FFXIII-2

[sobriquet835]

I played the demo, even though I didn't really enjoy XIII. I think the battle system is subtly different somehow, and it felt a little better than in XIII. I liked that the area in the demo had some good reasons to explore it, and even that it could be explored. Also, having monsters fight longside you seems like it will add another layer of strategy, which XIII really needed IMO. I also prefer the way battles begin in XIII-2 over XIII, I actually like random battles. I just wish you could escape battles before you actually initiated them (or maybe you can, and I missed somthing here). I liked the puzzle in there, too, even if it was a bit simple.

[emech]

Gameinformer rates it 8. I've cancelled my preorder.

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"why is that thing there? A time paradox" . apparently the reason for anything that happens.................... and it ends on a "to be continued". I'll wait for the complete release.
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[Luketheman5]

What if a complete release never comes though? Or is Japan only like all the other FF rereleases?
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Now playing: Binary Domain
Now Replaying: Mass Effect 2

[Pagan's Mind]

[emech]

If a complete version never comes, I WILL pick it up for $30 (or less) just like you can on XIII now.

Its not because its an 8. I liked the battle system and was hyped for this release "fixing" the series, but I have better ways to spend my dollars and time at the moment then investing 30+ hours in a the story that is incomplete and (allegedly) a heap of time travel paradoxes justifying "cool" scenes and has you playing 80% of the game with the b-grade characters.
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[OropherX]

gameinformer reviews are terrible anyway lol didn't square-enix register a ffxiii-3 domain? I'm going to buy it expecting a cliffhanger at the end.
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[Banefire]

If anyone recognizes my name than you know i hate Square-Enix and want it to die a painful and satisfying demise. I hated FF13 with similar good reason.

But to be fair i downloaded the demo and completed it fully. I did the sidequests, i completely raised several of the monsters to the max and i captured all monsters i encountered. (in fact im sure i had them all)

I agree with all the negatives already mentioned but felt the need to point a few out.

The Chocobo sales lady in red had me thinking of the Claptraps in Borderlands and how i wanted to shoot everyone of them when they said "Look at me im dancing im dancing!" Likewise she needed a bullet to the brainpan or at least a gag. I would have preferred an electronic vendor otherwise her prescence at every location means that she is there for your party's benefit only and serves no other purpose to the worlds inhabitants.

Plus if she is a timetraveller as well, why did her presence at the site not awaken the 1st boss which was obviously being studied for seemingly a long period of time by the locals but as soon as our intrepid heroes which i respectfully call "cheerleader 1" and "token justin bieber/disney chracter" appear through the time device this motionless monstrosity instantly comes to life gunning for them....(wait a minute, of course! its because they are the lead characters!! - silly me i get it now, they are more important than everyone else.) I certainly hope that is explained.......wait a minute, what do i care i wont be buying this game. All i can say is i cant WAIT for the review

[Luketheman5]

[Pagan's Mind]

I'll be importing the standard edition. The CE is nice but I'm not falling into that trap like last time. I paid $140 for the CE of FFXIII and it was like $40 in a couple of months.

[admeister]

I plan to buy the standard edition from JB as soon as it's released. After how much I liked FFXIII, there wasn't much that SE could do to put me off this sequel. As far as I can see, they've fixed pretty much every complaint that people had about the first game, abs it feels as though it'll be a different experience than FFXIII was.

The monster capturing is pretty cool, it strongly reminds me of the system FFX-2 International, but it's even better.
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"The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty." - Fact Sphere.

[Benza]

[Banefire]

How about "token marketable girly boy / Kingdom Hearts costume (disney tie-in) character?" suit you?
Just being devils advocate about it, just wanted to see if anyone else was thinking the same thing when they saw it.

I would have thought that if some random guy from the future was going to help a young woman through some pretty serious time travel journeys to right wrongs etc, someone like Auron from FF10 or an older woman may have lent some maturity to the decisions being made is all.

But if thi is anything like FF10-2 than following any kind of logic is going to go out the window with this one.

[sobriquet835]

Ok, so it has a generic spiky haired protagonist. So has every Final Fantasy game. So do a whole bunch of other jRPG's. So do a whole bunch of Anime. They wouldn't be generic characters if it wasn't a popular set of traits that sells games. Can't really fault Square for that.

Besides, Noel is much better than Hope was.

[Luketheman5]

I guess I'm the only one that liked Hope, huh?
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Now playing: Binary Domain
Now Replaying: Mass Effect 2

[Benza]

[Quin]

*Still the only person who likes Nomura's character designs*
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[admeister]

I like his designs too (especially his FFX and FFX-2 ones)! Serah is the true main protagonist of FFXIII-2, its been nice to see a shift away from the strictly male protagonist trend of the previous FF games (with FFX-2 being the only exception).

As for Noel's design not being appropriate...I look at him like Future Trunks from DBZ. A young guy who decides to travel back into the past to fix his world. Not all time travellers have to look all grizzled and super-badass, they come in all shapes and sizes. Just look at Doctor Who.
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"The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty." - Fact Sphere.

[Benza]

[admeister]

Ah, how could I forget FFVI! My bad. Anyway, I think my point is pretty clear, female protagonists in the FF series are rare.

As for the spiky dudes, what can you say? Those types of characters are popular in Japan, which is exactly why we're seeing them again. It really doesn't bother me much, I've come to expect it in Japanese media. I wouldn't mind seeing a little less of it I guess, but it's not something I have any control over. Stress less, I say.
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"The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty." - Fact Sphere.

[Benza]

[admeister]

There's a difference between accepting it, and recognising that you can't do anything about it. I can whinge as much as I like about it, but what's the point?

You can label it as lazy game design, maybe it is, but taking risks is not something you want to do too often when you're spending so much time and money on developing a game.
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"The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty." - Fact Sphere.

[Benza]

[Frozencry]

[Cro]

[Benza]

and 6, and 7, and 8 and 9 and 10, and 11 etc etc. They change it up every time.
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