Versus XIII, Agito XIII pushing for story-driven gameplay, says Toriyama [3/16]

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Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has said Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be aiming for story-driven gameplay.

Speaking during a session at GDC last week, his line suggests both games will take a linear path over an open world: something for which FFXIII was criticised.

He also explained the links that ties all three games together into the series known as the Fabula Nova Crystalis saga, stating humans are controlled by legendary Gods. FFXIII players will know them as fal’Cie.

FFXIII released last week. It’s just been announced it’s reached number one in the UK.

Agito XIII and Versus XIII, meanwhile, have both gone underground. The latter of which was due to be revealed at E3, but it may not be shown, according to director Tetsuya Nomura.

Source: VG247
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Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has said Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be aiming for story-driven gameplay.
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No real surprises there. I expected these two games to follow a similar vein to FFXIII. I can see that some disappointment will be aired though concerning the state of Versus if it may turn out to be a linear affair as well - considering there are talks of a return to having a world map. I don't really mind that much as long as the game comes out as a good quality and finished product.

As for Agito, I simply looked at what Crisis Core was like as a rough guide to see what that game will be like. As CC is rather linear, I can see Agito being similar as well.

He also explained the links that ties all three games together into the series known as the Fabula Nova Crystalis saga, stating humans are controlled by legendary Gods. FFXIII players will know them as fal’Cie.
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I'd love to see how that ties in with Versus's and Agito's stories. From the looks of Agito so far, it hasn't been made clear whether or not there are Gods involved. As for Versus, we have already had a glimpse of the Goddess of Death Etro.

FFXIII released last week. It’s just been announced it’s reached number one in the UK.
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Yay! Go us! :wacky:
 
Again, I'd like to do see direct interview quotes and not paraphrasing, but if this is true, it won't be an issue for me. I'm loving FFXIII so far, so Versus and Agito being a similar flow won't be an issue for me.

Well, okay, for Agito, I hope Square-Enix makes it possible to save the game at anytime. I usually play my PSP on commute, and I'd like to switch to music mode, but only after I saved the game. Admitedly if the game will have long, pretty scenes to watch, it would be hard to get to a save point in time when I get off the bus or whatever xD
 
All hail Toriyama, bearer of bad news. Again. WHY does this man still have a job that he obviously can't do properly? >.>

Well, the news isn't THAT bad I suppose, so long as the story is top quality, but to be honest, FFXIII's hasn't been all that appealing to me -its been one disappointment after another, especially where the "villains" are concerned. If Agito and Versus are going to follow a similar style, whilst I can see myself playing them, I can't see myself enjoying them as much as I have previous titles.

I suppose its personal preference...whilst I detest sandbox games that give me so much freedom I don't know what to do with it, I've discovered I'm not overly fond of being forced to go through a rather dull story that isn't particularly consistent in quality.
 
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