The Official Final Fantasy XIII Topic

[Red Dragon]

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I don't see Baldurs Gate 2 there.

I take your recommendations on RPGs with a grain of salt.



Anyhow, how is the combat? Leveling up system. Anything unique at all?

[Karim]

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I dig the plot and characters so far; ignoring Vanille who is OBNOXIOUS in an over the top moe fashion.

Also every time Lightning speaks all I can think of is a certain blue alien.


I like the battle system for the most part; but jesus christ why do they have to keep switching my party members every 15 minutes? Every time I feel like I've gotten used to using my current group someone gets kicked out.

[Magus]

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Also every time Lightning speaks all I can think of is a certain blue alien.

TAKE THAT BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK YOU BAYBEE YOU KNOW NUTHIN LIEK BAYBEE

I like the battle system for the most part; but jesus christ why do they have to keep switching my party members every 15 minutes? Every time I feel like I've gotten used to using my current group someone gets kicked out.

Doesn't FF4, 5 and 6 have a lot of character switching too?


And it's tough for me to pin down my top THREE favorite RPGs. Chrono Trigger and Vagrant Story are up there, as well as FFs 5, 6, 8, 12 and Tactics. I'd need to give more thought to non-Square ones.

[Perversion]

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I don't see Baldurs Gate 2 there.

Action-RPG. Doesn't count.

[Karim]

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Doesn't FF4, 5 and 6 have a lot of character switching too?

Yeah, but it is much less often and makes more sense. There's really no good reason why 2-3 times in each dungeon, someone in my current party decides to run ahead of the group so I get forced into using my 4th or 5th character.

Action-RPG. Doesn't count.

If Baldur's Gate 2 is an action rpg then well I'm not sure what exactly qualifies as a real RPG; surely not this game.

[Perversion]

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Off topic, and maybe only because I've only played the console Baldur's Gate games (Dark Alliance and DA2), but aren't even the PC Baldur's Gate games hack n slash? Hack and slash=action RPG.

[John Mora]

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The console games are a far cry from the D&D-based PC series.

[Red Dragon]

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Off topic, and maybe only because I've only played the console Baldur's Gate games (Dark Alliance and DA2), but aren't even the PC Baldur's Gate games hack n slash? Hack and slash=action RPG.

BG2:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images...0screen005.jpg

Dark Alliance:
http://www.omgcritters.com/posters/f...al-picture.jpg

[Kire]

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Voice acting is probably the best

Oh come on now, every clip I've seen has made me cringe. Don't get me wrong, I'll still play it, but yeah...

[Vonwert]

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I bought it today to get through the pain I will have after the numbness goes away from the crown I had put on my tooth by the dentist.

What fun!

[Kefka Jr.]

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Okay, so I'm into Chapter 3 now. I have no idea who is working for who, and every time a FMV comes up I'm like, "Okay, who are we running from and why is it a big deal?" I'm all about stories starting in media res, but I need a reason to root for someone. Snow and some guys are just shouting YEAH LET'S DO IT and I'm like DO WHAT?

My favorite parts so far were the scenes at the begining between Lightning and Sahz and Vanille and Hope. 'Cause they were, like, getting to know each other and stuff? But now we've got an ensemble going and I'm like, "Guys, slow down."

I just don't really give a **** about this genocidal war business. I could really use some intimacy in the story pretty soon. It's been a couple of hours, and I've been through a sprawling city, a big ruin and a vast snowscape. The environments are huge. That's cool for the most part, but I'd really like to see, like, a room. Remember when we used to have those, back when the background were prerendered? That was when you could learn a lot about the environment and the people who lived there, just by looking at it.

I'm hearing things about the story, but I'm not really gathering anything. Y'know?

You know what I really like, though? The little Half-Life style banter that happens between your party members when you're going from place to place. Like, when you're playing as Vanille and Hope says, "Hey, what's that?" and he finds the crashed speeder bike? I would've missed that if he hadn't said anything! That was really cool. It's literally my favorite part of the game so far, and there should be more and more of it.

Also, the battle music is awesome. I knew Hamauzu could pull it off. Otherwise, I'm pressing X about as much as I did in Kingdom Hearts... though perhaps with greater purpose. It's like pachinko.

OH, and yeah! The voice acting IS great! Sahz is awesome.

[highwind]

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sahz is very eddie murphy-like

[John Mora]

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sahz is very eddie murphy-like

Oh god.

[Sivart the Sloth Trencher]

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It's a good thing.

[The Toecutter]

Re: Final Fantasy XIII (if you did'nt like VIII run for it!)

Yeah...I managed to snag the limited metal case version of FFXII for $20 about a year or so later, and I'm willing to wait for this to drop to Greatest Hits pricing (which WILL NOT be $10, Terr).

There's always the pawn shop, 3+ years after the game is released.