EPTNow, since sufficient time has passed to ask, how is FFXIII-2? Is it the same as the original? What's the story about?
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jeeeeohn
United States1343 Posts
Now, since sufficient time has passed to ask, how is FFXIII-2? Is it the same as the original? What's the story about? | ||
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holdthephone
United States523 Posts
On April 30 2012 11:09 jeeeeohn wrote: Boy, this thread hasn't been updated in a while! *dusts off thread* Now, since sufficient time has passed to ask, how is FFXIII-2? Is it the same as the original? What's the story about? It's a step down in terms of polish, but it's a enjoyable little RPG nonetheless. Just a lot of fun exploring environments from the last game, and collecting monsters to fight with you, along with treasure hunting that all makes for a good time. Sarah and Noel are fun characters but the story was very nonsensical, and overall pretty insulting to what XIII stood for (kind of like X-2did, depending on who you ask). They ruined Lightning, she just kind of chimes in with sappy monologues after every cutscene. It was very nauseating. Also, the 25 hour campaign is painfully easy. I really missed the difficulty spikes and more interesting battles from XIII after playing XIII-2. You can literally sit on Com/Rav/Rav the entire game, aside from a pretty challenging ending string of boss fights. Soundtrack is a noticeable step down too, but still plenty of gems to be heard. But the Mass Effect N7 costumes are fantastic ^_^. My entire review is the OP of the official thread, if you're looking for more depth. That would better explain what the game and story are about. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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jeeeeohn
United States1343 Posts
On April 30 2012 11:19 holdthephone wrote: It's a step down in terms of polish, but it's a enjoyable little RPG nonetheless. Just a lot of fun exploring environments from the last game, and collecting monsters to fight with you, along with treasure hunting that all makes for a good time. Sarah and Noel are fun characters but the story was very nonsensical, and overall pretty insulting to what XIII stood for (kind of like X-2did, depending on who you ask). They ruined Lightning, she just kind of chimes in with sappy monologues after every cutscene. It was very nauseating. Also, the 25 hour campaign is painfully easy. I really missed the difficulty spikes and more interesting battles from XIII after playing XIII-2. You can literally sit on Com/Rav/Rav the entire game, aside from a pretty challenging ending string of boss fights. Soundtrack is a noticeable step down too, but still plenty of gems to be heard. But the Mass Effect N7 costumes are fantastic ^_^. My entire review is the OP of the official thread, if you're looking for more depth. That would better explain what the game and story are about. Sorry for the late reply, I completely forgot about this! I'll read your review and comment later. On April 30 2012 11:23 FinestHour wrote: Oh almighty ffx ps3 remake where art thou in my life Seriously, I can't wait for the remaster. It's not a remake, but I wouldn't mind just replaying an updated version anyway. The graphics have aged pretty poorly just because it lacks the charm PS1 games have even though they're technically inferior. I picked up a cheap copy of FFX a few days ago, and it just reaffirmed my choice for "best FF ever." Everything's colorful and vibrant and the story is amazing despite some childish antics from Tidus. I'm a bit confused though, and maybe it's because when I was younger I didn't question or notice this, but (and I'll spoiler it just in case): + Show Spoiler + Okay, so Tidus is a dream, right? Is he Jecht's dream? How does that work? Was Zanarkand destroyed the same day Jecht disappeared and Tidus / the city just lived on in his memory? Where does the Fayth play into that? | ||
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pedduck
Thailand468 Posts
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TBone-
United States2309 Posts
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Ramong
Denmark1706 Posts
On June 26 2012 03:05 TBone- wrote: I've heard such great things about 6, but I have yet to play, 7 will forever have my heart though. Then this might be something for you: http://www.dsogaming.com/news/final-fantasy-vii-is-indeed-coming-to-steam-achievements-and-cloud-saves-confirmed/ FF7 on steam :p | ||
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
On June 26 2012 02:45 jeeeeohn wrote: Sorry for the late reply, I completely forgot about this! I'll read your review and comment later. Seriously, I can't wait for the remaster. It's not a remake, but I wouldn't mind just replaying an updated version anyway. The graphics have aged pretty poorly just because it lacks the charm PS1 games have even though they're technically inferior. I picked up a cheap copy of FFX a few days ago, and it just reaffirmed my choice for "best FF ever." Everything's colorful and vibrant and the story is amazing despite some childish antics from Tidus. I'm a bit confused though, and maybe it's because when I was younger I didn't question or notice this, but (and I'll spoiler it just in case): + Show Spoiler + Okay, so Tidus is a dream, right? Is he Jecht's dream? How does that work? Was Zanarkand destroyed the same day Jecht disappeared and Tidus / the city just lived on in his memory? Where does the Fayth play into that? + Show Spoiler + He was a dream of the Fayth as is Zanarkand, man it's been too long since I played it but I remember that confrontation scene on Mount Gagazet where the group walk past a massive wall of sleeping Fayth. Zanarkand was destroyed in the great Machina War as the Zanarkadian Summoners could not defend it and in order to preserve it's memory, became Fayth. I believe Sin was also created around this time because of the original sacrifice by Yunalesca and her squeeze (name escapes me) to YuYevon. The Fayths plan was to extract potential saviours of Spira from Dream-Zanarkand (such as Jecht and Tidus) Something like that anyway | ||
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jeeeeohn
United States1343 Posts
On June 26 2012 03:11 Eishi_Ki wrote: + Show Spoiler + He was a dream of the Fayth as is Zanarkand, man it's been too long since I played it but I remember that confrontation scene on Mount Gagazet where the group walk past a massive wall of sleeping Fayth. Zanarkand was destroyed in the great Machina War as the Zanarkadian Summoners could not defend it and in order to preserve it's memory, became Fayth. I believe Sin was also created around this time because of the original sacrifice by Yunalesca and her squeeze (name escapes me) to YuYevon. The Fayths plan was to extract potential saviours of Spira from Dream-Zanarkand (such as Jecht and Tidus) Something like that anyway + Show Spoiler + Alright, so looking it up, this is what I found: Zanarkand was a real city that was really destroyed by Sin a thousand years ago after the machina war. The people who died in Zanarkand became the Fayth, sustained by the life force of Yu Yevon. These Fayth dream of Zanarkand as a one city world. Jecht was somehow transported to Spira (I have no idea how) and learns of all this. When Jecht becomes Sin, he sends Auron back to the dream world to watch over Tidus, and later transports them both back to Spira so they can break the cycle. Tidus and Jecht are made up of the memories of people who actually lived in Zanarkand, but weren't real autonomous people until they arrived in Spira outside of Yu Yevon's influence. Once Yu Yevon was destroyed, the cycle was broken and the energies sustaining the Fayth and their dreams was severed. I also found something odd: apparently, in the lore of the game, Yuna is rumored to be the apparition of a water goddess born to defeat the lord of fire + Show Spoiler + (I.E. Braska's Final Aeon) | ||
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Fighter
Korea (South)1531 Posts
Anyway, I was probably in the 4th grade when I first played FF1. The N64 was already out, but damnit I loved my old NES and FF1 was just awesome. It did SO much for an NES game; I actually think it has the best atmosphere of any of the games. It feels so much darker and more western than any of the other games. I've enjoyed most of the other ones, but they never really recaptured that feeling. The FF series really went in a much more Japanese or anime direction after that. | ||
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Pibacc
Canada545 Posts
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Ignavus
New Zealand5 Posts
On June 27 2012 15:25 Fighter wrote: I've always found it odd that so many people liked FFX. When it came out a lot of the people who had been playing FF for years REALLY didn't care for it. But it seems like a lot of the younger kids really enjoyed it... Anyway, I was probably in the 4th grade when I first played FF1. The N64 was already out, but damnit I loved my old NES and FF1 was just awesome. It did SO much for an NES game; I actually think it has the best atmosphere of any of the games. It feels so much darker and more western than any of the other games. I've enjoyed most of the other ones, but they never really recaptured that feeling. The FF series really went in a much more Japanese or anime direction after that. i just started final fantasy 1 last week and omg its pretty cool. it doesn't really have a great story and is pretty easy but it's just cool to see where it all began and what it did for rpgs in general. i heard final fantasy 4 is uspposed to be amazing, so im looking forward to getting up to that soon :D | ||
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ff7legend
United States213 Posts
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MrF
United States320 Posts
On June 27 2012 17:14 Ignavus wrote: i just started final fantasy 1 last week and omg its pretty cool. it doesn't really have a great story and is pretty easy but it's just cool to see where it all began and what it did for rpgs in general. i heard final fantasy 4 is uspposed to be amazing, so im looking forward to getting up to that soon :D Yeah maybe it didnt have a story compared to other later rpgs, but compared to like mario it was an epic tale, i played final fantasy 1 when the nes was the best system out there and people were still playing atari and like i said compared to games like pit fall and mario FF1 had a pretty damn awesome story. man that soundrack for ff1 was awesome too.i think i pissed my pants the first time i got the air ship. | ||
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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4336 Posts
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Battleaxe
United States843 Posts
On June 29 2012 15:25 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: I want a remastered FF6. Bleh. ^QFT. I want to play opera scene in 3d! ..Also the rest of the game was pretty cool too  | ||
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-Cyrus-
United States318 Posts
EDIT: I can't even stress enough how much of a masterpiece this game was. It's like a work of art, it's perfect in almost every way. If you want the ultimate experience, play through without grinding and without using any of the broken characters (like Orlandu for example). If you haven't played this game, just do it. It has aged very well and always will be a fucking masterpiece. | ||
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13JackaL
United States577 Posts
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Baozi
United States1191 Posts
IX is a pretty close second though. | ||
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RiceAgainst
United States1849 Posts
I haven't had much motivation to play Final Fantasy recently, and when I did, I quit because I didn't know what to name my characters (almost the same problem with Skyrim). Maybe I'll name them all after members of TeamLiquid? Hmm... I'm glad I found this thread. I haven't felt so excited about Final Fantasy in awhile. | ||
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