Final Fantasy XIII

[Raikirik]

OK...I decided to give it another shot. Played for a couple hours....it's getting a little bit better. I'm now at some crystal lake place. Anyway....still on the boring side but I'm hoping things pick up. Some of the reviews I read said things don't really kick in until the 20th hour mark...so I've got a ways to go yet.

Keep at it. There are things that gradually get added to the gameplay over the course of the game. The first two chapters were pure introduction. If you noticed, you didn't even get CP to increase your stats or expand your abilities.

Lake Bresha is still very early.

 

[bumblebee]

I'm on chapter 3 or maybe its chapter 4...either way its been very straight forward and boring so far. Game looks great but damn its boring right now.

 

[THX-182]

I'm on chapter 3 or maybe its chapter 4...either way its been very straight forward and boring so far. Game looks great but damn its boring right now.

Aren't games supposed to rope you in with the first few levels? How do they expect to keep your attention for a 30 hour game if the first 20 hours are boring as ____?

 

[Predator vs. Alien]

I actually never found the game to be boring(okay maybe my 1st hour playing) but it really picks up. You just have to give it a chance. It takes awhile for anything to take effect(upgrading, leveling up your weapons, ect.) but its all worth while.

 

[plasmid303]

Sorry to derail this further but I had to respond. I fail to see how it's Mortal Kombat's fault they killed the little girl. Just another case of passing the blame to try and duck responsibility. They knew that kicking and punching her was going to hurt her. They may have been pretending to be a MK character or whatever but so what? They could have been mimicking Bruce Lee instead. Had they said that would we blame him?

If I see my neighbor hit his wife can I hit mine and blame him? I saw him do it and I was only pretending to be him. Honest. Arrest him, not me.

I can understand what you mean, but the same applies to those parents you mentioned before. The ones who allowed their baby to die? They fed their kid rotten milk and hit and abused him when he cried. Is that the fault of a video game addiction? I don't think so. And who is to say those same parents didn't use their apparent addiction as a scapegoat?

It's all in the same boat. And this discussion has derailed from it's own purpose, that you're generalizing a whole race of people based on some broad inflection of a video game franchise you know little about.

Enough from me. I need to play some FFXIII now, and hopefully it stops being so boring soon, because I'm in this for the long haul. Please please please....

 

[THX-182]

Who said I know little about it? I have almost all the Final Fantasy games...

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I'm on chapter 3 or maybe its chapter 4...either way its been very straight forward and boring so far. Game looks great but damn its boring right now.

I just played the first 2 save points at the beginning. this game is frickin sweet. I like the way you can control both people in fights. I got 4 stars vs the thing with the saws & 5 stars vs everything else so far

 

[Kratos]

K I can't remember the last time I played a FF Game, I think it was FF5 on an Emulater or DS? Can't remember lol
Is this game worth picking up? It looks to be a beautiful game

 

[BadMoon]

A controller was almost just smashed. I got to the

Spoiler

ProtoFlorian

Thing. Fought it for 20 minutes and died with him almost dead. Nothing like fighting for 20 minutes only to have to start over. ____!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I'm level 3 on the ice lake. it takes a while to get the magic & skills set up

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

A controller was almost just smashed. I got to the

Spoiler

ProtoFlorian

Thing. Fought it for 20 minutes and died with him almost dead. Nothing like fighting for 20 minutes only to have to start over. ____!

 

[NASEDO]

I thinking of putting my FF on ebay. I love RPG's and played every FF, but this to me is a let down. I still need to check out Star Ocean and Demon Souls but Dragon Age is by far the best RPG I played this year.

 

[BadMoon]

Yeah it's the first challenging fight in the game. I was really pissed.

 

[BadMoon]

I thinking of putting my FF on ebay. I love RPG's and played every FF, but this to me is a let down. I still need to check out Star Ocean and Demon Souls but Dragon Age is by far the best RPG I played this year.

To each their own. I'm loving this!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Yeah it's the first challenging fight in the game. I was really pissed.

it took me 2 tries to kill the Cie

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Sorry to derail this further but I had to respond. I fail to see how it's Mortal Kombat's fault they killed the little girl. Just another case of passing the blame to try and duck responsibility. They knew that kicking and punching her was going to hurt her. They may have been pretending to be a MK character or whatever but so what? They could have been mimicking Bruce Lee instead. Had they said that would we blame him?

If I see my neighbor hit his wife can I hit mine and blame him? I saw him do it and I was only pretending to be him. Honest. Arrest him, not me.

This is exactly how I feel about the subject. I watch action/horror movies all the time. Watched them when I was a kid, teen, and still today...I turned out somewhat fine. I've never hit or fought someone and put the blame on someone/thing else. While I do agree in the sense that kids are influenced by this stuff to a point, but this is why Parents are supposed to do their jobs and educate their kids that its not real and just a game/movie.

 

[darthviper107]

I'm surprised at how short the first disc is--the game is supposed to be like 50 hours, but I had to change discs at 8

 

[kobayashi93]

A controller was almost just smashed. I got to the

Spoiler

ProtoFlorian

Thing. Fought it for 20 minutes and died with him almost dead. Nothing like fighting for 20 minutes only to have to start over. ____!

That guy was a beast HP wise. I don't remember anything to hard about him though.

I'm about to start chapter 9.

 

[BadMoon]

That guy was a beast HP wise. I don't remember anything to hard about him though.

I'm about to start chapter 9.

Good for you! I have played him three times! The first time was no problem! I almost had him and then boom dead. I get worse every time I try now. I guess I'm over thinking it.

 

[kobayashi93]

You can do it.

I played for a bit today, until I got my ass kicked three times by a run of the mill enemy. Decided to turn it off for the day. Tomorrow I'll try him again with one of the booster sprays.