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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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Makoto Yuki
Banned
Honestly, I have not even touched the crafting, I'm just using whatever I find. I think I'm gonna try to finish the game first before I run around doing the Cei'th Stone missions.
badcrumble
Member
Yep, that's the most common favorite party (though your best bet is making Fang your Commando and Hope/Light as Ravagers) and they're damned effective, even though Hope is a bit frail. They can pump out fantastic damage and they've got a *reasonably* good balance of abilities when it comes to buffs/debuffs too.
Aesthetically I love Gran Pulse, yeah, and the initial stages of it where you're basically working your way up the food chain and leveling up like mad are really, really cool and fun.
Mechanically, though, they serve completely different purposes (the Veldt is all about Gau's abilities and, IIRC, you emphatically do *not* gain experience on the Veldt, which makes it the ideal place to teach everyone magic if you're doing a low-level game and want to do some late-game stat-boost grinding).
I don't think either one could successfully or appropriately replace the other. They serve wildly different roles within two wildly different games.
It's all about Lightning/Hope/Vanille. You've got a decent synergist, you've got a decent sabateur, everyone can swap to competant ravagar when needed, your Relentless Assault is decent, and no-sentinal MED/MED/MED panic mode yay.
Then you bump into an enemy which can hit you with a lot of stuff at once, and you get your shit wrecked.
Then you bump into an enemy which can hit you with a lot of stuff at once, and you get your shit wrecked.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I was thinking about doing making this my party so I can relive the awesome that was FFX-2. Though I am leaning towards Hope, Vanille, Fang since Hope/Vanille will make great RAVs and Fang will make a great COM.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I should probably preface by saying I wanted the Veldt to have Gran Pulse level difficulty.
The perfect XIII party would be Noel, Fang and adult Hope.
The perfect XIII party would be Noel, Fang and adult Hope.
I love Fang tanking while Lightning destroys shit and Vanille heals and debuffs.
The Veldt is how Gran Pulse should have been.
An SNES FF13 would be a better game than FF13.
SquareEnix has just the thing for you.
Meccanical
Member
Some of it is.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Lol, this FFXIII/FFXIII-2 SNES demake is pretty funny.
Meccanical
Member
It looks nice but taking the movie in face value it still wouldn't fix the story or the linearity.(Most of the areas were side scrolling.)
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
That video was cute.
It looked cool, but like Meccanical said: map design's still shit.
Because who gives a shit about Final Fantasy prior to 13?
Not Square Enix, that's for sure!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Eh. Looked mediocre if you ask me. But maybe that's because I was unrealistically expecting a quick snippet of non-relevant GILGAMESH battle.
tiggerkiddo
Member
But then why would they be blessing us with these wonderful mobile ports of their older titles?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Money?
I don't know. I mean those shit games don't even have the Perfect Goddess in them, and some of those maps turn left or right and all those pixels make it hard to tell who is what cup size. I don't know why Tori-sama does this with his company.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Lol, I found the perfect gif for Mec and Vanille.
You in trouble, Mec.
You in trouble, Mec.
Meccanical
Member
Oh lawd
don't do me like dat CC
don't do me like dat CC
I'm playing through FFXIII again for the first time since it came out and I'm thoroughly enjoying it more than I did back then (and I enjoyed it back then too still). Learning new things that I didn't quite get or grasp back then as well.
I always find that playing a game a year or later after it was originally released is a far superior experience because that launch hype/disappointment is non-existent by this point.
I mainly did it in the lead-up to Lightning Returns but I'll be damned if I prise myself away from this game even when Lightning Returns launches. :lol
I like Lightning a lot more than I did (always preferred her iteration in XIII-2 though).
I always find that playing a game a year or later after it was originally released is a far superior experience because that launch hype/disappointment is non-existent by this point.
I mainly did it in the lead-up to Lightning Returns but I'll be damned if I prise myself away from this game even when Lightning Returns launches. :lol
I like Lightning a lot more than I did (always preferred her iteration in XIII-2 though).
Lightning in XIII-2 is why I don't like Lightning, haha. She was just fine in XIII and then suddenly she was horrible.
Me too. I liked when she stopped appearing as much.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
My favorite thing about Lightning is her voice actress Ali Hillis, who has voiced characters that I actively like, such as Liara from Mass Effect and Palutena from Kid Icarus Uprising.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Edit: Save files from both FFXIII and FFXIII-2 will give access to their respective Lightning outfits.
Lol, I found the perfect gif for Mec and Vanille.
You in trouble, Mec.
Why? did Mec say he's into Vanille but thought she was 15?
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Why? did Mec say he's into Vanille but thought she was 15?
Just yankin' Mec's chain (though he DID think she was only 15... but no, Meccy didn't bust a move to Vanille).
Damn! I played 13 on 360 and 13-2 on PS3. Does it have to be a completed save file? I'm planning on playing Lightning Returns on PS3.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Played the Lightning Returns demo...combat fun...but the graphics are hard on my eyes...=/
Framerate is kinda choppy too
Framerate is kinda choppy too
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I don't know if the file has to be complete or not. You should have played the original on PS3, since it had slightly better performance than 360, and all on one bluray. At least you will get her Valkyrie armor, my favorite Lightning dress.
Yeah I remember the feeling I had when I checked the wiki after beating the game and seeing how huge of a gap there was between the two versions. Beautiful nonetheless. Unfortunately I didn't get a PS3 til recently or I would have gotten in on there.
Also how many pink haired not-Lightnings can this franchise support?
Makoto Yuki
Banned
I see, well that's cool, if you have the time go try some PS3 exclusives. Best part of having any console PS3/360/whatever, is to try the exclusives.
tiggerkiddo
Member
They still have a few more that will explain the connection between X and XIII.
FINAL FANTASY XIII-V: LIGHTNING WAS LENNA ALL ALONG.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Every pink/red haired heroine is a reincarnation of Lightning. She is the Lifestream.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Thanks. One of my first shots at making one, lol.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
tiggerkiddo
Member
... but I like FFV...
Too bad, this is the age of the Goddess. She is all in all.