Final Fantasy XIII-2 Out

[Bond]

Alright, who is getting this shit?

I had my copied pre-ordered on Amazon, but much to my dismay it did not arrive today. :(

[Typhoid]

I was thinking about getting it, but I just had to drop 500 bucks to take my cat to the vet today - so now I'm not really leaning towards getting any games for a while.

However I will rely on testimonials in this thread alone to sway my decision.

[Ginkasa]

Nope.

BTW, what was wrong with your cat, Typhoid? Is he/she okay?

[Typhoid]

BTW, what was wrong with your cat, Typhoid? Is he/she okay?

No. He's pretty bad, actually. He's got Kidney Failure, but it's beyond the point where doing anything will help. But even then I'm still debating whether or not to at least take him to a vet hospital-thing to get all that expensive stuff done to at least try to help. I'd feel less shitty that way, I think. Less wealthy, but less shitty.

[DarkMaster]

Thinking about it. Maybe on the weekend.

[Ginkasa]

No. He's pretty bad, actually. He's got Kidney Failure, but it's beyond the point where doing anything will help. But even then I'm still debating whether or not to at least take him to a vet hospital-thing to get all that expensive stuff done to at least try to help. I'd feel less shitty that way, I think. Less wealthy, but less shitty.


I'm sorry to hear that :(

[Typhoid]

I'm sorry to hear that :(

Hey, no worries man, but I appreciate that.
Shit happens.
It's just a hard decision to come to on when to end your buddy's life whether you're almost 25, or 10.

[Angrist]

Awe that sucks man. :( But is it really your decision? Sometimes animals just get sick and die. Paying all this money for medical care is sweet, but does it really help him?

Good luck.

[Vampyr]

Probably not going to get it. I can't handle any more hours of mindlessly hitting the A button through combat. I can't handle any more hours of gratingly annoying female voice actors and female characters who look like they're 10 but are supposedly old enough to be getting married.


Nope nope nope.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Not even getting this. I'll read a plot summary and then read the book when it comes out to end the whole series.

[Bond]

I played about an hour after work today. It's fun so far ... definitely a marked improvement over XIII.

[Angrist]

On Eurogamer I hear so many complaints about the FFXIII-2 advert they're playing there. Apparently it has very annoying music.

[manasecret]

Typhoid, what would House say? If you watch House that is.

What Vamp and Moogle said. I'd love to play more Final Fantasy, but it ain't gonna happen. Maybe I'll read a plot summary, but then again, probably not.

[DarkMaster]

Played two hours and enjoy it. Decided to rent instead of buy. If I like it enough I'll buy when I take the rental back.

[Bond]

I'm fairly far through the game now. This is what FFXIII should have been.

It's still not to the level of a FFVII-IX for this generation, but it is uniquely good in its own right.

I quite like the time travel element, but I should admit I am a fan of time traveling in general (miss you, LOST).

[TheGame]

I actually loved FF13. Hope to get this one eventually. The story seems um... questionable, just like FFX-2... When I see it on a shelf for $29.99 or less new I'll grab it ;)

[TheSlyMoogle]

I'm fairly far through the game now. This is what FFXIII should have been.

It's still not to the level of a FFVII-IX for this generation, but it is uniquely good in its own right.

I quite like the time travel element, but I should admit I am a fan of time traveling in general (miss you, LOST).

I love time travel too, when it's well done.

After reading the plot summary from the game... Fuck that, sounds pathetic.

[DarkMaster]

The more I play, the more I enjoy it. Tons of variety in locations, nothing feels really re-used like most of FFX-2 did. The story is kinda lame, although I'm finding Noel quite likeable, and Serah quite tolerable. I wish things like new outfits weren't stupid DLC, it would be much more enjoyable to find and unlock stuff like that in the actual game and not have to pay for it.

[Bond]

Also, the difficulty is a joke. Example: I never used the synergist role and used sentinel once for 5 seconds during the final boss.

[Typhoid]

Time to bring up an old thread.
My buddy lent me FFXIII-2 the other day, He also lent me the strategy guide - which I'm not fond of using, so I'm trying not to look at.

I'm in a tough spot of "Do I want to play this game 100% organically, and just see what happens when I do it when I do it (no guide), or do I want to do the 100% completion way, or do I want to follow the guide walkthrough so the game finishes with no paradoxes, and the story is fluid and how it 'should' be."

That thought pattern has stalled me from playing the game right now. I'm not sure if I want to play the game, or experience the 'proper' storyline it offers, (rather than playing it, and winding up with something), or if I want to complete the game. If I beat it organically, I might be frustrated I wasn't able to get the proper ending on my own, if I beat it using the guide, I might feel an empty hole inside of me that I just played the game through the eyes of a book.

It is very hard not to scan the guide while I am rolling an adult-adult cigaratte.

Anyways, I actually think this game is freakin' great. I like the cinematic cutscene-battle things. I actually think that's a pretty solid integration between real time battling, and watching a movie. Very Uncharted-ish.

And (so far) as far as FF storylines go, I'm not upset with what's presented. Apparent Main enemy, Apparent common goal, 2 characters who need constant explaining of surroundings considering everything is new to both of them, multiple paths that effect previous and future events. Plus I'm digging the whole demi-God aspect of certain characters and scenarios. I think it fits in pretty well with the last game.

And the battles don't seem to be too easy for me. I'm on "normal" mode, and I don't "Auto-battle", I actually battle. Select my attacks, enemies etc. Auto-Battle is a cop-out for people who just want shit to complain about. It doesn't force you to do that, hell - there is even an option so the cursor defaults on manual attack options rather than on the "Auto-Battle" icon. But I'm legitimately stuck at a spot right now, and nearly everything I touch destroys me. I just need to do a bit of farming, which I've avoided.

*shrugs and walks away*