Final Fantasy XIII, why?!

[LemonManX]

Battle system in XIII is definitely win, though adapting to the "ATB" method of MP is a bit strange, not bad though. The game is like "Oh, you can choose auto-battle and we'll pick attacks best suited for your situation." No thanks, game. I only have 2 ATB points, I'll choose how to use them. "Here Kyran, use Blitz." But I could just pick Blitz from Lightning's attack menu... or just do two regular attacks... I assume this feature will become more convenient later on, but even then I think I'd rather choose my own attacks.

Potions automatically targeting the whole party is making battles a million times easier, which I'm not a fan of. However, combine this with the fact you heal after every battle and potions will probably become redundant except for during boss fights.

I was surprised to not hate the voice acting so far. Snow seems like a character that will annoy me, unless he does a severe u-turn from being all "we're the heroes" and "I'm a hero."

Looks as good as it plays, I just wish some of the easier stuff in battles was done away with.

Also, I want to start leveling my up character!! Give me Crystal Points.

[Count]

, Why?! the Why?!

Getting it soon. Couple more hours. EST ftl

[LemonManX]

It was a why because I was fighting for no reason for a good few hours, but they have now given me magic and CP, so it has saved itself.

I gotta say, now that I can actually do stuff the battle system has taken another leap forward.

[Foxy]

Hoping to get this next week, I'm very skeptical about the game though so may not be guaranteed.

Is the whole layout simplistic? One thing I wasn't a fan of in FFXII was the board and I HATE the layout of the new board, how are the other menus/combat menu in game handling?

[LemonManX]

If you really don't like complications, then you can simply use Auto-Battle each time the ATB bar fills, and the game will select the best abilities for you to use.

L1 to Paradigm Shift at any time is convenient. Especially if you are getting your ass kicked, quick shift to "Diversity" and you'll have the Medic in your party healing you.

I loved the License Board, the Crystarium thing seems to me like the Sphere Grid (FF-X) and the License Board have had some weird baby. I'm still trying to get the hang on it at the moment, but I'm sure once I do then I'll love it.

[Count]

I'm liking the game a lot.

That's all you'll get from me for now. Played until 4am and had school the next day at 8. Played all day..its 7 pm need sleep cant stay up

[LemonManX]

I'm probably going to be doing the same tonight, and most of tomorrow. Hoping to hit the 15 or 16 hour mark by the end of tomorrow.

So awesome that the summons are basically Transformers. Shiva sisters, transform and roll out!!

[Cubroso]

I'm really enjoying XIII right now, surprisingly so. The Crystarium system makes me think of, for some reason, Final Fantasy II's level up system.

Also, I really hate Lightning as the protagonist. Give me Terra instead. Lastly, I don't like that they skip the opportunity to bring it up to Final Fantasy IV with a five-person party (that way they could ramp up the difficulty a bit, and the battle system would make a little more sense).

But despite these things, I'm really enjoying this game.

[LemonManX]

I don't mind Lightning. Snow is the one who annoys me, mostly because his character is one that frustrates me. Hope is another guilty party, I kinda lose interest whenever he is waffling on about crap.

[Cubroso]

Thank goodness there's Sazh, because the rest of the cast (minus Snow, whom people hate for some reason; and don't forget Vanille) is angsty and boring.

[LemonManX]

Lightning's character has picked up where I am. Thankfully Snow's character looks like he is taking a turn for the better. And ironically now Sazh is being angsty and boring.

[Kasaioni]

To the character's flip on their heads by the time the game gets deep in?

[GlueGun18]

Everyone associated with the creation of Vanille should have several teeth, toes, and/or fingers removed for their crime against humankind. The voice acting, the scripting, the animation...just not cool.

[LemonManX]

Her voice acting isn't that bad. Better than Hope and Snow.

[Foxy]

GlueGun18 Wrote:Everyone associated with the creation of Vanille should have several teeth, toes, and/or fingers removed for their crime against humankind. The voice acting, the scripting, the animation...just not cool.

I don't even have the game and I agree with this >_>

[LemonManX]

What exactly would compel you, Foxy? How much Vanille stuff have you seen?

[kollkolen]

I played the japan demo few days ago.Its hard not to think about the things they scrapped,like being able to block enemy attacks, or being able to control more than just one character at a time, or even the the fact that you were once able to jump with a button rather than little blue circles you need to jump.I will be still buying the game of course.

[LemonManX]

Which one could you jump with a button? Because I surely don't remember that game.

At any rate, yes. It freaking sucks that they stripped the battle system back. Hopefully, much like the stupidly simple FF-X battle system, this will be a one off appearance.

I had this epitome when playing it earlier today. FF-X was a dumbed down FF for the PS2 because Square were making the most of the tech. That is exactly what this is. So fingers crossed that whenever FF-XV comes along, it will feature much more in depth stuff much like FF-XII did.

[Foxy]

LemonManX Wrote:What exactly would compel you, Foxy? How much Vanille stuff have you seen?

Very little, admittedly, tried to restrain myself from watching later cut scenes since I'm ordering it tonight but in the beginning sections she's just damn annoying. Surely she can't redeem her annoyingness.

LemonManX Wrote:Which one could you jump with a button? Because I surely don't remember that game.

At any rate, yes. It freaking sucks that they stripped the battle system back. Hopefully, much like the stupidly simple FF-X battle system, this will be a one off appearance.

I had this epitome when playing it earlier today. FF-X was a dumbed down FF for the PS2 because Square were making the most of the tech. That is exactly what this is. So fingers crossed that whenever FF-XV comes along, it will feature much more in depth stuff much like FF-XII did.

FF-XII was a mixed bag, I liked the gambit system they had.

[LemonManX]

Foxy Wrote:Very little, admittedly, tried to restrain myself from watching later cut scenes since I'm ordering it tonight but in the beginning sections she's just damn annoying. Surely she can't redeem her annoyingness.

Her annoyingness isn't that bad, she is playing it up anyway. You'll see later in the game.

Foxy Wrote:FF-XII was a mixed bag, I liked the gambit system they had.

The Gambit System is the biggest thing I miss in XIII. Stupid set in concrete roles. Sure, the whole switching Paradigm thing is cool. But sometimes it gets tiresome. It adds nice strategy, but I prefer it were gone.