Anyone Interested in my Final Fantasy Petition?
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A few days ago I finished Final Fantasy 15 and found the story very dry and unoriginal. It definitely wasn't the game I expected since 2006-2007. I understand the game had gone through major changes such as the removal of Stella and the new direction by Tabata. Being such a hardcore fan of this game in reflection of the old trailers of Final Fantasy Versus 13, I couldn't help but to wonder what was the world Tetsuya Nomura designed for Final Fantasy Versus 13, the dark and mysterious tale based on a true story. Therefore, I took it upon myself to create a petition for the release of Tetsuya Nomura's story for Final Fantasy Versus 13. I created this post so that fans who have a similar interest can sign the petition and put our curiosity at rest; perhaps even make an alternate universe to Final Fantasy 15's fan base being based upon Tetsuya Normura's design instead of Tabatas. With this post I would like everyone to be free to carry a discussion on this topic as well as invite everyone to join and sign the petition.
The petition can be found here:
https://www.change.org/p/tetsuya-nomura-release-tetsuya-nomura-s-story-for-final-fantasy-versus-13-to-the-public?recruiter=652180742&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink
Here is also a wiki or a glimpse of the world designed by Tetsuya Normura:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Versus_XIII
Perhaps by signing this petition, we can all contribute to the creation of having Tetsuya Nomura or Square Enix to create a novel or release and make public Final Fantasy Versus 13's story script based upon Tetsuya Nomura's Final Fantasy Versus 13 which can be shared in the interest of Final Fantasy fans across the world.
All the trailers for Final Fantasy Versus 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACSpgGAjGfM&t=1168s
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Because I find this terribly lame. The game went through devlopment hell for 10 years, it's already great that it managed to come out so great and polishd. I think you should thank Sq-Enix on this one for not having canned the project or completely finished it ''Duke Nukem Forever'' style....
Beside, this is probably the wrong forum to post that, you might get more positive replies on Neogaf, IGN and such...
@Fuiosg Perhaps you're right. I still would like to try, however. I might have to wait until he's finished with Kingdom Hearts.
You also assume those 'action sequences' were a part of a playable part of a game, when it's much more likely it was faked demo footage to look cool in a trailer.
Games like this aren't developed like movies. Especially with old school developers.
This is how it's traditionally been done:
1) Find gameplay loop
2) Find Gameplay progression
3) Make Art to support Gameplay
4) Write story to accomodate Art and Gameplay
Sometimes these things will go out of order and will mess things up (Which I imagine happened a LOT in a 10 year development). Stories are the easiest things to adapt and change.
What I'm getting at is; there's a good to great chance there was never a real fleshed out story.
change.org was originally meant for people to try and improve the world / politics in some sort of meaningful way, it's sad that this is the kind of thing people are actually using it for.