guybrushfreeman
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Final Fantasy XV |OT| There and back again.
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You need to start Trails though....
YankeeDonB
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I haven't finished the dungeon yet, but I'm a bit overleveled, have good weapons for the foes, and the guest is pretty OP. Also I just love the atmosphere.
Blackleg-sanji1
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You'll regret playing I am setsuna
Yup that's the game problem, don't think I even got 10 hours into the game.
I'm sorry but that's just not true.
XIII-2 is an incredibly easy game, even compared to XIII and to say that LR is the same level in difficulty is a bit too much. I mean I get people hate XIII series but credit where it's due lol.
We've already established I don't remember any bosses in the XIII trilogy lol. I probably did lots of side content before taking on the final boss.
I think the first boss in the ice area of XIII game overed me because I didn't realize that changing paradigms affected your stats. Once I realized Sentinel soaked up damage the system was butter. I can't remember any other tough battle in the trilogy.
Like I said, my memory of the series is poor, but I had no trouble completing everything in all of the games.
A Serious Man
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I could not disagree more with this. FFXV's open world is about as dull and lifeless as any I've experienced outside of second-tier MMO's. And using the games character interaction as a reason why it's superior to DA:I is especially odd considering that's one thing Dragon Age did particularly well. Certain areas/architecture/enemies would trigger dialogue between your party members. People would change up their party composition just to hear all the different dialogue and banter.
Blackleg-sanji1
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To be fair I went into that game with sky high expectations because of gaf calling it better than chrono in the import thread...I no longer trust import threadsBro, I thought you were cool. :/
Stop. My backlog contains the ones I listed, that, P5, and more. Was just seeing which I could pick and get out of the way fast. Neither P5 nor TMS fall into that category
((((I dunno, it's a bit of a stretch to say it's not worth anybody's time. It has its problems, sure, but it's a good first effort from Tokyo RPG Factory.
It comes to personal preferences of course, but I actually felt the story pretty hard, it really stayed with me after finishing it, and I enjoyed my time with it a lot, the atmosphere, the music and the characters.
Stop. My backlog contains the ones I listed, that, P5, and more. Was just seeing which I could pick and get out of the way fast. Neither P5 nor TMS fall into that category
Then try Fallout 4....
Oh well, that should've been a big red flag. No RPG is better than Chrono Trigger.
And yeah, I greatly enjoyed Setsuna for what it was. It was a very nice tribute to CT, with tons of references, even names and weapons, to my favorite game of all time.
And the music. One of my favorite soundtracks of the year.
Import threads tend to over hype, but absolutely no person in their right mind should be saying it's better than Chrono Trigger.
I really don't think you can bring just any Western RPG into it. To me, XV specifically compares to the gameplay loop DA: I used. I sure as fuck can't compare it to Oblivion/Skyrim or Fallout 4.
I see the comparison being apt because both games use a looser story structure with open worlds filled with much less connected side quests. They lean on party interaction/banter to carry things through. The combat is more action oriented, taking away a lot of tactical options used in games like Origins, and makes sure your own character is the most powerful despite you having party members.
And FFXV is a mix of press X to awesome and incredibly nonexistent tactical options. It's not even technically serviceable in my opinion. I have a bunch of brainless morons following me around and I can't tell them diddly shit on what to do. I have some issues with DA: I's combat, but it was fine for what it did. XV's is not fine. It's not serviceable. It's missing crucial features and has a lot of shortcomings. It wasn't a chaotic clusterfuck with shrubs obscuring things and teammates having to chug down potions because you can't tell them to stay the fuck away from fire or whatever it is.
What character interactions? Seriously, is my fucking game bugged? If I have to hear the same "indeed" again I'm going to travel to japan and stab Tabata myself. I've played nearly 30 fucking hours and outside of 2 special cutscenes after some camps the interaction has been almost nonexistent. And if I didn't watch Brotherhood one of those scenes would be a vague fucking mess. Hell, if I didn't watch Brotherhood these characters would barely exist in my mind. I don't know who the hell they are or what their motivation is besides strong anime character stereotype A and smart glasses wearing anime stereotype B.
I'm not at the ending yet. I'm judging 30 hours in. I haven't got to the linear part so possibly things will turn completely around but judging both beginnings, DA: I wins hands down.
FFXV's world is so poorly designed and lifeless that a change of scenery would be godlike right now. Exploration is not only not rewarded, it's actively discouraged with the quick day/night system and no ability to wait around. What 'exploration' you get is also exclusively pointless collectathons.
I feel like we're living in opposite world here.
Don't get me wrong, there's enough charm and fun here for me to not regret my purchase and keep going. It's just disappointing in so many ways and I can't see it stacking up well against any other Final Fantasy much less a lot of other RPGs. As far as combat it's going to be dead last of any FF. I can't see the story beating anything but maybe the first 3 games. Characters are the most boring outside of almost any of them, too.
Actually it's funny that the DA: I thread was at first filled with the highest praise. Moreso than this thread even. People would think the majority disagreed on that, too.
Please do, I really want to see the speed run time.
Tomoki Miyoshi is severely underrated and deserves to work on far bigger projects. Both games and otherwise.
I'm actually confident it's doable in 7, on Easy, with copious use of Fast Travel, skipping every cutscene and most importantly an SSD.
But considering it's designed first and foremost as an open world, that's sorta like saying you can speedrun Skyrim.
Yeah, my experience was that XIII was just right in difficulty, XIII-2 was insanely disappointingly easy as hell, and LR could get pretty tough in spots.
The_Hitcher89
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How the hell are you supposed to beat
in the chocobo race
She was out of sight after like 10 seconds. Do you have to eat the greens beforehand?
Iris
She was out of sight after like 10 seconds. Do you have to eat the greens beforehand?
saveweyard
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Stop. My backlog contains the ones I listed, that, P5, and more. Was just seeing which I could pick and get out of the way fast. Neither P5 nor TMS fall into that category
But TMS is so much better than any of the ones you listed barring TitS. You should move it up on your backlog list. Then play P5 next year and skip all the rest forever.
Whaaaa? Ahahahaha gaf's hyperbole knows no bounds.
saveweyard
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Eat greens and make use of the trick that gives you a speed boost and replenishes stamina after drifting. I haven't tried the races yet, though.
Blackleg-sanji1
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I tell ya man I blame myself for believing it tho I should've knew better
Never trust Gaf hype. Never.
MrChocolate
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What? I'm at 25 hours, level 36 and chapter 6. Maybe I'm doing something wrong .__.
But that can make gaf so much fun
My motto is "never trust GAF for either positivity or negativity".
Both ends are usually too extreme. A game here is either GOAT or "garbage fire".
Blackleg-sanji1
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Atelier gaf got me to buy Sophie tho Nd that game is sweet I'm all I'm on that series now. It's a coin toss
Or its great than becomes overrated in the following months.
So I did one of the post game dungeons and wasn't really feeling it. I was thinking they'd have more of a "story" to them but it was more of a lengthy endurance run through generic, interconnected rooms leading to a boss, which wasn't really a good payoff for the time and effort.
Ignoring whether the other bosses are better or not, are they all pretty much this same format? If so I think I'll just stop here then. I can see the appeal in this but I don't enjoy this game's combat and subsystems nearly enough to go through this kind of experience several times lol.
Ignoring whether the other bosses are better or not, are they all pretty much this same format? If so I think I'll just stop here then. I can see the appeal in this but I don't enjoy this game's combat and subsystems nearly enough to go through this kind of experience several times lol.
You're not, you're playing the game the way it was meant to be played. i.e. not bumrushing to the end.
The_Hitcher89
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Have you got a link that shows how to do it?
Seen a video of someone doing it, but dont wanna read the comments in case of spoilers.
D
Deleted member 752119
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Finished up chapter 6 and 7. The more I play, the more I love this game. Story is what ever, but it's just a joy to explore the world and do sidequests and the dungeons are great so far. I like the combat a lot as well--I'm overleveled at 50 already, but that's the way I like it as combat is the last reason I play RPGs. The combat is fast and fun and doesn't get boring like overleveled combat in a lot of RPGs for me.
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There was someone here yesterday saying this was the best open world in any game ever and the combat was better than Dark Souls and Bayonetta.
Drillary Clinton
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I think this is correct. That would explain the blocks at least not so much the parries.
Mister Megative
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Most people do.
DarkLordMalik
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HahahahahaWatching these old trailers where they quickly flash the faces of each of the major characters, I really didn't think it'd be representative of the amount of screen time most of these people got.
Wait mode is only good for strategy during a high level fight. You can switch it on or off anytime. Just play the game with the normal active combat mode.
Drillary Clinton
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Also, is a King's Tale ever going to be a regular release or was it permanently tied to the GameStop preorders in the US? Really stupid considering it's a whole ass game.
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