official Final Fantasy XIII

[PL_ Veteran]

Kitase wants to do FFXIII-2 and responds to Western critics

Hm. Didn't X-2 suck? I understand their point of not having to focus so much on a battle system, but still. Final Fantasy gets a lot of spin-offs as it is.

Also,

You get to experience dramatic moments and big events

Why couldn't we play the opening fight? Damn, that looked fun :(

[Massiveterra]

Why do final fantasy fans hate the xbox 360 so much?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BluDcAA4U0

[slyph]

Andrew, not sure if you passed it or not. But the Vanille thing is a universally difficult fight for a lot of people. Just set your battle speed to slow and it becomes trivial.

[PL_ Veteran]

Why do final fantasy fans hate the xbox 360 so much?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BluDcAA4U0

LOL, that was such an awkward video. The announcer really built it up and everything.

[3rdDin8]

LOL, that was such an awkward video. The announcer really built it up and everything.

I'd hate to be in his shoes at that time.

[MrArifPatel]

attack the heads on the side of him first, than go for the middle one. Make sure to have one Com/Rav/Med, and you should be able to beat him. You may also want to set up some Optima's for Com/Rav/Rav and (Com/Rav)/Med/Med, just in case you need to heal your team. You may also want to set an Optima to cast buffs on your team

got him to less then an inch health bar, and he casted doom on me and I got ripped, does he always do that?

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Andrew, not sure if you passed it or not. But the Vanille thing is a universally difficult fight for a lot of people. Just set your battle speed to slow and it becomes trivial.

You can do that :| I should set it to fast while grinding.

I had to turn back.. there was no beating him. I took an hour today and found a very sweet spot to sit and grind. I've almost got all 6 characters maxed out on their 3 classes, all are almost level 4, without anymore room to grow.

got him to less then an inch health bar, and he casted doom on me and I got ripped, does he always do that?

All bosses will cast Doom on you if you don't complete them fast enough.. sounds like you need to head back and grind for 20-30 mins more

You're close tho :)

[slyph]

There is normal and slow, normal is default. slow is just really slow :)

[Cha0sDragon14]

got him to less then an inch health bar, and he casted doom on me and I got ripped, does he always do that?

From what I've heard, bosses will cast doom on you if you take too long to finish the fight. It's kind of annoying, but if you go back in with a decent strategy it shouldn't happen again.

[Grex]

What the f is with the gatling gun attack by the valco-bike enemies? :angry: that thing is just brutal.

The only way I figure you can survive that thing is with sen/med and having hope casting cure at the time of attack. Most of the time I cannot pull it off in time.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Why do final fantasy fans hate the xbox 360 so much?

Because they "lost" an exclusive. Same thing happened with MGS/DMC etc etc

[slyph]

That IS the only way to survive them pretty much, you should have more than enough time to get ready for it, it takes nearly 3 full turns to charge up and it says 'Gatling Gun' in red right above it when it starts to cast it.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

are the summons enroute to the end, as in is there any way possable to accidentialy miss them ?

only asking cause im close to leaving the junkyard after the crystal lake thing, and only have the Shiva Sisters atm ( which snow isnt playable atm )

[Purple Haze]

I really haven't minded the linearity; it all makes sense as far as the story goes. Until Ch. 11 (which I just got to), they really don't HAVE time to dawdle around towns and find side-quests. Sometimes I like having sprawling dungeons to explore and find "secret" treasures and sometimes I don't. It's nice to not have to grind for experience for once. If every RPG was like, say, Phantasy Star II (one of my all-time faves, btw), I'd be sick of the genre by now.

are the summons enroute to the end, as in is there any way possable to accidentialy miss them ?

only asking cause im close to leaving the junkyard after the crystal lake thing, and only have the Shiva Sisters atm ( which snow isnt playable atm )

You can't miss them, so don't worry about that.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

are the summons enroute to the end, as in is there any way possable to accidentialy miss them ?

only asking cause im close to leaving the junkyard after the crystal lake thing, and only have the Shiva Sisters atm ( which snow isnt playable atm )

each character gets one, and it is impossible to miss them. The story will lead you right into more summons.

[3rdDin8]

What the f is with the gatling gun attack by the valco-bike enemies? :angry: that thing is just brutal.

The only way I figure you can survive that thing is with sen/med and having hope casting cure at the time of attack. Most of the time I cannot pull it off in time.

Try using a shroud before going into battle especially the one with haste in it, it's unbelievable how easy the battle becomes.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

k, thnx for the replies, due to the one person above sayign he took one path and got to a mecha and gave up on it, then took the other path didnt know if the summon locations were off on deadends or something like the loot balls

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

k, thnx for the replies, due to the one person above sayign he took one path and got to a mecha and gave up on it, then took the other path didnt know if the summon locations were off on deadends or something like the loot balls

You were probably reading my post :p I really don't want to spoil the game for you, but if you insist..

Chapter 11 - Gran Pulse, you have free-range to run around and fight any monster of your choosing. You can do side-quests, which are located in Gran Pulse (and this place is HUGE!). These however, have nothing to do with Chapter 11, other than to "grind" your way up to a higher level before continuing with the story. I tried grinding (obviously not enough) and went to continue Chapter 11, stumbling upon Vanille's summon. The only way across this section of the game, is to beat the summon and capture it. I don't come close to beating it, so I turned around to go back to Gran Pulse and grind.

There :p

[slyph]

the thing is Andrew, this game is designed and able to be beaten WITHOUT ever grinding. even for eidelon battles. it is 100% optional if you want to over power yourself. but is by no means neccesary. there are methods, and like i said. without grinding at all and just putting the battle speed to slow, you can win that battle. even on sphere level 3 with vanille.

My friend got stuck on that too, he died about 20 times and I told him to switch it to slow and he finished it first try and laughed at how trivial it became. are you libra'ing it and reading what makes it's gauge increase the fastest?

[KoL Veteran]

Finally got it today. I'm 3 hours in and loving it so far. It looks amazing and loving the music so far. I don't know why but I like the battle song.

I haven't used it a lot but the Crystarium system looks very similar to Sphere Grid of FFX. That is something I really liked about FFX.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Finally got it today. I'm 3 hours in and loving it so far. It looks amazing and loving the music so far. I don't know why but I like the battle song.

I haven't used it a lot but the Crystarium system looks very similar to Sphere Grid of FFX. That is something I really liked about FFX.

You are probably further than me in one day/session :laugh:

I don't have the patience to play the new FF's for long periods. An hour and a half is about as much as I can stomach.

Where are you in the game?

[sundayx Veteran]

Steelguard blocks 90% of Gatling gun.

[KoL Veteran]

You are probably further than me in one day/session :laugh:

I don't have the patience to play the new FF's for long periods. An hour and a half is about as much as I can stomach.

Where are you in the game?

Hahaha :laugh:

Im in the Frozen Lake, don't remember the name.

[slyph]

yeah the music is amazing, I imported the OST, 4 discs + day 0 prequel drama cd and a like 30 page booklet. its pretty :D

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

the thing is Andrew, this game is designed and able to be beaten WITHOUT ever grinding. even for eidelon battles. it is 100% optional if you want to over power yourself. but is by no means neccesary. there are methods, and like i said. without grinding at all and just putting the battle speed to slow, you can win that battle. even on sphere level 3 with vanille.

My friend got stuck on that too, he died about 20 times and I told him to switch it to slow and he finished it first try and laughed at how trivial it became. are you libra'ing it and reading what makes it's gauge increase the fastest?

If you can beat this game, without ever grinding, i'll personally give you my Xbox360 and my game :p

kidding.. but seriously, there is NO way to beat Chapter 11 without grinding.. you'll see why!

Hahaha :laugh:

Im in the Frozen Lake, don't remember the name.

That's Chapter 2 :p