Final Fantasy XIII

[darfox8]

She looked like she was 17. But she did have Major Motoko Kusanagi's english voice actress. Which is cool.

[kenzo]

the combat is much faster paced than any previous FF.

I'm gonna go ahead and forgive you because you're only at the tender age of 15, and weren't even alive for games like FFII and III (4 and 6 respectively).

While I thank you for taking my age into consideration I have played both those games and I find XIII to be faster paced

Did you play the original games on the SNES? Or did you play the PSX/GBA ports, or the DS remakes, all of which have increased load times (and in the case of the DS game, more animations) which in turn make the battles feel slower paced. In the original games, battles should only take like, 5 seconds for most encounters.

[achickenchaser]

Battles are longer in this game, especially when you have to beat enemies by maxing out their chain gauge. The pace does feel faster, though.

I've put a little more than 10 hours in, I think. I just beat that mecha-plant thing. What a bitch.

[Oherro]

I dunno about anyone else, but the the 12/13 year old character model of Sara (with black thigh highs) and her romantic storyline with the 20 something Snow is just creeping me out. Visually it looks so wrong. I think the purge was initiated not because of contact with some evil super being but to eliminate the pedophiles. eeewwwwww

I'm about 5 hours into the 2nd disk and so far my reaction is probably about the same as my reaction to Avatar which is; its irritating fun that looks great and I'm not glancing down at my watch to see how long I've been sitting here (yet).

[Konanda]

I'm gonna go ahead and forgive you because you're only at the tender age of 15, and weren't even alive for games like FFII and III (4 and 6 respectively).

While I thank you for taking my age into consideration I have played both those games and I find XIII to be faster paced

Did you play the original games on the SNES? Or did you play the PSX/GBA ports, or the DS remakes, all of which have increased load times (and in the case of the DS game, more animations) which in turn make the battles feel slower paced. In the original games, battles should only take like, 5 seconds for most encounters.

Pace =/= overall time kenzo.

[Konanda]

I dunno about anyone else, but the the 12/13 year old character model of Sara (with black thigh highs) and her romantic storyline with the 20 something Snow is just creeping me out. Visually it looks so wrong. I think the purge was initiated not because of contact with some evil super being but to eliminate the pedophiles. eeewwwwww

I'm about 5 hours into the 2nd disk and so far my reaction is probably about the same as my reaction to Avatar which is; its irritating fun that looks great and I'm not glancing down at my watch to see how long I've been sitting here (yet).

Serah. Also that's anime for you.

[kenzo]

Pace =/= overall time kenzo.

Pace of combat = overall time of combat; if fights only last a few seconds, the pace of your battle was lightning fast. Now, dungeon exploring probably feels faster, since there aren't random encounters and most dungeons are a straight line until the end... but that's not what AP-Zac said (it might be what he meant, but not what he said).

[Konanda]

Pace =/= overall time kenzo.

Pace of combat = overall time of combat; if fights only last a few seconds, the pace of your battle was lightning fast. Now, dungeon exploring probably feels faster, since there aren't random encounters and most dungeons are a straight line until the end... but that's not what AP-Zac said (it might be what he meant, but not what he said).

Fair enough and I guess looking back on it when I played the FF4 and FF6 ports on GBA normal random encounters did go by pretty fast.

[RedPanda77]

This is the First FF game I have played since FFIIon SNES; I heard that they streamlined it to the point that most JRPG fans would be turned off, so I picked it up.

I really like it.

[ATC 1982]

Who is going after all Trophies / Achievements for this game? I know I am not ...

[LiQuid]

<--- not

[Konanda]

Who is going after all Trophies / Achievements for this game? I know I am not ...

I read that some of the PS3 trophies unlock new themes and getting the platinum (so getting every trophy) unlocks a Serah one so I might do it to get all the themes.

Although once I get Snow's or Fang's I might just be like alright that's cool.

[deerpoob]

got the game, to be honest its probebly the worst final fantasy ever, but comparativly its still quite a good game....I dont like the direction there going, its very strange.

also on a side note I dont know how old serah is but snow is suppose to be 6'5" so that might explain the pedophile-ness XD

[ATC 1982]

I keep playing this game and during every play session so far I think of Alpha protocol. For some odd reason this game just ain't hooking me like White Knight Chronicles did which irks me

[Oherro]

So I got to disk 3, about 28 hours in total, and called it quits. bleh. This is the only Final Fantasy game I have not completed since I got hooked on the franchise back with number 4 (the US 2). At least I got $45 for the trade in. lesigh.

[kenzo]

to be honest its probebly the worst final fantasy ever

Worse than Final Fantasy II? Worse than Final Fantasy IV: The After Years? Worse than Final Fantasy Mystic Quest? Worse than Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebrus? Worse than Final Fantasy Legend?

[Konanda]

to be honest its probebly the worst final fantasy ever

Worse than Final Fantasy II? Worse than Final Fantasy IV: The After Years? Worse than Final Fantasy Mystic Quest? Worse than Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebrus? Worse than Final Fantasy Legend?

I'm with kenzo you have to be pretty terrible to be worse than FFII.

[Skrattybones]

Who is going after all Trophies / Achievements for this game? I know I am not ...

I read that some of the PS3 trophies unlock new themes and getting the platinum (so getting every trophy) unlocks a Serah one so I might do it to get all the themes.

Although once I get Snow's or Fang's I might just be like alright that's cool.

I'm going after three specific ones on the 360. Microsoft is having a contest in Canada where if you get these three achievements between sometime last week and like.. April 4th you are entered to win a figure of.. Lightning, Snow, and Vanille (one entry for a specific figure for a specific achievement) and if you get all three you're also entered to win a Shivacycle figure.

[LiQuid]

to be honest its probebly the worst final fantasy ever

Worse than Final Fantasy II? Worse than Final Fantasy IV: The After Years? Worse than Final Fantasy Mystic Quest? Worse than Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebrus? Worse than Final Fantasy Legend?

Mystic Quest? Legend? Not only are neither of those actual Final Fantasy games, but they're both insanely fuckawesome.

[Konanda]

I read that some of the PS3 trophies unlock new themes and getting the platinum (so getting every trophy) unlocks a Serah one so I might do it to get all the themes.

Although once I get Snow's or Fang's I might just be like alright that's cool.

I'm going after three specific ones on the 360. Microsoft is having a contest in Canada where if you get these three achievements between sometime last week and like.. April 4th you are entered to win a figure of.. Lightning, Snow, and Vanille (one entry for a specific figure for a specific achievement) and if you get all three you're also entered to win a Shivacycle figure.

I saw that and if I actually had time to play it I would probably go and buy another copy on 360 so I could have a chance to win one of the figures. Although they are also probably available on the Square Enix website and I'm tempted to see how much the Snow figure is.