DarknessTear
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Looks Gilgamesh/Genji-ish to me.
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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Looks Gilgamesh/Genji-ish to me.
Crash Station
Member
Yeah, I can see that too. Pants and boots immediately made me think of KH though.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Well fair enough.
I myself am too poor for DLC and will just deal with the regular costumes.
xxczx
Member
It's harder from what I've seen on streams.
Edit: I wonder if people would be able to do a monster-less run through.
Yeeeeah... no. That had nothing to do about delaying Versus in favor of Type-0 & XIII-2. Square Enix just has a policy of hyping their games in order of their releases, so Versus has still had to take the backseat when it comes to media hype. They knew in the beginning of 2011 when they showed the Versus trailer that Type-0 & XIII-2 would be finished before Versus and so they said that those would be marketed before Versus. It's as simple as that.
Also, before you throw around too much more of that vaporware BS, take into account that 1) Type-0 is a PSP game yet it also took "5 years" after its initial announcement to be actually made into something and 2) FFXIII-2 HEAVILY recycles all kinds of stuff from XIII, so of course it can be made much quicker than a much bigger original game like Versus.
:lol
Except FFXII is about ten times better than FFX, especially the International Zodiac Job System version.
RedRedSuit
Member
Agreed....
I'd pay good money for a localized IZJS FF XII....
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I am not sure what problem are having with Serah's default costume. I am only looking at the main promotional image of her.
I preferred the gameplay systems of FFXII, but the story and characters are some of the weakest in recent memory for me, FFX certainly wins out on that front.
Rahxephon91
Banned
I just like how big series are dead because one game was not to your liking. Talk about over dramatics.
I definitely agree with this sentiment. It was one of the most content packed FF's. However, the story and characters had potential, but it went nowhere with a lot of plot points. Like Balthier's
"Yeah that crazy old dude is my father and I was a Judge at some point, but let's not talk about the Judge thing ever again."
I am also not on board with the idea of a 13-3 especially since this was marketed to be the finale to 13. However, if the DLC continues the story from the ending (the developers have claimed that scenario DLC is coming), I will be satisfied. It would be an effective way of keeping the game going for a few months. I just want a finale for what looks like a fantastic game.
no story spoilers in my post but just in case.
I'ma disagree. Balthier's past really had nothing to do with the plot of the game, its just an interesting tidbit thats never really explored and no reason for it to be. XII's biggest flaw is how Vayne essentially disappears the second half of the game, which is too bad.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
There is an interesting interview with Y.Kitase on Edge, you can read it on their official site here: http://www.next-gen.biz/features/yoshinori-kitase-final-fantasy-xiii-2
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RPGCrazied
Member
How much are the costumes each on the Japan PSN? Not yen, the US dollar amount? I have 5 in my wallet, is that enough for one costume? Don't really care for Serah, so it'll be all Noel. If its $5 for one costume, I'll pass.
ZephyrFate
Banned
Leta's stream is about to show off the secret ending.
UberTag
Member
For those of you looking forward to seeing
, Leta just earned the final 160th fragment in his playthrough stream.
FFXIII Twitch.tv Stream
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His delight at conquering this game is downright infectious.
"the ending after the ending"
FFXIII Twitch.tv Stream
I believe he may be going after some additional trophies prior to beating the game again to see the "A World Without Goddess" post-credits ending teaser
His delight at conquering this game is downright infectious.
RPGCrazied
Member
Why would you want to watch endings before you get to play the game? 0_o
Electivirus
Member
For me, I'm far more interested in the gameplay additions rather than the story.
RPGCrazied
Member
For me, thats like skipping to the last chapter in a book and reading it. Oh well, to each his own. 
I play for story, shit or not, lol.
I play for story, shit or not, lol.
Electivirus
Member
For me, thats like skipping to the last chapter in a book and reading it. Oh well, to each his own.
I play for story, shit or not, lol.
Incidentally, I do that too. Though that's a far more involuntary habit than something like this. XD
UberTag
Member
Normally I wouldn't but after I
heard (and then saw) how downright awful this game's ending was the possibility of something... anything... better being delivered upon full completion
It's THAT bad. It's an unprecedented level of "slap the gamer in the face" awful. And I enjoyed FFXIII's ending. Don't want to even acknowledge this game's existence in a void of story-rectifying DLC / FFXIII-3 being available as it stands in its current form.
On the bright side, FFXIII-2 has an amazing soundtrack.
Oh man. Are you serious? Like, I was made at the DLC scenario idea...
Knowing this could be a total breaker on me even liking the game.
RPGCrazied
Member
I'm not highlighting that! But I want to be on a media blackout for this game, I've only seen a couple trailers. Specially since I'm spending over $100 for this game. I'm getting the NA CE and the CE guide book. I might buy a costume or 2, depending on price.
But I want to be on a media blackout for this game, I've only seen a couple trailers. Specially since I'm spending over $100 for this game. I'm getting the NA CE and the CE guide book. I might buy a costume or 2, depending on price.michaeltraps
Member
ZephyrFate
Banned
Fixes a couple glitches in the game, like dance battling.
runlikehell
Banned
Just decided to get the platinum in XIII in anticipation for this. Super-hyped.
Hold on a sec. The ending (no story spoilers)
is not THAT bad as it stands now because it actually offers quite a surprise twist and brings the mythos of the series full force.
Now for a somewhat storyline spoiler,
I just am not sure where it can go considering this was always the end of the world scenario that was predicted if things went wrong.If this leads to a final battle with Lindzei and the 'Maker' in a download DLC, I am totally sold.
UberTag
Member
I have no problem with
"things go wrong"
I have a problem with a "now please buy this other thing for the real ending from out of nowhere" endings.
It's like forking out $50 to watch an Impact wrestling pay-per-view only to have the main event go to a time-limit draw and you have to tune in the next week to watch the ending of the match on TV for free (to borrow from a real-life example).
Except in this case you have to wait months (for DLC) or two years (for a sequel that most folks buying this game will probably go in not expecting).
Incidentally, I'm fine with episodic storytelling. I just don't like it when a company is hamfistedly blatant about it and acts in a disingenuous fashion about their intent. Even a small change like pitching this as "the next chapter in the FFXIII trilogy" would be an improvement.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Because I really don't care about the story or FFXIII's mythos anymore. Might as well get it out of the way so I can skip the cutscenes when I play it in English... and chuckle away as my friends wonder wtf is going on with the story when they play it.
Well... I just got home. Does Leta have that up recorded yet?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Thank you! I just came in time, then.
RPGCrazied
Member
$60 and you'll skip the cutscenes? Unless you're going to get it used? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I liked XIII, story isn't bad as everyone seems to make it. It's a little complicated. I'm easily amused I guess, this coming from someone that actually liked Star Ocean 4's story.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
What the flying fluck? That was it?
Even Leta doesn't know what the hell to do! Neither do I. So...
Even Leta doesn't know what the hell to do! Neither do I. So...
Caius is alive, and says he wants to make a new world, one without a goddess? Edit: Oh, I know why this happens now, lol. Mmkay. It has to do with Caius and his relationship to someone else in the game.
Heh. Hahahahahahahahahaha! Unbelievable! It really does seem like FFXIII-3 is pretty much a given here.
UberTag
Member
That 160 fragment ending actually made the first one even worse than it already was.
Clearly paying full retail to Square isn't GOOD enough for them. They want more of our money than just that. They think they're telling Star Wars. This is their Empire Strikes Back. They even froze Lightning in carbonite just like Han Solo. And instead of cutting off Luke's hand, Toriyama figured he'd just kill off Leia and R2-D2.
Clearly paying full retail to Square isn't GOOD enough for them. They want more of our money than just that. They think they're telling Star Wars. This is their Empire Strikes Back. They even froze Lightning in carbonite just like Han Solo. And instead of cutting off Luke's hand, Toriyama figured he'd just kill off Leia and R2-D2.
I'm so not paying full retail for this. Hell, I have good mind to hold a draw for my NTSC copy of Xenoblade Chronicles for anyone on GAF that commits to following my lead.
djplaeskool
Member
So...uh...guessing from the responses, trilogy confirmed then?
No matter, too hyped. Will spend hours and hours playing when Jan 31st rolls around.
No matter, too hyped. Will spend hours and hours playing when Jan 31st rolls around.
Keep watching the stream. It's actually getting pretty damn crazy right now.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Gosh, I don't even know anymore. I want to play around with the battle engine/monster system, though. D:$60 and you'll skip the cutscenes? Unless you're going to get it used? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I liked XIII, story isn't bad as everyone seems to make it. It's a little complicated. I'm easily amused I guess, this coming from someone that actually liked Star Ocean 4's story.
But I've noticed that I've started to play RPGs moreso for the battle engine/ability system than the story because... uh, a lot of stories haven't really been engaging other than Trails and Radiant Historia. The games where I usually seem to be engaged in the storytelling seem to be Genso Suikoden, Fire Emblem, Trails, Tactics Ogre, other Matsuno stuff, Mother or some other RPGs/SRPGs like those. *shrug*
Edit: oh my god, GameFAQs is turning into a minefield.
Wait a minute... What leta's playing through right now isUberTag said:
slightly different from the original! Caius's eyes are now red. I wonder if he's going to unlock those first three nodes?
Edit: Nevermind.
What about those nodes on the left? Those are driving me nuts.