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Final Fantasy XIII on Steam October 9th, $16; full trilogy by Spring 2015
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You can get it from here.
http://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/GD_Mag_Archives/GDM_October_2010.pdf
From the Game Development Magazine Vault, who uploaded all their issues for free after they closed.
http://www.gdcvault.com/gdmag
The combat bored me within like 5 hours, i was sick of it. Beat the game in 30 hours though, once you get to the open section 20-25 hours in, the game is pretty much over.
Tizoc
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13-2's combat system is good although Serah's a dumb bitch and Noel is cool.
That's all I can remember from the game atm since I hadn't played it in a long time. Final areas and bosses are tough though.
There is one chapter/area where they pointlessly toss enemies at you every 5 seconds though.
No, thank you!
:O
serah is somehow breaking the fourth wall every time she speaks
"You can save us...protect us all...save Cocoon"
And who can forget such gems as:
[narrating] My memories... They're real, aren't they?
threelights
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Thanks for that link. Don't think I knew that magazine, sad for them. It'll be a good read though, I love these articles.
lol its just because the there is no strong force to oppose me
*_* I am kinda enjoying the chill mood in this thread and its getting contagious lol
Personally been wanting to replay LR lately ,and I am still waiting for that one to come out.Not gonna replay on PS3.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
You'll have a surprise for you in the real OT
CrimsonCrescendo
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i wish the villain in ff13-2 was as forgettable as the ones in ff13
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What did you like about XIII?
XIII-2 had weaker combat because everything was so easy. Monsters were tedious to level but I don't know if you'll like the system. Noel and Serah were surprising better characters than the XIII ones in terms of character development and personality but the time travel story is all over the place and the logic isn't quite there. The villain had somewhat better motivations though. The music had more variety and was really good. Locations are now larger areas that feel more like dungeons, I supposed. And there are towns. Downside would be that they used time travel to reskin areas (sometimes giving them a different weather) so locations can feel repetitive. I think the most was 3 variations of the same place. Graphic wise it was also not as polished as the first. The game tried hitting all the notes that were missing in the first, like against a checklist so you get something that seems to contain a bit of everything but feels like a good assignment from a team of good RPG making students.
LR has a different battle system and you only control Lightning. The game is pseudo action based with dodging/blocking and importance placed on the timing of attacking, blocking and dodging, while still keeping to an ATB gauge. Lots of customisation options that can feel slightly tedious. I didn't really like the ability upgrade system because it feels like a gaccha system like those freetoplay games on mobile. I really liked the battle system but the game didn't give it enough space to breath. Too few enemies, too short a main plot with lots of side quest padding. Time system almost only there to lengthen the game and confuse you in the "oh no I missed the time gap and have to wait till the next day" kind of way. They speak of it being an open world but it really is just 4 different large locations with a few dungeons here and there. The game is too small so the battle system feels wasted. Feels more half baked than XIII-2. Graphically the worse of the three games and one were you can genuinely believe if someone compares it to a PS2 game. Story is even more nonsensical.
I did find all 3 games to be fun though.
To extend my comparison of XIII-2 to a school assignment,
XIII was an assignment which was pieced together with very beautiful but empty prose right on the night before it was submitted, not because the students were lazy but because the group members all did their own thing until it was too late.
XIII-2 was on the other hand made by a group of students who kept looking and making sure they meet the requirements of what the teacher wants and manages to sort of make it without excelling at any particular aspect, too afraid to drop an idea or two to expand on the ideas that were better.
LR felt like it was made by people who decided to not do much research, didn't really paid attention in class and decided to write something that was very based on material and ideas that didn't need to be expanded upon (i.e. LIghtning and the XIII world). The students here are not particularly gifted, some probably didn't care. You end up with an assignment that felt half baked, with bad ideas, incomplete and just winging it because they had to do something.
Maybe we could all pretend it was 2009/2010 again in the PC OT
"Guys are we sure this corridor isn't ending soon?"
"Where are the townz and shops? And NPCs?"
That would be great, I never had that experience as by the time I started XIII, LR was already announced.
You'll have a surprise for you in the real OT
Can't wait.
I am sure the OT will be an awesome retrospective on the game!
Anyone know where I can find high resolution of this:
Been scouring the entire Internet for it... but it's impossible :_:
holy hell that's an amazing piece of art.
Its funny, I don't think I've ever seen this one before.Good find!
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
WOW! The fact that you have to Google Image search in order to find a high rez pic of the above says a lot how "un-popular" this image was. But I finally found it!
BOOM! (OT's gonna be gorgeous because FFXIII is gorgeous)
BOOM! (OT's gonna be gorgeous because FFXIII is gorgeous)
this is gonna be an interesting OT to say the least
there's a joke to be made here
Ganon Dragmire
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Favorite one:
thats insanely huge
Ganon Dragmire
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Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
that poster size, isn't it?
Ganon Dragmire
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you can find the other promo shots at the wiki.
(which is good since it would take a while to upload the same pics haha0
the first one I posted i have as a poster. but the resolution looks even bigger than the one i have
Ganon Dragmire
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looking at the art makes me hope SE incorporates unused concepts in the eventual Remaster. Like this :
threelights
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Who did the art for XIII again?
This looks gorgeous. Can't wait for that OT.
This looks gorgeous. Can't wait for that OT.
Ganon Dragmire
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several but Isamu Kamikokuryo was the art director of the trilogy.
Nomura is the main character designer.
threelights
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"background art director" for FFX and "art director" for FFXII
Seems about right, that dude is pretty good.
Ganon Dragmire
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Hmm the wiki is missing some promo art
here Yoshi, let me know if you want more:
here Yoshi, let me know if you want more:
I've never seen this one. Is it from the Ultimania?
Ganon Dragmire
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yep
Kamikokuryo is amazing. His character art is a little iffy, but his strength is in background and its beautiful stuff from XII-XIII-2.
I need to order it... but yes I wish something like that was in the game.
Ganon Dragmire
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I believe you gotta order the Ultimania Omega which is just art.
behold
Light was going to have silver hair like Hope before deciding on pink.
Great compilation of wallpapers.
Ganon Dragmire
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Heading to bed now! 8:30am... what am I even doing :_:
Had a great time in this thread, see you all tomorrow
oh don't forget to mention the music.
you can put something like "Even people who hate the game like music." haha
threelights
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While character design is pretty important to me, nothing beats scenery and background, I just love spending 15 minutes staring at views in RPGs in general, and I love when artbooks have more backgrounds than characters in them.
Thinking about picking up that Ultimania too.
There is something that looks pretty similar.Enlil and Enke.
But yeah it seems there were tons of awesome designs that didn't make the cut for whatever reason.
My guess is time and volume constraints.There are resources not even used in the sequels!!!
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There was supposed to be this mountain that looked really cool, with lightning and thunder all around it. And a Falcie Ramuh that was really huge.
