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duckroll · Jun 7, 2011

http://web.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13-2/#/spec/xbox_ps3

Dec 2011 for Japan, early 2012 for NA/EU.

http://web.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/ff13-2/#/special/xiii_info

FFXIII PS3 has a patch now which adds the Easy Mode which was in the JP 360 version.

BocoDragon · Jun 7, 2011

You can now beat XIII by holding up on the analog stick and mashing the action button.

Seda · Jun 7, 2011

Easy mode? The game was easy to begin with.

I think XIII-2 is a small step in the right direction (see the screen of the demo map), but we can't truly judge anything at this point.

badcrumble · Jun 7, 2011

Does the patch also make the changes to AI (better prioritization of Haste, IIRC) that the JP 360 version had? Do we know?

edit: I can't remember what else was added to the 360 version. Better drop rates, maybe, but that may have only been in Easy Mode.

Calcaneus · Jun 7, 2011

That's pretty soon, especially for Square.

Dark Schala · Jun 7, 2011

I don't think FFXIII needed an Easy Mode.

Unless it improves the AI and drop rate.

sazabirules · Jun 7, 2011

Calcaneus said:
That's pretty soon, especially for Square.

They have to be using some leftover content from XIII.

BocoDragon · Jun 7, 2011

Calcaneus said:
That's pretty soon, especially for Square.

Its pretty easy to pick some art assets off the cutting room floor and mash them together into a "game".

Calcaneus · Jun 7, 2011

If they come up with a better game than XIII then I'm cool with that.

badcrumble · Jun 7, 2011

I'm too tired to check, but this patch isn't up in the US, is it?

Khrno · Jun 7, 2011

Easy mode, lol

Combichristoffersen · Jun 7, 2011

Is the patch up in Europe?

badcrumble · Jun 7, 2011

Going up July 21 according to Andriasang; unclear if it'll come to the US or EU.

RustyNails · Jun 7, 2011

Easy mode? This has gotta be a joke. The entire game is a cakewalk save for

Barthandelus fights

.

Cels · Jun 7, 2011

IIRC easy mode makes you do a lot more dmg to enemies who are staggered. IDK what else it changed. Game was already easy to begin with though...Auto-battle hahaha.

Seda · Jun 7, 2011

There should be a "Hard Mode" patch to take out Autobattle. Would improve things immensely.

hateradio · Jun 7, 2011

Seda said:
There should be a "Hard Mode" patch to take out Autobattle. Would improve things immensely.

That would be too hard to implement.

Seraphinianus · Jun 7, 2011

Screw the haters, my kids will love easy mode. You guys just don't understand because you don't have kids

Seda · Jun 7, 2011

hateradio said:
That would be too hard to implement.

I know. :/

onken · Jun 7, 2011

Day 1 oh yes. Bracing myself for the price announcement.

davepoobond · Jun 7, 2011

they should make a way to do the extra battles on gran pulse in an easier way than to travel to each one by foot.

PataHikari · Jun 7, 2011

Calcaneus said:
That's pretty soon, especially for Square.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

SE speeding up game development is a good thing

BeeDog · Jun 7, 2011

Combichristoffersen said:
Is the patch up in Europe?

Doesn't seem like it.

mr_nothin · Jun 7, 2011

BocoDragon said:
You can now beat XIII by holding up on the analog stick and mashing the action button.

Thought you could do that before the patch...hm

DR2K · Jun 7, 2011

PataHikari said:
SE speeding up game development is a good thing

Yeah at least now they have an excuse when they rush out a product that's half finished and absolutely terrible.

Calcaneus · Jun 7, 2011

PataHikari said:
You say that like it's a bad thing.

SE speeding up game development is a good thing

Of course its a good thing, they've been ridiculous lately.

ULTROS! · Jun 7, 2011

I wonder how they'll make the game easy...

Maybe no need to do paradigm shifts?

KittenMaster · Jun 7, 2011

FF13 isn't that easy especially later on since enemies are actually tough in the game. People are just saying so as an excuse to keep bashing the battle system or are already pretty good to begin with.

Regardless of what people think, more RPGs need a variety of difficulty modes, even classic ones.

Seda · Jun 7, 2011

KittenMaster said:
FF13 isn't that easy especially later on since enemies are actually tough in the game. People are just saying so as an excuse to keep bashing the battle system or are already pretty good to begin with.

Regardless of what people think, more RPGs need a variety of difficulty modes, even classic ones.

It really only gets a bit tricky in the very last chapter, or if you wander in the wrong place in Gran Pulse.

KittenMaster · Jun 7, 2011

Seda said:
It really only gets a bit tricky in the very last chapter, or if you wander in the wrong place in Gran Pulse.

That's true for a lot of players, but I still felt FF13 was harder than most other FFs to some degree, and a bunch of other games. I can see why they would add an easy mode to the game.

Lightning · Jun 7, 2011

The fuck... Easy mode? The entire game is one easy mode.

Allowing you to restart the battles anytime, die restart the battle, instantly heal after each battle etc... and the battles were not even that hard. I went through the entire game and never once did I get doomed unless I was doing battle with a summon.

Seriously easy game...

miserable · Jun 7, 2011

BocoDragon said:
You can now beat XIII by holding up on the analog stick and mashing the action button.

So its like Kingdom Hearts? Cool!

kayos90 · Jun 7, 2011

snk2 said:
So its like Kingdom Hearts? Cool!

Better, it only takes one button instead of two.

BocoDragon · Jun 7, 2011

I have no problem with giving people easy modes... it's just that for XIII, a game whose only real entertainment value is in the strategy of the (already infinitely continuable and escapable) battles, it seems to me that an easy mode would destroy the last bastion of fun this game still had.

hteng · Jun 7, 2011

i didn't like FFXIII's battle system, the AI seems pretty stupid and you will game over if your current controlled character dies, kinda pointless if there's a raise spell in the game.

Sword Familiar · Jun 7, 2011

Importing. Better start saving money, I guess.

V_Arnold · Jun 7, 2011

BocoDragon said:
I have no problem with giving people easy modes... it's just that for XIII, a game whose only real entertainment value is in the strategy of the (already infinitely continuable and escapable) battles, it seems to me that an easy mode would destroy the last bastion of fun this game still had.

Not if you do not play the easy mode, you know

jetsetfluken · Jun 7, 2011

So I'm guessing this "easy mode" patch only applies to the Japanese SKU?

I do have a JP copy...but I can't read Japanese. What about the HK English copy?

Sword Familiar · Jun 7, 2011

jetsetfluken said:
So I'm guessing this "easy mode" patch only applies to the Japanese SKU?

I do have a JP copy...but I can't read Japanese. What about the HK English copy?

I'm pretty sure it applies to all versions/regions.

StarEye · Jun 7, 2011

I want a CTRL-W mode.

Astery · Jun 7, 2011

what does easy mode do?

Kagari · Jun 7, 2011

Astery said:
what does easy mode do?

Makes it so the enemies drop items easier, plus battles are easier to win.

Jucksalbe · Jun 7, 2011

Kagari said:
Makes it so the enemies drop items easier, plus battles are easier to win.

! Can you switch anytime or just on a new game? Would be nice to have easy mode for those farming trophies.

Deleted member 30609 · Jun 7, 2011

maybe Easy Mode makes the last chapter fun.

Diablos · Jun 7, 2011

FFXIII "Easy Mode" is a brilliant troll, gotta hand it to S-E for that.

Anyway, I was listening to Kagari's podcast and it sounds like the English VA and text has taken priority over Japanese. Even the JP trailers have English voices with Japanese subs.

I guess they're developing it for PS3 first and then giving themselves another 3 months to port it to 360. The dreaded wait, meh.

Aeana · Jun 7, 2011

Diablos said:
FFXIII "Easy Mode" is a brilliant troll, gotta hand it to S-E for that.

Anyway, I was listening to Kagari's podcast and it sounds like the English VA and text has taken priority over Japanese. Even the JP trailers have English voices with Japanese subs.

I guess they're developing it for PS3 first and then giving themselves another 3 months to port it to 360. The dreaded wait, meh.

Huh? It's already running on 360. The 360 version is shown in the trailer.

ZephyrFate · Jun 7, 2011

hteng said:
i didn't like FFXIII's battle system, the AI seems pretty stupid and you will game over if your current controlled character dies, kinda pointless if there's a raise spell in the game.

I never had issues with my characters being stupid in FF13. This is funny.

LiK · Jun 7, 2011

haha. poor guys who had to suffer those hunts for the platinum.

Replicant · Jun 7, 2011

DO NOT WANT easy mode.

Just give me back "Kimi ga Iru Kara" as the ED song. Whatever english song they used to replace it is so inappropriate for that scene.

Diablos · Jun 7, 2011

Aeana said:
Huh? It's already running on 360. The 360 version is shown in the trailer.

Heh, didn't realize that. Why the wait, then? Worldwide release would be nice if the 360 build is already legit.

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