The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

Steelguard!

That was enjoyable. I agree with that commenter. Steel guard is Snow's official catch phrase for now on. XD

[Regulus Tera]

Ending spoilers:

"Hey, no matter what happens, we can't kill Orphan because that would be bad and stuff."

"Right. Also, we need to reiterate this decision for every cutscene for the next 2 hours."

*party gets to Orphan*

"Fuck it, let's kill him."

the ending was pretty awful. Especially the part where everyone got turned to Ci'eth or however the fuck you spell it, and they all turned back to normal because of the infinite power of positive thoughts! At that point I was hoping that the Maker would come back and be all like "yeah I turned them back because you're being kind of a dick, Orphan" or something because that would've been less dumb.

[bluestarultor]

It's more that anyone can theoretically will themselves back to normal from Cie'th, and Cid Raines almost did beforehand, from what I've read. They basically just were able to take advantage of that.

[Ape Boy]

I figured out the thing I hate most about the game, besides Hope. It's not even a part of the game itself.

...Square Enix, could you have picked a gayer song for the commercial? Even if you tried?

I mean, in the big scheme of things, it's good that it's the worst thing about the game, but c'mon. All this great action going on and you back with some sappy love-pop shit?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Ape Boy

I figured out the thing I hate most about the game, besides Hope. It's not even a part of the game itself.

...Square Enix, could you have picked a gayer song for the commercial? Even if you tried?

I mean, in the big scheme of things, it's good that it's the worst thing about the game, but c'mon. All this great action going on and you back with some sappy love-pop shit?

Wow kinda surprised that was the worst part of the game (I enjoyed "My hands".)

[Regulus Tera]

Okay if I had to rate the stories of the FFs I've played immediately after finishing the game it would be:

Tactics > VI > XII > VII > IX > IV > V > X > XIII > VIII > III > I

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ROLL IN HERE

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

...> VII > IX > ...

[krogothwolf]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

Okay if I had to rate the stories of the FFs I've played immediately after finishing the game it would be:

Tactics > VI > XII > VII > IX > IV > V > X > XIII > VIII > III > I

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ROLL IN HERE

What, no love for mystic quest?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

What, no love for mystic quest?

Or II, either. He is now obligated to play it as punishment for rating X below VII, V, and IX.

Don't get me wrong, I loved IX, and if VII had been about Red XIII, it would have quite possibly been the best game ever (Cloud ruined Aeris' death, but I cried for both major developments in Red's story). But V? Really? Maybe I just didn't stick around long enough, but the characters were paper-thin and just as flat as far as I dragged myself through, leaving me with the feeling they were utterly interchangeable. I understand they got development later on just from hanging around FF Wiki, but Christ, I got bored with it and went back to playing Chrono Cross.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Or II, either. He is now obligated to play it as punishment for rating X below VII, V, and IX.

I mentioned only the ones I finished to completion. Objectively speaking XI would be in the third or fourth place, but since I never finished that crap it's not there.

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Don't get me wrong, I loved IX, and if VII had been about Red XIII, it would have quite possibly been the best game ever (Cloud ruined Aeris' death, but I cried for both major developments in Red's story). But V? Really? Maybe I just didn't stick around long enough, but the characters were paper-thin and just as flat as far as I dragged myself through, leaving me with the feeling they were utterly interchangeable. I understand they got development later on just from hanging around FF Wiki, but Christ, I got bored with it and went back to playing Chrono Cross.

V has the decency to not get all sappy and melodramatic. It may be the most contrived piece of shit ever, but it is a brief and fun piece of shit.

More games should be like V.