Shorty Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 But then no one would be able to give opinions and the thread would be just..........dead lol It's the joys of explaining how you feel, as long as there's no "YOU FUCKING SUCK FOR LIKING THAT, blah blah" then all is good. Ha, I agree that discussion in all forms is good. I just don't understand people starting with "I don't understand how you don't like... x" This is the kind of game I think will get a rental from me, or at least be picked up when it drops below the £20 mark in some crazy deal one day.
martinist Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Mine was posted on Wednesday, still hasn't turned up yet. Should be here tomorrow though
Tales Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Mine was shipped today at 13:57 from Sweden. Nothing unusual about that but today it has me worried that I might not even have it on Wednesday.
Ike Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Anyone get theres from GAME online? Nope, didn't arrive today . Have the delayed the deliveries or something, it was shipped on Friday?
flameboy Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Nope, didn't arrive today . Have the delayed the deliveries or something, it was shipped on Friday? Always seems to happen with them when a game launches on anything but a friday.
Owen Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 I think they sent out the emails early but didn't send them till saturday or today even..looking forward to this, i thought i take the plunge..this will be my first proper play through of a FF game! Just hope it keeps my attention otherwise it's a goner (like most games)..lol
Ramar Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 I'm in the middle of decorating my room, but I had 4 hours to spare whilst paint dried. I was hoping the post man would bring the goods and I could enjoy it for a brief while, alas Postman Pat let me down. It better arrive tomorrow, because the ASDA advert in the paper almost made me cry, with staff discount I'd have got it mega cheap. Curses GAME and my foolishness to expect it to arrive early.
BeerMonkey Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 getting game first thing tomorrow morning cant wait got 2 days off for it
CooInTheZoo Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Can't wait to pick this up in the morning, however bloody PopJustice did a lets-rip-the-piss-out-of-Leona story and completely ruined the ending of the game. After waiting 4 years for a sodding game... it's like the Dumbledore thing all over again. Argh!
Sheikah Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Well ShopTo did great then. I didn't order until Friday either, and it came first thing today. I only played about an hour before (at my girlfriend's now) but I could tell that it was extremely polished. Still hadn't got past the sort of tutorial sections yet, but it had me interested. It reminded me very much of FFX due to the initial fighting on thin walkways in a dark, futuristic city. It's certainly more appealing to me so far than XII.
Emerald Emblem Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 It's certainly more appealing to me so far than XII. I am slightly more encouraged by this one statement.
Ellmeister Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 I'm in the middle of decorating my room, but I had 4 hours to spare whilst paint dried. I was hoping the post man would bring the goods and I could enjoy it for a brief while, alas Postman Pat let me down. It better arrive tomorrow, because the ASDA advert in the paper almost made me cry, with staff discount I'd have got it mega cheap. Curses GAME and my foolishness to expect it to arrive early. Advert...ASDA? Elaborate please
Sooj Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) How much is asda advertising it for? I gave my local asda a call to see if they will be selling it past midnight as they did with ME2 (24 hour asda and all that) but they're not *sadface*. Gamestation first thing tomorrow/in 5 hours w00t ...then straight to uni Edited March 9, 2010 by Sooj
killer kirby Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Alrighty then I have the game and I have played up to Chapter 2. Pros: +Very surprised on how it went right into action rather then the dull openings that FFVIII and FFX had. +3D camera!!! this should have been in X and X-2, but to know it's in this, I am quite pleased, now I can have a more of a look around at the scenery Cons -Already I think the story is annoying. -Characters are that fucking dull it's annoying, heck the only character I like is the chocobo. -Music, do not get me wrong(Well, the ones I heard on Youtube ), some of the songs in it are good...but from what I have heard so far in the game it's so....meh only one I like so far is the battle music...oh and where is my awesome fanfare!? FFXII can get away with it since everything was playing in real time, but FFXIII you go into a battle area. Still undecided about the battle system or the world itself. It is indeed polished like sheikah said, but I already miss the old Ivalice world, my favorite world of the Final Fantasy series still.
Tales Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Do you think people are putting up tents and making long queues for this game? Thought I would go down to one of the electronic stores and buy the CE there and send the other one back when it arrives to tomorrow. But I don't want to be standing at the entrance before they open if I don't have to. It would look stupid if I were the only one.
Ramar Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) Advert...ASDA? Elaborate please Just the price they were selling it at the midnight launch, something like £34.71. Edited March 9, 2010 by Ramar
killer kirby Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Do you think people are putting up tents and making long queues for this game? Thought I would go down to one of the electronic stores and buy the CE there and send the other one back when it arrives to tomorrow. But I don't want to be standing at the entrance before they open if I don't have to. It would look stupid if I were the only one. To be honest, when I went into the game store to pick up FFXIII it was quiet, every other time a brand new FF number came out there were lines to pick it up, it was...odd, S-E should not have taken so long to bring it out now, people have perhaps moved onto other RPG's (Namely WRPG's like ME) Even in Japan, even though it was easily a million seller hit, it has not reached 2 million like the other FF series. With game development costs on the rise and the decline in sales for older video game series, it's a worry (Only ones that I have seen unaffected is the Mario series, Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter)
CooInTheZoo Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Played the first half an hour or so, took a quick break for pita bread. Really enjoying it so far, if this is the 'slow and painfully boring' part of the game it's shaping up to be a great adventure. My only narks are the bizarre camera movement and motion blur (but I'm sure I'll get used to it) and no option to tweak the sound levels.
Solo Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 I've been playing it for about half hour too and so far it's pretty bland, i'm literally just running forward occasionally pressing A. I'm sure it'll get more interesting I just need to stick with it. The thing that annoys me the most though about the 360 version is that the cutscenes (both FMV and in-game) don't seem to be in HD! Talk about low res!
Sheikah Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 I've been playing it for about half hour too and so far it's pretty bland, i'm literally just running forward occasionally pressing A. I'm sure it'll get more interesting I just need to stick with it. The thing that annoys me the most though about the 360 version is that the cutscenes (both FMV and in-game) don't seem to be in HD! Talk about low res! Yeah. The 360 version runs at 560p. Go PS3. :p
Ramar Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Played about an hours worth and whilst its pretty simple tutorial and what not its enjoyable. The game is incredibly well presented, even the menus are top quality.
Hero-of-Time Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 To be honest, when I went into the game store to pick up FFXIII it was quiet. When I went to GAME to switch my copy everyone was buying it, while an arguement was raging behind the counter as to what FF game has been the best so far. My 360 version arrived this morning but I had a change of heart and took back to GAME and switched it for a PS3 version. Im up to chapter 3 and love it so far. The battle system has just opened up as has the levelling system so I look forward to delving into that further. Im a big fan of the battle music, I think its very up beat and catchy. The only thing im not keen on is Vanille's accent and character. I think she's gonna be the Selphie/Riku of the game, who I never really liked, too chirpy for my liking. Loving Snow though, what a hero!
Emerald Emblem Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 I had a chat with one of my XBox mates from Sonic and SEGA racing, he got FFXIII and after a little inquiring I decided to take the plunge, took my Limited edition Star Ocean and Tekken 6 and traded them both in for this bad boy. After the first tutorial it seems to have gone back to pure turn based, in the style of FFX - 2, not a bad thing at all in my book. So apart from the little things like no towns and such I am getting into it.
martinist Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Going by what I've played so far the game seems pretty good. All i've really been doing is walk forward, fight enemy, walk forward, fight enemy, walk forward, fight boss. Coming across the occasional chest/glowing sphere thingie on the way. Got into the sphere grid type thing, still don't know how to switch out party members so far, might get a tutorial on that later...lord knows I've had one for everything else.
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