Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

[Kuja9001]

I hadn't heard of this, but it's true. They're not releasing it due to the author being ill.

The Ultimania releases in December.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

That Moogle costume is as kooky as all get out. I love it

Hey peeps my copy of Lightning Returns (JP) was delivered this morning

It was shipped from France

It also came with two surprises, one a small packet of candy/sweets (I don't know what this was all about/if the game dispatcher gives everybody candy sweeties as a bonus or what, but I appreciate it) which were quite tasty and inside the game case ... a leaflet with a DLC code for the Cloud costume I, wat, I didn't even pre-order it or anything!

i need that book

and the soundtrack

and the novel

and all the money necessary for these things

I would share my DLC codes with you (can't you share them with one other person or something?) but I don't know if you can do that online via Playstation Network thingies and/or whether or not I would have to do it on my Japanese account.

 

[Strangelove]

my copy arrived today from france too but i'm still going to play the demo first to get the bonus wear from that

It also came with two surprises, one a small packet of candy/sweets (I don't know what this was all about/if the game dispatcher gives everybody candy sweeties as a bonus or what, but I appreciate it) which were quite tasty and inside the game case ... a leaflet with a DLC code for the Cloud costume I, wat, I didn't even pre-order it or anything!

i didn't get any sweets where did you order it from?

the cloud costume is a 'initial/first press bonus', so it will be included with the first batch of games they print.

I would share my DLC codes with you (can't you share them with one other person or something?) but I don't know if you can do that online via Playstation Network thingies and/or whether or not I would have to do it on my Japanese account.

i don't think i've ever heard of this. i guess you'd have to check the slip with the code on to see if it says anything. i checked the cloud dlc but that's only for one account.

 

[Storm XIII]

The Ultimania releases in December.

I'm really looking forward for the Ultimania.

 

[Strangelove]

i beat the demo boss and submitted my score (which was one star ) but i don't know if i've received the siegfried wear or not

 

[AvecAloes]

I beat the demo boss and got 4 stars...and I couldn't even read 99% of the info on the screen. What paradigms were you using??

 

[Strangelove]

It's weak to magic, and I had taken most of my magic off (had Red Mage but that only has Deprotect and the slow Ruin). I got three stars the second time when it was on the field, but I ran out of time before getting to try again. Didn't really mess with the settings much since I didn't have a very long time.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

I got 0 stars (1pt ) then 2 stars, then 5 stars, then 1 star, then 3 stars

where did you order it from?

PLAYFUNGAMES!

The French post office/delivery place it came from was called... Chronopost ... though? Wait, wat Chronopost ... Chronostatis ... I see what you did there Toriyama

the cloud costume is a 'initial/first press bonus', so it will be included with the first batch of games they print.

Oohh, niice, thank you

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i don't think i've ever heard of this. i guess you'd have to check the slip with the code on to see if it says anything. i checked the cloud dlc but that's only for one account.

I did a google thingy and apparently it's only a physical thing like if you have DLC codes for games you can download them onto two separate user accounts on your PS3s or you can log onto your PSN account on another one and download the DLC again. So can't share

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I uploaded my boss score from the demo as well. I think you need to play the proper game before you can get the costume though

 

[Strangelove]

it is a good job i like buying books then

apparently you get your demo bonus from some reward centre in the full game? i will have to start that in the next few days so i am not left out of the spoiler thread

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Late response but awesomeface noooooooooooooo

You think that's bad, wait 'til you see what happens to

Spoiler

 

[Splintered]

You think that's bad, wait 'til you see what happens to

Spoiler

Well they deserved it.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

Uh oh I found the edit colours + hue/saturation +brightness/etc button. I am having waay too much fun with this already

 

[Lex]

Since the choice of classes next semester are:

Option A: Really hard class I don't have to take and can't be fucked with
Option B: Really easy but incredibly boring and non-stimulating class
Option C: Really hard but interesting class

And it doesn't matter what one I pick (the weight for my final grade is the same), I have purposely chosen classes that don't run for the week of LR's release. Mwahaha.

I will be red eyed and deadfaced for that whole week but it'll be worth it.

 

[Lex]

Ohohoho, various news sites tell me that Lightning Returns has the lowest sales of any FF debut for a very very long time. Opening sales of 277,000 units, while XIII had 1.5m and XIII-2 had 600,000.

 

[Strangelove]

I would expect as much? Sales of sequels tend to go down (at least whenever I've seen sales figures), and this being the third title I can imagine it having the lowest figures.

It's still beaten Call of Duty Ghost's Japanese sales already, though

 

[Kuja9001]

I read that the sales were really 300k.

 

[Blade]

For anyone who owns the Japanese version:

---Can you change colors on only "some" aspects of clothing and not others?
---Are there any special color patterns you can add (like camouflage)?
---Can you change the colors/patterns of weapons?

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

---Can you change colors on only "some" aspects of clothing and not others?

You can do an all over one piece colour or colour individual parts. Only for the parts it allows you to select though as far as I know.

---Are there any special color patterns you can add (like camouflage)?

Not sure what you're looking for here exactly

I have seen people do various things with skin/flesh tones for individual costume parts, etc So, hmm, basically you can use the colour editor to do different things. You could probably colour different parts of a costume in different/the relevant camouflage shades to make a camouflage thingy if you wanted. There are already some cammy type presets for Lightning already though, but yeah I guess you could make your own look.

---Can you change the colors/patterns of weapons?

Don't know yet. Read somewhere it was possible but haven't done/been able to do so personally myself thus far.

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Hito Are you playing? I am on Day 5, but I still haven't found the demo costume Somebody said the costume wasn't very good, like stats and things ... but, but Siegfried

 

[Strangelove]

i haven't had the chance to start it yet i am considering putting my foot down and kicking everyone out the way so i can start it tonight

edit; this is how you get the demo costume (you need to unlock the style customise option first (when you first visit the ark)

Spoiler

- pick the second to last option on the main menu (リワード交換&#25152, this is where you get the dlc, outworld (save data related, se members stuff, etc), and trophy bonuses
- pick the second option for the outworld rewards (アウトワールドリワー&#12489
- there you should see the bonuses for having save data (i can see one for ffxiii and xiii-2, and the demo's)

siegfried's stats are:
- atb max value - 0 [no bonus?]
- atb starting value - 100%
- physical attack up +10%
- wear ability: rush assault lv. 2

compared with the two other bonuses' stats (atb max +20, atb starting +100%) it looks pretty good? the extra ability should be nice

 

[Mwynn]

How do you get Siegfried though in the demo? D:

 

[Strangelove]

You have to fight the boss monster and submit your battle score (press the square button on the first result screen with the stars), no matter what the score I think? You might need to have the Outworld setting on? Which you do from the config menu, then press triangle on the pause screen ('Lightning message' submission) to set your nickname first. That happen if you submit a screenshot first as well (I always did the Lightning message first).

If my explanations suck I can get pictures of all these things since I have recorded all my gameplay so far

The trouble with getting Siegfried is that you get absolutely no indication that you've got it from the demo. No 'congratulations/item get' message, nothing at all. You're basically stuck wondering if anything has happened.

 

[Blade]

You can do an all over one piece colour or colour individual parts. Only for the parts it allows you to select though as far as I know.

Bleh, sounds like they're being picky about what you CAN color. =3=

Not sure what you're looking for here exactly

I have seen people do various things with skin/flesh tones for individual costume parts, etc So, hmm, basically you can use the colour editor to do different things. You could probably colour different parts of a costume in different/the relevant camouflage shades to make a camouflage thingy if you wanted. There are already some cammy type presets for Lightning already though, but yeah I guess you could make your own look.

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of what you can do in Armored Core or Gundam Breaker, that basically gives you a three-color set splotch of varying patterns and you just pick the three colors. If not...well I'm up the creek I guess.

Don't know yet. Read somewhere it was possible but haven't done/been able to do so personally myself thus far.

Argh. Guess my dreams of an ideal coloring of weapons and armor for Lightning got shot down.

I swear, people who promise options should GIVE them. Always fudging on some colors or only giving certain palettes (i.e. some color sets never let you use Orange for example in Soul Calibur). Cutting corners to save on virtual memory, dang.

I'll keep that in mind when it's MY turn to make an RPG. Give people more options.

 

[ForceStealer]

http://kotaku.com/lightning-returns-has-a-lot-of-fun-playing-around-with-1475358152

Well this is fun (And FINALLY the FF13 series plays the main theme!)

 

[AvecAloes]

Lol, I like the crowd singing the victory theme

 

[Mwynn]

It's not really spoiler, but they also play some music from the old FFs as well. There's a guy in the inn in the Dead Dunes playing FFIII's main theme w/ lyrics I've never heard before omg