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Final Fantasy XV |OT| There and back again.

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Ray Down

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Ray
I don't remember sorry, but I think it's everywhere, from exploring chests too.
I get it's a common item to find, but WHERE?!

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OrionX

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So I just discovered that I've apparently been pronouncing Ramuh wrong my entire life. I always thought it was Ram-oo...

just me? lol
 

TissueBox

Member
OKay, I'm watching a lets play of it right now, since I don't have the cash and mostly just care about the visuals/story, not hte gameplay, but I have to ask.

Did the game really open with "Stand by me" while the characters can't stfu while pushing the car?

Yes. :p Honestly, though, that was what made me fall for the game in the first place and afterward it just kept me going. Really solidified the weirdness that awaits for a JRPG about gods and the conjectural end of the world, and the bro-fist camaraderie story that lies at the center.

EDIT: Alsooo...don't know about everyone but for some that might be a light spoiler..
 
jesus christ chapter 9 ending

Everybody saw this shit coming 20 miles away it being Final Fantasy and you couldn't fucking help yourself. Fulfill the expectations we have of you when it comes to this shit.
 
So I just discovered that I've apparently been pronouncing Ramuh wrong my entire life. I always thought it was Ram-oo...

I just like to think that actually Gladio is the one who pronounces it wrong all the time. 'Stop saying it like that!' I shout to the tv everytime he goes RAMWAAAH.
 

LotusHD

Banned
Ch.10 spoilers
I really like how dreary the mood is now that Ignis is blind. I camped, foolishly forgetting he couldn't possibly make food in his condition, and as a result I got a pretty depressing cutscene and atmosphere. I'm seeing more and more how the characters are one of the best parts of this game.
 

SubbieD

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I already watched Kingsglaive once, months ago before the game's release. It just doesn't work as a standalone film but now that I've actually played the game past the first chapter, I actually understand where it fits in the overall story now and also it's place within it.

If I treat Kingsglaive as a roughly 2 hours long extended cutscene which fits between chapters 1 and 2, but which was obviously way too long to be stuffed into the game itself, it makes perfect sense.

The quality of CGI throughout Kingsglaive is absolutely exquisite too so it's hard to be mad at something that tries as hard as Kingsglaive does. Whatever failings it has, it's not because it's fundamentally a bad film. It's because it has to fit within the confines of a larger story yet also tell a complete story that attempts to be cohesive within the larger story. When this is taken into account, the many issues with the script seem much more forgivable.

Besides, that final sequence is pretty amazing. The obvious limits of the script and plot as glaring as they were, for the final set piece they pretty much were like fuck it, let's at least make this last fight sequence fucking ridiculous and awesome. It's like they combined Pacific Rim and Advent Children into one gigantic CGI orgasm.

This guy gets it.
 

Lightning

Banned
I don't know why people are bothering with the Cid quests. The Ultima Blade is shit.
If his tasks were remotely time consuming you'd have a point but they are not. Getting the Ultima Blade is incredible simple cause you only need 1x item. If it was something lengthy like the Tournseol from FFXII then you'd have a point but this is so simple that it's worth it.
 

Mothman91

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Ok, this is getting on my nerves.

Chapter 5 bug I'm guessing.

I need to summon, says Press L2, it's not triggering, wtf SE.
 

ZeroX03

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Ok, this is getting on my nerves.

Chapter 5 bug I'm guessing.

I need to summon, says Press L2, it's not triggering, wtf SE.

Stand still and hold it for ages. It's stupid, except for that one person in the thread who thinks it makes perfect sense.
 

leng jai

Member
Ok, this is getting on my nerves.

Chapter 5 bug I'm guessing.

I need to summon, says Press L2, it's not triggering, wtf SE.

Happened to me as well, think it was chapter 4 though. Ended up dying and then the summon magically appeared and one shotted the boss...
 

Mothman91

Member
Stand still and hold it for ages. It's stupid, except for that one person in the thread who thinks it makes perfect sense.

Holy fuck, thank you. My friend had a bug with one of the later missions he told me, said he had to restart and had an hour of playtime lost.
 

LNBL

Member
Stand still and hold it for ages. It's stupid, except for that one person in the thread who thinks it makes perfect sense.
Don't need to stand still to activate it though, I'm always able to hold the button and walk around.

"Always" meaning the 3 times i got the command, but I'm fairly sure i didnt stand still
 

Anbec7

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So I travelled back to...
Altissia
don't know if I should spoiler tag.

Anyway this place is a little confusing, any tips or missables before I decide to continue?
 

Thoraxes

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I mean I got that much, but I guess my problem is I want to play this game like a character action game, but the camera gets in the way of that. Especially in some of the boss fights it's nearly impossible to tell what the fuck is going on, so I end up taking a lot of hits even if I can parry no problem.

My point is that there's no real solution to it sadly. Unless the fight is in an open area, you're going to just have those problems. I did a dungeon that was all in tight spaces, and it was pretty frustrating the whole way through.

And what sucks is when the camera gives you room to breathe, the combat feels so so so much better than it does 80% of the time.
I was thinking the same, but was afraid to post anything too positive about XIII. :p

It looked about the same, but with simpler haircuts. XV hair better hair overall i'd say.

Now, if you wanna talk the PC version of XIII, that's a whole different story. That said, the hair in XV moves really nice though, and is has more moving parts to it.
 
Holy fuck, thank you. My friend had a bug with one of the later missions he told me, said he had to restart and had an hour of playtime lost.

to be fair, the prompt they use has that little yellow thing on top. In the language of the game that stands for "hold" not "press"
 

ffvorax

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I'm in Chapter 3 after 8 hours but I feel like I didn't do much in all this time... mostly running in empty spaces... :p

So now I decided to go on a bit with the story and leave the subquest after I get a chocobo to move faster!

The game looks fun, but the fights with many enemies are a bit of a mess without many abilities to hit more than one enemy at a time, but probably its because i'm at the beginning and will get more kind of attacks?
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
On chapter 12 now. Last couple just fly by...gonna stop here and probably beat it tomorrow.

I'm really curious to see what 13 is about.
 

ZeroX03

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I'm in Chapter 3 after 8 hours but I feel like I didn't do much in all this time... mostly running in empty spaces... :p

So now I decided to go on a bit with the story and leave the subquest after I get a chocobo to move faster!

The game looks fun, but the fights with many enemies are a bit of a mess without many abilities to hit more than one enemy at a time, but probably its because i'm at the beginning and will get more kind of attacks?

Magic is the best AOE, Prompto has a tech called Gravisphere that pulls enemies in together, some bigger weapons hit in an arc, try out different attacks.
 
Oh good
she dead

Chapter 9 boss is visually stunning but intensely boring. The Adamantoise battle is going to be this x100 isn't it?

You dont know the half of it, sis.

I did Adamantoise at lvl 60 and boy was it a chore. Took me 4 hours to beat the son of a bitch. Oh hey ramuh wants to help me out....didnt even move an inch of the health bar...thanks ramuh
 

Roussow

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So I've finished the game, and am wrapping up side quests, it's the first Final Fantasy I've finished and only the second one I've played -- I look forward to the 7 remake as my first experience with the well loved original.

Now the other Final Fantasy I played was 13, I probably got like a third through it and got stuck on a fight with a big Bulbasaur looking fucker. I'm thinking about going back to it, despite the linearity of it I had a reasonably good time with the game, is it worth going back to to see how the story plays out?
 

Hystzen

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Gladio turns from a bland character to straight up twat in chapter 10 wish game had a punch gladio button everytime he gobs off
 

ufo8mycat

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Is there anyway to make Ignis use his Analyse skill more often? He doesn't seem to use it enough.
I know there is a Libra skill you can use in Wait mode, but I seriously don't want to use that mode lol
 

Ray Down

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So I've finished the game, and am wrapping up side quests, it's the first Final Fantasy I've finished and only the second one I've played -- I look forward to the 7 remake as my first experience with the well loved original.

Now the other Final Fantasy I played was 13, I probably got like a third through it and got stuck on a fight with a big Bulbasaur looking fucker. I'm thinking about going back to it, despite the linearity of it I had a reasonably good time with the game, is it worth going back to to see how the story plays out?

How did you enjoyed XV?

If memory is serving me right you got 1 big dungeon like area before you reach what may consider the best part of the game Cocoon. Since you been enjoying it, there should be nothing stopping you from going back to it. The story doesn't get better though, the ending is a big WTF.
 

Inuhanyou

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So I've finished the game, and am wrapping up side quests, it's the first Final Fantasy I've finished and only the second one I've played -- I look forward to the 7 remake as my first experience with the well loved original.

Now the other Final Fantasy I played was 13, I probably got like a third through it and got stuck on a fight with a big Bulbasaur looking fucker. I'm thinking about going back to it, despite the linearity of it I had a reasonably good time with the game, is it worth going back to to see how the story plays out?

if you were not repelled by the game by that point, it only opens up from there gameplay wise
 

ZeroX03

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You dont know the half of it, sis.

I did Adamantoise at lvl 60 and boy was it a chore. Took me 4 hours to beat the son of a bitch. Oh hey ramuh wants to help me out....didnt even move an inch of the health bar...thanks ramuh

Oh gosh I'm level 61 now, sounds like hell.
 
So I've finished the game, and am wrapping up side quests, it's the first Final Fantasy I've finished and only the second one I've played -- I look forward to the 7 remake as my first experience with the well loved original.

Now the other Final Fantasy I played was 13, I probably got like a third through it and got stuck on a fight with a big Bulbasaur looking fucker. I'm thinking about going back to it, despite the linearity of it I had a reasonably good time with the game, is it worth going back to to see how the story plays out?


Not really. Just YouTube the cut scenes and save yourself some time. Then if you want, hit up 13-2 since it's actually a half way decent game. I actually managed to beat it, and probably only got 10 hours into 13 by comparison.
 

ffvorax

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Magic is the best AOE, Prompto has a tech called Gravisphere that pulls enemies in together, some bigger weapons hit in an arc, try out different attacks.

Ok so I need to unlock that and figure out how to not kill all my party every time I use a magic attack... :D
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Gladio turns from a bland character to straight up twat in chapter 10 wish game had a punch gladio button everytime he gobs off

Yeah I was going to say this while going through that chapter but didn't make a post at the time.

He hasn't really stood out in any way but holy shit does he become a massive dickhead right there. It felt like
something a lot worse was supposed to have happened and got rewritten or something. Like Noctis doesn't even really do anything, and no shit something like Luna dying would take him some time to get over. Even when he has the dialog with you he acts like an asshole in response to what you say.
 

HeelPower

Member
The noise the party makes when they are hurt by your magic is straight up fucking annoying.

They should patch out friendly fire asap.Does the awesome spells a disservice.Its just annoying.
 

ZeroX03

Banned
Ok so I need to unlock that and figure out how to not kill all my party every time I use a magic attack... :D

Ignis' Regroup brings your party members back to you (and heals them, learn it ASAP too)... but then you won't have enough tech for Gravisphere lol.

I was 58. Took me two hours and no summons lol.

Any boss taking longer than 20 minutes still sounds like hell to me.
 

nOoblet16

Member
Ok, this is getting on my nerves.

Chapter 5 bug I'm guessing.

I need to summon, says Press L2, it's not triggering, wtf SE.

Stand still and hold it for ages. It's stupid, except for that one person in the thread who thinks it makes perfect sense.
You can walk around. The only requirement is that you don't get hit.

It's stupid and should be instant, infact it should be up to the player when they want to summon. You can summon enemies and chocobos but not your...summons..lol
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Regroup is good but if Ignis himself is in the enemies ass you can't really use it with magic since he'll pull you into the AoE, lol.

The magic friendly fire is a complete misfire. It's just dumb to have with the way the party works, and even further some of them have more lingering effects and sometimes you just get someone running right into it after a regroup. like wtf.
 
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