Final Fantasy XIII’s Crystal Tools engine demoed with Pigtailed Girl
So how’s development on Final Fantasy XIII going? Yoichi Wada went on national TV the other day – well, Japanese national TV – to prove to everyone that, yes, FF13 is indeed going places with their Crystal Tools engine. He took Pigtailed Girl over here and took her for a spin!
So how’s development on Final Fantasy XIII going? Yoichi Wada went on national TV the other day – well, Japanese national TV – to prove to everyone that, yes, FF13 is indeed going places.
TV Tokyo had an interview with Square Enix‘s boss about the upcoming game on the PS3 and Xbox 360. And what’s cool is that Wada gave viewers a peek into their Crystal Tools engine and showed a model of Pigtailed Girl – y’know, the same girl who summoned Carbuncle in that E3 trailer.
The screens below show lighting effects and a zoom-in on the girl’s eye (glad to see it doesn’t look “flat”). For the sake of comparison… check out this screen from Heavy Rain.
It might not look much to some of you (remember, these are just developmental renders), but at least we get to see that they’re hard at work with their engine. Just the other day, Sony’s Yoshida commented that video game technology in Japan was starting to lag. No doubt about it: Square Enix seems to be an exception there.
Anyways, as an aside… I couldn’t help but compare the zoom-in of Pigtailed Girl’s eye to that of Heavy Rain chick’s zoom in. Click here for comparison. Of course, saying that one is better than the other is a moot argument. They’re apples and oranges and Heavy Rain is definitely taking a different direction in art than FF13.
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