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Final Fantasy XV |OT| There and back again.
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Yep. And after
Leviathan being a massive asshole about humanity and stuff, it was a real pleasure to just wreck her shit. 
ElMexiMerican
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This is why you look go into the quests section and check the levels for them. Once the quest popped up I clicked the quest list, saw the level, and noped the hell out.
PensivePen
Member
The terrible audio mixing during a pivotal cutscene was the icing on top of the shitty cake. And I don't even remember that being an issue anywhere else in the game either.
Fleet_of_Foot
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My last hour of this game has been looking at pixels for frogs, looking at pixels for ore, and SO many loading screens just to get around the map. Not fun.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
To be fair, Iris did seem to have a pretty strong interest in Noctis but firstly he's supposed to marry Luna, secondly Gladio would probably turn his face inside out. Scenes with Iris were unusual, I kind of got the vibe the Noct likes her a lot as a friend, but that he seemed aware that she likes him as more than a friend so there's this awkward semi-distancing he keeps throughout despite seeming pretty happy to see her.
I'm probably giving them too much credit though and it could have just been a happy accident in the translation process.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Everything up to that chapter was either fun or at least passable.
It's just an inexcusable slog of a chapter that serves no purpose other than to annoy the player and pad out the length of the game.
Poor audio mixes definitely haven't helped the game.
Same over here. Feeling bad about Chapter 13 now, that can destroy everything
Chapter 13 isn't bad in theory, it just goes on far too long.
Same over here. Feeling bad about Chapter 13 now, that can destroy everything
Chapter XIII is a bad, TERRIBLE episode among many great ones, so don't worry. You will suffer for a while as punishment for having enjoying the game for so long.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
It's not great yeah. I was aware it was apparently bad. On first glance I thought 'This isn't so bad, just a bit lame' then it started to drag a bit.
Then they started dropping in some pretty tough stuff with little way to defend and burning through my items. Briefly I was lulled into a sense of security again only to get slammed back into the ground face first. Then a boss with no items which I barely made it through. Then another boss, and this one isn't fucking about at all. Honestly I'm surprised I made it.
I sure as hell won't be replaying the late chapter of this unless I do another run with way over leveled characters one day. Not only is it bad game design in general it's an awful place to have this kind of spike. There's nowhere to fix it with leveling.
Yeah had it been much shorter it would have been ok. Plus it did need a bit of balancing. My complaint would be they set their tone and conveyed their point with the area early on and it set in fully with over an hour left of trudging through that hell hole. I liked what it was supposed to convey however and think it did an ok job of it.
WaterAstro
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Did we watch a different trailer?
I thought it felt very janky with the camera getting in the way a lot (to be fair I had an early copy with no patch 1.02 so that might have improved), and unfinished.
It doesn't help that it was the main part that was shown in the 2013 target render trailer.
What you needed to do during the first part wasn't very clear either and then it was over with very little meaningful input. It didn't feel well designed / polished at all and needed more time in the oven.
That doesn't mean that it wasn't an epic moment, it definitely was and the music was awesome. I just couldn't get over how bad the actual gameplay was to me.
Did you see Noctis actually attacking Leviathan in that trailer? All we saw was a bunch of warping around and killing soldiers. When I watched the E3 trailer I saw a visually awesome setpiece, not an awesome battle. Anything else comes from imagination. I did not expect anything else than what I saw. The game gave me that, and also Super Saiyan Noctis, so I'm pretty satisfied!
Literally just did this part and yeah, wow. The best part is how it doesn't match up with your choice options whatsoever.
"I love the breeze here!"
*AUDIBLE SIGH*
then at the end
Haven't had fun like that since we were kids, thanks noct!"
"Thanks, I had fun too!"
*AUDIBLE SIGH*
then at the end
Haven't had fun like that since we were kids, thanks noct!"
"Thanks, I had fun too!"
amazing.
The Last One
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Oh wow, I just activated the alternate Judgment Bolt from Ramuh. It's soooo cool.
WaterAstro
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Did you see Noctis actually attacking Leviathan in that trailer? All we saw was a bunch of warping around and killing soldiers. When I watched the E3 trailer I saw a visually awesome setpiece, not an awesome battle. Anything else comes from imagination. I did not expect anything else than what I saw. The game gave me that, and also Super Saiyan Noctis, so I'm pretty satisfied!
Wait, you said it played out exactly how you saw in the trailer...
and now you say that what you saw was literally the exact opposite. Noctis was supposed to be helping leviathan by stopping the Imperial soldiers. It even was in the context before the mission where they talk about how they needed to stop the Imperials from using those spears on Leviathan, yet they didn't stop anything and just straight up killed Leviathan.
I dunno, to me, it seems like they had it all planned out, and then did a last minute change to some stupid God of War QTE boss fight.
I dunno, to me, it seems like they had it all planned out, and then did a last minute change to some stupid God of War QTE boss fight.
Dougieflesh
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My thoughts exactly. What a shit chapter.
I really never saw it that way only. Indeed it was about Noctis trying to keep Leviathan away from the Empire, but I also saw it as trying to stop her (She was obliterating Altissia, after all).
Finished Chapter 9 -
WTF just happened? Why did my game suddenly turn into Bayonetta with that Leviathan boss battle? And they just kill Luna like that? I mean, I would'a liked to see some time spent between Noct and Luna before shit hit the fan. The drama doesn't feel quite earned imo. Still, Altissia was fantastic.
Relaxed Muscle
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Chapter 9 END
AHAHAHHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHHAHAHA
Wait for the full game they said
Maybe she's strong they said
Maybe she's not a plot device they said
Fridged!!!
Maybe she's strong they said
Maybe she's not a plot device they said
Fridged!!!
AHAHAHAHA
LOL I'm starting to feel the same way.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Get it over with so we can find out what you think.
The biggest issue with that scene isn't
merely that she's fridged. The problem is that the drama and heartache feels almost wholly unearned because of the narrative progression.
I made fun of Jarred's death being this big emotional hooey, but honestly that death isn't much worse than this one. There's hardly any actual investment into it. It's a very unearned payoff honestly, and it's hard to muster up caring about anyone's fate in this story outside of maybe the bros, Iris and Aranea.
I made fun of Jarred's death being this big emotional hooey, but honestly that death isn't much worse than this one. There's hardly any actual investment into it. It's a very unearned payoff honestly, and it's hard to muster up caring about anyone's fate in this story outside of maybe the bros, Iris and Aranea.
Relaxed Muscle
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/Plenty/ of people have said they loved it. Don't worry.
A stronk chapter no doubt, like some female character I know of.
AHAHAHA
Just play it and judge for yourself.
WaterAstro
Member
Yeah,
there was no build up, and, honestly, I need to be more attached to Luna before I would be more emotionally affected by her death. It definitely feel like they cut a whole lot out of the game.
Relaxed Muscle
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The whole delivery is awful in any way, they way they treated Luna, the suposed drama of a couple the game barely dedicates 2 minutes to explain their relationship. Did they love each other? It was just respect? Friendship? I don't know what to make of them, so I can't feel any attachment and the whole scene just lacks emotional impact.
But who cares. I'm here for the "I told ya!"
But who cares. I'm here for the "I told ya!"
Pretty much,
when she took the dagger in the gut, it was of an 'OH SHIT' moment and more of a 'Really?? Okay then.' kinda reaction out of me. I wanted to give a shit, but couldn't.
toastyToast
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Oh God, Cindy just said "inneresting". They even subbed it as inneresting lmao
Relaxed Muscle
Member
I don't know
It was "press x and something awesome happens". I almost fell asleep pressing square, there wasn't any danger at all.
I mean is visually quite something but gameplay? Yikes.
I mean is visually quite something but gameplay? Yikes.
Stand around waiting for sun light
I'm busy being lost and getting my ass handed in the Sewers ;_;
I just used the copius amount of fire element outside his area to craft up a double cast fira spell , I threw that at a barrel as soon as he jumps off his perch and he lost 50% of his health.
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I love this game guys , it doesn't really get going until the third chapter and the battle system really does take a little while to click (it's very easy to get complacent against some enemies and then constantly get stomped against others) but I'm currently 10 hours in and it's the most fun I've had with this series in 10 years. I mean, I guess since there was only really 1 mainline single player entry since then that probably doesn't say much but either way , this actually feels like a legit FF game where FFXIII just felt like a CG tech demo with very little gameplay.
RoaringMdog
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Can someone tell me when the game stops being open world? I'd like to play up to that point and then focus on side stuff for a while.
Oh wow, can I do this if I'm inside a cave? I thought you were being serious but I can tell you meant just sit around. Going to take a while while I sit around lol.
toastyToast
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Elixers. Not sure but eating at diners might do it as well
Moon Presence
Member
Defeated a Cactuar in the first Chapter. That sweet 6k experience.
Relaxed Muscle
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No HP recovery inside dungeons.
And Elixirs, and technically Phoenix Down
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