The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Watching my roommate play it. Looks pretty fun. I'm kinda glad I can go into the living room while he's playing it and see that he's fighting something 90% of the time instead of faffing about in towns.

Found out character switching doesn't get unlocked till Chapter Eleven. Jesus. Overkill much?

I have a third complaint and it is in this line of thought. I really don't mind the game deciding your party for a while, because it's mostly handled well and everyone still gains CP, even when they're not along with the characters you're following.

That said, I haven't played Snow in literal hours and my estimates say he's got somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 CP built up at the moment. Also, that's a lie, because they give you control of him for a segment that lasts all of a minute of actual play between cutscenes. IN A FLASHBACK WHERE HE'S NOT A L'CIE YET AND EVERY CHARACTER-BASED MENU OPTION IS GRAYED OUT.

Again, no real issues with letting the game decide your party until you have the hang of things. FF9 did the same thing and I loved the game. I just wish that the past couple times I got to see Snow again, I could have done something with him, rather than just watch two empty story sequences.

It's not the worst complaint in the world, really. The focus on Lightning and Hope is interesting, with Lightning realizing how messed up he is at the moment, but not really having any right to say much because she knows she's just as bad. Sazh and Vanille interact in interesting ways and the Chocobo is a great addition in its cute innocence and copying Vanille even verbally. It's not like they're not filling the game well. It's just that Snow really hasn't endeared himself to me because of his inane stubbornness whenever he's not shown with Serah. Normally, I don't mind stubborn, but Snow takes it to a level where he ignores objective reality and really doesn't win any points with the rest of the cast and I want to smack him for it, inasmuch as it would probably have all the effect of several other people already doing so. He's better in the flashbacks, though, so I expect him to redeem himself. He just needs to get the screen time to do it and he hasn't yet, and it's annoying not having been able to play him for so long.