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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
- Thread starter Kagari
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20+ hours in(Monster recruiting on the Steppe) and I am pretty mixed on the game so far. I do agree that all the extra fluff makes the game feel more engaging than XIII, but I still can't get past just how awful the characters, world, and narrative are. FFX-2 was pretty similar in that sense as I enjoyed the combat and character progression but hated damn near everything else.
I'm definitely more invested in achievement hunting than actually witnessing what the game flow delivers in any real capacity. Also taking down the toughest endgame optional encounters.
Not looking forward to the casino stuff when I reach it given the previous comments these last few pages. :/
I'm definitely more invested in achievement hunting than actually witnessing what the game flow delivers in any real capacity. Also taking down the toughest endgame optional encounters.
Not looking forward to the casino stuff when I reach it given the previous comments these last few pages. :/
blackpensnowbird
Member
yeah you should level there other abilities too and keep the main abilities on the larger nodes. if you make serah a good sab and noel a good synergist then you won't have to have monsters to do those jobs, and since you can only have 3 monsters in a pack it seems like it'd be more worthwhile to have a med/rav/com monster group.
Ken Masters
Banned
the person who does the voice work for the time traveler guy, I swear I've heard that voice in other games
blackpensnowbird
Member
i think earlier today i played at least 7 hours straight T_T. i never do this sort of thing and can usually only play an hour of a game before i have to put it down to take a break or something. just something about this game and even 13-1 where imo the battle system is just really engaging and fun.
i thought the same thing so i looked him up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Marsden#Filmography_and_television
i'm guessing i remember him from Spirited Away but he's been in a lot of stuff.
Noel? Among other characters, I discovered his VA voiced the Nord bards in Skyrim. Poor Sven sang Ragnar the Red to me one to many times.
RPGCrazied
Member
Damn... These clock puzzles in Oerba 400 AF are driving me insane. Any site with solutions or something?
Rahxephon91
Banned
How?
Other then some randomness in the plot. I'm not finding it that stupid now. Well, not anymore stupid then anything else in video games.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Ugh..thought the used prices would have bottomed out by now but still around 5k yen. New from Amazon is like 4400. In the mood for this after reading all the great comments in here but still not feeling the price.
Better than most in Skyrim so far XD
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Aha, I knew he sounded like Haku.
This is my perspective on it. More interested in the trophy hunting than anything else... also trying to get through this game with two characters feels good.
Electivirus
Member
Staggering a group of enemies with an -aga spell is just the greatest feeling ever.
I don't care at all about trophies, but I'm having a good time just wandering wherever I end up, even if I'm somewhere too early, and picking up monsters and items and doing sidequests. Not that I think the story is particularly uninteresting, I just think it's more of a backdrop for the game, rather than a focus, which suits me fine. It's the same thing in a lot of other games I like, too.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I can't help but to feel like the ease of the battles and nerfing of certain roles has made me feel a little bored with the game in general, though... and thus attempting the trophies (most of which you'll get by 100%ing the game and doing all the sidequests anyway, so you aren't really doing much to get the trophies) is probably my solution to trying to make the game fun for me.
Perhaps I'll feel differently by the end of it all, but that's my perspective of it now. :/
Like I said before, I do like parts of it like Noel, going wherever I want whenever I want, and doing some of the sidequests, though.
Oh man I really love the music in
The name of the music is 忘れ去られし都 btw, if those that want to know.
A Dying World 700AF and Archylte Steppe area. Especially in A Dying World where the place feels so lonely with white deserts and red sky (reminds me of Bleach manga/anime, where the Espadas live) and when the sad music kicks in i was like T.T
The name of the music is 忘れ去られし都 btw, if those that want to know.
You'll be able to soon.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Do this instead. Saves you misery, and it takes WAY less time. I've tested it on my Japanese account, and Cheska validated it.
I'll just quote it:
Figured I would post an update on this. It totally work and I was able to get the Clock Stopper trophy. Easiest way to do it is to keep a tally, which I did in the form of 1-10 times ten rows. So:
12345678910
12345678910
etc
It's literally easy as pie, as you are brought back to the mog clock as soon as you press retry. Just preemptively strike->wait for the attack and "preemptive strike" to flash on sceen->press start and retry.
It's much more enjoyable if you play some music as it makes the times go by faster. I'm a little surprised that it's only a bronze trophy though
For a reference, I did this inafter the Caius fight.Oerba
Angelus Errare
Banned
Ugh I think my progress is completely fucked. I didn't understand the crystalium or whatever until I read this thread. I'm getting my ass handed to me by
Cauis when you first meet Yuel...on fucking easy. I swear FFXIII was way easier than this; and people say FFXIII-2 is the easier of the two? ugh. I don't feel like grinding either shit would take me forever. I think I'm done with the game.
RPGCrazied
Member
Thanks!
Please tell me after Oerba 400 AF, that I am done with these stupid clock puzzles?Electivirus
Member
Thanks!
I just found one in Yaschas Massif 100 AF, so...probably not.
RPGCrazied
Member
Well, Oerba 200, 300, and 400 isn't nothing but these puzzles. So I did the bulk of them, I hope.
Finally started playing this today and I'm actually really enjoying it. It is more engaging than 13 gameplay wise and storywise, it's kind of charming in its stupidity (in the way you pat a dumb kid on its head).
My mom watched me play for a bit today and she thought it was hilarious haha. She was really into the Live Triggers and all "OH WHO'S SNOW MAKE THAT CHOICE". But then she left all "not gonna lie, I don't give a shit about Miss Serah Farron" haha. She liked the graphics and music though and even though she ~didn't give a shit~, she asked me a couple hours later how Serah was doing haha.
My mom watched me play for a bit today and she thought it was hilarious haha. She was really into the Live Triggers and all "OH WHO'S SNOW MAKE THAT CHOICE". But then she left all "not gonna lie, I don't give a shit about Miss Serah Farron" haha. She liked the graphics and music though and even though she ~didn't give a shit~, she asked me a couple hours later how Serah was doing haha.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
It was pretty bad. I haven't spent the CP I got from there or
Augusta Tower
Thank god for posting this, I HATE puzzles. I could tolerate the other two, but the clock stuff is just bleh.
Look at your save file icon, lol
Did they tell you to talk to the lady in front? If not, you might have to actually hand in the cores first, then keep on talking to Hope until he says that the weapon will be waiting for you with the lady
SpaceBridge
Member
Phew, 6 hours marathon today. My eyes hurt. Man, the game opens up a ton once you get more gate artifacts, specifically after the
part. Im so overwhelmed jumping from time period to time period that Im afraid Im gonna miss something.
Arrived at Academia and holy crap....so gorgeous.
With all this jumping around though, I wish there was a home base i could go back to and kick back....
Snow vs Flan
Arrived at Academia and holy crap....so gorgeous.
With all this jumping around though, I wish there was a home base i could go back to and kick back....
Check north of the Long Gui/Cactaur statue; there might be a small spot along the walls where the trench is.
Crash Station
Member
Episode 2 done. Mostly stuff I already played at NYCC, so not much else to say. This game is seriously easy in battle, but that doesn't mean I'm not spending a ton of time managing stuff in the menus. So fun.
Big Papa Husker
Member
Question for you guys farther into the game:
I just beat Atlas in 5AF and went back to get the hidden fragment in 3AF. When I got back Gadot said that I looked tired and should come home. Should I? Is there any reason to go back (story related) or can I just go back to 5AF and continue on?
Trying to get the silver chocobo now since I need a sentinel for the final boss apparently and I have gotten no sens in the whole game
Games been great although the story is a bit short. I've enjoyed the story quite a bit, the soundtrack is solid and while there is some hit and misses (ie I like the battle theme but blinded by light is so much better imo), it's one of the best soundtracks yet.
Battle system is good, the monster stuff has been fun and as a whole, the game is much better than FFXIII. It's been a lot of fun
Games been great although the story is a bit short. I've enjoyed the story quite a bit, the soundtrack is solid and while there is some hit and misses (ie I like the battle theme but blinded by light is so much better imo), it's one of the best soundtracks yet.
Battle system is good, the monster stuff has been fun and as a whole, the game is much better than FFXIII. It's been a lot of fun
for passive abilities, no. But for role 'active' abilities yeah. Not every ability can passed on though, it depends on the level of the monster you're trying to give the ability.
StunandStab
Member
Just beat the final boss... I have to say, while the game was stupidly easy for the most part, I was pretty happy with that final boss. It was quite good.
This is such a great combo to pull off once a boss is staggered:
Multi-cast, Ultima Arrow, Paradigm shift to Cerberus, Kweh, Change Leader, Noel's something something Javelin move.
This is such a great combo to pull off once a boss is staggered:
Multi-cast, Ultima Arrow, Paradigm shift to Cerberus, Kweh, Change Leader, Noel's something something Javelin move.
No comment on the quality of the game, but I just have to comment on the FF13-2 commerical I saw since it was just SOOO bad. Holy crap, was that bad. Cheesy, bad music, bad VAs and bad voice acting. Yikes! I can't imagine that getting the game more sales
Again, no comment on the game since I havent played it
Again, no comment on the game since I havent played it
Rahxephon91
Banned
There's really nothing bad about the va in the commercial. Music, well that's just dependent on you.