• Kingdom Hearts had an amazingly lame love song also and that game was absolutely amazing. Who gives a shit about a 3 - 4 minute song in a 20+ hour awesome game.

• I really wish Leona Lewis would just stick to sining for tweens and stay away from projects like this.

• I liked it. I mean, I don't really care for Final Fantasy much, but I don't see why people are slathering at the mouth over this. It looks okay to me. Yeah, the song is annoying, but it's probably just going to be in the credits. I like the brunette's design and voice. The other voices are questionable.

• Oh blow me. You know what I meant. And those guys at Square Enix are total pussies anyway for putting a Leona Lewis song in their game. A bad one at that.

• Final Fantasy: [fahyn-l fan-tuh-see, -zee] -noun 1. Six hours of cliche computer-generated anime cinemas, combined with 15 minutes of button pressing, packaged as something that very loosely fits the description of a "game". 2. A bad movie based on the bad movies in the "game" version of Final Fantasy (see definition 1). 3. A prime example of how Japanese gamers don't enjoy actually *playing* games, but would rather just watch a movie and make a few decisions every 30 minutes or so. 4. A horse that, despite being most assuredly dead, is still being beaten. 5. The origin of all the second-worst displays of cosplay in the universe (Yu Gi Oh! is the first.) 6. The act of throwing $60 down a deep, dark, boring hole and never getting it back.

• "I swear if someone is trying to do that to my beloved FF heads will roll!" I'm sure the Square Enix execs are quaking in their collective boots.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU8-e-C4Uy0 Maybe it's an exact translation, but, as with a lot of directly translated anime, it just comes across sounding rough. Granted, it's no "Someone set us up the bomb." "You have no chance. Make your time!" But it just sounds a little too akward to me. Haven't played XII

• I LOVE FF but this video was boring as hell. It reminded me of Xenosaga. Lots of cutscenes with no action. It was very pretty but nothing really happened. Like Xenosaga. I'm sorry I just really hate that game. Every 15 minutes there was a cutscene for no reason. My Gran came in and sat down to watch us play because she thought it was a new movie from the Sci-fi channel. I went to go pop some popcorn and we sat and watched 45 minutes worth of cutscenes with no gameplay. I swear if someone is trying to do that to my beloved FF heads will roll! Sorry, I just get really emotional about these things.

• I've never been a big FF fan but ill say a few words in defense of Leona Lewis- she is the only remotely tolerable X-Factor winner in history with a fantastic voice. Her cover of 'Run' by Snow Patrol was amazing & so was 'Bleeding Love' despite a video which looked more like it was about bleeding radiators. But please: she does not write her own songs. Blame the writers for this cheesy shit, not poor Leona, who by the sheer power of her lungs and appearance at the beijing olympics defies ever being lame.

• I have never been a big FF fan but ill say a few words in defense of Leona Lewis- she is the only remotely tolerable X-Factor winner in history and has a fantastic voice. Her cover of 'Run' by Snow Patrol was amazing and 'Bleeding Love', despite a video which looked more like it was about bleeding radiators. But please: she does not write her own songs. Blame the writers for this cheesy shit, not poor Leona, who by the sheer power of her lungs and appearance at the beijing olympics defy her ever being lame.

• I think I get Mass Effect 2

• That is a terrible trailer, but the game could still be good, if you choose to ignore all the major plot points being mixed in with that mind-bendingly lame song (from a technical sense, it's not bad, but from an aesthetic sense it SUCKS FUCKING DONKEY BALLS). The problem is that they're giving away either twists, reveals, or little character moments that would help keep your interest in the story moving thereby removing a LOT of the dramatic tension of at least the first act of the story! TERRIBLE decision. The OTHER problem is that they're revealing stuff that has no emotional weight to it for us yet since we haven't gotten to know the characters. The BIGGEST problem, however, is the God-Awful song. I'm not giving up on the game, but I do think that SquareEnix has no fucking clue how to make a proper trailer!

• I have to be honest. As a hardcore FF player, all FF titles pretty much have the same storyline. I've been finding it annoying that I can have EVERY character (save FF1, 4, & 9) do EVERYTHING. It's becoming that the only thing setting the characters apart anymore is their design, weapon, and special technique: limit break, trance, mist ability, whatever SquareEnix wants to call it this time. I think what it primarily boils down to is that FF is Square's baby, just like how Capcom has Megaman, and is not anytime soon going to let the series come to an end.

• I don't blame you, Rob. Final Fantasy games are getting so repeatative that the characters and the story are a complete joke. The only thing left is the side quests and leveling up, and those are so repetative you have to have temporary Aspergers to get through them. I've played all of them except 11, and I think I'm through. If I want to do something annoyingly repetative I can go to work where I'll at least get paid. (I apologize for all my misspellings, by the way.)

• amen

• i really have to say: i really fucking miss nobuo uematsu that song was worse than the crap they play on the radio

• oh i completely agree, since a little blue bird told me that the-goddamn-Tetsuya Nomura is on the helm of THAT one! with "Kingdom Hearts" and it's many spin-offs under his belt, i'm starting to believe that "Versus" is the REAL flagship title, despite of it being confirmed as a "Gaiden" (side-story) type of thing. i mean, seriously, who WOULDN'T want to play as an all-powerful, thirteen-swords-(telepathically)wielding hero for once in our lives, huh? the things that make all FF villains cool in the past is now in THE PLAYER'S disposal!! if "Bayonetta" could pull that shit off REALLY well, you can bet your FF-fanboys' ass you'll be finding me nerdgasming over Noctis in the months to come!

• so basically, this is xenosaga all over again is it? 45 mins of cutscene talky-talky, (PRETTY cutscenes, but still, ugh)and barely 15 mins of gameplay? the japs never learn, do they? -sigh-

• It's not the shitty music or spotty acting that's making me doubt the game. It's the fact that I've been watching every video since it came out and I STILL have no fucking idea how the battle system works. All I see is a small menu then an attack consisting of a ten minute cutscene. Seems kind of shitty. At least Versus XIII could still be good.

• Yeah, after initially soiling myself in anticipation of FFXIII, recent views have left me a little bit "meh" too... Of course Rob, you realize that FF Versus XIII is pretty much the main event now right? If you haven't seen this trailer before, you should probably sit down before clicking: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/dks3713-trailer-final-fantasy/43746

• Wow the graphics are amazing! I've been a FF fan since FFIV on the SNES. However that was a horribly corny trailer. I mean that was REALLY bad, way too emo. And no Uematsu? How do you go from a legit classical master to a pop tart singing a shallow love song? He is half the reason I loved the older games, I even have his albums. He made the atmosphere awesome even when the graphics were bad. I may have to pass on this one till it's in the discount section.

• ?? wait, why are people complaining ?? i see no pre opp trannies or emo PMS. shouldn't this be infinitely acclaimed as the greatest thing to happen to the FF series since the advent of 32-bit GXF? (regardless of if the game sucks big shit through a small straw) and the plot seems to be half way decent from what that just showed, all i could ask for now is no mini game with choaboo fucking.

• I heard it's more like a movie with maps as complicated as a peice of string and every now and again it throws in an rpg style fight.

• Square will continue to hoover my $ away, an unbroken (well except for XI) link from the day I held the original in my hands in a Toys-R-Us. Kotaku did a massive breakdown/review of the game a little while back and it sounded like a real love/hate thing. The one big thing that concerns me... SPOILERS (possibly) SPOILERS Is that there are NO TOWNS in the game, or at least large portions of it. That is the result of the very linear approach Square took. All adventure, all the time in this one. But I will miss running around and chatting with NPCs a bit.

• It's all because Nobuo Uematsu retired. We'll never have the same quality of music in an FF game again.

• That Riona clone looking lady seemed to have an awesome accent.

• At the risk of catching death from the fanboy crowd, by problem with the FF franchise is that all the games just look the same nowadays.

• I'm still excited, especially for the definite cheese factor that'll be in this game, as can be seen by the dialogue here. I'll be saying 'if you die it still ain't gonna be sugar'n rainbows' for a few days now. Also, is it just me or do certain parts of this game feel conspicuously like Persona 3?

• In what way were FFX or FFXII badly translated in the final script? Or any FF game post-VII? As for voice casting, I've never minded it (though I kind of preferred it when I could imagine the voices) - they need Bender back!

• Chocobos!

• I know I'm going to like Square and FF no matter what crazy shit they do...but this theme song is SO off base it makes me want to axe the speakers of my TV in anticipation

• 'Goes against everything it's praised for' - what does that even mean?! It's a song!

• I'd forgive that textwall trailer if it weren't for that god-awful song.

• It's nice to know that despite 10's of millions of dollars being spent, they still can't afford a decent English writer or cast for the translation.

• This looks like it will have another convoluted & confusing story just like XII. I'm on my 3rd try with XII and I just can't do it. The story and characters are so dull, I just dont have the energy to level them up and further the drab storyline. I fear this will be more of the same. The series peaked at X. and without Uematsu, The music gets dull as well. Music is very important in FF games because you have to listen to it for 50+ hours.

• You and me both, and shit like this is why I gave it up. Yeah, it looks amazing, but just a few minutes of that video made whatever gaming hard-on I might have had shrink like a frightened turtle. Pass!!!

• My problem with the Final Fantasy tech curve is that it turns into a game series we already have, Phantasy Star.

• its because final fantasy is so beloved because of factors such as the music in particular. this choice goes against everything its praised for.

• I already didn't have much enthusiasm for this game. I am of the ship that loved FFXII and this is so far from it. I had hoped with all the technology maybe it'd be in the same vain as FFVII, a great move. But not, the designs suck, the lines (already cheesy) sound so much worse spoken in English. SUMMONS TURNING INTO A MOTORCYCLE!? BLEH I tell you.

• Agreed.

• I miss Uematsu. :(

• so...is cloud a playable toon in this game or what?

• I'm all for FF games and I'm pretty pumped for this one. But I've got to say, that song/singer kind of ruined the mood of everything that was going in the video on to me. sigh...

• I hate Leona Lewis, but I think people are going a bit OTT about her providing a song for the game, as if it's the be all and end all.

• please tell me thats a sick joke! Leona.. fucking.. Lewis. what the hell?? whats that about?? since playing ff8 - my first ff game...iv come to expect that music from my favourite franchise would be captivating, beautiful, and completely unlike the usual shit we get over here...sure ff12 has a non-existant soundtrack - but leona goddamn lewis??

• Sad to see the equation "popular=quality" continue to spread. Miasmic flash-in-the-pan crap. VII really does seem to have been the high point.

• Well, James Cameron did it too. I'm not a fan of her - she CAN sing, but she overdoes the moaning and dolphin calls too much, and her recent cover of Oasis' "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" was godawful.

• Whoops. Yeah, you're right. Got my roman numerals mixed around, lol.

• Well yeah - I sure as hell wouldn't buy a console for just one game, whatever it was.

• Leona Lewis? Are you serious? You can't get Uematsu-san on board so you give the task of composing a love theme for probably the most anticipated sequel in your most beloved franchise to a talent show contestant? Really?

• Let me start by saying that I'm a huge FF fan as well, but yeah, this video was kind of awful. Even without that woman's horrible crooning in the background (or foreground, I should say), it did nothing for me. I don't own a PS3 and I wouldn't buy one for FFXIII.

• I agree, though I presume you made a typo and you meant FFXI - FFIX is no MMO!

• you guys kidding me? This looks amazing. Who cares about the song... it will only come up during movie sequences.

• Oh, and by the way, OF COURSE IT'S LINEAR, ITS A FRIGGIN FINAL FANTASY GAME NOT OBLIVION! I mean honestly, were people expecting it to be an MMO like FFIX? In that case they just have to wait until FFXIV comes out. Yeesh.

• I didn't think it was that bad, besides the music. Then again, I'm such a huge fan of Uematsu I'm probably biased. The voice acting seems solid, Lightening seems less like Cloud than I would have expected, and the battle system looks interesting. Yes, I am disappointed that they've lost their medieval settings, but I'll give it a chance. That said, I don't think it'll end up another huge hit like 7 or 10 were.

• That video looked like it was directed by Michael Bay. It was really pretty, but the camera was moving around so much I had no Idea what was going on. But it LOOKED pretty.

• Maybe if the series was called "Final Sci-Fi," I'd be more accepting.

• Seriously? All you naysayers are way off in my book. You can hate the English love song if you want, but that looked utterly amazing to me, and I've not been this excited for a FF game since X. Sign me up.

• I hate to say this about a Final Fantasy game, but this one is a definite rental. Now that I think on the topic of Square-Enix, I can't remember the last game I enjoyed fully out of all their releases since their merger. It's sad that there's so little heart left in their games.

• THANK YOU. I thought I was the only one who felt this way. No one has ever agreed with me on that. This is the reason why I loved Final Fantasy IX. I miss when castles and wyverns were in place of today's cyber-scrapers and space-bikes.

• I actually enjoyed the trailer (please don't flame me!), I don't really know why, maybe it's the fact that I haven't had a new final fantasy in over three years, or maybe the fact that I'm english gives me some kind of natural tolerance for Leona Lewis (and after seeing this years x factor winner, she suddenly seems a lot better). Having said that though the song was a bit too loud, chances are it'll only appear in the credits, looking at previous final fantasies.

• Well there's a mute button for a reason ;)

• I hate SquareEnix and everything that they have caused the Final Fantasy series to become. What happened to the medieval settings with technological trappings? Now it's fully the latter and barely the former. It's a direction I just can't get behind, and from everything I've read about this upcoming release it is set to disappoint like no other.

• As someone with no interesting in Final Fantasy games (or JRPGs in general), a mandatory Leona Lewis Mode would be goddamn hilarious. Just doing that irritating warbling things she does in every battle, every cutscene... yes. YES.

• I know I shouldn't respond to an offhand comment but... Final Fantasy VIII is the best one! And Leona Lewis won't be singing through the whole game, I wouldn't worry.

• I'm a total FF fan. Absolutely loved the games (8 and 10-2 are blocked from my mind) and consider myself loyal to the franchise. That being said, that music is pissing me off big time! I can barely hear what they are saying with all of that wretched crooning in the background. To it me, it shatters the illusion of a FF game. What is even worse is that I have always loved their music. Oh, I'll still play the game, but if that crappy music is indicative of what's to come, then I will be playing it on mute. As for the story, I'm not judging until I play it.

• I agree with EVula. This looks so emo and stupid I couldn't get through the whole thing. I swear no matter how much I lowered the volume that stupid song kept getting louder. I think they need to take some money away from the graphics department and sent it to the story room.

• That was some of the cheesiest stuff I've seen in a while. I had to stop halfway through.

• I've been turned off from this game ever since it was announced that Lightining's design was based off a Square-Enix exec's suggestion to make a "female Cloud Strife," a character I have zero love for. Oh, and the douchebag in the beanie cap and grey jacket.

• To answer #2, yes. Not a FF fan at all, and couldn't get past the two-minute mark (I gave it a shot) before I had to hit pause. Looks boring as crap, and the cheesy music and acting... bleh. No thank you.

• I don't know, the line, "Do you believe in Lady Luck now?" "Yeah, Lady BAD Luck!" (in the Cleaveland voice) was kinda funny.

• At least it's prettier than that crap Final Fantasy theatrical movie. But yeah, me and JRPGs are through.

• I'm looking forward to it also, but I'm starting to get nervous with what I'm hearing. I heard it's really linear except near the end of the game. One Hing Kong mag gave it a 4 out of 10. I'll still be buying it regardless, but I'm not as crazy about it as I was a few months ago.

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