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Good morning, Destructoid. Toast yourself a bagel and have a look at the new extended trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It's like a blueberry bagel itself, really. Dark and crisp on the outside, but with a subtle promise of rich sweetness should you decide to dig in.

The trailer opens with the phrase "This is a fantasy based on reality." It's interesting to ponder what that could mean, and you can clearly see in the video that the game features cars and buildings that look more like what you'd see outside your window than what you would in a typical Final Fantasy title. Seems deep and intriguing, kind of like this coffee I'm enjoying right now.

If you prefer plain old white toast to the darkness of blueberries, you'll find the new extended trailer for FFXIII proper after the jump. Not quite as unusual as what you see above, but delicious nonetheless. I probably should have finished eating breakfast before I posted these.  

[Thanks to JimmyHACK for the tip! Yes, I know it's in the Cblogs, too. Good job there.] 

 

 

Mmmm, toast.  


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loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 12/15/2007 09:36
Why the heck isn't there an HD version of this? And Cloud looks seriously bored.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 12/15/2007 09:46
Pretty boy main character? Check.

Girl doing some acrocatic death dance? Check.

CG movies that make no sense whatsoever? Check.

I'm I getting this when it comes out regardless? Check.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 12/15/2007 09:48
I had a blueberry bagel for breakfast this morning. GET OUT OF MY MIND BEEDOG!!!
Newsworthy's Avatar
Newsworthy at 12/15/2007 09:51
Impressed! HOWEVER, SONY, bring back 60GB PS3's with Backwards compatibility here in Australia, and we'll talk. You seriously fucked us with that. Sadly not even an FF title can bring me back to you after your raping...
Zeag's Avatar
Zeag at 12/15/2007 09:54
I wonder if there was any second of real gameplay in there...

Sure is pretty though...
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 12/15/2007 09:54
LOL@Mxy
Torzelan's Avatar
Torzelan at 12/15/2007 10:07
That right there is selling me a PS3.
loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 12/15/2007 10:10
@Newsworthy: 80GB is just about the dang same thing. I have about 100 PS2 games and about 30 PSOne games and all but 2 of them play fine on my PS3.

@Zeag: In the girl's battle with those guardss, there is some in-game sequences. Shows us how fast and dynamic battle is, I guess.
DiseaseFactory's Avatar
DiseaseFactory at 12/15/2007 10:16
Looks Amazing.. Cannot wait..
Ignus's Avatar
Ignus at 12/15/2007 10:26
Looks pretty cool. I'd say the Versus trailer was infinitely cooler.

@loki_d20: I'm a bit doubtful that thats real gameplay footage, I'd expect that to be just cut outs from after each attack has been started or something, but I'd love to be proven wrong by them.
RivaOni's Avatar
RivaOni at 12/15/2007 10:30
Not seen any trailers for FFXIII before as I try not to buy into the hype surrounding games too much, but watched this one and am wondering, could it be tied into the Ivalive Alliance in anyway as the guards she was fighting had similar helmets to the dudes in Final Fantasy XII
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 12/15/2007 10:36
It looks nice, White Knight looks cooler.
Doomtrain's Avatar
Doomtrain at 12/15/2007 10:36
@Heretic

THE CODE

IT'S CRACKED

ABORT MISSION
nagolttam's Avatar
nagolttam at 12/15/2007 11:02
These games look sweet!
WDot's Avatar
WDot at 12/15/2007 11:11
Fantasy based on reality? Hmm. Yes, they certainly have gone the subtle route with this fantasy.

If they didn't have the moody prettyboy easily wasting scores of cheesy generic soldiers, I probably would have been more drawn in by it. Seriously, why not actually have him fight instead of stand around and throw swords at people with mind control or whatever? Absolute cheesesauce I say.
Video Cognito's Avatar
Video Cognito at 12/15/2007 11:12
They both look really good. I hope there's a substantial time difference between the releases for both of them; I don't want to have to buy two games at once, just to neglect one for months. :/
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 12/15/2007 11:13
At this point I'm more interested in hearing the soundtrack more than anything. That violin part sounds cool.
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 12/15/2007 11:19
That was Sex.
Lightthrower's Avatar
Lightthrower at 12/15/2007 11:30
*Huggles his PS3*
Tekoa's Avatar
Tekoa at 12/15/2007 11:32
i have been a huge FF fan most of my life, but for some reason im not excited right now =(
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 12/15/2007 11:34
Final Fantasy XIII looks like it could do some nice stuff with the RPG genre, at the very least with the presentation, if not the battle mechanics themselves. However, am I the only one who is more intrigued by FF Versus XIII's setting? The whole "fantasy based on reality" thing looks much more interesting than the cyber-fantasy stuff that's becoming so prominent in JRPGs lately.
JamesSorensen's Avatar
JamesSorensen at 12/15/2007 11:42
everytime someone makes pretty videos CG square always has to one-up with the CG video skills - today's case and point - VS trailer
naia-the-gamer's Avatar
naia-the-gamer at 12/15/2007 12:17
I'm honestly much more intrigued by FF vs XIII than FFXIII as well. Lightning doesn't seem all that interesting to me, but the other guy (forgot his name) does.

Plus Yoko Shimmormura is doing the music. Is it sad that I want to play the game based on who the composer is?
qo_op's Avatar
qo_op at 12/15/2007 12:17
@ignus:

With what they are doing with GT5 series, its not hard to imagine that the finished game will look as good if not better than this.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 12/15/2007 12:19
Gimme, gimme more, gimme more, gimme, gimme more.
Evil Cheese's Avatar
Evil Cheese at 12/15/2007 12:38
Well the cars and buildings looked realistic. I guess there won't be a lack of endogenous emo-guys in this one. Here's hoping they have an Auron-like badass dude in there somewhere.
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Rainbowblack at 12/15/2007 12:47
since VIII i've learned to stop getting excited. no game is as good as 3 years of hype and speculation.

and besides, its SE. they have become as irellevant to be as capcom was until they makde Re4

SE, it's time to redeem yourselves. I want to experience a game again. not watch cutscene and cutscene.
JamesSorensen's Avatar
JamesSorensen at 12/15/2007 12:49
irellevant??.. apparently you missed the great FF12... then again if you don't think it's good you just aren't into j-rpg's plain and simple
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 12/15/2007 13:05
Any one else immediately think "What is a man?" when they saw the FF VS XIII guy brooding generically on his throne at the end?
madninja's Avatar
madninja at 12/15/2007 13:08
Is it alright if I am more excited for Versus 13 than 13? These videos are awesome.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 12/15/2007 13:48
@Naia- I don't think it's weird at all. In fact I'm just as excited as you are.

Also, yes, I'm far more interested in VS XIII than I am in XIII vanilla. That's why I posted that trailer first. :P
Awesome Locks's Avatar
Awesome Locks at 12/15/2007 13:52
Anyone know why it says Cloud up in the top right corner? That just bothers me.
DGX Goggles's Avatar
DGX Goggles at 12/15/2007 14:34
@Heretic

I think Sora, Riku, and Roxas want their trailer back too.

@Awesome Locks

Its bothering me too. Hopefully, they just did it to attract attention or maybe it is an acronym for something.

It needs to be HD FFXIII trailer tiem, NAO. I do find it doubtful though that the fights shown are real-time, thanks Guerrilla Games for destroying my trust in PS3 trailers.
jackdoe's Avatar
jackdoe at 12/15/2007 14:38
@awesomelocks
These trailers came from the Cloud DVD, hence the reason for Cloud at the top.

And Versus XIII looks cool as hell. Looks like Kingdom Hearts without the restrictions of a Disney licence. I'm hoping at this year's jump fiesta that we get in game footage.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 12/15/2007 14:46
Topher, you made me feel hungry!

Anyway, thanks for the clips. The FF XIII and FF Versus XIII trailers look great.
balth's Avatar
balth at 12/15/2007 14:54
fan.tastic.

Too bad we have to wait until 2019.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 12/15/2007 15:11
The only way to sell me those stuff is to change that pretty girl male character with King Mikey.
demon_beast82's Avatar
demon_beast82 at 12/15/2007 15:37
I hope it's not another game where the cut scenes are better then the gameplay, which is sadly most square-enix games.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/15/2007 16:07
Awesome.
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/15/2007 16:14
I'm sorry but Final Fantasy officially jumped the shark with X-2.
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/15/2007 16:19
Also they need to rename the series Final Sci-Fi because it hasn't been based on a fantasy setting for quite a while.
rob91883's Avatar
rob91883 at 12/15/2007 16:24
this looks fucking lame
Novakaine's Avatar
Novakaine at 12/15/2007 17:29
Vs. XIII: Crap. Only thing I liked about it was the music. Yeah, it's pretty, but I like things with more than eye candy. Probably why I've totally deserted Final Fantasy since IX (though I felt X had some good qualities).

FF XIII's trailer was all right, but I wonder about the actual gameplay. Maybe a lot of people love the MMORPG-lite battle system XII had, but to this day I think it was a bad idea. Oh well, more power to you if you like FF going with real-time combat (I'm doubting XIII returns to turn-based).
cielo mist's Avatar
cielo mist at 12/15/2007 17:36
vesrus XIII looks better in my opinion it also looks darker and more mature
Variable Gear's Avatar
Variable Gear at 12/15/2007 17:52
Final Fantasy Versus XIII looks nice, but Final Fantasy XIII could be good as well. However, Aaron Linde was right when he said that Tetsuya Nomura was pissing over the FF series.
flaming burrito's Avatar
flaming burrito at 12/15/2007 18:02
orgasmic...

who else is getting a ps3 for this?
jackdoe's Avatar
jackdoe at 12/15/2007 19:29
@novakaine, You do realize that FF has been real time since FFIV? ATB, which is real time. FFX was the exception as that was truly turn based.
NobleBear's Avatar
NobleBear at 12/15/2007 19:55
It seems on fist impressions that its' more important to become like Spirits Within: beautiful and meaningless. There is no offering given to show that there are characters or story worth giving a damn about. SE here is selling their game exclusively on the FF brand, lazy.

As an aside, when EvilCheese writes that we need more Auron, I couldn't agree more.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
ZekeThePlumber at 12/15/2007 20:23
This is all well and good if they're trying to wow me with "pretty." But when I remember that this is a RPG not an action/adventure it brings me back to Earth. So unless there's new fight prompts that go something like Fight -> Run up futuristic looking building -> Spawn thousands of floating swords -> Impale generic enemy with sword while free falling from building, I'll probably be skeptical till I see some 100% authentic gameplay.
Im OK's Avatar
Im OK at 12/15/2007 20:41
God damn you Square Enix. Despite being a huge Final Fantasy nerd in the past (given that I actually liked X-2), I thought that I may have finally weened myself of Final Fantasy after not bothering to finish XII, but then you go and release these awesome videos. Why, those cutscenes were so... so... wait... cutscenes... ...um, yeah. Okay, never mind. Get back to me when you're showing actual gameplay.

(Though, admittedly, a bit of that in the vanilla XIII video looked like it might have been gameplay, given that there were numbers all over the place at one point, and if so, hot damn. I'ma get me a PS3 when this comes out. Probably. Maybe.)
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