RPGCrazied
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I turned diabetic looking at all that. ;/
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
- Thread starter Kagari
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-Pyromaniac-
Member
Kagari I demand detailed non-spoiler oriented impressions immediately. Speak now!
please.
It looks like the person is preparing for a visit with the dentist next week >.>
R_thanatos
Member
i seem to have read that it depends whever you have a ff13 save or not
Zoe
Member
Silly Cheska, people in Japan don't go to the dentist.
michaeltraps
Member
Thanks Kagari!You can use any PS3 save file by copying it and it will recognize it. I tested thisIt also recognized my US save despite it being the Japanese version of XIII-2... Any partial save file will work, actually. So yes... in effect you can play to the first save point in XIII and use that.
As far as bonuses, so far I've gotten the XMB theme but you also get an item that gives you more luck in the casino and accessory items for your monster allies. I haven't seen anything else yet.
Where did you see that screenshot if I may ask.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Ugh. The calories...Person buys FFXIII-2. Won't leave home for a week
http://kotaku.com/5868720/person-buys-new-final-fantasy-wont-leave-home-for-a-week
I'm just buying it for the OST. It's cheaper this way.Am I the only one getting the NA CE?
Okay. I played 4 hours and 30 minutes so far. Got past where I was when I got to play the game back in October...
So far it's better than XIII. It's what that game should have been to begin with. My only gripes are that graphically it seems slightly worse... Lightning's model and a lot of the NPC models are fairly poor. I imagine they were able to dedicate more polygons to Serah due to her lack of clothing.
At least the CG is an clean as ever.
The story so far seems all over the place, but I'm not expecting anything great at the point. I just met Hope and
Being able to go back to areas is great. You can "reverse time" and redo missions if you want as well. Quests are a nice addition, although so far they've been a bit same-ish (ie, go kill monster X or go find item Y, etc)
Taking a break for now, but yeah.
So far it's better than XIII. It's what that game should have been to begin with. My only gripes are that graphically it seems slightly worse... Lightning's model and a lot of the NPC models are fairly poor. I imagine they were able to dedicate more polygons to Serah due to her lack of clothing.
At least the CG is an clean as ever.
The story so far seems all over the place, but I'm not expecting anything great at the point. I just met Hope and
was disappointed he never joined your party as a guest character :<
Being able to go back to areas is great. You can "reverse time" and redo missions if you want as well. Quests are a nice addition, although so far they've been a bit same-ish (ie, go kill monster X or go find item Y, etc)
Taking a break for now, but yeah.
From the reviews on Amazon.jp it seems that many Japanese players don't think much of the scenario writing. It seems to be the most common complaint so far along with repetitive quests.
It's true.
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Person buys FFXIII-2. Won't leave home for a week
http://kotaku.com/5868720/person-buys-new-final-fantasy-wont-leave-home-for-a-week
Dude's bowels are in for a struggle of galactic proportions.
Can you do time reversals from the start or do you need to beat the game first?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
There was a bit of NPC dialogue in the streams, and what I noticed--at least for the ones who give you quests--whenever they move their mouths while reciting dialogue, it looks strange. The mouth movement, in comparison to FFXIII to me, is a little odd. Did that come across to you while playing it on an actual TV?
Yeah, the writing is all over the place. Heh.
Castor Krieg
Banned
How can this be any different? The plot is written by the worst scenario writer S-E ever had.
When you clear each area it allows you to redo it.
And yeah, the mouth movement is really... flappy? I don't know, it's definitely off, even on the main characters at times.
marathonfool
Member
I just hope it's not bad to the point I have to shut it off. I need at least some context or purpose for the characters to keep playing. I can't believe such a terrible writer is in charge of the story on a premier franchise.
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Is this the first time Toriyama's tried his hand at time travel? I mean, if there's any way for a bad writer to get worse, that's the way to go.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Oh no. He proved he couldn't handle it in The Third Birthday.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
sounds good. I'm not expecting much for this story. The FF13 world has lost the ability to tell a good story a while ago considering the weak foundation it started on, besides having potentially interesting lore (that wasn't capitalized on). Ah well
Sounds good though.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Nope, he did this before:
3rd Birthday is a great game, but that was the first time in 20 years of gaming when the scenario made NO FUCKING SENSE for me, not only jRPG sense. I really think he wrote it during a weekend.
Sucking dick can get you a long way in any company, not only S-E.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
They should have played Radiant Historia as a crash course.
D
Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
The 3rd Birthday says hi. That game (the story) will drag you into the abyss.
Late
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
The 3rd Birthday's plot was awful. Awful.
Stocke was a good protagonist. They might've given us someone like him.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
kagari said:
I guess by doing so you can "live trigger" in a different way by choosing different options for the story when there is an important decision to make. If so then, which of my multiple decisions will be considered as final and be selected by the game as the course of my real story? (I hope you can understand wtf I'm asking lol ~)
Could you tell me what happens?
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
Yeah I always thought the graphics seemed worse than FFXIII. But I guess it's a fair trade off with all we got.
What are the paradigm setups for your characters? Is leveling up Noel in RAV identical to Serah or do they have different set of skills and bonuses? How many monsters do you have?
Toryiama is not matsuno. Anyone playing ff 13-2 should be really aware of it and know the quality (Low) of the plot
I hope this is something we wont see next-gen. The lack of consistency in NPC polycount is disturbing to say the least.
Noel is an Attacker and Defender mainly, while I have Serah as Attacker/Blaster, and sometimes Jammer.
For the monsters I keep a Defender, Enhancer, and Healer in the party at all times. Each monster has a pre-defined role. For example. Cait Cith is a Healer.
ZephyrFate
Banned
And Matsuno isn't really that great anyway so I dunno why people are expecting quality in the series.
Dead Prince
Banned
is Hope going to get shirtless in this game?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I think he is pretty great. FFT is some next level shit, and Vagrant Story is the tops. Those 2 alone are enough to be considered great. And although Toriyama sucks, we've gotten some good shit in the past so it's not unreasonable to expect a good plot. No one is talking triple A quality, but something enjoyable.
No.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Don’t lie to me Kagari, I’m putting my trust in you. :IKagari said:
I love Matsuno and Tactics' story, but “next level shit”? Really?-Pyromaniac- said:
Is this what I sound like on Matsuno threads? D:
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oh, that's something that I wasn't really paying attention to on the streams because I wanted it to surprise me, but...
As soon as you expand the Crystarium the first time, do you have the opportunity to open up a new role, or do you need to work on Atk/Bla/Def first a little bit before the game offers you a new role?
I'm also wondering if the "Crystarium Expanded!" bonuses are randomized...
As soon as you expand the Crystarium the first time, do you have the opportunity to open up a new role, or do you need to work on Atk/Bla/Def first a little bit before the game offers you a new role?
I'm also wondering if the "Crystarium Expanded!" bonuses are randomized...
They're not randomized. Usually you get offered one new role each time you expand, until you have no roles left to get. The order of the roles you get is arbitrary for each character. So Serah always learns Healer last, etc.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
yes it is next level shit.
ZephyrFate
Banned
FFT has an incredibly goofy plot, and Vagrant Story puts you into a cool world with little character development. Matsuno can write great worlds, he simply sucks at characters.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I thought Delita was one of the better written villains in the RPG genre. Even Ramza is well written. Even some of the side characters are. I thought the story was great, and a lot do. The localization wasn't the best on the first run, but good story none the less.
so are there actual towns with npcs and shops to buy items/weapons? Can you go into buildings in the towns or has square not advanced that far yet?lol, don't worry... I haven't beat it yet. My disappointment can't be quantified yet
ZephyrFate
Banned
That's cool but it doesn't really convince me of Matsuno's talent. Anyway, this topic is about FFXIII-2.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
That isn't too bad. At least they're offering the player choice per expansion.
It bugged me a little that a few of the streamers appeared to be choosing ATB expansions first over new roles... despite the first three roles unlocked for both characters were A/B/D, thus leaving little room for flexibility during battle on their part during early/quarter-game.
There's one shop keeper, Chocolina. You can't go into buildings in the "towns."