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I'm sad they killed Stella. I'm sad they removed the party scene. I'm sad for those awesome Versus XIII scenes that may end up being removed. But well. Change is practically confirmed even when some people didn't want to believe it. Is it for the better? Is it for the worse? Who knows. We don't have many details of Versus XIII's story and now we know it's not the same. Oh well. Only time will tell.
It seems Final Fantasy Versus XIII was just a dream after all.
EDIT: Just found out that the Dissidia writer is in, replacing Nojima. And that Jun Akiyama is out. Now I can really say that is bad news.
It seems Final Fantasy Versus XIII was just a dream after all.
EDIT: Just found out that the Dissidia writer is in, replacing Nojima. And that Jun Akiyama is out. Now I can really say that is bad news.
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If Stella didn't point that sword at Noctis that one time, in that one trailer from like 8 years ago, I doubt people would even care lol.
It was a bit of a bummer looking at some changes, but Tabata said it best: "Even though it's based on Versus XIII's narrative, FFXV is a different game." It's important to keep that in mind.
It was a bit of a bummer looking at some changes, but Tabata said it best: "Even though it's based on Versus XIII's narrative, FFXV is a different game." It's important to keep that in mind.
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It's understandable why Tabata made the changes he did. Quite unfortunate, however. A lot of Nomura's vision is being scrapped entirely. For example, his wanting to make Final Fantasy XV a huge epic with multiple sequels. Perhaps Square-Enix was opposed because it was too risky? Or maybe Tabata was wanting a more streamlined final product? There's so much going on behind the scenes we don't know about.
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It's because Tabata as director, received a bit of guidance from Sakaguchi (who hates sequels). He wants FFXV to be a "complete" experience, meaning that the game starts/ends when it starts/ends. The narrative re-writes were apparently a way to allow the FFXV team to circumvent all the potential sequels, but stay true to Nojima's narrative all in one game.
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Well, those are some sad news. I do understand that Versus was just concept, however they showed it too early and made it feel like it was not. After Tabata replaced Nomura we were told, as far as I can recall (but I may be wrong), that there won't be a lot of changes and that the story will remain as it was in Versus. First the cut off party switching, which was big change and now they cut off Stella, because they "found it increasingly difficult to make sense of Stella’s character and role within FFXV", which means that they changed story, too.
Personaly I liked Stella more, she looked like strong female character, that I enjoy so much. Luna, on the other hand, looks so far as her opposite.
That being said, I'm still looking forward to FF XV, although I'm not as excited as I was and I feel little dissapointed. And I know that me complaining won't change a thing, but I felt a need to express my opinion somewhere.
Personaly I liked Stella more, she looked like strong female character, that I enjoy so much. Luna, on the other hand, looks so far as her opposite.
That being said, I'm still looking forward to FF XV, although I'm not as excited as I was and I feel little dissapointed. And I know that me complaining won't change a thing, but I felt a need to express my opinion somewhere.
Honestly, I'm rather indifferent to Nojima leaving FFXV because I don't trust in his writing abilities. He worked on some great stories like VII and X, but on the other hand he was scenario writer for Advent Children, X-2 and author of that novella. But him being replaced by Dissidia writer, of all people, worries me.
Then personally that is a good thing. I am sure they will have some sort of way to do a sequel. But they are playing it safe. After all the time that this game has been in development for quite awhile. So people are going to really be in one of three groups. Those that dont trust this game because of its development cycle (Going into the game with the preconceived notion that it will be a sucky game). Those that are on the fence and just want to try it out, and those people who love the game already and can't wait for it. So in a way them slimming down the aim of this game can at least cater to a few of these groups and hopefully in the long run create a rather successful game.
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Sequels (and unnecessary ones, at that), other than being mostly cash-grabs, and overall just fanservice, have a propensity to be very lackluster, especially when following a story that ended well enough. FFVII and FFX being those kinds of stories, it's very difficult to follow-up finished stories like those without retcons and the like to push the sequel(s) forward.
I think Nojima is a fine writer on his own terms. However, I think most writers would have struggled to produce "great" content in this regard.
Agreed, I'm all for them playing it safe, the shift in end-goal should only help the team.
and I feel like if anything, the closest we'd get to a "sequel" would be DLC additives to the full-game. Similar to what we'll see in Duscae 2.0 (but story content rather than just gameplay content). It's a reach, but it seems possible considering how Tabata has been trying to sell the game's development.
I think Nojima is a fine writer on his own terms. However, I think most writers would have struggled to produce "great" content in this regard.
Agreed, I'm all for them playing it safe, the shift in end-goal should only help the team.
and I feel like if anything, the closest we'd get to a "sequel" would be DLC additives to the full-game. Similar to what we'll see in Duscae 2.0 (but story content rather than just gameplay content). It's a reach, but it seems possible considering how Tabata has been trying to sell the game's development.
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Nomura's vision couldn't drive a game to production. There were multiple people on the XV that had to think long and hard about these decisions, but everyone is quick to blame Tabata for the events that led to where XV is today and the changes they had to make to the story. If those three things are the main core changes they needed to make to the story, then I'm relieved because they were the three things I really didn't care about either way in terms of Versus.
I know everyone "loved" Stella and all, but honestly Stella was a big nobody and we knew next to nothing about her. I don't grow attached to a character in a developing game that I know nothing about.
I know everyone "loved" Stella and all, but honestly Stella was a big nobody and we knew next to nothing about her. I don't grow attached to a character in a developing game that I know nothing about.
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Yes, exactly. There is hardly any use comparing XV to Versus. We know next to nothing about Versus and we most likely never will. We wouldn't have even known about the changes announced today (nor the character switching, nor any of the other "changes") had SE actually announced this game properly instead of getting in over their heads (as usual).
I'm glad they're finally being outright with more of the changes they've been making (though they admittedly should have been earlier). It's been blatantly obvious for a while that XV is not the same game Versus would have or could have been. It isn't surprising that they aren't going to adhere to "groundwork" laid out years ago by a series of obscure conceptual trailers.
People need to accept that Versus was never a real game and that XV is only based (probably loosely) on what Versus might have been had it ever gotten off the ground.
I'm glad they're finally being outright with more of the changes they've been making (though they admittedly should have been earlier). It's been blatantly obvious for a while that XV is not the same game Versus would have or could have been. It isn't surprising that they aren't going to adhere to "groundwork" laid out years ago by a series of obscure conceptual trailers.
People need to accept that Versus was never a real game and that XV is only based (probably loosely) on what Versus might have been had it ever gotten off the ground.
Time to wake up.
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