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Final Fantasy XIII Information Thread | March 9, 2010 NA/EU
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Perfect Blue
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Wait, wut? The combat is gonna be d-pad only?
Zoe said:
Yup I agree. Analog for movement and the pad for menus. Oh when you guys get it, it's the only way to go. Perfect really.
I won't be all too excited when I get the ENG version, but I'll enjoy the grinding... the grinding... the grinding... LOL
When will they announce the CE version of it!?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
This makes perfect sense. The combat is all done through menus. Menus should be navigated with d-pads. That's it! It's obvious.Aljosa said:
Perfect Blue
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I'm gonna be playing the 360 version though. Shitty d-pad and what not.teiresias said:
Mr. Wonderful
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I'm giving them until February 13th and then preordering.careksims said:
Aljosa said:I'm gonna be playing the 360 version though. Shitty d-pad and what not.
I had no problems using the d-pad for battles with Lost Odyssey. Thankfully, the only time you had four directions of input was when you were at the last step of selecting your action (picking a spell or battle art). Most of the time it was either up/down or left/right. The 360 d-pad isn't optimal, but in this case, it should be able to do the trick.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Aljosa said:I'm gonna be playing the 360 version though. Shitty d-pad and what not.
It's pretty adequate outside of fighter games ... still not that good though :-/
Darthdevidem01
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http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/2010/01/16/final-fantasy-xiii-voted-2nd-best-game-of-2009.html
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Well well well, I thought Japan hated the game :lol
Anyway it seems like the vast majority love FF13, while a vocal minority are still bashing it.
Oh well 52 Days to go!
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Well well well, I thought Japan hated the game :lol
Anyway it seems like the vast majority love FF13, while a vocal minority are still bashing it.
Oh well 52 Days to go!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Darthdevidem01 said:
I thought they hated DQIX from the bottom of their souls even more.
Darthdevidem01
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Regulus Tera said:
hahaha
Well even though the internet saw DQ9 hate, its the top selling DQ title & saw better legs than other DQ games, so obviously they didn't hate it. :lol
http://www.novacrystallis.com/?p=132
My review for those who aren't entering the Import thread. No spoilers.
My review for those who aren't entering the Import thread. No spoilers.
An interesting read. I've been silent in FFXIII threads lately because I was avoiding all comments about the import, till I saw the GT.com preview the other day then heard the ATB podcast, those, and reading this is pretty disappointing. I'll still be picking it up, but FFXIII is looking seriously anticlimactic.Kagari said:
Psychotext
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Starting to look like I wont be grabbing this. A real shame as I don't see any other JRPGs which are going to grab my attention either.
-Pyromaniac-
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great readKagari said:
Dedication Through Light
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Well, now, whenever I watch Everybody Hates Chris and see Chris's friend, I can only think of Hope in the game; he seemed to luck out landing the role of voicing that character, though when he gets to college I wonder how many people will realize it was him 0_o.
Shadowlink
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That guy was awesome in Everybody Hates Chris. :lolDedication Through Light said:
paperheart
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Nice read there. I was hoping that the story in this game would be surprising and be epic. Sad to hear that it isn't. Also, there needs to be a Final Fantasy game where you have to use the summons. I don't like that they are pushed aside and that you could go through the game without using them. Why take the time to make summons that are intricate and stuff, if they are only really optional. Well, I guess the positive thing about reading your review, is that it's not terrible.Kagari said:
B.K. said:
Really? Last I heard (which was a really long time ago, so could be outdated) was that it would be closer to "classic" FF in style than XIII itself. Like that old image with a large Noctis standing on an actual overworld map. Havent really followed the game closely.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
lastinline said:Nice read there. I was hoping that the story in this game would be surprising and be epic. Sad to hear that it isn't. Also, there needs to be a Final Fantasy game where you have to use the summons. I don't like that they are pushed aside and that you could go through the game without using them. Why take the time to make summons that are intricate and stuff, if they are only really optional. Well, I guess the positive thing about reading your review, is that it's not terrible.
Remember that's just one person's opinion. I haven't finished the game yet, on chapter 12, but this game is so epic that it makes me remember when I was a kid playing FF6 and just being in awe that stuff like this could happen in video games. I disagree with a lot of stuff in Kagari's review, like Snow being 'useless'. Hating him as a character is cool, but his stats and crystarium layout are among the best in the game. As for summons, I've used them multiple times when I've been in trouble and they've helped tremendously when used strategically on boss fights. As for the side content..it's an FF..it's always the same. Secret bosses and super weapons and so on. If you like the side quests in an FF this game does not disappoint. If you play FF for the mini games..well..ok.
In the end, this game blows X and 12 out of the water for me and I LOVED both of those games clocking over 80 hours in each. I have a feeling I'll get around 80 from 13. Seriously, every single one of my FF save files from FF5 and on are all over 70 hours.. how could any 'real' fan of the series try to judge or review an FF without even going over the 50 hour mark. It won't be everyone's favorite..but what FF is..there's no universally liked FF except MAYBE 4 or 6.
lastinline said:Nice read there. I was hoping that the story in this game would be surprising and be epic. Sad to hear that it isn't. Also, there needs to be a Final Fantasy game where you have to use the summons. I don't like that they are pushed aside and that you could go through the game without using them. Why take the time to make summons that are intricate and stuff, if they are only really optional. Well, I guess the positive thing about reading your review, is that it's not terrible.
Never gonna happen in an offline one. People gripe enough about FF8 summon "overpoweredness", and they were only useful there if you owned a turbo controller and paid absolutely no attention to the tutorials.
In 11 they're pretty useful, but only used if you play a summoner. :lol 14 is allegedly going to have some major differences and more of a focus, but who knows.
donkey show
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World wise, yes. Not the battle system.Teknoman said:
worldrevolution said:
That's debatable. I've beaten other entries in the series several times. I don't think FFX ever took me over 50 hours to beat. I spent over 70 in XII though, but that was still within the story.
XIII is a polarizing game, there is no doubt there. It definitely didn't give me that 'epic' feeling games like VI, VII, VIII and X did though.
donkey show said:
Oh, well that sounds like a pretty good combo. Guess I better start keeping an eye on that as well.
Is XIII's story understandable as you go? Or do you have to beat the game before you realized what happened? That was my only problem with VII...some of the events in the game seemed pointless.
-Pyromaniac-
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Am I the only one that hopes that the Versus battle system is somehow similar to Dissidia because that shit was fun as hell.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm calling it now, the E3 trailer will play out like this. Normal Final Fantasy style cinematic throughout the entire thing with some epic sounding music in the background. Between different flashes of the cinematic moments there will be quick flashes of the in game battle system and then more flashes of world map traversal and a city or two and then it will close off with Noctis and Stella holding swords at each other.Kagari said:
I'm 70% sure it will be like that so BOOK IT.
Shadowlink
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I'm hoping we see it soon and it better not play like Crisis Core.-Pyromaniac- said:
Shadowlink
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Really? Looks like I'm going to hate it.Kagari said:
-Pyromaniac-
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That battle system wasn't bad...just simplistic.
Teknopathetic
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"In the end, this game blows X and 12 out of the water for me and I LOVED both of those games clocking over 80 hours in each. I have a feeling I'll get around 80 from 13. Seriously, every single one of my FF save files from FF5 and on are all over 70 hours.. how could any 'real' fan of the series try to judge or review an FF without even going over the 50 hour mark. It won't be everyone's favorite..but what FF is..there's no universally liked FF except MAYBE 4 or 6."
Does the game's mechanics or design drastically change past the 50 hour mark? Have they done so in any FF?
Does the game's mechanics or design drastically change past the 50 hour mark? Have they done so in any FF?
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
So based on early reviews this is looking like it could be one of the lowest scoring Final Fantasy games from what I have seen.
I keep hearing that the story is the weakest element which really sucks since that is my favorite thing about FF games and what I was really looking forward to with 13.
I keep hearing that the story is the weakest element which really sucks since that is my favorite thing about FF games and what I was really looking forward to with 13.
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