Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

[demstix]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

this my first RPG so i have no reference point. A lot of the gripes people are bringing up are simply things that I accept as what makes an RPG (forgive my ignorance)I think the most important thing i did was to SLOW DOWN. I was so used to just moving forward as fast as possible in games. I see that you can't play this genre like that.

I was confused about the storyline >>accessing the datalog every 10 minutes or so has set me straight. The text really helps pull together the history of the cocoon and explains the dialogue much better than the cut scenes do.

playing around in the menus also has explained a lot.

the one thing i don't like is the autobattle. i'm not sure if this is a common place feature but it feels like a cop out. i've changed my default attack to abilities. I feel like it makes the game more challenging and keeps me fully engaged in the battles. am i thinking about that the right way? is there a time and place for autobattle outside of laziness?

[masterkembo]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

the one thing i don't like is the autobattle. i'm not sure if this is a common place feature but it feels like a cop out. i've changed my default attack to abilities. I feel like it makes the game more challenging and keeps me fully engaged in the battles. am i thinking about that the right way? is there a time and place for autobattle outside of laziness?

I'm not a big fan of it either - the first thing I did when I started I think was change my default to abilities. Every once in a while, I'll auto heal or something but for the most part I do everything myself.

Where you might run into problems with this, is later in the game, if you're trying to get 5 stars on a fight. When you autobattle, the comp. automatically picks an enemies weakness depending on what Libra reveals so if it takes you an extra few seconds to scan through and figure out what the weakness is, or the best way to use your various attack commands, that might be the difference between a 4 star and 5 star fight.

I'm on chapter 9 though and haven't had any problems with not using auto battle.

[bcruise]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

Chapter 11 Spoiler:

Spoiler

Gran Pulse is NIIIICE. I was thinking "that's more like it!" when that first linear path opened up into the HUMONGOUS field. I'm not entirely sure how much all of that has to do with the main plot, but I plan on exploring it fully before following that yellow arrow again.

And the C'eith stone mark hunts sort of serve as guideposts for exploring that massive area, it seems.

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

Well, I just wasn't feeling it. I took a break and came back to it and it was just hard for me to really get into. It's not bad, but just not really what I want from a FF game and right now there are too many other good games for me to try to get into this one. Not a knock on the game necessarily, just not for me right now.

One positive that came out of it was it reminded me to download FFVIII. I forgot how much I enjoyed that game...maybe my favorite.

[MeanMrMustard]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

I haven't been following this thread, because I fear spoilers like the plague ... but I gotta say, I absolutely love the combat system in this game. I was pretty skeptical when "auto-battle" was the default fighting option, but once the difficulty ramps up, changing paradigms in and out in a frantic effort to get to Stagger is pretty awesome.

And encounters against the dime-a-dozen mobs feel a lot fresher and more engaging than in past FFs. I'm only about 16 hours in, so maybe I'll feel differently by the end, but so far the grinding really isn't all that tedious. I wish there was a bit more customization in the leveling up process, but there seems to be quite a few more choices to make as far as equipment is concerned, which is nice.

[myghty]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

All I have to say is

Spoiler

**** Odin.

Haha, I agree!

[demstix]

Sox Fan-

what exactly are you looking for from a Final Fantasy game? I get that its not like other games in the series and is missing a few elements that one would expect. but i think the game is still a lot of fun and has an engaging story.

as far as i'm concerned this game is "Uncharted" with a different combat system. although it doesn't try to be a movie the way Uncharted does.

good fun

[econoodle]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

still havent bitten on this yet.

Is Versus supposed to take a different approach than XIII has?

Also, do fights last pretty long at any point?
I like a good 5-10 minute battle.

[obie]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

I just beat the game at around 32 hours played. Very linear gameplay with great graphics. Story was pretty good, but I think the cut scenes could have involved more action in them and less chit chat. The middle bosses seemed really hard, but the last 3-4 bosses were uber easy and that got me disappointed. I did feel like I got my money worth from this game.

[Pokes]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

I just beat the game at around 32 hours played. Very linear gameplay with great graphics. Story was pretty good, but I think the cut scenes could have involved more action in them and less chit chat. The middle bosses seemed really hard, but the last 3-4 bosses were uber easy and that got me disappointed. I did feel like I got my money worth from this game.

How did you beat the game that fast?

[jfsolo]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

I just beat the game at around 32 hours played. Very linear gameplay with great graphics. Story was pretty good, but I think the cut scenes could have involved more action in them and less chit chat. The middle bosses seemed really hard, but the last 3-4 bosses were uber easy and that got me disappointed. I did feel like I got my money worth from this game.

I don't know you could have beat the game at 32 hours without skipping a large percentage of the cut scenes. Oh, well it is what it is.

[Pokes]

Re: ***** Fantasy 13 (***/XBOX ***)

Just snagged a Collector's Edition guide at Gamestop.

[BIG CAROLINA]

Re: ***** Fantasy 13 (***/XBOX ***)

I don't know you could have beat the game at 32 hours without skipping a large percentage of the cut scenes. Oh, well it is what it is.

I would not doubt if him if he said he did it.......... I just would not want to finish it that quickly.

[jnofx]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

What exactly factors into my battle rating, besides time?

Like, I just beat a group of enemies 25 seconds under the "target time", and a got a 3-star rating. What other factors are in this equation?

[Cyros]

Re: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/XBOX 360)

What exactly factors into my battle rating, besides time?

Like, I just beat a group of enemies 25 seconds under the "target time", and a got a 3-star rating. What other factors are in this equation?

Needs more zazz.

Cookie for anyone that gets the reference.