Septimus Prime
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Finished in 1:39. Got all the columns but not all the items.
And yeah, that Final Trial boss is rough.
And yeah, that Final Trial boss is rough.
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Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus |OT|
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edgefusion
Member
It's not explained why Gladiolus was in the power plant in a thermal suit? At the end of the episode he's all "right-o back to the king then", but he ends up at the power plant?
Oh right, lol. Wasn't explained.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
Just finished it. The Final Trial was the best fight in the game I thought. Took me a few tries. Just got 789,000 points on score attack on my first try. Just need 1,000,000 for all the trophies. I butchered my stage 2 score last time. Seems using pillars is bad for points. Gonna just focus on keeping my rage multiplier up. Seems to work best.
Hey...... yeah! What gives. Also, didn't he come back with a chest scar too that doesn't get explained?
edit: I recall seeing an armored iron giant in the trailer that doesn't actually appear in the DLC too. Hm.
meltingparappa
Member
Early pre-release speculation was that the cave area took him through the crater and he ended up on that side.
The lack of a scar explanation just means the topless outfit is canon.
Look forward to Episode Gladiode v2 where they patch in a tiny cutscene about him being chilly and wanting to some full body clothing, one last time.
Solid Sora
Member
It's a 5$ 90 mins long DLC, I don't think many will care to return to the game only for that. Only the super enthusiastic.
Rad Shadow
Banned
Right.
Nothing that's being discussed or from what I've seen really makes me want to jump back in this game.
Dlc looks dull so far.
Nothing that's being discussed or from what I've seen really makes me want to jump back in this game.
Dlc looks dull so far.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
Blargh. Got 950,000 points on my second score attack attempt. Counters are key. I didn't realize until the end of that run that they give like, 10x the points of other hits. So this time, instead of following through after my counters, I'm just gonna counter spam.
Edit: Got it on my 3rd attempt. Only had 900,000 points when the boss went down so I was worried, but my final score was 1,051,475.
Now to finally play that last Heavensward patch.
Edit: Got it on my 3rd attempt. Only had 900,000 points when the boss went down so I was worried, but my final score was 1,051,475.
Now to finally play that last Heavensward patch.
There is an Iron Giant in the dungeon, though.
Septimus Prime
Member
So, I honestly can't see how Cor could have possibly failed the trial in the past.
Dude is way stronger than Gilgamesh, and he even fucked up the guy back then.
Yeah but specifically one with actual knight armor. It's shown in the trailers and the concept art reveal but all we actually got was a standard red giant.
bolded the pertinent part
How did you do that? I can0t reach 1 milion points, the best I did was 960k.
Usually I end up on using too many potions on Enkidu, I can't find a way to kill him fast AND do a lot of points. I unleash my final plus the Triangle prompt on him, but usually he has still half health bar, so I use a pillar to kill him, but during that "round" I usually get 100k...at best. While in other rounds I do very well (ie usually I get 260k on the first round).
Septimus Prime
Member
Yes, but
dude sliced off Gilgamesh's arm like it's Star Wars, and I'll' Gilgy can't stop gushing about him.
Well part of the whole fight was about
fear, arrogance, and duty, etc., so maybe Cor didn't pass that part. Sure he had brute force, so while it was impressive it might not have been enough
TheEndOfItAll
Neo Member
I assumed he arrived back before
Aranea dropped the others at the plant and started prepping to go inside to get rid of the pests in the plant.
Whompa02
Member
Don't expect much from a DLC |OT| lol...
plus a lot of RPG people are probably pretty knee deep in Persona 5 right now.
Hell I loved FFXV but I don't expect much when a completely new game is right around the corner.
Lights and Waves
Member
I died at Gilgamesh, clicked the option to reload at the last checkpoint, and it started me off at the very beginning of the DLC?
Shadow2222
Member
Yeah it doesn't appear that there are any actual checkpoints, only save points. I don't know if that is intentional or a bug.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
I didn't worry about time at all. I noticed I was only getting like 15k to 20k more points when I went fast, which was dwarfed by my parry spam points. I got 780,000 on my first try, which I did in just over 20 minutes, but the time I got it I took over 30 minutes.
I basically just parried everything. You get 3000+ points per parry at X4 for every enemy hit with the attack. I just stand in the most crowded part of the fight and time counters and avoid swinging my sword otherwise. Also used maelstrom on boss enemies when at X4 for huge points, and to take them down fast. You also get 6000 points for every time you jump on Enkidu's back for that parry.
I avoided using pillars. I used them on my first run and couldn't even get 100k on stage 2, but manage around 120k by parry spamming. Usually get around 280k on stage 1 and 460k on stage 3.
I beat the Red Giant with around 820k points I think. Then I didn't do too well on the final boss. Used lots of potions and a phoenix down, and didn't take him down fast, but still got over a million.
Imagine my frustration when that happened to me. Luckily they threw in save points and the last save point isn't that far away from Gilgamesh (with skipping cutscenes).
It was a mistake playing this right after NieR haha. It felt clunky at first; took me a while to adjust.
The DLC was okay. Nice little backstory but felt pretty short and playing as Gladio was nowhere near as fun as Noctis.
It took me a few tries to beat the final trial, but once you learn the trick, it's somewhat easy. Can still be a pain thanks to the camera and limited area.
The DLC was okay. Nice little backstory but felt pretty short and playing as Gladio was nowhere near as fun as Noctis.
It took me a few tries to beat the final trial, but once you learn the trick, it's somewhat easy. Can still be a pain thanks to the camera and limited area.
The music in this is fantastic.
I can't wait for Episode Prompto, although I kind of wish it was last since it is the one I am most excited for. I'm not too hyped for Ignis, so it's kind of ending on a whimper for me. Maybe the
will be super fun.
Hopefully square releases a "Final Mix" or whatever international version equivalent for this and integrate all of this stuff into the main story.
I can't wait for Episode Prompto, although I kind of wish it was last since it is the one I am most excited for. I'm not too hyped for Ignis, so it's kind of ending on a whimper for me. Maybe the
Altissia invasion
Hopefully square releases a "Final Mix" or whatever international version equivalent for this and integrate all of this stuff into the main story.
Septimus Prime
Member
What if they do Ignis in VR, and it gets progressively blurrier until you can't see shit?
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I hated that they did this to Ignis in the game so this would be absolutly cruel
How Can VR Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
That's messed up lol
The Emperor
Member
What a complete waste of time and was soooo short.
Adds barely anything to the XV universe and was ultra boring gameplay wise.
I think the problem here is I am playing it right after 30 hours with NIER so combat was never gonna be good.
Story is as boring, clunky and badly choreographed as the FFXV ones.
And what exactly did Gladio learn from this trial? pfffft FFXIII-2 DLC episodes gave me a better time than this
The Prompto ones trailer looks fantastic though so here's hoping that will be decent...
Adds barely anything to the XV universe and was ultra boring gameplay wise.
I think the problem here is I am playing it right after 30 hours with NIER so combat was never gonna be good.
Story is as boring, clunky and badly choreographed as the FFXV ones.
And what exactly did Gladio learn from this trial? pfffft FFXIII-2 DLC episodes gave me a better time than this
The Prompto ones trailer looks fantastic though so here's hoping that will be decent...
I was thinking it would be something along the lines of his phone exploding and causing the shattered glass of his spectacles to embed in his eyes.
J/K, I was so sad seeing him like that and I hope they do his character justice in the DLC. ;_;
About 90 minutes. Agree music was good. Three button combat...eh (shield felt slow for me, also frame drops in some of the mob fights). The first part you are OP and its fun with the music. Last fight is odd in that its really like nothing else in the game and odd that one of the mechanics (the column) is not used. Kind dark souly because I was dodging a lot and hitting potions and ???? for health meters. I saw the rage meter but it never worked for me but I clicked too fast I guess when it explained it. Sadly no meaningful story addition. Really could have been nice side quest in the game as kind of like what they do with Mass Effect in flushing out the characters background. I guess there is reason for the replay to get a high score but I ain't wasting time with that with all the good games out there. Only played this because I have the season pass (like an idiot). Back to a Zelda.
Damn son.
Death Penalty
Member
If you don't mind my asking, where are you getting three totally new bosses from? The only unique new boss is Gilgamesh, all the rest are reskins of enemies you fight in the main game barring Cor who is already called out as a secret boss.
I was extremely disappointed in enemy variety especially since some of the souls reuse goblin animations.
Beat the main campaign, I kinda wished I took a look at the trophies before hand. Seems like I'll have to redo it get the pillars and items trophy.
It said it took me an hour and ten minutes to complete, the DLC was all right. I can't seem to get the hang of Gladio's counters yet which was kinda annoying. And I prefer Noctis' play style over him. DLC was all right for $5, it's worth it since there are new enemies and the final boss was pretty fun.
It said it took me an hour and ten minutes to complete, the DLC was all right. I can't seem to get the hang of Gladio's counters yet which was kinda annoying. And I prefer Noctis' play style over him. DLC was all right for $5, it's worth it since there are new enemies and the final boss was pretty fun.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
No, you can see where it is when you are on top of cape caem but you cant get there.