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[jb1234]

Oh wow, I had no idea you could buy more music in-game. That's awesome. I hope I didn't progress too far to go back and get it. Do you remember which store you bought them at?

Go back to Hammerhead, for starters.

 

[Socivol]

Are there any unanimous 'top tier' techs the party should be equipping?

*awaits numerous 'depends on your playstyle' comments*

I really think Ignis has the best techs. Regroup is a must, Enchantment is really good for boss battles, and overwhelm is just good in general. I was pretty surprised I figured Gladio would have the best techs for my playstyle but nope.

 

[Disagree Guy]

Oh wow, I had no idea you could buy more music in-game. That's awesome. I hope I didn't progress too far to go back and get it. Do you remember which store you bought them at?

Go back to Hammerhead, for starters.

Once again - location of all
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/final-fantasy-15/Final_Fantasy_Original_Soundtracks

 

[minameissteve]

That

Spoiler

Kingdom Hearts

reference from Prompto is great. I was hoping they'd do something like that.

 

[Dubz]

Brotherhood episode 2 was SO good. Really glad that I decided to watch Kings and these episodes back to back for the first time today, it's gotten me even more excited.

How much are the episodes to buy seperately?

 

[sora87]

Level 6 quest, send me to a place guarded by a level 22 you can't sneak past. It really is xenoblade chronicles x!

 

[kayos90]

Do people enjoy using techs and having it be part of the battle system? Just curious as to what yall's consensus are.

 

[Pejo]

Go back to Hammerhead, for starters.

Once again - location of all
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/final-fantasy-15/Final_Fantasy_Original_Soundtracks

Thanks guys, this made my day.

 

[Seven Force]

Do people enjoy using techs and having it be part of the battle system? Just curious as to what yall's consensus are.

Yep. Regroup saves lives.

And it grants i-frames during the animation ala KHII, so it's a neat back pocket emergency maneuver.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

Do people enjoy using techs and having it be part of the battle system? Just curious as to what yall's consensus are.

no, i dont want to watch the same cutscene over and over again.

 

[DPtheGod]

How soon can I begin upgrading weapons? Any loot noteworthy that I should keep? I need more gil, and the hunts I have left are a little out of my abilities.

 

[Impulsor]

So question for those that have beaten chapter 13.

Spoiler

The ravus battle, was your party just being one shotted by the white move? Like here prompto just sits around doin fuck all, https://youtu.be/vZDHK4nozG4

What level were you in this battle?

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Do people enjoy using techs and having it be part of the battle system? Just curious as to what yall's consensus are.

Sure. I hate Prompto's techniques (I only have 3 of them) but Ignis with his regroup is real handy and so is Gladio with his hard strikes. They can also beak enemy parts for loot.

How soon can I begin upgrading weapons? Any loot noteworthy that I should keep? I need more gil, and the hunts I have left are a little out of my abilities.

I think it is right after chapter 3 when Cid will be outside Hammerhead. He can take your weapons for upgrade but make sure they have the (+) icon next to their name. Only these type of weapons can be upgraded by Cid.

 

[publicpwnerer]

Jesus christ, does anyone have any tips to stop Prompto from dying in every single fight?

I've tried equipping him with either HP or Vitality (defense), but he goes down no matter what. Utterly useless.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Jesus christ, does anyone have any tips to stop Prompto from dying in every single fight?

I've tried equipping him with either HP or Vitality (defense), but he goes down no matter what. Utterly useless.

He is total shit

Sorry.

 

[Rikkun]

So uh, I can't find an answer to this and I'm beginning to think I'm experiencing a bug.
Why can't I sprint with my chocobo? The square action is constantly grey, the chocobo is level 5 and I'm getting tired of roaming around at R2 speed... I must be missing something.

 

[Teletraan1]

The load times for me are so bad that it feels faster to just have the car drive there on short routes than fast travel, at least I can listen to some tunes on the way lol.

 

[YankeeDonB]

He is total shit

Sorry.

Ha ha true. Fortunately, he's such a good dude that his repeated deaths will inspire you to ever greater feats in combat.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

So regarding the first dungeon.

Spoiler

Is the key to the locked door in here or a post game thing?

 

[robotzombie]

Is there anything in particular that should/must be done before beating the game? Otherwise I kind of just want to beat it first and then go back and finish up all the quests and whatnot.

There's nothing that changes the ending or unlocks some "true" ending or anything is there?

anyone on this?

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

What level were you in this battle?

Noct is 38, gang about 33.

 

[ViciousDS]

ggggaaaahhhh this is the first time in a long,long time that I want work to be over with to go home and play final fantasy

 

[King_Moc]

So regarding the first dungeon.

Spoiler

Is the key to the locked door in here or a post game thing?

Spoiler

If you stumbled upon it in the first area, then you will get it later in the story

 

[Quadaess Suikun]

Lol, in the Spanish localization, the Star Pendant accesory is called "Colgante de Stella (Stella's pendant)", and the description adds that it is believed it belonged to a long time forgotten heroine. Love the localization hahaha.

 

[Falk]

Do people enjoy using techs and having it be part of the battle system? Just curious as to what yall's consensus are.

I'm just spamming Ignis group heal, really.

 

[ghibli99]

Game is rough, but I'm enjoying it. So many technical issues. It does look nice in HDR, and I'm hopeful that the December patch brings meaningful improvements to performance (not night and day, but smoother and more polished). Coming from The Witcher 3 on PC to this underscores a lot of FF15's design and technological shortcomings. Jury's still out, but I am liking it more than FF13 so far.

 

[Rynam]

How soon can I begin upgrading weapons? Any loot noteworthy that I should keep? I need more gil, and the hunts I have left are a little out of my abilities.

Start of Chapter 2.

 

[Brandon F]

That opening dialogue exchange between Noctis and his father before the boys set out of the kingdom...as cringe-worthy as the laughing scene in FFX. Not a good sign when the earliest introduction to a character makes me want yo punch him in the face repeatedly.

King: Wait Noctis, I have critical wisdom to impart before you travel!
Fuckface: sigh...what is it this time?
King: I'm serious, you may not ever be returning home!
Fuckface: Pfft...like that matters to me! Good luck with that treaty or whatever..not my problem
King: Stand tall my son....

Did no one else come away finding Noctis insufferable there?

 

[Arkeband]

How do I see what the prices of food are at diners? So far it's been a complete surprise as I order something and they charge me all of my money.

Also, how do I bring up the music UI in the car?!

 

[Disagree Guy]

That opening dialogue exchange between Noctis and his father as his crew were leaving in the car...as cringe-worthy as the laughing scene in FFX. Not a good sign when the earliest introduction to a character makes me want yo punch him in the face repeatedly.

King: Wait Noctis, I have critical wisdom to impart before you travel!
Fuckface: sigh...what is it this time?
King: I'm serious, you may not ever be returning home!
Fuckface: Pfft...like that matters to me! Good luck with that treaty or whatever..not my problem
King: Stand tall my son....

Did no one else come away finding Noctis insufferable there?

Very unlikeable main hero for me it's gotta be said. Much like Squall. I don't care about broody emo leads.

 

[Finalow]

I have no idea how I'm supposed to win chocobo races.

I can't win the second one, I sprint as much as I can without running out of stamina and I still lose by 10 miles.

 

[ViciousDS]

How do I see what the prices of food are at diners? So far it's been a complete surprise as I order something and they charge me all of my money.

faint white text, upper left hand corner of the food order box for each dish

 

[artsi]

How do I see what the prices of food are at diners? So far it's been a complete surprise as I order something and they charge me all of my money.

It's in the corner of the thumbnail
Usually it's light text on light background so hard to see.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

How do I see what the prices of food are at diners? So far it's been a complete surprise as I order something and they charge me all of my money.

It is a bit hard to see and written at the top left of the picture of food in gil.

 

[notaskwid]

That opening dialogue exchange between Noctis and his father before the boys set out of the kingdom...as cringe-worthy as the laughing scene in FFX. Not a good sign when the earliest introduction to a character makes me want yo punch him in the face repeatedly.

King: Wait Noctis, I have critical wisdom to impart before you travel!
Fuckface: sigh...what is it this time?
King: I'm serious, you may not ever be returning home!
Fuckface: Pfft...like that matters to me! Good luck with that treaty or whatever..not my problem
King: Stand tall my son....

Did no one else come away finding Noctis insufferable there?

Your age is showing.

 

[jb1234]

That opening dialogue exchange between Noctis and his father before the boys set out of the kingdom...as cringe-worthy as the laughing scene in FFX. Not a good sign when the earliest introduction to a character makes me want yo punch him in the face repeatedly.

King: Wait Noctis, I have critical wisdom to impart before you travel!
Fuckface: sigh...what is it this time?
King: I'm serious, you may not ever be returning home!
Fuckface: Pfft...like that matters to me! Good luck with that treaty or whatever..not my problem
King: Stand tall my son....

Did no one else come away finding Noctis insufferable there?

I'm not even really sure what that scene is trying to convey, honestly. Since the relationship between Noctis and his dad is completely undefined, I'm not sure whether the kid just hates dad, hates the trip he's going on or is just a dick in general.

 

[Freeman76]

The game is good, very similar to Xenoblade X in a lot of ways apart from the gameworld is nowhere near as interesting yet, it all looks the same, a huge empty desert with mountains and the odd building here and there. The gameplay systems are interesting and the combat is hard to make sense of at the moment, but im only on Chapter 2 so that is to be expected.

 

[Yu Narukami]

Man there is so much shit to do. I want to progress in the main story but then I do a sidequest or go hunting and then it's time to go to bed.

 

[ViciousDS]

The game is good, very similar to Xenoblade X in a lot of ways apart from the gameworld is nowhere near as interesting yet, it all looks the same, a huge empty desert with mountains and the odd building here and there. The gameplay systems are interesting and the combat is hard to make sense of at the moment, but im only on Chapter 2 so that is to be expected.

I don't see it since XCX sucked ass lol


god i hated that game

 

[Disagree Guy]

The game is good, very similar to Xenoblade X in a lot of ways apart from the gameworld is nowhere near as interesting yet, it all looks the same, a huge empty desert with mountains and the odd building here and there. The gameplay systems are interesting and the combat is hard to make sense of at the moment, but im only on Chapter 2 so that is to be expected.

Chapter 3 is much nicer environments

 

[Freeman76]

I don't see it since XCX sucked ass lol


god i hated that game

If you cant see similarities you must be blind, or you havent played one of the two games, its as simple as that.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

That opening dialogue exchange between Noctis and his father before the boys set out of the kingdom...as cringe-worthy as the laughing scene in FFX. Not a good sign when the earliest introduction to a character makes me want yo punch him in the face repeatedly.

King: Wait Noctis, I have critical wisdom to impart before you travel!
Fuckface: sigh...what is it this time?
King: I'm serious, you may not ever be returning home!
Fuckface: Pfft...like that matters to me! Good luck with that treaty or whatever..not my problem
King: Stand tall my son....

Did no one else come away finding Noctis insufferable there?

The opening scene is meant to show Noctis at his worst. He is supposed to grow throughout his journey as a character, and he does it. By the end, he will be a completely different person, I can assure you that.

 

[Freeman76]

Chapter 3 is much nicer environments

Thats good to hear, so far the artwork has been lacklustre which is unusual for a FF game

 

[Jeffrey]

I kinda want to play it in the jp dub, but man are the subtitles hard to read at times. white text with faint outline over a fairly bright world.


How is 'wait' mode? Is it better than manual?

 

[-Horizon-]

Finally finished downloading the patch lol.

Now I'm waiting for those dang dlc from that road trip thing amazon had.

 

[shiftplusone]

I have no idea how I'm supposed to win chocobo races.

I can't win the second one, I sprint as much as I can without running out of stamina and I still lose by 10 miles.

Riding your chocobo around levels it up. You get not stamina and speed and stuff when it levels


You can also camp and give it the greens that raise stamina for an extra boost

I lost the second race until my chocobo was level 3

 

[EchoOneSix]

Is there anyway to resize the HUD/screen? Many HUD objects are on the very edge of my screen and the little pop up notifications like "Gladiolus picked up such and such" are getting cut off/continuing off screen.

 

[Joqu]

Did anyone else read the prologue for the game?

If not, check it out.
It's meant to show off what the bros are doing up until the point the game starts. Kind of gives off a Brotherhood vibe.

... Was this like, straight up cut from the game? It reads like a script.

 

[Papacheeks]

Putting this post from the review thread giving my 2 cents:

Finally got to put some time into the game last night. GAF is right in skipping the tutorial will yield a better experience IMHO.
fuck the haters. Frame pacing though noticeable did not happen to the extreme that I'm hearing on this. Like it's there, but only if your actually looking for it. The art direction and scenery makes me ignore it.
Once the game is in motion it's a breadth to withhold. That stand by me intro is fucking ace. The IQ on base PS4 I think is fine, could be better, but art direction makes up for it IMHO.

Also playing original Japanese with English text is the way to go. US voices are inconsistent in quality of acting.
Only played up to Deadeye side mission which I thought was cool. Getting wrecked was actually fun.
Can't wait to get me a god damn Chocobo.

This game gaf has renewed my faith in JRPG's for world building and combat that's satisfying and not mundane like most Western RPG'S. Bring on Neir.
Just my thoughts so far and BTW to op didn't see you update this to 35 critics with a rating of 84.
Feel game deserves a little higher in all honesty just for the feels this game gives.

 

[jimmypython]

The load times for me are so bad that it feels faster to just have the car drive there on short routes than fast travel, at least I can listen to some tunes on the way lol.

i prefer the driving too as you can also buy stuff.....