official Final Fantasy XIII

[Lingwo]

Hey, yeah

as I believe once you get out of cocoon you can grind. And the boss fight at Hope's house was tough but managed to get through it, without a summon, and got 5 stars. Did have to use a pheonix down or 2

But just like every FF game, I'm really enjoying it and its worth the wait :D

That boss annoyed me. First one i had to think about. My tactic up until then was power. Although once you take out the rocket launchers it is quite easy after that.

[hjf288]

13... get it.. FF XIII = 13 chapters.. :/

Well considering disc 1 packed 4 chapters, it wouldnt have been unreasonable to assume 4 per disc = 12?

And the game name doesnt necc indicate how many chapters are in the game.. it just indicates its position in the series :facepalm:

[slyph]

Makes sense, but there are some really long chapters and a couple short ones. The shortest I believe being 8, followed by 5 and then 6. 11 takes a very long time to get through, even if you don't do any optional side missions and only fight the required fights.

[AJC.]

I'm a PC gamer but nice thread

[way2quik]

^ This is a FF13 thread, but nice post.

Chapter 11 is hideously long. Mission 54 was tough so I abandoned it. There's not much I can do till I beat the game and ride my Chocobo.

[SaLiVa]

I really hate the voice actress for Vanille. It's a perfectly good entertaining game so far but if Square Enix decided that Vanille was actually a mute, I'd enjoy it more!

What is wrong with the voice actress?!?! Can't she stick to one accent, and must she sound like she has a jawbreaker stuck in her throat all the time? I understand cutesy-tootsie, but I don't understand making characters annoying.

And this goes for every game generally as well! FIX YOUR VOICE ACTORS!

The guy in inFamous sounds like Batman, the guy from Gears of War sounds like Batman. At least Batman from Arkham Asylum thankfully doesn't sound like (Christian Bale) Batman (Joker is awesome in that game too).

\rant

[Cha0sDragon14]

I've never been annoyed at a voice role of any kind ever...until I heard Vanille. The whole game whenever she spoke, I just thought "CHOOSE AN ACCENT AND STOP SOUNDING ANNOYING OR SHUT UP!"

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

So, after leveling up and doing a few side-missions, I decided to go try Chapter 12. For my power level (everyone's main roles are maxed out) and I used Lightning, Fang and Hope, all over 7000 HP, except hope, who has 5600 HP.

I kept the order Rav/Com/Med, and I walked right through Chapter 12, I didn't die on any monsters or bosses, it was a breeze at my level.

I did just figure something out, and YES, you will call me a noob, but I've just never bothered to test it out. I used Synergy with Hope, and he casts Haste, Shell, etc at the beginning of the battle.. bosses were doing NO damage to me what so ever. So I switched the roles to Com/Com/Rav and destroyed the two bosses on Chapter 12. God i'm such a newb :p

Now, off to Chapter 13 :)

[Pablo2008jedi]

Yeah the Synergy role is really useful, don't over look it :p

[Got3n]

So, after leveling up and doing a few side-missions, I decided to go try Chapter 12. For my power level (everyone's main roles are maxed out) and I used Lightning, Fang and Hope, all over 7000 HP, except hope, who has 5600 HP.

I kept the order Rav/Com/Med, and I walked right through Chapter 12, I didn't die on any monsters or bosses, it was a breeze at my level.

I did just figure something out, and YES, you will call me a noob, but I've just never bothered to test it out. I used Synergy with Hope, and he casts Haste, Shell, etc at the beginning of the battle.. bosses were doing NO damage to me what so ever. So I switched the roles to Com/Com/Rav and destroyed the two bosses on Chapter 12. God i'm such a newb :p

Now, off to Chapter 13 :)

So you spent the extra points into other roles on everyone? thats aloooooooooooooooooot of points, i guess farming in chapter 11 is worth it then?

[slyph]

No, he just did the main 3 roles like he said there. Meaning Lighting he maxed COM/RAV/MED. With Fang he did COM/SEN/SAB and with Hope he did RAV/SYN/MED.

It doesn't take that long. I haven't stopped to farm cept for maybe an hour total in entire game and I'm in chapter 13 with all main roles maxed cept for 2 nodes.

but after you beat the game it opens up the final level and each one of those cost a fortune. like 40,000+CP per node if I remember correctly.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Debating if it's worth the while even finishing this game when all signs point to it being the worst main-FF ever made :/

[slyph]

Because it isn't the worst. it is one of the best :p IMO 9 is the worst. I couldn't' even force myself to finish the first disc.

If linearity is your issue then wait till it opens. I seriously don't see what the issue is. This is a difficult, fun and exciting main FF game and I've loved all 40 hours I've spent on it so far. But to each their own I guess. No one in here is going to convince you otherwise if you are so hell bent on assuming it sucks.

[KoL Veteran]

To me this looks like is going to be in my top FF games. I'm on Chapter 9 and loving everything about it. Story, character's stories and development, battle system, music, graphics. I don't have problem with linear games, in fact I prefer linear games, like Uncharted, MGS, FFX. The game feels a lot like FFX. No surprise there, I think this game was done by the FFX team.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Because it isn't the worst. it is one of the best :p IMO 9 is the worst. I couldn't' even force myself to finish the first disc.

If linearity is your issue then wait till it opens. I seriously don't see what the issue is. This is a difficult, fun and exciting main FF game and I've loved all 40 hours I've spent on it so far. But to each their own I guess. No one in here is going to convince you otherwise if you are so hell bent on assuming it sucks.

I really don't want to wade through 25 hours of mediocrity before I can start enjoying it.

I am thinking about playing this game as my "background game", i.e I play it for short bursts forever long it takes while focusing on something better/more recent. But even then I'm not sure I want to do that. The script is dreadful, the voice acting pathetic and I still don't know exactly what is going on!

[Massiveterra]

I really don't want to wade through 25 hours of mediocrity before I can start enjoying it.

I am thinking about playing this game as my "background game", i.e I play it for short bursts forever long it takes while focusing on something better/more recent. But even then I'm not sure I want to do that. The script is dreadful, the voice acting pathetic and I still don't know exactly what is going on!

I said the same thing a few pages back and people basically told me to go elsewhere with my negativity LOL

So far I'm 11 hrs into the game and it's not getting better. And this is coming from a person that's played every main final fantasy game with the exception of X-2 and 11, plus both mistwalker games on the xbox

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I made it to the boss.. definitely need to go back and try him again, he whopped me.. because he's SO CHEAP!

I can beat the first form alright, but the second form... like comon. He just cheaps me with that huge sword. I got him down to 1/8th his health (second form) but he just cheaped me with his big hand thing, immediately after the sword!

:angry: :angry: :angry:

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I just beat it! Finally!! After 3 attempts.. first two were posted above, and an hour to dedicate to the game, I beat it no problem :D

MAJOR SPOILERS:

The first form, was seriously easy. I beat him using all 3 people as attackers. Second form was alright, I knew what to expect, I would switch to double healer right as his stagger was reset, than I waited. The third form, he cast "doom" on me, which scared the crap out of me. It also only gave me 600 seconds, what the hell! But the damage he took when he was staggered, was insane! I was doing 99,999 each blow.. he went down like a sack of potatoes

The ending to the game was amazing! You can tell (at least on the Xbox version) where the true detail to graphics really comes into play. Suddenly the sky never looked so blue, the faces were so smooth and clear, the hair was greatly improved.

Definitely one of the best stories I have ever seen in a game!

This game gets a 11/10 from me, for giving me so many "WOW" factors in one game (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)

How do you get back to gran pulse after you beat the boss? I saved it, but where do I go to warp back? Do I have to run all the way to the start of chapter 13??

Total time: 44:44:42 <-- no word of a lie!

[Slane]

Made it to 9 last night. Time to spend some time farming and upgrading my weapons. :)

[KoL Veteran]

I have not upgraded my weapons that much. I don't know which one to upgrade or which one is better? :/

[sundayx Veteran]

I'm uber stuck at Chapter 9 boss, will need to farm.

[Slane]

I have not upgraded my weapons that much. I don't know which one to upgrade or which one is better? :/

http://ff-13.info/

It'll tell ya the stats of 'em, exp and some other notes. But weapons all depend on the role they will be playing. Except for Vanille where you always want a Marlboro Wand since it has Improved Debuffing II on it and it's needed for the spam death farm method.

[DPyro]

I really don't want to wade through 25 hours of mediocrity before I can start enjoying it.

I am thinking about playing this game as my "background game", i.e I play it for short bursts forever long it takes while focusing on something better/more recent. But even then I'm not sure I want to do that. The script is dreadful, the voice acting pathetic and I still don't know exactly what is going on!

After 4 hours is where the game started to get interesting (where you become a L'cie)

[FizzyChickenBroth]

I just beat it! Finally!! After 3 attempts.. first two were posted above, and an hour to dedicate to the game, I beat it no problem :D

MAJOR SPOILERS:

The first form, was seriously easy. I beat him using all 3 people as attackers. Second form was alright, I knew what to expect, I would switch to double healer right as his stagger was reset, than I waited. The third form, he cast "doom" on me, which scared the crap out of me. It also only gave me 600 seconds, what the hell! But the damage he took when he was staggered, was insane! I was doing 99,999 each blow.. he went down like a sack of potatoes

The ending to the game was amazing! You can tell (at least on the Xbox version) where the true detail to graphics really comes into play. Suddenly the sky never looked so blue, the faces were so smooth and clear, the hair was greatly improved.

Definitely one of the best stories I have ever seen in a game!

This game gets a 11/10 from me, for giving me so many "WOW" factors in one game (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)

How do you get back to gran pulse after you beat the boss? I saved it, but where do I go to warp back? Do I have to run all the way to the start of chapter 13??

Total time: 44:44:42 <-- no word of a lie!

Reload the newly saved game, and you'll start back where the final boss level is. Go to the warp, and choose to warp back to the beginning of Orphan's Cradle or whatever. From there, you'll notice that there will be 3 warps on the map. One from which you just came out of, and the other two lead back to Eden (where you can farm adamantortoises next to the save point right outside the building, and the other one leads to Gran Pulse, where you can finish your missions and all that other good stuff.

[Tharp Daddy]

I want to play this game so badly, but i recently bought Borderlands, ME2, and AC2 and i can't afford this now.