killer kirby Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 chairdriver said: Just buy and play FFVIII If you love dull boring characters, a shitty story and a flawed battle system then...yeah you will love it. plus side is that the music is good and the world ain't too bad either (Just ignore the history, that TOO is a joke) Quote Basically, they're all so worth it [EXCEPT XII Nolan said: Or, you could play IV V or VI,XII, Tactics or Tactics advance 2. Edited a bit for you Nolan :wink: Everything this man speaks the truth though.
Nolan Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I enjoyed the gameplay and to an extent the story(moreso than most people I know) of XII, but most characters fall flat enough and the battles are different from normal that I don't readily recommend it.
Hero-of-Time Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 The music in the game is really great. Along with the battle music my other favourites so far are Sunleth Waterscape and Lake Bresha tunes.
Sheikah Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 killer kirby said: If you love dull boring characters, a shitty story and a flawed battle system then...yeah you will love it. plus side is that the music is good and the world ain't too bad either (Just ignore the history, that TOO is a joke) Well you know someone has already lost it when they post an overused animated image to try convey what they want to say. FFVIII had pretty much the best characters to date. What I will say is that the vast majority disagree with this guy, so you will probably enjoy it more likely than not. It is probably rated as joint second best Final Fantasy in terms of popularity, probably alongside X.
Shorty Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Ramar said: 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. ;_;You could install one or all the disks, doesn't matter, could just install the one you're currently on, delete the install and install the next one when you change over. But... with 1.2GB free it's not even worth discussion
Hero-of-Time Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Why the hell does this thread keep getting derailed with talk of other FF games? Go to the retro board if you wanna argue for the 100th time about the best FF game and lets keep this topic about XIII! Just finished chapter 7, awesome! Reveal hidden contents The cutscene, where Snow showed up and saved Hope and Lightning by using Shiva was fantastic, had a massive grin on my face when it happened. Im happy that Hope has finally got things sorted with Snow although I wasn't happy he got Snow injured in the process. I was sure Hope was gonna get his Eidolon when he started kicking off and then when he protected Snow but both times nothing appeared. Alot of intresting stuff is starting to happen, Fang & Vanille being former crystals, Vanille having a hand in Sazh's son becoming a l'Cie. The plot thickens... Time to grab some lunch and head then back on it.
killer kirby Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Hero-of-Time said: Just finished chapter 7, awesome! Reveal hidden contents The cutscene, where Snow showed up and saved Hope and Lightning by using Shiva was fantastic, had a massive grin on my face when it happened. Im happy that Hope has finally got things sorted with Snow although I wasn't happy he got Snow injured in the process. I was sure Hope was gonna get his Eidolon when he started kicking off and then when he protected Snow but both times nothing appeared. Alot of intresting stuff is starting to happen, Fang & Vanille being former crystals, Vanille having a hand in Sazh's son becoming a l'Cie. The plot thickens... I am around the same area as you Reveal hidden contents I am the reverse, I am glad Hope almost killed Snow, it brought him back to reality, fuck Snow was irritating through the game so far, hopefully he turns a new leaf now and might be better in his character. +1 for Hope for me (Wow, I can't believe I am giving thumbs up to the character I thought I was going to hate the most.) Battle system is meh, music is still very bland and the story is well...a story, it ain't awful, but it ain't OMG IT'S SO TOUCHING AND IN-DEPTH, kind of like FFVII story. Speaking of FFVII...(I am not trying to derail H-O-T ) But to me, FFXIII really feels like Squares answer to people wanting a FFVII type of game, don't ask me why I feel that, but what FFXIII is in my eyes is what Zelda:TP is too OOT if that makes sense.
Mundi Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I thought they were going for that in XIII? At least wayback, I remember reading about someone connected to the development or something was told that the main character was supposed to be a female Cloud. Which is funny if you look at it all "Freud" like. Then I could be talking bull.
Tales Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Just reached the first city. I love how I can just walk up to people and they will start talking with voices. No button pressing and having to read page after page of monolouges. It's so much easier and more fun this way. Whenever I hear some woman sing, is that Leona Lewis or are there other singers as well?
nightwolf Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 killer kirby said: 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[/QUOTE] Why? the scenes in FFX were pretty damn good! FFX-2 was debatable because alot of the scenes were singing.. I've yet to get my copy, lets face it I can't afford it, I'm sorely tempted to go back and play FFX, its been too long!
Hero-of-Time Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Tales said: .Whenever I hear some woman sing, is that Leona Lewis or are there other singers as well? I think thats someone else, its quite a nice and relaxing tune, reminds me of that wifey who sang the songs on Endless Ocean. I think its time I started getting my head around the weapon levelling system as I haven't touched it yet. It took me 20 mins to bring down the boss at the end of chapter 9 as my weapons did so little damage, it was quite a fight.
Arnieboy Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Haven't posted in a while but i'll give my views on FF13 as i'm currently at chapter 12, about 33 hours in. Pros: - Loving the characters, especially Szach he's awesome, (Vanille not so much...) - Graphics and cutscenes are amazing obviously, loving the story in this one. - New battle system is exciting, though one bad factor which i will mention - It's nice knowing clearly where to go all the time - All characters get crystal points after a battle, even those your not using - Auto-healed after every battle, if you die you restart in front of the monster you died at and there's plenty of save points, (might seem too easy but it's defnately fair in this installment) Cons: - I don't have a problem with linear corridors, but some are just too long and too samey, only some though - Controlling only one member, the downfall being if you die you all die...what? The biggest flaw with the system in my opinion - The Doom spell, simply put when you encounter it there's no way to dodge it and if the enemy isn't dead your screwed - Bosses Hit Points are stupidly high and they can hit stupidly hard But yeah it's good, definately worth a play, just be prepared to die a LOT. Edited March 12, 2010 by Arnieboy
Sooj Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) I played the game for about 16 hours straight on the very first day, the hours just seemed to melt away. The first couple of hours were a bit boring but then things started to pick up. As everyone else has mentioned, its so far very very linear but thats not a bad thing. Battle system is very good but I feel that the gambit system in 12 offered more flexability but I suppose 13 requires you to be a little bit more strategic? Either way I like it. I think Snow is pretty cool; hated vanille in the beginning but Reveal hidden contents once the game explains the reason why she is too happy; trying to forget the past, before her crystal state, the killing etc etc etc then I can kinda understand where she is coming from so I've moved her from 'hate' to 'not-like' - a very difficult and time consuming procedure which cost the tax payer billions. I'm on chapter 9 - 25 hours into the game. Edited March 12, 2010 by Sooj
Tales Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 You could have written the chapter in spoiler tag. I was thinking "oh 16 hours, he's on chapter 7" and read the spoiler.
Sooj Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 Tales said: You could have written the chapter in spoiler tag. I was thinking "oh 16 hours, he's on chapter 7" and read the spoiler. Haha. Sorry. Changed.
Hero-of-Time Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 Chapter 11 has been kicking my butt, even regular enemies are taking some beating. I checked the G-Faqs message boards and read that the difficulty does seem to spike dramatically at this point. I've spent the last hour level grinding at a sweet spot and will continue to do so tomorrow so I can power my way through!
Domstercool Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 I'm on chapter 11 too, yeah some flying dragon bird things are EVVIILLL lol. just under 32 hours in
drahkon Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Hero-of-Time said: Chapter 11 has been kicking my butt, even regular enemies are taking some beating. I checked the G-Faqs message boards and read that the difficulty does seem to spike dramatically at this point. I've spent the last hour level grinding at a sweet spot and will continue to do so tomorrow so I can power my way through! YES YES YES. Grinding. Powerful regular enemies. Amazing. Just what I was hoping for Can't wait to get there (though some regular foes are giving me a hard time early - 7 hours - in the game).
Emerald Emblem Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 I love the Paradigm system, it so works with the fast paced nature of the battles.
Sooj Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Reveal hidden contents Fighting Dalaat (sp?) I've maxed out my crystarium and i've set up some awesome paradigm combos, everything was going well, got a boss down to 1/16th(or near enough) of its health meter and it then casts doom, race against time which I can't beat though I haven't upgraded any weapons/acc yet. Any tips? I've maxed out my crystarium at the moment, on chapter 9 but still grinding for the next crystarium level. I still need to understand the weapons upgrade bit, I don't want to use some items only to find out that I need them for a more powerful one later on. I find it annoying how some characters aren't even given proper names. Its as if S-E were watching the weather forecast one day and thought it would sound cool. Still loving the gameplay, even though its become a bit difficult.
Emerald Emblem Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Do you actually make money from battles at all in this game?
Sooj Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Emerald Emblem said: Do you actually make money from battles at all in this game? Nope but you get items which you can later sell at save points
Emerald Emblem Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 It's pretty restrictive on funds cause most items you get are needed for Weapon leveling.
Tales Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 (edited) You don't sell component for money. You sell chips. I'm fighting a boss on chapter 9 Reveal hidden contents The fal'Cie I had been fighting him for about 20 minutes when the bastard put doom on me. I only had 70 000 hp left of about 450 000. Edited March 13, 2010 by Tales
Emerald Emblem Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 No wonder chips were useless for item sythesis
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