Square showed off a brand new Versus XIII trailer that highlighted a large number of new characters, settings and even battles that look phenomenal.
Versus ClothesAlso at the Private Party was Versus XIII clothing. Apparently Square Enix have teamed up with “ROEN” to bring fans the clothing of their favourite characters. Looks like cosplay will be that much easier.
“The trailer started out with a quote stating that this game is “a fantasy based on reality.“ While we don’t know what exactly the reality of the setting happens to be, the camera focused on a car that was speeding through a tunnel, and eventually showed the main character reclining in the back seat looking extremely bored as he was driven through the passageway. The next shot was a phrase that popped up, stating that “the real figure is still hidden in the sleep.” Again, we weren’t entirely sure who this real figure is, if it’s the main character, who’s the young king that’s trying to defend his kingdom, or how they relate to the reality or fantasy of the game, but we were shown a sequence of the main character walking down stairs as a large group of armed soldiers opened fire upon him. This, and the deflection of the bullets with a crystalline shield, wasn’t new, as we saw this at E3 two years ago. However, what was somewhat new was the addition of a mysterious woman that the main character appeared to come upon suddenly.
The amount of time that was provided to this sequence was quickly cut short, as the trailer went through a fast montage of various scenes, including the battle between the main character and how he destroyed the troops that fired on him, appearing to dislocate one soldier’s arms with a sword and impaling others with another weapon. It also focused in on a group of men sitting in an elaborately decorated great hall, many of whom wore suits (akin to those of the Turks from Final Fantasy VII) and deferred their attention to one man that sat at the head of the table. With the scene taking the appearance of a boardroom meeting, it was quite apparent that the “chairman of the board” was rather displeased at events and it seemed like heads would roll.
One facet of the trailer that we weren’t expecting was introduction of three new characters, who all interact with the young king much like a group of close friends or brothers would. We watched as the young king gets put in a headlock by a young blond man with a gun that looks like a cross between a sawed off shotgun and a grenade launcher. In turn, this guy is put into a headlock by a man with a scar across his left eye. The fourth man, who wears glasses, simply looked on and shook his head in disapproval. It’s apparent that these men have some connection, and the trailer highlighted a few scenes that showed the four of them travelling in the king’s car as well as walking away from an outcropping after noticing that a highway was washed out and they couldn’t proceed along the road anymore.
Similarly, we weren’t expecting that we would be shown someone that would stand up to the king, but we were shown two figures like that. The first was a hooded man who projected a large ring of swords around him as soon as the main character approached. The other was the mysterious woman mentioned previously, who fired up her magical abilities that flashed red as the young king’s flashed blue. Both projected swords and appeared to clash with each other.
The trailer closed with a Shakespearean quote: “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” While no date was given, the trailer did emphatically state that it was only for the PS3. So don’t worry Final Fantasy fans, there’s still one FF title that isn’t going Microsoft’s way. Or is it?
