Board 8 > Final Fantasy XIII-2 Discussion Topic.

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Bought this earlier today, haven't seen too many people talking about it. Figure there have to be a few other people here playing through it! Are people liking it?

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Doesn't come in the mail until Monday

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http://chocobocolina.tumblr.com/

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Picked mine up today at Target. I had it preordered at Gamestop, but Target offered a $20 gift card with the purchase so I'm cancelling that Gamestop preorder. Looking forward to starting it eventually!

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I'm enjoying it so far. The introductory area is sooooo boring, but when you start traveling it picks up quick. The only big issue is that you can only take 2 active quests at a time, and to me that's....a REALLY big issue, but I guess I'll get over it....by skipping most of the sidequests!

Also, the loading times are pretty bad, although mainly just when you're entering a new time. But that's some Sonic '06 ****, there.

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Advent Children QTE intro I see.

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This is some music we've got going here.

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Just ordered by copy of Amazon.

Free $20 giftcard!

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Bought it yesterday. It's fun so far, but I think I'd rather stay clear of this topic from now on. Don't want to get spoiled.

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I'm about 4 hours in

I like
-the new Crystarium
-dialogue choices
-catching monsters
-Chocolina's boobs

I don't like
-how every random encounter leaves you a little disoriented because you usually have to turn around to find the enemy and then are facing a different direction at the end
-actually using monsters in battle
-everything else about Chocolina

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The new Crystarium is...boring.

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From: tereziWright | #011
The new Crystarium is...boring.

As in, you like it less than the other Crystarium? There's more of a feeling of customization now.

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Dialogue choices seem rather pointless so far. I answer, get a response, and then move right along. It said something about affecting the story later in the datalog, so we'll see. I was hoping you'd be able to actually go through the options instead of choosing only one.

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The dialogue choices also apparently affect the items you get in those square treasure boxes. And you can redo areas if you want to see other scenarios play out from branching situations. Not that I really have any interest in doing that.

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should arrive today.

Time to get the booze.

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Chocolina is the greatest.

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From: ZFS | #013
I was hoping you'd be able to actually go through the options instead of choosing only one.

Sounds like someone's been spoiled by Mass Effect!

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If you're going to take an idea from that game, you might as well do it right! Also, the rewards you get from Live Triggers don't seem to do anything, from what I can tell.

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They are items you can use to dress up your monsters.




Yep.

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oh my

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For every

Single

Monster

Anyways, I'm apparently just swimming in these rare, "2 hours of grinding and still haven't gotten its crystal" monsters. Got the Armadillo thing and White Wolf on the first go.

The White Wolf is ****ing broken. His magic is over twice as high as Serah's even after including her weapon. His spells aren't great....but once I get other Ravagers that are weaker but learned better spells, I can just merge them into him and make him unstoppable.

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I'm still waiting :/

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Bresha Ruins. Demo zone.

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I just encountered a really annoying and really weird glitch. Whenever I put an enemy into stagger, my wireless controller disconnects. WTF?

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From: Leebo86 | #010
I don't like
-how every random encounter leaves you a little disoriented because you usually have to turn around to find the enemy and then are facing a different direction at the end

Yeah, this is pretty annoying, it happens to me a lot.

I'm up to chapter 3 right now and it is pretty fun. The characters and dialogue are really lame though. Also, am I supposed to be able to get all the fragments for an area the first time I visit, or do I have to go back at later times?

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his royal ripeness is the worst

the worst

ever

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In 10 AF right now. So far, pretty good -- much better than XIII ever was. Noel is awesome, too.

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300AF superior timezone.

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The best time zones are any of the time zones with the Devil May Cry Chocobos.

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RIDE THIS CHOCOBO!? the best

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We're rolling now. I don't like the new character that was recently introduced -- and I'm not sold on Purple Sephiroth either -- but everything else has been great. I sat through a nice cutscene about the future, the past, paradoxes, saving the future by changing the past, portaling to the present, and then realized I'm playing a Chrono game. Works for me! Noel is still a boss -- best character of FFXIII anything.

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"When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it."

Wait did ZFS honestly manage to get further than me already?

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Cloudburst is a ridiculous Rav monster. Keep an eye out for it.

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From: ZFS | #034
Noel is still a boss -- best character of FFXIII anything.

Sounds like HM being HM to me...!

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Shadow Dino posted...
Cloudburst is a ridiculous Rav monster. Keep an eye out for it.

Better than Albino Lobo?

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It's a weak field he's up against.

(He's a cool character on his own, too. Best FF character in some time, though the weak field might apply again!)

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From: ZFS | #039
It's a weak field he's up against.

(He's a cool character on his own, too. Best FF character in some time, though the weak field might apply again!)

Yep

Definitely just HM being HM

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are you some kind of closet lightning fan

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"When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it."

I'm not quiet about liking Lightning or most of the FFXIII cast, actually!

But Noel is on pace to be one of the worst leads the series has ever had.

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Whoa, what. No way -- he's one of the most normal, well-adjusted FF leads, if anything.

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Gross HM. Gross.

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wat ev

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"When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it."

But Noel is on pace to be one of the worst leads the series has ever had.

He's a lead...?


About four and a half hours in so far. Fun game but I don't think I'll like it as much as FF13, its characters are less intriguing and I don't like how it feels less streamlined (more wandering around finding items, etc.). Still early so there's plenty of time to re-evaluate my opinion here.

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Not a big fan of Mr. Sora + Riku fusion HAAAAAAAA.

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From: NeoElfboy | #046
He's a lead...?

Well, I meant to say "male lead," and when I say that, I mean the main playable male character.

So yeah, Noel's a lead.

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Fortunately, he doesn't sound like either. KH dialogue would be a dealbreaker for him. Not sure about those pants, though!

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Casino gambling yay!

Gogogogo my sweet Behemoth.

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