Btw around what level roughly can you beat the DLC Lightning, or does the difficulty scale with player level or something? Just so I know whether the DLC is worth it or not.

DnameIN

Poland146 Posts

February 19 2012 21:21 GMT

#322

I did fight Lightning with maxed out characters and it wasn't simple rapefest. I actually had to switch between rav/rav/rav and com/com/com (with initial syn/med/sen for buffs, but im sure its not really important). So, all in all, the difficulty was comparable with game-ending fights (not like they are hard or smth;P).

I dont know if that encounter is scalable with level/game progress.

Merany

France890 Posts

February 19 2012 22:18 GMT

#323

End of the game was definitely harder which was cool to see after the main story being so damn easy. But not hard enough I guess

. A shame they recycled all the fight mechanics of end game monster of XIII. Yomi for example was so much easier because I knew what to do.
I also made the terrible mistake of not resisting the temptation of building an "ultimate chichu" monster which made all those fight a lot easier than they should have been.

But all in all, it was a good game, story was cool, exploration I felt was well done and I love the combat system. I'd even welcome a FF XIII - 3 (because all hope seems lost for versus 13...)

DnameIN

Poland146 Posts

February 19 2012 22:50 GMT

#324

Well, there are only 4 platinum trophies on my PS3: Demon's Souls + Dark Soul and FF XIII + FF XIII-2. Even if there is significant difference in difficulty (measured in light years!), they all have something that makes me sink in to a gameplay for many hours;) (maybe I'm just transforming into some kind of jRPG fanboy)

But! I always value games that lasts for many hours (talking about games with 100h+ content) and after you do everything possible in them, you still just want MORE! FF XIII-2 fits to this definition in 100%, so if anyone liked at least a little FF XIII, should give this sequel a try, because its just better. (and i must say that I had to start FF XIII three times before i actually finished it because its god damn boring and easy for the first 20h

- not mentioning character drama)

I really like what they did to characters - Noel is quite OK guy. Hope in the sequel is at least acceptable;P And I love ending with Snow - damn! It fits this character in 100%

The battle system from XIII is working really well. Gives a lot of customization and opens multiple ways to beat the game. Only if fights would be a bit more challenging. I mean, why do we have that "paradigm switch'es", and all the stuff connected to it (did anyone of you use syn or sab monster during fights?), if most of the game you just rush with com/com/com (and sometimes add rav/rav/rav).

Anyway, FF XIII-2 (and XIII) is one of the best polished game this times. You will NOT encounter ANY bug, glitch or whatever. Graphic quality is on really high standards.

I really look forward for XIII-3, and I wonder what kind of DLC they will release for XIII-2 (Curse them, if it will only be some new outfits and shiny axes!)

FaCE_1

Canada6163 Posts

February 19 2012 23:26 GMT

#325

On February 20 2012 06:21 DnameIN wrote:
I did fight Lightning with maxed out characters and it wasn't simple rapefest. I actually had to switch between rav/rav/rav and com/com/com (with initial syn/med/sen for buffs, but im sure its not really important). So, all in all, the difficulty was comparable with game-ending fights (not like they are hard or smth;P).

I dont know if that encounter is scalable with level/game progress.

dont think,
I wasnt about 15 hr of play and got wiped as soon as the second guy came in

ColdLava

Canada1673 Posts

February 20 2012 01:40 GMT

#326

Does anyone feel that Lightning is one of the top 3 most badass Final Fantasy characters?

Auron, and Cloud to me as well fit that bill.

KillerSOS

United States4207 Posts

February 20 2012 01:49 GMT

#327

This game made me sad

and not in a good way

Endymion

United States3701 Posts

February 20 2012 01:57 GMT

#328

On February 20 2012 10:40 ColdLava wrote:
Does anyone feel that Lightning is one of the top 3 most badass Final Fantasy characters?

Auron, and Cloud to me as well fit that bill.

Really? I always thought zack was a way more solid character **compared to cloud*

blahman3344

United States2015 Posts

February 20 2012 04:15 GMT

#329

I beat the main story today, and i felt that the ending was kind of a middle finger for me. I was expecting my questions to be answered and certain problems to be resolved, but it did just the opposite for me. I really don't wanna have to pay extra money for dlc packs just to answer a few of my questions (let alone potentially buy another game for an ending to the story).

Aside from the story, I felt the gameplay was more solid all-around. The battle system was revamped with the addition of monsters, and actually letting us use a strategy with our paradigms. The addition of the historia crux makes it a lot easier to navigate from area to area (which was a huge improvement from the linearity of XIII) Also, the music really made playing the game much more of a fun experience.

In essence, I liked everything about the game except the story, but that's just my 2 cents.

ColdLava

Canada1673 Posts

February 20 2012 19:44 GMT

#330

On February 20 2012 10:57 Endymion wrote:

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Really? I always thought zack was a way more solid character **compared to cloud*

Fair point ;o I guess Sephiroth could fit in there too.

PanoRaMa

United States5069 Posts

February 21 2012 10:24 GMT

#331

Finished the game today (spoilers):

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Almost didn't believe I was at the final boss since it was only 20 hours into my save file. I remember it taking 40 hours to beat the original FF13.

What an ending, I sort of expected it to occur but it left me sort of feeling the same way when Aerith first died :/. Fuck this kind of makes me sad, with the ambiguous ending for Lightning and Serah not being there anymore. I wonder wtf they have planned for 13-3. So glad they made this a trilogy though, love the FF13 universe.

Well, time for 60 hours of post-game trophy hunting!

Game was everything I expected it to be when I heard about the improvements they were making from the original 13. Really fun game that had me captivated from start to finish, definitely feel like it was 3x better than 13 as well. Biggest surprise was how likeable Noel was, and Serah was great too.

baubo

China3370 Posts

February 21 2012 10:36 GMT

#332

Just started playing recently, about 5 hours in. I seriously thought about not buying the game at all given how disappointed I was with FF13. But the lack of RPGs in general nudged me to get it(my 360 have been collecting dust recently). It gives me the same feel that FFX-2 did, which is fairly lighthearted, fun, and overall relaxing gameplay/story. Glad my money wasn't wasted.

Hate the new crystadium(sp?) though. And the lack of party rotation will likely be annoying later on. But right now this game seems better at everything than its predecessor.

InfernoStarcraft

Australia136 Posts

February 21 2012 10:46 GMT

#333

I played it for about 3-4 hours then got a refund. The characters initially did nothing for me and I just couldn't bring myself to give a fuck about the rest of the story. I might give it another look if i see it on sale, but I doubt it.

Bit of a shame though, I felt blown away by the ending to 13 and then i was just "

" at the new one...

Deckkie

Netherlands1595 Posts

February 21 2012 22:50 GMT

#334

On February 21 2012 04:44 ColdLava wrote:

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Fair point ;o I guess Sephiroth could fit in there too.

If Sephiroth can be a char to choose then Kefka is the way to go.
I still have a deep hatred for that guy ><

SwizzY

United States1549 Posts

February 23 2012 07:13 GMT

#335

I think they took the "linearity" complaint of FF-13 too far with 13-2. Sure going to different worlds/times/reliving events is the complete polar opposite of "linearity," but I don't feel like it was the improvement that was needed.
Game was a solid 7/10 for me, because it sure felt like I was playing a game, but everything from the story to the combat was SO shallow.

AND WTF:
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NO EIDOLONS?!?!?!

abalam

Switzerland316 Posts

February 23 2012 08:05 GMT

#336

Got all the fragments except the captain cryptic stuff, seriously who comes up with that stuff ?!
I like fighting monsters. I don't like searching a huge city with lots of side alleys for an invisible (well blurry) man to answer silly questions ...

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

February 25 2012 07:37 GMT

#337

I guess we can all agree that some of the fragment were a bit over done and squrenix took the fan word for being to "linear" a bit too far. I think we can all agree that the most annoying fragments are:

The slot machine one
Captain Cryptic/Quiz one
Bestiary monster data

I was surprise that there wasnt one for chocobo racing. Thankfully because of that I just bought the fragment with gils.

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

February 26 2012 07:52 GMT

#338

Okay, I finished the game with 100% ending and all the trophy and all I gotta say is that the secret ending was NOT worth the effort into completing but I must say the ending was interesting. I did not expect that to happen and will be looking forward to the sequel if there was one. I mean I havent been this WTF about a Final fantasy ending since 10. I am safe to say I am glad I bought the game.

Lillpapps

Sweden99 Posts

March 02 2012 14:43 GMT

#339

I actually enjoyed FF13 way more then 13-2. Atleast the final boss in 13-2 was interesting with 2.5k hp on Serah and no wound potions.

ColdLava

Canada1673 Posts

March 02 2012 15:20 GMT

#340

On February 26 2012 16:52 SheaR619 wrote:
Okay, I finished the game with 100% ending and all the trophy and all I gotta say is that the secret ending was NOT worth the effort into completing but I must say the ending was interesting. I did not expect that to happen and will be looking forward to the sequel if there was one. I mean I havent been this WTF about a Final fantasy ending since 10. I am safe to say I am glad I bought the game.

You were "wtf" at FFX's ending?! I thought FFX's ending while sad made complete sense

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