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Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
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Nose Master
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Papercuts said:
Just hit retry right away and reset paradigms. That fights a bit of a cock since you can't use Hope or Sazh, just hit him with any debuffs you can and switch between com/rav/med and com/rav/rav and cross your fingers.
PS: Sazh just learned Protect/Shell. Bye forever, Hope, you frail bastard. :lol
WrenchNinja
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Dahaka is kicking my ass. Help me please...
Die Squirrel Die
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Diablos said:
Yeah I've noticed that while the auto-battle is good enough a lot of the time I've found that in specific situations it tends to not choose wisely and it's better to manually select attacks.
For example as a Rav, when an enemy is launched, the auto-battle tends to choose a 1-2-1 attack pattern, where a 1-1-1-1 is better for maintaining a juggle. And like you mentioned using 2 bar attacks to stagger multiple opponents, especially with a pre-emptive strike, it once again prefers a 1-2-1 setup where a 2-2 can be devastating.
Crash Station
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I feel like Pulse has really messed up the pacing of the game for me. It's gotten to the point where I just want to see the next big cutscene and stop with all the exploring. It probably wouldn't be as bad if most of the game was linear but it's such a ridiculous shift. I got to the place at like 30 hours and now the clock is close to 42 hours. Yeah, I did a lot of missions and stuff but even following the arrow to the point I'm at
took a few hours. It's like the complaints of "nothing happening" at the beginning of the game have finally started to kick in for me at a completely different part in the game.
(Snow and Lightning FMV discussing marriage and what not)
Kagari said:
What's Jam?
Nose Master said:
It seems really dumb that it resets all of the paradigms, why didn't they just keep them? :|
I'm trying a few things but he just steamrolls my whole party...
ULTROS! said:
That's what I want to do but I'm out.
mjemirzian
Banned
Gamer @ Heart said:
Score = {[(Time Objective) - (Battle Time)] x (Battle Rate)} + 10,000
Time Objective = [(Enemy Strength) / (Party Member Strength)] + 8
Enemy Strength is the sum of the following:
[(HP at the start of Battle) x (enemy level)] / 16
In the case that the enemy's level is above 50, it is calculated as 50.
Party Member Strength is the sum of the following:
[(Attack power x ATB Level) / (3.5 + ATB Level)]
Attack power means the highest value between magic and physical attack.
Battle Rate = [(10,000) / (Time Objective)]
careful said:
Most video game genres measure your skill in some way. Traditional RPGs are an exception to this rule, which is why it attracts so many 'casual' players (in other words, people who don't want a game to 'judge them').
And you didn't do something right if you didn't get 5 stars. If you want to get better at the game, get to it.
Crash Station
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Zzoram said:
I hope so. Square should know their audience by now and a lot of the complaints from the western reviewers are the same reason a lot of people love the series.
soujiro_seta
Member
Ballistictiger said:
Where can i get me some of those?
I know it's not, I meant jokingly since if there was a X-3, I think it would be like this game. You can see FFX team's work all over XIII.Diablos said:
I think only Pulse itself is fairly large, but then it leads to corridor paths, so it's not really like that. I agree however, that they needed to mix things around.Zzoram said:
AND they needed to let you do any mission at any time like 12, this running around back and forward is just a waste of time :/.
mjemirzian
Banned
hmm.. so I decided to start a new challenge run for a day or two until Resonance of Fate hits. Here are the limitations:
No auto-battle.
No shrouds.
No grinding or fighting the same enemy group twice.
No missions during the main game (besides the mandatory Ch 11 ones).
Get 5 stars on every encounter.. preferably as quickly as possible.
Currently in chapter 2. I think I upped my stats too high because the groups of Bass are not coughing up the stars even with perfectly placed Blitz cancels.
No auto-battle.
No shrouds.
No grinding or fighting the same enemy group twice.
No missions during the main game (besides the mandatory Ch 11 ones).
Get 5 stars on every encounter.. preferably as quickly as possible.
Currently in chapter 2. I think I upped my stats too high because the groups of Bass are not coughing up the stars even with perfectly placed Blitz cancels.
DualShadow
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Papercuts said:
Did u try setting it as default? That might save you a little bit of time.
Also: Does anyone else hate how it always shows you changing class's
1) Even if your not changing everyone's class (example RAV/RAV to RAV/MED)
2) Wastes a few seconds where your still vulnerable to attack
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Chapter 8 was really emotional.
. I also really liked the design of Nautilus. It was nice to have a more laid back period in the game where you weren't just running from fight to fight.
The confrontation between Sazh and Vanille was very well done, and I think both voice actors did a great job pulling off that scene
Finally got back from snowboarding and I was able to open and play till the start of Chapter 3, I'm loving the game so far. From someone that did not play past FF10 I'm happy to pick up another Final Fantasy game. I went in knowing only the main cast and a bit about the ATB and the initial trailer for the game. I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far, I would love to have a bit more freedom to explore but it hasn't hurt my enjoyment of the game yet at all. Would keep playing now but I should really get to sleep so I can get up for work in the morning. A lot of the early impressions had me worried but I think that since I wasn't so hyped for the game I'm enjoying it more.
Kagari said:
Everyone got destroyed. :lol
Vanille is the biggest problem, NONE of her classes make her move, so if I get attacked at the start both Fang and Vanille need to get up, meaning she has no time to heal...meaning I'm dead in a few seconds. Lightning is just running into him and getting hit, which is also awesome.
Dedication Through Light
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Wow when does the battle theme return, It seems likes its been missing since chapter 6 (at chapter 9 now).
Completed the game. The ending basically takes all the built up cheesiness, and throws it right at you. Though honestly, that's not too different from VIII, X, and X-2. :lol
Overall, I think I'd give the game about a 7.5 or 8 out of 10.
Personally, I feel it's a very simple and straightforward game, propped up by an interesting and somewhat strategic battlesystem. It's not the best in the series (not in my top 3 either), not really even the best RPG I've played this generation, but it's certainly a tolerable game and a good way to waste about 40 hours.
Might make a detailed review later this week. I waited four years for this dammit, and I'm going to talk about it!
Overall, I think I'd give the game about a 7.5 or 8 out of 10.
Personally, I feel it's a very simple and straightforward game, propped up by an interesting and somewhat strategic battlesystem. It's not the best in the series (not in my top 3 either), not really even the best RPG I've played this generation, but it's certainly a tolerable game and a good way to waste about 40 hours.
Might make a detailed review later this week. I waited four years for this dammit, and I'm going to talk about it!
marathonfool
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Chapter 11.
Where's the 3rd Hunt Mission. Stupid red mark doesn't show up on the map.
Where's the 3rd Hunt Mission. Stupid red mark doesn't show up on the map.
hateradio said:
Fang is a Commando level 3, Sentinel level 2(next upgrade is a role level) and a level 3 Saboteur. Lightning is a Com 3, Rav 2, Med 3, Vanille is Rav 3, Sab 3, Med 2...I used everone's CP up. Slow is helping but sometimes starting with Sab ends with everyone getting destroyed, this fight doesn't make any sense.
Dark Octave
Banned
I'm glad to hear this. I wish more RPGs switched things up like this. Not too sure I could take 40+ hours of this happy pop jazz 'battle' music.Dedication Through Light said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The Cid in this game is the most boring Cid since FFVI.
Community Forum
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burgerdog said:
Hello friend! What egg?
Crash Station
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Keep playing.
Well into Chapter 7 now, around 15 hours, and fuck am I bored. I never imagined this would be my reaction a quarter of the way into any main-line Final Fantasy entry.
All my complaints still stand, and the mildly interesting story bits and relentlessly sexy battle tracks and visuals still aren't enough to save this game from degenerating into an endless auto-battle/cinematic tunnel of drudgery.
I will persist, hoping to be slammed with some awesome World of Ruin/FFVI-quality open world freedom come hour 20 or so.
I cannot imagine myself ever playing through these first twenty hours again. Absolutely nothing worth re-experiencing.
I also started thumbing through the datalog, an there's actually some really interesting and borderline fascinating world lore and even some vital character history. Why the fuck isn't this presented in-game? Why is a digital text encyclopedia engrossing me into the worlds of Pulse and Cocoon more than the actual narrative is? If they infused the cutscenes some rich datalog, uh, data, and stripped it of
some of the terrible dialogue, they might actually get half the players to care again.
All my complaints still stand, and the mildly interesting story bits and relentlessly sexy battle tracks and visuals still aren't enough to save this game from degenerating into an endless auto-battle/cinematic tunnel of drudgery.
I will persist, hoping to be slammed with some awesome World of Ruin/FFVI-quality open world freedom come hour 20 or so.
I cannot imagine myself ever playing through these first twenty hours again. Absolutely nothing worth re-experiencing.
I also started thumbing through the datalog, an there's actually some really interesting and borderline fascinating world lore and even some vital character history. Why the fuck isn't this presented in-game? Why is a digital text encyclopedia engrossing me into the worlds of Pulse and Cocoon more than the actual narrative is? If they infused the cutscenes some rich datalog, uh, data, and stripped it of
some of the terrible dialogue, they might actually get half the players to care again.
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