FateBreaker
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How in the shit are some of you complaining about the battle theme? Hamauzu delivers on some many levels in this game. Freakin' genius.
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Lazy vs Crazy
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Those are pretty much just there to show up on the loading screen when you first boot it up. So if you haven't played in a few weeks it'll remind you what's going on.Firestorm said:
Yeah, that's what I figured.Lazy vs Crazy said:
Interesting. I haven't heard much from her yet. Hopefully I get used to it. She definitely doesn't seem to be in her element yet but I think part of it might be her attempting a voice that could be higher than she's used to?Cep said:
around 7 hours in now. Just beat
took me by surprise how quickly the fight started and how vicious it was. ended up beating it on my third try. 1 minute 48 seconds. Im ok with that. some phoenix downs and dual casting did the trick.
I liked those multi party fights a little earlier. you definitely need to switch up paradigms very quickly. battle system is coming into its own. I definitely like it.
Odin
took me by surprise how quickly the fight started and how vicious it was. ended up beating it on my third try. 1 minute 48 seconds. Im ok with that. some phoenix downs and dual casting did the trick.
I liked those multi party fights a little earlier. you definitely need to switch up paradigms very quickly. battle system is coming into its own. I definitely like it.
TurtleSnatcher
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Yea it seriously feels like I'm playing a movie.. its awesome.
Been playing PS3 version for a few hours and made it to chapter 3.
My first impressions is the game is stunning one of the best looking titles I have played...
The voice acting is not that bad and the overall dialog is pretty good.
I'm really enjoying the game and the combat engine.
The mixture of ingame cinema and CG is really well done and starts to actually blur the line... Square needs some credit instead of all the criticism for getting this level of production values out of their first next-gen engine. I can only imagine what can be accomplished with more experience and new development techniques.
Since versus was being simultaneously developed I wonder does it really qualifies as a next iteration game using the development tools?
My first impressions is the game is stunning one of the best looking titles I have played...
The voice acting is not that bad and the overall dialog is pretty good.
I'm really enjoying the game and the combat engine.
The mixture of ingame cinema and CG is really well done and starts to actually blur the line... Square needs some credit instead of all the criticism for getting this level of production values out of their first next-gen engine. I can only imagine what can be accomplished with more experience and new development techniques.
Since versus was being simultaneously developed I wonder does it really qualifies as a next iteration game using the development tools?
Oli said:
Welcome to the Final Fantasy fandom.
The first thing you need to understand about being a Final Fantasy fan is that you suck because you weren't a fan in the 90s when FF6/FF7 came out. Therefore, you will never be a TRUE FAN.
The second thing you need to understand that is that every game after FF6/FF7 sucks. Why? If you have to ask that question, it's because you are not a TRUE FAN.
The third thing you need to understand is that you are expected to buy every single game in the franchise after pouring over its development process for years on end and nitpicking every element. You will then play the game numerous times. You have to do this because you cannot possibly contemplate how much this post FF6/FF7 game sucks until you've spent most of your free time with it.
Finally, as a Final Fantasy fan, you must bash the series relentlessly and talk about how much it sucks compared to something else. Here's a few phrases to get you started!
1. Girly men.
2. Belts and zippers.
3. Nomura's work in this game ruins the franchise (bonus points if you say this in reference to games that Nomura didn't work on!)
4. This is further proof that WRPGs will always be superior.
There, that should get you well on your way to being a proper Final Fantasy fan. Though of course, you'll never be a TRUE FAN because you weren't around in the 90s when FF6/FF7 came out.
I don't really have much to add that's different to a lot of the impressions already listed. I'm towards the end of Chapter 3 I think, with around 4-5 hours on the clock.
The battle system is the most fun I've had in a FF title for a long time (And here I thought Paradigms wouldn't make much of a difference, but my pretty swift Game Over in one fight taught me otherwise). The first area was pretty linear, but the past few areas I have encountered were pretty much similar to FFX's areas. So I haven't really gotten the impression that it's just a tube-dungeon crawler just yet.
The voice acting and dialogue is really, really sketchy for a lot of the characters so far, which is quite disappointing when considering how superb FFXII's voice acting and script was. Surprisingly, I like Sazh and Lightning just fine, with Sazh being the most convincing character out of the pair acting wise. Hope is meh, Vanille's accent seems to drop at some points or becomes overexaggerated at other points (personality-wise, she seems like a slightly more batshit Selphie), and I utterly despise Snow so far. The less I have to use that guy, the better in my eyes.
The battle system is the most fun I've had in a FF title for a long time (And here I thought Paradigms wouldn't make much of a difference, but my pretty swift Game Over in one fight taught me otherwise). The first area was pretty linear, but the past few areas I have encountered were pretty much similar to FFX's areas. So I haven't really gotten the impression that it's just a tube-dungeon crawler just yet.
The voice acting and dialogue is really, really sketchy for a lot of the characters so far, which is quite disappointing when considering how superb FFXII's voice acting and script was. Surprisingly, I like Sazh and Lightning just fine, with Sazh being the most convincing character out of the pair acting wise. Hope is meh, Vanille's accent seems to drop at some points or becomes overexaggerated at other points (personality-wise, she seems like a slightly more batshit Selphie), and I utterly despise Snow so far. The less I have to use that guy, the better in my eyes.
Himuro said:
I agree. well, maybe I was expecting more detail but Im not sure if I yet understand what all the parts are for and if its dangerous to break own old weapons.
I think the natural materials help out the XP multiplier and the tech materials upgrade the XP. but maybe that was just coincidence when I started upgrading shit.
I broke down some low level weapons. I hope I dont regret it at the end. :lol
BertramCooper
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Okay, so I'm on the
At this point, it doesn't appear that I can customize my party (correct me if I'm wrong). I'm assuming that at some point, I'll be able to switch members in and out of my battle team. Is this a correct assumption, I hope?
Also, do players who don't participate in battles receive CP? It appears that they do. Kinda cheap, but since it saves me the hassle of making sure everyone gets equal fighting time, I won't complain too much.
crystalized lake, right after you've been turned into l'Cie.
Also, do players who don't participate in battles receive CP? It appears that they do. Kinda cheap, but since it saves me the hassle of making sure everyone gets equal fighting time, I won't complain too much.
zero margin
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Damn this game is so good, slow part what? Just starting chapter 4.
On chapter 3 now...
Wow, the battle system is getting deep, the character customization reminds me of FFX, and the visuals are beautiful.
I miss the old victory fanfare and traditional FF theme, but those are just nip picks.
I wonder if the game is more open world and less linear later on? That was my major gripe with FFX
Wow, the battle system is getting deep, the character customization reminds me of FFX, and the visuals are beautiful.
I miss the old victory fanfare and traditional FF theme, but those are just nip picks.
I wonder if the game is more open world and less linear later on? That was my major gripe with FFX
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
Rebochan said:
Meh, I played FF4-6 after FF7 & loved them, but still like the Playstation games better.
Churned several hours into this now, and I feel like sharing my thoughts for no particular reason.
-Looks very pretty.
-The story's kinda "eh". The focus is constantly changing from person to person, which makes things sorta interesting, but it does kinda cut things off at weird moments sometimes. Treats you a bit too much like you're a part of the world, the characters are just chatting away about stuff and it's like "...huh?", and it's not explained until they've built up a couple other new terms. By time PSICOM got explained within the story I was already thinking out other stuff. :lol
-The music is okay. There's a few awesome tracks, a bunch of atmospheric stuff that I can tune out and suddenly pick up when traveling gets dull, and nothing particularly offensive so far.
-The camera is annoying. It's a controllable camera in a game that has a habit of taken camera control away for "sweeping shots" and stuff. This has created several trippy moments that made me a tad dizzy.
-The battlesystem is fun, but too much is thrown at you with no explanation until later. It also has a habit of putting the explanations on the tougher fights for some reason, making it a bit harder to fool around. It's nice to go back to a slightly more classic ATB system but in a more flashy and faster style, and the auto-battle thing is useful on a few occasions. I still prefer to choose my commands though unless things are getting repetitive.
-Paradigm Shift is fun. I like having to watch several aspects of the battle, it's a trait of FFXII that I really enjoyed and glad to see back.
-The Crystarium is boring right now. I don't really mind the limits placed on you, it's just that there's not much to it. So far I feel like I've gotten more customization out of my group by playing around with the Paradigms than the Crystarium.
-The dialogue and little mannerisms of the characters can get pretty bad at times, Team NORA (including Snow) is particularly bad about it. They seem to keep going with the exaggerated and floaty running animations of X and X-2 as well, which isn't hampering the experience or anything, but it looks just as awkward as it did in those two.
-From what I've seen of the characters so far, Lightning's not that interesting, Snow is annoying, Vanille is annoying, Hope is annoying, Sazh is fairly enjoyable so far, and I have no thoughts on Fang yet.
-The Voice Acting is pretty decent, besides Vanille's being really...weird at time. Overall it doesn't seem any better or worse than Tales of Vesperia's, which is hardly a bad thing to me.
-The straight run from enemy->enemy->cutscene->enemy->treasure->enemy->enemy->cutscene with little downtime starts to get exhausting after a while. I can bear it here, but yeah...still feel that it's not something I want on a constant basis.
-Looks very pretty.
-The story's kinda "eh". The focus is constantly changing from person to person, which makes things sorta interesting, but it does kinda cut things off at weird moments sometimes. Treats you a bit too much like you're a part of the world, the characters are just chatting away about stuff and it's like "...huh?", and it's not explained until they've built up a couple other new terms. By time PSICOM got explained within the story I was already thinking out other stuff. :lol
-The music is okay. There's a few awesome tracks, a bunch of atmospheric stuff that I can tune out and suddenly pick up when traveling gets dull, and nothing particularly offensive so far.
-The camera is annoying. It's a controllable camera in a game that has a habit of taken camera control away for "sweeping shots" and stuff. This has created several trippy moments that made me a tad dizzy.
-The battlesystem is fun, but too much is thrown at you with no explanation until later. It also has a habit of putting the explanations on the tougher fights for some reason, making it a bit harder to fool around. It's nice to go back to a slightly more classic ATB system but in a more flashy and faster style, and the auto-battle thing is useful on a few occasions. I still prefer to choose my commands though unless things are getting repetitive.
-Paradigm Shift is fun. I like having to watch several aspects of the battle, it's a trait of FFXII that I really enjoyed and glad to see back.
-The Crystarium is boring right now. I don't really mind the limits placed on you, it's just that there's not much to it. So far I feel like I've gotten more customization out of my group by playing around with the Paradigms than the Crystarium.
-The dialogue and little mannerisms of the characters can get pretty bad at times, Team NORA (including Snow) is particularly bad about it. They seem to keep going with the exaggerated and floaty running animations of X and X-2 as well, which isn't hampering the experience or anything, but it looks just as awkward as it did in those two.
-From what I've seen of the characters so far, Lightning's not that interesting, Snow is annoying, Vanille is annoying, Hope is annoying, Sazh is fairly enjoyable so far, and I have no thoughts on Fang yet.
-The Voice Acting is pretty decent, besides Vanille's being really...weird at time. Overall it doesn't seem any better or worse than Tales of Vesperia's, which is hardly a bad thing to me.
-The straight run from enemy->enemy->cutscene->enemy->treasure->enemy->enemy->cutscene with little downtime starts to get exhausting after a while. I can bear it here, but yeah...still feel that it's not something I want on a constant basis.
Digital-Hero
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Gouty said:
BUT......... I have to admit its nice just to have FF around again.
Same with FFX and some parts of FFXII...
Nothing new..
DarknessTear
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Honestly, I haven't felt embarassed by anything so far and I'm a bit past
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I may see some cheese later? I don't know, I haven't encountered anything cringeworthy.
getting Shiva
I may see some cheese later? I don't know, I haven't encountered anything cringeworthy.
omg Vanille's run :lol :lol :lol
So far the game hasn't been too bad with the usual moans and grunts that Japanese games seem to use far too frequently with female and children characters, resulting in embarassment when anyone who isn't a "gamer" hears the game. However, there are still some. Why can't they just drop those in the English localization? It's probably the worst part about Japanese games.
So far the game hasn't been too bad with the usual moans and grunts that Japanese games seem to use far too frequently with female and children characters, resulting in embarassment when anyone who isn't a "gamer" hears the game. However, there are still some. Why can't they just drop those in the English localization? It's probably the worst part about Japanese games.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It would be funny if people localized Japanese porn into English like that. :lolZzoram said:
*squeal whine squeal* would become "Oh yes, keep going big stud. Yes. Yes."
I'm assuming it's like FFXII in which most can just be sold. Can anyone verify if that's a wrong assumption?Projectjustice said:
Yes, it's pretty bad and funny. But because it's funny and not just bad, I'll put up with it for now. We'll see if it wears as the game goes on.omg rite said:
Just having playing Uncharted 2, I was more struck by the visuals of that game than FFXIII so far (I spent a lot of time just staring at some of the Uncharted 2 vistas), but just four hours in or so (playing slowly), so we'll see how it opens up. But your absolutely right, it is still beautiful. Am looking forward to what else they have to show as the game progresses.Lotan said:
Overall, really enjoying the game so far and glad to have Friday off to have the long weekend to marathon this thing out.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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I'm really this close to picking this up tomorrow.
I was going to wait until I get a PS3 but maybe I should just get it for the 360.
More JRPGs for my 360 is always a welcome, than again Resonance of Fate is coming out next week.
I was going to wait until I get a PS3 but maybe I should just get it for the 360.
More JRPGs for my 360 is always a welcome, than again Resonance of Fate is coming out next week.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Wish it had a built in screenshot function so bad XD
jonnybryce
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Himuro said:
It came up before, it helps to turn the map off. Then it's not so obvious that you need to go straight and that there's one fork for an item, it requires a more exploratory state of mind...I did it in the ice level and it made it more fun.
zero margin
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omg rite said:
haha yeah I caught that also.
runlikehell
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Can anyone give any hints for
? Just what Paradigm setups or who to actually use would be awesome. I'm currently using Light/Fang/Sazh but I'm struggling.
Barthandelus
jonnybryce
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:lolFirestorm said:
At times it's gorgeous, others its a flat one piece paper wig. Oh Square.
I need to work on my strategy in this game.... everytime Lightning is not in my party I have a really hard time, die a lot, and the battles take a lot longer....
My main gripe is the game is repetitive. It's lessened by the fact that the battle system is amazing but still hurts the over all game imo.
My main gripe is the game is repetitive. It's lessened by the fact that the battle system is amazing but still hurts the over all game imo.
thetrin
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runlikehell said:
You should be using Defender (I think it's called Sentinel in the US) for every battle that you have it available.
ALWAYS have the option of having two healers and a defender if things are getting bad. Switch out Sazh for Hope. He doesn't have haste, but he can still buff, and you can have a HLR/DEF/HLR combo when things get bad.
Never never never run around without a HLR/DEF/HLR combo when one is available to you.
You should also run with a DEF/BLA/HLR if you can help it, and switch into ATK/BLA/HLR to increase break.
Always remember that blasters increase break really fast, but ATK maintains it. ATK cannot raise break quickly, but it will maintain it while your BLA waits for their next turn. Have the HLR in your hip pocket for when you face nasty retaliation. Have a DEF/ATK/HLR combo ready to maintain break when you need to heal, but are REALLY REALLY close to breaking the boss.
ALWAYS have the option of having two healers and a defender if things are getting bad. Switch out Sazh for Hope. He doesn't have haste, but he can still buff, and you can have a HLR/DEF/HLR combo when things get bad.
Never never never run around without a HLR/DEF/HLR combo when one is available to you.
You should also run with a DEF/BLA/HLR if you can help it, and switch into ATK/BLA/HLR to increase break.
Always remember that blasters increase break really fast, but ATK maintains it. ATK cannot raise break quickly, but it will maintain it while your BLA waits for their next turn. Have the HLR in your hip pocket for when you face nasty retaliation. Have a DEF/ATK/HLR combo ready to maintain break when you need to heal, but are REALLY REALLY close to breaking the boss.
Sorry, I don't know what the classes are called in the US version. :S
ATK = COM
BLA = RAV
HLR = MED
DEF = SEN
I think.
lorddarkflare
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corkscrewblow said:
Let us not start with this, the thread was doing so well...
WickedLaharl
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everything about vanille is fucking horrible. and damn they did a terrible flatout terrible job on the script. so many awkward lines and every time the actors are suppose to act shocked they come off terribly.
still even with a weak script to work with i think the VA (except for vanille) is overall pretty good so far. my man troy baker is great as snow, but that is to be expected since he is great in every game he's in. companies need to ditch NN and hitch a ride on the baker bandwagon.
i'm not ready to throw the game under the bus just yet since i'm not that far in and seeing as how i've spent $200 on this installment of the series i'll be giving the game the fairest shake i can possible give.
one positive thing i can say at this point is that the music is AMAZING. i've welled up with happy/sad tears on two occasions so far. part of that though is the "OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE IM PLAYING IT" effect.
after an hour of fighting with squares member site i FINALLY got the codes to download my avatar gear...and, well...
:lol :lol :lol it didn't even come with a helmet. what a joke!
still even with a weak script to work with i think the VA (except for vanille) is overall pretty good so far. my man troy baker is great as snow, but that is to be expected since he is great in every game he's in. companies need to ditch NN and hitch a ride on the baker bandwagon.
i'm not ready to throw the game under the bus just yet since i'm not that far in and seeing as how i've spent $200 on this installment of the series i'll be giving the game the fairest shake i can possible give.
one positive thing i can say at this point is that the music is AMAZING. i've welled up with happy/sad tears on two occasions so far. part of that though is the "OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE IM PLAYING IT" effect.
after an hour of fighting with squares member site i FINALLY got the codes to download my avatar gear...and, well...
:lol :lol :lol it didn't even come with a helmet. what a joke!
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