Final Fantasy XIII release date revealed!!!

[Dincrest]

Maybe his special attack has him throw people like Umaro the yeti did in FF6.

[Sketch]

I'm in the same boat as everyone else: What the heck will we be doing in battles? I know, battle points. I get that. I just still can't figure out whether we'll be able to free-roam or not. My original guess was no, but that new trailer makes me think yes. Either that, or the battles are going to be the most cinamatic we've ever seen in any RPG to date, with characters jumping and flying around all over the place.

Too bad we didn't get any Sazh footage.

[Lard]

1up has an article comparing FF13's battle system to Chrono Cross, which is interesting.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8979823&publicUserId=5379721

[Blace]

1up has an article comparing FF13's battle system to Chrono Cross, which is interesting.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8979823&publicUserId=5379721

I loved that battle system. This makes me happy :)

Edit: Actually after reading that article it also kind of reminded me of the battle system in Xenosaga I.

[CDFN]

Interview with FFXIII director:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/957/957010p1.html

[CDFN]

New info, Edge and OPM played the demo. In depth explanation of the battle system:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ffxiii-battle-system-revealed


I like this:

Your performance after each battle is ranked from one to five stars, something the developers told OPM would affect gameplay.

[daschrier]

Most games that rate your battle performance only give you better item drops, more money, skill points etc.

If they go as far as to make battle requirements to view storyline etc, then I think it's going too far.

[CDFN]

But I think it's cool because it's an extra motivation.

[(Tunnels)]

The scoring is nice, as long as the battles play out fast. Similar to SO4, I can give a crap about the bonus battle gauge because the battles move quickly, but if they take a minute or more to complete, then my motivation for trying to do better will die fast.

[Lard]

So they're going to tune it based on whether you suck or not?

[CDFN]

Toriyama spills the beans regarding the battle system and the demo:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/970/970920p1.html

[Aeolus]

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[supersonic]

At the end of each battle, your character's HP will be totally recovered! The game is being tuned so that individual battles are tough and you won't win unless you think.

Not really sure how that's going to work out...It's probably going to be the first RPG to use this kind of system as far as I know, unless you want to include all those games that restore the characters' HP upon leveling up.

[AJR]

Wild Arms 4 does that. I’m pretty sure The Last Remnant does it too. I’m racking my brain because I’m sure I’ve played more than a couple of games that have handled health that way.

[DPB]

The Saga series and Legend of Mana too.