I really like the monster companions thing. I had an adorable Cait Sith in my party named "Puss" when I played the demo. He was an excellent healer.
I almost pulled the trigger twice already today on just buying a copy of the game...
You can have an army of monsters with horrible pun-like names, hats and bow ties. Sold yet?
Fixed.
Am I a bad person for wishing I could have six active monsters so that I could use nothing but monsters in combat?
I'm a little disappointed if there is an "optimal" path for leveling. I'm still probably going to do whatever the hell I want but its kind of annoying knowing ultimately I'll have a sub-optimal final charecter. I wouldn't mind so much if I atleast know I COULD fix my mistakes at the end of the game like FFX. Oh well, still enjoying the hell out of the game.
Fixed. Because bow ties are cool.
Can't wait to equip Lightning with a bow tie.
As for levelling, I'm just following the method Magic Pink posted. Seems pretty good so far.
Ugh, I forgot how boring the start of XIII is. I'm 3 hours into the game and have no access to leveling or any new abilities.
Also, minor annoyance. Every time I pick up one more of an item, it updates my inventory with an exclamation mark saying "hey! new stuff!" Except it isn't new stuff. I now have 34 potions instead of 33. Anyone know how to turn that off?
And no Spawnbroker, I don't think there is a way to turn that off in XIII. On the bright side, that doesn't happen in XIII-2 (the exclamation marks are still there, just not for crap you've already got).
Edit: Getting 100 consecutive pre-emptive attacks is going to be really annoying. I get them most of the time but on occasion, a monster will spawn right in front of me and I've got no chance of avoiding them. I hope I don't have to grind it, that would be boring.
Ugh, I forgot how boring the start of XIII is. I'm 3 hours into the game and have no access to leveling or any new abilities.
FFXIII-2:
5 mins in, control a character with a few abilities to choose from.
30-40 mins in, control 2 characters. Paradigm system unlocked.
60-80 mins in, LV-Up system unlocked.
3 hours in, 3rd character slot & monster raising unlocked. Access to all paradigms one way or another (either via human or monsters).
Ugh, I forgot how boring the start of XIII is. I'm 3 hours into the game and have no access to leveling or any new abilities.
FFXIII-2:
5 mins in, control a character with a few abilities to choose from.
30-40 mins in, control 2 characters. Paradigm system unlocked.
60-80 mins in, LV-Up system unlocked.
3 hours in, 3rd character slot & monster raising unlocked. Access to all paradigms one way or another (either via human or monsters).
So much better than FFXIII.
This turned XIII-2 from "eh, maybe I'll get it" to "probably gonna go pick it up immediately"
Fun childhood FF story: When I was probably 10 or 11, my parents never really bought me any games but they let me rent them quite a bit. I played through the entirety of FFIV and FFVI on the SNES through numerous rentals. Not consecutive rentals, meaning I returned it to our local video store for some period of time between rentals.
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
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Fun childhood FF story: When I was probably 10 or 11, my parents never really bought me any games but they let me rent them quite a bit. I played through the entirety of FFIV and FFVI on the SNES through numerous rentals. Not consecutive rentals, meaning I returned it to our local video store for some period of time between rentals.
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
I feel ya. My buddy and I played FFVI on and off for a whole summer. Each time we returned it we never knew if we would see our save again. Yet, by some miracle, it was always there whenever we picked it up again. Like it was meant to be. :P
Oddly enough, even though FFVI is one of my most favorite Final Fantasy games, I've never actually owned it. I did have the Anthologies version, but, eeeh.
If I was in to ebay at all I would totally get myself a SNES and a bunch of games from my childhood.
A Capellan's favorite sheath for any blade is your back.
Fun childhood FF story: When I was probably 10 or 11, my parents never really bought me any games but they let me rent them quite a bit. I played through the entirety of FFIV and FFVI on the SNES through numerous rentals. Not consecutive rentals, meaning I returned it to our local video store for some period of time between rentals.
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
I feel ya. My buddy and I played FFVI on and off for a whole summer. Each time we returned it we never knew if we would see our save again. Yet, by some miracle, it was always there whenever we picked it up again. Like it was meant to be. :P
Oddly enough, even though FFVI is one of my most favorite Final Fantasy games, I've never actually owned it. I did have the Anthologies version, but, eeeh.
If I was in to ebay at all I would totally get myself a SNES and a bunch of games from my childhood.
Flea markets are much better for buying old video games.
Fun childhood FF story: When I was probably 10 or 11, my parents never really bought me any games but they let me rent them quite a bit. I played through the entirety of FFIV and FFVI on the SNES through numerous rentals. Not consecutive rentals, meaning I returned it to our local video store for some period of time between rentals.
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
I feel ya. My buddy and I played FFVI on and off for a whole summer. Each time we returned it we never knew if we would see our save again. Yet, by some miracle, it was always there whenever we picked it up again. Like it was meant to be. :P
Oddly enough, even though FFVI is one of my most favorite Final Fantasy games, I've never actually owned it. I did have the Anthologies version, but, eeeh.
If I was in to ebay at all I would totally get myself a SNES and a bunch of games from my childhood.
I always had a sort of honor code back then when renting RPG's: Never delete the highest leveled save game.
I have no idea if everybody sorta followed this code, or if it was just me being weird like that. :P
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
I also rented my way through the SNES generation and my save of FF III was deleted numerous times.
The real ballin thing is that their copy was one that was affected (infected?) with the Relm Sketch glitch. One time for no reason at all my Cyan and Sabin learned Fire 2...on the Phantom Train.
Hilarity, of course, insued.
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AxenMy avatar is Excalibur.Yes, the sword.Registered Userregular
Fun childhood FF story: When I was probably 10 or 11, my parents never really bought me any games but they let me rent them quite a bit. I played through the entirety of FFIV and FFVI on the SNES through numerous rentals. Not consecutive rentals, meaning I returned it to our local video store for some period of time between rentals.
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
I feel ya. My buddy and I played FFVI on and off for a whole summer. Each time we returned it we never knew if we would see our save again. Yet, by some miracle, it was always there whenever we picked it up again. Like it was meant to be. :P
Oddly enough, even though FFVI is one of my most favorite Final Fantasy games, I've never actually owned it. I did have the Anthologies version, but, eeeh.
If I was in to ebay at all I would totally get myself a SNES and a bunch of games from my childhood.
I always had a sort of honor code back then when renting RPG's: Never delete the highest leveled save game.
I have no idea if everybody sorta followed this code, or if it was just me being weird like that. :P
I did the same thing!
Anytime I rented a game with save slots and I had to delete one to play, it would always be the lowest level/least time save.
I may have to check out some. I know I can conceivable buy all the SNES games from my childhood on the various handhelds and console stores, but I want the old console and the old carts. Just something special about it.
Axen on
A Capellan's favorite sheath for any blade is your back.
Do I need to beat XIII before checking out 2? Because XIII has a lot of good ideas buried beneath shit in it.
No. I gave up on FF13 before the final 2 chapters and I'm greatly enjoying FF13-2. There's a chapter by chapter synopsis of FF13 from the title screen of FFXIII-2.
RD: Do you work for Zeboyd Games? I'm playing Cthulhu Saves The World and having a blast. I might LP it for SomethingAwful.
Yeah, I'm one half of Zeboyd Games. I do the design, programming, and story. Slash000 does the graphics, animations, and level designs.
Well awesome! CSTW is a huge improvement over BoD VII, which I found charming but pretty rote. The insanity mechanic is pretty awesome; it's handy as hell!
It was the first game I bought with money I earned from working a job after school. Bought it at EB Toys for $79 which was an insane price for a SNES game.
I've long since traded it off, but I found the instruction manual stashed in a shoebox recently.
There used to be such cool manuals included with games.
Also have the manuals/map that cam with Dragon Warrior, SimCity SNES manual, FF2 manual and map poster, Super Mario World manual, and a couple Chrono Trigger map/posters. Wonder if any of that's worth anything.
I was playing FFIV on the SNES and was fighting the final boss for the first time. It was a war of attrition and I was slowly losing, but still dealing putting in a decent amount of damage. Eventually all my party members had fallen except for Rydia. I knew I wouldn't be able to revive my teammates so I decided to go "all in" and just did her most powerful spell/summon (can't remember what it was) every turn. We traded shots, and this was it....Rydia would be dead on the enemy's next turn.
But she gets one more shot off and it kills him. I was so excited I think I peed a little.
Alright, I'm working my way through this thread and you guys are discussing a lot of music on page around page 30. I just have to leave this here. Hopefully nobody already posted this in the other 50+ pages.
Powerglove - Red Wings Over Baron (Final Fantasy IV Medley)
Mx. QuillI now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually...{They/Them}Registered Userregular
edited February 2012
OK, I now have a goblin named Gobstopper, a Cactaur named Thornston, and a Chocobo named Boco (of course).
13-2 is redeemed.
Also, am I the only one that's still using the little robot thing you get in the Monster tutorial? I haven't been able to find a better Ravager (or even any other robot monsters, at that).
Mx. QuillI now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually...{They/Them}Registered Userregular
Heh, as soon as I post that I get a different goblin that is a Ravager. Has double the health of the robot., You have served me well, robot, but now you're his lunch.
I do like the skill inheritance mechanic, very Persona-y.
Pre-ordered Final Fantasy XIII from GAME months ago because they had a really decent pre-order bonus pack and were the only place doing the Crystal Edition at the time. Today, shipping day, all this stuff comes out about them having financial difficulties and struggling to get stock. People got order confirmations today but there's a load of people panicking on Twitter because no-one seems to have actually had their game dispatched. Hope everything turns out okay...
There's a Waiting for Godot reference in XIII-2 that I totally missed. I love this game.
XIII-2 is linear, but it gives you options of which places to go to first. Instead of being railroaded, you're given choice. The areas are also generally much larger than XIII, but it's not Lost Odyssey level. There's no overworld.
So, the area are larger. So, the area's aren't as linear, just the progression more or less is? Because I'm okay with that. I just like the "maze-like" exploration of dungeons, finding treasure and whatnot. More puzzles, too.
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My little flan named Flannister easily makes the game worthwhile, if just because I imagine him exclaiming something about always keeping his debts.
I only rented 13-2, but it is definitely better than the first.
This is fantastic.
LoL: failboattootoot
You sound like you're having... FUN!
I think I'm in the wrong thread. This is the hate Final Fantasy thread, right?
Valve has proven that any game with hats is virtually un-hat-eable. ho oh! So we love this game simply for its' hats
PSN: Beltaine-77 | Steam: beltane77 | Battle.net BadHaggis#1433
It helps that the little guy also has like 1400 HP at level 20. He basically tanks Behemoths, and he isn't even a Sentinel.
Fixed. Because bow ties are cool.
Can't wait to equip Lightning with a bow tie.
As for levelling, I'm just following the method Magic Pink posted. Seems pretty good so far.
Also, minor annoyance. Every time I pick up one more of an item, it updates my inventory with an exclamation mark saying "hey! new stuff!" Except it isn't new stuff. I now have 34 potions instead of 33. Anyone know how to turn that off?
And no Spawnbroker, I don't think there is a way to turn that off in XIII. On the bright side, that doesn't happen in XIII-2 (the exclamation marks are still there, just not for crap you've already got).
Edit: Getting 100 consecutive pre-emptive attacks is going to be really annoying. I get them most of the time but on occasion, a monster will spawn right in front of me and I've got no chance of avoiding them. I hope I don't have to grind it, that would be boring.
FFXIII-2:
5 mins in, control a character with a few abilities to choose from.
30-40 mins in, control 2 characters. Paradigm system unlocked.
60-80 mins in, LV-Up system unlocked.
3 hours in, 3rd character slot & monster raising unlocked. Access to all paradigms one way or another (either via human or monsters).
So much better than FFXIII.
Zeboyd Games Development Blog
Steam ID : rwb36, Twitter : Werezompire, Facebook : Zeboyd Games
This turned XIII-2 from "eh, maybe I'll get it" to "probably gonna go pick it up immediately"
LoL: failboattootoot
I was always so afraid that someone else would rent the game and wipe my save files, but they were always there. This basically established my belief in a higher power.
I feel ya. My buddy and I played FFVI on and off for a whole summer. Each time we returned it we never knew if we would see our save again. Yet, by some miracle, it was always there whenever we picked it up again. Like it was meant to be. :P
Oddly enough, even though FFVI is one of my most favorite Final Fantasy games, I've never actually owned it. I did have the Anthologies version, but, eeeh.
If I was in to ebay at all I would totally get myself a SNES and a bunch of games from my childhood.
Flea markets are much better for buying old video games.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
I always had a sort of honor code back then when renting RPG's: Never delete the highest leveled save game.
I have no idea if everybody sorta followed this code, or if it was just me being weird like that. :P
The real ballin thing is that their copy was one that was affected (infected?) with the Relm Sketch glitch. One time for no reason at all my Cyan and Sabin learned Fire 2...on the Phantom Train.
Hilarity, of course, insued.
I did the same thing!
Anytime I rented a game with save slots and I had to delete one to play, it would always be the lowest level/least time save.
@SyphonBlue
I may have to check out some. I know I can conceivable buy all the SNES games from my childhood on the various handhelds and console stores, but I want the old console and the old carts. Just something special about it.
Huh? No it's not.
If you guys care, there's a new FF8 speedrun up on SDA (7:58).
Shitty Tumblr:lighthouse1138.tumblr.com
No. I gave up on FF13 before the final 2 chapters and I'm greatly enjoying FF13-2. There's a chapter by chapter synopsis of FF13 from the title screen of FFXIII-2.
Zeboyd Games Development Blog
Steam ID : rwb36, Twitter : Werezompire, Facebook : Zeboyd Games
XIII-2 catches you up on the first game's story.
RD: Do you work for Zeboyd Games? I'm playing Cthulhu Saves The World and having a blast. I might LP it for SomethingAwful.
Yeah, I'm one half of Zeboyd Games. I do the design, programming, and story. Slash000 does the graphics, animations, and level designs.
Zeboyd Games Development Blog
Steam ID : rwb36, Twitter : Werezompire, Facebook : Zeboyd Games
It was the first game I bought with money I earned from working a job after school. Bought it at EB Toys for $79 which was an insane price for a SNES game.
I've long since traded it off, but I found the instruction manual stashed in a shoebox recently.
There used to be such cool manuals included with games.
Also have the manuals/map that cam with Dragon Warrior, SimCity SNES manual, FF2 manual and map poster, Super Mario World manual, and a couple Chrono Trigger map/posters. Wonder if any of that's worth anything.
PSN: Beltaine-77 | Steam: beltane77 | Battle.net BadHaggis#1433
I was playing FFIV on the SNES and was fighting the final boss for the first time. It was a war of attrition and I was slowly losing, but still dealing putting in a decent amount of damage. Eventually all my party members had fallen except for Rydia. I knew I wouldn't be able to revive my teammates so I decided to go "all in" and just did her most powerful spell/summon (can't remember what it was) every turn. We traded shots, and this was it....Rydia would be dead on the enemy's next turn.
But she gets one more shot off and it kills him. I was so excited I think I peed a little.
Alright, I'm working my way through this thread and you guys are discussing a lot of music on page around page 30. I just have to leave this here. Hopefully nobody already posted this in the other 50+ pages.
Powerglove - Red Wings Over Baron (Final Fantasy IV Medley)
13-2 is redeemed.
Also, am I the only one that's still using the little robot thing you get in the Monster tutorial? I haven't been able to find a better Ravager (or even any other robot monsters, at that).
I'm glad this one does not change that.
PSN: Beltaine-77 | Steam: beltane77 | Battle.net BadHaggis#1433
I do like the skill inheritance mechanic, very Persona-y.
Pre-ordered Final Fantasy XIII from GAME months ago because they had a really decent pre-order bonus pack and were the only place doing the Crystal Edition at the time. Today, shipping day, all this stuff comes out about them having financial difficulties and struggling to get stock. People got order confirmations today but there's a load of people panicking on Twitter because no-one seems to have actually had their game dispatched. Hope everything turns out okay...
Hell, if they'd just retroactively patch FF13's battle engine to have the superfast animations for class changing it'd help out a shitload.
XIII-2 is linear, but it gives you options of which places to go to first. Instead of being railroaded, you're given choice. The areas are also generally much larger than XIII, but it's not Lost Odyssey level. There's no overworld.