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Relaxed Muscle
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omg rite said:
Yes, I agree, still I consider it the worst FF, the great battle system just couldn't make it for all the other amount of sins....
I just got to
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The battle system is so unbelievably addicting; the maps you explore, while linear, are not as bad as they were made out to be. Really, it's like a glorified FFX, and in a weird way that helps the exploration aspect. If PS2 could handle environments of this scale and detail, it probably would've been about the same kind of thing. Maybe. Either way, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I'm ~10 hours in,
Battles + story are the meat and potatoes of this game, not running around some huge open map finding treasure chests, and having boring conversations with NPC's in towns scattered throughout -- that being said, I've already had opportunities to go down different paths and engage enemies for an added challenge, and finding treasure chests. Really, I'm finding that, absolutely, the "straight path" linear maps aren't quite as linear as I was told.
I don't really mind being limited as to how I'm forming my party, although I do wish I could at least switch leaders. Again, though, not as bad as importers/reviews would suggest.
The characters are likable, and I'm enjoying how the story is progressing thus far. As I've said before, the OST is the best in the series. Save Vanille and Snow, all of the main characters are really likable to me. And, honestly... Vanille really isn't that bad, save her voice. Snow is definitely in the vein of a cocky/preppy/arrogant character like Zell, and while he has his moments, he is who he is and they seemed to do a good enough job of placing him into the story. While I'm still fairly early into the game, so far, this is the most impressive thing I've played bearing the title of "Final Fantasy" since 2001.
I seriously cannot stop playing; even though I want to... I can't.
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The battle system is so unbelievably addicting; the maps you explore, while linear, are not as bad as they were made out to be. Really, it's like a glorified FFX, and in a weird way that helps the exploration aspect. If PS2 could handle environments of this scale and detail, it probably would've been about the same kind of thing. Maybe. Either way, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I'm ~10 hours in,
apparently halfway to the point where the game "opens up" by getting to Gran Pulse or whatever.
I don't really mind being limited as to how I'm forming my party, although I do wish I could at least switch leaders. Again, though, not as bad as importers/reviews would suggest.
The characters are likable, and I'm enjoying how the story is progressing thus far. As I've said before, the OST is the best in the series. Save Vanille and Snow, all of the main characters are really likable to me. And, honestly... Vanille really isn't that bad, save her voice. Snow is definitely in the vein of a cocky/preppy/arrogant character like Zell, and while he has his moments, he is who he is and they seemed to do a good enough job of placing him into the story. While I'm still fairly early into the game, so far, this is the most impressive thing I've played bearing the title of "Final Fantasy" since 2001.
I seriously cannot stop playing; even though I want to... I can't.
I was thinking that maybe he saw the difference between real-time graphics and prerecorded (compressed) sequences -- since the resolution is constant throughout the game on both systems it obviously couldn't be that. It's a topic for the other thread but I thought I'd clarify.gkrykewy said:
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.
omg rite said:Well wouldn't he most likely be going from Versus XIII to KH3?
I'm hoping we get FFXV this generation though. I would hate to break the 3-mainline-FFs-every-gen rule.
It "could" be possible, he was the producer of FFIX anyhow.
Maybe they should rename Versus to FFXV (if they get lazy to make a new installment)?
Diablos said:
If you're okay with lots of stuff being predetermined, you'll enjoy the game. A lot of reviewers that hated the game either are disappointed because it's not their idea of Final Fantasy or it's not a Bioware style game.
teh_pwn said:
I think you're really reaching. A path that goes... in the opposite direction/alongside for... a couple steps isn't much of a branch. At this point I wish they'd just put the damn item in the road, since whenever I see a branch "Oh, they'll be an item at the end, maybe some guys guarding it" surprise surprise. Whole point of having other areas to explore is for the exploration and surprise, which these little tiny offshoots have none.
Kagari said:
I dunno. It's an action RPG, and Nomura himself said that he would not have been able to do the things he wanted to do if it was called FFXIII. So.... it's clearly not FFXV or whatever. There's no question that it has the production values of a major S-E game, but so did Chrono Trigger in comparison to FFVI, and Xenogears in comparison to FFVII. Or even KH2 in comparison to FFX. That doesn't make them "mainline FF" games though...
Relaxed Muscle
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Was this posted? seems like linearity will be the future of the saga...
Toriyama GDC's keynote
Some nice post mortem about FFXIII
also:
Oh, Toriyama you crazy! :lol :lol
Toriyama GDC's keynote
Some nice post mortem about FFXIII
also:
Oh, Toriyama you crazy! :lol :lol
I have to agree that chapter 6 looks amazing! The only vistas that compare to this game is Uncharted 1 & 2. The team really did a great job with the visuals and I'm interested to see what they come up toward the end of the console cycle.
I'm enjoying the visuals of the ingame cinemas as much as the CG sequences.
Also the game is running at 1080P on the PS3 without having to mess around with the resolution settings!
I really like the combat engine and the characters are pretty good, but the story is a convoluted mess, just like every FF title...
I would recommend this game to any RPG fan, I'm more of a casual RPG fan and I'm really enjoying the game.
I'm enjoying the visuals of the ingame cinemas as much as the CG sequences.
Also the game is running at 1080P on the PS3 without having to mess around with the resolution settings!
I really like the combat engine and the characters are pretty good, but the story is a convoluted mess, just like every FF title...
I would recommend this game to any RPG fan, I'm more of a casual RPG fan and I'm really enjoying the game.
Crash Station
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Relaxed Muscle said:
So Tomb Raider is a JRPG all of a sudden?
Seriously though, despite Toriyama's crappy interviewing skills, I agree with him for the most part. I want a story driven Final Fantasy, not an open world one. I would just take Nojima as the writer over Toriyama any day even if I do like FFXIII's story.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Kagari said:
In Dissidia 2, who would represent Chaos' side? Cid or Galenth
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?
Yeah I agree on that. It's weird, didn't they work the most with Light? Everyone's got better looking hair than her.ULTROS! said:Something really random:
Hope's hair is nicely modeled (gameplay + cutscene wise). Lightning's hair is the crappiest.
Castor Krieg
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Anyone knows where I can get Shroud Collector? I was careless and upgraded it to Item Collector by mistake.
You're talking about Chap 8 right?Yoshichan said:Where's this grinding spot? Spoiler tag
At the clocktower area there is 5 of those small enemies and they give a combined 640 cp. You ran back to the "mall" area to respawn them. Don't run beyond the chest at the mall though, or else you'll respawn everything else.
I actually think the Grind spot in Chap 9 is better:
The outside area and then into the crew quarters (I think it's called), not only do you get great cp and it is easy to respawn the enemies, but they drop great component items, and incentive chips like crazy (2500 gil).
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