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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 |OT| Change the Future
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ZephyrFate
Banned
You can use the casino to grind for cash now, so it's not as bad.
I appreciate the effort, but I'm not gonna read the spoilers if they're about something really spoilerish
Anyway, it seems having more to do with gameplay mechanics than not dialogue-decisions from what I can guess.
There are no story spoilers in my post so no worries.
You can use the casino to grind for cash? That seems a bit counter-intuitive to being a casino. Are the stakes really in the players favor all that much? I know a save from XIII ups your chance.
ZephyrFate
Banned
No, it's still luck and such, but you can bet on chocobos to (most likely) get some good money, depending on which chocobo you bet on.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
LOL!! I saw someone spend, like, an hour on one of those. And they get stupider as the game goes on.
Not to mention that if you use an FFXIII save it might be easier to win in the casino with whatever they give you.
ZephyrFate
Banned
I have no idea how that makes any sense in any possible way.
Do we really know what's going on with Versus though? Just wait a few months and maybe we will get a release date on Versus.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Being multiplatform has nothing to do with it you fanboy. Bad design is bad design.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Don't do it lol
Nah...this gen killed Japanese developers. They just can't cope with it.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Yeah that's not exactly true either.
all the jp games i played/imported this year were superior to any western game released this year. *files nails*
Well, we know that Nomura ran through the world & all (?) locations of Versus about two or three months ago (of course they could always decide to make more of them as the development progresses...). At least to me that would imply it's quite far in development, even if not all of those locations were filled with whatever content & events are planned for them yet.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
In comparison with last gen, it is kinda true.
Hey, Nomura and his team wanted to extend their vacation and keep partying for just one more year before finally going back to work, so a substitute had to come in.
Don't blame FFXIII-2 for that!
Rahxephon91
Banned
I've played tons of good Japanese console games and next year I will play a lot more. So much for it killing them.
Yea, me too. But the rest of the world, no. Last gen, and gen before that, Japanese developers and games were as good and as popular as anything west put out. This gen however? No. Business model and development of Japanese studios is not good at all. When giants like Square Enix and Capcom fail to deliver it can't be good for Japan.
RPGCrazied
Member
So, are you not liking it Kagari? If I enjoyed XIII, then I should this. Can you tell me about weapons? You just buy them at a shop, and thats it? No forging? Also, does the weapon model change at all? I'm going to say no, all the pics and videos I've seen, its the same looking that Noel uses.
Riposte
Member
If you are not the type of people who thinks much of AAA console games like Batman Arkham City, Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Call of Duty MW3, Battlefield 3, ES5: Skyrim, etc... then it is quite even.
Yes, you buy them at shops. You can also find them in chests. The weapon model does change as well.
As for liking the game... it's not perfect, but so far it's better than XIII. I'm 18 hours in now.
RPGCrazied
Member
Sweet.
I guess they just never equipped better weapons in those media. This is going to be a long month. Better than XIII? Sounds good to me too.
Riposte
Member
I take it you don't care about challenge/difficulty? Because from what you've told me, sounds like a real downgrade(then again not from some pinnacle or anything).
because i read personal reviews before purchasing any games (not press reviews)
if it's worth my money then i'll buy it.
as for XIII (and maybe XIII-2), my personal complaints mostly same as Kagari, so i'll trust his/her review so far.
then we'll have to wait for Versus XIII
(if ever released)
Rahxephon91
Banned
Do you guys really expect a good story out of Versus? Looking at what those KH games call story, I sure don't. How did Type 0's story turn out?
The game isn't difficult in the slightest. I'm at level cap on three roles for both Serah and Noel already.
Lightning doesn't show up again really until 20 hours into the game... her in-game model is pretty bad. They didn't spend any time updating it at all. :/
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Yeah, Lightning's in-game model for this is kind of weird after how it looked in FFXIII. I dunno... I wish they had updated it some. Did you get to the part where (chapter 5 transition spoilers)
you have a few black and white nodes to pick from and the colour for those areas' designs are really dark?
The Crystarium point count needed to level up is much smaller than FFXIII. At least it doesn't seem like a chore to level up. Maybe for the monsters, though. When I play this, I'll try to keep the roles all even, I guess. Or grind to my heart's content since that's what I always do in RPGs, lol.
better than 3rd Birthday and FF13.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Well 3rd Birthday makes no sense. I have my doubt it being better then XIII though.
Better than XIII that's for sure
I wouldn't really use Kingdom Hearts as any kind of indication of what Versus XIII's story will be like. Nomura is trying to do something very different with Versus' story. It should be a bit more serious & "realistic" in how it handles the characters, so hopefully the story's quality will reflect that and there won't be anything like Organization XIII and the whole Heartless/Nobody dynamic and whatnot to mess up the story. I'm not expecting it to be some Planescape Torment level writing, but I hope it doesn't have too many o*\ moments.
FAKE EDIT: Decided I'm not importing this for once, only cause I have no money atm lol I'll order in a few weeks
I'm just after the part where
Lightning comes through the time rift thing and tells Serah/Noel about what happened to her. Lovely CG scene there... which makes her garbage in-game model even worse.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Ok well I won't use KH.
I'll use the last FF thing they did.
Advent Children.
And that was terrible. I mean I'll wait and see, but I don't expect much from Nomura. I think he should stick to designing characters.
ZephyrFate
Banned
It's also related to the chocobo it plays on.
The red one, I know.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Ok, I've read it thanks. But I have still more questions if you allow:
Regarding the ENDINGs, are them really so different from each other or simply everyone is still going to get the same main ending but with added cutscenes in case they achieved certain things through the game?
thx
thx
Btw, updated amazon.co.jp user's review score for XIII-2:
It's going so better for now compared to XIII
Ok, I've read it thanks. But I have still more questions if you allow:
Regarding the ENDINGs, are them really so different from each other or simply everyone is still going to get the same main ending but with added cutscenes in case they achieved certain things through the game?
thx
Btw, updated amazon.co.jp user's review score for XIII-2:
It's going so better for now compared to XIII
It seems to be more favored than kg; shich doesnt surprise me.
People generally have such a low opinion of XIII it would be a bit unreasonable not to acknowledge the sequels improvements. Even if the game seems like a bomba in Japan in right now, I think word-of-mouth is going to be a great aid going forward, in all regions. I think the majority of the people that give it a fair shake (critics and consumers alike) will come away liking it.