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愛 03-10-2010 08:47 AM
Final Fantasy XIII
 
I don't wanna keep talking in the middle of random threads about this game, so I'll make a totally new thread. Let's use spoiler tags, kay?

How's everyone doing in the game?
Spoiler:
I'm at the part where you fight Odin. Has anyone noticed how ridiculously difficult the summon battles are? I know there's tricks to them, but so far, everything just kicks my ass. And I've been fighting every battle I come up against, too. I dunno what's up.

Ninjinister 03-10-2010 10:05 AM
Question is:

Is it any good?

愛 03-10-2010 10:18 AM
Yes, it is good. Better than most of the Final Fantasy games I've played recently.

poiuytre 03-10-2010 01:28 PM
So far it's not as good as X or X-2 were but still a lot of fun I think. I don't particularly care for Lightning but it's a pretty strong cast aside from her.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ai (Post 759023)
Spoiler:
I'm at the part where you fight Odin. Has anyone noticed how ridiculously difficult the summon battles are? I know there's tricks to them, but so far, everything just kicks my ass. And I've been fighting every battle I come up against, too. I dunno what's up.
Spoiler:
Got my butt handed to me twice by Odin yesterday. :lol: First real spike in difficulty I encountered.

saiyan_monkey 03-11-2010 12:46 PM
I cant wait to play it. I still dont have a PS3 so Im still on the bench waiting for that day. How is it compared to the style of FF12?

ThirdMarioBro 03-11-2010 06:15 PM
I might play this one, but it'll have to wait until I'm done with Mega Man 10 and Just Cause 2.

Eiko 03-11-2010 07:18 PM
This game maybe good but it will never beat FF7.

Cure 03-11-2010 09:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eiko (Post 759478)
This game maybe good but it will never beat FF7.
Oh, did you beat FFXIII already? What did you think?

Peanut 03-11-2010 11:23 PM
Enjoying it so far, for what it is. Pure cheese story and voice-acting is still painful, but the battle system is pretty fun.

ThirdMarioBro 03-11-2010 11:54 PM
I dunno'. Saw it at a friend's house and all I can think is that Square is still living in the 90s.

愛 03-12-2010 12:21 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peanut (Post 759544)
Enjoying it so far, for what it is. Pure cheese story and voice-acting is still painful, but the battle system is pretty fun.
Oh, look who shows up after months of being gone!

I personally think the story and voice acting are both great, and the battle system is versatile and interactive. All pluses for me so far.

GK Punk 03-12-2010 12:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eiko (Post 759478)
This game maybe good but it will never beat FF7.
FF7 was easily my least favorite FF game ever. I don't understand why people wet themselves over it.

I'm on the second disc and really digging it so far.

And Peanut <3

Peanut 03-12-2010 04:59 PM
<3 you as well!

Also, Ai, I just beat the part you mentioned in the opening post and...
Spoiler:
hell yeah the summon battles are hard. I think they're supposed to be super over-leveled, though. Once I got into the habit of quickly switching from a ravager/ravager paradigm to a medic/medic paradigm at specific moments, the Odin fight was over very quickly. He beat my ass within the first 15 seconds at least three times, though.

Also, WHEN THE HELL DOES THIS GAME OPEN UP!? It's been like a corridor crawl for 7 hours already.

Edit: Some pre-disc 1 swap spoilers...
Spoiler:
The whole section with Sarah and Snow made me cringe. SOOOOOO melodramatic. God. Just awful. Also, another pure cheese line, maybe even topping "Mom's are tough!" was the remark Sazh makes when Hope is whining about his dad. "All fathers care..." or something stupid along those lines.

poiuytre 03-12-2010 07:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peanut (Post 759729)
Also, WHEN THE HELL DOES THIS GAME OPEN UP!? It's been like a corridor crawl for 7 hours already.
Spoiler:
It's mostly a corridor crawl pretty much up to chapter 11, where you get one massive map full of encounters to do a dozen hours worth of hunt missions in. It doesn't really change things up all that much, so I wouldn't expect too big of a change in feel. After that it's pretty much back to the corridor-style as far as I can tell.

Peanut 03-12-2010 08:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by poiuytre (Post 759761)
Spoiler:
It's mostly a corridor crawl pretty much up to chapter 11, where you get one massive map full of encounters to do a dozen hours worth of hunt missions in. It doesn't really change things up all that much, so I wouldn't expect too big of a change in feel. After that it's pretty much back to the corridor-style as far as I can tell.
That's not only super disappointing, but actually super discouraging.

ThirdMarioBro 03-12-2010 09:45 PM
Kind of like how indescribably boring Heavy Rain became after a few hours.

Peanut 03-12-2010 11:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro (Post 759798)
Kind of like how indescribably boring Heavy Rain became after a few hours.
Head into currently playing or something and speak of Heavy Rain, I haven't had any discussion about it and I'd like to hear your views.

GK Punk 03-13-2010 12:45 AM
Just hit chapter 10 today. Think I'm doing a bad job of leveling, getting my ass kicked.

Cure 03-14-2010 03:42 PM
Spoiler:
I just got up to the part where every class opens up for everyone. As if I was gonna make someone like a Hope a sentinel, but then they go and make the extra classes crazy expensive. I think I'll just stick to what everyone is good at.

GK Punk 03-19-2010 05:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCure (Post 760154)
Spoiler:
I just got up to the part where every class opens up for everyone. As if I was gonna make someone like a Hope a sentinel, but then they go and make the extra classes crazy expensive. I think I'll just stick to what everyone is good at.
Spoiler:
I was disappointed when I saw how expensive it was to give them new jobs.

Andrew NDB 03-19-2010 10:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eiko (Post 759478)
This game maybe good but it will never beat FF7.
That's not saying much. FF IV and VI both beat FF VII in my book, hands down.

Lordmylar06 04-07-2010 09:16 PM
I just started playing this a few days ago. I've read some of the comments(and spoilers) and I gotta say I agree with most, which is not a good thing. I feel like I'm walking through a tunnel most of the time, don't get me wrong it's a gorgeous tunnel, but I want more free roam. Haven't played too far, but it seems like side quests are scarce.

The battle system is tops though. I think square found a way to rejuvenate turn based battles and make the system relevant to modern gameplay.

I think if Square kept the battle system, ditched the tunnel crawling in favor of free roaming on a larger map, and keeps these nice graphics it would be perfect... but I guess nothing's perfect.

愛 04-07-2010 09:26 PM
Personally, I've played too many free-roaming games in the past few years that I'm glad that they went this route. In free-roaming, I get too swamped with a million things to do, and I never end up finishing the game, or I get totally stuck or frustrated.

Peanut 04-08-2010 02:59 PM
The corridor crawling made me quit playing the game. Hands down the biggest, and maybe only, reason.


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