Final Fantasy XIII

[Mjd]

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at eden now and omg cs is awesome

[Cairthenn]

haw haw haw

Because assigning someone a name based on the definition of the term which directly corresponds to what they are doing is a personal attack.

You're not as clever as you want to believe.

[Nevex]

Just beat the final boss, here's my two cents.
Going to put spoilers tag just in case.

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I really wish you could go back to most of the game locations towards the end like they did with FFX instead of just a few Pulse areas. This is the major flaw about this game imo.

Villains aren't the game's strong point: Jihl was a huge disappointment, Yaag didn't get enough screentime and Bart was boring and generic. Orphan is basically one of those "No I'm the real final boss, not the guy who acts as the main antagonist" kind of final bosses (Necron anyone?).

I read the novellas so I know what happened during the "13 days", but those who didn't bother to will probably miss out on a significant portion of the story.
Why not just put that content in the game instead of few CS's here and there?

Another flaw is how simplicist weapon upgrading works, basically every mat does the same thing in the long run.

Finally, the game forces you to grind towards 2/3 of it. You simply can't beat 2m+ HP bosses that cast Doom after 20 minutes if you don't.

Now, for the good part...

Battle system is simply amazing, both fast paced and highly strategic.
I wish there were more spells and abilities available; kind of disappointed that there are no Holy, Flare, Meteor and Ultima. No big deal anyway. The game takes a "quality>quantity" approach when it comes to gameplay.

Summons are finally useful again. They're the ultimate "oshit" button, dealing both insane damage for most of the game and making the user practically invincible.
TP system limits their use so things stay balanced, which is a good thing.

Story and characters are above average, not my favourite but they made a good job in that department.
It's rather mature for a FF game, due the amount of violence and hints of a possible lesbian relationship.

Graphics and music are great as well, Oerba is by far the most suggestive place in the entire series thanks to them. Whoever says graphics don't matter in a RPG needs to be shot, because it would have been impossible to make something like that during the PS1 era.

Overall it's a solid game, not my favourite FF but not bad either.
If it had the amount of exploration games like FFVIII and FFXII had it could have been nearly perfect.

[Edgie]

also if you've taken the time to make auto-haste shoes for the love of god give them to Hope if you expect him to ever finish buffing before a new president is elected

Well Idk how much help that would be, since the first thing Hope does is cast haste on himself... and still takes forever


Edit: In case people are still wondering why hope is the way he is, just look at his last name.

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He is jewish

[Effluo]

Been playing a few hours at a time. Just got to where I have Light/Fang/Hope together. I've been burning through the potions lately, tearing shit apart as COM/RAV/RAV. I guess it's time to put Hopes MED role to use, since I'm sitting on like 2 potions right now, lol.

Loving this game. Can't wait to get some more shit unlocked on the Crysarium thing. I'm waiting ever so patiently for Haste, but I think I have a couple of chapters still.

[Atreides]

also, Lightning = Liara (same VA)

[miokomioko]

Lightning sounds so much like Ellen Pompeo half the time to me.

[Eticket]

Hope does eventually reach a point where he can take a piss without the toilet one-shotting him right?

[Maguspk]

Hope does eventually reach a point where he can take a piss without the toilet one-shotting him right?

haha his HP sucks always pretty much, just naturally lower I think.

[Charismatic]

also, Lightning = Liara (same VA)

MINDFUCK

[Chun Liroy]

The girl with big boobs and glasses=Lulu

[Kiarax]

I think you mean Ivve.

[fren.]

I just met..

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Hope's dad

How far away am I from being able to farm shit in Gran Pulse? 5+ hours?

[Kyo]

You can look at your playtime in the menu, I was @25 hrs when I hit GP.

[dejet]

Its prob been said... and I do know it means nothing as fights dont get screwed by it. But by the love of god, what is with the AI following you? they get lost on rocks and shit. Set them to just follow your path dead on they cant get lost then lol...

[Wakabo]

I had come back from walking up a path on a side of a cliff and out from the corner I saw Hope, that guy's been walking against the wall the whole time above me and never came down till I walked back Guess he's scared of girls...

[Appie]

Its prob been said... and I do know it means nothing as fights dont get screwed by it. But by the love of god, what is with the AI following you? they get lost on rocks and shit. Set them to just follow your path dead on they cant get lost then lol...

Because SE thought it would be fun to have the characters that follow you sorta explore on their own and comment on some misc shit (sure, you have had this at some point in the game). What does it matter if they are stuck at some point? They just repop beside you when you did a battle or w/e. I left Hope behind so many times in chapter 5 and that area with the Carbuncle fal'Cie on those elevators, yet the fuck kept coming back XD

I like their semi-free roam though, beats the leaving shit out of FF8 with its follow system.

[Kiarax]

I can't run around in circles making the entire party look retarded. That is not better than FF8.

[dejet]

Because SE thought it would be fun to have the characters that follow you sorta explore on their own and comment on some misc shit (sure, you have had this at some point in the game). What does it matter if they are stuck at some point? They just repop beside you when you did a battle or w/e. I left Hope behind so many times in chapter 5 and that area with the Carbuncle fal'Cie on those elevators, yet the fuck kept coming back XD

I like their semi-free roam though, beats the leaving shit out of FF8 with its follow system.

That is fine and all, but if they get stuck in one spot for a 30min walk (hi hope on the platform thing) they should auto follow you somehow after a point.

I know they roam and move and look for stuff at times but when a person gets stuck in one spot for so long its just bla... Ya it does not do anything to the game itself just sucks when Im walking all by myself ; ;

[Kyo]

Im just glad its not like dragon age, where your party can initiate unwanted combat.