The Praiseworthy
Member
Why didn't they use this beautiful outfits in the regular game from the start?
....... I remember when games used to have these extras for free, now we have to pay for them -_-"
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
- Thread starter Kagari
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Why didn't they use this beautiful outfits in the regular game from the start?
....... I remember when games used to have these extras for free, now we have to pay for them -_-"
Lawlz, 300y is nothing compared to what I've spent for Namdai. Xillia and Im@s 2 combined. I'm ready for these costume DLCs!
I wouldn't be surprised if they pull a Deus Ex and charge $15 for the story-based add-ons.
Side-note: Serah's cute. I'll bite on that bikini costume.
Yeah I will be more comfortable with the ending if there are scenario DLCs that continue afterward. Didn't SE say DLC will continue the story after the ending? I wish SE would announce them so people can stop freaking out about the possibility of a 13-3.
Yes, I'm sure. Nothing reset at the end of the game.
Leta and teakdoc are near the 100% completion !
R_thanatos
Member
it is ? Really?? Where do i go to preorder this ? is it in the cristal edition ?
Comrade !!
i know what you feel ( because i've done it for Xillia and project diva 2nd )
i have no regrets ;_;
That's weird on SE's part, but I thought as much. Thanks!
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
No, he mentioned in his past interview that his game schedule is move because of FF13-2 and the FF on PSP, to launch those games first. So some resources and personnel are remove from Ffversus13. He just made an excuse that he needs more development time. Huh? 4-5 years already and still needs more time. But my goodness it is so obvious that his game development was affected by FF13-2 and the FF on psp.
To bad FFversus13 is a vapor ware a new Duke nukem forever. Anyway after FF10, the FF franchise is dead , What i mean about dead is not about sales but quality. Well Japanese RPG quality is dead, we miss those SNES, Ps1 and Ps2 RPG days. Thanks MS
Ponti
Member
Going to echo the others here and say these should've been the default outfits. So much better.
RPGCrazied
Member
So, a total of 3 costumes now for each? I've seen Noel's AC costume(just art, not ingame), some sort of red one, don't know the name, has pointy boots. Then a swimsuit we haven't seen yet?
I wonder if thats it, I wish you could get some in game, but I doubt it. Nickel and Dime time!
I wonder if thats it, I wish you could get some in game, but I doubt it. Nickel and Dime time!
Each.
Edvardelis
Member
No different than what they pulled for Dissidia 012.
Castor Krieg
Banned
MS as in Microsoft? What do they have to do with anything? Japanese RPG quality is not dead, it simply moved to handhelds where: a. it sells more b. you don't go bankrupt after one flop.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
What... the fuck.
djplaeskool
Member
That sounds about right.
The Phantasy Star Portable DLC costumes were all 200-300Y a pop.
The Phantasy Star Portable DLC costumes were all 200-300Y a pop.
I own several of them :x
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Wait, I'm super confused... did you beat it already?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Yep, I didn't even bother asking :lolI'm very confused by what Kagari just told us. Someone willing to explain a little more in detail? Getting to see one of the endings of the game prior to finishing it... and even moving on after it? What does it mean?
Can this be compared to the different Radiant Historia "endings?
R_thanatos
Member
I'm very confused by what Kagari just told us. Someone willing to explain a little more in detail? Getting to see one of the endings of the game prior to finishing it... and even moving on after it? What does it mean
From my understanding they are like the dead end in radiant historia after a bad choice,
Or the bad ends of corpse party ..
Bad choice ? see the consequences of your bad choice and back to the game with you choosing/doing something else.
kagari , can you confirm if i am mistaken ?
Crash Station
Member
Totally Kingdom Hearts.
Yeah, that's exactly what it was. The game went back to the place where you can pick the outcome and let me choose something else.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Got it now thanks, and that sounds pretty cool. "To Continue" then is just like resuming at the point before you made that "incorrect" choice and trying a different route. That's why they're called "paradox" endings also. I heard something similar happened in Radiant Historia too, but I didn't play that game that's why I couldn't catch immediately the reference
UberTag
Member
All of the paradox endings are loosely referenced with spoiler criteria on how to get them over in the FFXIII-2 wiki.
Someone who isn't streaming/recording their progress has confirmed that an additional ending sequence plays following the end credits after beating the game with 160 fragments (Leta is still at 159).
Only vague details have been posted about it, however. I'm still not sold on it
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Still leaning towards going the $20 bargain bin route here.
Someone who isn't streaming/recording their progress has confirmed that an additional ending sequence plays following the end credits after beating the game with 160 fragments (Leta is still at 159).
Only vague details have been posted about it, however. I'm still not sold on it
salvaging XIII-2 from being nothing more than a commercial for FFXIII-3... this is Xenosaga all over again except Square isn't being up front with their sales pitch like Namco/Monolith were when they went this route
Still leaning towards going the $20 bargain bin route here.
Likewise. If they wanted to purposely use the shittiest costumes available as default to get people to spring cash for better looking character outfits, I'm going to buy the game for $20 and use the savings to buy the better costumes.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Talk about conspiracy theories.
I really doubt their train of thought was "lets put what we purposely think is shitty as the face of this game we are trying to sell". Maybe you just think the costumes are bad and there really is no actual intent to force you do buy the DLC. I know that's too crazy.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I don't even agree with what most people are implying here. I'm not a huge fan of the current character designs, but I find these asian-inspired clothes even more uglier than the standard's ones we got. The new ones simply don't fit with the world the characters are in...
Oh, no I think these are ugly as well. When I play FFXIII-2 for the first time, it will be with Noel Auditore and a Serah that doesn't look like a cheap hooker and looks more like a variation of Lighting (which is the costume that won that contest).
And I honestly don't think S-E gives one shit if the aesthetics fit. Noel's default look clashes with every other costume to begin with and Serah's hooker outfit doesn't mesh with the Team Nora outfits nor does it fit with the stuff that characters like Hope wears.
R_thanatos
Member
Well those are "extra" costumes ...they don't really need to fit .."Tales of" does this all the time , giving opportunities for the player to unlock cameos and bonuses costumes ..
Last gen all of it was in the game , now part of it are DLC , that's the main complain.
(For example , kicking yggrasil ass with my presea in a klonoa costume is WEIRD and doesn't fit but at this point , it's not revelant )
S-E is going down the same route as everyone else with cuts and dlcs ..
I mean some ( arguably crazy ) PEOPLE complained that FF13 had no dlc ..here we are then .
Rahxephon91
Banned
Hope's outfit looks in like with the Sanctum troops and regular cocoon outfits we've seen in the last game. Noel looks like Fangs so it's got that Pulsian vibe going on. And Serah's outfit looks stupid, but it doesn't really look out of place. How do these things not mesh with the game?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Hell... if western journalists and western design consultants didn't keep bugging them about it, it's possible the thought of DLC would have never occurred to them.
UberTag
Member
Quibbling about the costume DLC just seems silly to me. Capcom does this nonsense all the time with their fighting games and people still splurge on 'em.
That's just kind of frivolous.
Now having a beef with the way the story of the game is handled. That's perfectly justified.
That's just kind of frivolous.
Now having a beef with the way the story of the game is handled. That's perfectly justified.
I'd rather have FFXIII as its own self-contained experience if I'm going to have to wait for FFXIII-3 for any kind of payoff to the nonsense introduced by Toriyama in FFXIII-2.
Perhaps the Matrix movies are a more fitting comparison than Xenosaga. Square seems more likely to give us something Matrix Revolutions-calibre than something at the level of Xenosaga Episode 3.
I'm willing to change my stance based on what is gleaned from the "A World Without Goddess" post-credits sequence, however.
Perhaps the Matrix movies are a more fitting comparison than Xenosaga. Square seems more likely to give us something Matrix Revolutions-calibre than something at the level of Xenosaga Episode 3.
I'm willing to change my stance based on what is gleaned from the "A World Without Goddess" post-credits sequence, however.
I don't really know if I can really put it into words. It's more of a feeling that something's completely off. In FFXIII the main party just looked like they fit together from an aesthetics point of view (with Vanille and Fang being the obvious standouts due to plot reasons).
In FFXIII-2, it just doesn't mesh well together for me. It's just all over the place with the Pulsian aesthetic, the pop/hooker aesthetic for Serah, the weird ass bird aesthetic for Lightning, and the slightly futuristic real world aesthetic.