The Emperor
Member
Yeah I know more on other forums.
Though I do know more people that didn't like XIII that ended up liking this one now.
Its how the FF fanbase is I guess.
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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Yeah I know more on other forums.
Though I do know more people that didn't like XIII that ended up liking this one now.
Its how the FF fanbase is I guess.
I liked this game more than 13-2, so I guess I fall into that category.
Yes, because I can still get the secret ending whenever I please. X-2 was some bullshit.
Agreed, probably the best track in the game, imo.
The Emperor
Member
I guess you meant 13-1 there so yeah I guess you do.
If you meant 13-2 there then you have clearly played 13-3 already through some weird time paradox
I'm interested to know what people think here; I have X-2 but need to finish X before playing it.
Actually the only FF I have completed is FFXIII even though I've played FF4,6,7,8,10, 12 but just couldn't complete them as I got burnt out at some point *hangs head in shame*
Need to get round to completing them..
Did you buy the one at the casino?
Yeah...no actually. I remember only buying one thing but that was the Chaos Crystal. Thanks for reminding me!
Just need to get together 70k now D:
PhoenixSFT
Member
So why doesn't anyone call Lightning "Claire"? I mean, she has a real name. At least Serah should call her Claire, she is her sister after all.
Zoe
Member
Does she call her Lightning in the English version?
Meccanical
Member
This has been bugging the hell out of me for the longest time.
Why do they continue entertain her stupid name?
HER NAME IS CLAIRE
CLAIRE
IT'S A NICE, NORMAL SOUNDING NAME
Been thinking this the whole fucking time.
BuckRobotron
Member
Yep, not calling her "Claire" (a nice name) at this point has bugged me too. At very least Serah should say it.
Shorty11857
Member
Had the slots playing themselves for a while got into Super Victory Mode and then lost 75 turns in a row and ran out of coins, my luck sucks
Translation: she wants to tap that with Snow. Not so much Noel.
Meccanical
Member
Because emotional issues with her parents dying or some bullshit.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They speak French on Cocoon, but they forgot the language and just translated her name to English. Or something?
It's not really bullshit, women... no, people in general, tend to do things like that, or dying their hair/getting a new look or wardrobe and things like that after important/traumatic events in their lives. I thought it was a decent explanation for the name change and far better than just being called Cloud or Squall just because.
Zoe
Member
Well she doesn't really call her either of those names in the Japanese. She just says "sister."
Meccanical
Member
She could have named herself anything, and she picked Lightning.
That's different than being called Cloud or Squall since birth.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I dunno... Noel looks like an adult to me; or at least some of the guys I went to school with who did marathon running had a similar type of build. Trim the hair a little and give him better clothes, and he'll look better, imo.
The only thing I liked about Snow was the part when he went shirtless for part of a chapter. Edit: And Troy Baker. The part where you can choose to sing a song and Snow responds that he can't sing for crap was pretty funny since Baker can actually sing well.
Which makes sense in Japanese.
But in the English version, it's kind of weird that Serah never refers to her by her actual name, even in tender scenes. It's almost as if Lightning conditioned her to call her by her codename as opposed to her real name.
This bothers me too.
Yes, but she does say she was just a child when she picked that name, it must have stuck eventually so she must have decided to keep that. Or maybe it's just a nickname thing, like, everyone has that one friend that has some sort of nickname and everyone calls her/him that even if s/he has a nice actual real name. And that's far less stupid than being called Cloud or Squall since birth anyway.
To be fair, Serah calls Lightning Onee-san in Japanese. So the translators decided to make Serah call Lightning, Lightning.
PhoenixSFT
Member
Well, she went with Lightning because "It can't protect. It can only destroy." Which is a pretty dumb fucking reason for a girl who lost her parents and needs to protect her sister, but at least it's an explanation. I didn't realize she actually changed her name, I always thought it was a call sign that the characters just grew attached to.
I did like the Blitz squad naming themselves in honor of her though.
I probably could have bought it if it was an actual military codename for her that just kind of stuck. XIII kinda had me thinking this until she flat out said that she "named her name." And then XIII-2 adds on to it by
having the Blitz Squadron that she served with name themselves stupid names in tribute of Lightning as opposed to the naming scheme being a thing of the unit originally.
To be fair, it does sound pretty unnatural English-speaking wise to always refer to your sister as "Sister" in a proper sense. Although, I suppose calling her "Big Sis" or "Sis" didn't really do it for the localization crew.
StunandStab
Member
Did nobody else notice how huge Noel's arms are? They're veiny, even.
He's no Chris Redfield, though
Yeah, Noel looks like an athletic, guy-next-door type of dude. I suppose Snow is attractive, but his personality is so off-putting. And he's hilariously immature. Noel may not be rocking the stud thing, but he has personality and humor in spades. Makes it easy to get over the goofy pants. And he shines even brighter when he's schooling Snow on his idiocy.
I think Dark Schala said it perfectly when he said the games complement each other. One focuses on one area (linear story), the other on extensive subquests and lore building. Put them together and you have one heck of a great RPG. Separately however, their flaws often peek out of the cracks more easily.
Snow should be the main character in XIII-3!
He should be the main character in the prologue and in a shock twist gets killed. Then the game turns into a murder mystery.
Meccanical
Member
Took me around 20 hours for main quest, im at 55 or so now and about 150ish frags.
Conrad Link
Member
Tell us what Adornments she can equip.
Sorry didn't reply before, I went straight to bed after posting.
I put the Lightning Mask on her for lolz.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
His humour and snarkiness is what I liked about his character first and foremost. The rest is just frosting (plus I love his animations in battle and the speediness of his attacks). I can overlook the MC Hammer pants.
It really is too bad they didn't give Snow more time in the spotlight and expanded his relationship with Serah to demonstrate why they're good together, and to demonstrate their chemistry (if they had any).
He does a lot of forearm exercises, I guess (and I think it's neat that SE at least included that in the character model). It shows that the guy is pretty ripped (and thus has low body fat) and serious about his training.
The day I see Noel punching boulders for a living is when he becomes the new Chris Redfield.
Sigma Harmonics crossover! Mix the Crystarium and the Deduction system. Each node on the Crystarium corresponds to a clue; get them all in the right place and you level up/solve the mystery.
BEST IDEA EVER.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Who killed Mr.33Centimetres.