Agito XIII

Gameplay
The battle system will be similar to that of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII but will make use of the ATB system and allow control of multiple characters.

A compass has also been revealed in recent screenshots. Characters have been shown traversing dungeons of mechanical foes and soldiers. Playable characters alongside the nameless lead (nicknamed "Card-Kun") are shown in the screenshots with rather high HP and low MP costs to their magic spells in their command list. Like in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, names of foes are stated under "Target" on the upper-left-hand side of the screen. A recent article by Weekly Famitsu[7] stated that each of the twelve students will have their own summon that can be swapped out and controlled by the player. The summons can also level up; so far, the only confirmed summons are Ifrit, Golem, and Odin, used by the de facto main character. In the Jan. 2011 trailer, Bahamut was seen in battle during a cutscene and an ice summon was seen skating on the battlefield (thought to be Shiva). In a Famitsu interview, Tabata says that, "it's becoming an intense experience where you do gun shooting with fire." He also added that, "Agito XIII will not have the standard multiplayer style of everyone gathering together to play. It will be a multiplayer system unique to this game." [8]

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[edit] Characters

The twelve characters and a Moogle; artwork made by Tetsuya Nomura.Twelve characters have been revealed so far, all appearing to be students. Revealed character names are the card using Ace (エース, Ēsu?), the archer Trey (トレイ, Torei?), the mace wielding Cinque (チンク, Chinku?), whip sword wielder Seven (セブン, Sebun?), martial artist Eight (エイト, Eito?), spearman Nine (ナイン, Nain?), katana wielding Jack (ジャック, Jakku?), and swordswoman Queen (クィーン, Kuīn?). The characters who have not been revealed wield, a pistol, flute, sythe and dual pistols. Two additional characters have been revealed in the latest Shounen Jump magazine named Rem and Machina who wield dual knives and dual swords respectively. Hajime has revealed that there will be 14 playable characters.

[edit] Plot
The game's plot is thought to be "massive" and is still being finalized as of June 2009.[9][10] The game is set in a magic school named Peristerium School of Magic, and will gradually expand to the larger world outside of the school. It is described as an online RPG, but not "massively multiplayer".[11] It has been revealed that Orience is the name of the world and that the antagonizing military country is called Milites. A peace treaty is supposed to be in effect with the world's four countries, but Cid of Milites has sent his l'Cie soldiers to war with the neighboring countries. Other areas have been revealed called Rubrum, Anaze, and Kogai.[12] Each nation has it's own emblem (two tiges, a phoenix, and a dragon). Tabata described Agito as "a major title that's formed from a variety of concepts" which include the collision of four fantasies (the world view), killing match between magic and weapons (battle) and the Ordinary and Unordinary (the two sides of reality).[13]

From the IGN Impressions of the trailer that was debuted at Square Enix's closed door party, DKΣ3713, it was revealed that there is a militaristic nation that, due to the machination and rallies of their leader, began conquering all of its neighboring nations. The nation went unimpeded until they came across a lone island kingdom isolated from the rest of the continent that was apparently being protected by a giant crystal and is also said to worship a god named Suzaku. However, for reasons unknown, the crystal shatters, seemingly leaving the nation vulnerable to attack. The kingdom's fear is realized when a cloaked figure, supposedly the hero, along with other warriors, appears with a massive army in formation in front of him. The trailer continues with random bits of fighting in CG along with gameplay and ends with the main character sticking a flag, most likely that of the kingdom, into the ground, rallying his allies. It is also confirmed that the nation's military has been destroyed.[14]

nemo wrote:^That means that the graphics will be off the charts. OwO

nemo wrote:How did Crisis Core suffer? Aside from a short storyline, the game's graphics and voice work were great. :/