• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future

So I was apparently just misinformed when I went to buy this yesterday. I got the whole "If it's not back there then we don't have it" in spite of K-mart doing a godawful job of actually sorting out their game section, I couldn't tell if it was just buried in with something else. Turns out that was the case when I went back for some stuff today and decided to check again :|

Really should have asked them to check their stock in the system or w/e instead of just going with what they told me at first.
 

ponpo

( ≖‿≖)
I thought the only monsters you could get more than once were chocobos (not including Gold) for the purposes of chocobo racing.
 
can't believe she honestly believed her name was on the grave, shes crazy haha.
I really had no idea WTF she was talking about. I mean I thought that's what she was saying, but it was so dumb I didn't want to belive it.

Should have been her talking about her friend and the Purge that's it.

That said, nothing in else has really offended me. It is a step down from XIII's storytelling. Which yes wasn't bad.
 

BocoDragon

or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I really had no idea WTF she was talking about. I mean I thought that's what she was saying, but it was so dumb I didn't want to belive it.

Should have been her talking about her friend and the Purge that's it.
I have no knowledge of this, so it's not a spoiler, but I had assumed she was supposed to die before the time paradox stuff? That's why she "saw" her name on the grave, just as Serah "saw" Light? I don't really know the plot yet...

But in any case, the tone of the scene was very awkward anyhow.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
I have no knowledge of this, so it's not a spoiler, but I had assumed she was supposed to die before the time paradox stuff? That's why she "saw" her name on the grave, just as Serah "saw" Light? I don't really know the plot yet...

But in any case, the tone of the scene was very awkward anyhow.

You mean stupid. The scene is very stupid.

Alyssa is a terrible character.
 

exhume

Member
So I was apparently just misinformed when I went to buy this yesterday. I got the whole "If it's not back there then we don't have it" in spite of K-mart doing a godawful job of actually sorting out their game section, I couldn't tell if it was just buried in with something else. Turns out that was the case when I went back for some stuff today and decided to check again :|

Really should have asked them to check their stock in the system or w/e instead of just going with what they told me at first.

Lol, I used to work at Kmart. If their store is anything like the ones I used to work at...there is no 'system'. They're so out of date they don't use computers to keep track of their stock at all.
 
I have no knowledge of this, so it's not a spoiler, but I had assumed she was supposed to die before the time paradox stuff? That's why she "saw" her name on the grave, just as Serah "saw" Light? I don't really know the plot yet...

But in any case, the tone of the scene was very awkward anyhow.
Yeah that's probably what the scene was about on 2nd thought. I won't lie, time travel and paradoxes whatnot are above me.

So maybe what was trying to be said wasn't stupid, it sure was said very badly though.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
OK. I don't have a guide for the game and didn't want to potentially screw myself out of late-game efficiency by mishandling monster growth. I'll watch out for Kichu.

Kichu can only be gotten by obtaining the improved mog throwing skill, then by throwing it into the red flowers on archylte steppe.
 

kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
OK. I don't have a guide for the game and didn't want to potentially screw myself out of late-game efficiency by mishandling monster growth. I'll watch out for Kichu.

It'll be a long while before you can even get it because you need Mog to grow. I suggest that you level up a commando that doesn't use the same materials to level up as it does.
 
It'll be a long while before you can even get it because you need Mog to grow. I suggest that you level up a commando that doesn't use the same materials to level up as it does.

I pumped some stuff into my Hoplite, but that was before I understood that certain items gives stat bonuses. I'm about 5 hours into the game, just completed Yaschas Massif 10AF.
 

RS4-

Member
Some monsters you can only get once, like kichu/chichu.

Yeah, knew about that particular one. Wasn't sure how it worked on others. Thanks! I guess I'll just keep the gold chocobo as is at max level.

The casino is just soooo bad if you're going for the trophy/achievement.

I'm at 99% explored on Archylte Steppes. Can someone help me figure out where the other 1% is? I assume it's easy to miss it.

Check near the big stone cactaur, uhh south? of the camp (near where you got chichu) there might be a small sliver you didn't explore along the side of the mountain. That's where my 1% was missing.

7cZiZ.gif


Casino coin was probably the most annoying trophy to get imo.

I lucked out and got that within 100 spins last night.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Yeah, knew about that particular one. Wasn't sure how it worked on others. Thanks! I guess I'll just keep the gold chocobo as is at max level.

The casino is just soooo bad if you're going for the trophy/achievement.

Casino coin was probably the most annoying trophy to get imo.
 

mr stroke

Member
Finally had to bail out on this game :(

Put a couple more hours in(total of 5 hours) and I can't take it anymore. Tried to hold out because the battle system is so good, but everything else is too corny. Hopefully Square-Enix has some drastic changes it store for the next Final Fantasy.
 

kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
I pumped some stuff into my Hoplite, but that was before I understood that certain items gives stat bonuses. I'm about 5 hours into the game, just completed Yaschas Massif 10AF.

Still fairly early. I noticed that a lot of commandos tend to be early peakers which is a disappointment to me.
 

ponpo

( ≖‿≖)
I forget the name, but up until a Chichu I was using one of those large kicking birds for my commando and it served me quite well. Not too weak and the attacks weren't that slow.

Will have to try again for a Green Chocobo medic since a couple of hours of farming didn't get me one, and I'll pick up a Pulse Gladiator to replace my Knight. I've yet to use a ravager or syn/sab monster.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
So what is the word on the 'Hard mode'? I am early into the game but am considering holding off on playing further until this either gets patched or available as DLC. I just fear all the combat being too easy and really don't want to play through the entire game wishing the paradigm shifting and other tactical considerations are better balanced.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
So what is the word on the 'Hard mode'? I am early into the game but am considering holding off on playing further until this either gets patched or available as DLC. I just fear all the combat being too easy and really don't want to play through the entire game wishing the paradigm shifting and other tactical considerations are better balanced.

Probably unlikely. Most Japanese players I saw on stream were playing on Easy Mode lol.
 

Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Probably unlikely. Most Japanese players I saw on stream were playing on Easy Mode lol.

A shame. Oh well, time to bust through this before Amalur I guess.

I enjoyed the combat in XIII but mostly in the endgame facing all the more difficult hunts when my pre-built decks and management really came together as a nice challenge.
 

Wilsongt

Member
I must say, my Gremlin I picked up earlier is a -beast-. I've leveled up a few other monsters and sacrificed them to Gremlin in order to pick up Thunder and Fire spells. All I need is Aero and he'll be good to go.
 

Dark Schala

Eloquent Princess
Why are the Behemoths in this game so easy?

Why don't they stand up and replenish all their HP before I have a chance to kill them anymore? :/
 
Whoa, played for 5 hours already, just beated the demo section. Very, very easy.

I have two options now:
Yaschas Massif and Sunleth Waterscape

Where should I go?
 

RPGCrazied

Member
I concur with Augusta Tower being the worst area in the game. It's a cool looking level though, reminds me of tron. But the small spaces, HIGH encounter rate, and hard to run. I was stuck on turning the rooms around, coupled with fighting all that crap, took awhile. On the bright side my Noel is now a 99 rav, and close to 90 com. :p

I just now am about to hit the top, this should be fun...
 

Grisby

Member
"So I started jumping through time, checking things out."

I love (Don't read unless gotten to episode 3)
Troy Baker
.

Also, goodbye Genji Bow Gamestop preorder bonus. Didn't last that long.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
I concur with Augusta Tower being the worst area in the game. It's a cool looking level though, reminds me of tron. But the small spaces, HIGH encounter rate, and hard to run. I was stuck on turning the rooms around, coupled with fighting all that crap, took awhile. On the bright side my Noel is now a 99 rav, and close to 90 com. :p

I just now am about to hit the top, this should be fun...

There is one area even worse... just saying.
 
Top Bottom