badcrumble
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Actually, if you look at it, this past generation was the first one in which we didn't get a console FF with a job system.
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FINAL FANTASY Community Thread: XV Mainline Entries and Counting
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Actually, if you look at it, this past generation was the first one in which we didn't get a console FF with a job system.
Let it be known that the reason I have so many issues with XIII is because I very much wanted it to be a great game. Some parallel universe out there has me posting with Perfo and company about the Goddess because XIII turned out to be exactly what I wanted.
In this bitter reality, though, XIII is hands down the biggest JRPG disappointment of my life. I saw them trailers back in High School and was like "HELL YES" then I went away for 2 years and XIII came out and it blew chunks.
In fairness, I could've lived with that, but XIII-2's ending was the straw that broke the camel's back. It's spared from being the worst ending to a video game I've ever seen because The Third Birthday exists.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
That saddens me. The Role's of FFXIII COM, MED, RAV etc, feel like a poor imitation, but works in the context of FFXIII.
A crime committed by the same person, right? I can't believe the perp is still free.
Offtopic: What's the deal with these extremely long "evade" sequences in Mario & Luigi? The boss could hit me directly anyways, I'm just not good enough to dodge 10 times in a row every time. /rant
I was lucky I bought this for cheap. Phew...
Yeah that mario Luigi game is tough for me due to that too.
It's sad because I wanted to finish that game soon.
Are the other three Mario & Luigi games much better? I can see a game with less "features" than this one being more enjoyable.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
We're just gonna have to disagree on that, Corvo. The way I see it: Lightning would even work with the gods she hates if it meant saving those she loves and cares about and protecting all of humanity. Yes, she's still aggressive, rebellious, etc. but she can also see the forest through the trees now, so to speak. Etro is absolutely abhorrent for what she did to Lightning, I do agree on that. Again, maybe my mind is just reaching to find coherency where there is none.
The part about Hope and the Fal'cie: There is quite literally nothing to excuse this. HE FUCKING USED THE MEMORY CHIPS FROM FAL'CIE EDEN! He didn't create them, he salvaged them from a Fal'cie who was at the center of Barthandelous' plan.
How far are you? I'm 10 hours in. Heard its 30-40 hours.
I dont have the previous ones so I'm not too sure.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
If you breed chocobos, mess around in the battle square, and do other side quests it's longer. Manage to snag any ultimate weapons along the way?
Dude returns to the scene of the crime every single time, too. He murders Front Mission, Parasite Eve, and Fantasy. He'd probably try to kill Chrono and Mana if they hadn't died on their own.
1. I dunno, I mean she's perfectly fine with killing Orphan no matter who is in danger for that. Y'd think Etro would think twice before deciding to fuck over Lightning and force her to help her out.
2. Hope being able to revive beings who were given life by Lindzei and died when their central command unit died still makes no fucking sense. I seriously think nobody on the entire staff even stopped to say "Hey this doesn't make sense." for fear of what Toriyama would do to them if they did.
Cloud, Yuffie and Vincent. They were the characters I beat the game with, figured the weapons would help a bit.
I beat the game with Could, Tifa and Barret because I am a dull and uninteresting person.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Fantastic, don't you just love going to Sunken Gelinka, getting Conformer, leaving, and having Emerald Weapon floating right in front of you.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Okay, quick question about VII:
What is the best way to quickly level up Materia?
What is the best way to quickly level up Materia?
There are two enemies in the last dungeon that give obscene amounts of AP, but I suppose you aren't at that point yet.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
No, I'm about 17 hours in to the game.
Pretty much. Poor Barret.
tiggerkiddo
Member
My preferred party was Cloud, Yuffie and Tifa. I would prefer Aeris but we all know what happened to her.
Where are you right now?
Anyways, I wouldn't recommend you levelling up materia purposely, it isn't really worth it. If you have problems try to get enemy skills. It's fast if you know where to get them and they're useful.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Cosmo Canyon.
Yeah, been trying to get all the enemy skills as I can. And it's not that I'm having a hard time, I just wanted to advance my skill set more quickly because it seems to take forever.
Your skill set will naturally grow as you get more materia (yellow and blue materia are the most interesting), but do not waste time levelling them up. As you advance in the game, the monsters will give more AP and the magic materia will level up when the time comes. Just have a Heal materia equipped so you can get Esuna later.
Around Cosmo Canyon I levelled up my first materia and I was really underwhelmed. Fire2 was a MP waste...
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Hopefully he stays away from my Dragon Quest.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Yeah! Just beat FFXIII, you guys weren't kidding when you said I had like 20 more hours from the tower. Overall it was alright. The game has been talked about to death but here are a few of the things I liked, and didn't.
Liked:
-Graphics, just looks gorgeous.
-Gran Pulse and Teijin's Tower (Chapters 11 and 12)
-Combat, while it mostly plays itself, juggling paradigms and watching the damage rack up is satisfying.
-Some of the music. In particular, Blinded by Light and Mount Yaschas.
-The VA's did a great job, despite terrible material to work with.
-Characters grew on me by the end.
Didn't like:
-Linearity (the first 10 chapters essentially)
-Poorly told story, I'm not a fan of how the game switches between different party member's perspectives. Also, how they would always go back to reference the first 13 days prior to the Purge. It's just a mess really. I honestly tried to like the story, but it manages to push me away with how it's told.
-Characters were terrible at the beginning.
-Crystarium is nowhere as cool (or as customizable) as the Sphere Grid, at least it's shiny.
-Terrible script.
-Is the Final Fantasy Prelude in this game? Maybe I just missed it.
-Also, where is the Victory Fanfare? I know FFX-2 didn't have it, but that game was kinda dumb to begin with. This is a mainline title, where the hell is it. Pretty sure XII played it when you beat a boss.
-Some boss battles were more annoying than others.
-I liked it better when monsters had Gil on them for no real reason. I guess I was supposed to sell those materials or credit chip things.
I give this game a battle report star rating of 3/5.
I'm actually kinda interested in going back to do the Cieth Stone Missions now that the Crystarium is fully unlocked. Should I start grinding for CP on specific enemies? Or just dive into the missions?
Liked:
-Graphics, just looks gorgeous.
-Gran Pulse and Teijin's Tower (Chapters 11 and 12)
-Combat, while it mostly plays itself, juggling paradigms and watching the damage rack up is satisfying.
-Some of the music. In particular, Blinded by Light and Mount Yaschas.
-The VA's did a great job, despite terrible material to work with.
-Characters grew on me by the end.
Didn't like:
-Linearity (the first 10 chapters essentially)
-Poorly told story, I'm not a fan of how the game switches between different party member's perspectives. Also, how they would always go back to reference the first 13 days prior to the Purge. It's just a mess really. I honestly tried to like the story, but it manages to push me away with how it's told.
-Characters were terrible at the beginning.
-Crystarium is nowhere as cool (or as customizable) as the Sphere Grid, at least it's shiny.
-Terrible script.
-Is the Final Fantasy Prelude in this game? Maybe I just missed it.
-Also, where is the Victory Fanfare? I know FFX-2 didn't have it, but that game was kinda dumb to begin with. This is a mainline title, where the hell is it. Pretty sure XII played it when you beat a boss.
-Some boss battles were more annoying than others.
-I liked it better when monsters had Gil on them for no real reason. I guess I was supposed to sell those materials or credit chip things.
I give this game a battle report star rating of 3/5.
I'm actually kinda interested in going back to do the Cieth Stone Missions now that the Crystarium is fully unlocked. Should I start grinding for CP on specific enemies? Or just dive into the missions?
Dragon Quest died the moment the MMO flopped. Square is dead. Long live the Square.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Should have localized it.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Well at least Nintendo got us Bravely Default. Which I'll be playing 4 days earlier then you. Give or take.
tiggerkiddo
Member
It flopped?
Last I heard. Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong, though.
Enough talk, time to celebrate Final Fantasy's real Best Girl:
Also, fuck this fanbase. I SCOURED the net for pictures of Terra and Cecil ship and this is all I got:
Meanwhile, frickin' FIRION I saw oodles. Does he even interact with her like, ever? Everybody knows THIS is Firion's one true pairing:
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I demand to know the source of the 2nd image. Looks to be a very promising artist.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Leila had a thing for Firion, I think...
This thread is going to dangerous places.
This thread is going to dangerous places.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Maria knew what Leila was trying to pull.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Tsk Tsk Tsk, Terra X Cloud buddy. Cecil has Rosa's perfect butt, and an army of Rydia clones according to you.
(Not fan art)
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Thanks.
1. Like I said, the ending is like a fever dream. It's... Uh... Uh...
AND STAY OUT! You and your need for coherency!!!!!!!!!!
(Yeah, I got nothing. Fuck the XIII ending. In those 20 minutes they broke every rule they established, said "Fuck you" to any and all character development over the past 60 hours, had a deus ex machina, an ass pull, and a hand wave that haphazardly tied up all the plot lines by saying "it was all a miracle". ALL IN TWENTY MINUTES!)
2.
Everything about Hope's sudden intellect boost was a load of bunk. He goes from a snot nosed kid in XIII who occasionally gives a motivational speech when ever the writers require it to a guy who is at the forefront of all of science with an IQ of at least 400 who accomplishes coming up with the plans for a one-way time travel device, paradox weapons, a way to build a new Cocoon (which was DONE BY FUCKING GODS LAST TIME), builds a "metashield", and does a load of other stuff. Why? Because the writers needed him to, that why. You don't just suddenly gain this kind of intelligence, but what the hell, why not?
Rydia is like a beta test phase Terra. Why should Cecil settle for chip's'n'dip when he can have kobe beef?
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Ganon Dragmire
Member
I agreeLast I heard. Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong, though.
Enough talk, time to celebrate Final Fantasy's real Best Girl:
Because the fans know that Cecil can't handle Terra.
To bad her face shows he can't compete with this:
Dragmire, PLS, Firion kills The Devil with his BARE HANDS. Hope can't even be bothered to survive an assassination attempt.
Firion is the one true boyfriend for Lightning. C'mon.
And the real answer is that while Terra is Cecil's type (green hair, female, yup.) Cecil isn't really Terra's type (because Terra only likes burly muscle dudes like Sabin and Jecht.)
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Damn right! Only a real man like Cloud can handle Terra. You know real men, who dress like women to infiltrate shady places.
Ahh Lightning, my Goddess, can't wait to play FFXIII-2 your armor looks so beautiful, but not as beautiful as you.
Edit: When did Hope become so tall
?Ganon Dragmire
Member
Damn right to both.
Don't forget to start playing XIII-2 before LR so you can get that armor.
Ganon Dragmire
Member
You'll see. HeheEdit: When did Hope become so tall