Marvelfangirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Is it just me or does SquareEnix release awesome games? People bash them because of the Final Fantasy XIII series (which I like), but they've done well with all of the Eidos properties they acquired (Deus Ex, Hitman, Tomb Raider). I'm a fan. People didn't like final fantasy XIII? I thought they were pretty good. My favorite was X, then VII after that its pretty much par for the course. Really? X is my favorite FF game too (It was my first FF game I played) I actually liked XIII (Lighting being my favorite character) VI is my 2nd favorite FF game. Square Enix has put out some quailty games. So,they'll be getting my money this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Final Fantasy XIII has awesome combat. The problem is it takes 15 hours until the game opens up the entire system to you, so most people stopped playing before the game actually got good. The art design is amazing too. I have XIII-2, but haven't played it yet. I tried Final Fantasy X and couldn't stand it because I hated the characters, voice acting and dialogue. Same with X-2. I liked FF XII better, but never finished it. And I've never played any before X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Final Fantasy XIII has awesome combat. The problem is it takes 15 hours until the game opens up the entire system to you, so most people stopped playing before the game actually got good. The art design is amazing too. I have XIII-2, but haven't played it yet. I tried Final Fantasy X and couldn't stand it because I hated the characters, voice acting and dialogue. Same with X-2. I liked FF XII better, but never finished it. And I've never played any before X. FF VI is my 2nd favorite game in the series (I love the characters in the game) VII is a great game too,but I don't understand why gamers were upset that Aerith died (she was a lame@$$ character that couldn't fight worth a ) Tifa was my favorite I too liked FF XIII combat system (it was different but it didn't lose that RPG feel of the game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 X had solid characters and an amazing story, you crazy. And the levelling system through the sphere grid was pretty sweet, take Wakka through Auron's path and Boom! Ball's to ya face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 X had solid characters and an amazing story, you crazy. And the levelling system through the sphere grid was pretty sweet, take Wakka through Auron's path and Boom! Ball's to ya face. Tidus was But the rest of the characters were great (Rikku & Lulu being my favorites) The sphere grid was I think the best level up system in the series(FF XIII did something similar to that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 X had solid characters and an amazing story, you crazy. I don't care for the stories in most games. I think games have the potential to tell great stories, but few do. Most have passable stories that give context to the gameplay, but that's about it, which is fine with me. I care about gameplay and art design more than anything else; if a game is fun, I don't care if the writing sucks. But if the characters and/or voice acting grates on my nerves, it detracts from the game for me. Case in point would be Skyrim. I don't think anyone cares about the main story in that game, and the characters in the world are cardboard. The appeal is in exploring the world they crafted and advancing your character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonddave Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Final Fantasy XIII has awesome combat. The problem is it takes 15 hours until the game opens up the entire system to you, so most people stopped playing before the game actually got good. The art design is amazing too. I have XIII-2, but haven't played it yet. I tried Final Fantasy X and couldn't stand it because I hated the characters, voice acting and dialogue. Same with X-2. I liked FF XII better, but never finished it. And I've never played any before X. FF XII is epic once you get into it, the hunter's quests and Esper's can take hours off your life. I played that game for 122 hours and still didn't complete everything. It is worth revisiting if you didn't finish IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonddave Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Final Fantasy XIII has awesome combat. The problem is it takes 15 hours until the game opens up the entire system to you, so most people stopped playing before the game actually got good. The art design is amazing too. I have XIII-2, but haven't played it yet. I tried Final Fantasy X and couldn't stand it because I hated the characters, voice acting and dialogue. Same with X-2. I liked FF XII better, but never finished it. And I've never played any before X. FF XII is epic once you get into it, the hunter's quests and Esper's can take hours off your life. I played that game for 122 hours and still didn't complete everything. It is worth revisiting if you didn't finish IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 personally games that long, while being good value I suppose, turn me off.... they are too long! I'd rather have something that can be wrapped up in 1/4 of the time or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 personally games that long, while being good value I suppose, turn me off.... they are too long! I'd rather have something that can be wrapped up in 1/4 of the time or less. Totally agree. For an action game, 15-20 hours is the sweet spot for me. For an RPG, I would say 25-50 hours. There are exceptions, but for the most part anything more than that is too much for me. The only games I put more than 100 hours into were Super Street Fighter II HD Remix and Street Fighter IV, but that's because I was playing online, and it was over the course of a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 AC IV: Black Flag debut trailer. Looks like it's coming out late October on both the PS3 and PS4. This also confirms my belief that the naval battles in AC III were basically a tech demo for this game: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I find the AC series boring as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Not sure when it was announced, but I'm starting to get emails for the presale for Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag. Appears to be no mention of the Connor storyline. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Dangit. Just saw COI's post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Aliens:Colonial Marines sucked so bad that TimeGate had to layoff their workers: IGN So Gearbox gets away scott free,but let TimeGate(who worked on most of the game) suffer with layoffs. Talk about being an a-hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenalherd Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Went into Tesco tonight and they were already selling Tomb Raider, so I got it and ready to play a few hours now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenalherd Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Hope it's quiet as we are all playing TR, what a great game so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Bought mine, but haven't had a chance to play yet. Did anyone else get the version packed in with a 48-page comic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COI Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Not sure if anyone cares, but if you pre-order AC IV: Black Flag now, you get a poster by Todd McFarlane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erndog Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I've been playing a lot of AC lately too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
