The Upcoming Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Title Will Be Revealed Next Month

27 responses to “The Upcoming Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Title Will Be Revealed Next Month”

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   Jake

   August 1, 2012 at 11:10 pm

   Can’t be any worse than XIII-2.

   Can it…?

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      W

      August 1, 2012 at 11:33 pm

      XIII-2 is better than XIII though…. :O

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         Jake

         August 2, 2012 at 8:39 am

         rofl

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         🙂

         August 2, 2012 at 5:49 pm

         In many ways, but I didn’t care about the story at all, not once. XIII wins based on slightly better story, for me, anyway.

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   Mr Unicorn

   August 1, 2012 at 11:31 pm

   C’mon movie!

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   Magus44

   August 1, 2012 at 11:44 pm

   Oh yay…..

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   Pat

   August 2, 2012 at 12:02 am

   Cool story bro.

   Now can I have my turn based battles back please?

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   1. 

      Ethan

      August 2, 2012 at 12:36 am

      Where is the like button? XII onwards don’t feel like FF games.

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         Nestama

         August 2, 2012 at 11:35 am

         Have you tied playing FFXII without using the gambits?

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         Pat

         August 2, 2012 at 5:18 pm

         I thought XII was decent. It wasn’t as good as the ones on the PS1, but I enjoyed playing it. The gambit system was quite well done.

         XIII on the other hand.. I had high hopes for it, and bought it on day one. The linearity drove me crazy. Where’s the world map? How can I explore new towns? Where’s the weapon and armor shop? You literally can progress through the game with the first weapon you get.

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            🙂

            August 2, 2012 at 5:52 pm

            Yeah, I agree. My first attempt at XII was ruined by my inability to process the change. I actually got into it a few years ago, it was awesome! I liked many of the characters (not Vaan), it had great style and I enjoyed the combat heaps by the end. I’ve played almost every FF game for ages, MMO’s excluded, I’ll buy this too, even after the last two.

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5. 

   [Razor]

   August 2, 2012 at 2:19 am

   I’m pretty sure a game based around the FF13 cast is not anything that anyone wants.

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      Wah-burger with cries

      August 6, 2012 at 5:36 pm

      +1

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6. 

   Jago

   August 2, 2012 at 6:02 am

   But lightning is an autistic boring character.

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      Jack

      August 2, 2012 at 6:11 am

      Still better than a Vanille game.

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   Sokyoku

   August 2, 2012 at 6:13 am

   Haha yes! I can’t wait to see what they’re gonna do!

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8. 

   Sharps

   August 2, 2012 at 7:11 am

   I know I didn’t ask for this from Santa. Also, wasn’t the release of FF13-2 not that big of a hit? I remember vanilla 13 it did “ok”, but not good enough for how much time and many delays later. Or is it they just really want to milk the engine for all it’s worth? Oh well, I guess Square Enix doesn’t have any big hit titles now of days. I miss you Squaresoft, May you rest in peace. =(

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      Ash

      August 2, 2012 at 9:03 am

      Pretty sure DLC sales on XIII-2 have been good enough to make up for slightly reduced sales of the game itself. My understanding is both XIII and XIII-2 have made a good profit for the company. I don’t think it matters how many negative comments are made on forums or sites like Kotaku – if the balance sheet says the game is successful then SE will ignore the ‘noisy minority’.

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         🙂

         August 2, 2012 at 5:55 pm

         I only bought one DLC, the Lightning strike one. Putting aside that my characters struggled in the arena match pretty much until the game was over, I must have done that fight a dozen times, if not more and not unlocked either character. Waste of my money.

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   Ash

   August 2, 2012 at 9:09 am

   Oh well since everyone else posted their obligatory negative comments I’ll post my obligatory positive ones:

   I thoroughly enjoyed XIII,

   XIII-2 is one of my favourite games of this generation, and I’m still playing it now (well last night actually),

   I will buy XIII-3 based on my love of the previous games in the series. I expect I’ll really enjoy it too. I won’t be the only one 🙂

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   1. 

      Blake

      August 2, 2012 at 11:14 am

      I will join in your chorus of positivity, XIII-2 was the first game I bought DLC on just because I wanted more. I found the story’s conclusion thoroughly gripping, and look forward to the next entry.
      XIII was a crafted experience, XIII-2 was a beautiful interconnected web.

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         Harvs

         August 2, 2012 at 8:53 pm

         Totally agree.

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      Sokyoku

      August 3, 2012 at 5:22 am

      I’m with you here! I shall be grabbing XIII-3, as I loved XIII and XIII-2

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10. 

    pavelf

    August 2, 2012 at 11:23 am

    This proves yet again how irrelevant square enix has become. Poor sales & reviews of the 13 series & yet they still keep pushing them out. While Versus13 remains vapouware. Bizarre choices thy name is Square Enix.

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    Utopia137

    August 2, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Awesome the FFXII is the best FF i have ever played and the lightning saga is amazing so far can’t wait for this to come out.

    @pavelf Versus13 has been stated as going ahead one of the other articles on kotaku about a week ago said that they just had a meeting on it so the game is still very much being made.

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12. 

    Saramakos

    August 2, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    For me 13 is similar to 10. The gameplay is sufficient but nothing to write home about, but the story pulled me on and made me want to complete it. 13-2 the story was a bit weaker, the gameplay a bit better but I thoroughly look forward to 13-3 or Lightning Cubed or whatever they decide to call it.

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13. 

    Wah-burger with cries

    August 6, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    “Man, I can’t wait to delve deeper within the story of Lightning and Co!” – Said nobody, ever.

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