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Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Page 12
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iAmJeffReY
United States4262 Posts
=) What a red letter day | ||
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
But yeah, was so excited last night. (Except opening was kind of ruined by subtitles being on as default wtf) Will play an hour or two a night before I go to sleep till I finish it and pretty sure I will enjoy most all of it. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On February 01 2012 08:57 Childplay wrote: does anyone know how TB got his copy so early? he was playing on his stream earlier today I am press. I don't do SC2 for a living, I do first impressions gaming videos, I can get most things  | ||
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PanoRaMa
United States5070 Posts
On February 01 2012 10:09 Atreides wrote: Well as the rare person who loved FFXIII I bought this last night and played it a little bit (<2 hours) and was extremely happy. Beginning is so pretty! Its not Skyrim or any game like that, I play these sort of games to relax to beautiful graphics/nice soundrack and a nice linear story where I press some buttons every once in a while. Basically instead of watching TV or movies. But yeah, was so excited last night. (Except opening was kind of ruined by subtitles being on as default wtf) Will play an hour or two a night before I go to sleep till I finish it and pretty sure I will enjoy most all of it. (Mild Spoilers below) YES, precisely this. Remember that boring first 2 hours of XIII? How it was just mashing x while you killed crap soldiers? I love that in XIII-2 they actually integrated cutscene actions and summons in the very first battle. That entire Valhalla sequence was just phenomenal. And right after that they drop you into an actual town. Two hours in and they've already eliminated two big XIII criticisms right off the bat. And I'm really glad Noel isn't a glorified Hope, and actually has some balls/coolness. Just got mine today and I'm going on a week-long vacation tomorrow, going to miss playing already. | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
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Merany
France890 Posts
 Cannot wait for Friday!!! | ||
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Pathology
Canada132 Posts
(Maybe I'm a bit biased but gaming in general is setting the standards on visuals higher and higher and shitting all over plot and character development. I want to CARE about the characters not see the pores on their skin.) | ||
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
My opinion on story stuff (no game spoilers its just kind of an anti-rant to the VERY common rants like the post above me) + Show Spoiler + First off, its much harder to write a good story for an adult than for a kid. This is in my opinion the primary reason for so much nostalgia towards older games. I've played most of them and I honestly don't think that as a whole the story writing was vastly better 10-15 years ago. Some were better some were worse. Probably they were somewhat better on average I guess. The thing is, if you want plot and character development there are much better mediums than video games. I also find it pretty laughable to try to judge the story of a game from the first hour or two of gameplay... like how does that make sense. Just don't do that, I will never think too much of someone who criticizes a game they have never even played out. (I mean some games are so bad you dont finish, but you know what I mean.) Second, in this particular case there is virtually no starting character development because its a sequel; also the one new character is kind of purposely vague but I think they are doing ok job of developing him. (You can complain that FFXIII had a bad story/character development too I suppose, personally I thought it was ok. Pretty weak story and I hated a couple of the characters but I loved the game.) Finally, from format alone the story of this game is sort of cool. I am nowhere close to finishing it so I can't comment overall. I am not saying its a great story. I've played 6 hours of it. This is more of a general response to the oh so common nostalgia rants. But really, I read books (lots of them) for great stories/plots/character developments. Pretty graphics are a HUGE part of singleplayer games to me. Unfortunately so are soundtracks and I am not happy with this one. Its great whenever there are no vocals.... P.S. So far every time you are re-introduced to a character from FFXIII they are significantly improved haha. Seriously the soundtrack though..... la la la... la laaa.... la la la la la for like the last 30 mins I've had the game chilling while I was on my computer. wtf. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
On February 01 2012 15:17 ShadowDrgn wrote: For anyone that likes to min/max and do all the crazy stuff in single player RPGs, I'll plug my friend's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/arthellinus . He worked on the official FF XIII-2 strategy guide so he's had the game for months and will be uploading tons of videos in the next few days. He made lots of FF XIII videos and is also responsible for those ridiculously good Persona 3 and 4 databases on GameFAQs. Also, if you never buy official strategy guides because they're useless and written by idiots, this one might be worth looking at. Bookmarked. | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
okay theres a english playthrough being released here http://www.youtube.com/user/tetraninja#p/c/C2627DA882971E47/0/XcNJgWgJbW8 , doesnt look very HD so please post if you find a more HD / alternative one :D anyway lets hjave a look | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On February 01 2012 20:46 FFGenerations wrote: ah! its been released!? ah!! youtube!! okay theres a english playthrough being released here http://www.youtube.com/user/tetraninja#p/c/C2627DA882971E47/0/XcNJgWgJbW8 , doesnt look very HD so please post if you find a more HD / alternative one :D anyway lets hjave a look I literally got to about a second after the new game loaded, heard lightnings voice and turned it off. Why?! Im not going to ruin the feeling i get everytime i get a new final fantasy, its literally one of the best feelings ever. Walking out of the gamestore, RUNNING THE FUCK HOME, Ripping off the packaging, put the disc in then go downstairs and gather supplies for the 48 hour stint (I almost always restart a few hours in once i got the hang of the added features / battle system etc) then sit down and enjoy the epicness. Whoever watches it on youtube ruins it for themselves IMO. | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
goddamn sera is beautiful | ||
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On February 01 2012 23:48 FFGenerations wrote: sorry about not being able to afford a psx3 lol :p goddamn sera is beautiful LOL, thats obviously a little different. I just wanted to explain the fun i have when i get a new FF I was refering to the ppl who will watch like half the game then go buy it :| kinda pointless for a story-oriented game like FF. Theres a difference between a narrated walkthrough and a review ^_^ | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On February 01 2012 15:17 ShadowDrgn wrote: For anyone that likes to min/max and do all the crazy stuff in single player RPGs, I'll plug my friend's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/arthellinus . He worked on the official FF XIII-2 strategy guide so he's had the game for months and will be uploading tons of videos in the next few days. He made lots of FF XIII videos and is also responsible for those ridiculously good Persona 3 and 4 databases on GameFAQs. Also, if you never buy official strategy guides because they're useless and written by idiots, this one might be worth looking at. Tell him thank you very much for those P3 and P4 guides, even if he hasn't fully completed the P3P database yet. =P So I take it you can only use Serra and Noel this game? With the 3 character being whatever captured monster you are currently using? | ||
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PanoRaMa
United States5070 Posts
On February 02 2012 02:40 andrewlt wrote: Tell him thank you very much for those P3 and P4 guides, even if he hasn't fully completed the P3P database yet. =P So I take it you can only use Serra and Noel this game? With the 3 character being whatever captured monster you are currently using? 3 and a half hours into the game so far and that seems to be the case for me. | ||
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
On February 02 2012 02:40 andrewlt wrote: Tell him thank you very much for those P3 and P4 guides, even if he hasn't fully completed the P3P database yet. =P So I take it you can only use Serra and Noel this game? With the 3 character being whatever captured monster you are currently using? I'm like 10 hours in but yeah thats the case so far.... + Show Spoiler + Even when you meet up with Snow and he follows you around and fights with you for a little bit hes not actually in your party and you have no control of him. | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
On February 02 2012 08:22 DwD wrote: This might sound dumb as hell but fuck it. When the moggle finds hidden treasures I'm supposed to be able to grab it right?.. I tried X and R1+X and everything I could think of, nothing works. I can't pick that shit up. According to 1 yahoo answer I found while googling I was supposed to speak to some guard in the first village. Am I fucked and I should just make a new save or? I'm only like 3 hours in so it''s not the end of the world but somewhat annoying... Both chests and loose artefacts (sic) uncovered by the moogle ability should be able to open/pick up like any other chests. Game should give you a prompt when you are looking at them etc. (Its A on 360) Not sure I really understand the question. But it should be just like ever other chest. Edit: When the moogle glows and shit cuz its found something you have to use its ability to uncover said item. TBH though most of the time I can see the phased out chest myself without the moogle telling me and then just use his ability that puts it back in the right time phase. | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
On February 02 2012 08:30 Atreides wrote: Both chests and loose artefacts (sic) uncovered by the moogle ability should be able to open/pick up like any other chests. Game should give you a prompt when you are looking at them etc. (Its A on 360) Not sure I really understand the question. But it should be just like ever other chest. Edit: When the moogle glows and shit cuz its found something you have to use its ability to uncover said item. TBH though most of the time I can see the phased out chest myself without the moogle telling me and then just use his ability that puts it back in the right time phase. Wait what do you mean use it's ability? The moggle just walks to it and stops, when I go there I don't get any prompt or anything.. Must be broken right? | ||
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holdthephone
United States523 Posts
So far though here are my likes and dislikes: The Good:
The Bad:
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