Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

[Strangelove]

You can turn off Outerworld completely (as in you don't see other's characters), which is what I did first time around.

 

[Splintered]

From what I remember seeing, the textures actually looked pretty rough.

It was pretty noticeable, but the trade off is that they made a fairly open world game in a decent period of time so I guess I can swallow that injustice.

 

[ThePan]

I have to say that I'm pretty excited for Lighting Returns. I guess the garb part of the Schema system isn't going to be as popular as I hoped it would be, though.

 

[Keveh Kins]

From what I remember seeing, the textures actually looked pretty rough.

It was pretty noticeable, but the trade off is that they made a fairly open world game in a decent period of time so I guess I can swallow that injustice.

Think the Eurogamer dudes mentioned something about the Crystal Tools engine not being powerful enough or starting to show its age or something, s'pose it has been 7 years since it first arrived on the market. But melikes your thinking, big world with a little less shiny is a decent trade

 

[Lex]

The textures and jaggies have suffered a definite downgrade, even from XIII-2. Since I don't really care about the graphics, it's not a dealbreaker for me but I have to say it's kind of unforgivable considering XIII is light years ahead in terms of just how shiny and polished it looks compared to its sequels. Seriously, that game is fucking beautiful.

The first non-CG part of Lightning Returns in the demo (an image of a building) looks like a PS2 made it. It's all blurred out and weird looking.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I'm fine with this. The last thing SE needs to do is go back to spending three days polishing a single rock.

 

[Kuja9001]

I'm fine with this. The last thing SE needs to do is go back to spending three days polishing a single rock.

I want my XIII level of shiny back.

 

[Mwynn]

There's always A Realm Reborn and XV, which surpass XIII's shininess.

It's a shame they can't do it for LR, but they've done good enough within a 16-month period of development using a 7-year-old engine.

 

[Fangu]

I'm realizing I'm getting more upset about that fucking dress-up shit than I should.

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When I get this game I'm going to strip off all of the stupid hats and shit from poor Lightning. It's just - did they really have to? The Schema's would have been fine without changing clothes, it's pretty easy to see (bc of the colours) which Schema you're on.

I'm just -- I'm so conflicted. I love Lightning and I loved playing her only, but FUCK why does it have to be about her CLOTHES ffs Lightning's character was never about any of that shit.

Ugh.

 

[Strangelove]

To be honest, I kept the default outfit and mainly used DLC/promo costumes. A lot of them I don't think I've used once (especially not the 'sexy' type ones).

The idea of changing outfits doesn't bother me. It's just that a lot of them are kind of unappealling. Maybe I'm the wrong person to be aiming sexy bikini outfits at, but I would like others that weren't just sex appeal? Also, why do these random outfits have powers? FFX-2 at least tried to put a story reason behind it.

 

[Fangu]

I think most of them are downright ugly, to be honest. That bothers me more than any 'sexy' aspect.

 

[Keveh Kins]

S'pose you could argue that the changing outfits is a result of the Chaos infecting the world, or at least that's why they apparently have powers.

Ain't dying about the idea or the outfits, but I do like how certain costumes are throwbacks to other games in the series. Could've done it so that all Lightning's outfits were based off previous characters like the Cloud and Yuna ones, and explained it as her channelling the powers of warriors that went to Valhalla or some overly complicated explanation like that. Agree with Fangu that it doesn't fit her character at all though, I miss badass FFXIII take-no-shit soldier Lightning

 

[Lex]

I too miss my XIII level of shiny, but it is what it is.

And the outfit thing doesn't entirely bother me, they just seem to be compensating for the lack of characters in battle. I just wish the outfits were nicer, I don't like most of them.

 

[Strangelove]

I think most of them are downright ugly, to be honest. That bothers me more than any 'sexy' aspect.

Being ugly is my main gripe. I just assumed that 'exposed skin' was meant to make up for a lot of them.

The best ones are the throw-back ones. Which again, even FFX-2 managed to do a lot better.

 

[Lex]

I would have liked to have seen some sort of fabulous lightning-themed high mage dress or something. Something flowy, blue and thematic with her just floating around the battlefield casting magic. Instead of the traditional mage costumes I mean, just something pretty.

 

[Strangelove]

That's why I used this one for magic on my first playthrough.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

Yeah, there are others kind of like that too, only in different colors. Or for that one you can change the colors, (Lex wants blue, he can have blue ) like each time I do the

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play, I make it a different color

... but ... but what's wrong with hats? *sidles away with w-mage set up I created with mage hat + staff* Also might just be me but I love all the NPCs nerding/geeking/etc out with mage/wizard gear too

I actually like Lightning in LR a lot more now than I used to though I admit some of this might be projection, since first time through I mostly had her in Aerith garb more or less the whole time for plot scenes

In honesty I really didn't like her much at all beginning of FFXIII though she grew on me over time. I wasn't as invested in her as I was other characters though hence what happened with her in XIII-2 didn't bother me too much, didn't mind her there actually.

 

[Strangelove]

i added a tiara to the magic dress so she would look like a queen

 

[Mwynn]

Idk about a story explanation for the outfits, they kinda showed in XIII-2 that if you have divine powers you can make armor out of thin air lmao

 

[Keveh Kins]

Apparently Lara Croft's outfit from the most recent Tomb Raider's a DLC costume now

 

[Blade]

6 more days, or so I'm counting...

When to pre-order...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Lex]

Guys they're selling it a day early in the UK, on the 13th hour of the 13th day (1pm 13th Feb obvs ) in select GAME stores for ONE HOUR ONLY..

There's one in Glasgow woohoo! I've sent their page a message asking if I'll be able to collect my online pre-order in store or failing that, if I can still get the edition I ordered with the Cloud DLC in store. So excite! <3.

Here, have a look.

 

[Hisako]

Apparently Lara Croft's outfit from the most recent Tomb Raider's a DLC costume now

Oversize climbing axe with undersize riot shield

lel

 

[Groodon]

Lex! Buy one copy for me, fly to sweden and gief it to me!
I'll pay for the tickets!!!

 

[Lex]

Looks like I'm getting mine a day early <3