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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
- Thread starter Kagari
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So you don't have to fight a monster when it appears?
You can avoid a majority of them. There's one level where it forces you into them though.
This. People's reactions in this thread is complete non-sense. "I watched the ending on a japanese stream and the story is idiotic". Come on...
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Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
Yup. And it's worse when they watch chunks of it and (Gamefaqs is full of dumb people) say Alyssa's
evil when it was her duplicate who was evil and made up conclusions like how she wanted revenge for the purge and rubbish like that...
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Pudding ending was amusing.
I honestly think some people just didn't like Alyssa's overall aesthetic or how
she liked grasping Hope's arms
making baseless assumptions about her when they don't even understand what's being said to make the plot... er... somewhat coherent. Where the heck did people get the "she wanted revenge!" nonsense? :O See... this is why I don't go to GameFAQs boards anymore. :/
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Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
Someone weaved a plotline about how she
wanted revenge for losing her friends and family during the Purge. That Serah is the one at fault given events of FFXIII. And they linked it to the paradox ending and Duplicate Alyssa scenes. So she's secretly working with Caius throughout the game
King of the Potato People
Member
Without spoilers, how does Caius Ballad measure up to other villains?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Wat.
Gosh, I wonder how people are going to react to that particular plot point when they play the English version and they can finally understand what's going on and what's actually being said!
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Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
I don't know how many people actually believe this to be a the case but probably a few plus those who listened blindly. Many also didn't know why the ending was that way.
InternHertz
Member
I'm now at the beginning of the last chapter after 27h37 (76 fragments as of now). I quite like the scenario up until now, I thought it was indeed easier to follow than XIII's and that made it look more appealing. So unless something goes horribly wrong during the last chapter, positive notes for me.
Regarding Alyssa
So yeah now I'll try to navigate in what seems the last mandatory area, then try beating the boss, and if I manage it then it's going to be fragment and trophy hunting.
Regarding Alyssa
I always felt something was off with her from the moment we reunite with her being at Hope's side. Like she was really jealous and "ready to kill". Then she apologized and I thought I was reading too much into this but no, a moment later she betrays us. F her. I really wanted to see how she would react when I come back later but of course she's nowhere to be found because out for some "secret matters" she doesn't want to tell Hope about...too bad =(
So yeah now I'll try to navigate in what seems the last mandatory area, then try beating the boss, and if I manage it then it's going to be fragment and trophy hunting.
Zoe
Member
This is what happens when u don't trust the dev anymore I guess. I remember watching the FFXIII live streams and just picking out the good stuff "well FFX was linear" and "the battles look good". Got FFXIII day one and trudged through 15-20hrs of it and I hated it. Now all I see when I watch the XIII-2 live streams is that "It looks like FFXIII" which translates to looks like shit. I haven't said much about this one you'll see that if u go through my post history but every time I see it I just don't like anything about it. I will definatly not be there day one and maybe not for VS either even though it looks like traditional FF mixed with KH. When I see Sqeenixes name on anything I just get skeptical. I know alot of fans, even though they hope for the best, see it the same way.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Does someone know if the savefiles in this game work with more than one PS User or they're locked to a specific user and/or console id? I remember some game on Ps3 locked to a specific user, that if you copy and paste the savefile on another user's account still within the same console hw, you can't load it.
Zoe
Member
That it was thanks to Caius, yes, but she had that one line after they went through the gate that confirms she did something.
I just want to know, when all is said and done, if this is a game worth getting, and is overall a major improvement over FFXIII.
Forget the bitching about the ending or whatever else, that is the only thing I want to know. Day One Buy Y/N
Zoe
Member
Can't really remember. Will go watch that scene again
Yeah, can't remember the exact line, but
she said something like she wouldn't exist in the future they're trying to create
i'm about 10 hours in and i'd say it's worth it for anyone that at least enjoyed xiii despite it's problems. day one perhaps not because it'll probably bomba pretty fast.
labyrinth of time is really annoying though. stupid clock.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I have a question... my friend's having issues with the platforming in the last area. Is it just that the controls aren't as tight as you'd expect when platforming + encounter rate? Should I just tell him to move the camera to make it seem like he's travelling on a 2D plane a la platformer games?
He has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision to use random encounters many times, lol. The encounter rate is high in some places, but in those same places, while it's possible to run away, but sometimes it's too cramped to run. He really hated the tower! LOL.
He has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision to use random encounters many times, lol. The encounter rate is high in some places, but in those same places, while it's possible to run away, but sometimes it's too cramped to run. He really hated the tower! LOL.
Was that the scene right before
Noel and Serah get separated while travelling through time? I wasn't paying attention to whether she said something or not.
Zoe
Member
Appollowexx
Member
Anyone think it possible that we could see both Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Versus XIII out in some form in 2012. I mean SQUARE-ENIX are presumably focusing soley on Versus now, right?
Also for anyone who has beaten the game, roughly how many CG cinematics can we expect to see and how are they spaced out in the game? Still one before each chapter, like with XIII?
Also for anyone who has beaten the game, roughly how many CG cinematics can we expect to see and how are they spaced out in the game? Still one before each chapter, like with XIII?
Zoe
Member
Haven't beaten the game yet (and the bf took over the PS3 for MW...), but I've only come across
....two....
Japan MIGHT get Versus XIII in Q4 2012. There's no way it's being released in America or Europe in 2012.
Appollowexx
Member
I don't think it's a total loss. Spares me the spastic camerawork and frenetic choreography that made the CG in XIII so hard to follow. The in-game stuff looks decent enough.
ZephyrFate
Banned
Most people who were burned by XIII will love XIII-2, bet on it.
That is, if they bother returning! /looks at Japan
ZephyrFate
Banned
I blame Japan, not the game.
Flying Wonkey
Member
Huh, SE has some presence over at AGS
http://twitpic.com/7xjmc1
Did they mention anything in particular about it or something?
http://twitpic.com/7xjmc1
Did they mention anything in particular about it or something?
The_Inquisitor
Member
Kagari, tell me is the story decent? I guess I am one of those rare "story" driven gamers. If it is, I will give it a try.
Their FMV direction has gotten disgusting. It's nice to hear this game features less of them.
ZephyrFate
Banned
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
The opening is pretty cool though. But I agree, some "FMV's" in FFXIII were just too chaotic and difficult to follow (starts of Ep.12 for example), more a technical achievement than anything else. Oh, but we also got Deus Ex's Cinematic Trailer, and that was pretty cool.
The story is garbage.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Then you enjoyed more the first's one?
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The Xtortionist
Member
nelsonroyale
Member
They really should get rid of Toriyama... Did he write the story for FFX? I very much prefered the story in that game to FFXIII.
Is the plot in this game equivalent to FFX-2? That was light hearted fun.
nelsonroyale
Member
What happened to the days when we used to have FF themes like this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkbfcwUkmTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoc8G4o63c8
Well at least we still may have Versus
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I still can't wait for this game...the only thing that scares are the QTE or Cinematic Actions as they call them...how are they? how bad does it mess you up if you miss some?,how fast do they appear on screen and how long do you have to react?...if you miss,do they come back with the same react button in the same fight or are they random...can I just ignore them and still be able to beat the ennemy just the same?
I don't know what you're smoking, but Caius's Theme is definitely not a good track. It's very mediocre, you would have better luck choosing a different track.