Final Fantasy XIII was unveiled at
E³ 2006, as a game with a futuristic,
high-tech world. Only two characters have been revealed thus far: a woman, with the code name
Lightning,
who wields a new weapon which seems to function as a sword and a firearm; and an unnamed, giant man
who is her ally.
"Lightning" is the first confirmed main character of Final Fantasy XIII. The Character designer Tetsuya Nomura
describes her as "not very feminine", and says that he was asked to create a "female version of
Cloud from
Final Fantasy VII" when designing her.
The second character, a blond, bandanna-wearing, giant male who rides a motorcycle and uses a gun to come to Lightning's
aid when she is outnumbered by soldiers.
Toriyama (game producer) has confirmed that the blond
male and Lightning are supposed to have a unique relationship. He has also been described by the staff as cowboy-like.
The
world of Final Fantasy XIII is based in a government-controlled by floating fortress called
Cocoon defended by advanced technology. Those cast out of Cocoon are placed into the world below, called Pulse. It is
heavily implied that the world of Pulse is the Earth and where the crystals that have "chosen" Lightning are found. These
crystals are said to give men the power to change their destinies and shape the world as they see fit. In fact, the crystals
were previously used to control the citizens of Pulse to work against their own will. The citizens of Pulse rebelled against
the government, asking for a fair treatment of the law.
BATTLE SYSTEM & GAMEPLAY
Toriyama comments on Final Fantasy XIII's
Battle System, "Final Fantasy XIII took on the
challenge of seeing how much of the battles in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children can be recreated in a game. The battles
that were impossible to be presented in current Final Fantasy games were shown in
Final Fantasy VII
Advent Children. In reverse, Final Fantasy XIII will show how much of that can be represented in the game."
The battle system is somewhat of a timed-button input style.This system was made a sequence for Final fantasy X's
overdrives.Where a series of buttons were displayed on the screen,when input in the right order the amount of damage is
at it's fullest.
Battles in the game appear to be in
real-time, similar to
Final Fantasy XI and
Final Fantasy XII, but without the coloured target arcs linking player to
target. In the game there is what is known as the '
Gravity Bomb', known as the spell '
Gravity' in previous games. Presumably, it refers to the electrical energy field that surrounds the young woman. She can use it
to defy gravity or to attack enemies.
In the upper right-hand corner of the battle screen, a
circle-shaped gauge is visible. Once the number
inside this circle and other conditions have been met, the protagonist can enter a so-called
Overclock status.
This status has a
slow-motion effect, slowing down everyone but the player. It has been suggested that this
Overclock system would replace the traditional
limit break system found in previous Final Fantasy games.
Overclock seems to resemble the
Trance mode in Final Fantasy IX. Once Overclock is activated a number
appears inside the meter and decreases, probably signifying the duration of the Overclock mode.
Final Fantasy XIII will be launched by December 2008 .....
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Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII is an action role-playing game developed and published by
Square Enix for the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console. Alongside Final Fantasy XIII
and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the game makes up part of the Fabula
Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation. Unveiled at E³ 2006, the game focuses on a mysterious
protagonist, the last heir of a dynasty ruling over the only remaining city in the world to control crystals. Under
unforeseen circumstances, he is forced to make a stand when his kingdom, people, and its crystals come under attack
from marauders seeking to conquer the city and take the crystals as their own. According to developers of the game,
the game is not a sequel nor a prequel to other Final Fantasy XIII entries, but a wholly independent story unfolding with
different characters and visual designs.
The World of Final Fantasy Versus XIII blends both modern and medieval aesthetics. The main
character's country appears as very advanced and modern, as one example, while their neighbors appear to have
remained in an era similar to the European Middle Ages. The main power in the world are the Crystals.
All the countries (aside from the protagonist's) have had them at one time, only to lose them in continual warfare.
The protagonist is a mysterious young man with dark
blue hair and red eyes. He is the last heir to a dynasty, ruling
the only remaining city in the world which controls crystals. He protects his home from marauders that plan to conquer the city
and take the crystals as their own. He wields a number of different weapons, including swords, spears, and lances, and can
even induce them (telekinetically or otherwise) to independently move in the air to form a whirling barrier around himself.
His physical features seem to change depending on his actions, as his eye color(noticeably only his right eye) turns red when
holding his sword and his hair flashes white when teleporting. His eye color will change to more colours during the game.
The game will play like a more realistic version of Kingdom
Hearts with some elements of a third-person shooter similar to Dirge of
Cerberus. New interviews have stated Nomura's (game director) wish to push away from "light magical" styles(he specifically
references Kingdom Hearts) and opt for a much bleaker realistic world. He wants the characters to be perceived as believable humans
that the player can relate to then simply fabricated characters.
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Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII is a video game for mobile phones, of the to the FINAL FANTASY
XIII universe. The game is set in a magic school named Akademia, and will gradually expand to the larger world
outside of the school. It is described as an online RPG, but not " massively multiplayer".
There are thirteen characters revealed, 12 of whom appear to
be students. Weapons include longsword, katana, handguns, a shotgun, a mace, a bow and
arrow, a spear, a scythe, an extending flail, bare fists, a flute and a deck of tarot cards. The thirteenth character
is a Moogle. The character with the deck of cards has been
revealed to have a greater importance than the other characters.
 
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