Final Fantasy XIII

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I do wish that Japanese companies wouldn't mess around with the international releases of games, thinking that the baka gaijin will choke on their Big Macs if they see or hear anything that isn't thoroughly Hollywoodised. The Japanese theme song was a little better; still crap, but not as crap. At least it sounds like something that might be from a video game.
ually mindlessly bash every change?
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I don't find that a bad thing.  I HATE singing in video games (and movies).  At least this might be an actual enjoyable song this way (would still be better without IMO).

Yup, as I said PS3 has more potential in the end 'cause of it's cpu, which also includes better graphics. 360 games are compromised because of it's cpu, not because of it's gpu. I couldn't care less 'bout the PS3 vs Xbox 360 war, but facts are facts.
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Isn't the PS3 seriously underpowered in the GPU department since it was a last minute addition ?  GPU's tend to influence graphics alot more than CPU's do on the PC so I would tend to sway toward the 360's approach.

Notice : I own neither console (though I use a wireless 360 pad for my computer gamepad.  I always liked MS's hardware (as in mouses, keyboards, game controllers; not zune or 360).  They always feel like they're awesome quality (especially compared to Sony's controllers - can't recall how many PS2 controllers I owned broke).

edit : listened to the song.  not great but not awful either.  pretty m'eh.
 
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I do wish that Japanese companies wouldn't mess around with the international releases of games, thinking that the baka gaijin will choke on their Big Macs if they see or hear anything that isn't thoroughly Hollywoodised. The Japanese theme song was a little better; still crap, but not as crap. At least it sounds like something that might be from a video game.
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I don't find that a bad thing.  I HATE singing in video games (and movies).  At least this might be an actual enjoyable song this way (would still be better without IMO).

Yup, as I said PS3 has more potential in the end 'cause of it's cpu, which also includes better graphics. 360 games are compromised because of it's cpu, not because of it's gpu. I couldn't care less 'bout the PS3 vs Xbox 360 war, but facts are facts.
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Isn't the PS3 seriously underpowered in the GPU department since it was a last minute addition ?  GPU's tend to influence graphics alot more than CPU's do on the PC so I would tend to sway toward the 360's approach.

Notice : I own neither console (though I use a wireless 360 pad for my computer gamepad.  I always liked MS's hardware (as in mouses, keyboards, game controllers; not zune or 360).  They always feel like they're awesome quality (especially compared to Sony's controllers - can't recall how many PS2 controllers I owned broke).

edit : listened to the song.  not great but not awful either.  pretty m'eh.
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It's relatively easier to develop games for 360 (could be discussed, but IMO microsoft's development tools are pretty damn user friendly), thus utilizing it's potential is easier for developers. If the graphics are "better" on the PS3 is a subjective matter, but due to the PS3's cpu one could expect better performance eventually. It took developer 2 years to exploit it in a way one could actually start to notice it. However the 360 was a year ahead, meaning many developers already had adapted to the 360 when the PS3 came around. As one could expect this may have slowed down the process of exploiting the PS3's potential.

And, yes, that song is m'eh. I consider myself open minded, but that song is not a FF song. What the hell is square thinking? They're prob aiming for the "new generation" or something.
 
FF13 is teh linear!

Here's an example of the game's map. Famitsu gave them 39/40, taking off one point for the game's linearity; it seems that they were being generous. (I wonder how much Famitsu can be trusted, btw; I believe that they've been accused of giving an easy ride to big companies before).

I miss world maps :cry:
 
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I miss world maps :cry:
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As do I.
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World maps are nice, but I much prefer the Zelda/Earthbound style of open world, where the stuff between is open, yet runs in the same engine and all that jazz. Except bigger than any Zelda game.
 
Take what Famitsu say with a pinch of salt, they gave FF12 a 40/40  which is nonsense.
 
Take what Famitsu say with a pinch of salt, they gave FF12 a 40/40  which is nonsense.
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Sou da na :-D

I think that there are some good reasons why reviewers might like FF12 more than fans (reviewers often praise innovation even when it doesn't work out so well), but rating FF12 as the best FF game ever is just silly..

Also, they've given out half of their 40/40 scores in the past two years, and their opinions don't seem to match up with those of their fans.

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It seems that 2ch hates it (possibility of some NSFW ads). Mind you, that's not surprising :-P
 
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And OoT is the only one that the fans voted as one of the top ten...

I can't really agree with any of the games on the list; then again, I haven't played most of them. Incidentally, I played the Bayonetta demo today; besides the main character and a few if the controller functions, the game is completely indistinguishable from Devil May Cry. Of course, that doesn't mean it isn't good :-P
 
Very true ye-roon. If you ever watch adult swim, they use the same cast of voice-actors to dub every anime series they get.
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One main reason I refuse to watch dubbed anime anymore. funimation has about 10 VAs that they keep recycling over and over.

Dubbing/subbing is a trade-off. You'll either get English VAs that aren't acting appropriately to the context and saying lines with no feeling in them (Star Ocean PSP remakes) or spoken completely unnaturally (Cloud from Dissidia) or sound horrible (Squall from Dissidia), or you'll get Jap VAs that treat EVERY line as if it's the last thing they'll ever say with too much emotion (Jap TotA which I could go off on how the English version of this is probably the best VAed game ever with one exception).

I also just now listened to the song. That's terrible! Don't give me a UK pop song!! Who wrote that garbage?! There's no way that can make sense! I was going to give FFXIII a chance, but I might not after hearing that.
The last FF song that I thought fit the mood was Eyes on Me. The English version of Melodies of Life was fantastic too, but it was so different from the Jap version....

Oh yeah, and I liked XII. It's not and never will be my favorite, but it has its own ups and downs to it. I think all the haters didn't like it because it wasn't anything like the first 10 installments.
 
I also just now listened to the song. That's terrible! Don't give me a UK pop song!! Who wrote that garbage?! There's no way that can make sense! I was going to give FFXIII a chance, but I might not after hearing that.
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Dunno who wrote it, but she's famous because she won a talent show presented by Simon Cowell (the most famous person in the world, according to British schoolchildren), so its banality is no surprise.

Thankfully, Cowell's latest prodigy got pwnt by the internet this week :D

UPDATE:

FF13 sold 1.5 million copies in its first week (slightly more that NSMBW and Wii Sports, according to VGChartz), but the Internet still hates it.
 
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