If you’ve played Final Fantasy XIII-2 until the end (possible spoiler incoming, sort of), you’ll know it’s concluded with a teasing “To Be Continued.” Many assumed this meant a Final Fantasy XIII-3 is being planned. According to director Motomu Toriyama, that’s not exactly the case.
Speaking with Impress Watch (via My Game News Flash) at the Taipei Game Show, Toriyama said that the game’s multiple paradox endings and upcoming downloadable content are both reasons for the conclusion. He would like for players to seek out and experience each ending; and Square will continue to release new downloadable content extending the length of the title as a whole. Aside from the upcoming Lightning and Amodar coliseum battle, they’re currently preparing a “big episode” for Lightning, which is “separate from the main story.”
As for Toriyama, he will continue to work on Final Fantasy XIII-2 until all of the downloadable content has been released.
I want Final Fantasy Versus XIII a & Kingdom Hearts 3 out exclusively to the ps3 before XIII-3
Sal, I don’t want to come off as picky but…isn’t the title kinda spoilerish…? I mean, I’m still waiting for my copy of the game to arrive (ordered it online), and it’s kinda frustrating to be treated to a title like this…I know some may not care but…well, it’s kinda frustrating.
Just my two cents. If I can make a suggestion, I’d change it to FF XIII-2 Director explains the game’s ending characteristics or something like that.
Maybe I’m being picky; maybe I’m just extra sensitive about this stuff; but the game was released like yesterday in europe :/ I hope you guys take my suggestion into consideration.
Thanks a ton!
@FaithlessMr: Doesn’t come off as picky to me either.
Not only do I agree but I think you made your case quite well.
No offense to you Sal, of course.
@FaithlessMr: I understand what you’re saying, and I faced this problem myself when posting, but I figured in the end it wasn’t like the title (or the article, itself) tells you what happens.
“To Be Continued” could mean anything. But I’ll try and see if I can come up with a less sensitive title (I looked at your suggestion, but it honestly doesn’t flow well with me).
Edit: I changed the title. Hopefully it’s less of a problem than the previous title.
@Sal Romano: should i delete my comment as it spoils the nature of the game?
@milramyah: I won’t read it, but if you feel your comment is spoilerish, use the spoiler BBcode.
@Sal Romano: Thanks Sal.
The title was by no means the worst offender. I’m just a little jaded because I’ve literally had the entire game spoiled for me by stupid people.
Warning: Do not scroll past the product description on the amazon product page.
…this seems awfully lazy and greedy on Square-Enix’s part. Release an incomplete game and force people to pay for the ending? Abuse of the whole DLC system is bad enough already with the likes of Bethesda releasing buggy games but at least their patches are free and they don’t sell incomplete games. Even though I’m not a fan of the original FFXIII, I can say it was a complete package and it’s sad to see Square do this. Releasing DLC for expansion is fine but cutting up a game, charging $60 for a chunk considered to be a complete game by the public and forcing people to pay for the end just isn’t right. They should have at least included one ending.
Well, at least that tells us that more worthy dlc is in the works.
I’m still not going to rule out 13-3. I know some will defend that they just registered the domain for protection sake, but I can’t shake the feeling there is more to it.
And I know they want to make more money off crystal tools, they have only used it for 3 games! (13, 14, 13-2.) So, it’s safe to say it has cost them more money than anything.
@FaithlessMr
I don’t think sal meant for it to be a spoiler. I’m pretty sure you can change the ending scenes with your time travel actions from what I understand. (I have not finished the game.)
I got spoiled about the “to be continued” from some of the reviews, so major kudos to you for avoiding it until now. (I didn’t really go looking for spoilers either.)
I just presumed it was like most anime endings, and that the reviews were not really spoiling it.
@ King-Optimus_777
What many don’t understand is that its easy for them to make another FF13, in this case 13-3.
Just like each year they make a new Call of Duty, the engine and most of the tough dirty work is done. This allows them to have the game ready for release by the end of the year.
The only real reason to explain the delay of Versus is that it just would not run properly on crystal tools, which is the engine FF13 is on.
We sadly have not been given much of an update on the new engine they are working on, I believe its codename is luminous or something like that.
What we all hope is, the new engine is far enough along that Versus will be released this year.
Even if that is the case, they could still release 13-3 because it’s on crystal tools.
Thanks for your support, @RedWolfe and thanks for taking my suggestion into consideration, @Sal Romano. I understand that it may not be easy sometimes to reorganize the information, since you’re dealing with a vast public here, but I thought that like myself many could find the title to be a tad on the spoilerish side.
Again, I’m quite sensitive about this stuff myself, being something that affects the game ending….I never went as far as to not watch any trailers and whatanot like many do but…yeah, I hate story spoilers in rpgs :/
Again, thanks for taking my suggestion into consideration, and please keep up the great work.
@Zero: Well, to be honest, I’ve skipped most reviews, because unfortunately I’ve come to realize that most reviews nowadays are spoiler ridden, and so I tend to pick some reviews from websites/magazines I fully trust and go with it, and watch/read the others after I’m actually through with the game (since I rarely rely on professional reviews to judge my possible purchase of any videogame, it doesn’t matter if I watch ‘em before or after I purchase/finish any game.)
Also, I made it clear that I was fully aware it wasn’t Sal’s intention to spoil the ending, but still it’s something that could be easily fixed I believe, and I decided to post before others might felt the way I did. Even if it’s not something serious, it’s still related to the ending, and people who are sensitive about story spoilers like I am will be happier knowing they can choose whether to read this or avoid this article altogether, knowing it deals with the story and ending(s) of a game they might not have finished yet. Never did I question the article’s poster journalistic integrity and professionalism tho ;)
@FaithlessMr:
Yeah, I also hate spoilers of any kind. I understand where you are coming from.
I also try to avoid spoilers in reviews, hard to do in this day and age like you said. :(
“Not exactly” Well that works for me. If the story isn’t finished through DLC then I’d accept another game, mainly because the ending of XIII-2 left a sour taste in my mouth. and unlike XIII this ending could not suffice on its own
I think there will definitely be a FFXIII-3, Square-Enix even register the domain for the name already right?
I don’t mind though, I am having a blast playing FFXIII-2, I love FF titles that continues the story, just like FFX (my favorite FF of all time) to FFX-2, and FFVII with Crisis Core as FFVII’s prequel, explaining more stuffs.
@EspadaKiller: And MORE plotholes.
@Noctionus:
X-2 and Crisis Core had plot holes? Care to name a few, please?
@FaithlessMr: I’m talking about future FFXIII-3. (If this **** will come true)
Ok let’s Wish they Do XIII-3
With Something New
Oh God,XIII-3?
The idea alone leaves a foul taste in my mouth.