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08/23/2012 04:45 AM (UTC)
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Playing DS version of Final Fantasy III on my phone and loving every minute of it.

Ah, back when games were games and not not the hell-belch that is FFXIII, FFXIII-2 or FFXIV (or so I've heard. Haven't even bothered playing this one yet).


Lol XIII was horrible to the point where I didn't even touch XIII-2. They were more of a movie than a game to be honest, and not a good movie. I would rather watch Kazaam.



I actually very much enjoyed the game.

What about it made you feel it was terrible?
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08/23/2012 04:49 AM (UTC)
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Shaq's acting lol.
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08/23/2012 05:14 AM (UTC)
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coltess Wrote:
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I don't understand the whole Brony thing. As far as I'm concerned, the best things on the HUB are Batman and ALF.


>Bronies are just people who like a certain TV show because it is a good one. Having characters with depth and personality, good writing, and humor that appeals to us. Things that could not be said about the previous My Little Pony TV shows.


But ALF has all of those things, plus an alien!


But ALF doesn't have one thing: Anime-ish ponies, that look more feline than horse-like. tongue

We have differing opinions and preferences, not all of us will like something the other enjoys. Or more commonly said; Different strokes for different folks.
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08/23/2012 05:26 AM (UTC)
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Riyakou Wrote:
TheNinjasRock071394 Wrote:
Baraka407 Wrote:
Playing DS version of Final Fantasy III on my phone and loving every minute of it.

Ah, back when games were games and not not the hell-belch that is FFXIII, FFXIII-2 or FFXIV (or so I've heard. Haven't even bothered playing this one yet).


Lol XIII was horrible to the point where I didn't even touch XIII-2. They were more of a movie than a game to be honest, and not a good movie. I would rather watch Kazaam.



I actually very much enjoyed the game.

What about it made you feel it was terrible?


I have this debate with him IRL all the time.

He hates the fact that Chapters 1-8 are effectively linear runs littered with cutscenes, which I grant is a completely valid point. If I were SE I would have made it differently. However, the game really opens up both during and after Chapter 9, and that's where the meat of the game is, as you well know.

My biggest complaint with FF13 was the difficulty curve. Chapter 9 was ridiculously hard, there was another small spike in Chapter 11, but then the rest of the game was stupidly easy. I don't get it. 13-2's was also weird, where the game is extremely easy all the way until Academia 500 AF, and then you get violently murdered by anything and everything until you grind fragments. Given the choice, I'll take 13-2's curve, but hopefully for 13-3 SE makes a nice balanced difficulty that steadily rises from beginning to end.
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08/23/2012 05:43 AM (UTC)
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Riyakou Wrote:

I actually very much enjoyed the game.

What about it made you feel it was terrible?


Well for starters, it was more of a movie than a game IMO. Running down a linear path with no other options, followed by about 10 minutes of fights, followed by 30 minutes or more of cut-scenes isn't my idea of a game. I get that they want to tell a story and all, but if you are going to make something that is more cut-scenes than game-play.... just make it a movie. I am sure a film even if it wasn't in theaters of the story they tried telling along with the graphics and visuals that were used in the cut-scenes would have told a decent story for a film stemming off of a video game.

The "Auto Attack" or whatever it was called in combat is another thing I didn't like. I know turn-based combat isn't really "in" anymore other than a few exceptions but I feel the combat system in this game made the game too easy during basic fights. I'm sure it was put in to make things quicker and smoother for the less advanced players but it gets to the point that you can just press "A" or "X" like twice and win a battle if it isn't a boss battle. The boss battles require a bit more thought but when the normal battles require 0% thought... it isn't saying much.


While I said that the movie thing could work for them telling a story, I hated the characters. The only one I enjoyed was Sazh. All of the other characters spend the game just whining and moaning like a bunch of little emo kids and it got on my nerves after my first hour of cut-scenes. I get that Sazh as well is moaning here and there about missing his son and being motivated to get him back but he seems to be a pretty uplifting guy. I watched m0s play XIII-2 and from what I saw, Sazh is just a ton of fun in those cut-scenes. I don't know if it is the fact that the other characters have personalities relating to such characterful items like Glue sticks, Sandpaper, and a slightly bent bendy straw, but he is the one character I can say I enjoyed when compared to the rest of the cast. I also dislike how characters can fill most roles. I know that seems like something that people would say "Da Fuq? Why do you dislike that?" but I feel that each character having a specific role in the party, would help develop their character in the story. I feel like their motivation for being involved with the story, and their personalities could be boosted by having a specific class structure of some sort. Not just "oh you can switch mid battle to have character x do this while characters y and z become this". Class structure like FF-1. It doesn't even have to be the generic "Warrior/tank of some sort type character is the hot headed one" which has been done time and time again, but with all of Snow's complaining it would make sense to put him as that role if they were to do this.

I hate snow so much and I am sure this is how that whiny bastard feels about me.



And I hear and hear about how past a certain point in XIII the game opens up and isn't as linear, but when I have to play a shit ton of hours into the game just to reach that point of it opening up... it's a bit too much. I forgot what part I was up to exactly before I said "Fuck this game, it's a piece of shit" and sold my copy of XIII but I was on Disc 2 and still running in a straight line for 10 minutes and then watching a ton of cut-scenes. I tried remembering what I was up to by using google and I got results of people saying how they had the "Insert" Disc 3 (for the Xbox version)" message and they were still running in straight lines at that point. Running in a straight line with mostly avoidable battles against standard enemies (as unwise as that may be in terms of crystarium leveling) just isn't my idea of a good time. I know I keep going back to the issue of the game being ridiculously linear and I know you may be saying "OK we get that it is linear already" but it effects the game-play in my opinion. If people want to run in a straight line go for it, it's your time not mine. (
Excuse any grammatical errors (if there are any) please. I am ridiculously tired and will edit this when I wake up to make sure everything is fine.
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08/23/2012 05:59 AM (UTC)
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anyting with shaq is awesome
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08/23/2012 06:23 AM (UTC)
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I bought FF13. Tried it. Hated it. Never beaten a FF before so why did I try now. Fuck if I know.
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08/23/2012 07:09 AM (UTC)
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I need to steal that Snow image, that is just priceless.
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08/23/2012 09:52 AM (UTC)
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1 user online at this point... and it's me. *sigh*
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08/23/2012 01:04 PM (UTC)
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1 user online at this point... and it's me. *sigh*



Ever considered clearing your inbox?

@TheNinjasRock071394 I too did feel a bit odd about the bizarre about of cutscenes, but I always get caught up in them, and I enjoy them too much to care. Still, I really didn't get to do some serious playing until Disc 3, when we can do those fal'Ce missions.

As for the characters, only Snow and Lightning seemed emo, imo. Fang was calm and quiet often. Hope just seemed like your average teen. Sazh appeared stereotypically black, which bothered me quite a bit. And Vanille was very happy and hopeful.

I also very much enjoyed the Eidolons in this game, Hecatoncheir being my favorite, though it was a bitch to obtain. It was like trying to catch a legendary pokemon with Great Balls.

I really liked the game, and I was sad when Vanille had to become Ragnarok, though I kinda figured she would way early on. My only real gripe is that the fighting system was a bit confusing, and sometimes it took too long to set up an attack.

Oh, and for the record, Snow is hot.
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08/23/2012 01:29 PM (UTC)
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08/23/2012 02:06 PM (UTC)
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OMG Alleged Heavenly Sword 2 Concept Art leak

There may be a Heavenly Sword 2 after all! Or maybe it's just a cruel joke, either way is fine.
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08/23/2012 02:13 PM (UTC)
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Riyakou Wrote:
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1 user online at this point... and it's me. *sigh*



Ever considered clearing your inbox?
...
Oh, and for the record, Snow is hot.


I actually did clean my inbox not so long ago... But you have to clear every single one individually... Which sucks.

And yes, Snow is freaking hot and awesome and so is his voice actor!
Troy Baker... Mmm...
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08/23/2012 03:20 PM (UTC)
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I have 433 messages in my inbox.
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08/23/2012 04:37 PM (UTC)
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I have 1098. I'm terrible at deleting things. sad
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08/23/2012 06:24 PM (UTC)
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I love Nintendo 64, don't get me wrong... But I just can never enjoy playing with the controller with the joystick always getting warn out.

I was playing Perfect Dark today, and it just isn't fun when I can't move the character around smoothly all because of my joystick. I know where to go to get a new controller, I just can't stand the joystick...

I'm so glad that Mario Party changed some of their games where you don't need to excessively circle the joystick around.
KungLaodoesntsuck Wrote:
OMG Alleged Heavenly Sword 2 Concept Art leak

There may be a Heavenly Sword 2 after all! Or maybe it's just a cruel joke, either way is fine.


Considering the end of the first game..
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08/23/2012 07:13 PM (UTC)
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will never delete my box
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Get that ass BANNED

08/23/2012 08:02 PM (UTC)
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WUT

This video is creepy.
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08/23/2012 08:20 PM (UTC)
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WUT

This video is creepy.

fix'd
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08/23/2012 08:23 PM (UTC)
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Jaded-Raven Wrote:
Riyakou Wrote:
Jaded-Raven Wrote:
1 user online at this point... and it's me. *sigh*



Ever considered clearing your inbox?
...
Oh, and for the record, Snow is hot.


I actually did clean my inbox not so long ago... But you have to clear every single one individually... Which sucks.

And yes, Snow is freaking hot and awesome and so is his voice actor!
Troy Baker... Mmm...


Just looked that guy up on Google Images.



What a hotty. And he looks like Snow!
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08/23/2012 08:25 PM (UTC)
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Riyakou Wrote:
Jaded-Raven Wrote:
Riyakou Wrote:
Jaded-Raven Wrote:
1 user online at this point... and it's me. *sigh*



Ever considered clearing your inbox?
...
Oh, and for the record, Snow is hot.


I actually did clean my inbox not so long ago... But you have to clear every single one individually... Which sucks.

And yes, Snow is freaking hot and awesome and so is his voice actor!
Troy Baker... Mmm...


Just looked that guy up on Google Images.



What a hotty.


I know right?! *drool*
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08/23/2012 08:52 PM (UTC)
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Murcielago Wrote:
WUT

This video is creepy.


That wasn't creepy at all.

It hardly made me flinch.
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Get that ass BANNED

08/23/2012 09:05 PM (UTC)
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Well it was creepy for me.

How about this?

Aaaaand they ruined Virgil in the new DmC. God. Fucking. Dammit.
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08/23/2012 09:46 PM (UTC)
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Shoutout to MINION for the badass sigs I see all over MKO.

Very nice, I like. I like sex.
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