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[Cep]

Vanille isn't even that bad.

Compared to some others? Certainly not.

Anise from the JPN TotA or Beryl from ToI are much more painful to listen to.

She's a cutesy Japanese girl character... She is what she is, and that appeals to certain people. If you mean that they couldn't dub her into some sort of less-saccarine girl character which appeals to western attitudes, perhaps that's true, but I'm glad they didn't try.


Again... localized... You mean changed into something that would suit completely different tastes?

It can be done.

 

[LCfiner]

Picked it up, played about 15-20 minutes of it so far. Just wanted to say that I LOVE how the battles work. I hate the recent trend of RPGs handling combat like MMORPGs. (I'm thinking here of games like Magna Carta 2 and White Knight Chronicles.) FF13 feels more like Chrono Trigger. Hit the enemies on the field, and the Combat still takes place where you were, but it's clearly it's own instance of combat in a defined space. It feels updated, but it's still got enough Classic Final Fantasy. I'm totally in love with this game right now.

wait… 15 to 20 minutes and you’re in love?


dude.


give it some time. take her to dinner. it might be love after all, but right now it’s just infatuation

 

[Garjon]

:lol

Spoiler

Its true

I was really hoping for a 'oh it's only early in the story, he gets better later on' rebuff.

Just got up to the paradigm tutorial, I need to look at that again.

Don't worry, you pick it up very quickly.

 

[RPGCrazied]

do the chapters get longer?

6hours, chapter 4.. is a little scary. lol

 

[D6AMIA6N]

So excited. Have played 7, 9, 10, 10-2, and 11. Only finished 7 & 10. It's been too long since I played a Final Fantasy game. I remember the first time I saw 7, I immediately went out and bought a PS just for it. XIII here I come!

 

[BocoDragon]

I gotta say I don't understand why they chose to put save points every five minutes from each other.

Considering the (awesome) retry feature, its pretty useless. They might as well have just put a save option in the menu and kept the Stores for various set locations in the game (I havent even had to use a store even once so far by chapter 4)

I've been dipping into the game 1hr at a time, and I'm happy about those frequent save points, so I can shut it off pretty much whenever I want. It's not just about respawning after deaths.

 

[Shouta]

Pretty much everyone is an abomination and everything that's wrong with FF storytelling and character development.

Fixed that for you.

 

[BocoDragon]

It can be done.

I wouldn't want it to be done... At all.

There's a reason why I play FF. This isn't mass effect, firefly, CSI or something. I don't want some normal American girl.

 

[Cep]

Fixed that for you.

Except for Sazh.

I wouldn't want it to be done... At all.

There's a reason why I play FF. This isn't mass effect, firefly, CSI or something. I don't want some normal American girl.

Er, no one said to make her 'normal', just less offensive to western ears. Hell the original is pretty palatable, but the localized one does not sound natural. At all.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

I think concerning Vanille's localization *character spoilers*

Spoiler

Vanille could have have spoken a foreign language, kinda like the al bhed in FFX which would have fit in better with the odd mannerisms than the english voice. Plus it means another side quest they could have put in, like the al bhed primers

 

[Castor Krieg]

do the chapters get longer?

6hours, chapter 4.. is a little scary. lol

They get longer, and then some other get loooooooooooooooooooooooooonger.

 

[BocoDragon]

I think concerning Vanille's localization *character spoilers*

Spoiler

Vanille could have have spoken a foreign language, kinda like the al bhed in FFX which would have fit in better with the odd mannerisms than the english voice. Plus it means another side quest they could have put in, like the al bhed primers

She's not English, she's Australian. And as far as I'm concerned that IS a foreign language :lol

 

[Durante]

Again... localized... You mean changed into something that would suit completely different tastes?

Absolutely not. I mean translated into some fashion of English lines/voice acting that doesn't actively make your ears bleed. They actually managed to do that in FF13 with Vanille (for me) which is already a huge feat compared to most similar characters in other games.
My preferred solution is to just give us audio options, which S-E did quite often lately (eg. TLR PC and SO4 Int), too bad they elected not to with FF13.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

I think concerning Vanille's localization *character spoilers*

Spoiler

Vanille could have have spoken a foreign language, kinda like the al bhed in FFX which would have fit in better with the odd mannerisms than the english voice. Plus it means another side quest they could have put in, like the al bhed primers

Nobody would go through that trouble for a localization. :/

 

[RPGCrazied]

They get longer, and then some other get loooooooooooooooooooooooooonger.

sweet.. im fighting everything on the map.. and will try an do everything on pulse.

hope that increases my time

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

I've been wanting this game for so long... but I have a headache today. I played for about 30 minutes and my headache prevented me from paying attention to the dialogue.

 

[Cep]

Nobody would go through that trouble for a localization. :/

Smith would

Where the hell is that mofo? He better be working on V13.

 

[BocoDragon]

Er, no one said to make her 'normal', just less offensive to western ears. Hell the original is pretty palatable, but the localized one does not sound natural. At all.

I think she's cute. Maybe she isn't for you?

 

[soujiro_seta]

bah, 1st game over against

Spoiler

odin

took me 2 game over to defeat the mo'fo'

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

I think she's cute. Maybe she isn't for you?

pedobear.gif

 

[Cep]

I think she's cute. Maybe she isn't for you?

I find her annoying, and I like genki girls.

 

[MomoPufflet]

Ugh, why does SE have to use so much damn CG? Is this 1996? Game looks like shit compared to the CG, it's really jarring switching back and forth.

 

[cann3dheat]

Ever since XII, I feel like I have to ask: any chests that I shouldn't open? :lol

 

[CruxisMana]

Ugh, why does SE have to use so much damn CG? Is this 1996? Game looks like shit compared to the CG, it's really jarring switching back and forth.

I actually like the fact that the game is fairly CG heavy, considering how good SE are at them.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Ugh, why does SE have to use so much damn CG? Is this 1996? Game looks like shit compared to the CG, it's really jarring switching back and forth.

 

[Dead]

I think she's cute. Maybe she isn't for you?

Agreed (I think its the running that seals it). The only annoying character for me so far is Hope, but at least its kind of understandable.

 

[MomoPufflet]

If there were CG tarus they would not look like shit

 

[Skilletor]

I've only played about 30 minutes, but Sazh's VA and dialogue are both awesome.

 

[Empty]

I'm appreciating the punching going in in this game, very satisfying to see annoying characters (see Snow) get socked.

I'm not sure if i feel positively about some of the streamlining in terms of structure, but the way the ATB battle system has been cleaned up is just genius. Take out the hassle of magic points then have the need for all character control completely taken away by the brilliant paradigm system and instead focus on creating these really exciting battles, that are still strategic yet remove the fat that allowing you to breeze past them super quickly. Then having you automatically heal after every battle allows them to raise the difficulty meaning each encounter can be exciting, and the incentive system forces you to take every battlr seriously if you want to level up fast. I'm having so much fun with it.

 

[neoism]

Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt. I love when your expecting a 4 rating, and then you get a 5! Thus far, this has been the best opening for an FF game ever... mostly done by the graphics, and the music, and the characters. The gameplay is sooo goood though. But very simple, I can't wait til in really opens up. Also lol. I'm liking Vanilla..:lol :lol :lol {spelling?}:lol I was expecting to hate her!

 

[survivor]

I've only played about 30 minutes, but Sazh's VA and dialogue are both awesome.

Agree with you. So far his VA is pretty awesome.

 

[CruxisMana]

I'm appreciating the punching going in in this game, very satisfying to see annoying characters (see Snow) get socked.

Amen to that. I applaud the woman.

 

[Captain N]

do I need to just register the game in order to get the avatar clothes? I can't find the codes anywhere.

 

[cann3dheat]

do I need to just register the game in order to get the avatar clothes? I can't find the codes anywhere.

Code should have been behind the manual. It's a slip of paper on its own.

 

[Garjon]

Glad to see they closed Peter Ustinov's philisophical steakhouse early on, really annoys me when writers use that to pad out story.
Also at Vanille being English; thought she was Australian for sure.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Just got control of Lightening for the first time and wow, the battle system really feels likes X-2 + XII. I do miss having control over everyone but we'll see how it goes. GREAT music so far. It reminds me of FFX's style, which is good.

 

[ultron87]

Afro-dwelling Chocobos are the future of gaming!

 

[Tamanon]

Lightning gets to be such a badass, that I really miss her when she's not in my party. Ravage + Blitz is great, and Launch is just hilariously awesome, especially on bosses. Air juggling!

 

[desu]

Picked it up, played about 15-20 minutes of it so far. Just wanted to say that I LOVE how the battles work.

Just wait until you get the Paradigm Shift System ... then it really gets awesome.

 

[Captain N]

Code should have been behind the manual. It's a slip of paper on its own.

I know..I registered it on the site, but no codes for avatar clothes. any idea why not?

 

[BocoDragon]

Agreed (I think its the running that seals it). The only annoying character for me so far is Hope, but at least its kind of understandable.

Agreed on Hope. :lol

Talking about FF characters.. they're such outrageous characters, flamboyant and foreign to boot... of course people will disagree on them. But the whole point of that strange mix of characters is to appeal to a wide demographic. For every Snow or Vanille hater in this thread, there are a lot of guys and girls out there who will get drawn into XIII because these characters are there. Were it all normal, neutral American style characters, this series would not have the uniquely diverse fanbase that it does.

 

[jonnybryce]

I gotta say I don't understand why they chose to put save points every five minutes from each other.

Considering the (awesome) retry feature, its pretty useless. They might as well have just put a save option in the menu and kept the Stores for various set locations in the game (I havent even had to use a store even once so far by chapter 4)

I feel like it's a compromise between save anywhere and save points. They are very frequent, but then again, a player can spend a lot of time in the game simply reading the datalog, so maybe they found people wanting to save more often than usual.

 

[Zoe]

Yeah I don't understand this. That's the point of vanilles constant urging.

It was a joke...

 

[BocoDragon]

Glad to see they closed Peter Ustinov's philisophical steakhouse early on, really annoys me when writers use that to pad out story.
Also at Vanille being English; thought she was Australian for sure.

She is Australian.

 

[Durante]

I feel like it's a compromise between save anywhere and save points. They are very frequent, but then again, a player can spend a lot of time in the game simply reading the datalog, so maybe they found people wanting to save more often than usual.

Or looking around at the scenery and taking screenshots :lol

 

[Empty]

Hamauzu killed it with the soundtrack. The music in the game is just stunning, i have the battle theme stuck in my head right now.

 

[Tamanon]

Remember, folks hated Wakka at first too! And some still do.

And I'm pretty sure there's a big secret for Vanille, considering how she responded to Sazh joking about

Spoiler

sleeping through history class

.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I know..I registered it on the site, but no codes for avatar clothes. any idea why not?

Well it did say it was limited, surely its not that limited.. but who knows

 

[7Th]

Vanille's Japanese voice sounded like that of a typical Japanese young girl and AT TIMES her VA provided some very natural acting, specially in the scenes where the characters were just fooling around. Vanille's American voice sounds annoying because her high-pitched voice is a lot more high-pitched than the Japanese equivalent; in fact, it's probably one of the most high-pitched cutsey girl voices I've heard in video games.

I still think Fang's voice is the worst of the bunch, though; her accent is really overplayed.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Remember, folks hated Wakka at first too! And some still do.

And I'm pretty sure there's a big secret for Vanille, considering how she responded to Sazh joking about

Spoiler

sleeping through history class

.

The actual characterization of Vanille so far (10 hours) is fine. The problem lies in the egregiously bad voice acting (combined with constant moans that sound like an abortion put on audio tape). Somehow I don't see that changing regardless of where her arc goes.