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Final Fantasy XIII-2 PC |OT| So you think you can ride this Chocobo!

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TheBlueBomber

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So idk if this is the best place to ask, but ill go for it, if i wasn't big on XIII, would this game be any better? seeing as it has different characters in it? my biggest thing about XIII was the characters? just thought i could get some advice because these games are BEAUTIFUL but i didnt enjoy the first one lol
 
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Deleted member 17706

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The Steam page says this has full Japanese language support (interface, audio, subtitles). I think the original FFXIII PC release also claimed this, but actually had only voice support.

Would anyone be able to confirm the extent of the Japanese support for me? You may have to right click on the game in Steam, select properties, and check the language tab to be sure if the settings can't be changed inside of the game.

edit: OK, it appears that I need to buy the game with a Japanese IP address to get the Japanese version. Need to find some safe proxy to do this... might not be worth the trouble.
 
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Haroon

Member
gimel said:
I'm trying these settings now but I have something weird going on that I didn't experience before. The gameplay is 30fps but menus/loading screens are 60fps. I turned off RivaTuner so I don't know wtf?


EDIT: nvm I figured it out but I can't maintain 60fps. It dive bombs when turning the camera outside.
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Sadly, even with these settings I can't maintain 60fps. But this is the only was I was able to keep my fps around 60 most of the time.
 
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Falk

that puzzling face
gimel said:
Actually hyperbole is what sums up GAF perfectly. Case in point, kupo.
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I need to write a Chrome extension so that whenever someone uses a superlative non-ironically on GAF, especially in thread titles, the extension adds "that I'm aware of" then all these "best" or "worst" list threads will go from cancerous to hilarious.

"Watch Dogs is the most overhyped game that's ever been released... that I'm aware of"

"Skyrim is the buggiest piece of shit that's ever been made... that I'm aware of"

It's perfect.

edit: Now how the heck do I teach a computer to recognize (non-)irony?
 
High Prophet of Regret

High Prophet of Regret

Member
Atsuo said:
For those that are having a difficult time getting the game to stay at 60fps, try these settings:

Game Settings:
Shadow Resolution: 4096x4096
Anti-aliasing: x16

Nvidia Control Panel Settings:
Anisotropic filtering: x16
Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration: Single display performance mode
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Triple buffering: On
Vertical sync: On

These are the settings that helped me achieve 60fps in battles, and in closed areas during the open world gameplay. If you are not able to get 60 fps with the settings that I provided above, try reducing the Shadow Resolution to 1024x1024, and see if that helps.
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Where do I find the "maximum pre-rendered frames" option in AMD Catalyst?
 
Facism

Facism

Member
How straightforward is XIII-2 regarding gameplay and story compared to XIII? I didn't mind the automatic gameplay too much, but the story and busywork to get items really did me in.

I'm hoping that being a sequel/spinoff means a lot of the chaff is cut away. Please advise as i might buy for christmas :)
 
Zenaku

Zenaku

Member
Zefah said:
The Steam page says this has full Japanese language support (interface, audio, subtitles). I think the original FFXIII PC release also claimed this, but actually had only voice support.

Would anyone be able to confirm the extent of the Japanese support for me? You may have to right click on the game in Steam, select properties, and check the language tab to be sure if the settings can't be changed inside of the game.

edit: OK, it appears that I need to buy the game with a Japanese IP address to get the Japanese version. Need to find some safe proxy to do this... might not be worth the trouble.
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As you've realised, the US/EU version doesn't have any Japanese support outside of the voices, but it is actually possible to play with a full Japanese interface, as I'm doing so in my EU steam copy, by switching a file and renaming another.

I'm not sure if I'd get in trouble for giving direct instructions though, as you'll need a file from the Asian version, be it from a friend or other means.
 
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Stet

Banned
Serah Farron said:
I knew that was coming. So predictable. You have nothing so you played the "she's not real" card. Hate is still hate whether the person in question is real or not.

There are many real girls with Lightning and Serah's personality. When you insult them you're indirectly insulting girls like them. Many times I've seen a fictional character get insulted only to have it offend a real person because they have a lot in common with that character.

People can develop a strong emotional attachment to fictional characters. People like you tend to think that's weird and stupid, but it's not. You demonstrate a complete lack of understanding when your response is basically "she's not real, you're stupid."
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If someone identifies so closely with a fictional character that insulting that fictional character is like insulting them, someone's opinion of that fictional character should probably be the least of their worries.
 
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heliosRAzi

Banned
Stet said:
If someone identifies so closely with a fictional character that insulting that fictional character is like insulting them, someone's opinion of that fictional character should probably be the least of their worries.
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I think he's just mad because someone called him shit
 
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Parsnip

Member
Did some testing on my end, and it seems like I'll probably cap my framerate to 30 when I actually play the game. I've only been sitting in the tutorial battle, and nothing I do seems get me out of 29.9fps, except for some brief moments when the camera does a quick angle switch and fps pops to 60 for a second or two.


Oh well.
 
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codhand

Member
Serah Farron said:
Yes it does. You can't have it both ways. There are 2 options. These personality traits make a person "worse than shit" or they don't. Whether the person in question is real or not is irrelevant. If Lightning was real would she suddenly become not "worse than shit?"
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no she'd still be shit, even if she manifested in the physical, thankfully she can't
 
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komorebi

Member
suppadoopa said:
People do such a thing??!!
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serahsass

Neo Member
Stet said:
If someone identifies so closely with a fictional character that insulting that fictional character is like insulting them, someone's opinion of that fictional character should probably be the least of their worries.
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You people truly don't get it. So much hate and intolerance. I guess it's much easier to dismiss people as crazy instead of trying to understand them.

codhand said:
no she'd still be shit, even if she manifested in the physical, thankfully she can't
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You seem like a friendly person.
 
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Chairmanchuck

Member
I have two questions.

Can you go back to different times after a while and something changed? I finished the second time and there are still areas I cant go to.

And are the battles randomly generated? Or does it follow some kind of pattern where and when the enemies appear?
 
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Stet

Banned
Serah Farron said:
You people truly don't get it. So much hate and intolerance. I guess it's much easier to dismiss people as crazy instead of trying to understand them.
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Why bother trying to understand the person when you can just understand the flimsy character they're emulating?
 
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serahsass

Neo Member
By the time I'm done, I'll probably have a few thousand 4k screenshots. I'll sort them by area and upload them to my onedrive.

I would upload them to a image hosting site, but I can't find a good site for uploading uncompressed images larger than 5 MB. The few sites I did find don't seem to be very reliable.
 
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komorebi

Member
Serah Farron said:
You people truly don't get it. So much hate and intolerance. I guess it's much easier to dismiss people as crazy instead of trying to understand them.
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Actually I agree with you and have your back but I'm not going to elaborate on why. Game forums aren't the place for anything deeper than discussions about Serah's bikini and even that's a risky topic these days considering all the belligerent #SJW nutcases waiting for a chance to make a fool of themselves.

Just enjoy the ride.
#TeamSluttyBikini
 
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komorebi

Member
Unreal said:
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This is, as they say, Unreal.

R10Neymarfan said:
My goodness it's beautiful. So how's the framerate in Academia city? For consoles it was really awful, so I assume you're able to at least keep it stable 30fps?
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Haven't made it to Academia yet but I've also locked it at 30fps and aside from brief hitches (when the game is loading the area) it never drops below. Its glorious compared to the console versions. 60fps would be better of course but...30 is fine by me.

Chairmanchuck said:
I have two questions.

Can you go back to different times after a while and something changed? I finished the second time and there are still areas I cant go to.

And are the battles randomly generated? Or does it follow some kind of pattern where and when the enemies appear?
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#1 - Sort of. It depends on the area but in order to get all the fragments and unlock all the gates/times/endings, certain conditions have to be met. For example, later in the game you get the ability to seal a timeline and make different choices, like roflstomping that previously unbeatable boss that one shotted your entire party. There's a ton of side content and hidden things to find in this game.

#2 - Yes (if I understand the second question). Some monsters only appear under certain conditions but its been a while since I played through the game so my memory is a bit hazy.
 
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Gvaz

Banned
Serah Farron said:
Seriously, what did I even do to you? And I've only been here since October.
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You personally haven't done anything, all i did was give an opinion on a fictional character, and you're taking it as a personal attack because you "resonate" with the character or some equally weird shit. Though you seem less than objective when you put your username/avatar and opinion together with this topic. For example I really like Jaime Lannister and think he's currently the best character in ASOIAF, and will argue this to the death, but in the end he's just a fictional character and if someone thinks he's shit, well then they're shit who doesn't know what they're talking about, but I'm not about to fucking argue it because it'd go nowhere.

Lets just agree to disagree on lightning, because you feel strongly one way, and I feel strongly in the complete opposite and nothing said will obviously change either of our minds.
 
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serahsass

Neo Member
Gvaz said:
Though you seem less than objective when you put your username/avatar and opinion together with this topic.
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How would I seem less than objective? The character in question in this conversation is Lightning. I don't have the same emotional attachment to Lightning as I do Serah.
 
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Broder Salsa

Banned
ryan0991 said:
Yes?

Why does she need to exist for it to be hateful? What if someone has a personality similar to the fictional character that you just called "worse than shit"? Fictional characters can represent many different things to many different people. Try not to be so quick to dismiss theses things.
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Yeah people really need to take into consideration that they might hurt the people who designed her imo. Maybe Nomura based Lightning on someone he knows, or took inspiration from someone he knew to design her. Yeah makes you think doesn't it.
 
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serahsass

Neo Member
heliosRAzi said:
So if someone called Serah an annoying, shitty character, you'd take it personally?
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Yes, I would. I tend to avoid people like that. Serah would be like the nicest person in the world if she was real, so it definitely rubs me the wrong way when somebody says they dislike her.
 
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Chairmanchuck

Member
gimel said:
#1 - Sort of. It depends on the area but in order to get all the fragments and unlock all the gates/times/endings, certain conditions have to be met. For example, later in the game you get the ability to seal a timeline and make different choices, like roflstomping that previously unbeatable boss that one shotted your entire party. There's a ton of side content and hidden things to find in this game.
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So I can miss certain fragments?
 
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Broder Salsa

Banned
Facism said:
How straightforward is XIII-2 regarding gameplay and story compared to XIII? I didn't mind the automatic gameplay too much, but the story and busywork to get items really did me in.

I'm hoping that being a sequel/spinoff means a lot of the chaff is cut away. Please advise as i might buy for christmas :)
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Please someone answer this man. I also just want to fight stuff without too many cutscenes and am not sure if to get it.
 
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jb1234

Member
WoodenLung said:
Please someone answer this man. I also just want to fight stuff without too many cutscenes and am not sure if to get it.
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There's plenty of cutscenes in XIII-2 but they're better spaced out than the ones in XIII (IMO). Plus, they're more tolerable because of the characters involved. Noel is genuinely interesting and while Sarah is boring, she's at least not actively irritating like a lot of XIII's cast was.
 
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Broder Salsa

Banned
jb1234 said:
There's plenty of cutscenes in XIII-2 but they're better spaced out than the ones in XIII (IMO). Plus, they're more tolerable because of the characters involved. Noel is genuinely interesting and while Sarah is boring, she's at least not actively irritating like a lot of XIII's cast was.
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Ok that sounds a bit better. Might play, when I finally finish FF13 which I never did on PS3.
 
royox

royox

Member
fluffydelusions said:
13-2 I thought was sorta well received? I thought it was better than 13 anyway.
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But I still remember all the rage when FXIII-2 was announced and launched "fucking squareenix we want FFVSXIII not this Lightning shit" and all the hate against XIII and its cast.
 
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