Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to panic! In seven days time, Square Enix will make an announcement ... and it will have SOMETHING to do with FINAL FANTASY XIII! OH GOD!
Actually, it's not that exciting, but with so many publishers pulling the lame "countdown" gimmick on us, it's getting increasingly difficult to make it sound interesting. Square Enix has another of those enthralling teaser sites that the games industry loves so much, this one bearing the prophecy: "The countdown has begun. A new vision will soon be revealed to the world. Register now to ensure you're there for the unveiling."
What could this mean? With it being Square Enix, I'm willing to bet that it'll be something stupid, but if the publisher would like instead to instead announce something that isn't disappointing, I certainly won't stand in its way.
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3:20 PM on 01.21.2009
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Its a pipe dream that wont come true, I know. But I can hope.
What could they possibly annouce? Can you really top the '...huahhah?!" annoucement of FFXIII on the 360 last year?
Speaking of announcements announcing future announcements, where the hell is my Left 4 Dead DLC, Valve?
I remember the GTA IV countdown. I was there when it hit 00:00. But, nothing. Page couldn't load due to demand. So screw it, I'll look when I'm ready. :)
Blow-up dolls of the likeness of...what was that bitch's name? Dia somethin...sounds like Walrus Vulva?
I can understand games like Chrono Trigger utilizing it (cuz you know, time is sort of relavent in that game), but seriously there were countdowns for GTA, Halo, Sonny and Cher vs Capcom, etc, etc
But back on topic, I hope that game companies will stop using 'countdowns' because they're just ridiculously overused.
Anyway... I am really sick of seeing countdowns to games, and this is just a countdown to an announcement! I just cannot get hyped about games anymore because I just find it annoying at this stage- purposefully ignoring any news about over-hyped games.
I want everyone to know that I called it, right here right now.
Either that or it'll be stuff that people saw in famitsu weeks ago.
I stopped caring about FF13 when they said it wouldn't be out here until 2010.
Or maybe it's just some sort of spinoff title for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
but
Final Fantasy 13 fansite has supposedly found 2 files for Trailers in the files for FF13. One in HD.
Big shocker!...