pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
I still can't find that lady's watch who's in Yaschas Massif 010AF. I've searched and thrown moogles in both 010AF and 01XAF's cliffs like crazy and nothing. Argh.
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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But Suzuki actually wrote the New Bodhum song, not Hamauzu =P (that being said, the EP Synth sound does resemble a lot Besaid's)
Yea I do that. The move that kills me EVERYTIME Rising Sun or something like that.
djplaeskool
Member
Man, I wish Giant Impact was the theme for every boss.
I love that track so much.
I love that track so much.
Strange. Other forums said it's not cumulative. I've lost 2.5k from my total wins.
I don't get how the count actually works.
Do I bet on my gold chocobo all the time (because his wins are usually just 10 gold)?
I didn't say it was cumulative.
From what I undertstand every time you enter or leave Serendipity the counter for the trophy resets to 0. Once you enter, you have to earn 10000 coins either via chocobo racing or slots. So for example: let's say you had previously won 8000 coins in Serendipity and then decided to carry on with the game and do the trophy later, and when you came back, you earned 2000 coins but that didn't earn you the trophy. That's because for the trophy's counter, you have only earned 2000. The 8000 from before don't count. And if you got those 2000 and then left Serendipity, the counter resets. The other crappy thing from the counter is that whatever money you lose is substracted from the counter, so if you roll the slot machine once, and don't get three moogles/cactuars/any sort of prize, you just lost those 5 coins (or whatever amount you gambled) AND that got substracted from the trophy's counter, same for the chocobo racing, if you bet on your chocobo 100 coins, and your chocobo doesn't finish in 1st place, you just lost 100 coins and substracted 100 coins from the counter. So the safest method is to race your chocobo but never actually bet on him, since you'll still get the prize for whatever place he finished in (480, 360, 120 or less coins depending on which class you're racing in).
(ending rant)
FUCK that ending. Seriously. Fuck it right up Uranus. I was all like yay I saved the world~ and shit and it was all looking great and then they RUINED IT. C'mon guys this is not Empire Strikes Back! You don't have to put in a bad end just because you wanna do another game in this series!
michaeltraps
Member
Absolutely. Gave me the warm and fuzzies. AND blasted my hype for FFXR through the roof. Great soundtrack all around really.
There's a topic where you can rant about the ending without spoiler tags. I feel like you about that.
ULTROS!
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I see, thanks! Actually I mistyped so it was supposed to be "other forums mentioned it was cumulative". I hope I get the trophy soon, it's confusing the hell out of me.
That's weird, it was cumulative for me because there's no way I had won 10k in one sitting of chocobo racing as I had left Serendipity a few times before I hit the achievement.
I had 6k from a previous slot machine win, then a few days later I just ran a few races between Serendipity trips to get it.
And don't bother betting on your own chocobo unless the adds are at least double. No point in betting 100 @ 1.1 so you only win an extra 10 credits.
edit - chocobo skill I've got: "Dark Horse" odds decrease due to misjudgement.
I had 6k from a previous slot machine win, then a few days later I just ran a few races between Serendipity trips to get it.
And don't bother betting on your own chocobo unless the adds are at least double. No point in betting 100 @ 1.1 so you only win an extra 10 credits.
edit - chocobo skill I've got: "Dark Horse" odds decrease due to misjudgement.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't for me since I had already won a bit over 10000 coins in between my trips to Serendipity while playing the game but I didn't unlock the trophy till I had some sort of magical moment after doing everything else in the game and when Serendipitous was my only trophy left to obtain where I got 7500 coins in a couple of turns in the slot machine, at which point I became slightly frustrated at the trophy not unlocking after exiting the machine (and thus proving the cumulative thing false, or at least in my case assuming my calculations were correct), and decided to race my golden chocobo and get the 10000 coins "the hard way". I maxed him out and infused every monster with some sort of good passive ability to him and he ended up with a ton of abilities to use in race, and when I retired him since he had ran out RP (at that point he had won a bit over 6k coins by just racing, never did bets), I exited the chocobo racing menu and the trophy unlocked, much to my surprise and content.
Then I turned off my PS3 since I had already gotten the trophy and didn't want to actually lose the monsters I had infused to my golden chocobo ;-;
Excellent, thank you.
spoilers below regarding ~chapter 5 story
Jesus, when Serah got Aerith'd, I was just sitting with my mouth open like :O
And then the loading screen comes, and it's completely silent, no music. I'm just left sitting there stirring, thinking about what just happened.
Probably my favorite moment of the game so far, story-wise.
And then the loading screen comes, and it's completely silent, no music. I'm just left sitting there stirring, thinking about what just happened.
Probably my favorite moment of the game so far, story-wise.
Best Buy had the novella for preorders.
Oh hey, you're right. Hamauzu's work is usually pretty recognizable, though.
Also, as lame as it is they removed the vocals to the Bresha track to appeal to my delicate western sensibilities, I actually really enjoy what they did with the instrumental version.
Android18a
Member
Okay, the demo was pretty fun. This is going onto my buy-when-I-have-money list. Although being a UK gamer I'm sure it'll be £12 on Zavvi in a week.
If you don't care about extra stuff I highly recommend getting it from Asda if you can, £32.97. Amazon were pricematching them.
Also it made #1 in the UK charts so I don't imagine it'll be going down to bomba prices any time soon.
RedAssedApe
Banned
So without spoiling anything, can someone tell me what it is that determines what ending you get? I wasn't planning on making more than one play through...is it not possible (i.e. like Chrono Trigger) to be able to see all the endings using one save. Is there a New Game+ mode? And do these Live Trigger dialogue answers actually do anything? Some of them seem quite silly.
Thanks (and sorry if this has already been answered).
Thanks (and sorry if this has already been answered).
RPGCrazied
Member
Just beat it.
46 hours. Now to go for the remaining 35 fragments and paradox endings! And I put the game on EASY mode for the final fight, and I got 5 stars. Apparently it still unlocks the trophy. Yay.
46 hours. Now to go for the remaining 35 fragments and paradox endings! And I put the game on EASY mode for the final fight, and I got 5 stars. Apparently it still unlocks the trophy. Yay.
The only trophy tied to which difficulty setting you have on is the one for beating Attil--- I mean, Raspatil on normal mode. All others can be done on easy mode.
Supermanisdead
Member
I changed the final boss to easy mode too, but still got 0 stars. I'll come back to it once I've finished the fragments.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I just finished chapter
and now heading for the final one I presume. That was pretty cool, finally a chapter focused on the main story. If this game is going to end like I hope –
– it would be the coolest ending ever lol ~
But if everyone complains about the ending... maybe it's not like that :-(
I think the story so far, while written as shit, it's pretty interesting and finally the FNC plays a role. But it got interesting just from chapter 4 on actually.
How long it takes to beat the last episode?
where Light shows up
Caius kills the goddess and unleash darkness upon the world
But if everyone complains about the ending... maybe it's not like that :-(
I think the story so far, while written as shit, it's pretty interesting and finally the FNC plays a role. But it got interesting just from chapter 4 on actually.
How long it takes to beat the last episode?
RPGCrazied
Member
So, how do you know where to use the Paradox thing at? I guess I should look at the guide.
game wasn't easy enough for you I see!
RPGCrazied
Member
Most of the game was easy, yeah, just some of the end part. Specially those proto behemoths. Those always murdered me. I played the game all on Normal, except the last boss.
MichaelEM3
Banned
For those that have beat it or have gotten real far:
Edit: I just found a guard near the entrance...that might have been it.
Just got to the Vile Peaks for the first time. Traveled to the end of the path and this distortion is blocking my way. Am I here too early or something?
Edit: I just found a guard near the entrance...that might have been it.
RPGCrazied
Member
You need the 200 version too.
StunandStab
Member
My chocobo... He's a grand one
There's two time periods for the Vile Peaks and you have to unlock both to progress on either time periods. And you aren't too early since the Vile Peaks is a completely optional area.
scion_barzahd
Member
starting chapter 3, lovin´it so far!...(yay first post)
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That's interesting.. I always play on hardest difficulty nowadays because trophies are tied to them, but if 13-2 only needs normal for that one fight, I might just sit back and enjoy the easy ride to plat once I start playing. From what you guys seem to be saying it's easy on normal anyway.
RPGCrazied
Member
so much jaggies
So far it seems less polished than XIII.
Playing on 1080p, I see none at all. Minus the crappy framerate that is.
There were a few people complaining about the lack of explanation for the sudden appearance of Magic users that weren't L'Cie on Gran Pulse. It's worth noting that it's explained even better in a fragment obtained in Chapter 5...
Is there any chance the DLC will appear sometimes during this night? Or will it most likely be tomorrow evening?
Is there any chance the DLC will appear sometimes during this night? Or will it most likely be tomorrow evening?
The Xtortionist
Member
I am, some edges looks pretty rough.
RPGCrazied
Member
Of course my screen is only 22", So I guess I can't see them.
No. It's first explained pretty basically by Lebreau by speaking to her in a town. Then, if you want a more detailed explanation, there is one in the datalog.
Then, if you want an even more in-depth explanation, there is more details in a fragment.
That's what I call a well-designed game that makes good use of the possibilities video games offer as far as storytelling goes, instead of going through the boring/cliched story exposition mechanics most games, TV shows and movies use. It's not perfectly done, but it's really not worth complaining about.
The Xtortionist
Member
I don't see why they didn't expand on the concept of manadrives instead of saying "oh we can suddenly use magic now lol"
Again, that's not it at all... >_>
