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Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
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mjemirzian
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Dedication Through Light said:
Remove some of your stat boost equipment. 5 starring that fight is more about keeping him nearly permanently staggered at 999.99%
Remember part of the time requirement is based on the highest ATK or MAG in the party. Take some gear off and you will have a longer time limit.
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)]
RpgN
Junior Member
diddlyD said:
Do you use a Defender role or whatever it's called in English? It makes handling the attacks better while you have someone to heal you. Having a defender, all the damage you receive will be halved automatically for everyone in your team. Also having an enhancer like Hope to cast haste is pretty handy to react more quickly. That's annoying what happened with you and I know exactly how it feels 
uncledonnie
Banned
Deepack said:
While I think the rating is a few points low, I have a hard time disagreeing with most of his complaints.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Deepack said:
Awful review, I liked his Deadly Premonition review, I thought he was one of the few reviewers than actually "got" that game, but this review is "oh, wow a new FF game let's ripped it since JRPG aren't cool anymore!".
RPGCrazied
Member
That reviewer is an idiot. the visuals alone should make it atleast a 7.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Hey guys, I'm on Chapter 11 and I'm wondering..
I just got here, I'm walking a bit around the plains or whatever this is and it's pretty huge. I love the dinosaur thing walking around. Anyway, I want to explore and do whatever, but at the same time, if I end up going toward the story point, will I be able to come back and do all of these questy missions and stuff later? Like, once I beat the game? Is there anything I -WON'T- be able to do if I continue on?
Deepack said:
he used masturbate two times while describing the game.
he really is spot on, but for some reason all these valid complaints generally aren't pissing me off as much as other people, and i'm still mostly enjoying the game, at least as much as ffx.
hopefully square can come back in ffxv, address all these shortcomings, and make a truly great rpg.
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
CruxisMana said:
oh yeah, totally forgot about that.
Square pulled a MGS2 on us with a 180 on that.
Quick question for chapter 11:
Thanks in advance!
How to get me some speed shoes? I think I read something like that you need things from mission 7. You get something for this mission you need to upgrade? How much xp/gil is neccessary for that?
And btw, not giving you a hub for your chapter 11 missions is such an asshole move from squenix, its pissing me off like nothing else in this game. Also, since I leveld up a bit I have to finish the mission mobs in ridiculously short time. Its friggin impossible if I want to 5 star.
And btw, not giving you a hub for your chapter 11 missions is such an asshole move from squenix, its pissing me off like nothing else in this game. Also, since I leveld up a bit I have to finish the mission mobs in ridiculously short time. Its friggin impossible if I want to 5 star.
Thanks in advance!
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
dreamer3kx said:
You know he is doing this to get hits. Look at the people who already viewed his review, who probably wouldn't have touched his shitty troll site in a million years.
Voyevoda007
Neo Member
My review of the game so far. I'm in chapter 12.
Graphics: 10
Gameplay: 7
Story: 2
Sound: 10
This game overall is not bad, but the story is fucken retarded.
Graphics: 10
Gameplay: 7
Story: 2
Sound: 10
This game overall is not bad, but the story is fucken retarded.
Green Mamba
Member
I don't know what it is about it, but Chapter 9 (
) is exhausting.
The Palamecia
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Rektash said:
Is there a benefit to 5 starring them? Like is the item better?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Wow. That Destructoid review is full-bore Yahtzee on cocaine jugs full o' haterade. I'm surprised he gave it a 4!
Differences in taste aside, it's also pretty much just trying to be hateful instead of honest. Stuff like calling it the worst story of the series by far is laughable when there's games like FFVIII around. (Or much of FFX, or X-2 for many people - you get the drift.) Also saying the characters are shallow and have no personality is demonstrably not true. One of the high points of FFXIII's story is the fact that the characters have fleshed out backgrounds, are interconnected in ways much more natural and plausible than is typical for the series (again, FFVIII...), and so forth.
The Edge review made legit complaints, I think.
At any rate, on the game itself, having played it (and getting through it, nearer the endgame now), I will admit I now believe if they were going to have a super linear story-dominated game, that putting the giant open area where it is located was actually a good idea. The thing is, the "run around the world and clean up stuff" at the end of every previous FF is what is badly paced. There's no anticipation for it because you've already done most of everything, and you're just cleaning up the dregs / grinding / wasting time before walking into the endboss dungeon.
But in XIII, the fact that the big area is actually /new/, introduces a new quest system, and reveals the foreboding and mysterious place you've heard about for the entire game makes it feel like a reward instead of an afterthought.
Also, I do appreciate how the sidequest system is worked into the core storyline / backstory more than just "hey, look, a hunting guild, let us go spend a week taking random tickets from the help wanted board."
Differences in taste aside, it's also pretty much just trying to be hateful instead of honest. Stuff like calling it the worst story of the series by far is laughable when there's games like FFVIII around. (Or much of FFX, or X-2 for many people - you get the drift.) Also saying the characters are shallow and have no personality is demonstrably not true. One of the high points of FFXIII's story is the fact that the characters have fleshed out backgrounds, are interconnected in ways much more natural and plausible than is typical for the series (again, FFVIII...), and so forth.
The Edge review made legit complaints, I think.
At any rate, on the game itself, having played it (and getting through it, nearer the endgame now), I will admit I now believe if they were going to have a super linear story-dominated game, that putting the giant open area where it is located was actually a good idea. The thing is, the "run around the world and clean up stuff" at the end of every previous FF is what is badly paced. There's no anticipation for it because you've already done most of everything, and you're just cleaning up the dregs / grinding / wasting time before walking into the endboss dungeon.
But in XIII, the fact that the big area is actually /new/, introduces a new quest system, and reveals the foreboding and mysterious place you've heard about for the entire game makes it feel like a reward instead of an afterthought.
Also, I do appreciate how the sidequest system is worked into the core storyline / backstory more than just "hey, look, a hunting guild, let us go spend a week taking random tickets from the help wanted board."
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
MechaX said:
Many folks on a few other forums are calling them alternately the Flower Power Rangers, the Glamvengers, or just plain Snow's Dipshit Brigade.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
The December impressions scared me, but I'm surprised how much I like this game.
DangerousDave
Member
MechaX said:
There is a magic word that counter any bad character design argument.
Vaan
Fimbulvetr
Member
DangerousDave said:
Depends on which
Vaan
Gamer @ Heart
Member
MrDenny said:
Opinions.
As irrational and shallow and fanboyish as this sounds, for the production values alone i would seriously have trouble giving this game anything lower than a 5 even if i didnt particularly enjoy the story and battle system.
Luckily, i do.
CruxisMana
Member
Kaijima said:
Speaking of which, Yahtzee is reviewing FFXIII next week.
Should be... interesting?
Gamer @ Heart
Member
What chapter is
in? I really want the weapon he drops. I want my best weapon before the end of the game dammit!
Gilgamesh Organ
DangerousDave
Member
Fimbulvetr said:
The one with a XXS jacket.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
lawblob said:
2 chapter opens it up.
spoiler you will love to see
you barely ever see those fuckers again!
Did you guys even read that review? It really makes me wonder how those people can get into the games industry.
He says the game plays itself the entire time? Maybe it helps you along through Chapter 3, but then you have to take control after that. I wonder if he even got that far.
What a fucking joke.
He says the game plays itself the entire time? Maybe it helps you along through Chapter 3, but then you have to take control after that. I wonder if he even got that far.
What a fucking joke.
DangerousDave
Member
MrDenny said:
Well... Jim Starling gave Sacred 2 a 7'5.
Sacred 2.
The console version.
That unbalanced bug festival.
I played some hours, until I got 3 people following me because their quests were broken and I couldn't be able to take them out. Starling name it "fresh air in the world of console rpg".
Yes, of course FF is a much worse game. Nothing can compare the incredible storytelling and characters of Sacred 2.
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