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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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drtomoe123
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Silver worked best for me. Infuse it with a Lv5 Microchu, Lv1 Cactuar, and Lv1 Pulsework Gladiator. Make sure that you pick the 4th Chocobo strategy in the race (the one where it stays at the back of the pack) and only use your boost when Blue Streak activates.
Rinse and Repeat.
TheJollyCorner
Member
do I need a particular fragment/recommended coin amount to pull this off successfully?
My chocobos suck ass (best one I have is a Lv.32 Yellow with Supersonic... can't get Green or Black chocobos on the battle field to save my life. Haven't even seen a silver one yet. I have a red one, but he's weak) and my adventures in slot machines, even on 'hot summer days", has been disastrous.
drtomoe123
Member
do I need a particular fragment/recommended coin amount to pull this off successfully?
My chocobos suck ass (best one I have is a Lv.32 Yellow with Supersonic... can't get Green or Black chocobos on the battle field to save my life. Haven't even seen a silver one yet. I have a red one, but he's weak) and my adventures in slot machines, even on 'hot summer days", has been disastrous.
No fragment skill needed. I just got at least 10,000 coins and I just left it on overnight and I had the fragment, but not the trophy. Ended up with 0 coins and had to make the 10,000 for the trophy through Chocobo racing.
If I were you, I'd go ahead and get the Silver Chocobo. Just go to Academia 4XX and throw Mog into the big green sphere behind Hope. It might take you a few tries, but you'll get the Silver Chocobo just like that.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Just make sure you use potent materials on the silver chocobo if you want to use him for racing... that will max out all 3 of his racing stats, and he'll still have more than enough HP to be a viable Sentinel monster (although you could make a better one, since his passives will be tied up in racing abilities).
drtomoe123
Member
Whoa... awesome! Appreciate the tip!
No problem!
...and yes, take this advice. You can farm potent materials pretty easily if you don't have any, so don't waste the power of Silver Chocobo.
If my Pulsework Gladiator is lv 20 does it matter?
drtomoe123
Member
Yeah, that works too, as long as you don't mind getting rid of your Lv20 monster.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Awww... but first plats are always so satisfying.Grats. I posted a picture about getting it too. But didn't get that many grats, and it was my first one too.
Thanks, though. Are you geared up for getting plats for more RPGs? Some of them are long as hell, or have stupid requirements.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
just a heads up for people considering, the western release is region locked like most of SE's releases (with the exception of the Last Remnant, one of SE's only region free western releases, but I bet it has something to do with Unreal Engine licensing..)
Anyway i'm putting off buying this game until the inevitable international edition with all DLC included...but I do hope they add Yaag as a DLC boss beforehand. I always wanted to fight Yaag in his human form
Anyway i'm putting off buying this game until the inevitable international edition with all DLC included...but I do hope they add Yaag as a DLC boss beforehand. I always wanted to fight Yaag in his human form
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Awww... but first plats are always so satisfying.
Thanks, though. Are you geared up for getting plats for more RPGs? Some of them are long as hell, or have stupid requirements.
I definitely am. Heck my first platinum was Final Fantasy XIII, and I blame FFXIII for making me strive for trophy completions.
StunandStab
Member
Awww... but first plats are always so satisfying.
Thanks, though. Are you geared up for getting plats for more RPGs? Some of them are long as hell, or have stupid requirements.
Idk about him, but I'll be working on Tales of Graces next month.
I already have the Plats in Nier, FFXIII, and Dark Souls, too... Not Demon's Souls, though, screw that Plat.
Lol, I can't even think of any other (J)RPGs on the PS3 off the top of my head, sad
(are there even any more?)Phat Michael
Banned
Idk about him, but I'll be working on Tales of Graces next month.
I already have the Plats in Nier, FFXIII, and Dark Souls, too... Not Demon's Souls, though, screw that Plat.
Lol, I can't even think of any other (J)RPGs on the PS3 off the top of my head, sad
Resonance of fate?
StunandStab
Member
Oh, right, that one. Yeah, I have no interest in that one
EDIT: Treasure Hunter in XIII was far less tedious when I finally decided to print out a checklist and actually upgrade my stuff properly.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
Idk about him, but I'll be working on Tales of Graces next month.
I already have the Plats in Nier, FFXIII, and Dark Souls, too... Not Demon's Souls, though, screw that Plat.
Lol, I can't even think of any other (J)RPGs on the PS3 off the top of my head, sad
How could you forget Star Ocean: The Last Hope Interntional Edition, another Square Enix release? haha. There's plenty.
BuckRobotron
Member
Got the 1000 Achievement points over the weekend. Then went back to FFXIII to check out some of the datalogs. Quite interesting to reread the initially esoteric Analects section and now see how much FFXIII-2 relates to it.
Other note: Quickly replaying some parts also immediately reminded how much faster the new Paradigm Shift is. Initiating a last-second PS to heal during a tough boss fight in FFXIII ended up with me hearing Snow do the "0 hp groan" and fall to his knees while still waiting for the shift to complete. Same timing would have been good enough to start last-second healing on a character in FFXIII-2.
Other note: Quickly replaying some parts also immediately reminded how much faster the new Paradigm Shift is. Initiating a last-second PS to heal during a tough boss fight in FFXIII ended up with me hearing Snow do the "0 hp groan" and fall to his knees while still waiting for the shift to complete. Same timing would have been good enough to start last-second healing on a character in FFXIII-2.
It wasn't tedious because of the upgrading though. It was tedious because of the Adamantoise grinding.
StunandStab
Member
That might be the reason I never decided to pick up that game...
Also, while I did like SO3, I kept hearing everywhere that SO4 is like the worst game ever while I had tons of other stuff to play so... yeah
It wasn't tedious because of the upgrading though. It was tedious because of the Adamantoise grinding.
Oh, yeah, how could I forget about needing so many platinum ingots for gil in that game, I'd play that game for days at a time just hoping I could get a few platinum ingots before the end of the day.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Idk about him, but I'll be working on Tales of Graces next month.
I already have the Plats in Nier, FFXIII, and Dark Souls, too... Not Demon's Souls, though, screw that Plat.
Lol, I can't even think of any other (J)RPGs on the PS3 off the top of my head, sad
Go for Disgaea 3, Disgaea 4, Ar tonelico Qoga, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Trinity Souls Zill o Zero, Last Rebellion, Trinity Universe, Atelier series, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and Rune Factory Oceans.
RPGCrazied
Member
Awww... but first plats are always so satisfying.
Thanks, though. Are you geared up for getting plats for more RPGs? Some of them are long as hell, or have stupid requirements.
I hope to get Tales of Graces F one, but I don't know. XIII-2 was just very easy. Anyone can get this platinum.
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
Go for Disgaea 3, Disgaea 4, Ar tonelico Qoga, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Trinity Souls Zill o Zero, Last Rebellion, Trinity Universe, Atelier series, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and Rune Factory Oceans.
I'd reccomend Cross Edge over Hyperdimension myself, I think CE is one of CH's better releases. That and it has an awesome battle system.
Star Ocean 4 is a terrific game that gets hate for its character designs more than anything
Maybe you just suppressed the memories of hours of fighting turtles? I can understand why!
StunandStab
Member
Go for, Ar tonelico Qoga, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Trinity Souls Zill o Zero, Last Rebellion, Trinity Universe, Atelier series, and Rune Factory Oceans.
AHHHH, big list. K, there's a few we can cross off here, though.
I hate Disgaea, so no to that one.
Also, I have 3D Dot Game Heroes, never even bothered to beat that game let alone Platinum it... someday maybe. I lost interest in it somehow, not sure why.
The rest, I've either never even heard of or know next nothing about, some research to be done.
Is Hyperdimension Neptunia any good? I was looking at mkII, I know that's coming soon.
I tend to overlook games that aren't "triple A", so a lot slips by me >.>
I know, I know, I'm not proud of it... it's just when everything is $60 I really don't want to spend any money on anything that's like... a 7/10
Are any of these games listed REALLY worth my time?
I'm biased, but I definitely think at least Atelier Totori is worth the time. Most people who've played it seemed to like it compared to Rorona. (That, and the price dropped recently at Gamestop)
StunandStab
Member
Well, I'll definitely do a little research as to what's listed there, anyway, and see if anything interests me. I pretty much have nothing to do for the rest of the month.
I'm pretty picky about RPGs, too (well, games in general, really), it wouldn't take me too long to list all the RPGs I've ever liked.
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of Phantasia
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Paper Mario series
Baten Kaitos
Xenoblade
FFXIII and FFXIII-2, obviously
yeah, those are my favourites
I'm pretty picky about RPGs, too (well, games in general, really), it wouldn't take me too long to list all the RPGs I've ever liked.
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of Phantasia
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Paper Mario series
Baten Kaitos
Xenoblade
FFXIII and FFXIII-2, obviously
yeah, those are my favourites
Nora Kisaragi
Banned
If you're looking for Triple A i'd reccomend Eternal Sonata. That's a really good one that actually has more content on the PS3 version.
If you can stomache the art style it's actually multiplayer and you can play it with a brother or something. It's a Namco Bandai game, so it's not niche by any means.
StunandStab
Member
I'll make a mental note of that. That's another one I keep forgetting about.
drtomoe123
Member
Don't get me wrong, the game has a lot of flaws, but I really enjoyed it and think it's a pretty good game. The dungeons are really bite-sized (about 10 minutes each, so it has that "just one more..." factor) and the humor is actually pretty funny, especially compared to a lot of the NIS-localized games that make me cringe.
I've been really disappointed with the stuff NIS has put out on the PS3, with me not liking Rorona, Disgaea 3, and Ar Tonelico Qoga, enjoying Disgaea 4, but absolutely loving Totori. Neptunia fell somewhere between D4 and Totori.
It's just really fun in a lot of different ways.
StunandStab
Member
A little bit. Valkyria Chronicles is another game that lacks trophies that I definitely want to play someday, but as long as there is another game that I want to play that does have trophies, I fear I will never get around to it!
R_thanatos
Member
Ar tonelico 3 is better if you know the previous games form the saga. ( play 1 or 2 first )
Trinity universe is a flawed gem, get ready for a lot of anime & niche references
Same for neptunia....
None of them are bad, but some need a prepared mind and lots of tenacity if you want to 100% them
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Seda did it.
No, haven't played, haven't played yet, kinda long, do it but it's long, easiest plat ever but the game is bad, long but fun, haven't really invested much into getting all the trophies for Atelier Rorona, it can be difficult, haven't played.Go for Disgaea 3, Disgaea 4, Ar tonelico Qoga, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Trinity Souls Zill o Zero, Last Rebellion, Trinity Universe, Atelier series, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and Rune Factory Oceans.
I'd actually do that too. Cross Edge was more fun than Neptunia for me.
I almost want to invest in Neptunia 2 for the Inafune craziness, but I'm afraid I won't like it much.
VC is truly worth your time and investment. I thought its systems were extremely fun, and the artstyle employed really made the world feel alive to me. And the relationships of certain characters were very well-written.StunandStab said:
As for Eternal Sonata, I didn't think it was so bad outside of one cutscene that just wouldn't end. The artstyle, the extra difficulty on New Game+, the PS3 extras, and the music kind of made up for what it was lacking for me.
Immortal, Ochu, Long Gui, and Yomi are a joke in this game. I can't believe how easy they were. Yomi in particular is a real disappointment, first attempt I went in without a triple sen paradigm and wiped at 5% hp left. Tried again with 3x sen and killed it and it even dropped a trape. I fail to see why people resort to sab sab sen or whatever for this boss. Lame, I expected more from the additional bosses.
BuckRobotron
Member
They are surprisingly easy. Even with Yomi for refighting I fit Delicate Hermes Sandals into a build and am entirely comfortable with letting Noel repeatedly get hit into critical to speed the fight up. I should be dreading the thought of getting hit, not looking forward to it...lol
RPGCrazied
Member
They sure are slow getting this DLC out.
Pretty much. I think proto-behemoth was the hardest fight in the game and that's just a random mob!
I've 100% completed the game now. Well, until the inevitable DLC that is. All achievements acquired. I'm happy with the quality of the game I just would have liked more chapters to play and a spike in difficulty. The game was ridiculously easy and presented little to no challenge for me.
I'm 24 hours in and I have LOTS to do and many places to visit yet, just getting the hang of things, they can take their time.
I was trying to beat Omega at the colosseum (3 roles maxed out) and, my God, you can't even see the damage on his health bar, it isn't even guaranteed you'll get his crystal, so I'll postpone that fight.
I just bought Light and Amodar, hope this isn't as bullshit as Omega.
Leave to Historia Crux, then go back to the Steppe and flip the switch to the appropriate one.
Nose Master
Member
Why do delicate versions of accessories even exist?
So you can get a benefit without overspending your accessory capacity.
RPGCrazied
Member
I'm 70 hours, and have the game 100%.
But I have more free time than the average player.
They said before DLC will be released on a monthly schedule.
I suppose the biggest problem is that the DLC they release has precious little content, so it feels like waiting forever.