The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Ape Boy

I'm into chapter 5 now. I like how every character seems to be working on their designed personality flaws.

Lightning was a bitch, shows a maternal side, start to like her more. Sazh seemed incompetent and aloof, learn he's got some depth beyond the quips, start to like him more. That sort of thing.

Still don't like Hope at all. I roll my eyes everytime Vanille talks, but I still don't hate her yet.

In related news:

How do you tell an entire group to "douche-chill" at once?

Like Square-Enix has never developed for other platforms before or owe their company to Sony. Fuck that noise.

It's Europe. Their first FF release ever was FF7 on the PS1. So, yeah, they DO think it's a betrayal. They've never had the series on anything else.


That said, yay, fanboys? I mean, you have all the Wii fanboys ragging on the Move for being *gasp* a handheld motion controller and therefore an exact rip on the Wii, and Reggie sure as hell isn't helping by spouting broad accusations that Sony and Microsoft are ripping off motion controls and should be ashamed and how Nintendo is really going to blow the market out of the water with their next console they're not even planning yet and generally being a smarmy dick and giving millions of sensible people the urge to punch him in the face. Then I'm sure there are Microsoft fans who are spouting the superiority of Natal, confirmed people generally ignoring that Sony had the EyeToy YEARS ago (and often confusing it with the PS3 Eye), and basically everyone sniping at the other sides because they think their console choice is the best.


Edit: Considering starting that new file, just to play. If I didn't have to have an English assignment in by Monday, I totally would right now. Phantom hasn't played any further since last night before work and I needs mah fix. :p

[Ape Boy]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

It's Europe. Their first FF release ever was FF7 on the PS1. So, yeah, they DO think it's a betrayal. They've never had the series on anything else.

No excuse for being douches. Not like Europe doesn't have the intrawebs to spend twelve seconds on to find out it existed elsewhere.

You'd think if they like the series so much, they'd want the franchise/company to be successful as possible. With as bad as the economy is in most places, everyone needs to get what they can however they can get it, including consumer businesses. Shit, you'd think that crowd would just be happy enough to get a free game console and awesome game.

[Bells]

It seems the REAL beef was that the game was advertised on the US with just the 360 Logo and not the PS3 logo. And also the whole "360 owners get free avatar items", but that was before the whole "PS3 owners get FF14 free item when they register their FF13"

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Ape Boy

No excuse for being douches. Not like Europe doesn't have the intrawebs to spend twelve seconds on to find out it existed elsewhere.

You'd think if they like the series so much, they'd want the franchise/company to be successful as possible. With as bad as the economy is in most places, everyone needs to get what they can however they can get it, including consumer businesses. Shit, you'd think that crowd would just be happy enough to get a free game console and awesome game.

You're assuming humans are rational creatures. And I thought I was innocent. :p

I'm joking, but really, fanboys and fangirls transcend all logic and sensibility in their rabid devotion to a single object. Console fanatics will bitch about any console that's not their favorite, game fanatics will rabidly maul anyone who tries to point out a flaw, etc. These are people who have delved into full-on obsession and don't listen to reason anymore.

[Ape Boy]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

You're assuming humans are rational creatures. And I thought I was innocent. :p

I'm joking, but really, fanboys and fangirls transcend all logic and sensibility in their rabid devotion to a single object. Console fanatics will bitch about any console that's not their favorite, game fanatics will rabidly maul anyone who tries to point out a flaw, etc. These are people who have delved into full-on obsession and don't listen to reason anymore.

You are 100% correct sir, a gentleman and a scholar. I'm just saying I don't give them douche-pass for fanboyism. I think it actually ups their admissions application to Douche Academy.

...And I have copyrighted Douche Academy now. I am owed a quarter everytime someone uses it.

[krogothwolf]

Does Hope ever grow up and get off his "Snow's fault for everything" crap? Seriously. I just want to slap the little shit. Chapter 5 and I just listened to him blame snow for everything and was hoping lightning would bitch slap him, but nope, she didn't. He really pisses me off. I enjoy the other characters but him. I hated controlling him because he bugs me so much

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

Does Hope ever grow up and get off his "Snow's fault for everything" crap? Seriously. I just want to slap the little shit. Chapter 5 and I just listened to him blame snow for everything and was hoping lightning would bitch slap him, but nope, she didn't. He really pisses me off. I enjoy the other characters but him. I hated controlling him because he bugs me so much

He gets over Snow by the end of chapter 6.


Speaking of crap we don't like, Phantom may have put down the game for the foreseeable future due to a somewhat bullshit boss battle. Apparently, your fight with Galenth's true form involves a really tough battle in the first place and then also something that either kicks in automatically or happens as an attack that makes your Gestalt bar drain before your eyes. He couldn't give me any details because he doesn't know what happened, so I asked on the boss talk page on the FF wiki. Hopefully, someone will figure out exactly what happened and add it to the battle tactics, because he's never put down a game he's liked over one thing before.

[krogothwolf]

He aced me with Destrudo the first time I tried him. I rarely use Eidolons though, so I never had him do that to me. a Rentless Assault on him makes the fight easier in the second phase as it limits the damage of the attack.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

He aced me with Destrudo the first time I tried him. I rarely use Eidolons though, so I never had him do that to me. a Rentless Assault on him makes the fight easier in the second phase as it limits the damage of the attack.

Yeah. The wiki page says nothing about summoning in the battle, and he got pretty far without doing so using an alternative tactic to the one suggested, but he just couldn't win and the Gestalt bar just took the cake. Guessing from the sounds, he had to force himself to set the controller down before he threw it.

Who did you use, BTW? It might help him to have a tactic he knows another real person used.

[krogothwolf]

Lightning, Sazh and Hope. I followed this guys strategy, Didn't get the 5 star but I did beat it.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/detai...sage=593191913

It was funny, up until that point there wasn't a single hard boss fight at all. And Hope improved after his stupidity. I've been playing pretty much nonstop today lol.