Ganon Dragmire
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WORLD
Nova Chrysalia - A world diseased by Chaos
Made up of four regions, a monorail provides transportation for travel throughout this realm. Lightning, the protagonist, begins her final adventure in this plague-ridden land devoid of hope. However, her journey won’t be long, as the Chaos has bled through the soil, drawing near the world’s end.
Luxerion - Divine city of light
The metropolis is ruled by the Order, an organization devout to their god, Bhunivelze. The residents spend their days absorbing the teachings of this sacred deity. Metal is a common material found in the various structures of this gothically tinged city. Traveling bags and other ornaments are scattered around, depicting a charming yet surreal atmosphere. As the day draws to an end, the city’s serenity is no more. Monsters and other creatures of the night prowl the area, leaving Lightning to fend for her life.
The Dead Dunes - This region is covered with endless desert sands as far as the eye can see. Within it can be found the shanties which form a base for treasure hunters seeking their fortune in the arid wilderness, as well as ancient ruins said to conceal a divine treasure.
Many monsters with a character unique to the area appear in this region, such as the sand swimming fiends of the open desert and the undead horrors that lurk within the ruins.
Yusnaan, the City of Revelry - The city is alive with lights and fireworks, and the people wander the streets as if in a dream.
Only a short time remains before the world ends, but the city is alive with banquets and festivities, the people free to indulge their every desire. Snow the Patron rules over it all and maintains the peace.
The Wildlands – The Untamed Wilderness contain remnants of the sprawling natural wilderness that once existed in Gran Pulse. Beasts run free here, and the people live a hardy life of self sufficiency. Behind the lush and bountiful appearance of this region however, the spread of Chaos is unusually aggressive here.
GAMEPLAY
Customize Lightning : Upgrade Lightning's look, abilities and actions through hundreds of game-changing weapons and outfit combinations.
A Constantly Moving World: Nova Chrysalia moves to the beat of a 24 hour clock resulting in a different journey for every player.
All New Battle System: Master a completely overhauled battle system to control Lightning like never before by being able to block, dodge, and counter with precision.
SCHEMATA AND GARBS
Style-Change Active Time Battle (SATB) : LR introduces a new battle system to the series. By removing certain parts of an enemy, not only will their attacks become weaker, will possibly drop rare items as well. Enemies can be “knocked out” quicker by using abilities they are vulnerable against. Once defeated, Last Ones will drop extremely valuable items. When Lightning sneaks up on an opponent and attacks it without being noticed, the enemy will start off with less health than usual.
Eradia:
Eradia is gathered by releasing people's souls from their bodies, usually by awakening or resolving long-buried feelings. This is what increases Lightning’s streath throughout the game. Eradia is given to Yggrassil in the Ark at the end of a day to increase the lifespan of the world, giving you more time. Sidequests and the five main quests award Lightning with Eradia, but Canvas of Prayers quests do not.(but they still increase Lightning’s stats) If you complete enough quests, you’ll be given a day beyond the 13 limit.
The Ark:
At the end of every day at 6AM, Lightning returns to the Ark to give Eradia to Yggdrasil. In The Ark Hope will be waiting with useful info regarding the story as well as gifts for your journey. Lightning will fully recover all gauges, including EP. You can also stock up on items.
Bosses and Last Ones can be challenged again in The Ark by using the 'Book of Conquests'.
Energy Points:
You can fill up your EP gauge by conquering foes. With enough EP you can use certain abilities inside or outside of battle.
These abilities include Overclock, Army of One, Escape, Decoy, Chronostasis, Telepo (Teleport), Curaga, and Arise. Chronostasis freezes the clock for one minute and fifteen seconds of real-time. Telepo can be used on the various teleport spots Lightning unlocks. Curaga will completely restore Lightning’s health and Arise will revive her.
Difficulty Modes:
LR lets players pick EASY and NORMAL modes in the beginning. HARD mode becomes available after clearing the game once. One in-game hour is equivalent to 2 1/2 real-time minutes.
QUESTS
A Schema is a set of various pieces of equipment and up to four abilities, which you can allocate via the Customize Schemata entry at the main menu. You can have up to three Main Schemata available in combat.
During battle, you can switch between each Main Schema at any time to make the most of their strengths, and of their respective ATB gauges.
Your costume or Garb is the most important part of a Schema. Not only does each garb come with unique auto-abilities offering various features and attribute boosts, but they also provide native abilities that cannot be changed. In addition, your garb determines your maximum ATB, and your default ATB (how full a Schema’s ATB gauge is at the beginning of each battle). Choosing the right garb for any given situation and ensuring that your active Schemata complement each other is truly essential to your success.
Full Schemata setup includes your GRAB, Weapon, Shield, Head and Arm Accessory, and the Garbs abilities.
Instead of being divided into chapters, like the previous two games, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's story is told in the form of five main quests. Side quests are available to increase Lightning's stats and Eradia for Yggdrasil to prolong the Apocalypse. Both main quests and side quests are rewarded with stat increases, Eradia and gil and item rewards.
THE SAVIORS WORDS
MUSIC
Throughout the game, as you complete both Main Quests and Side Quest, you’ll get a message from Lightning. The messages are essentially the Savior’s thoughts and feelings regarding the tasks she completed. Anyone that is interested in knowing more about Light will find these to be a nice bonus.
Composed by Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Mitsuto Suzuki. Hamauzu was the leader composer for XIII and XIII-2, and Mizuta and Suzuki previously composed music for XIII-2. Musicians who had previously worked with the composers on XIII-2 and The 3rd Birthday worked on the project in Japan, while the main soundtrack was performed by and recorded in Boston by the Video Game Orchestra. Shota, the producer, orchestrated.Yohei Sato (VGO's conductor) conducted for the recording, and Falk who's basically a side character did the engineering.
Some Samples
Lightning's Theme - Radiance Noel & Yeul ~Pact of the Light Savior of Souls ~ Battle Theme
LUMINA’S RULES and Tips
Discussion, criticisms, and debates for the content of the game are always encouraged, but DO NOT DERAIL THE THREAD with shit posts or crap like “the end of the series” etc. etc.etc.
SPOILER TAG your posts, several people will be playing this for the first time.
DO NOT PLAY ON EASY – you might be overwhelmed, but once you get a grasp of the system and time limit, you’ll find the challenge to be right.
The time limit is not a big factor. If you do well in battle you’ll earn enough EP to spam Chronostasis.
Don’t get caught up in one quest, keep gathering them and move throughout the world.
FINAL WORDS
