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Lightning Returns trailer
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I think anyone with eyes came to the same conclusion.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Just you. The other 894 posts have been nothing but positive vibes.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Why is there hit slowdown in that gif? :/
Hm. I don't like how guard is assigned to a button like that, though. I feel as though since it's considered a Defender-like ability, it'll eat up a bit of the ATB bar as well. And when she slashes at the behemoth as he raises his arm, she doesn't appear to cancel his attack, which is disheartening. It almost seems as though the enemies are merely sponges. I don't see any knockback or anything from that hit slowdown. I don't like it. It feels... off.
I need to watch the footage again. So far, we've determined that the animations are the same as the previous two games for reasons unknown (fucking really?), the button/attacks are like Type-0's, it seems Lightning likes to attack things in the face as opposed to moving in different directions to counter or stagger an enemy in an ARPG sort of way, positioning doesn't seem to matter...
A lot of this reminds me of Requiem of the Goddess. A lot of it.
Hm. I don't like how guard is assigned to a button like that, though. I feel as though since it's considered a Defender-like ability, it'll eat up a bit of the ATB bar as well. And when she slashes at the behemoth as he raises his arm, she doesn't appear to cancel his attack, which is disheartening. It almost seems as though the enemies are merely sponges. I don't see any knockback or anything from that hit slowdown. I don't like it. It feels... off.
I need to watch the footage again. So far, we've determined that the animations are the same as the previous two games for reasons unknown (fucking really?), the button/attacks are like Type-0's, it seems Lightning likes to attack things in the face as opposed to moving in different directions to counter or stagger an enemy in an ARPG sort of way, positioning doesn't seem to matter...
A lot of this reminds me of Requiem of the Goddess. A lot of it.
Paging Dunan.toleoring said:
The "HD" town looks absolutely godawful. The parts of the towns you see in FF13 and FF13-2 actually looked pretty cool. Some of the buildings in the battle looked like a single flat plane with a diffuse texture.
The rest of it ... well I think it looks ok so far, aside from the framerate. I liked her goddess costume in FF13-2 a lot more though.
The rest of it ... well I think it looks ok so far, aside from the framerate. I liked her goddess costume in FF13-2 a lot more though.
Oh man. Someone hang a flag on that post, add a Mario cap to Lightning, and a score of 600 above her head.
Wada?
Ryu bogard
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Just watched it, the shield really does look like something out of gundam. FF13-2 was a fun game, maybe this will be too. But I still can't stand lightning.
PSY・S;45604636 said:I'm out.
The animation when she's sliding down the pole is so bad. The physics of her cape is great though.
so in LRXIII's world people just use straight English.....Languages of Etro and Gran Pulse have been discarded...
Good observation. Isn't this supposed to take place in an entirely different world anyway? Guess this will be their excuse.
No more hats and ties for your behemoth.
StunandStab
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The sign for North Station looks like Math Station
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
The people of Novus Partus aren't that smart.
Eesh. Not a fan of Lightning's new look, and the environments look really bad. It's all completely disconnected from anything we saw in the last two games; I don't really understand what I'm seeing here. The sunglasses are particularly cringe-worthy.
I know that says north station, but it kinda looks like "math station" to me. Edit: beaten...
so in LRXIII's world people just use straight English.....Languages of Etro and Gran Pulse have been discarded...
I know that says north station, but it kinda looks like "math station" to me. Edit: beaten...
Meccanical
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I think this needs to be reiterated.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
WHOOSH
Wait, he actually said this? I must've missed this somehow.
This man, I swear if it wasn't for X-2 I would want his head on a pike.
I didn't see North there until you said so. It's totally Math Station.
What?
Meccanical
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Really that Versus trailer from two years ago has a smoother framerate than this.
Don't mind me, just fueling the fire at this point
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
You left out the first trailer will show the most polished FF in the entire series part.
Polished PoS indeed
Acrylic7
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He isn't alone.
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Deleted member 80556
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*Thinks GAF is overreacting to trailer*
*Watches trailer*
God dammit, you were not overreacting! This better be just a terrible trailer, and just that. Dammit, Square Enix.
*Watches trailer*
God dammit, you were not overreacting! This better be just a terrible trailer, and just that. Dammit, Square Enix.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
*Will try to tear it apart*
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Gimme a break, brah. I've watched the silly thing lots of times already. :|
So... what's this battle system going to be called? It can't be called CSB since there isn't anyone else to have synergy with.
I was just telling Noi this, but I really dislike how fucking huge that excuse for a HUD is. You can't see everything you want to. It obscures the enemy, the enemy/your animations, your enemy's movement for animations, etc. It seems incredibly cluttered for combat involving just one person. If their intent is for more fluid and action-like combat, perhaps it might have been a better idea to strip some portions of that humungous HUD so the player can actually anticipate the enemy's actions in order to produce a counter or evasion tactic? Did... no one think of that when designing that huge ugly thing?
I actually liked how noninvasive the other 13 games' HUDs were purely because I could see every enemy animation and every ally animation when I needed to do something really quick. Here? That is just... awful.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's coming out in less than a year. Didn't XIII-2 receive shots of the HUD around the similar time frame and it didn't change? I feel like this might not change...
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
^Really?
chickdigger802
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There is like 20 pieces of cloth animating at once on lightning, no wonder town looks like shit.
And 13-2 didn't run hot?
Didn't Square spent like half a decade making these crystal tool things?
And 13-2 didn't run hot?
Didn't Square spent like half a decade making these crystal tool things?
CosmicGroinPull
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AuthenticM
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Guys, I want to know if Toriyama is aware of his reputation. 
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
And a Light Knight on par to my obsession with the Genji Goofball.
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