LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII - Retro-spective Trailer
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The scope of FINAL FANTASY XIII's mythology is so massive it could only be fully told across three games, and the saga will finally reach its conclusion on February 11, 2014. Join us as we look back on the stories of FINAL FANTASY XIII and FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 that shaped Lightning into the heroine she is today, as she and a band of unlikely heroes came together to save the world.
In LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII, it all ends here.
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Yuel is probably one of the most well written and tragic characters in the history of the series but she will always be remembered as that one girl who kept faceplanting in a puddle of water and dying. xD
I love Yuel walking into the water and just face planting 4 times in a row. I know it's supposed to be serious but it's so funny looking.
Agreed. Gotta say, love this "trailer".
Anduril74871 Contrary to the popular opinion I actually like XIII and XIII-2, so seeing the stories recapped in 16 bit like that was cool. It helped me out too, I couldn't remember some of the details.
"I cannot bear this." xD
LOL I couldn't help but laugh at 4:17 - 4:25
It looked like she just tripped in the water on her way to Caius and died.
DID ANYONE ELSE DIE OF LAUGHTER AT THE YUEL/CAIUS INTRODUCTION
Ye that was hilarious)
Yes, I did! It is too funny. I know her fate's not supposed to be hilarious, but she can't stop falling in front of Caius and his little heart icon kept getting broken. It's too much! XD
Yes, it was somehow much funnier and much sadder
Whoever came up with the idea of making this gameboy-like trailer must have a very special mind :)
Tziouv SNES
How is this gameboy like? It's clearly FFVI for SNES style.
To be fair, the music is definitely emulating the Game Boy sound chip.
***** that's not 8-bit man. It's 16 bit. That's like confusing ps1 graphics with ps3 graphics bro.
Someone's exaggerations get the point across better. :p
16-bit nostalgia right here... wow.
Wow the graphics had a huge improvement in 500 years
This recap brings up more questions than answers, theres a reason why theres 3 games for this fantastic story.
Fantastically awful.
-Fixed
LordSaber Should be called LordSass
FF13 rocked. Fuck the haters.
Oh my gosh, this is so precious. I love how they used the sounds, spells, and summoning animations used in Final Fantasy VI. A great way to tie my two favorite Final Fantasy games together.
This is wonderful. Though I knew all of this, as I played completely through FFXIII and FFXIII-2, this was a wonderful refresher with a classic FF touch. This should hopefully help newcomers to the series not feel so lost if they just wanted to dive into Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII.
Indeed! A wonderful way to present those games :-) I wish there was a true version of 13 and 13-2 like this one that i could play on mobile :-)
Mathieu Perreault On mobile? Ugh, you just killed it! Lol. I wish the same, on a true console! :)
Benjamin Aquino Dude Mobile still mean Mobile Console like the 3DS and Vita!!! I never said on my phone or tablet :P
haha
Mathieu Perreault Ok I am just making sure! Lol. I am so against mobile especially based on recent news of how a new port has been slaughtered. Let me find the article to post/reshare.
500 years later, Lightning looks her best. Damn that bitch is fine :).
This retrospective concept is REALLY COOL! Please, make a game entirely in 16bit for PSN / XBLA! Now, I want to give Square-Enix a short feedback of FF13:
* PROS *
- Battle system in 13 and 13-2 was good! (I think it could be better)
- Variety in characters to play in 13.
- The graphics are REALLY neat! I loved them! Good job to 3D modelers!
* CONS *
- In 13 and 13-2: There was no map to explore like in the past FFs.
- The story was really confusing in 13 and 13-2. (We can see that in this retrospective)
- In 13-2 there were just 2 characters to play as! in 13 we had 6!
- (Based in the demo of L-Returns) In Lightning Returns we can just play as 1 character! Final Fantasy is one of the firsts RPG games that introduced to us to play in a party of 3/4 characters. Where's that part where we can choose who will be in our battle party?
Please, consider this for the future FFs. Other game companies are listening to their fans. Please: Listen to us. Thank you!
The story wasn't confusing, but rather a puzzle. However, this retro-spective doesn't lay out the plot at all.
I kinda need to disagree with you on the point of lr having fewer characters. Because while you are only playing as lightning, each outfit she wears will serve a new purpose in the same way that switching paradigms and swapping characters/monsters worked in the previous games. So, in a way, there are as many characters as there are outfits she can wear. That's just how I look at it because I think the combat in the lr demo was REALLY fun.
lightning have 3 jobs = 3 characters
Terranwolf Gonna very respectfully disagree. There were so many elements of FF13's story that made no sense on a very basic level. So much so that even if it were properly rewritten to have an actual audience surrogate so that things were actually explained to us, it still wouldn't make sense.
Why don't the Fal'Cie ever just tell l'Cie what their Focus is? Barthandelus is a clear indication that they can speak, so why not be direct? Not only is it counter-productive to accomplishing their goal, they even go so far as to enforce severe consequences for failure in the form of C'ieth. The uncertainty of one's Focus is the focal point of the entire story and it makes no sense.
The Purge is a government-sanctioned forced relocation movement that's enforced to ensure that possible Pulse l'Cie are removed from Cocoon, but it's common knowledge that when you become a l'Cie you get branded... so what the hell?
Why did they try to save Cocoon by killing Orphan when they knew that Orphan's death would cause Cocoon's destruction? I'm fairly certain that Fang and Vanille becoming Ragnarok and crystalizing Cocoon wasn't part of the plan. Or that there was even a plan. After all, heroes don't need plans! Ugh...
Also, what was the point of attacking that air-bike race?
Please, Square Enix... let Motomu Toriyama's monstrous creation just die. Also don't let him write any more stories for your games. At least not for your flagship series.
thehorrocruxes 3 jobs? you sure about that? the demo alone had 6 that you could toy with. a few I can name being: the savior, red mage, dragoon:, mage, and 2 others that I ultimately didn't use because I shifted the job abilities around a bit to add Dragoon's beat down to my savior's arsenal... a bit more than 3 jobs and I also preordered so ima get the SOLDIER job too... yay
16-bit graphics, 8-bit music.
That was beautiful! Would love to play an actual 16-bit version of Final Fantasy 13.
Something to consider in the future Square, maybe as a DLC?
Oh man, now I feel like playing the old FF games all over again (I'm looking at you FF6)... Damn Nostalgia!
A PSN game?
6:17 It's Ultros!!
i want the 8bit FF13 music
Well, I must admit that I certainly didn't see THIS coming! You guys did an incredible job staying true to both the story of the first two FFXIII games AND the graphical and gameplay style of FFVI for nostalgia's sake.
The classical ATB battle system was the icing on the cake in my opinion. Excellent job!
funny how this battle system is waaaay better than in the actual game!
Have you not played the demo? Try that before writing ignorance. The new battle system is like a Tales game, but even better. I played the demo like 3 times just to keep fighting normal mobs. It's amazing and the cutscenes aren't confusing as balls anymore.
Bear Parka Right I love the new fight system your right it is more like Tales of battle system. Its more fast paced and takes stratergy to. The demo boss was easy after I found out how to stagger it easily using Dragoon but I loved it and I to played it about 3 times! I actually think its gonna be the best XIII game out of the 3
Bear Parka I own XIII, so I know how bad the battle system is, that is what I was talking about, I have not tried XIII-2 or lightning returns, I heard they are better
Bear Parka I wouldn't say the battle system is better than in a tales game. In a tales game you have a lot more freedom with combos, but that all depends which tales game you were thinking of. Besides that, I completely agree that this battle system is awesome!!
***** Yes the battle systerm got better but XIII-2s battel system was basically XIIIs battle system with so tweaks to it. Lightning Returns is as I said so much better. You should play the demo!
This made me all fuzzy and warm, thinking back to playing final fantasy 6 for the first time
Best game trilogy in the series hands down.Thank you Square Enix.
Man so this is how games were back in the day I appreciate graphics for what they are today. Even in Retro form the FF music sounds fantastic! Go Light!
I hadn't seen this up until now. I figured it'd be bare bones, but not THIS bare bones. Yeul flopping four times in a row and Serah's hi-bye with Snow are probably the best moments here. XD
The Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy has one of the most beautiful stories ever created.
Is it bad that this is better then the actual game?
Whoever is responsible for making this and letting it be made, please let them do more! This is a wonderful homage to the series as a whole and a fun way of getting me excited for the next game in the series.
They forgot about the part where Lightning beat up level 12 dodos in Eorzea.
This video is one of the coolest things I've seen SE do in a long time.
Spent 112 hours on XIII, 109 hours on XIII-2. I wonder how long I'll last in Lightning Returns before I play something else. I recall playing X & X-2 over hundred hours also. Never topped 90 hours for XII, though. The longer they are, the better in my opinion. Makes you want to explore everything.
Funny. I actually had to spend more on 12 than the rest because the darn thing dragged on for so long. So... Much... Grinding... I spent half as much time on 13 and 13-2 each. I barely did any grinding at all in them.
Gotta admit that XIII and XIII-2 were too easy to grind CP. XIII-2 balanced things out for some people by adding the monsters capturing system, though I personally disliked it and this is the biggest reason why I farmed for some items and crystals, which explains why I have this much playtime on it.
Some of my builds didn't work so I had to look online for tips here and there. After downloading some of the DLCs, I figured that both Serah and Noel were weaker than monsters and always wondered why Square Enix never released extra abilities for the both of them. Would've been useful if they also added a hard mode through digital download.
LR will have the longest grinding time in the XIII series
Edward Elric Yeah because of the new restricted leveling system which is gonna take a lot of getting used to.
Kazriko Redclaw IKR? I spent 300+ hours on FF12 and I still haven't fully completed it. Trying to get Order of Ambrosia(hunting rare game and performing quickenings crap)...........never got around to it. xD
Incredible way to promote the new game. I loved this, very much. And I hold XIII and XIII-2 very dear to my heart.
Goodness gracious...this is absolutely...words. What words can be used to describe this awesomeness?!? :D
4:16 Okay, I lost it.
Cactuar was the most compelling character of all time. We will miss you, time paradox cactuar! XD
If the entire FF XII trilogy was remade into what the trailer looks like (with towns, side quests and actual party members please please) I'll definitely buy it.
Just put aside the hate, and admire how awesome this is.
Now I want the entire 16-bit rendering of the battle music that starts at 6:13. One of my favorite tunes from FFXIII-2, and they only let it play for 10 seconds!
Noel should've used Meteor Javelin :(
Lol, awesome video altogether though. So glad they made this.
Square really knows how to cut a trailer.
And the oldschool 16bit Fan in me loves the sprites and how they managed to fit two games worth of story into a seven minute video.
I can't wait to play this
Whoever Square Enix hired to make this video understood more about the old Final Fantasy art style than the people who worked on the ports of 1-6!
6:17 I see you there Orthros, you sneaky Octopus you.
Not going to lie..would of had this...
16bit....making any game look like a legend.
This looks more like 16-bit to me. 8-bit would have looked a bit worse in terms of character and background detail. (they definitely went with the graphical look of FFVI)
16 bit :P
Ahh i think your right and yes they DEFINITELY did go with FFVI, looks gorgeous regardless aha. I didnt grow up with this but i would see my uncle playing games like this only to recently play them myself lol.
Yep. Word to the wise though, as somebody who DID play the crap out of FFVI back in the day, do NOT get the recent Android re-release of it. They really messed up the classic visuals and even made mistakes on the dialog translations. You'd be much better off just getting an emulator if you wanna play it on a smartphone.
Lol played IV,VI,VII,(finishing VIII),IX,XII,XIII lol and so ive heard, KH actually got me into FF after finding out games aren't just games but Stories...ever since then ive been looking towards story more then gameplay in Videogames lol
caius' love scene, somehow i find it adorable. LOL.
this is too cute.
This fanbase is too funny.. "Final Fantasy XIII is freaken stupid, look at these charactershabvcvbxbxznxz....The story is so dumb, egh. Freaken Square Enix."
16-bit " Oh, hey I like this."
I know right? They're all fucking idiots. SE don't owe them anything. Nothing gets through to fanboys. They'll defend the FF series if someone outside the fanbase insults it but they'll bash it to hell amongst themselves. Fuck all their childhoods and fuck the milked to death piece of shit known as FF7. SE has the balls to bring fresh new ideas and I applaud them for it. The only reason FF15 is getting any love is because they all think he's emo like stupid Cloud. I hope SE makes them cry again. They'll never be pleased smh.
Recca Kusanagi So. Much. Angst. Hahahah
Well the 16 bit version seems to have better dialogue and takes away the atrocious voice acting from the terrible characters. Only Sazh and Fang are bearable, and they are just good, not great characters. I personally couldn't get into FF6, so I don't think I have any bias.
lwst82 The characters are actually pretty good.
lwst82
I liked Sazh, Fang, and Lightning. Snow got more tolerable the further along the story went(BREAK THE FUCKING HERO!), and Hope went from making me want to strangle him before feeding him to Bahamut to just wanting to beat his face in. Vanille has NO redeeming features. Not even her orgasming when her summon uses its final attack helps.
Can't see how anyone would dislike this, awesomely done.
say what you want about the gameplay but the soundtracks for the 13 series is amazing.
Did anyone else laugh when Yeul dropped dead before she could reach Caius?
Four times. xD
Now this is a game I'd like to play. I wouldn't throw it into the game bin of doom like I did with FFXIII.
Despite it being only seven and a half minutes, they did well in summarizing the two previous games
If only this version were playable ; ;
Holy crap. GUYS
GUYS
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD RELEASE THIS MUSIC AS A DOWNLOAD
LONG LIVE THE AGE OF FINAL FANTASY VI. best graphics, best story, best gameplay, best soundtrack of any rpg!!
Although I love FF6, that's just your opinion.
There is no final fantasy game with any "bests" among other RPGs.
Amazing. What a great way to remind everyone what happened during the past 2 games. And to use the 16 bit style instead of recycling cut-scenes is brilliant.
Loving this! FF6 is my favorite FF game, and I enjoyed FFXIII. Will be making a bunch of tutorials on my channel for Lightning Returns :)
I just wish that this version of Final Fantasy XIII existed anywhere, I would buy this :)
MAKE.
A.
FULL
GAME
LIKE THIS.
Had to pause midway because I was laughing too hard at Caius during 4:16 - 4:26 xDDD
6:17 Oh Ultros xD
Totally missed that the first time!
Brilliant re-imagining of the Final Fantasy XIII world in 16 bit. I love this, Square! Nostalgic and effective. Final Fantasy VI was my first RPG, so this is very close to home.
I laughed a lot watching this video, I've seen it a year after buying Lighting Returns and I must say it's quite well made.
Color me impressed beyond words. They took modern games, gave them a classic 16-bit look and feel, and it works! :D
Personally I'm not a big fan of 16-bit games, but if they where to remake FF13 with 16-bit graphics I would definitely check it out
Wow very impressive! The music and sound effects gives me goosebumps! Truly an amazing tribute to the 16-bit era.
Anyone else see Ultros at 6:15? :)
yup had to rewind a bit to make sure that was him
Yeah I was like, wait a moment. Had a good laugh though.
Holy shit the story makes WAAAY more sense from when I played it originally
This actually looks more fun than the real game.
I'm with you Joel. That does look like it'd be more fun!!
damn, I'm shivering watching this retro style FFXIII, I hope there is a time that this retro game could be the full one :)
That look great
Omg I'm crying tears of joy.... everything about this is amazing!!!
wow this was amazing!
Is it bad that I was laughing at Yeul dying? That Blinded By Light and Knight up the goddess remix though...
16 bit graphics, 8 bit sounding music. Why is it always like that? Btw this is awesome and i love 13 and the retro games too.
Nothing like a 16-bit representation of the FFXIII series that I already knew. Great songs too. lol
I think they were aiming more for a 16 bit feel, which they did a great job of doing. Still not sure I'd play the game though. Maybe if it were released at a cheap enough price.
Joseph Grutt
I would play the game if it got rereleased as a 16-bit rpg.
This is spectacular!
This brought chills to my spine, looking forward to this, REALLY.
Thank's God it's not the FF VI's Android visual style :)
THIS needs to be an actual game. I'd play the hell out of this
So 7 and half minutes of the best thing Square Enix have developed in 8 years. When will this madness end, SE?
I want to make love to whoever got the idea for this video...
Looks like some guys at SQEX still preserve some of the spirit that made Final
Fantasy one of the best series out there.
Hope things will get better after the XIII-Triology comes to a close (finally!).
I really don't like Lightning, nor how Square likes to keep trying to push her in my face.
So what are you going to do about it?
***** To each his own.
***** He was probably too busy licking Cloud's balls so he couldn't see her awesomeness :P
I think Lightning is cool, but I even I don't think she need 3 games. She should've been in 13 and Dissidia, maybe KH3.
Icaro Alonso
Here's an idea, buy as many copies of the games as possible so that other people can't play them!
That will show them!
To those who say that this video is confusing: it is, if you haven't played (or at least familiarize) the first two games before.. This was only meant as a recap so some aspects of the story were omitted to make this brief..
Soooo... stupid question, but with all these assets, would you consider making an actual game?
16 Bit was such an awesome time! I really enjoyed that era of gaming! :-)
Final Fantasy VI + Chrono Trigger = All Time Favorites!
"I cannot bear this"
ROTFL
Why's that funny? That's the correct usage.
Anduril74871 Maybe he just found that scene to be funny..? Sheesh
Because she falls 4 times and then all he says is "I cannot bear this" in a dark and serious voice.
I'm thinking, "Yep that sums his entire story up in 4 words."
Ultros spotted @6:18 lol
Wow, now that you showed XIII's plot all at once...
It still makes absolutely no goddamn sense. :I
Whether it makes sense or not probably has a lot to do to how invested you are in it to begin with xD
The recap does not show events how they happened in the game, it shows how they would have been in a 16-bit game.
Most likely because it was mostly compressed into 7 minutes. Therefore, it's inevitable that a large number of plot points and events were left out.
I was hoping this would be a parody ... but recap of the story that actually managed to be worse than "save the princess" and its useless uninteresting characters is not something I will watch
Schwarzer Ritter Meaning better?
Watching this story retold in "the style of old" gave me some serious goosebumps, and I know I'm not the only one. Here's to 25+ years of Final Fantasy!
They should do more sprite movies.
Nothing short of awesome if only SqEnix will put this much effort into their main games
This just shows how awesome FFVI is that its style can be used to make the FFXIII trilogy look like it has a story and actually seem playable.
I'd probably enjoy it a lot more than I did first time through the game.
Our boi *Noel* & my gurl *Sara* hold it down in XIII-2, love that game xO
that's the real final fantasy
This is absolutely brilliant. Whoever thought of recapping both games in 16 bit is an amazing person. I know I'm harsh saying this, but this saved me from playing XIII-2 as I don't have time for it and didn't look forward to it at all. Hyped for Lightning Returns though, even though the plot is still very convoluted after that recap.
if this was an actual game it would be the first final fantasy I've bought in 14 years
Then you dumb.
Am I the only one who felt like this better explains the plot and game mechanics then what was actually put in the games?
i think you need a brain transplant then :P
That 8 minutes was better than the 80 hours of both games combined.
damn, it only took me around 20-25 hours for the first game and around 30 for the second (with most sidequests done)
So awesome, I hope square releases all three games together in a special bundle somewhere down the line
Better than 13 ever was
Words simply can not describe how absolutely awesome this is!
actually this version is better than the original. also the story make sense now.
its like they know they are screwed!!
HAHAHA When Sarah finds Snow in Sunleth. "HELLO HUSBAND I CANNOT STAY BYE"