Cinimatics

March 17, 2008, 11:37 AM

I didnt feel that number XII had very many cinimatics, nothing compared to 10.

Are they stopping the cinimatics (Bar the intro) And going with in game? Cause when i first played 7/8/9 it was all about OMG THE CINIMATICS. THen ofcorse the gameplay was "Omg" too.

But does anyone know if they intend to do more cinimatics for 13 and 13 Versus?

March 20, 2008, 8:49 PM

I don't think anyone will find out until the games are actually released, or, unless the question arises within an offical interview with SE, which I doubt with it being a minor question since more serious questions will be asked.

However, with 5-10x more storage available they can focus more on detail which means they will like to 'show off' their work which suggests their may be quite a lot of CG cutscenes since I've only seen the MGS4 trailer that looks just as good as the FFXIII/FFvXIII trailers...which is the way it should be considering they delayed it 6 months.

Nevertheless, on the plus side of things, the in-game cutscenes will look much, much better than previous games (judging by the screenshots) which is a huge plus to any game.

March 20, 2008, 9:58 PM

I was surprised that FF12 had less cinematics than FF10, but I guess FF10 was just S-E showing off what they could do with a new system. And I suspect they'll do the same with FF13, since it too is on a new system. I really do love the FMVs and all that, so I think they'll incorporate them again in FF13 if they want to get better sales. Details like that are crucial for new gen system releases.

My Character Profiles · March 21, 2008, 7:15 AM

From what I've seen, FFXIII is one big giant cinematic sequence. Haha. Supposedly, the cinematic sequences are going to melt into the regular graphics. I heard the in game graphics are that good. ^.^

All of these fresh scans that we see...they're almost all cinematic scans.
Unless the opening movie is like FFVIII, and it just shows a bunch of random crap that we'll see later in the game...then there must be quite a few cinematic sequences. ^.^

March 22, 2008, 12:43 AM

I loved the cinimatics in VIII, IX and X. XII didnt have any

about it, it was mainly showing the wars, there was no real character expressions, which personaly i find them amazing when they can pull off emotions using cg. looks good, but im hypd for the new FF's. Buying a ps3 just for them.

March 23, 2008, 5:45 AM

FF12 didn't exactly have less FMVs, it just had less all out super graphic cutscenes... everytime FF12 went widescreen with a story point was considered an FMV by the company, as they are by definition, they just didn't pull the all out amazing graphics on it as often... hell, there are some cutscenes (like the one at the Hunter's Camp in the Phon Coast) where the FMV goes from regular graphics to superior graphics and back to regular graphics. Not quite as amazing as previous FF titles, but it still had plenty of FMVs.

As for FFXIII, yeah... the graphics are supposed to be so good that the whole thing will be in the superior graphics we've seen in the trailers... hell, if you look at the regular XIII trailer (not vXIII) you can see some gameplay footage on the train (you can tell its gameplay due to the damage number on the screne) and it looks the same as the rest of the trailer... but then its only a couple quick shots, so your eyes may not be able to adjust to the varying graphics, but still... it looks incredible all the way around.

But anyway... FMVs have been a big part of FF since FF7, but as a fan of most classical RPGs, in general, I have to admit to the fact that they were nothing more than a bonus to me. Most all of my favorite scenes take place outside of them, and other RPGs don't bother me in the slightest when none are present... so... yeah... anyway!

Oh, look! Pie!

March 25, 2008, 1:17 AM

I'm guessing the intro will be pretty spectacular, but nothing over the top. I ahve a feeling they'll be more than there was in FFXII, but evenly spread out. FFX had a cut-scene almost every area you went to which proved true after you went to Luca at the Sphere Theatre and you could purchase the cinemas to watch over again.

I'll be curious as to see what Squenix is cooking up with these FMV's as they can only get better with the graphics as the years go on.

My Character Profiles · March 25, 2008, 1:22 AM

I hope that the opening FMV won't be like FFXII's was...I don't want to watch 15 minutes of cinematic and then feel completely lost, as if half of the game was told for me instead of me being able to play it. X_X

March 26, 2008, 2:23 AM

i like a misleading or confusing cinimatic to start the game off, VIII,IX,X had that, XII didnt, but i was drawn to final fantasy from the cinimatics, since i wasnt aware of this series until i baught X then back tracked. But i just dont want another XII personaly i loved the gameplay but didnt like the story, wasnt enough emotion, didnt get to know the characters enough.

I feel that the cinimatics show the characters well, and ofcorse it looks great!

March 27, 2008, 4:12 PM

What Square-Enix hope to achieve is to interweave gameplay and cinematics seamlessly. Whatever happens I hope they deliver it perfectly (as always) and compel me towards it like most in the series.

-Sir Balthier