Just to make you weep * updated * NO SPOILERS

Just to make you weep * updated * NO SPOILERS

Lightning Returns - Final Fantasy XIII - [Xbox 360] (Video Game)

Customer Review

It takes a lot to bring me to despair or a game to throw quickly in the corner. Ninja Gaiden 3 managed this and Anarchy Reigns managed likewise.
These twos may since yesterday FF ​​LR join. At one time FF games were a smorgasbord of storytelling, cheesy love stories and character development. From all of this is in FF XIII 1-3 now not much left. I never thought that I say this time but FF XIII has me actually still liked the most, despite the perverse linearity, nonexistent antagonist and weak finale.
And now played Lightning Returns total of 3 hours and it comes to me to be honest on the bag. Why? Simpel above all the timeout. Now many may say that yes knew this ahead of time and there is indeed a time Stop function. May be correct but the time limit is really narrow and with me comes as a natural stressed his state what I know otherwise only for online shooting games.
There is an open world and you want everything to explore in parallel you have to do quests through which you only get unique status upgrades because opponents get coal and items.
Also interesting, the opponent in the first city is regularly show up with loose 26000 HP me wegklatschen in a few rounds of opponents are cannon fodder in XIII 1 and 2.
So enough rumgenölt pros and cons:

Per
Several New Games Plus (over well with a time limit game) possible therefore available under certain circumstances a high replayability

Contraindications
-The Graphics are a joke
-Open World Design with a time limit is bullshit
-Music Is atrocious (which is far grausigstes Japanogedudel) and I found the music to XIII-2 is always in order. For the rest was even recycled from FF X and indeed in the desert at night in the east runs the music in the Tidus the first time appears alone in the ruins in Spira.
Character is like a block of ice as -Lightning with tits
-Story Is confused and sounds more like fanfiction
-No Level No Exp just status upgrades by completing quests
-By The constant run down the clock you just can not alone play it is forced up to do everything as quickly as possible but this has never been the point in an RPG.

I try the game at some point again if necessary to give a chance but as I said I less stress than I needed in COD4 2 1/2 hours to the success of Mile High Club felt as the first 3 hours in this Time-Trail-RPG
One probably there are soon double the time for 30 to purchase as DLC.

No recommendation to buy at full price for 20 can be accessed if you can cope with the many smears.

Valar Morghulis

* 1Update *
Meanwhile, I've 25+ hours Normal mode in my first playthrough behind me'm apparently still not long and I still see as far as the 4 or 5 days (not know exactly) left. It makes me a little more fun than at the beginning. This is mainly because I've stopped staying true to my principle, any game, the first ever to play even without a guide. With an English Quest Guide it runs much better what graduate of sidequests aka level up terms. Many tasks are still to be done only at certain times and in principle you have to write down or just use a guide to all. However, it can not in my opinion be that I be a kind of schedule for completing tasks must sound like work and feels due to the time limit and so on. Since I have cut off almost all types of monsters enter the high EP is not much easier to get at the moment an optimal time management on the series.
Furthermore, I noticed another absurdity and these are some opponents. My Char has become so overpowered that little bit longer than 1-2 minutes remain alive. However drives itself especially in the desert a Standardgegnerart around the micht mercilessly weghaut. I have almost all side quests done and forever many Chocolina completed quests and against the Earth Eater or as well hot, I am indeed forever but do no harm in juicy 450.000HP The bosses and especially the boss in Main Chapter 3 is völligst overpowered without the right skills you looks old because the comrade does not seem something like ATB bar to have.

My vote still remains at 2 stars even if I now turn have more fun and it will probably by even gamble. However, scheduling and time management I do not gamble at the counter, so I have to work more than enough. Best times Sqeenix would implement some type Outlook calendar in the game so you will not forget his appointments take this stupid social media ges ******

Let's see if my opinion after the end of Main Chapter 3 and 4 change.

** ** 2Update
So Sooo after the past 70 hours total play time, I can allow myself a final judgment. I must admittedly somewhat correct bugs me the timeout still and I may well ask how to defeat the final boss (Playthrough 1 to normal) when, for example, whistles to the side quests and simply passes through. The guy is simply unfair and has really nasty attacks on it. One of the more funny is still the "Easter egg" Archangel what already Sephiroth likes to use a spit to the HP down to 1 (here you can easily block the but). Anyway, the last boss also weak from her design and final dungeon also somewhat softened.
In the end I had three or 4 days completely left after I had everything so far done and I if, as already mentioned have partially used a guide because you can miss out on some quests for the fixed times in which thus the NPCs show up is the time but a bit tight you want to play it regularly without aids.
Even though a pity that there are are many different costumes, but effectively yet always just at the same remains as there is a lot of useless. In particular, many with specified Abilities. I am almost the entire game with Nocturne, Sacred Knight and Watery Chorus ran around (Commando Ravager Sentinel, so to speak). Just as you get close to the end Equilibrium + Nocturne is kicked.
In the end I am a little ambivalent. It was quite nice but I have expected a bit more. Anyone who has played Star Ocean 4 knows the reference with nearly 1 hour Ending plus again short Ending for all chars and how to proceed with them. In FFXIII-3 is more end and Secret Ending 1min plus thinks you your own end.
Well at least I had fun with the game despite his initial annoyance because of the time limit. I'm looking forward to Playthrough 2 hochzugrinden to get (you keep the New Game + everything except weapons from the past 2 Dungeon, a costume and quest items as the Crimm Mushroom for example). In addition, you can also improve the weapons, shields and accessories in 2 pass.
For Star Ocean 4 steeled collection Batty like just the thing I though that not even rankommt in approach here it is always motivating.

From me there to upgrade to 3 stars or even more towards 4 continuously but for me the look is too bad there are not enough bosses, time limit and the last boss and the Secret Dungeon Boss are extremely annoying. (Especially because you can not or only with difficulty poison;)

I recommend buying now but. Let even a few hours into the country then pull it like you believe me. Unfortunately, no FF will ever be more like VI, VII, VIII, IX or X as you have to get used to it, unfortunately.

* Even to those who curse the game mainly because of the time limits early on a quick note. Many who did not interfere in the timeout obvious (even though many would not admit sure) played on the Easy Mode in which the time limit due to the low damage and HP of the enemy on one side and the double EP number after the fight and the low cost of skills like teleport 2EP and Overclock 1EP really is on the other side no problem. A Behemoth brings whopping 4 EP eg
Anyway, who wants to play the game without a guide should start on the Easy Mode where you really generous time has to explore everything.
My pride but never commands me to start games on Easy at least not the first time and I also have a guide used from the moment where I realized it was a lot of NPCs appear only at certain times. *

As expected, 57 Rank: 5/5
April 6
Works great 43 1 Rank: 5/5
April 24
643 practice Rank: 5/5
April 26
happy 1 January 13 30 Rank: 4/5
May 27
Very good and good value 1 Rank: 4/5
May 31
Great value in 1153 prices Rank: 4/5
June 27

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