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Lightning Returns planned to launch on PC in December
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YianGaruga
Banned
Kinda the same for me
Can't get excited about FF XV at all
And I didn't even like XIII
There's nothing wrong in anticipating the 2nd return of our flawless Goddess. Don't let the faithless and slanderers affect your opinion.
I just want a port that is better than XIII-2. A port like XIII is fine by me.
XIII-2 had a horrible framerate.
Yeah well like I said, if it's identical to the iOS version. I don't see what there is to fix there. I'm not even sure if the super sharp tile edges are 'fixable' depending on how they were put together as individual assets.
other than remaking the entire game from the ground up yet again, rather
Napalm_Frank
Member
That's a Cool Rock
I still never saw a major difference in performance between FF13 and 13-2. Both have terrible framepacing which make them switch almost arbitrarily between 30 and 60 FPS, but I don't see a huge difference in their behavior.
As for looks, I think FF13-2 is quite a bit less consistent than 13. It's highs are easily up there with its predecessor, but it also has some obvious lows in some areas.
Still, its assets really deserved being rendered with good IQ. I can't say the same about what I've seen of LR
Iriscomeback
Member
YES!!
Can't wait to play this again. Hopefully it's a better port than 13-2...
Can't wait to play this again. Hopefully it's a better port than 13-2...
Xenoblade Chronicles X will be released in December too. Terrible timing, SE
yep...
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what are you talking about? PS3?
Alex_Mexico
Member
Is Square doing internally this PC ports of the XIII trilogy?
I'd like an updae on the FFVII PC version port to PS4 too, thankyouverymuch.....
Think he meant since LR was on PS3
threelights
Member
The delay probably had nothing to do with fixing the port.
They were probably just busy with making their DiveIn stuff work.
And now they're just going back to porting after shutting that down lol.
I do wonder how the refund stuff will be for this one though...
Lightings Return is the only one I haven't played, so I'll definitely check it out.
Sadly, this is most likely true. They would sooner leave it to the mod community to get their pc ports to modern standards than fix it themselves.
threelights
Member
I don't even think that's the case.
I just don't think they care (that is, if they even know...).
I hope they'll at least put an option to lock the fps at 30 lol, and yet I know that is asking too much.
I could downsample from 4k in FF13 with solid 30 fps in battles. 13-2 only ran with unstable FPS (anything 20-60) in 1080p (AMD 7950). On top of that I had to replay the first hour multiple times until I figured out that I had to disable cloudsaving or else achievements were broken.
MulderYuffie
Member
Took long enough hopefully a decent port but not getting my hopes too high.
Thissssss. Never had so much fun with a FF battle-system.
beatdowniidx
Member
i wont hold my breath for this
Kaffeemann
Banned
Ratings are mediocre, why should I play this game?
Unique combat, good pacing, animations, visual effects, and soundtrack.
There's an annoying time limit on everything; it's generous, but doesn't add anything to the gameplay, so it's better to hack it out asap.
I've been waiting for this and god damn is that play just fuckin sweet. I've been in blackout kinda and didn't know there were dodges. This is almost Devil May Cry level.
YianGaruga
Banned
I kinda just wanna dress up lightning in cool clothes
so many bars
The UI is kind of messy
so many bars
The UI is kind of messy
MissDeviling
Member
LR's system is one of the most fun I've ever played in an RPG. The only complaint I have is that it takes a while before it actually becomes fun. In the beginning, I feel like the ATB bars take too long to reload until you unlock certain accessories and weapons. It also takes a while to unlock more interesting skills. Definitely go through everything on a second playthrough on Hard, since everything carries over. Replays are a blast.
Violence Jack
Member
Still waiting for someone to end his suffering.
There's that ability (forget the name now) that allows you to temporarily stop time and you can essentially exploit the hell out of it to have almost as much time as you want.
Vital Tundra
Member
Didn't realize people actually liked this game. Thought it was an awful experience that truly showed where SEs head was at last gen. Glad to see its finally coming for those who have been waiting. Maybe we can get some mods to fix things up.
Honestly the only issue with time limit is some of the early quest that require you to be at some place on time and if you miss it you have to wait until next day.
After a while you have far too much time in your hands and you end up finishing everything...I hated it and then I liked it in the sense that everyone has different results with it. But it is true that it serves no purpose and I also disliked levelling up through side quests rather than XP.
Neir had mediocre ratings too.
Mediocre ratings for a game like this only means it has divided opinions because it tries something different that people may or may not like.
It's a good game with great gameplay, it's also among one of the toughest JRPGs made which easily makes it the hardest FF game out there. Coupled up with the good combat it feels very rewarding.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
Chronostasis i think. Once you get used to it its incredibly easy to manage time with it. Just make sure to keep your...AP i think it was, up high enough for another cast
This was my only real complaint. I understand a lot of it had to do with monsters going extinct making it hard to balance XP, but it made the progression feel a little weird. Fortunately I had a lot more fun with the side quests in this game than the vast majority of RPGs
ShadowSoldier89
Member
it takes place I think 500 years after, but is a direct continuation regardless as it follows the consequences of 13-2's ending
Lights and Waves
Member
An awesome game and extremely underrated.
Yea the side quests are alright.
Lightning has hilarious one liners for some of them.
Played FF13 and FF13-2 on PS3, then decided to wait for LR on Steam when they announced it. Took them a while.
Games are hilarious, 13-2 in particular has "so bad it's good" moments, and playing it in synch with a friend really made it shine for me. Still, all this talk about bad performance on PC is unsettling, I really hope they took all this time between 13-2 and LR to make a good port this time.
Games are hilarious, 13-2 in particular has "so bad it's good" moments, and playing it in synch with a friend really made it shine for me. Still, all this talk about bad performance on PC is unsettling, I really hope they took all this time between 13-2 and LR to make a good port this time.
sixteen-bit
Member
Will I need to have played XIII-2 to understand this?