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[thetrin]

I have a question about the japanese version, but I am afraid of spoiling myself by googling/wikipediaing it.

What are the japanese names for Fal'Cie, L'Cie and Cie'th? Pandora and Cocoon? Palumpolum?

At least I find the Cie names pretty terrible and unpractical, and I was wondering if the japanese ones are the same, or if they have the same one sillable differences between all three.

All the names are the same in Japanese. ファルシ, コクーン, ルーシ, etc.

 

[FreedomFrisbee]

So, I've heard that Nomura has a big ego.

I noticed that on the title screen, along with the company copyrights, Nomura is specifically listed as character designer. For no real reason. His name is already in the opening credit reel. Probably in the end one. Looking back, I note that no other Final Fantasy game lists any other staffers on the title screen, just the copyright stuff.

Normally, I wouldn't really care, and even now I really don't, but it just seems like confirmation of Nomura thinking hes more important than he really is.

 

[dramatis]

in the recent gameinformer interview, Kitase again reconfirmed that they actually made separate engines for each platform. from what he said it looks like Crystal Tools is only a set of middleware not a real engine like UE3.

They actually call Crystal Tools 'middleware' (in a mag called CG World, they had a development article), though I'm not sure if 'middleware' is what they call engines in Japanese.

 

[JORMBO]

I've been skipping some of them. Game just isn't as fun to replay as some of the previous titles.

Same here. Having all the combat options slowly unlocked is brutal after having a beefy party in the JP verison.

 

[Indrew]

Those gatling gun dudes go down quickly to

Spoiler

Odin, they are weak against thunder

. A non-sentinel can't survive that move.

 

[APZonerunner]

It actually sounds like an engine for next gen IE, PS4, etc.

I thought that too, but the posting actually talks a bit about Xbox 360 and PS3 and how they've changed the face of game development blah blah and so on. Wonder what it is.

 

[thetrin]

Those gatling gun dudes go down quickly to

Spoiler

Odin, they are weak against thunder

. A non-sentinel can't survive that move.

The first time you deal with them, you have Snow. The second time, you have Fang. When are you facing them without a Sentinel?

 

[ElFly]

All the names are the same in Japanese. ファルシ, コクーン, ルーシ, etc.

Ah, ok. Thanks.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I know I've said it before and many other have but I gotta say it again.

This game is GODDAMN beautiful!

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

I doubt I'll be able to cope when GoWIII hits :O

 

[LiK]

I know I've said it before and many other have but I gotta say it again.

This game is GODDAMN beautiful!

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

I doubt I'll be able to cope when GoWIII hits :O

the music, i love the music.

 

[thetrin]

I know I've said it before and many other have but I gotta say it again.

This game is GODDAMN beautiful!

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

I doubt I'll be able to cope when GoWIII hits :O

GoW3 is going to be such a change of pace, visually :lol

 

[Phatcorns]

Wow, Serah's voice is great! Not a helpless little girl voice at all like I expected them to do.

And the music that they have in the English

Spoiler

proposal scene between Snow and Serah

is different and also really good. I think it fits even better actually since

Spoiler

it uses the main theme of the game instead of a nice random J-pop song.

 

[Talon]

It really really does, it did wonders for Chrono Trigger and I wish they had picked up on it

.

 

[LiK]

GoW3 is going to be such a change of pace, visually :lol

i have Yakuza 3 and GoW3 after this. PS3, it only does 180s

 

[Katana_Strikes]

the music, i love the music.

Yeah the music on the section is beautiful too. It's all blowing me away.

 

[gkryhewy]

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

Agreed; the night sky is jaw dropping. The color choices are subtle, but masterful.

 

[GriffD17]

It begins.

Sorry. I'm not trying to stir things up. It's been mentioned before and all, just thought I'd share my feelings and wondered if anyone else had the same.

 

[Indrew]

The first time you deal with them, you have Snow. The second time, you have Fang. When are you facing them without a Sentinel?

Lightning and Hope near the beginning of chapter 7. That's as far as I've gotten though. It caught me from behind. I guess you only face him once though with those guys, so my advice isn't very helpful.

 

[Hyunkel6]

The first time you deal with them, you have Snow. The second time, you have Fang. When are you facing them without a Sentinel?

The first time is in chapter 7 with only

Spoiler

Lightning and Hope

.

Edit:beaten.

 

[kyo_daikun]

the music, i love the music.

Agree, the music is awesome, chapter 6 is great with the song the whole way through.

i have Yakuza 3 and GoW3 after this. PS3, it only does 180s

Y3 arrived yesterday, i've left it in the packaging so I can carry on with this rather than split my time.

 

[Kagari]

Sorry. I'm not trying to stir things up. It's been mentioned before and all, just thought I'd share my feelings and wondered if anyone else had the same.

You're perfectly fine.

 

[Durante]

I know I've said it before and many other have but I gotta say it again.

This game is GODDAMN beautiful!

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

Yeah, I always knew the game was going to be amazing artistically, but it's also extremely competent technically. They have a very nice HDR/tone mapping implementation that makes for some spectecular lighting.

 

[LiK]

Agree, the music is awesome, chapter 6 is great with the song the whole way through.



Y3 arrived yesterday, i've left it in the packaging so I can carry on with this rather than split my time.

Same, taking breaks from a RPG messes me up cuz I may not remember the mechanics. And if I mix up my playthrus with different RPGs, that would kill me :lol

 

[Alex]

Sorry. I'm not trying to stir things up. It's been mentioned before and all, just thought I'd share my feelings and wondered if anyone else had the same.

It stopped feeling like "Final Fantasy" a long, long time ago because its a completely different series with a completely different staff now. But compared to VII, VIII, X, X-2? No, I feel its exactly the evolution of what they wanted out of those with a little corner cutting due to the obvious fact that they spent 4 years on artwork and graphics.

But out of the Nomura/Kitase games, I think XIII is easily the best. I like the combat and subsystems, I like the pacing, and I even kind of like the story and characters. I'm extremely surprised at how much I'm enjoying the game overall for how much I typically loathed the games from this team, barring X-2, which also played extremely well.

I hope this concept is just expanded upon with some breaks, sight seeing and other distractions rather than scrapped for something else, AGAIN. The next time this specific team makes another game I wouldn't mind another battle rollercoaster, just a little more fleshed.

But I must say, that song in the forest chapter with Vanille and Sazh, yeah that song fucking sucked. It was worse than the shit back from Sonic R. You people are nuts.

Final Fantasy Fans Boo The Xbox 360 At Final Fantasy XIII Launch Party

More like creepy, jobless vagrants wearing too much hair gel boo video game console. Actual Final Fantasy fans are too old to be doing that shit.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I think it was on C6 when I walked past a waterfall and I'm sure Sazh said something like "where's a camera when you need it?". I was like, "yeah SE where the hell's my camera!!!!" I want to take sexy pics!

 

[ithorien]

So, I've heard that Nomura has a big ego.

I noticed that on the title screen, along with the company copyrights, Nomura is specifically listed as character designer. For no real reason. His name is already in the opening credit reel. Probably in the end one. Looking back, I note that no other Final Fantasy game lists any other staffers on the title screen, just the copyright stuff.

Normally, I wouldn't really care, and even now I really don't, but it just seems like confirmation of Nomura thinking hes more important than he really is.

His name is also exclusively on the back cover of the game, next to all regular copyrights.

 

[Durante]

I think it was on C6 when I walked past a waterfall and I'm sure Sazh said something like "where's a camera when you need it?". I was like, "yeah SE where the hell's my camera!!!!" I want to take sexy pics!

Yeah, they spent so long on the game they really could have included a high-res screenshot feature. I'd have so many background images to choose from!

 

[Fina1e]

Man, the difficulty sure does ramp up pretty fast in Chapter 6. Saboteur saves the day though.

 

[dramatis]

Sorry. I'm not trying to stir things up. It's been mentioned before and all, just thought I'd share my feelings and wondered if anyone else had the same.

She's not accusing you of anything, just noting that the honeymoon is now over. Happened in the import thread too.

I've once described this game as starting out a 7/10 game, then it climbs to a 9/10 but plummets to a 5/10, and then crawls back up to 7/10. I think it's pretty accurate, with the two in the middle being interchangeable.

 

[Zoe]

I think it was on C6 when I walked past a waterfall and I'm sure Sazh said something like "where's a camera when you need it?". I was like, "yeah SE where the hell's my camera!!!!" I want to take sexy pics!

After they described cameras in Hope's prologue chapter, I really thought that meant they would have it in the game

 

[Labombadog]

I also wish they had a screenshot feature. This game is BEAUTIFUL and this is coming from a PC gamer. THIS IS HUGGGE!

 

[Castor Krieg]

The game needs screenshot feature, as well as movie theater. I was stupid, most of the time I play my RPGs with one save slot. I should've been making new save slot every time, this way I would've been able to quickly access all the awesome FMVs.

 

[reilo]

She's not accusing you of anything

Hrmm.

 

[Chamber]

Any tips for the Chapter 6 boss? I'm getting my balls busted here.

 

[LiK]

The game needs screenshot feature, as well as movie theater.

It's funny that they let you save before every maJor CGI cutscene. I guess that's better than no other way to rewatch them.

Btw, the surround effects are quite impressive later on

 

[popsicle_sundays]

It's funny that they let you save before every maJor CGI cutscene. I guess that's better than no other way to rewatch them.

Btw, the surround effects are quite impressive later on

I'm glad im not the only one who noticed. i have 2 speakers set up and it sounds phenomenal, lol.

 

[Castor Krieg]

I have a random question concerning Pulse:

Spoiler

Can I fight this giant Fal'Cie on the horizon

 

[neoism]

Alive: character gets CP
Dead: character gets CP
Not in party: character gets CP
Haven't even met yet: character still gets CP

:lol :lol :lol

 

[kyo_daikun]

Any tips for the Chapter 6 boss? I'm getting my balls busted here.

Make sure you libra them as they have elemental weaknesses. I had lightning attacking then when either her's or hopes HP went too low made light a medic and healed them up while hope kept blasting with elemental attacks then switch back, use esuna to remove the defence status effect the keep putting on your characters as well.

 

[RPGCrazied]

22hours in, chapter 11..

damn, finally in pulse! I did 3 of the hunts so far. The only thing I don't like about the game is the upgrade system. Do you ever find any weapons with an increased lvl? I mean, Lightning has a lvl 14gladius, and saszh has a lvl 9 pistol. . everyone is lvl one. ;/

 

[Herpes Reasons]

anyone know of an mp3 download for the battle and boss music?
thanks in advance.

 

[Durante]

I also wish they had a screenshot feature. This game is BEAUTIFUL and this is coming from a PC gamer. THIS IS HUGGGE!

I feel the same way, also as a PC gamer.

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Though I can't help but think how incredibly amazing a PC version would be

The game needs screenshot feature, as well as movie theater. I was stupid, most of the time I play my RPGs with one save slot. I should've been making new save slot every time, this way I would've been able to quickly access all the awesome FMVs.

I already have 90 FF13 saves or so :lol (It helps that they are so small)

 

[Kagari]

Odin was so easy...

 

[Zeliard]

I know I've said it before and many other have but I gotta say it again.

This game is GODDAMN beautiful!

I'm on a bit now (forget the name) with Vanille and Sazh and the views are spectacular. I think it's the lighting/sky that makes the game just a feast for the eyes. I'm stopping all the time to get a great view of the surroundings. Just amazing.

I doubt I'll be able to cope when GoWIII hits :O

Plus, the way the characters are framed against the backdrop is always exquisite, especially Lightning. The contrast between character models and backgrounds is strikingly beautiful, and I pan the camera around all the time to get new looks at things. I agree with others that this game needs a screenshot feature.

 

[ULTROS!]

Chapter 7 now (start).

Should I upgrade my weapons or not yet?

 

[Pooya]

The game needs screenshot feature, as well as movie theater. I was stupid, most of the time I play my RPGs with one save slot. I should've been making new save slot every time, this way I would've been able to quickly access all the awesome FMVs.

I have about 100 saves so far (ch9), I created a new one in every save point, files are very small why not?

 

[LiK]

I feel the same way, also as a PC gamer.

Spoiler

Though I can't help but think how incredibly amazing a PC version would be

I already have 90 FF13 saves or so :lol (It helps that they are so small)

WTF, I only have 8 saves :lol

 

[ithorien]

I already have 90 FF13 saves or so :lol (It helps that they are so small)

Please don't take this the wrong way, but why so many?

I keep overwriting mine, haven't felt at any point yet that I need to make a new save in case I screw something up. Something I'm missing?

 

[shwimpy]

22hours in, chapter 11..

damn, finally in pulse! I did 3 of the hunts so far. The only thing I don't like about the game is the upgrade system. Do you ever find any weapons with an increased lvl? I mean, Lightning has a lvl 14gladius, and saszh has a lvl 9 pistol. . everyone is lvl one. ;/

I'm at the same spot as you but with lvl 1 weapons for everyone. :lol Not sure when I should start upgrading since I haven't had much trouble yet but at least when I do, I'll have a crapload of money/items to do so. I guess I'm waiting to upgrade the best lvl 1 weapon I receive but does it really matter? I heard every weapon changes into the same one at the end of upgrading.

 

[Zoe]

I have a random question concerning Pulse:

Spoiler

Can I fight this giant Fal'Cie on the horizon

Spoiler

No, but you do interact with him