Final Fantasy XIII

[Kenzor]

Bought the Lightning Scenario DLC, it was worth it.
It does explain the ending of the main game a little better and...

Spoiler!

The DLC ending is hinting at either FFXIII-3 or more DLC continuation

Pretty fun to play too.

[Mega]

Possiblyyyy?! I'd be happy

Square Enix Hints At Final Fantasy XIII-3 - IGN

[Metty]

Originally Posted by Mega

Possiblyyyy?! I'd be happy

Square Enix Hints At Final Fantasy XIII-3 - IGN

You do realize the ending says "to be continued" right?

[Mega]

Yeah, but it kept kinda hinting to just a DLC ending since they release so much of it =/

[Kenzor]

I just want them to complete Lightning's story, the Lightning DLC ending is way too much of a cliffhanger.

and GTFO FFVII

[Shoo]

They also could be trolls and complete it in a novel that they will only release in japan LOL. I honestly do want a FFXIII-3, it felt as though right when I was at the peak of enjoying the game for FFXIII-2 the game ended. Definitely cut short in that regard, so I would like to continue it in 13-3. Also, if they have the specialized roles from the Lightning DLC, it would be even more amazing! That leaves plenty of room for a 6 person party with each person having a distinct role (unlike the Fang>Snow for Commando, Vanille=Light>Hope>Sazh for Ravager, Hope>All for Med, etc of the first game. Really, Fang Vanille and Hope were the ideal party.)

[DarkRayne]

*cough cough*

“The development time was quite long,” admitted Motomu Toriyama, director of FFXIII and FXIII-2, at GDC Taipei.

“Within our company, developing on PlayStation for Final Fantasy XIII we required a huge amount of graphical data. … At the peak, there were over 200 people working on it.” The breakdown there was 180 artists, 30 programmers, and 36 game designers.

“With a large-scale development team, we didn’t use our time well,” he said. “How do you communicate to everyone in the department what the drive of the game is?”

The company had previously been using the story as the basis for development, but as it changed, it was tough to keep that many people abreast of the changes. “We decided we needed to create more practical milestones, not story-based ones.”

“Because it’s a large-scale project, we had to keep it secret, but this led to user testing happening way too late in the process,” he said.

“We heard a lot of feedback about things we needed to fix, and we decided we would do that with FFXIII-2. … We decided that we would have a milestone every month, and realized we needed to applied more Western technology and production techniques. We learned this not only from GDC, but also from Eidos [now owned by Square Enix].”

“We are also thinking that we will not do large-scale internal development any longer.” he said. “We have a lot of great creators in Square Enix, but for larger-scale development we will be doing more distributed and outsourced development to reach our targets on time.”

Square Enix “Won’t Make Any More Big Games Ourselves”

Square Enix has revealed that it will likely be outsourcing all its future big releases rather than developing them itself, suggesting forthcoming Final Fantasy titles may bear the reassuring seal of China quality even more strongly than before.

[Griever]

SE cancels Versus after 6 years of development: Rumor: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Is Dead

Future FF13 developments announced on Sept 1st: Future Final Fantasy XIII Developments To Be Announced on Sept. 1 -- Andriasang.com

[Mega]

You have got to be shitting me.....6 YEARS AND THEY CANCEL IT?

It better become FFXV or something

[Kenzor]

Keyword: Rumor.
Unless I missed something, it isn't exactly confirmed.

But TBH, I couldn't give 2 shits if they cancelled it, I stopped caring about FFVS13 a long time ago after it being MIA for so long.

[WhatThePho]

I guess it wasn't cinematic enough for them.

[PKShota]

Originally Posted by Kenzor

I couldn't give 2 shits if they cancelled it, I stopped caring about FFVS13 a long time ago after it being MIA for so long.

^ This .

[Shoo]

I'd laugh if they derped and just made FFv13 -> FF13-3 with Lightning meeting Noctis and friends in their alternate universe that is disturbed because of the chaos overwhelming her universe. Throw in Serah's soul somewhere in there, add Noel + Hope to the mix, and it is just far enough out in the left field for SE to use it

Oh yeah, don't forget them revealing that the heroine from FFv13 to actually be Etro reincarnated in some form

[PKShota]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Not Canceled, Says Square Enix CEO | Siliconera

[Mega]

Japan Gets Final Fantasy XIII-2 Digital Contents Edition - News - Final Fantasy Union - Final Fantasy News, Music, Guides & More