Orniletter
Banned
Monolith Soft´s "X" is slated for this year.
...I´d call that game more promising, with Xenoblade as it´s direct predecessor compared to....LR with XIII-2
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII DEMO - OUT NOW* -
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Monolith Soft´s "X" is slated for this year.
...I´d call that game more promising, with Xenoblade as it´s direct predecessor compared to....LR with XIII-2
ArchedThunder
Banned
They're called different opinions usually. Hard to accept, I know
FFXIII's pacing was fucking horrible, if you liked it whatever man.
I keep forgetting that is coming out this year. Just like Xenoblade it will probably be much better than any Final Fantasy in recent years.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
My enthusiasm for it ended when the game seems to be closer to a multiplayer RPG than classic jRPG. Plus it's difficult to think the game's supposed to release in the next 11 months when we still don't know much about it other than a tentative title...
don't bet on it.
PshycoNinja
Member
Where ever Perfo lives I wish I lived there.
Unfortunately I live in the same reality that Spoony lives in.
Edit:
The last part of his review if you guys are curious how he reacts at the end of the game. Spoilers obviously. Also probably lots of profanity in the second half so.... yeah...... http://youtu.be/x9G_cc1mPp0
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'm with you. I don't think I've ever seen a jRPG with such little info shown get released a few months down the line.
I expect to see it re-emerge at E3 with a 2015+ expected release.
Don't agree with this (like most).
In fact XIII was the only FF I never even attempted to replay. Once I got out of that linear tube, I was not going back in.
Sometimes I load up a 2010-era save in order to run around and explore the graphics and music for a few seconds. No more than that.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
FFXV could definitely try a late-year release in Japan... but even here I have my doubts.
Actually it's paced really well... if you skip all the cutscenes.
ArchedThunder
Banned
It has to do with the way Nintendo distributes information, they like to keep things close to the chest until they are very close to release.
I disagree, the hallway level design ruined the pacing and I've never been so bored with a mainline Final Fantasy.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
It's actually a game that requires so little efforts outside the BS and that is why I said of it being a smooth experience. The game it's a glorious eye-candy show with engaging BS and immersive universe. It's just that it's so easy to pick up and play at any moment that it makes for me one of the smoothest jRPG experience to replay. Also: no grinding for the most part, that one helps greatly.
Persona 5, Ar No Surge, Darkengard 3, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, The Witch and the Hundred Knights, Child of Light, Kingdom hearts remix 2.5, bravely default, dark souls 2, conception 2, dragon quest 7, FFX HD, FFX-2 HD, demon gaze, trails in the sky second chapter. Just in top the list of possibles up.
Hate to burst your bubble but they basically did the same with xenoblade, game had barely any good marketing and I'd only bet jpn release this year, not eu or us.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Based on everything in my experience I do not expect that until 2015+ either. We simply haven't seen it as a real game yet.
Maybe, maybe, someone made a decision to sit on FFXV until it was immanent, just based on its sordid history. They really did need to stop talking about it for awhile, so one can hope.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Immersive universe... note to self, do not reenter this thread.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
When we get a really good FF game again, is Perfo going to explode from too much joy?... or will the bizzaro-world energy cause him to hate it?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Dude. FFXIII is in a linear hallway.
As a matter of fact, he does not like FF XIV: ARR, so the latter!
Man that game design disillusionment sure hurts some people.
It's smooth alright.
walk forwards -------------> battle ---------------> walk forwards -------------> cutscene
I liked FFXIII a lot, liked XIII-2 demo (still have to play the full game),but didn't like this demo
Maybe it's because the costume thing or because it's just a Lightning party, but i don't feel it
Graphics look worse than XIII-2,too.The palace part didn't make the game justice i guess
Read "BS" as "Bull Shit".
It made no difference whatsoever.
NHarmonic.
Member
Agree there, it's overall a lot better than 13-2 and it was a lot of fun throughout. At least, there was no time travel shit, random encounters or nerf'd mechanics.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Lies. I never said anything like that. I love ARR or else I wouldn't be so far into the game. ARR together with Ultima Online and WoW is definitely my favorite title in the genre. I speak bad of it in regards to the main scenario, terrible stories and characters. That said, it's definitely a very funny videogame I'm still currently playing months after release.
I like every single Final Fantasy, this should be clear.
toythatkills
Member
I hate this game already. I just sat through a five-minute pre-title screen intro montage video showing this epic city and a fight, all set to music, it was pretty cool I thought. Except when you get to the title screen and press start, it then plays the exact same fucking five-minute cut-scene, but now with voices so you can follow it.
ResidentDante
Member
Same shit in FXIII-2, just why?!
We already have one - FF14.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Credits.
PshycoNinja
Member
Yup. Yoshida and SE really stepped up on rereleasing FFXIV.
I beat 13 4 times I think. Want run through it and 13-2 again before release.
Maybe Japanese still think demo mode is a thing.
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
This looks like it's going to be a rather weak SE fiscal year. At least in Japan anyhow.
To be fair to Perfo, the JRPG lineup this year outside of the HD remasters and games like X and Persona 5 that I won't bank on coming out this year doesn't exactly set my world alight. Feels like a stopgap year for JRPGs, while WRPGs are witnessing an encroaching renaissance with Divinity: Original Sin, Pillars of Eternity, Witcher 3, South Park and many more.
I still would try out LR though, and it's chiefly down to my own curiosity. It might work if I just treat it as its own little island, rather than a peninsula stuck on the Mordor of a mainland that is the FFXIII series. I'll just pretend I'm playing Valkyrie Profile but without any Einherjars? I might as well. No hope for story and good writing, is there?
To be fair to Perfo, the JRPG lineup this year outside of the HD remasters and games like X and Persona 5 that I won't bank on coming out this year doesn't exactly set my world alight. Feels like a stopgap year for JRPGs, while WRPGs are witnessing an encroaching renaissance with Divinity: Original Sin, Pillars of Eternity, Witcher 3, South Park and many more.
I still would try out LR though, and it's chiefly down to my own curiosity. It might work if I just treat it as its own little island, rather than a peninsula stuck on the Mordor of a mainland that is the FFXIII series. I'll just pretend I'm playing Valkyrie Profile but without any Einherjars? I might as well. No hope for story and good writing, is there?
Yeah, the topic might have focused on the demo itself (for better or for worse), but now it's going to be fixated on Perfo's asinine troll-bait comments.
ResidentDante
Member
Yeah, but the old demo modes usually were 3-4 gameplay cuts from a game being played when the start screen was left untouched.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Fucking amazing demo thread, Perfo! You are awesome :3
I however, don't know if I should be playing this or not... I don't wanna spoil it, but at the same time, is there enough combat in the demo for me to practice timings and shit?
I however, don't know if I should be playing this or not... I don't wanna spoil it, but at the same time, is there enough combat in the demo for me to practice timings and shit?
Trent Strong
Banned
Yes! I like Lightning, I like outfits, I want to play this game.
LunaticHigh
Member
There's still no real proof we'll see X this year in NA is there? I'd love to, but I highly doubt it.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Me too! I will play the living shit out of this game.HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Proof is when we have it in our hands. Otherwise, we go off the announcement of 2014 that was given to us.
Eeeh, might as well download this. Was kind of expecting the Yuna outfit to be a F/X-2 HD save file bonus. Kind of sucks it's a pre-order bonus, especially considering the Cloud outfit. Oh well, least ya get a FF6 costume once you beat it. Oh, & the Xbox Live demo is 1.14GB. Gonna download it while I'm at college & then check it out tonight or tomorrow.
While I'm thinking of save files, is there a bonus for having 13 & 13-2 save data?
While I'm thinking of save files, is there a bonus for having 13 & 13-2 save data?
Chaserjoey
Member
You get Lightning's outfits from both of those games.
That's a decent bonus. MUCH better compared to....what, getting a small mask for your monster (well, PS3 version gave you a XMB theme) in 13-2?
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
What's wrong with XIII-2's BS? If anything the difficulty balance was a mess. Here you have a very difficult game even on normal though.
plutoknight
Member
Is American PSN getting this today?
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Might as well try the demo to see how it plays.
Was going to say the same thing...skip the cutscenes...? why? I love cut scenes in FF games...anyway,I got this pre-ordered for the PS3 since I played all the XIII on that console but my nephew has my PS3 right now so I will try the 360 demo later today.