official Final Fantasy XIII

[basques]

i got eighteen hours in, stopped. and don't plan to start again. going to trade the game in for killzone 2...

Yeah the same thing happened to me. After playing 15 hours or something, got fed up, and sold it on ebay. I actually had the collector's edition, with collector's edition official guide, got some nice amount for both, and bought Killzone 2 and infamous :)

[sin-ergy]

i got eighteen hours in, stopped. and don't plan to start again. going to trade the game in for killzone 2...

Well you played more than I did! I think I only made it to 15 hours...this game is NOT final fantasy. **** you Square!

Oh and killzone 2 sucks as well :p

[DPyro]

You people with your short attention spans. I platinumed the game! :p

[WastedJoker]

Only played for 2hrs...

My God, the beginning is awful, isn't it? The dialogue is so clunky, the switching between characters is a hassle rather than insightful and I already hope Snow gets killed in his stupid imahero face.

But you know the worst thing? The stupid camera - you can't see far enough head, it's too close to the character and it keeps dragging or magnetising to objects near the edges. WTF?

The lack of options to customize the camera to your own preference means I'm unlikely to proceed much farther with this.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Only played for 2hrs...

My God, the beginning is awful, isn't it? The dialogue is so clunky, the switching between characters is a hassle rather than insightful and I already hope Snow gets killed in his stupid imahero face.

But you know the worst thing? The stupid camera - you can't see far enough head, it's too close to the character and it keeps dragging or magnetising to objects near the edges. WTF?

The lack of options to customize the camera to your own preference means I'm unlikely to proceed much farther with this.

The beginning is a tad annoying, however, i was so hyped up over the game I was just more blown away than disappointed.

Once you get to a certain point in the game, you can select which characters you want and build them all up. It will take awhile to get that far, but it's worth it :D

Enjoy the game!

[Slane]

Anyone got a solid start to kill the Adamantortise w/o summoning?

I'm just barely not strong enough (can take out both legs at 300% stagger with Fang, Genji Glove Highwind), but can't seem to finish off the big guy quick enough (got about 500k-1mill left). So a bit more grinding on King Behemoth and I should be good enough to go for it, just wondering if anyone has a strategy differ from the few go-to ones found on the net.

[bjoswald]

Hey, it couldn't be worse than 11. I think I've lost count of how many bees and rabbits I've killed.

[InterceptorX]

This is the 13 thread, sorry.

[D!ABOL!C]

Anyone got a solid start to kill the Adamantortise w/o summoning?

I'm just barely not strong enough (can take out both legs at 300% stagger with Fang, Genji Glove Highwind), but can't seem to finish off the big guy quick enough (got about 500k-1mill left). So a bit more grinding on King Behemoth and I should be good enough to go for it, just wondering if anyone has a strategy differ from the few go-to ones found on the net.

I have all my people maxed in the Crystarium, but out of the 20 to 30 Adamantoises I have killed, I have only found one Trapezohedron. I used on Lightning to get her Ultima Weapon, but I guess I should have used it on Fang. The death trick is all that works for my crew.

[soniqstylz]

I have all my people maxed in the Crystarium, but out of the 20 to 30 Adamantoises I have killed, I have only found one Trapezohedron. I used on Lightning to get her Ultima Weapon, but I guess I should have used it on Fang. The death trick is all that works for my crew.

If you upgrade Vanille's Debuff++ Nirvana, or Fang's Kain's Lance to max, you can dismantle and get 3 traps (each) to use on other weapons -- that is, if you're after "Treasure Hunter".

[nemo]

Oh boy...

Just started this game -- about 10 hours in, just started Chapter 6, I believe.

All this weapon and item upgrading stuff is getting me confused.

Anyone got some good sites to read up about all this stuff?

[HardSide]

Anybody has a strategy for mission 9 for the 5 star? I've been trying this too many times, im fully leveled already in 2 classes.

[Slane]

Anybody has a strategy for mission 9 for the 5 star? I've been trying this too many times, im fully leveled already in 2 classes.

That's fighting a King right?

Use Smoke to get the pre-empt strike, and use three Commando's and light him up.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Cannot bring myself to finish this game, it's just so terrible.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Cannot bring myself to finish this game, it's just so terrible.

That's exactly where I'm at.

I'm right at the end, I just can't physically be bothered to finish it though.

[nemo]

lol -- I'm on Chapter 7 and I kind of want to end it.

It's just the same thing over and over.

Cut Scene > Run (maybe have a battle) > Cut Scene > Repeat infinity.

It really ****es me off when they have a cut scene, then they make me run 20 feet to have another cut scene. Like come on.

I want to finish the game, but you guys aren't helping :lol:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

lol -- I'm on Chapter 7 and I kind of want to end it.

It's just the same thing over and over.

Cut Scene > Run (maybe have a battle) > Cut Scene > Repeat infinity.

It really ****es me off when they have a cut scene, then they make me run 20 feet to have another cut scene. Like come on.

I want to finish the game, but you guys aren't helping :lol:

It's just awful.

FF has always been cutscene over the top, and funnily enough I've quite enjoyed them till now, but I realize why. Having that sense of exploration in between, false or not, meant the cutscenes seemed to come at the right time (and right time apart).

When you're running down a tube everything feels forced upon you, and basically this game feels like you're a chinese worker in a factory line just doing what you do because you have to with no sense of variation.

Also it doesn't help that I hate the characters in this instalment, some of the worst FF characters in a long time.

Only thing this game has going for it IMO is graphics, at least in the PS3 version anyway. Square's next FF game (versus) is going to sink them if it's as bad as 13.

[nemo]

lol. I don't mind the Characters. I hate Hope. He's such a whiny brat. Snow didn't force your mom to fight, and he tried to save her. Now he's doing everything ot protect you. Get over it.

I think my biggest beef is the battle system. I loved the FFVII and FFIX systems. I loved controlling all characters. I loved actually having a strategy to defeat enemies.

Now it's just switch to a Paradigm and mash X until you need to switch to another Paradigm. Give me control over all characters and there's no need for Paradigms.

I haven't read anything about Versus. I just picked up 13 this month.

[Rudy]

Ok so I finally unwrapped my copy last week (for the 360, I didn't have a PS3 when I picked it up)....and I couldn't be more disappointed :(

So I'll admit I'm not a big fan of the 3D Final Fantasy games (I grew up playing FF1 and 2 (1 and 4) and they were GREAT games :)) but this is ridiculous... I didn't play FF12 yet (I own it but my PS2 is packed somewhere in a closet) and I sure hope it's nothing like this one. I'm not a fan of seeing the monsters on the map (I like random battles better) but some games have managed to make it work (Chrono Trigger) but this one failed pretty bad. And don't get me started on the battle system...they RUINED it, all you do is press A....very boring (and you only control one character? WTF).

I'm at the point where Hope, Lighting and Snow are going to meet....not sure if I'm going to keep playing it....

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Ok so I finally unwrapped my copy last week (for the 360, I didn't have a PS3 when I picked it up)....and I couldn't be more disappointed :(

So I'll admit I'm not a big fan of the 3D Final Fantasy games (I grew up playing FF1 and 2 (1 and 4) and they were GREAT games :)) but this is ridiculous... I didn't play FF12 yet (I own it but my PS2 is packed somewhere in a closet) and I sure hope it's nothing like this one. I'm not a fan of seeing the monsters on the map (I like random battles better) but some games have managed to make it work (Chrono Trigger) but this one failed pretty bad. And don't get me started on the battle system...they RUINED it, all you do is press A....very boring (and you only control one character? WTF).

I'm at the point where Hope, Lighting and Snow are going to meet....not sure if I'm going to keep playing it....

Save yourself the time, heck even go back and play FF12, a really good game IMO.

[Rudy]

Save yourself the time, heck even go back and play FF12, a really good game IMO.

I might just do that

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I might just do that

BC PS3?

If not if you have a decent PC emulate FF12 on it.

[hjf288]

I'm at the ending hall... I went forward past the two portals to go back but the enemies are very hard... is there anyway i can still go back so I can train up a bit more? or am I stuck?

[Rudy]

BC PS3?

If not if you have a decent PC emulate FF12 on it.

I have a slim so not an option ;) I'll either dust up the old PS2 or just emulate it (more likely than trying to find my ps2 lol)

[LingeringSoul]

lol. I don't mind the Characters. I hate Hope. He's such a whiny brat. Snow didn't force your mom to fight, and he tried to save her. Now he's doing everything ot protect you. Get over it.

I think my biggest beef is the battle system. I loved the FFVII and FFIX systems. I loved controlling all characters. I loved actually having a strategy to defeat enemies.

Now it's just switch to a Paradigm and mash X until you need to switch to another Paradigm. Give me control over all characters and there's no need for Paradigms.

I haven't read anything about Versus. I just picked up 13 this month.

Hope gets a little more bearable as the game progresses. I can't remember what Chapter 7 is, but he's a little less emo in the second half of the game.

I actually didn't mind the battle system too much, but it really got on my nerves how the game ended if your party leader died. Hell, the fact that you can't switch your party leader during battles was maddening at times. I wouldn't mind if they just found a halfway point between the current system and the traditional ATB system: have one player-controlled character and two AI-controlled characters with Paradigms, but let us change our party leader on the fly. At least that way we could compensate for some of the strange AI quirks (i.e. Synergists focusing all of their time boosting one character, using boosts that aren't appropriate for the situation, etc..). The Paradigm Shift system was pretty exhilarating at times, especially on some of the harder battles when you had to switch often and you didn't have recovery items to fall back on.

Overall though, the lack of freedom definitely hurts a lot. I feel like this game might have been better received if it wasn't called Final Fantasy, but that name just carries certain expectations along with it. I want my airships, I want my world maps, and I want my side-quests. And when I say "side-quests", I mean real side-quests, not just "go here, kill this guy, and get a rating and a ****ty item".