Again, this is taken from one of my posts on another forum, and again it's quite old, so some things may have changed. I'll also posts updates in a second post after this one.
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Videos - Final Fantasy Versus XIII Extended Cloud Trailer :: PlayStation Universe (PSU)
First, I'll make a few observations about the trailer, and then I'll relate to you all what is known already about the game.
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The trailer begins with a convoy of beautifully created cars driving along a road, light playing off their curved, metallic bodies. We're shown the interior of the car, and the protagonist of the game. Here you can see the White Engine at work, unlike how it's been seen in FFXIII. Everything's dark, with bright lights flashing over it all. The reflection of the car in the metal wall at the start, the lights playing over the car, the interior of black leather, and the protagonist, the texture of his glove in the close-up, the flickering variation of shadows and lights that one is subject to when driving in the dark. All stunningly rendered in real-time by the White Engine. You next watch the cars drive by, their suspension bobbing them up and down as they speed into the distance, complete with a shot of a large city (reminds me somewhat of the city at the very start of FFX, where Auron gives you a little tutorial).
You're then taken to a massive building, complete with statues, and a shot of the main fella walking out of the building and to the top of a long flight of steps, around which are scattered a number of bodies in black. At the bottom of the steps is an army of soldiers, in armour, carrying guns (bearing a resemblance to those in the FFXIII trailer). The protagonist begins to walk down the steps, and the army opens fire, bullets ricocheting of the stone, and leaving great chips in it... but he's untouched. He reaches the next landing, and a ring of swords surrounding and protecting him becomes visible. He takes one, which gives the growl of an engine, his eyes flash red, and he leaps into battle, striking and killing with the same sound effects as the Keyblade [in Kingdom Hearts trailers], whilst his ring of protection, erm, protects him, with similar sounds. Eventually he grows tired of his play, and begins to walk, nay, teleport up the steps, which is followed by more teleportation and play up the sides of the building. One interesting thing to point out is a quick scene in which he skewers someone on a sword – none of the usual sword going through, with no sound nor blood. The sword goes through with a sickening "squish", and blood spurts from the wound. He teleports back to the top landing of the steps, some soldiers fire rockets at him, and his ring of protection once again protects him.
The last scene is the protagonist sat on an ornate throne, in a room that looks extremely expensive. A close up of his face (and amazing textures of his leather glove), show him appearing to be sleeping.
Unlike the FFXIII trailer, this one shows no game play at all. It is 100% CGI film, and ends by telling us that the game is also
a PS3 exclusive.
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Very little is known about Final Fantasy Versus XIII. We don't even know the name of the protagonist. There are things we do know, however, that are certaintly interesting.
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The game is set in the Final Fantasy XIII universe, but it is unknown how it relates to FFXIII. To quote directly from Wikipedia:
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The main character's country appears to be very advanced and modern, as one example, while neighboring countries appear to have remained in an era similar to the 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. They had pooled their resources into weapons, granting them advanced rifles rather than swords and magic. Now, only the main character's country has a Crystal, triggering debate over its use as it is beneficial to the military. Recently, a peace treaty was discussed (Mentioned in the radio in the Jump Festa trailer). However, marauders with guns invade the city as the main character battles them, disrupting the peace.
Tetsuya Nomura has said "Versus XIII is supposed to resemble the modern-day world. I wanted to make this world resemble our world we live in today. This is integrated to the story as well but the reason I chose to use a Shakespeare quote at the beginning of the trailer is to make the tie with the real world we live today".
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Crystals. It all boils down to the Crystals. The underlying theme of the
Fabula Nova Crystallis trilogy, is the continued presence of Crystals. However, unlike the living beings in FFXIII, the Crystals in FF Versus XIII are implied to be objects of great power.
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I'm getting tired, so to quote again from Wikipedia, on the subject of characters:
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The protagonist is a mysterious young man with dark blue-ish gray hair with crimson colored 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. He has
also demonstrated the power of instantaneous teleportation. His physical features seem to change depending on his actions, as his eye color turns red when holding his sword and his hair flashes white when teleporting. Nomura has said that his eye color will change to more colors, some scans have shown him with bright yellow eyes when holding a different sword, and other colors like green. As hinted by Nomura, it has been shown he can use magic and do other unrevealed/unknown things.
Nomura has also confirmed that a heroine, parallel to the protagonist, will be present in the game.
Other revealed characters are the mysterious soldiers. These unknown warriors wear medieval-styled armor, but also carry assault rifles resembling modern automatic weapons. It is known that they are some of marauders trying to take the crystals as their own. Another character revealed is a new character wearing all white (a possibly symbolic contrast from the protagonist's darker clothing) introduced in the new trailer. The character is seen in protagonist's building near the castle as they both cast spells at each other, implying that they are enemies.
As of September 2007, two more characters have been revealed during the Tokyo Game Show. One character is a young woman who apparently wields a rapier while the other, according to Gamespy.com, is a young man who appears to be an acquaintance of the protagonist.
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To finish with, I have a very interesting picture. It shows the protagonist of FF Versus XIII sat on his thrown, and next to it, is a picture of the FFXIII protagonist, sat in a comfy chair. Black next to White. You can look into it with as much depth as you want, it's a very interesting picture illustrating the differences and similarities between the two games:
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Sources:
Final Fantasy Versus XIII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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