[28/06] Toriyama Discusses FFXIII Season 2, DLC and CEO's Recent FFVII Comment at Taipei GDC

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Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2 director Motomu Toriyama gave a presentation at the Game Developers Conference yesterday. No, not that Game Developers Conference!


Toriyama spoke about Final Fantasy XIII and its sequel at the Game Developers Conference in Taipei, which was held on the 26th and 27th. Famitsu.com filed a full report, packed with pics of the presentation and the many slides showing top secret XIII-2 design docs.


When browsing the Famitsu.com pics, you'll want to look for one that says "Final Fantasy XIII Season 2." This was apparently what the game was referred to during the concept phases.


Toriyama also spoke about the use of download content in FFXIII-2. This is the first time Square Enix has placed such effort into download content for a numbered FF game. The plan to offer DLC for the game was in place at the start of development, revealed Toriyama. During the end of the main XIII-2's development, the staff started work on DLC in parallel. Toriyama believes that DLC will be a required feature for future games.


Toriyama's presentation ended not with Final Fantasy XIII or XIII-2, but with Final Fantasy VII. During a Q&A session, an attendee asked when a Final Fantasy VII remake will be released. Toriyama replied by mentioning the recent quote from Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada saying that Square Enix won't make an FFVII remake until they've made a game that surpasses FFVII. He joked, "As a creator, there's a bit in there that I can't agree with."

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Toriyama believes that DLC will be a required feature for future games.

I think it's fine if it's going to be DLCs that are not supposed to be in a full game. For example, costumes and fancy (but mediocre) weapons. But if he is referring to things like story DLCs and FF mascots fights, then he has made a terrible decision once again IMO.

Toriyama replied by mentioning the recent quote from Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada saying that Square Enix won't make an FFVII remake until they've made a game that surpasses FFVII. He joked, "As a creator, there's a bit in there that I can't agree with."

Is it just me or that he seems to imply that he believes he has made a better game than FFVII?

 

[Razberry Knight]

There should be a Toriyama hate club. More focus on 13 not enough on versus.

 

[L]

I think it's fine if it's going to be DLCs that are not supposed to be in a full game. For example, costumes and fancy (but mediocre) weapons. But if he is referring to things like story DLCs and FF mascots fights, then he has made a terrible decision once again IMO.

I will be surprised if another FF released in this day and age is ever as expansive as Final Fantasy X was without having to buy DLC.

But hell, comparing Tales of Vesperia to FFXIII is like pistol whipping a blind kid. They have all of that and more, and it's included in the game itself. Namco's only shortcoming is that they are bastards when it comes to localization.

I think every RPG team in this generation could take a book from Namco Tales Studio. The game does have it's shortcoming with the AI, but it has costumes, it has comic relief, it has a traditional action/rpg gameplay and customization system, the game is fleshed out and detailed - it is not a game that you will forget any time soon.

If there was DLC for it, I would probably buy it. But nope... This game does not have any DLC. There are item packages, level ups, titles (costumes) and probably something else not so significant. I think it would be great to have expanded on playable characters and the coliseum, but it's amazing that it is one of the only games this generation that stands strong on it's own.

 

[Razberry Knight]

The problem was how much it ripped off though.

 

[PhoenyxAngel]

I think it's fine if it's going to be DLCs that are not supposed to be in a full game. For example, costumes and fancy (but mediocre) weapons. But if he is referring to things like story DLCs and FF mascots fights, then he has made a terrible decision once again IMO.

This, this, and this.

 

[Gabe]

Toriyama must be officially drunk.

He's pretty much the real life equivalent of: