The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[Kim]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

No, seriously, I thought I mentioned this before, but the lead-up to the beginning of the game is done in a series of flashbacks. There are a good number of them in the first few hours, just so you get an idea of what's going on. Serah isn't done. You'll keep seeing her.

I grasp this. What I'm saying is that the execution is atrocious. Incredibad. It leaves me lost as to what's going on. It completely ruins Serah's death because any characterization she gets happens after she's fridged. And I goddamn hate the characters, so I can't even feel bad that they're sad.

And Vanille... Jesus Christ, Vanille... "Uh oh! Then let's run away! Ciao!" It feels like I'm watching fucking Blues Clues.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I grasp this. What I'm saying is that the execution is atrocious. Incredibad. It leaves me lost as to what's going on. It completely ruins Serah's death because any characterization she gets happens after she's fridged. And I goddamn hate the characters, so I can't even feel bad that they're sad.

And Vanille... Jesus Christ, Vanille... "Uh oh! Then let's run away! Ciao!" It feels like I'm watching fucking Blues Clues.

They all get better. :J

[Kim]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

They all get better. :J

That doesn't make the now any more bearable.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

They all get better. :J

Marginally. Sorta. I can see why a lot of people would fucking hate this game. :p

I love the combat enough to trudge through the terrible plot though. I mean shit, Blues, me and you both played through X-2, we'll play through almost anything with a halfways decent combat system.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

They all get better. :J

Blues please stop telling lies.

Like the only characters that actually develop during the course of the plot are Lightning and Hope, with only Hope significantly changing from a fucking emo kid with violent tendencies to Vanille Mk. II. Lightning goes from a cold badarse soldier to a badarse soldier with a heart of gold. Snow, despite having to confront the repercussions from the death of innocent people he drags into the mess he got himself for Serah, doesn't become more serious or thoughtful or anything. Vanille deals with her Dark Past™, but like Snow there's nothing different about her life outlook before and after the events. Sazh doesn't really develop either. He faces some tough drama and his story is the most compelling, but his resolution about Dajh is still the same after the final boss is defeated.

And Fang is just Fang.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

Blues please stop telling lies.

Like the only characters that actually develop during the course of the plot are Lightning and Hope, with only Hope significantly changing from a fucking emo kid with violent tendencies to Vanille Mk. II. Lightning goes from a cold badarse soldier to a badarse soldier with a heart of gold. Snow, despite having to confront the repercussions from the death of innocent people he drags into the mess he got himself for Serah, doesn't become more serious or thoughtful or anything. Vanille deals with her Dark Past™, but like Snow there's nothing different about her life outlook before and after the events. Sazh doesn't really develop either. He faces some tough drama and his story is the most compelling, but his resolution about Dajh is still the same after the final boss is defeated.

And Fang is just Fang.

Wow... XIII's not looking so good.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

Wow... XIII's not looking so good.

Well to be fair, Reg hated the game waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before release. Everybody should try it once.

[Nique]

Good God you guys give Bluestar so much crap like allthetime.

Vanille's design I don't mind. Though I do gotta wonder why they combined cutesy face and personality with this whole tribal/primitive look. I'm assuming there's a reason for the tribal/primitive bit, but it contrasts with her attitude and face something fierce.

Who is her voice actor btw? I can't tell if it's an Australian doing a horrible impression of an American accent or an American doing an even worse impression of an Aussie accent, but it's bad times. Also it confuses the 'tribal' motife becuase she's, what, exactly? A tribal girl who just LUVS to shop? Buh? I'm not saying anything about the actual character, I'm just saying she reminds me of the girls who were those ugly fur-lined boots over full length jeans at the mall in the middle of summer UGH UGH UGH!!!

[EVILNess]

Her voice actor is an Aussie comedienne.

[Kim]

Actually, Nique, if my guess is accurate, the tribal deal actually fits with her backstory, and it certainly stands out from the others, which I figure was one of the points of it. I dunno, maybe I'm just tolerant of the character design in this game because the last FF I played was FFX, which was pretty terrible character design-wise. This is certainly a step above that.