[PS4/Xbox One] Some Bad News Or Good News, Depending On How You Look At It

Square Enix trademarked "A World of the VERSUS Epic" ... What do they have up their sleeve?

It has been reported that Square Enix have trademarked "A World of the VERSUS Epic". This spells one thing. Sequels. A lot of sequels. Set out in a compilation. Yipee.

The reason I am not so excited for this is... look at Final Fantasy XIII. From the start we all knew that they wanted to do more than just one game with it, and I thought that came in the form of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. I mean they showed off images of Lightning and Noctis contrasting with one another, and it looked like it was going to be something awesome.

Then, the years go by, Versus disappears off the face of the earth and we are left with XIII, XIII-2 and Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns. Final Fantasy Versus XIII reappears at this years E3 but is now Final Fantasy XV, leaving fans who have been following it all like, "What the hell just happened?"

But that aside, Final Fantasy XV as a stand-alone game does look alright. They have said from the start the game play would be something different, so those who are waiting for a classic turn-based FF may have to wait a little longer. But even so, it looks fun. It looks promising. But that is the game play. The premise for the story is a "fantasy based on reality", and it looks like they have plans to squeeze a few more games out of it.

I mean, I cannot say anything now because we don't even know if the story/game is good yet. But I suppose what I'm trying to say is I'm worried that it's going to be just like what happened with FFXIII. Fans just saying, "Please stop milking XIII, we're done with it." - Will fans be saying that with XV?

I will be honest with you guys - I never finished XIII, I never played XIII-2 and I think Lightning Returns looks ridiculous. And I am someone who has loved Final Fantasy since I could hold a controller. It worries me that fans who have been around a long time like me, and even those who have been around even longer, are losing all faith in this series. What if this "epic" they have planned is the final nail in the coffin?

But alas, as I say, we cannot really say anything yet as we could all end up loving this game. But these are just my initial thoughts and feelings. It may be fun to go back and read this when the game is out. Ha.

To summarise, this will be a compilation, that will be a part of the Fabula Novis Crystallis compilation. We heard you like compilations, so we put a compilation in your compilation so you can compil-- yeah you get the joke.

Any way, here is some game-play footage of XV, so you can see for yourselves where they are going with this game. 

(Psst. I secretly think this looks awesome.)

Source: Nova Crystallis

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[News/PS4/Xbox One] Kingdom Hearts III will mark the end of the saga, but not the end for Sora.

Kingdom Hearts III will see the ending of the first story arc, as Nomura plans to do more with the franchise. 

Tetsuya Nomura speaking in an interview with The Times confirmed that the first story arc of Kingdom Hearts will come to a conclusion in Kingdom Hearts III.

“As a core game, this is finally the third, and 10 years have passed. I couldn’t call this a trilogy. There have been so many spinoffs. In ‘Kingdom Hearts 3,’ the battles that the characters have been fighting for the past 10 years will come to a conclusion. That is the plan. But the series will continue. Only the particular enemy they have been fighting the past 10 years will come to an end.” 

 Tetsuya also recommended that if fans want to try and get an idea of where the game-play is going to play Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. It is reported that he will be using that as a starting basis for the game-play in KHIII.

“We tried many experiments in that game that will be applied to ‘Kingdom Hearts 3,’ ” he said. “If you play ’3D,’ you will get some hint of ‘Kingdom Heart 3.’”

Although, it seems Nomura went onto say that it is still open to change, however he reassures fans that his "creative policy" will remain unchanged, no matter what Square Enix decides to chop and change (Think Final Fantasy Versus XIII → Final Fantasy XV!).

Source: LA Times

KHIII has yet to have a release date, here's hoping it doesn't take nearly 7 years like FFXV... which doesn't even have a release date yet. *Rolls eyes*

Pretty exciting news for the KHIII fans out there. Personally, I've only played KH1, and watched a play through of KHII, so can't say I know too much about the franchise. Either way, it looks pretty interesting, and I'm surprised Square Enix have finally announced this. Not sure how long we will have to wait for more news though...

- Jade

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