Final Fantasy XIII has GIANT ROBOTS FUCK YEAH

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I agree with swaggaz, it is getting tougher to be a weeaboo by the day (fortunately).  The peak of weeabooism was probably a couple of years ago when they were pumping out anime DVD subs and dubs by the truckload.  With a lot of weeaboo importers closing up shop, the day of being a japanotard has long since passed.  Uguu~

Awkward models awkwardly imitating the sexual reproductive act while 90s disposable rock-pop blasts in the background offends me more.

Yeah, you don't have to watch the lame ass sex scenes in Dragon Age tho, but no matter what you're gonna get the weeaboo nastiness all over you in FF.

Fortunately, I have virtually no interest in getting this game.

[Human Snorenado]

Your loss duder, game is awesome.  Meaning Dragon Age, FF XIII will be weeaboo central.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Your loss duder, game is awesome.  Meaning Dragon Age, FF XIII will be weeaboo central.

No, I mean I won't be buying FF XIII.

[Human Snorenado]

I am finally watching the trailer.

I'm too old for this shit.

So it's not just me. I'd be more ashamed to play this around people than Bayonetta.

This is where I'm at re: all the weeabooness.  At least in Bayonetta it looks like there's some skill involved to play the game and it doesn't take itself so fucking seriously.  Not knowing you're a joke is the worst sin of jrpgs imo.

T EXP- I think I'll probably break down and get it when it hits $40.

[Himu]

We were discussing this very thing in the last FF13 thread, Triumph.

[Human Snorenado]

We were discussing this very thing in the last FF13 thread, Triumph.

True story bro- I've since killed those brain cells that remember all that.  Probably from exposure to the FF XIII trailers, to be honest.

[Himu]

I'm just saying that a lot of us agree, but it seems all of us are going to buy it eventually anyways.

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=32411.0

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah, but maybe we can buy it used and deny Square our sweet dinero.  That's what I did when I bought a Wii to play Fire Emblem on- bought it used off of Craigslist and sold it after I was done.  Yeah I'm petty bitches, whatever.

[MCD]

fully agree with demi, game is gonna rock.

next gen turn based rpgs.

my party will be hope, lightning and either that afro guy or that goth chick.

[demi]

Dont worry guys when Persona 5 comes out it'll be cool to play

[Mr. Gundam]

Day one you motherfucking bitches.

Day. One.

[Himu]

No doubt. Day one.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I doubt I'll get it because I rarely buy games over $20.  I'm still playing through 360 games released in 2006 and 2007.  At this rate, it'll probably be 2012 until I think about buying FFXIII.  At that point, I hope I will have moved on from video gaming entirely.  Although I always hope for this so this is probably unlikely.  That and most of what I've seen is uninteresting.  It's like a mix of FFX and robot anime.

[tiesto]

I'm looking forward to the battle system most of all, it's nice they ditched the horrific FFXII system in favor of something more traditional.

[Jansen]

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[Rman]

I'm looking forward to the battle system most of all, it's nice they ditched the horrific FFXII system in favor of something more traditional.

Did anyone even like XII? 

[magus]

i didn't mind the idea of gambit that much (i mean... it's auto combat! if anything i don't understand what's the big deal there?) what i couldn't stand is how after a while every boss battle goes like this

1. cast bubble
2. cast lure on bubbled guy
3. occasional cast of reverse
4. occasional use of ether to keep abusing reverse
5. wait for half an hour several hours if you are fighting the secret boss
6. the cake is done

you know thinking back about it,it's not surprising this game was done by the man who tought it was an awesome idea to have your character deals only 1 damage to bosses unless the alignment of planet was right

[Jansen]

uhh the big deal is the lack of player interaction.

all i remember doing the entire time i played XII was walking my dudes from point a to point b and watching them kill everything whilst i touched myself from boredom.

[magus]

oh i do agree there is a lack of player interaction what i mean is for people who think that it's a good system what makes it different from any other "auto" option found in other rpg's?

[Mr. Gundam]

I love FFXII. You can you know, turn off the Gambit system.

[magus]

i've tried turning the gambit off once... it did end up that i spend way more time blocking the game and issuing attacks command than doing anything else

you know what was the best setup for me? set 2 character to gambit and control one,play him as a mage,at that point you have some control and you don't have to stop the game every 2 friggin seconds

[BlueTsunami]

I remember being turned off by the dungeon designs and random loot. The random loot shit really blew my mind. 1/1000 chance to get "Super cool weapon". I was thinking about trying to get through all of it again and the thought of the random treasure just turns me off.

[magus]

yea that's terrible too! and let's not mention the "do not open the first chest in the game containing a potion or you lose one of the best weapon in the game!" fiasco

[Don Flamenco]

I have a love/hate relationship with this game but day 1 uguu~

[Himu]

I'm looking forward to the battle system most of all, it's nice they ditched the horrific FFXII system in favor of something more traditional.

Did anyone even like XII? 

i really like the battle system, when it's all said and done. It just took me like 50 hours to "get" it. The hunts are fuck amazing.

[TakingBackSunday]

No, XII still sucks shit.

[Himu]

The hunts are amazing, and I really liked the later game dungeons. And I'd rather have FF12's lack of story than this moe. At least it had its heart in the right place and had potential.

[TakingBackSunday]

Jin, you know you my boo, but XII sucks more than demi is friendless.  Don't see how that's hard to see.

Both games start slow though.  At least TP gains ground three hours in.

[Mr. Gundam]

i've tried turning the gambit off once... it did end up that i spend way more time blocking the game and issuing attacks command than doing anything else

Just like a traditional turn-based JRPG! I played the entire game like that, and IT WAS AWESOME.

[magus]

i've tried turning the gambit off once... it did end up that i spend way more time blocking the game and issuing attacks command than doing anything else

Just like a traditional turn-based JRPG! I played the entire game like that, and IT WAS AWESOME.

a traditional JRPG goes much more smoother than that 
(barring antique NES game)

[Don Flamenco]

i've tried turning the gambit off once... it did end up that i spend way more time blocking the game and issuing attacks command than doing anything else

Just like a traditional turn-based JRPG! I played the entire game like that, and IT WAS AWESOME.

How long did your playthrough last?  Just curious if that adds lots of hours to the game. 

[Mr. Gundam]

It's been three years now since I played it, but it didn't add a whole lot to my playtime. I'm also not one of those "Oh gee willickers! I have to get every item and every single weapon!" hardcore nerd types, either.

I'll have to boot up the PS2 and check the memory card to make sure, but I doubt I spent more than 30-40 hours on the game.

[TakingBackSunday]

Jin, you know you my boo, but XII sucks more than demi is friendless.  Don't see how that's hard to see.

Both games start slow though.  At least TP gains ground three hours in.

It has its issues, but as I said before, it was a baby step in the right direction. The ideas were great, but perhaps they weren't executed as well as everyone hoped for. I was so excited for XIII, more so than I am now, because I thought SE would develop those ideas further. They may have taken what was so good about XII's battle system and added an ATB twist, but the art direction and character designs (also betting on the story), is your clichéd shonen crap.

Ok, now I'm starting to sound like Emcee when he's defending one of his waggle b-games.

I agree with you on the art direction but who gives a shit, all FF games have crappy art direction.

[BlueTsunami]

I'm with Genghis. Missing that Zodiac Spear due to my OCD nature (in regards to looking for chests) was pure torture to me.

It was like SE was all like " Next time a you buya our Guide, silly westerner"

[Himu]

I didn't give a shit. I missed out too and I got like two demonbane's and one fomalhault and I railed ass

[BlueTsunami]

One thing I did like about Gambits was automated Grinding. Setting up a path and applying Gambit to handle the enemies was strangely fulfilling. With that said, I'm happy FFXIII seems to be pulling a bunch of things from FFXII but not the gambit system. Hunts are in there though

[Himu]

*doesn't understand the need to have the strongest weapon in the game and making a fuss about it*

If I miss it, oh well.

The randomized treasures had far bigger problems than finding the Zodiac Spear. If it were up to me, weapons like fomalhault, demonsbane's, and zodiac spears wouldn't be able to be found in chests and you'd have to go on super side quests to get them, like in the old days.

The bigger problem with FF12's randomized treasure is that there are few rewards. Typically you will get a chest with nothing but 12 gil in it. That's stupid. It makes me not want to explore the world because I'm thinking "I'll just get 12 gil from chests anyways"

[Himu]

One thing I did like about Gambits was automated Grinding. Setting up a path and applying Gambit to handle the enemies was strangely fulfilling. With that said, I'm happy FFXIII seems to be pulling a bunch of things from FFXII but not the gambit system. Hunts are in there though

HUNTS HUNTS HUNTS

[chronovore]

Day one. ¥9200 BITCHES. How much is that converted to Americas? OH YEAH IT'S $104 BECAUSE THE DOLLAR IS TANKING.

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  :'(

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holy shit.  Why are games so expensive there??

Yeah, that's inflated but it's generallyl pretty wretched. Most games are normally 8000 yen or so, which is like 90+ USbucks. It's even worse that a "big sale" over here is usually 5%-10% off the full retail price. So it's pretty funny why Japanese publishers are so baffled why their games aren't selling well domestically.

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And then, even more foolishly, treat overseas market as a secondary consideration.

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Then again, aren't games stupid-expensive in Australia and NZ? What about Europe?