something worth seeing.

"The game is complete linearity until the open areas near the end. You can't even backtrack," writes the reviewer. "Of all the RPGs I've played in recent years, this is the first which has been so linear that it's little more than riding an amusement park ride."

The combat system was torn to shreds as well: "A button mashing puzzle game with no real strategy or RPG elements and a plethora of annoying features, game as a whole is little more than a digital novel of sorts. For such a game to approach 2 million copies sold must be due solely to the strength of the Final Fantasy brand ... biggest swindle in gaming history ... biggest joke of 2009."

The game received a 4/10 in the score department:

Scenario: 2.0 — "An epic tear jerker"
System: 1.0 — "Such a crude system barely warrants being called an RPG at all."
Graphics: 9.0 — "Full marks here."
Sound: 7.0 — "Mostly quality."
Enthusiasm: 1.0 "As if you could play this for 100 hours! I could put up with 8."
Total: 4.0 — "To think it got this bad…"

No idea how you can get a 2.0 for something considered an "epic tear jerker," but there you go. Apparently the review was so intense and surprising that even the magazine issued a disclaimer calling the journalist in question a "non-gamer" and "borderline-retarded." So yeah, if you value the opinion of retarded non-gamers in Hong Kong, steer clear of Final Fantasy XIII!

http://www.destructoid.com/final-fan...--160046.phtml

-Holy shit. I hope it's just some pissed off ps3 Fanboy review. I've been anticipating this game for years.

Who knows, they may have screwed the pooch on this one. I hope not though. I love how people get defensive though when someone gives a bad review of a game even though they themselves have not played it to prove whether it is warranted or not.

a lot of people who played the demo or finished the import are also mimicking the fact that it's very very linear. A linear RPG is a dealbreaker for me honestly. That is not what RPG's are about. If I hear this from like ign or gamestop in their articles I will be cancelling my preorder.

That's a harsh review, but it's also a good way to get a lot of attention/hits to your magazine.

I heard Japanese gaming mag, Famitsū gave it 39/40.

Yeah, if the game was universally bad we probably would have heard a lot more negative press coming out of Japan/Asia.

Square Enix is one huge disappointment in this console generation. So why should that change with FF IX? Anyhow I will buy this game.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

It's been more than that one site not liking the game.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/1...-fantasy-xiii/

Although i enjoyed the story and characters of FF X for the most part (Except for Wadda) The linerity of the game was really crappy.

FF X111 is looking like it'll share the same fate with X. There's also something about the characters that all come off as Douchebags. The only one that looks interesting is the main Female character.

I may hold off on this one unless I hear some positive reviews from trusted sources.