#Final fantasy versus xiii series

Nomura later commented, in an interview conducted via Twitter, that players would have been able to control an airship around the world map.

#Final fantasy versus xiii series

He has also stated that the development team had been implementing a traversable world map, used in the main Final Fantasy series up until its removal in Final Fantasy X. Nomura also stated in Dengeki PlayStation that he aimed to create previously unseen 'tricky' battle sequences, reminiscent of the CGI film, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. As a testament towards his desire for realism, in the PlayStation Premier trailer, in contrast to previous Final Fantasy titles, Versus XIII had a greater display of graphic violence with an instance of blood.

In formulating a realistic world, Nomura has stated that he wanted the characters to be 'believable' and thus realistic. According to Nomura, the world of Final Fantasy Versus XIII was based on the modern Shinjuku district. Kingdom Hearts) and opt for a darker, bleaker world that was intended to counter previous Final Fantasy installments. Nomura also stated that the game would depart from the light and magical aesthetic of his previous directorial games (i.e. Within interviews in Japanese video game magazines, director Tetsuya Nomura stated that Versus XIII's gameplay was to have been a realistic derivation of Kingdom Hearts's battle system with some elements of a third-person shooter aspect. It has been indicated that Square Enix may reveal more information at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2010. The other two images show Noctis standing in the desert behind a gas station and the other is of him standing on a mountain and looking at the sky. One of the images shows Noctis, the main character, in the city charging and attacking a Behemoth which in a reveal by Nomura is part of the Final Fantasy Versus XIII world government. Only three images of gameplay were publicly shown from the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. There was little information surrounding the gameplay and battle system of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Although it is set within the Final Fantasy XIII universe, it is unrelated to any other entry within the compilation and was thus intended to be neither a sequel nor a prequel to any other entries in Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII. įinal Fantasy Versus XIII was, according to its developers, a wholly independent story unfolding with different characters and a different visual design. The game was to have used the Crystal Tools engine. Under unforeseen circumstances, he makes a stand against marauders seeking to take the crystal as their own. Unveiled at E3 2006, the game was to have focused on a mysterious protagonist, named Noctis Lucis Caelum, who is the last heir of a dynasty ruling over the only remaining city to control crystals. Alongside Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the game was intended to be part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII compilation. Final Fantasy Versus XIII ( ファイナルファンタジーヴェルサスXIII, Fainaru Fantajī Verusasu Sātīn ?) was to have been an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the Sony PlayStation 3 video game console.