Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy XIII

Developper : Square-Enix | Editor : Square Enix
Genre : Role-Playing Game

Final Fantasy XIII is a console role-playing game under development by Square Enix; the game is supposedly being released in 2009 for PlayStation 3 in Japan, North America and Europe and for Xbox 360 in North America and Europe. This will be a single-player game. Although the main focus of Final Fantasy XIII is a traditional offline RPG experience, Square Enix is attempting to add special online features to the game.

Final Fantasy XIII belongs to the Final Fantasy series of video games. It takes place in the same universe as Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XII, even if they are not directly related to each other.

The company that develops this game is quite secretive regarding Final Fantasy s XIII plot, only few has been revealed about it. Apparently the events of the game occur in a world called Pulse, a lush, natural environment inhabited by many monsters, and consequently the humans beings living there are constantly in fear of an attack.

Another life form, called the Crystals (who are sapient being, able to create life forms and objects), decided to create the floating city of Cocoon to protect the humans from this constant threat.

So Cocoon was built; it is a futuristic, utopian haven constructed by the fal Cie, a mysterious race of beings that are beyond humans, when the Crystals decided Pulse was too dangerous for humans and instructed the fal Cie in creating the Cocoon.

The Crystal of Cocoon protects and advances Cocoon through technological creations and the l Cie, destined people chosen by the fal Cie to carry out the will of the Crystals.

The citizens of Cocoon fear Pulse and its people, whom they believe are trying to destroy the city. The Holy Government of Cocoon has therefore quarantined anyone they believe to be linked to Pulse, and they are exiled from the city.

Actually there is no information available concerning the cast featured in Final Fantasy XIII; however the following characters have been shown in trailers and screenshots of the game, along with some released information.

Another original element featured within the game is that the enemies will have their own personalities and background stories, just like the main protagonists.
Summoning will also return in Final Fantasy XIII. Indeed Summons are shown as partly mechanical beings, and the possibility exists that they will be prominent both when in and out of battle.

Shiva is one such summon that will be returning, and in Final Fantasy XIII, she takes the form of a pair of sisters who can merge into a motorcycle. Classic summons Ifrit, Siren and Carbuncle have also been featured in screenshots.


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