Unknown Soldier
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Nope, I completed the demo and got nothing. Oh well.
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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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Nope, I completed the demo and got nothing. Oh well.
MotionBlue
Member
I wonder what the other unlocks are, I received a theme and an in-game item for having FF13 save data on my PS3. Not sure what the item does yet.
I like to pretend I am the camera.
So far I've put about 10 hours into the game so far and I think I pretty much leveled up my Crystarium wrong from what some people told me. I skipped all the tutorials thinking it was going to be just like FFXIII.
So far my Serah has Lv. 22 RAV, and her other roles are between 15-20 with 78 strength and 112 magic. Noel has Lv. 19 COM and the rest of his roles are between 15-20 with 102 strength and 81 magic.
Should I start over or should I just stick with it?
So far my Serah has Lv. 22 RAV, and her other roles are between 15-20 with 78 strength and 112 magic. Noel has Lv. 19 COM and the rest of his roles are between 15-20 with 102 strength and 81 magic.
Should I start over or should I just stick with it?
CountBlack
Member
I officially have no idea what to do.
I think i'm at chapter 3 and I'm kinda stuck
I think i'm at chapter 3 and I'm kinda stuck
I just got to Augusta Tower, then the computer or whatever said it wanted to kill me, then nothing happened. I have no idea where to go, I went to other worlds looking for other gates but I can't find any 
help meeee, I got the fragment in Augusta tower it says too.
help meeee, I got the fragment in Augusta tower it says too.I officially have no idea what to do.
I think i'm at chapter 3 and I'm kinda stuck
I just got to Augusta Tower, then the computer or whatever said it wanted to kill me, then nothing happened. I have no idea where to go, I went to other worlds looking for other gates but I can't find any
Leave Augusta Tower and go back and open any gates you haven't been to yet.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Right. But you should play the game the way you want to play it.
Nah. You can rewind time in areas to get stuff you missed the first time.
What are people telling you that you did wrong?
MotionBlue
Member
Stick with it. There is no "wrong way" to level your crystarium unless you level everything as a sentinel
That I didn't use Rav only for the large nodes for Serah and Com only for the large nodes for Noel so I can get stat bonuses. Until now, I've just been pumping points without any care about the large node big node stuff. Then I started noticing that Noel's magic was getting as high as Serah and I didn't know why so I asked around. I was trying to build Serah as my magic user and Noel as my tank warrior.
Zoe
Member
Those are the natural roles for the two.
You can't get all of the achievements without 100%ing the game. It is not possible to do that without replaying several parts of the game.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Ah. That's the way to max out your stats, yeah.
But honestly, first playthroughs aren't always going to be perfect. You're getting used to the game mechanics, so sometimes you're not going to catch stuff like that. I wouldn't start over if you're that far in, unless you really want to max out Noel and Serah's stats. Play the game the way you want to play it, not how everyone else thinks you should play it.
So I guess it doesn't matter in the end. Its not like it determines trophies or anything right?
I'm really liking this game and it's plot so far though, a bit more than FFXIII. Graphics seems off to me for some reason though.
I'm really surprised on how much I'm loving this. I was thinking about passing on it for a while, since we don't have a whole helluva lot of money right now, but then I decided it could count for my wife's birthday present to me (we usually pick out our own birthday presents). I played through about 6 hours today, which is astounding since I haven't picked up a game for more than 3 hours or so in the last 2 or 3 months. I'm pretty well addicted to this game. It's pretty refreshing with NPCs and the exploration and everything.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Right.
With regards to levelling in general, I think there's only one trophy dedicated to that, and that's the "raise Noel and Serah to Level 99 in all 6 Roles in the Crystarium" trophy. You don't have to pay attention to maxing stats for that at all, so you can keep levelling them the way you're levelling them now.
That's probably going to be a hassle to accomplish.
I've decided not to start over though, but I'll probably still be somewhat mindful of where I put my points into.
65-70 hours.
Wow. I don't think I could ever platinum a RPG.
Honestly... it's really easy with this game. You can do most everything extra in order and it makes it fairly simple to obtain.
mr stroke
Member
Game has been pretty good so far but damn the cheesy music and dialog is really getting to me. Its so bad my wife walked in the room and started making fun of me
Really torn as this game can be so amazing(battle system, paradigms, monsters) and yet so terrible(music, character designs, and dialog)
Really torn as this game can be so amazing(battle system, paradigms, monsters) and yet so terrible(music, character designs, and dialog)
distantmantra
Member
I love that they got Origa to do a lot of the vocal work.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Doesn't seem like it's difficult to accumulate drops for the monsters unless you're going for 'potent' materials. Don't forget that Mana stuff will give stat bonuses to the monsters' MAG, Vitality stuff will give stat bonuses to HP, and Power stuff will give bonuses to ATK. Potent materials boost all three stats.
Don't forget you can infuse weaker monsters into stronger ones so that the newer monsters will get better passive abilities and stuff.
I haven't gotten there yet (ie: I haven't gotten the ability to get monsters yet), and I don't really plan on using monsters unless I have to, so... my monster knowledge--outside of a Kichu and a good SEN monster--will be rather limited.
It's not that difficult, especially now that trophies for RPGs have gotten easier to get (ex: Tales of Graces, Tales of Xillia, Last Rebellion, FFXIII-2, Trinity Souls of Zill O'll). They're just quite time-consuming.
But some of the earlier games had really crappy trophies. Like Star Ocean 4. I haven't gotten the plat for that one because I don't have the patience at all.
SpaceBridge
Member
Still in New Bodhum, so fun to talk to all the npcs or listen in on conversations. The little pack of cats was cute, as well as the three kids running along the beach, and the one little girl who keeps tripping. Already the game has more character than FF13 and I liked FF13.
But damn, im having a hard time finding the medical kit of that girl on the beach. Where is it?
But damn, im having a hard time finding the medical kit of that girl on the beach. Where is it?
When you have to catch the kid that took something from uhh, one of the Nora guys, you'll eventually see a floating cube on the way to the crater
This guy fucking gets it.
All joking aside, I really like Noel's character. Most appealing character so far, and some of his live trigger dialogue is downright hilarious.
SpaceBridge
Member
Okay thanks, Im about to head back there again.
Speaking of the Genji bow, I used the gamestop code and I downloaded and installed it, but when I go to the games menu I dont see it. Serah alt costume is there.
MotionBlue
Member
You get it later for free off a vendor, right after you finish the first area. Its a good weapon, decent stats. Best is the 25% faster ATB rate.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Nope. You probably won't like it.
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.
You know, I'd like to pretend this game used to be Chrono Break.
I had a hard time with ep. 3 part 1's boss though.
I had a hard time with ep. 3 part 1's boss though.
StunandStab
Member
I had a hard time with that boss, too, and then I realized "hey, it's probably not as easy as everyone says it is... maybe I DO need to use the medic role sometimes." XD
Then I got through it.
It's kinda like if you put FF XIII with Chrono Trigger with a less bleak story.
The plot seems like something that they would write for a Chrono Trigger game. Its the only reason I have any interest in this. Script itself sounds bad in the trailers.
Does the game have an actual world that feels lived in this time?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
"Who's this Snow person?"
Why oh why is there an option that says, "my hero"?
Why oh why is there an option that says, "my hero"?
I wouldn't.
Not even close.
StunandStab
Member
I don't think I'm going to super boost one stat for each character like everyone is doing... I don't like enemies coming up with their physical resistance and then Noel not being able to do any damage at all because his magic is so low
Every live trigger has a funny option... "What's he upset about?" Triangle: "Are you upset about the moogle?"
Every live trigger has a funny option... "What's he upset about?" Triangle: "Are you upset about the moogle?"
Way more than XIII, that's for sure. It depends on the time period you go to, but there's plenty of flavor text, NPCs, towns that are inhabited, and bodies everywhere now.
Rahxephon91
Banned
It's better then FF4 at least.
StunandStab
Member
Its not a new main series entry, so honestly I wouldnt really hold it up to those standards. It does have a ton of stuff that XIII should have had from the beginning though...and I will say I like the idea of "Cinematic Action" instances.
Blasphemy.
/nostalgic bias
Wow even the download content menu has a great theme. I cant see how any rpg game reviewer gave the sound in this game an average to low score.
Is that your answer for both of my questions?
I figured it would since the backgrounds don't look as good as the ones in FF13 and the models have slightly lower poly counts.
Would you say its better than 13? I played like 20 hours of that and stopped because it was just tedious to run through map after map, the plot was a mess with things being cryptic for no reason and the script was just terrible with every other line making me cringe.
I think I'm going to use the big spheres for com on Serah(and Noel.) In 13 I liked going com com rav so I'll let the monster take care of rav duty. I don't mind rav damage being so weak when I'm trying to stagger a monster, once that's done and I switch to a com combo I want maximum damage from both or all three members. That worked quite well for me in 13 so unless something is drastically different here I should be okay.
Rahxephon91
Banned
If your looking for a world that feels lived in. Then yes it's Better. Area's feel like places and seem to have relevant things going on on them. There's a lot of corny npd dialogue that also adds live and makes it feel like stuff is happening and has happen in this world. But the world isn't connected. So you won't being leaving one zone for another by just walking around, making it feel a bit disconnected and not like an adventure if you ask me.
The story, well if you don't like XIII then I have my doubts that you will like the story here. Sure it feels like it has more personality and fun then XIII, but XIII's premise was at least interesting and felt like it had themes and points that maybe weren't executed well. I also don't think the dialogue was as bad as everyone claims. In XIII-2, Ive cringed at a lot of stuff. Some stuff has been funny in kind of a bad way. Noel seem like a likeable lead though and the story has some promise, but it just dosent seem as interesting. It also feels very random.
But I'm not done so i dont know.
I do know that going in expecting/looking for something as good as 9 or 6 is a pretty bad way to start. It is nowhere near the scale of those games storytelling and world building.
Did you play FFX-2?
The story, well if you don't like XIII then I have my doubts that you will like the story here. Sure it feels like it has more personality and fun then XIII, but XIII's premise was at least interesting and felt like it had themes and points that maybe weren't executed well. I also don't think the dialogue was as bad as everyone claims. In XIII-2, Ive cringed at a lot of stuff. Some stuff has been funny in kind of a bad way. Noel seem like a likeable lead though and the story has some promise, but it just dosent seem as interesting. It also feels very random.
But I'm not done so i dont know.
I do know that going in expecting/looking for something as good as 9 or 6 is a pretty bad way to start. It is nowhere near the scale of those games storytelling and world building.
Did you play FFX-2?