Final Fantasy XIII

[Correction]

Seems everyone will find a character to hate and stick with it. I hated Hope and both Lightning and Snow got on my nerves and was okay with the rest of the cast. Much love for Fang.

This is the first I've heard of anybody hating Vanille though. She's a Typical Perky Asian Girl. I guess some people aren't numb to that by now in their JRPGs.

I'm actually surprised at the 8s, because they feel like a generous score to give at the end of all the prose that decries the straightjacket the game puts you into for the first 10 acts of the game.

[Chun Liroy]

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8.5. Watch the review video

The video pretty much solidified me getting the game. Only thing I really cared about was the battle system which looks like awesome.

[Tyrath]

This is the first I've heard of anybody hating Vanille though. She's a Typical Perky Asian Girl. I guess some people aren't numb to that by now in their JRPGs.

Something bad happening all the time doesn't make it acceptable. From what I've seen of the game, Vanille and Hope are gonna annoy the fuck out of me. But I'll have to play it myselfto say for sure.

[Belkin]

I'm actually surprised at the 8s, because they feel like a generous score to give at the end of all the prose that decries the straightjacket the game puts you into for the first 10 acts of the game.

How many acts are there? I'm curious as to what the endgame is gonna be like with side quests and optional bosses and whatnot.

[Insanecyclone]

How many acts are there? I'm curious as to what the endgame is gonna be like with side quests and optional bosses and whatnot.

13 chapters

[Kurokikaze]

Anyone know any place in NYC that broke street date and is selling it? Korean dude near work didnt come through today. ; ;

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/re...62720?type=flv

[Katlan]

I like IGN's 30hrs in opinions. Relieves some of the apprehension i have been having

[vrumpt]

I don't really see why people are making such a big deal about linearity.

FFX was linear like a string too and that is probably my favorite FF of all time (mainly because it was my first one but still, it is).

My guess is people look at it and go "WTF WHERES MY SEPHIROTH AND CLOUD" and go QQ more or something.

Game looks great, and as far as xbox vs. ps3 goes, graphics don't mean shit in a video game as far as how successful it is (sup Aion).

[vrumpt]

edit: stupid double post.

[Maguspk]

Have people fought the giant Omega weapon or whatever it was? The thing that ate the giant turtle thing? What was it called/are there videos?

[octopus]

Have people fought the giant Omega weapon or whatever it was? The thing that ate the giant turtle thing? What was it called/are there videos?

I'm not sure what you're talking about but I beat all missions/bosses in the game.

[Exoduso]

Been playing it for the past few hours and I have to say that I love the fact that they went back to the old way of cutting into a battle scene... although it's not random encounters and you DO see enemies on the field, the screen cuts into a battle screen once you engage (sort of like Star Ocean..)

The battles are way too easy though... I hope it changes a little once more things are tossed into play (like a sphere grid-type of thing... cus so far there's no leveling system and no nothing, don't really understand how it's supposed to work but I guess i'll find it sooner rather than later.)

The game isn't as terrible as I thought it would look on the 360, but I'm still going to grab my PS3 preorder and play it there once it releases this week.

[Qalbert]

graphics don't mean shit in a video game as far as how good of a game it is

ftfy

[Correction]

Have people fought the giant Omega weapon or whatever it was? The thing that ate the giant turtle thing? What was it called/are there videos?

Spoiler: show

You do not fight him, he is Titan, the Fal'Cie of Life, and your primary contact with him is in a series of missions that culminate in some of the more difficult fights in the game.

[Maguspk]

Spoiler: show

You do not fight him, he is Titan, the Fal'Cie of Life, and your primary contact with him is in a series of missions that culminate in some of the more difficult fights in the game.

Spoiler: show

Disappointing

[octopus]

I don't really see why people are making such a big deal about linearity.

FFX was linear like a string too and that is probably my favorite FF of all time

FFXIII is a lot worse at it than FFX. For FFXIII (the first half of the game at least), you may as well make it a 2D sidescroller since you walk in a straight line almost all the way anyway.

[Elcura]

ftfy

Graphics are important, I don't want to go back to the 8 bit days. I'm happy where I am now.

[Qalbert]

my point is a game can be a good game without good graphics. I was fixing what he said that success was not based on graphics, because marketability of games these days relies a lot on graphics, and as such success is linked, to a degree, with graphics. Also way to take what I said to an illogical extreme. I didn't suggest anything of the sort, there need be no reverting to 8-bit, my point was just because a game doesn't look like Killzone 2/Crysis/etc etc, doesn't keep it from being a good game.

[Elcura]

You be taking this shit far to seriously.