Sheva Alomar
I'm Alive and on Fire
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- Adri, Sir Integra, Fiona, Sango
Your thread makes my a very envious poor person. ;-;
[Game Complete] Pushing It to the Thirteenth Hour: My Step by Step Impressions of Final Fantasy XIII.
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Cat Rage Room
Great Old One
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- Mog
Well, when I say dismiss, I mean, yes, a business should know to put its foot down, and say "Sorry, but this is what we're going with", even if its just for the moment, but what I mean is by dismiss, they shouldn't go "Well fuck you guys we're not listening to you your opinion is worthless" when their money is the stuff that's fueling your business in the first place.
However, all of that gets really tricky when it's an artistic driven media like video games, because a business has to balance between what makes money, without hopefully compromising the artistic vision of the various artists who make the games in the first place.
On topic news: The Paradigm system is opening up. It's pretty cool seeing what strategies I can cook up.
However, all of that gets really tricky when it's an artistic driven media like video games, because a business has to balance between what makes money, without hopefully compromising the artistic vision of the various artists who make the games in the first place.
On topic news: The Paradigm system is opening up. It's pretty cool seeing what strategies I can cook up.
Cat Rage Room
Great Old One
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- Mog
Update #6: 8 Hours
AWWW SOOKIE SOOKIE NOW
The Upgrade system has finally been unlocked! I don't know about you, but I fucking love item customization in video games and RPGs, especially when they encourage me to fight, and the Upgrade system seems like it has a lot to offer.
FFXIII has gained a few points of interest for me for this particular facet.
AWWW SOOKIE SOOKIE NOW
The Upgrade system has finally been unlocked! I don't know about you, but I fucking love item customization in video games and RPGs, especially when they encourage me to fight, and the Upgrade system seems like it has a lot to offer.
FFXIII has gained a few points of interest for me for this particular facet.
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Cat Rage Room
Great Old One
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- Mog
Update #7: 9 Hours, 24 Minutes
I find myself...unable to stop playing. F...fuck!
I find myself...unable to stop playing. F...fuck!
Lord Noctis
Harbinger of Darkness
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- Caius Ballad
Is that a good thing or a bad thing.
Cat Rage Room
Great Old One
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- Mog
No I mean, I'm literally having a really good time with this right now! I guess the FF Fever gripped me or something. Subject to change, of course, but I dunno, things are pretty fun right now.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
I think the battles are pretty damn challenging. At least there are several challenging ones.
I just made it to Pulse, is it supposed to ramp up in difficulty here or am I underleveled or something?
I just made it to Pulse, is it supposed to ramp up in difficulty here or am I underleveled or something?
Strangelove
AI Researcher
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- hitoshura
I did level-whore until you couldn't level-whore any more before that point, and Gran Pulse was still a challenge.
The Twilight Mexican
Ex-SeeD-ingly good
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- TresDias
If you weren't getting curbstomped, something would be wrong. That's to be expected when you first arrive.
Vendel
Banned
Bex
fresh to death
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- Bex
Pulse is hard, man.
Esp. the boss fights if you haven't grinded like a mother.
I'm getting annoyed with the amount of short cutscenes now. I don't want metal gear 4, but still. NEED MOAR EPIC DIALOGUE.
Esp. the boss fights if you haven't grinded like a mother.
On second Barthandelus fight now, and oh my god, I am getting raped. The cutscene before it is amazing though, loved the dialougue. First time you find out Lightning's name and it just comes out of nowhere in a bitchy backstabbing way.
Lightning: Stop it!
Serah: You can't do that. You love me too much.
Serah: You do. Don't you Claire?
Amazing
Lightning: Stop it!
Serah: You can't do that. You love me too much.
Serah: You do. Don't you Claire?
Amazing
I'm getting annoyed with the amount of short cutscenes now. I don't want metal gear 4, but still. NEED MOAR EPIC DIALOGUE.
looneymoon
they/them
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- Rishi
Is there an option to skip the cutscenes? Out of curiousity.
Makoeyes987
Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
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- Smooth Criminal
LOL there sure as Hell better be! Please tell me SE has evolved past that.
Strangelove
AI Researcher
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- hitoshura
I used it a lot for the battle Vanille just mentioned.
The Twilight Mexican
Ex-SeeD-ingly good
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- TresDias
Yes. If you pause during a cutscene, you're presented with the option of skipping it.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
CC didn't.
Bex
fresh to death
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- Bex
WHAT? That was an amazing cutscene! I think it's the only one I haven't skipped before a retry. >:
Still on that battle.
;.;
Did it take you a ridiculous amount of tries too?
looneymoon
they/them
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- Rishi
That was the reason I was asking. I hate sitting through the same thing 7347562x times before a hard boss battle
Strangelove
AI Researcher
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- hitoshura
I mean I only skipped it on retries (and I still watched it the second time and maybe third time around).
I'd only skip a cutscene I've not watched already by mistake and with much regret
I think I tried about 3 times, then went to level up some more and came back later.
Max Payne
Banned
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- Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c
Goddamn I will never understand you and your standards woman.
You guys should probably make a general impressions thread, or just post in the spoiler thread instead of clogging MOG's up.
I keep looking in here to see if he's posting but I see everyone else instead.
Cat Rage Room
Great Old One
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- Mog
Update #8: 13 Hours, 24 Minutes
Just hit Chapter 6.
The game continues to impress in the departments it's been doing best in; the graphics and the music. I continue to be amazed in every new area I see, and I spend a few minutes looking around just to look around. Everything is gorgeous. Cannot stress that enough.
The music so far is great too, but it's different from what you're normally used to. It's less 'memorable' like the older FFs, and more 'fitting to the background/what's going on', you know, ambient. FFXII had this going on too, but the problem with this is that unlike the tunes of FFVII and whatnot, where you remember for years, this game's music is just good for the particular background. The battle music is stellar, though.
The characters are still the same characters they were before, but the character interaction is really shining here. Contrast to FFXII, where the cast had barely anything to say to each other, the friendships, relationships, and camaraderie that the cast forms with one another is really refreshing from a FF title. Vanille is still really irritating though. She's childish as shit and there had better be a good reasoning for it. Sazh seems to tolerate her well enough.
The gameplay is catching up. It's still linear as FUCK, but when I do get to really play, the battle system, the Crystarium, the Paradigms, and the Upgrade system really makes me use ALL of my resources to their fullest to get through battles. The time where I could spam Attack to win is over, as even random battles will hand my ass to me unless I strategize. To that end, there was a REALLY difficult boss a while back that required me to utilize everything I had just to scrape by. I thrive for challenges like that, so hopefully I'll see more of that as I go.
Just hit Chapter 6.
The game continues to impress in the departments it's been doing best in; the graphics and the music. I continue to be amazed in every new area I see, and I spend a few minutes looking around just to look around. Everything is gorgeous. Cannot stress that enough.
The music so far is great too, but it's different from what you're normally used to. It's less 'memorable' like the older FFs, and more 'fitting to the background/what's going on', you know, ambient. FFXII had this going on too, but the problem with this is that unlike the tunes of FFVII and whatnot, where you remember for years, this game's music is just good for the particular background. The battle music is stellar, though.
The characters are still the same characters they were before, but the character interaction is really shining here. Contrast to FFXII, where the cast had barely anything to say to each other, the friendships, relationships, and camaraderie that the cast forms with one another is really refreshing from a FF title. Vanille is still really irritating though. She's childish as shit and there had better be a good reasoning for it. Sazh seems to tolerate her well enough.
The gameplay is catching up. It's still linear as FUCK, but when I do get to really play, the battle system, the Crystarium, the Paradigms, and the Upgrade system really makes me use ALL of my resources to their fullest to get through battles. The time where I could spam Attack to win is over, as even random battles will hand my ass to me unless I strategize. To that end, there was a REALLY difficult boss a while back that required me to utilize everything I had just to scrape by. I thrive for challenges like that, so hopefully I'll see more of that as I go.
Lord Noctis
Harbinger of Darkness
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- Caius Ballad
So based on what you'e seen so far, is FFXIII worth 60 bucks?