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Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
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It looks like you can pick either system when you sign up. I picked PC, and it accepted my code.Misterinenja said:
FYI if it won't take your code: Copy and paste it to notepad or something first, then delete the spaces, then C&P the 20 digits into the beta form. If you try to paste it straight from the website it'll cut off the last group of digits and fail.
Deadly said:
Not sure how many EB has left, but it's got Lightning and Snow back to back, in some kinda semi-jump pose.
You can see a very tiny preview of it in this image:
http://www.gamestop.ca/gs/landing/finalfantasy/default.html
scotcheggz
Member
OK I said see you in ~60 hours gaf, but I can't help it. Soundtrack is awesome in this game. Graphics are awesome. Battle system is fluid, fast and awesome. Story is awesome convoluted nonsense. Dialogue is awesome cheesy (actually burst out laughing at a few points so far).
It's final fantasy basically. Love it. Probably my only complaint thus far is all the in-out-in-out-in-out from the crystarium menu, but perhaps thats my fault and I should just let it go for a bit longer lol.
Just standing by Gates of Antiquity save point whilst I write this, looks beautiful, music is amazing. I was on a mega black-out before this game, but I did get wind of all the negative vibes. So far, I see it, but I just don't care, having a blast.
It's final fantasy basically. Love it. Probably my only complaint thus far is all the in-out-in-out-in-out from the crystarium menu, but perhaps thats my fault and I should just let it go for a bit longer lol.
Just standing by Gates of Antiquity save point whilst I write this, looks beautiful, music is amazing. I was on a mega black-out before this game, but I did get wind of all the negative vibes. So far, I see it, but I just don't care, having a blast.
Scythesurge
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I feel you, slowest work day ever. I'm not sure if it will be worse going back to work for the rest of the week after playing it tonight though.Davedough said:
Easystride
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Ok I noticed something weird on the tracking on Amazon compared to UPS.
On UPS it says:
MAPLE GROVE, MN, US 03/09/2010 7:48 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
And that it it, no more lines afterward.
But on Amazon's tracking it says:
March 9, 2010 07:48:00 AM Maple Grove Hub MN US Arrival Scan
March 9, 2010 07:48:00 AM Maple Grove MN US Out for delivery
March 9, 2010 07:43:00 AM Maple Grove Hub MN US Arrival Scan
Anyone know what this could mean? It shows an arrival scan right after it being sent out for delivery. Usually the UPS has come to my house by now, so I am getting a little worried.
On UPS it says:
MAPLE GROVE, MN, US 03/09/2010 7:48 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
And that it it, no more lines afterward.
But on Amazon's tracking it says:
March 9, 2010 07:48:00 AM Maple Grove Hub MN US Arrival Scan
March 9, 2010 07:48:00 AM Maple Grove MN US Out for delivery
March 9, 2010 07:43:00 AM Maple Grove Hub MN US Arrival Scan
Anyone know what this could mean? It shows an arrival scan right after it being sent out for delivery. Usually the UPS has come to my house by now, so I am getting a little worried.
drhankmccoyphd
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Easystride said:
Maybe the truck with your package went out for delivery, didn't make it to your area, then went back for more packages and thus a subsequent scan before leaving to make more deliveries? My amazon order says the same and they haven't failed me yet.
Community Forum
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Easystride said:
I feel for you. Here's mine, that I can't quite figure out either.
March 9, 2010 06:14:00 AM Sacramento CA US Arrival Scan
March 9, 2010 04:30:00 AM West Sacramento CA US Out for delivery
March 9, 2010 04:30:00 AM Sacramento CA US Arrival Scan
March 9, 2010 01:12:00 AM West Sacramento CA US Arrival Scan
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
PS3 standard edition arrived this morning via Amazon release date shipping (FTW). Four hours down, initial impressions:
+ Linear works given the style of the game. Not complaining.
+ I see the potential in the battle system and am itching to get it unlocked fully. It really is exciting.
+ Character designs are actually pretty cool and I like Snow a lot more than I thought I would.
+ It is an epic and interesting world, some of the backstory hinted at in the datalog is Final Fantasy at its best.
+ The graphics are, of course, almost pristine save a slight bit of frame drop during some real time cut scenes.
+ The soundtrack is refreshing, actually. It's unexpected for a Final Fantasy title.
And...
- Going from FFXII to this is a bit of a shock since over the top, anime-heavy, fan-service loaded, Advent Children Nomuravision filters are SET TO KILL. On one hand, the cut scenes are very well done and the characters facial expressions and portrayal of emotion is actually /very/ well done. It can be quite subtle. Sometimes classy. Then every other scene somebody is doing anti-gravity flips with slow motion duel wielding bullet spray. My only real problem is that I can't care about this shit. It sucks the wrong kind of gravity out of the situation.
- Yup, Vanille really is that bad. God.
- English voice acting is well directed, but most of the cast sounds a lot more low rent (including Lightning, unfortunately) than it has any right to given the game's budget. Sahz is awesome, yes, yes, and actually Snow is really good. Otherwise...
- Having almost no on-screen backstory (so far) makes the world seem as if it is rushing by too quickly. The datalog entries are fascinating but not enough.
+ Linear works given the style of the game. Not complaining.
+ I see the potential in the battle system and am itching to get it unlocked fully. It really is exciting.
+ Character designs are actually pretty cool and I like Snow a lot more than I thought I would.
+ It is an epic and interesting world, some of the backstory hinted at in the datalog is Final Fantasy at its best.
+ The graphics are, of course, almost pristine save a slight bit of frame drop during some real time cut scenes.
+ The soundtrack is refreshing, actually. It's unexpected for a Final Fantasy title.
And...
- Going from FFXII to this is a bit of a shock since over the top, anime-heavy, fan-service loaded, Advent Children Nomuravision filters are SET TO KILL. On one hand, the cut scenes are very well done and the characters facial expressions and portrayal of emotion is actually /very/ well done. It can be quite subtle. Sometimes classy. Then every other scene somebody is doing anti-gravity flips with slow motion duel wielding bullet spray. My only real problem is that I can't care about this shit. It sucks the wrong kind of gravity out of the situation.
- Yup, Vanille really is that bad. God.
- English voice acting is well directed, but most of the cast sounds a lot more low rent (including Lightning, unfortunately) than it has any right to given the game's budget. Sahz is awesome, yes, yes, and actually Snow is really good. Otherwise...
- Having almost no on-screen backstory (so far) makes the world seem as if it is rushing by too quickly. The datalog entries are fascinating but not enough.
I agree with every single point except that I actually like the over the top "nomuravision" cutscenes. I particularly agree with the comment on the voice acting: the localization (eg. writing) is done well and it seems well directed, but I don't see a reason why they couldn't have afforded (even) better actors.Kaijima said:
Yes, much of the game is linear, but there's no need to exaggerate to this extent. For example, if you're 10 hours in you've surely already been to all of these these areas: "Map spoiler image" (just in case someone feels spoiled by seeing mapsDevelopmentArrested said:
)DevelopmentArrested
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Lighting's VO = Liara from Mass Effect 1/2.
Vanille's VO is so. so. so. so. fucking horrible.
Vanille's VO is so. so. so. so. fucking horrible.
Perfect Blue
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Got my copy!
Let me pop this fucker in.
Let me pop this fucker in.
BlazingDarkness
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its noob friendly, go for it!cnizzle06 said:
polyh3dron
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Happens all the time, Amazon's tracking pretty much always looks a bit different than UPS's. No cause for alarm. This is what mine looks like on Amazon:Easystride said:
aaaaand UPS:
Crash Station
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My battle rankings took a nose dive the second I got paradigms. Should I stop shifting them so much? I'm just having so much fun switching over to different roles but it's messing up my ranks.
BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT!
cnizzle06 said:
BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT!
drhankmccoyphd
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This has probably been covered, but can US PS3 copies play the japanese voice acting with english sub-titles? Kinda been meaning to get my otaku on.
edit: woo! My amazon copy arrived! Now the slog to 4:30 begins...
edit: woo! My amazon copy arrived! Now the slog to 4:30 begins...
Jet Grind Radio!
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Woo! New avatar for FFXIII. Gonna start it up in a few minutes. Letting my controller charge for a bit.
Cornbread78
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BlazingDarkness said:
Problem is, that after all is said and done, WKC will keep you playing it longer, even if it does have crappy voice acting, there is more than enough online to keep you busy.
With that being said, I bought this today, now I'me screwed.... start playing this, or finish WKC first.... DAMN!
Well, you shouldn't switch around too much when it's not necessary, but that's also the point where I stopped getting straight 5 star rankings. I think the battles just get harder to master since you have more options available.cosmicblizzard said:
No, there's no version of the game with Japanese VA and English text. (Blame S-E!)mikespit1200 said:
polyh3dron
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No Otaku for you.mikespit1200 said:
CruxisMana
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Durante said:
Same thing for me. Switching too often does seem to impact on your rank.
LegendOfGood
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Should I pick up the Collector's Edition Guide if I find it somewhere? How rare are these things?
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
Is it wrong that i'm actually kind of turned on by Vanille and Lightning?
Damn you SE and your CG!
Damn you SE and your CG!
jonnybryce
Member
BlazingDarkness said:
There really needed to be a change to make JRPGs survive in today's market. Lost Odyssey would have been great a few years ago but was so. damn. boring. I'm glad that the "visit towns, random battle, get lost in a dungeon, grind grind grind" has been replaced by updated, modern, fun alternatives.
Google said:
I picked up my copy at 12am, and I was shocked at the line. About 50 people...and I was at the end. Luckily I was able to cut the line since I reserved it at a Gamestop that wasn't open for midnight launch. The last time I saw a line for a game was Halo 3.
cnizzle06 said:
While this isn't the FF that represents the series imo, that may be a good thing for you. Jump in. It's very fun, it's become more fast paced, the graphics are insane and the gameplay is easy to get behind. I mean, if you hate RPGs then you hate RPGs, but this is a great revision of FF gameplay.
zero margin
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guide (regular), game, got. Now to watch the clock...
Yo gaf I'm back home. Now to the pics:
Early on while they setup stage for many gajins that will have their stuff signed:
They Had 4 Sku's setup next to the stage. 2 PS3, 2 XBOX 360:
Once it came to the time, everyone got shuffled into lanes. Each lane would take turns getting stuff signed. Loads of journalists, BUT judging from the queue I was in, there was roughly half of what attended the Kojima signings in 2008, considering FF is bigger her.
But anyway there was video's playing on that large screen and at one point they played a video that ended on xbox 360 and the whole places started Booing. After that they didn't play the xbox vid.:lol
Then they chose people in the crowd to participate in a Final Fantasy quiz with the grand prize being the FF13 bundle on XBOX 360, but of course the presenter was greeted with an even louder and longer booing from the whole room.:lol Gaf I wish I was recording video just so you could of seen the presenters face from the rooms reaction.:lol
So finally it's my lanes turn and I'm waitin'
So the time comes when the gajin goes up stage to get his shit signed only to be greeted by some 6ft 4 bodyguard going "gimme yo shit mang" and I'm like cool bra here you go and he hands it to Kitase, which he looks up at me, then looks down to sign, but then suddenly looks up to me again for some reason. He then hands my game over to Kamikokuryo which he signs and looks up to me for a photo.:lol
Zee end:
Early on while they setup stage for many gajins that will have their stuff signed:
They Had 4 Sku's setup next to the stage. 2 PS3, 2 XBOX 360:
Once it came to the time, everyone got shuffled into lanes. Each lane would take turns getting stuff signed. Loads of journalists, BUT judging from the queue I was in, there was roughly half of what attended the Kojima signings in 2008, considering FF is bigger her.
But anyway there was video's playing on that large screen and at one point they played a video that ended on xbox 360 and the whole places started Booing. After that they didn't play the xbox vid.:lol
Then they chose people in the crowd to participate in a Final Fantasy quiz with the grand prize being the FF13 bundle on XBOX 360, but of course the presenter was greeted with an even louder and longer booing from the whole room.:lol Gaf I wish I was recording video just so you could of seen the presenters face from the rooms reaction.:lol
So finally it's my lanes turn and I'm waitin'
So the time comes when the gajin goes up stage to get his shit signed only to be greeted by some 6ft 4 bodyguard going "gimme yo shit mang" and I'm like cool bra here you go and he hands it to Kitase, which he looks up at me, then looks down to sign, but then suddenly looks up to me again for some reason. He then hands my game over to Kamikokuryo which he signs and looks up to me for a photo.:lol
Zee end:
FateBreaker
Member
Just got to chapter 2, which is probably as far as I will get until my finals are over.
This game is beautiful. So beautiful. The music is fantastic, as well. I don't mind the linearity yet, and chapter 2 does not seem linear...it LOOKS like an open place so far. I like all the characters so far, which is really surprising. The battle system is interesting so far...no other comments yet.
The 360 version is excellent, visually. My friend picked up the PS3 version, so I definitely saw the difference--which, again, to me, was pretty minimal.
So far so good!
This game is beautiful. So beautiful. The music is fantastic, as well. I don't mind the linearity yet, and chapter 2 does not seem linear...it LOOKS like an open place so far. I like all the characters so far, which is really surprising. The battle system is interesting so far...no other comments yet.
The 360 version is excellent, visually. My friend picked up the PS3 version, so I definitely saw the difference--which, again, to me, was pretty minimal.
So far so good!
scotcheggz
Member
Nostalgic Nightmare said:
Vanilles voice is really annoying but I still would.
Can't stop playing! The game has certainly blown me away, the cut scenes are, outstanding. The cast is also pretty sweet, can't decide what to make of Vanille yet though. Quick question with the battle system, throughout the entire game, am I only going to be able to control the leader of the party in battle?
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
Everything she does , be it walking or jumping resides in a sexual groan. I swear it's not just me, my wife said the same thing. I kinda think an aussie accent is hot.scotcheggz said:Vanilles voice is really annoying but I still would.
neoism
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{spoiler TAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Only if you've play the first twenty minutes..:lol :lol :lol }:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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lol I've been on chose X or Y Axis... for like an hour,,:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol . Long story short. The best 24 minutes of a FF evvvvveeeeererererer. Sooo fucking awesome. Seriously I'm amazed how an HD version of a Final Fantasy game has leveled to FF12 for me. Take it, I love ff12, and it's my favorite Final Fantasy ever... bur this is sooo goood...!
Sooo fucking awesome. Seriously I'm amazed how an HD version of a Final Fantasy game has leveled to FF12 for me. Take it, I love ff12, and it's my favorite Final Fantasy ever... bur this is sooo goood...!- Status