fluffydelusions
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OK ya I'm just curious about how many sidequests one can do if I'm following how the system works...says 4 days left already. I'm in the area to fight
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Lightning Returns: FINAL FANTASY XIII PC |OT| Light Eternal
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OK ya I'm just curious about how many sidequests one can do if I'm following how the system works...says 4 days left already. I'm in the area to fight
Basically the flow is like this:
Chronostasis > do side-quests > fight enemies along the way to replenish your EP to use chronostasis again > repeat
The key is min-maxing that flow and getting the balance right between when you need to fight, explore, use chronostasis, and quest.
It's harder in Luxerion and Yusnaan, but in the other zones there are plenty of enemies that will give you a full EP just from battling them. If there was an area that was gated off to me because of the time stuff, i'd usually go to another area, quest and let time pass there till it was time to go back.
Really, just make sure you're using your EP. There aren't many benefits to just trying to save it all the time, and it helps keep you focused on going to and completing your objectives because of chronostasis' time-limit per use.
The more side-quests you do, the more days you add to Yggdrasil from the Eradia earned, which can extend your playtime up to day 13 (14) if you do enough.
The apocalypse happens and then you go to a NG+ (or you can just start over if you want)
Your stats, garbs, abilities, etc. carry over.
Kinda like Majora in a way, lol
Valkerionseven
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Yeah so I'm guessing steam is going to default my game version to the Japanese one since I live here.... so much for being able to play this.
Any way to trade or contact steam directly on this?
Any way to trade or contact steam directly on this?
threelights
Member
It's real time that the game uses, right?
So, if I start the game, and leave it running until it ends, and a NG+ start, can I choose Hard then?
Or do I need to beat the game on Normal to unlock it?
The game has its own clock, and you would have to go back down to the surface each day.
However, I think you need to defeat the final boss once in order to get hard mode. On PC though, this should be easy to do because there are probably saves out there you can just download and get started on now if you really wanted to just start there.
threelights
Member
Oh >.>, that sucks.
And doesn't the game use only the cloud for saves? I haven't started yet, so I don't have the files to go through and see myself =X
But if I can, I might wait for a save to pop up somewhere. Thanks!
Twin Tails
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Still like game. Get the occasional frame drops on a 980 though.
Beat Snow. Now onto the Wildlands. I pretty much know what to do all everything; I got like all the achievements of 360.
Beat Snow. Now onto the Wildlands. I pretty much know what to do all everything; I got like all the achievements of 360.
Can you not just right click the game in steam -> properties -> language tab and then choose English?
It defaulted me to Japanese voices for some reason, you can change that on the settings at the main menu.
So I should play on Easy then?
Not neccessarily. It's a bit tough at the start on Normal but not like ridiculously hard.
Can I change it at any time at least?
Yeah I played through on normal back on the PS3 and I wouldn't say it's impossible. I just recommend you go to Wildlands and start doing side quests there instead of continuing Luxerion's main story at the start of Day 2.
The thing is with Luxerion's main story, while you can find the numbers straight away on Day 2, you can't get any further than that until midnight. So you may as well do some Wildlands quests which are easily doable at the start, get some stats and then head to Luxerion at around 10PM or something to find the numbers and then finish off the Luxerion main line.
Course you could also wait a bit to finish Luxerions mainline, as the boss at the end can be pretty brutal if you aren't prepared.
As Corpekata said, the start is pretty tough, but once you've got past the initial hump it's not too bad at all really. I think the main mistake a lot of people make is they do the main story and their respective areas in number order, which isn't necessarily the right way to do it.
The thing is with Luxerion's main story, while you can find the numbers straight away on Day 2, you can't get any further than that until midnight. So you may as well do some Wildlands quests which are easily doable at the start, get some stats and then head to Luxerion at around 10PM or something to find the numbers and then finish off the Luxerion main line.
Course you could also wait a bit to finish Luxerions mainline, as the boss at the end can be pretty brutal if you aren't prepared.
As Corpekata said, the start is pretty tough, but once you've got past the initial hump it's not too bad at all really. I think the main mistake a lot of people make is they do the main story and their respective areas in number order, which isn't necessarily the right way to do it.
From what I remember, you can't.
Valkerionseven
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Tried that, still starts completely in Japanese, no options to switch.
I guess the language must be locked at a regional copy level in that case. Wouldn't surprise me, Japan always has seperate editions on steam.
I'd maybe just request a refund from Steam, they should accept it since you most likely haven't played more than two hours. Then possibly try obtaining a EU West/US copy of the game. EU West/US copies tend to be region free.
Edit: Although this would only work if you got it on Steam. If you didn't get it on Steam, you'll just have to try your luck with Support.
Yeah, it sounds like you got the Japanese only version. If your install size (not download size) is about 10 gigs, then that's definitely the case. The version with both languages is about 20 gigs.
Valkerionseven
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Sounds like I got the JP only version then, sent a steam support ticket about it.
Do saves or anything carry over between the games in the trilogy or can I just watch the said videos?
Square Enix said you get the rewards from the previous games regardless of whether there is a save on your PC system, and outside of that there wasn't any carry over.
Wait does this confirm LR has superior lighting to its predecessors ? I don't think XIII or XIII-2 has lighting as good as this.
And Dang@Ground Zeroes lens flare lol
That's always been clear. It's set up for variable time-of-day, it's got big light sources scattered through the environments which feature full specular reflections (which look pretty good), specular roughness isn't BS'd by just juicing up the cubemaps, there's much heavier use of normal maps, characters have a sort of AO-ish blob shadow in shadowed areas...
Similarly, both FFXIII-2 and LR tend to have WAAAAAAAY higher general scene complexity than FFXIII.
There are reasons that the games that run worse run worse.
Oh yeah that clearly settles it.
Honestly,how bad of an engine was crystal tools ? They managed to get two major features ,mainly realtime day/night cycle and streaming large open areas,to work in essentially under two years.
I mean this wasn't a 300 man,4-5 years dev time kind of game ,and they still managed to cobble so much together in record time.
Its actually rather impressive.
R10Neymarfan
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Speaking of which m, for anyone that has tried. Is the framerate 60fps impeccable during this fight?
Exentryk
Member
That's what I've read. There might be some drops while running around, but the combat is solid 60.
theofficefan99
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This game was just... so... so disappointing. They put literally no effort into the writing, every line of dialogue was complete garbage. All the sidequests were uninspired. The final dungeon was a joke, it reused generic underground temple assets and the one unique area took literally 5 seconds to run through, and Bhunivelze takes a few seconds to load up. What a joke.
Having stat boosts tied to equipment and sidequests was a horrible idea, too.
Battle system was great, as was the music, but the rest was terrible. 5/10. I'll replay the final boss once in a while because it's really fun, plus the ending CGI was beautiful (though the writing was, as usual with Toriyama, insulting garbage), but that's it.
Having stat boosts tied to equipment and sidequests was a horrible idea, too.
Battle system was great, as was the music, but the rest was terrible. 5/10. I'll replay the final boss once in a while because it's really fun, plus the ending CGI was beautiful (though the writing was, as usual with Toriyama, insulting garbage), but that's it.
Played 3 hours earlier today... And uhhhh somethings I've noticed.
+Valkyrie Profile Lenneth. Going around to "save" corrupted souls before Armageddon. Sounds familiar?
+Persona 3 velvet room music in the ARK (similar?)
+Combat system has no right being this fun. I though ff13 sucked? What the fuck?
+The game overall... Is.... Good? What is happening to me? I couldn't even get past the intro in the 1st one, and the demo of the 2nd one made me stop playing after 5 minutes. This game is much better probably due to full on arpgs being my weakness. I'm a sucker for them.
+playing with Japanese on. This helps. A LOT. Holy shit I never complain but damn. Solid.
-frame rate seems to be 30ish everywhere for me? (980 + i5 4690 ? Not good on nvidia's this time around?)
-Image quality is all over the place. Sometimes it looks blurry as hell. Other times it could pass for some new shit (ff15 or new dissidia).
-textures are also ass. Not all the time, but a majority of the environments are ass.
-character models are solid, but I have to wonder how much Light's head weighs. That shit is huge.
-Light has no thighs whatsoever. She looks like a boy with pink hair... Not that I'm creeping on her or anything.
***story is silly. But it is hard to tell so early on.
+Valkyrie Profile Lenneth. Going around to "save" corrupted souls before Armageddon. Sounds familiar?
+Persona 3 velvet room music in the ARK (similar?)
+Combat system has no right being this fun. I though ff13 sucked? What the fuck?
+The game overall... Is.... Good? What is happening to me? I couldn't even get past the intro in the 1st one, and the demo of the 2nd one made me stop playing after 5 minutes. This game is much better probably due to full on arpgs being my weakness. I'm a sucker for them.
+playing with Japanese on. This helps. A LOT. Holy shit I never complain but damn. Solid.
-frame rate seems to be 30ish everywhere for me? (980 + i5 4690 ? Not good on nvidia's this time around?)
-Image quality is all over the place. Sometimes it looks blurry as hell. Other times it could pass for some new shit (ff15 or new dissidia).
-textures are also ass. Not all the time, but a majority of the environments are ass.
-character models are solid, but I have to wonder how much Light's head weighs. That shit is huge.
-Light has no thighs whatsoever. She looks like a boy with pink hair... Not that I'm creeping on her or anything.
***story is silly. But it is hard to tell so early on.
Nope. Fixed is 30, other is 60.
R10Neymarfan
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Dynamic framerate is 60fps
copelandmaster
Member
Thanks for the advice!
flaxknuckles
Member
The game is really fun but damn are the voice acting and and character mannerisms terrible. Makes me scared for FFVII Remake and FFXV.
You can always play with Japanese voices, no?
They're completely fine.
flaxknuckles
Member
I'm definitely gonna try that next time I play it. I don't know why I never think to do that
I wouldn't say a boy specifically, but she does look completely emaciated - combined with the huge head, this is the most off-model she's looked. Even the fetish doll heading up The 3rd Birthday looked more human.
Yeah, it's kinda weird but I figured something was off. It moved to a smooth 60fps no problem whatsoever. It runs really smooth on my i5-4590 stock, MSI GTX 970 build with no Control Panel tweaking.
In regards to no fullscreen, while it's certainly not ideal, the solution here is a step above 13/13-2 with its' launcher menu. I hate that shit. Ideally, you'd want it inside the options menu somewhere so you're not backing out all of the time. But at least they allow you to reset the game for language settings.
What sucks about the CG cutscenes is that you can tell it's a step below what's in-game. Even though the game isn't that old, they're starting to age which sucks.
copelandmaster
Member
This game is bananas.
Everything is going on all the time. It's like Dead Rising all over again, except turned to 11. Stuff starts happening without warning. Solving a murder, walking a wimpy guy 800 ft to his manager, exploring. Boom, Assassins Creed time... from like 800 feet away. Not even Assasin's Creed NPCs are this eagle eyed.
Welp, you're locked out. Explore or wait for the world to end. Running around town, doin' some shit. Suddenly, Blue Conch Cat outta nowhere. Boom, fight. About to pwn em', Stagger ends. Boom, he one shots me with ice magic. Next thing, it's 6:00 am bitches, curfew time.
Talk to Hope. Clocks, missing hours n shit.
Then crazy story shit starts happening. "Yo, my name's Lumina, sup. B T Dubs, we're in your head. Check that shit out. Wanna see some freaky shit?" "Sure. Wow. Freaky. K, see ya."
Question: "Where do I go now?" Answer: Beats me, dickhead. Here's a huge ass open environment to explore with like a billion side quests to do... one of, 4 apparently. Everything is on a schedule. Be on time or be left behind. You have 5 five days left. Good job dicking away 3 hours trying to fight a Blue Cat in a Conch. Clocks ticking, get busy.
Dude. FFXIII was like...a setpiece rollercoster. XIII-2 was more like a tour, with some interesting alt stops along the way. Even the time travel story was straightforward compared to this.
This is like waking up everyday, going to work for 9 hours, and then having only 4 hours to do whatever before you have to go to bed. Every fricking day is orientation + OtJT, you're constantly learning new shit all the time. Statis is like bizzaro land PTO. You're training coordinator is a Fashonista sporting cat ears, a tail, and a pair of Ray Bans. Your only co-worker is someone you knew from highschool who joined the peace core straight out core, went away for a few years, and showed up again a completely different person... and a Doctor Who fan. He calls your phone while you're out on the floor trying to get work done. You're not supposed to have your cell phone on the floor. You better put it away, or you'll get in trouble with management.
8/10 so far, compelling as hell. I want to play more. But I have to finish XIII-2 first, way more slower paced and relaxing. Here's to hoping the resolution problems get fixed for real.
Everything is going on all the time. It's like Dead Rising all over again, except turned to 11. Stuff starts happening without warning. Solving a murder, walking a wimpy guy 800 ft to his manager, exploring. Boom, Assassins Creed time... from like 800 feet away. Not even Assasin's Creed NPCs are this eagle eyed.
Welp, you're locked out. Explore or wait for the world to end. Running around town, doin' some shit. Suddenly, Blue Conch Cat outta nowhere. Boom, fight. About to pwn em', Stagger ends. Boom, he one shots me with ice magic. Next thing, it's 6:00 am bitches, curfew time.
Talk to Hope. Clocks, missing hours n shit.
Way too thick, SE. Even if I hadn't already been spoiled, I probably would've guessed what they were going for there.
Then crazy story shit starts happening. "Yo, my name's Lumina, sup. B T Dubs, we're in your head. Check that shit out. Wanna see some freaky shit?" "Sure. Wow. Freaky. K, see ya."
Question: "Where do I go now?" Answer: Beats me, dickhead. Here's a huge ass open environment to explore with like a billion side quests to do... one of, 4 apparently. Everything is on a schedule. Be on time or be left behind. You have 5 five days left. Good job dicking away 3 hours trying to fight a Blue Cat in a Conch. Clocks ticking, get busy.
Dude. FFXIII was like...a setpiece rollercoster. XIII-2 was more like a tour, with some interesting alt stops along the way. Even the time travel story was straightforward compared to this.
This is like waking up everyday, going to work for 9 hours, and then having only 4 hours to do whatever before you have to go to bed. Every fricking day is orientation + OtJT, you're constantly learning new shit all the time. Statis is like bizzaro land PTO. You're training coordinator is a Fashonista sporting cat ears, a tail, and a pair of Ray Bans. Your only co-worker is someone you knew from highschool who joined the peace core straight out core, went away for a few years, and showed up again a completely different person... and a Doctor Who fan. He calls your phone while you're out on the floor trying to get work done. You're not supposed to have your cell phone on the floor. You better put it away, or you'll get in trouble with management.
8/10 so far, compelling as hell. I want to play more. But I have to finish XIII-2 first, way more slower paced and relaxing. Here's to hoping the resolution problems get fixed for real.
artsi
Member
So far I've heard only from GAF that Crystal Tools or Luminous must be bad for some reason. No idea why, but if anyone could provide some actual sources (from people who have used them) it would be nice.
Exentryk
Member
A trainer is out that lets you do the following:
Haven't tried myself, but the freeze timer sounds great.
Looks like there is another trainer that does similar things - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=08168428026766360552
Haven't tried myself, but the freeze timer sounds great.
Looks like there is another trainer that does similar things - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=08168428026766360552
Chairmanchuck
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Isnt there a skill that lets you do it pretty early in the game?
Shift Breaker
Member
Yeah, Chronostatis. With a little bit of management, you can do pretty much everything within the initial 13 days with a few to spare. Good to see that they're providing options though.
Exentryk
Member
Yes, but it requires EP. I don't think I can play this game without freeze timer option. Don't care if the time they offer is plenty or not.
FFXIII's development was held up for a long time because of white engine which later became crystal tools.
And Luminous has been in development since I dunno late 2010 or 2011.
Both engines didn't have it easy and didn't go on to become unreal engines ,but I think the end results are satisfying.
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