BlazingDarkness
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The ending to XIII-2 makes it totally worth playing, I had a massive grin on my face throughout.
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Its pretty unexpected...honestly I love that ending just for the shock value it has...I was gaping in the credits :v
BlazingDarkness
Member
Honestly, what they did with that spoiler for the story is 100 times more interesting than what was originally left with no explanation in the original (power of friendship crap) Yeah it's a depressing story but that's what makes it enjoyable tbh lol
But then again, when I was a kid playing with my toys and figures I used to have a thing for
relentlessly killing them all
Meccanical
Member
I loved it because I thought everyone died.
Tom Brohanks
Banned
I'm still working through FF13...bit late to the party on it. About 22 hours in, how much longer is it?
which area are you in ? The fifth arc ?
PlanetSmasher
Banned
My thoughts exactly. I actually broke out laughing when you know what happened. Just straight up put the controller down and cracked the hell up. It was the most cathartic end to a game I've ever seen.
XIII-2 was better than the original, but not nearly enough to ever make me want to put up with Lightning again. That character has about as much charisma or personality as Sam Worthington.
SoraanTribal
Member
It'd be easier to tell you how much longer if we knew where you are in the story.
22 hours means nothing really because people play at different speeds.Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Never played FFXIII. The game was a massive insult to the FF series and RPGs in general.
I hope this game bombs harder than 2.
I hope this game bombs harder than 2.
BlazingDarkness
Member
End spoilers ->
Goddess Etro dead, Mog drops dead, Serah drops dead, Bhunivelze (new Cocoon) is merged into Valhalla, Lightning turns to crystal
Tom Brohanks
Banned
It'd be easier to tell you how much longer if we knew where you are in the story.
True and I'd hate to spoil anything for anyone, so I'll figure it out on my own. It's definitely starting to become more enjoyable the further in to it I get.
SoraanTribal
Member
Hot Coldman
Banned
People say Lightning sucks ---> "corrections" ---> mockery of those "corrections" ---> repeat
I see no problem here
Lumpy Onion
Member
Probably one of my favorite endings this gen.
The final zoom towards lightning sitting on that throne was really shocking to me. Felt like I had just been punched in the gut after everything had gone down.
Anyway, very much excited for LR. Glad there are some people who like these games on GAF other than the constant droning of hate and disdain.
birthbysleep
Member
They should have made the main character Noel
Lumpy Onion
Member
This would have been great. I grew pretty attached to him by the time XIII-2 was over. VA did a great job.
Eh that humor is poor.
For real mood lighteners you go to the Alternate World of Texts from FF13, where vodka makes everything better:
Meccanical
Member
My favorite pic from that tumblr is the one with Hope that says "I THINK I JOINED A GANG PLEASE PICK ME UP!"
SoraanTribal
Member
I'm hoping he still gets a redemption story arc in Lightning Returns and isn't just relegated to some minor sidestory at the beginning or something. I was happy when I saw him in one of the LR trailers.
haha let's "lighten"(pun intended) the mood a bit LOL
Sort of what I liked about Lightning.
PshycoNinja
Member
I liked Noel and his story. He's the best thing to come of the the crap that is the "XIII saga". When they announced they went back to Lightning I was mystified as to why. Now we're back to the same point we were before.
Eh that humor is poor.
For real mood lighteners you go to the Alternate World of Texts from FF13, where vodka makes everything better:
Drunk Lightning is the best Lightning. As a matter of fact if Drunk Lightning was the real Lightning in the "XIII Saga" (Ugh I still hate calling it that. So many more deserving FF should've gotten a "saga" before XIII.) I would've enjoyed the games immensely more.
Meccanical
Member
Plus the inevitable Even MORE HD triple pack for PS4/XB1 thanks to both systems nixing BC.
I agree.
I feel that the 13 saga stories take themselves too seriously, and when the writer does include bits for laughs he forks out cheap, stupid humor (Chocolina) rather than including some decent comedy that could serve to humanize and make us buddy up with the characters. It's sad when a screenshot with a different caption could do that so much better than the script itself.
Tell us more about a game you never played.
If you want to see a massive insult to the FF series, please look at
All The Bravest
XIV: A Blunder Reborn
Relaxed Muscle
Member
wtf how did this guy change hope's hair ??
Is a tumblr gif. Shitty quality and photoshop filters filters.
That game will be probably better than all the trilogy together...
Chittagong
Gold Member
Eurostile? Really SquareEnix... Really?
Well I guess at least it's not Bank Gothic huh
Well I guess at least it's not Bank Gothic huh
WHOA she looks cool there. Bit of a shame that she's Seifer and co.'s age, but ah well. Cloud/Leon(Squall)/Aerith/Tifa makes for a hell of a drama as is....I think Cid's the only non-melodramatic FF adult cameo in Kingdom Hearts.
Meccanical
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Nuts.Pistachio_Nuts!
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Final Fantasy XIII just has to die, please let it die.
It should be buried in a large pit full of behemoth crap and then nuked by bahamut!!
It should be buried in a large pit full of behemoth crap and then nuked by bahamut!!
WOW Thank you for sharing this pic..It totally made my day!
May I ask where you found it ? <3I agree.
Oh did you mean her ? :
Actually it is a little more complicated.
If the party remained Cieth (or where they...?), Fang would have destroyed Orphan, Cocoon would have crashed to Pulse, and several million people would have died. Etro's gate would have been thrown open and chaos would have came sweeping in, signaling the end of the world. Thanks to Etro's intervention, the world was able to survive for another 500 YEARS. Yes this created a centuries long paradox but Etro was right that Lightning, now out of time, would choose to help Etro of her own volition and guide Serah to correct the damage. That decision was was the whole point of 13-2.
Now people tend to forget that Etro is a Fal Cie, which are essentially sentient machines. She lacks the ability to understand emotion and feelings. This fatal flaw prevented her from seeing the emotional damage her eternal guardian, Caius, would experience in watching Yuels die over and over again. It was only because Caius did what he did that her plan was undone. He choose to defy his fate (there's that FF13 theme again) and remake reality. By killing himself, Etro was killed as well and 13-2 ended as it did, the world ending as it should have 500 years in the past. How this will be undone should be an interesting tale in LR
Now people tend to forget that Etro is a Fal Cie, which are essentially sentient machines. She lacks the ability to understand emotion and feelings. This fatal flaw prevented her from seeing the emotional damage her eternal guardian, Caius, would experience in watching Yuels die over and over again. It was only because Caius did what he did that her plan was undone. He choose to defy his fate (there's that FF13 theme again) and remake reality. By killing himself, Etro was killed as well and 13-2 ended as it did, the world ending as it should have 500 years in the past. How this will be undone should be an interesting tale in LR
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
I'm EXTREMELY excited for LR:FXIII
I love both the current XIII games and Lightning is one of my favorite characters in gaming. She's tough, cold, kind, and gorgeous
I love both the current XIII games and Lightning is one of my favorite characters in gaming. She's tough, cold, kind, and gorgeous
Are you sure about Etro not understanding emotion? Didn't Etro essentially sympathise with mankind who are essentially her creation ? Also I think its really ironic that Caius' goal helped fulfil Barthendelus's plan.After all if he had succeeded in FF13 ,13-2's ending would apply as well.
Meccanical
Member
You sound like you just parroted whatever Toriyama said.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Pretty sure the game specifies that
Etro was moved by the fight of XIII characters against her destiny so she saved them even knowing the damage to the space time, also in her XIII entries she's described as kind and with compassion
It's discussed more in the Fragments After book:
1. Etro spilled her blood out of desperation to get her father Bhunivelze's attention.
2. When Lightning is made one with Etro, it is also revealed that Etro saw Lightning and her friends as sinners for killing other people as l'Cie, regardless that they only killed in self-defense, as Etro cherishes every life.
3. Lindzei created mankind from Etro's blood, and the first human created was Yeul. Moreover, it is suggested that Lindzei made Yeul in Etro's image.
4. Upon entering Valhalla, Yeul's soul would never fade away unlike other souls, and taking pity on her, Etro would send Yeul back to the Mortal Realm so she wouldn't be lonely. It's also suggested that Yeul obtained the Eyes of Etro as a side-effect of being reborn.
5. It is suggested that fal'Cie might have an illusion of feeling emotions but don't understand them, such as Etro sending Yeul back to be reborn out of love but not seeing the suffering that she would cause Yeul to endure.
2. When Lightning is made one with Etro, it is also revealed that Etro saw Lightning and her friends as sinners for killing other people as l'Cie, regardless that they only killed in self-defense, as Etro cherishes every life.
3. Lindzei created mankind from Etro's blood, and the first human created was Yeul. Moreover, it is suggested that Lindzei made Yeul in Etro's image.
4. Upon entering Valhalla, Yeul's soul would never fade away unlike other souls, and taking pity on her, Etro would send Yeul back to the Mortal Realm so she wouldn't be lonely. It's also suggested that Yeul obtained the Eyes of Etro as a side-effect of being reborn.
5. It is suggested that fal'Cie might have an illusion of feeling emotions but don't understand them, such as Etro sending Yeul back to be reborn out of love but not seeing the suffering that she would cause Yeul to endure.
Etro is good intentioned but failed to see what good intentions could spur....
Lumpy Onion
Member
It am pretty sure it will stop after LR. Hell, I like the XIII series a lot but think it has far overstayed it's welcome. Bring on the new Final Fantasy world!