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Final Fantasy XIII |OT|
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polyh3dron
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Aww snap, just got mine from Amazon it's nice and shiny 
Now I have to finish work and go home to play it.
Now I have to finish work and go home to play it.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Maybe you should wait for the game to explain it then instead of coming here. The tutorial is 15-20 hours long after all.omg rite said:
vicissitudes
Banned
Just got it and put it into my PS3! <3 Amazon shipping.
Can't believe after seeing that initial trailer in 2006.....it's actually here. Seems unreal.
(the title screen music is awesome, almost as if it's telling me YES IT IS HERE)
Sorry Persona 4.....you're going to be put on hold for a while.....
Can't believe after seeing that initial trailer in 2006.....it's actually here. Seems unreal.
(the title screen music is awesome, almost as if it's telling me YES IT IS HERE)
Sorry Persona 4.....you're going to be put on hold for a while.....
KZObsessed
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I'm at a bit called (a name of a location, not really a spoiler->)
and when you get to the vista... wow. Then you look up to the sky and you see the Pulse world... wow. I wish this game had a screenshot feature because, tho not as technically as impressive as the vistas in some other games, artistically it's just beautiful. I stood there and looked at it for at least 5 minutes. And the song too <3
"The Sunless Waterscape"
Impressions no one cares about:
Five hours in, really liking it so far. The steady progression of the battle system is enjoyable, and as a person who loved Xenosaga like he loves his own children (more, really, since I have no children), I do not at all mind the corridor/cutscene/corridor sequence.
In fact, the game (structurally) feels very similar to Xenosaga. Fans of XS, rejoice!
Five hours in, really liking it so far. The steady progression of the battle system is enjoyable, and as a person who loved Xenosaga like he loves his own children (more, really, since I have no children), I do not at all mind the corridor/cutscene/corridor sequence.
In fact, the game (structurally) feels very similar to Xenosaga. Fans of XS, rejoice!
jonnybryce
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This game is so addicting, but I'm up to a boss battle who is kicking my ass. I feel ashamed to say who so hopefully i can beat him this time and not need to ask for help.
and you have until the orange bar depletes...then the invisible armor is back.
I care! Maybe Xenosaga lite...no super long cutscenes (yet, at least), but they can be abundant.
I don't like how the battle system has taken so long to reveal itself. I went out of my way to fight every monster, not knowing that I wouldn't be able to benefit from it until pardigms were introduced a few hours later...I mean, I get if you want to ease into things, but auto battle or command queue...I get it...paradigms could have been introduced earlier.
Peff said:
and you have until the orange bar depletes...then the invisible armor is back.
Feep said:
I care! Maybe Xenosaga lite...no super long cutscenes (yet, at least), but they can be abundant.
I don't like how the battle system has taken so long to reveal itself. I went out of my way to fight every monster, not knowing that I wouldn't be able to benefit from it until pardigms were introduced a few hours later...I mean, I get if you want to ease into things, but auto battle or command queue...I get it...paradigms could have been introduced earlier.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Those statements had nothing to do with you, and everything to do with me.Cep said:
I don't want an neutral American voice, as an alternative to the current Vanille. That doesn't imply that I think YOU want an neutral American voice. I don't know what you think, and I don't exactly care that much about you. But on the topic of changing Vanille's voice as you brought up, I like it how it is, and I don't like the perceived alternatives as I assume them to be (common English voices). If that's my narrow minded-dichotomy, great, I'm a fool, there may be many other possibilities, but I wasn't stating what I think you thought about it.
vicissitudes
Banned
Initial opening impressions: The CGI is insane. Maybe it's because Uncharted 2 uses real-time cutscenes, but it does not come close to this. Seeing the trailers on my computer versus seeing it on the big-screen is a huge difference. This is IMO far and away the best looking console game right now, it's really blowing me away. As for jRPGs, nothing else comes close. Sorry haters, looks like Final Fantasy is still the undisputed king of jRPGs.
Edit: Real-time graphics are simply "very good", slightly worse than Uncharted 2, but the cutscenes are out of this world.
Edit: Real-time graphics are simply "very good", slightly worse than Uncharted 2, but the cutscenes are out of this world.
Fimbulvetr
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Tamanon said:My understanding is that Rise in Persona 4 was higher pitched in English.
That's untrue.
jonnybryce
Member
vicissitudes said:
+1
It's funny to me to see people so divided here, some say not Uncharted 2 quality but close, others say better. Do you find actual gameplay to be as awe-inspiring, or just cutscenes?
scotcheggz
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DevelopmentArrested said:
Jon St John. Imagine it.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
In-depth analysis indeed. Also Uncharted 2's in-game looks better than FF13. But yes the CGI is incredible.vicissitudes said:
infinityBCRT
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Uncharted 2 did not use real-time cutscenes. They hid it well, but the lighting in the cutscenes is way better than in-engine.vicissitudes said:
So guys, what do you have your ATB settings set to? Normal or slow? I just tried it at slow for the first time and I might like it a little more but I'm not even sure yet. I enjoy both for different reasons.
The fact that the battle takes longer when it's slow doesn't hurt your ranking at the end of the battle, right? Or does it?
The fact that the battle takes longer when it's slow doesn't hurt your ranking at the end of the battle, right? Or does it?
BlazingDarkness
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Slow is good for some boss fights but generally im happy with normalomg rite said:
I love this game so much, but Chapter 4 has been a little annoying.
In other news I got my LE guide from Amazon about an hour ago, so so sexy .
2 questions about it. What is that writing on the back? Where is the number?
Not having a primary melee character for a little while (Snow, Lightning my 2 faves) has been kind of a pain, I hope I get them back soon.
In other news I got my LE guide from Amazon about an hour ago, so so sexy
.2 questions about it. What is that writing on the back? Where is the number?
BlazingDarkness
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for the number open the front cover, on the insideSkel said:I love this game so much, but Chapter 4 has been a little annoying.
Not having a primary melee character for a little while (Snow, Lightning my 2 faves) has been kind of a pain, I hope I get them back soon.
In other news I got my LE guide from Amazon about an hour ago, so so sexy
2 questions about it. What is that writing on the back? Where is the number?
10 hours in.
This game moves really slowly. I can't think of any significant plot progression in the last 8 hours, even though I've travelled through 3 or 4 zones in that time. Mostly it's just been long stretches of combat interspersed with five minutes of character exposition.
That's not necessarily negative though, it just doesn't jive with how I like my pacing to be. I'd prefer it if the game constantly gave me a goal to achieve as opposed to a vague destination and a direction to travel. The exposition is alright for the characters I like (Lightning, Hope, Sahz, Snow) and terrible for the characters I hate (Snow, when he's talking to Serah, Vanille). If it wasn't for the occasional jolt of challenging combat, I would be getting pretty bored.
The combat is often too easy, but when it's good, it's good. I really enjoy the paradigm system during a challenging fight. BUT what is with smooth jazz during boss fights?
Summary: game is completely toeing the middle of the quality line for me.
This game moves really slowly. I can't think of any significant plot progression in the last 8 hours, even though I've travelled through 3 or 4 zones in that time. Mostly it's just been long stretches of combat interspersed with five minutes of character exposition.
That's not necessarily negative though, it just doesn't jive with how I like my pacing to be. I'd prefer it if the game constantly gave me a goal to achieve as opposed to a vague destination and a direction to travel. The exposition is alright for the characters I like (Lightning, Hope, Sahz, Snow) and terrible for the characters I hate (Snow, when he's talking to Serah, Vanille). If it wasn't for the occasional jolt of challenging combat, I would be getting pretty bored.
The combat is often too easy, but when it's good, it's good. I really enjoy the paradigm system during a challenging fight. BUT what is with smooth jazz during boss fights?
Summary: game is completely toeing the middle of the quality line for me.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
And what an amazing improvement that was. Scene played out beautifully in the English version.. And the original was more like a music video.Zoe said:
I hate the 360 pre-recorded in-game cutscenes, really senseless and look bad. FMV is pretty damn good, though the encoding pops its ugly head every once in a while. Graphics look quite fine on the 360 with the exception of the things I mentioned up there. Good music, nice graphics, but I just find myself underwhelmed by the game. I am just 2 hours in and go the Paradigm stuff, but the game hasn't yet clicked with me. I don't know... seems a bit weak so far with a few interesting tidbits, I somewhat expected more.
PD: The fireworks FMV was amazing, even with the 360 encoding :lol
PD: The fireworks FMV was amazing, even with the 360 encoding :lol
Alex
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Zeliard said:
He is quite goofy at times, but that still doesn't make him less likable or fun. Even with his kookiness he's the anchor amongst a pack of Teen Disney Original Movie folk (awkwardly inserted into a Star Wars prequel). Every other character thus far has just been pretty iffy thus far. To be nice though, I only want to slit Vanille's throat of the bunch.
Environments are CRAZY good looking though, crushes every other console game I've seen in terms of that, this just makes me more interested in XIV will do with more personally appealing art direction. The pace and battles have been quite fun, although not exactly anywhere near as challenging as I had gleaned. Not so far at least.
Linearity is buggign me a bit more than I expected. It sounds cool in premise in some ways, like a neon rollercoaster but when you get to these crazy vistas and battlefields and you cant do shit except hold down forward like a Sonic the Hedgehog game without the speed it's a little saddening. I still think it's an OK thing, but a LITTLE freedom here and there would've been really nice.
Music doesn't do it for me at all, it's Hamauzu, it's all trying to be too "pretty" for it's own good for my tastes and there's too much atmospheric fare in there, however I do appreciate the production quality of it. It's HARDLY bad, it just doesn't, to me, scream "awesome".
dragonballjoseph
Member
So I kind of picked this up on a whim today. Wasn't particularly looking forward to it; but hey, it's Final Fantasy and I had a $50 gift card to Gamestop from Utalkback. So I knew relatively nothing about the game. Put after nearly 4 hours of playing it straight through, I can say I don't regret my purchase.
The game's battle system is amazing and the game itself is beautiful on my SD TV.
The game's battle system is amazing and the game itself is beautiful on my SD TV.
Relix said:
Is the encoding something that perhaps a game update could fix? It's more noticeable in wide view scenes I think, rather than up close shots.
Rpgmonkey said:
Yeah, definitely defaulted to Abilities for good. I don't like Auto-battle. And I think I'm leaning towards Normal now.
But I'm still curious if Slow will hurt your end battle rank or if it ranks you with that in mind.
ScrabbleBanshee
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My PS3 copy is in the mail and will be delivered by tomorrow afternoon. My wife is leaving the province for a week. That means I get 100% of the TV time during a FF release. Time to go pick up a case of beer and start growing a beard.
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