killer kirby Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Another thumbs up from me with a part of this game...FUCKING SKIP BUTTON!!! I am so shocked that S-E would give us the freedom to skip shitty FF scenes, so wish once again that FFX had it
chairdriver Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 FFX-2 has a skip function, but you can't get 100% if you skip a scene. If you're a completist, don't abuse the skip button!
Ike Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 If you register as a member at Square Enix and register the game, they'll email you two codes to download some FFXIII avatar stuff if you register the 360 version.
Aimless Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Likewise the PS3 version offers some sort of in-game item for FFXIV and a chance to apply for a place on the console Beta of said game.
Sheikah Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Another thumbs up from me with a part of this game...FUCKING SKIP BUTTON!!! I am so shocked that S-E would give us the freedom to skip shitty FF scenes, so wish once again that FFX had it To be fair though...unless you're playing through it again...it's not like you'd die in FFX to have to replay a scene. :p Really liking this game so far, it's much more like FFX and has so much more depth (character development and interaction-wise) than XII. And the battle system is top notch.
Solo Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Vanille is already the worst FF character ever, where did she get her accent from?
killer kirby Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 To be fair though...unless you're playing through it again...it's not like you'd die in FFX to have to replay a scene. :p No, in all my years of playing games, FFX had to have some of the worst scenes ever made within a video game, the beginning was such a bore fest, and it's insane how such a game feels so slow right from the start of the game, obviously they have fixed that with FFXIII making us go right into action (Kind of the pacing you got from FFVII) Really liking this game so far, it's much more like FFX and has so much more depth (character development and interaction-wise)than XII. Character development yeah your right, but thats not something you should be happy about when comparing it too FFXII, FFXII was a complete mess halfway through the development, if Matsuno was able to make the game how he wanted it would have turned out like the great classics like Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story(Which funny enough rapes all the numbered FF for me besides FFIV and FFVI) But to be fair, FFXIII characters are sucking big time, even worst then the FFX characters, only characters that have interested me is Lightning and Hope (But even thats scrapping the barrel) Vanille is already the worst FF character ever, where did she get her accent from? Even without the accent she would still be an annoying fuck. Progress...Chapter 4...is it the right time to be putting spoilers in now? Oh and this sphere grid in this game is already >>>>>>>>>>>>>>FFX sphere grid
Sheikah Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 if Matsuno was able to make the game how he wanted it would have turned out like the great classics like Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story(Which funny enough rapes all the numbered FF for me besides FFIV and FFVI) Strange you should say that...I found FFT fairly weak and the dialogue and story was almost medieval. Combined with the fact it was practically all battles and short political updates, it turned me off completely. As well as that, I downloaded Vagrant Story when it got released on the PSN store recently and found it to be very boring, at least in this day and age, whereas I've instantly been hooked on many other old titles. Just the gameplay and story of VS seemed really unenjoyable to sit through in the few hours I could be bothered playing. The only enjoyable thing for me in the Ivalice universe was Tactics Advance, purely because it didn't try to have a serious story and was simply 'life became a storybook fantasy'. Far better than the political drivel they have tried to shove in our face in FFT and FFXII. People like their story of heroes taking on evil villains, not sides waging war. It is meant to reflect fantasy, after all, and not full-scale wars driving the story.
Nolan Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I actually liked some of the political drivel of XII. Certainly more entertaining than a soap opera.
Hero-of-Time Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I was at work last night and booked the rest of the week off to play on this bad boy. Time to get down to some serious play time...well once I get some sleep. I had some good banter with the lads at work who are on playing it and so far we all agree that the battle system is fantastic, the FMV's top notch and the characters are great. The only ones we seem to dislike are Vanille ( reasons stated before ) and Hope for being brat. Lightning and Snow ( or Beanie Boy as my mate called him ) FTW!
killer kirby Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I actually liked some of the political drivel of XII. Certainly more entertaining than a soap opera. Even Sakaguchi said that Square should never had let go of Matsuno because of his talent in story telling and gameplay idea's. But hey, it thanks to Nomura and Kitase that have driven the Final Fantasy image into a young teenagers trying to save the world against older people and usually the most powerful empire. But now with each Final Fantasy game on the decline on sales and even Wada saying how the Final Fantasy series needs something new and change the series the way it is. Strange you should say that...I found FFT fairly weak and the dialogue and story was almost medieval. Combined with the fact it was practically all battles and short political updates, it turned me off completely. As well as that, I downloaded Vagrant Story when it got released on the PSN store recently and found it to be very boring, at least in this day and age, whereas I've instantly been hooked on many other old titles. Just the gameplay and story of VS seemed really unenjoyable to sit through in the few hours I could be bothered playing. The only enjoyable thing for me in the Ivalice universe was Tactics Advance, purely because it didn't try to have a serious story and was simply 'life became a storybook fantasy'. Far better than the political drivel they have tried to shove in our face in FFT and FFXII. People like their story of heroes taking on evil villains, not sides waging war. It is meant to reflect fantasy, after all, and not full-scale wars driving the story. Matsuno made the worlds deep unlike all other FF games, each monster had history, everything in games he made had a huge amount of depth and history. This is one reason why I always loved his work compared to Kitases and Nomura's. I just think Matsuno gave his games some soul. No offence to all you lovers of VIII, X, X-2 and even XIII...but those games feel so...plastic. It's like I am watching a typical anime series. But it's obvious about our tastes in the Final Fantasy series anyway Progress: It's time they get some people who know how to write a story, or at least a decent love story, VIII, X and X-2 have all had the shittiness of really badly told love stories, and having snow fuck a girl who looks 14 and he looking like 26 as well is just wrong. Oh and the music is soooo average which is a shame since all the other games in the series have always been outstanding.
Hero-of-Time Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I loved the love stories for VIII and especially X & X-2 and so far im enjoying this one aswell. If this is the decline of the FF series keep it coming I say!
killer kirby Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I loved the love stories for VIII and especially X & X-2 and so far im enjoying this one aswell. If this is the decline of the FF series keep it coming I say! All I can say is...wow (But then again the Tales series sucks in this area as well, guess they are just like most animu then)
Sheikah Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 All I can say is...wow (But then again the Tales series sucks in this area as well, guess they are just like most animu then) No matter what you try to convince people, they'll never believe that FFT had a more developed story or characters than FFVII, because it's simply not true. lol.
killer kirby Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) No matter what you try to convince people, they'll never believe that FFT had a more developed story or characters than FFVII, because it's simply not true. lol. Man it's been too long since I have played Tactics...are we really talking about the same game? Or are you talking about Tactics Advance (White hair lol). Once I am through FFXIII, I'll go back and play FFT from start to finish again. Many of my friends have loved FFT more then most of the FF stories (They curse me because I was the one that got them into SMT and Dragon Quest lol ) Proooooogress....2nd disk lol EDIT: Now I remember the other script writer game designer they should give the chance to make a story in the next mainline FF game Masato Kato, man did FFVII, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross Xenogears and FFXI. Man is incredible in script writing. Edited March 10, 2010 by killer kirby
Razz Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 I've only ever played Tactics on the GBA and quite liked it. Should I lose my main series FF virginity to this or not? The jury seems divided.
Ramar Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Big plus on the amount of save points early on. With my Xbox prone to Disc Read Errors it could be a life saver.
Tales Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) Played the game for nearly 12 hours yesterday. They weren't kidding when they said it was linear. Anyway, I loved almost every moment of it so far. The battle system is fun, and even though auto-battle picks the best attacks for you it's still challenging. Think I have died about 8-10 times, three times against the same boss in less than 15 seconds before I figured out what I had to do to simply survive. And every now and then I lost against random, though numerous, enemies because I was being careless and forgot to pay attention to the hp. Lightning and Shaz or whatever his name is are awesome. I loved how yin and yang they were in the beginning. Lightning does super jumbs while Shaz climbs down, holds with both hands at the edge of the cliff, then falls. Not very fond of Vanille and Hope. Hope I can deal with but Vanille's behaviour is just too extreme. No one can be that cheery. Edited March 10, 2010 by Tales Automerged Doublepost
Shorty Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Big plus on the amount of save points early on. With my Xbox prone to Disc Read Errors it could be a life saver. My xbox also has that issue, if you have the disk space for it, installing the game to your HDD helps.
Ramar Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 My xbox also has that issue, if you have the disk space for it, installing the game to your HDD helps. I was going to do that, but I didn't know how that would work with disc swapping and what not. Plus I've got RB2 installed atm so I've got 1.2GB free. ;_;
Hero-of-Time Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 *Reads Tales post* Im glad to see im not the only one who has died a few times during regular battles. I love the new battle system so much, its so fluid and some of the names are class like War & Peace and Ying & Yang. I've enjoyed creating my own set-ups aswell. Great to see Odin back, loved the summoning cutscene, lets hope he doesn't get sliced in 2 this time!
Emerald Emblem Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) Odin had me the first 2 times, then I remembered I could make my own Paridigm shifts so i just changed the all healing shift to one a healer one an attacker and boom, much easier. Edited March 10, 2010 by Emerald Emblem
BeerMonkey Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 bout 11 hours in at mo loving it so far shame got work tomorrow and friday thou gah.
chairdriver Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I've only ever played Tactics on the GBA and quite liked it. Should I lose my main series FF virginity to this or not? The jury seems divided. Just buy and play FFVIII; it's the equivalent of Hotel by Tori Amos. When she finally sings in the deeper voice ["Where are the velvets when you crash down"], you're broken, but you're still alive. You think it's going to be a normal game, and then becomes so stunning when jokes start happening. Technically really awkward to play, but the story feels lovely on my skin/lips when I bring it close. [i cried when I realised the significance of the final GF being called "Eden". AD 1: I found a little plot of land.] ALTHOUGH, most people will just tell you to play FFVII, and be done with it. FFX is stunning, but it doesn't feel like it properly conveys what FF is about. FFVII is the most obvious one. It's like Cornflake Girl. Never fails to rouse you in the night and leave you cowering soft as chalk, but there's more senses-shattering things to experience elsewhere (ie. VI and IX, which tell me so many things). Or its like eating milk chocolate - tastes stunning, but you can experience more with dark. Basically, they're all so worth it [EXCEPT XII (and X-2, but that feels fun to play, if you embrace how jokes Yuna is)], but VIII is my fave. Does Not Suffice .
Nolan Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Or, you could play IV V or VI Tactics or Tactics Advanced 2. VII isn't a bad starting point either....most current fans started with it anyways.
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