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Goddamn the text is so small, I want to hook the 360 to my HDTV, but my brother insists that it is in his room hooked to a SDTV.

Why didn't they include the ability to change the text size like Vesperia?
 
Hcoregamer00 said:
Goddamn the text is so small, I want to hook the 360 to my HDTV, but my brother insists that it is in his room hooked to a SDTV.

Why didn't they include the ability to change the text size like Vesperia?



Thats one of my big beefs with the game. I'm playing on a 32 inch lcd HDTV and the text is still a bit too small for my liking.
 
Text drives me crazy. I can read it fine, but it bothers my eyes after too much of it. Someone needs to sit down next-gen developers and explain to them that while you CAN make text microscopic, it doesn't mean you should. Larger, sharp lettering would be a million times better :(
 
Yeah, I have to wear my reading glasses to read the text, and I'm playing on a 50 inch television. And I never have to wear my glasses for any other games. :(
 
There's something very awesome about using Rising Blade, then chaining Aura Spark to hit them right before they reach the ground. :)

Nose Master said:
Text drives me crazy. I can read it fine, but it bothers my eyes after too much of it. Someone needs to sit down next-gen developers and explain to them that while you CAN make text microscopic, it doesn't mean you should. Larger, sharp lettering would be a million times better :(

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I just started. God, the armor and clothes are good but the faces, OH MY GOD THE FACES. THEY'RE EVEN WORSE THAN I REMEMBERED!

Also, geez Welch. You're even making Edge go "WTF?"
 
I am kind of stuck at the start of the third planet. I cant figure out how to get more charges for the lightning ring and I used the 2 it came with already. Please dont tell me I have to run all the way back to my ship and fly to the second planet to recharge it.
 
Justin said:
I am kind of stuck at the start of the third planet. I cant figure out how to get more charges for the lightning ring and I used the 2 it came with already. Please dont tell me I have to run all the way back to my ship and fly to the second planet to recharge it.

when you destroy one of the consoles on the same floor as the floor where you get the card key off mister lizard man, you can recharge it there.

don't think you can fly back at this point :P
 
Justin said:
I am kind of stuck at the start of the third planet. I cant figure out how to get more charges for the lightning ring and I used the 2 it came with already. Please dont tell me I have to run all the way back to my ship and fly to the second planet to recharge it.

You can't leave.. the tractorbeam has your ship. Find one of the control panels that you destroyed and examine it.. it will recharge your ring.
 
Is the bonus board temporary? I'm playing again right now after taking a couple hrs break and my bonus board is empty(it was full before)!

1 out of every 5 saves i get a corruption msg. Is anybody else experiencing this?

also, how do you only get the blue bonus boards crystals?
 
Coverly said:
Is the bonus board temporary? I'm playing again right now after taking a couple hrs break and my bonus board is empty(it was full before)!

1 out of every 5 saves i get a corruption msg. Is anybody else experiencing this?

also, how do you only get the blue bonus boards crystals?


The bonus board will reset when you turn your system off. To get the blue crystals for the board you need to finish off enemies with a critical hit, easy to do if you can blindside well. Dont know what to tell you about the corruption problem, no problems like that for me thus far.
 
Xevren said:
The bonus board will reset when you turn your system off. To get the blue crystals for the board you need to finish off enemies with a critical hit, easy to do if you can blindside well. Dont know what to tell you about the corruption problem, no problems like that for me thus far.

thanks. i had blue crystals before but no idea how i got them.
 
Oh God :lol @ Meracle/Edge/
Arumat
PA.

Battle Trophy Spoilers
I'm kind of wondering. Since you get a 9th character and his trophies count towards the achievements. Wouldn't that leave me with at least 100 free trophies to ignore and still get the "100% Battle Trophies" achievement? Sure level 9999 is nice and all that but if I don't plan on using the character then no big deal right?

Looks like I need to hop on the synth-train. I still have Edge's first sword, could probably put together something quite nasty with all of the items I've accumulated(shame I couldn't synth some of the food I've collected to it. +30% ATK? Yeah sure)

Also I'm about to flip the fuck out on my allies. Last boss fight they just swarm this big thing that spams nasty area affects instead of letting me blindside it. Even Myuria's dumb ass was trying to melee it when she should have been spamming fairy heal all day everyday(Actually not even that. she just does regular heal which does me no good).

Now I could have just reloaded my last save and changed around my tactics but for some reason the save point was placed on the far end of the room. I just sort of stumbled into the guy without saving. =/
 
Has anyone beaten the game the second time and selected to keep Faize in their party rather than take Arumat? What does it affect in the ending?
 
hmm.. now i'm failing 4 out of 5 attempts to save now, oh well.

Just noticed in the manual that Lymle is listed as being 15 yrs old lol.
 
Coverly said:
hmm.. now i'm failing 4 out of 5 attempts to save now, oh well.

Just noticed in the manual that Lymle is listed as being 15 yrs old lol.

Yea, they sort of explain it. You have to read the dictionary stuff.
 
Well, I played for about 4 hours, I just got done with the first dungeon, not sure about the dungeon being to long complaint. I spent 4 hours leveling,although a little short it is the first dungeon, but this BS its just amazing. The bonus board, special arts, combos everything is fucking awesome! I love getting pink BB's and not worrying about mp or healing really, I'm way over leveled at this point,(23) but o'well. I love to 100% the bestiary! The VA is not that good, well THAT LITTLE annoying girl 0__0 jesus m kaaaaay. Sooo annoying, can't wait to replace her! So far it's waaay better than SO3.
 
the cutscenes really suck. all the long pauses in dialog are annoying

and whoever fucking came up with lymle deserves a swift kick to the crotch

Coverly said:
hmm.. now i'm failing 4 out of 5 attempts to save now, oh well.

even when saving to a different slot? if you have an MU i'd try saving to it and see if it still fails
 
WickedLaharl said:
even when saving to a different slot? if you have an MU i'd try saving to it and see if it still fails

yes, even different slots fail. 120gb, game installed to the hd just for reference. Otherwise the game runs fine. I'm ok as long as i'm able to save period, just wondered if anybody else experienced the problem.

Where is the lady to charge the fire ring? can't seem to find her.

Does pickpocketing have negative consequences or go nuts on it?
 
I don't really mind the amount of save points (I thought it was pretty okay, guess I play for too long stretches of time), but Cardianon is quite long. :o

The second song played here is great though.

Coverly said:
Where is the lady to charge the fire ring? can't seem to find her.

Does pickpocketing have negative consequences or go nuts on it?

She should be next to the hill in the middle of the village. Think she's reading a book or something.

I think pickpocketing can possibly hurt your relationship with party members.
 
TSA said:
Has anyone beaten the game the second time and selected to keep Faize in their party rather than take Arumat? What does it affect in the ending?
Doesn't affect the ending. It's mainly for battle trophy collectors.
 
Coverly said:
Does pickpocketing have negative consequences or go nuts on it?

According to the guide there's a 20-30% chance that your party members will notice it and their points will drop. The game won't tell you either. So if you do happen to go through the whole game stealing like crazy you won't get any endings with your characters so you have to be extra careful and only do it sparingly.
 
haha, Merry the cat girl, can translate for all the regular cats on the other planets...

I just had Sir Francis, the Curious Cat, call the Store Lady and her little girlie "my peeps forever" :lol

Ok, it's 2 AM humour.

Fuck, everyone's gonna hate my ass, I've been a pickpocket fiend. They're gonna hate Edge more for pickpocketing, than Global Armageddon.
 
baka kitsune said:
According to the guide there's a 20-30% chance that your party members will notice it and their points will drop. The game won't tell you either. So if you do happen to go through the whole game stealing like crazy you won't get any endings with your characters so you have to be extra careful and only do it sparingly.

Awww, fuck me. I guess I'm only stealing from captains from now on. I guess I could just read the special character endings... hmm.
 
So GAF, I'm in PAL land and it looks like I won't be able to play this one for at least another month - how is it?

If I liked First Departure, SO2: The Second Story and Infinite Undiscovery, will SO4 deliver?

Does it look to have a lot of content?
 
Nemesis556 said:
If I liked First Departure, SO2: The Second Story and Infinite Undiscovery, will SO4 deliver?
Does it look to have a lot of content?

If you liked those 2 games then SO4 will definitely deliver, especially in gameplay. Don't know about content since i'm still very early in the game.
 
Just got done with the first dungeon. Gotta say that I'm disappointed by the graphics. The dips in framerate outside of battles can get abit jarring after awhile.

Voice acting was not as bad as I was expecting it to be though- and there's definitely some decent humor in the dialogue
 
help with the third "planet" please? i'm gonna spoiler tag it just in case
i can't get past the sensor door! i've been all around this place and can't figure out what to do

please help :(
 
WickedLaharl said:
help with the third "planet" please? i'm gonna spoiler tag it just in case
i can't get past the sensor door! i've been all around this place and can't figure out what to do

please help :(
The one that closes if you try and get near? If so, there should be a console next to it that you have to destroy with your lightning ring.
 
WickedLaharl said:
i don't have that. where do you get it?
uh, it's in one of the chests in that general area I believe. I'm not sure if it was in a frozen chest or a regular one, but it's there. Sorry, can't remember exactly which room it was. Also remember to charge it up at the the same console(near the sensor door) after you've destroyed it.
 
So I have removed the level cap through the battle thropies, but it is only listed for Edge so does that mean he is the only one it applies too ?
 
How to get Reimi's Rush Gauge full with a single combo

- equip a stalion whatever (+2 Rush increase rate)
- equip a fully maxed Critical Hit skill
- equip or synthesize 'Increased Critical Hit rate'
- fully max Focus and use it before starting the combo chain

Skill set up

LT:
Hunters Moon
Sonic Thorn
Crescent Wings
RT:
Crimson Squall

Order: LT->LT->LT->RT

Set her BEAT as BEAT B.

... Yeah she is pretty good.
 
I just started this morning and I want to confirm whether or not they ever use music during cutscenes. It seems so awkward that I'm almost wondering if there is a problem with the game (I'm playing using the install feature). Do they really avoid using music during all of the story sequences? If so, that's incredibly lame. The awkward dialog would seem much less so if they used music...
 
Coverly said:
1 out of every 5 saves i get a corruption msg. Is anybody else experiencing this?

I have been having the exact same problem. I just re-save and it usually works but it's kind of annoying and making me paranoid that I'll lose my save (and yes, I'm keeping multiple saves).
 
Gonna set up for another 4 hour SO session in a few hours. Gonna beat that dungeon and get to the next planet. w0000t :D
 
dark10x said:
I just started this morning and I want to confirm whether or not they ever use music during cutscenes. It seems so awkward that I'm almost wondering if there is a problem with the game (I'm playing using the install feature). Do they really avoid using music during all of the story sequences? If so, that's incredibly lame. The awkward dialog would seem much less so if they used music...
If I remember right, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria did the silent cutscenes a lot too. It doesn't bother me terribly, in most cases, especially because, at least so far, the emotional tracks of the game I haven't found to be anything of note.
 
BlueTsunami said:
Playing this on a 65" HDTV and omg its sooo goooood


Yep...I'm playing on a 50" HDTV and like I mentionned quickly in another post,the whole scene on the beach where you meeet Faize for the first time,with the views of the sky and all was gorgeous...the first dungeon was nice also...the one on the second planet was too dark though but everything else is beautiful.
 
I like how Ancient Chimeras fall so easily to Ice Needles(especially if they freeze them, then it's a one hit kill)

Seriously though I need some more manly spells. I've got fast-cast and a near-infinite pool of MP and I want some armaggedon shit in here.
 
I actually noticed the framedrops tonight while playing with the game installed; I'd never noticed it before. Didn't want to switch to disc though because I'd already built up my bonus board. :p I'll try playing off disc tomorrow to see if the slowdown disappears.
 
PepsimanVsJoe said:
I like how Ancient Chimeras fall so easily to Ice Needles(especially if they freeze them, then it's a one hit kill)

Seriously though I need some more manly spells. I've got fast-cast and a near-infinite pool of MP and I want some armaggedon shit in here.

Wait till you get, Plasma Cyclone, Arctic impact and Explosion. :D

Im guessing Arumat has somthing like Meteroite I haven't level him up though.
 
Just got to Roak, wowowowow the graphics are amazing, even more so on this planet. The beach has a wee-bit too much bloom, but outside of that, holy shit. The zones in Roak are absolutely massive, too. This game seriously gets better and better as you move along.
 
Is it worth switching characters at all while in battle? I'm 12 hours in and just got to the third planet. This entire time though I have never switched off from Edge except a few times by accident and it just seemed pointless using the other characters.
 
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