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  • LingeringRegime
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    • Jun 2007
    • 17089

    #346
    Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

    Originally posted by DakkoN
    I can easily mute the TV to get over the annoyance
    Exactly.

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    • goh
      Banned
      • Aug 2003
      • 20755

      #347
      Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

      I like Vanille. She's cute.
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      I don't like Hope. Hopefully he gets tossed off an airship or something.

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      • CaptainZombie
        Brains
        • Jul 2003
        • 37851

        #348
        Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

        Originally posted by Defel
        Structurally speaking, I would say FF13 is more similar to FF4 and FF6 than FF10 which is the best thing about this game. The way you are forced to use certain parties through most of the game because the story actually integrates them into the main story is great. For the most part, post-SNES FF games have been about a guy and girl with everyone else along for the long, awkward, cheesy-dialog-ridden ride. Story-wise, FF13 is a huge step forward back to where it used to be in FF4, but it still needs about three times as many characters with half of them dying in dramatic ways.

        I would say there are two things that are definitely not good about this game. One is the autobattle command. I think it's a good thing that it's there. However, it should be like other JRPG autobattle modes where it is something you can just toggle on and off. Better yet, the autobattle command could exist in the game exactly how it is, but there could be an added "Strategy Mode." When you toggle it on, the ATB speed slows down and you have to input your commands manually. Also, the battle time would need to be adjusted dynamically or else 5-star ratings would be impossible.

        Also, the component/item upgrade system is awful. It's supposed to feel good when you get a rare drop. In this game, weapon xp basically equals gil since it can be bought in infinite quantities. The difference between a common drop and a rare drop is just a magnitude of weapon xp. This means for every enemy, the common drop is a little bit of gil while the rare drop is more gil.

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        FF12 had this aspect of the game nailed down. It wouldn't work in the same way since that was open world and you could always go back for rare drops, but they could have thought of something better.

        Overall, I would say this is a very good FF game. IMHO, it's not as good as FF4 which had the strongest narrative or FF12 which had the best gameplay.
        Some very good point there. I never did play Final Fantasy XII, I've heard too many bad things about it.

        I do not mind the jumping around with the characters which is fine. But I hate not being able to control all of them during these battles. That is one thing I miss and hope it does come back down the road no matter how much this battle system has evolved.

        I still can't get over the baby Chocobo in Sazh's hair. LOL!
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        • BIG CAROLINA
          MVP
          • Aug 2007
          • 1762

          #349
          Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

          Originally posted by Biohazard
          Some very good point there. I never did play Final Fantasy XII, I've heard too many bad things about it.

          I do not mind the jumping around with the characters which is fine. But I hate not being able to control all of them during these battles. That is one thing I miss and hope it does come back down the road no matter how much this battle system has evolved.

          I still can't get over the baby Chocobo in Sazh's hair. LOL!
          I don't mind not having to micro manage my characters. I just make sure I set up custom paradigms and let them do their thing.

          I am not a micro manager by nature, I would rather hire good people and let them do what I hired them to do. The action is so fast in this game the I would be overwhelmed. But I do understand though
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          • Pokes
            Bearer of the curse
            • Jul 2002
            • 4538

            #350
            Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

            Originally posted by BIG CAROLINA
            I don't mind not having to micro manage my characters. I just make sure I set up custom paradigms and let them do their thing.

            I am not a micro manager by nature, I would rather hire good people and let them do what I hired them to do. The action is so fast in this game the I would be overwhelmed. But I do understand though
            If you could control all the characters how many people would just press "auto-battle"?
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            • Pappy Knuckles
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              • Sep 2004
              • 15966

              #351
              Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

              Hope is one of the worst characters ever. I think I might dislike him more than Alistair in Dragon Age.

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              Last edited by Pappy Knuckles; 03-14-2010, 05:54 AM.

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              • masterkembo
                Rookie
                • Aug 2008
                • 499

                #352
                Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                Originally posted by goh
                You can't buy that much with it. Far as I've seen the shops have only had stuff I already got out of treasures that were already obsolete. There's always potions I suppose.
                You need all the Gil you can get/keep to buy stuff for upgrading your weapons to the ultimate weapons later in the game.

                There really isn't much to buy early on in the game but from what I've read, some really important (and expensive) components become available later.

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                • bcruise
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 23274

                  #353
                  Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

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                  • peteykirch
                    Banned
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 3944

                    #354
                    Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                    Originally posted by bcruise
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                    • Pappy Knuckles
                      LORDTHUNDERBIRD
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 15966

                      #355
                      Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                      **** Barthandelus.

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                      • trobinson97
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                        • Oct 2004
                        • 16366

                        #356
                        Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                        Originally posted by Pappy Knuckles
                        Hope is one of the worst characters ever. I think I might dislike him more than Alistair in Dragon Age.

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                        Man what did't you like about Alistair? I thought he was an okay dude.
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                        • Pappy Knuckles
                          LORDTHUNDERBIRD
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 15966

                          #357
                          Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                          Originally posted by trobinson97
                          Man what did't you like about Alistair? I thought he was an okay dude.
                          I thought he was a cornball. His humor was lame and he rarely had anything interesting to say. I didn't let him rock with my party too often.

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                          • SoxFan01605
                            All Star
                            • Jan 2008
                            • 7982

                            #358
                            Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                            Originally posted by trobinson97
                            Man what did't you like about Alistair? I thought he was an okay dude.
                            I think people just get sick of him because he is Bioware's prototype "okay dude" with just a bit more sarcasm tossed in. Carth/Kaiden/Alistair and his/their cheesy companionship has kind of run his/their course for a lot of people by now.

                            He didn't bug me, though...I was more amused (albeit for reasons unintended) by his presence.

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                            • Candyman5
                              Come get some!
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 14380

                              #359
                              Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                              Originally posted by SoxFan01605
                              I think people just get sick of him because he is Bioware's prototype "okay dude" with just a bit more sarcasm tossed in. Carth/Kaiden/Alistair and his/their cheesy companionship has kind of run his/their course for a lot of people by now.

                              He didn't bug me, though...I was more amused (albeit for reasons unintended) by his presence.
                              I was amused with him and Morigan arguing, lol. Some funny moments there.
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                              • ChubbyBanana
                                Don't Trust Influencers
                                • Oct 2003
                                • 7071

                                #360
                                Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

                                Originally posted by Pappy Knuckles
                                I thought he was a cornball. His humor was lame and he rarely had anything interesting to say. I didn't let him rock with my party too often.
                                Yeah. I never used him at all. He was lame-matic.
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