The Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread - Page 7

AP · Dec 11, 2009, 01:14 PM

We're doing a countdown to the Japanese release!

Day 7: The Merchandise

Day 6: The Artwork

More to come.. and some big surprises when the game comes out!

Also, awesome:

Ridley · Dec 11, 2009, 03:03 PM

Super stoked, though I may ask for White Knight Chronicles for my birthday for its release on February 2nd, and hopefully get my fill, or at least a small dose, to ready myself for Final Fantasy XIII.

Michael · Dec 11, 2009, 04:53 PM

I'm really not fond of the line-up of this game, but I gotta admit, that's a pretty spiffy cover.

Sioux · Dec 11, 2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael

I'm really not fond of the line-up of this game, but I gotta admit, that's a pretty spiffy cover.

I know what you mean.

Female Cloud, thin Barret with the odd Fro, the homeless version of Seifer and the rest of the motley crue is just not there for me looks wise. Here's hoping the ingame voice acting and character development saves them.

seeker_of_truth · Dec 13, 2009, 03:37 AM

Really can't wait until the game comes out, I'm super hyped for this upcoming weekend!!

Nurse Fin · Dec 16, 2009, 04:39 AM

Game ships out tomorrow... I should have it on Friday, hopefully... Monday at the latest.

I'm super stoked for Lightning. She's pretty much the entire reason I'm getting this game.

**Dr. Flux** · Jan 3, 2010, 03:43 PM

<3

Gigantic Cactuar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqyT...response_watch

Mig · Jan 3, 2010, 05:08 PM

I'm growing more and more unsure about the summons in this game. Awesome giant cactuar, though.

Nurse Fin · Jan 3, 2010, 05:19 PM

Okay, I have to say this game is really.... long. Not that it's a bad thing though, I think this is overall my favorite group of main characters. A very interesting bunch indeed and I like them all, some of them are now favorites (usually there's always at least one character I hate, but it is not the case here). There are a lot of actions certain characters take that have never been seen in a Final Fantasy before, some of which are kind of shocking. Not in context of the story, because in one case you saw it coming, but I mean before playing, you probably wouldn't expect characters to act that way. I'd be specific but it may be too spoiler-ish.

I'm 30-something hours in now and I think I've got QUITE a ways to go before the game is over, considering how many sidequests there are, and all the areas to unlock, and how badly certain monsters are kicking my ass... yeah... random battles in this game are harder, you have to be really fast and have a plan (usually I have Vanille in as a Jammer, because status magic is VITAL in this game)... I just came across my first enemy with over 2,000,000 HP yesterday.

As for my progress, right now I just got all the parts to fix Vanille's little robot friend Baktii.

Alexander is my favorite summon so far too, all the attacks hit all enemies multiple times in driving mode, and in regular mode he's a huge defender tank, blocking hits and rocket-punching everything so it's easy to break all foes. Though I haven't used... .... .. forgot the name... Vanille's summon yet.

And yeah, Shiva driving mode is REALLY... xD Snow riding two ladies scissoring, seriously. I was half-expecting the boobs to be used like handles or something.

**Dr. Flux** · Jan 4, 2010, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Mig

I'm growing more and more unsure about the summons in this game. Awesome giant cactuar, though.

So was I until I played it. But I grew quite fond of the summons. Their moves aren't as grand as previous FF summons, but the graphics are so mind blowingly good that you forget about it.

I thought I'd hate Hope, thought he'd be the stereotypical angst ridden Final Fantasy teen that recurs in a lot of their stories, but I've grown fond of even him. I'm in Fin's boat, I'm betting you'll like all the main characters. They're very well developed. Sahz isn't too bad either, in fact he was one of my favourites from the beginning.

The difficulty curve in this game can get annoying. Some people on the net are complaining about how you're level capped until you reach certain points of the game. Technically yes and technically no, because you can level up your weapons and accessories by synthesizing them with different objects and artifacts, which further increases your stats. And you can always mine Crystallarium Points in preparation for the next level of stat bonuses being unlocked. In fact, I'd advise you to.

Ps. You're gonna die a lot in this game.

AP · Jan 8, 2010, 06:35 PM

Lots of preview stuff from Flux coming up on RPGSite now...

**Dr. Flux** · Jan 13, 2010, 03:58 PM

Finally managed to beat the final bosses, what a mean feat that was.

The ending is very good. Very, very good.

***Aether*** · Jan 15, 2010, 10:14 PM

Just watched the English Trailer. The voices they've chosen seem to fit the characters really well. Just because of that, I think I have a new favourite token black guy

And even though I pretty much abhor Leona Lewis, the song in the trailer is pretty awesome.

***Aether*** · Jan 15, 2010, 10:14 PM

Just watched the English Trailer. The voices they've chosen seem to fit the characters really well. Just because of that, I think I have a new favourite token black guy

And even though I pretty much abhor Leona Lewis, the song in the trailer is pretty awesome.

Magus · Jan 16, 2010, 01:40 PM

Whoever did the final sound check on that trailer should have done a better job. The audio levels were absolutely horrible. Leona Lewis just became even more annoying when her song almost drowned out the English voices. I had to turn it off because I couldn't hear what they were saying