Still waiting for the game to be catastrophic

Still waiting for the game to be catastrophic

Final Fantasy XIII (video game)

Customer Review

After Final Fantasy XII, I believed that the series had lost me. These language XIIs hideous Gambit system and are not good for me telling action.
As then appeared the first information that I knew: "The game you have to get until it come cheap."
Game Over when the captain dies? I just want in "Shin Megami Tensei". To linear? Oh Noo. No money for fights and all outrageously expensive in stores? Meh.
Two weeks ago, I wanted to be at last get an idea of ​​this game, en, and ultimately I have to say that still is not as bad as it looks. The 50 hours of play have quite fun for me.

The action begins, added, very uninteresting. Initially, the figures can really nothing more than to all bashing that comes in their way. So anyone who complains that he or she has the game to light, can look forward to the introduction of paradigms.
Prior to the game really is just dull "Press A to kill opponents," from Chapter 3 is the game of course more difficult. Never too heavy, mind you, the difficulty remains balanced nicely.
And really does turn up the action even towards the end of the second CD, where AB CD 2 already noticed significant improvements in quality.
The background story in a nutshell: Lightning, a soldier in the service of PSICOM, acknowledged their service to volunteer to undergo purgation. The reason for this is that her sister has been appointed by a Pulse fal'Cie to L'Ciel - an enemy of the Moon Cocoon.
As Lightning her family but is above all, they want to save this. She will be accompanied by Sazh, who also wants to purgation and decides to accompany the soldier.
At the same time wants to save his fiancée Serah, which is Lightning's sister also Snow. It shall carry out an opposition group and infiltrated the Purgationsanlage order also to save alongside the "collected" civil still.
Of course, nothing goes according to plan, Light, Snow and Sazh are also to Pulse l'Cie, as well as the children's Hope and Vanille who was recently rescued by the group. And now the five are wanted by PSICOM as enemies of the state. Worse, as a L'Cie, the Group has a destiny to fulfill. Not create it to fulfill this provision they will C'ieth - bloodthirsty undead. Ouch ...

As for the level, yes, the game is linear and there is no way back to older areas that are older than Chapter 11, of a total of 13 chapters. This may be many pushed open sour, but I recommend a look at the highly acclaimed Final Fantasy X to throw. There, too, a lot of places proved to be a blunt way streets, with no possibility of backtracking. Up to the airship received, of course.
Still, I just could not get past it reminds me of part 10 to feel. Really me the linear plot had there not disturbed, so was part of 13 since not help.

Also reminds me Crystarium and the Sphere Grid. With the difference that you have to use any spheroids to upgrade the status. On the contrary, after every fight crystal points are collected, which are each figure credited into your account. Means that you collect 100 KP and all figures, even inactive and figures at the other end Cocoons, received 100 KP.
This will eventually be used in Crystarium to enhance the character. Each character has a Crystarium for themselves, all six wheels will be unlocked in the gradually. The crusher acts as a physical attacker, the Ravager is the black magician who conjures Augmentor status improvements, the manipulator conjures Mali on the opponent, the defender deflected the attacks of the enemy on yourself and take themselves less damage and finally the healer. What does a healer I do not have so big mention.
The following applies when their Light attack value increases as a healer, as the appreciation does not apply to the Healer role, but the figure is Full session benefited. So does that mean if the healer increases physical attacks, the crusher has what it. Anders, however it is in the skills, they can be used only role specific. Only healers may conjure Vita, but not the other classes. Also the Crystarium is incremented With the advancement gameplay. Does it mean more abilities will be unlocked undstatusboni, which can be purchased for KP.

Here also the paradigms come into play. In the menu you can enter the division of roles of the current group in six slots. In Slot 1 then are a crusher and two Ravager, in slot 2 on the other hand a Ravager is replaced by a healer. The variety of combinations is therefore no limit. However, it is also important that not every character learned all the skills. Vanilla can dominate you as Synergist never, Hope, however, fails to Protega and Vallga, so he has to resort to Protest to protect the Group effectively. Also, each character has their own growth. Vanille and Hope have both the highest magic attack power and give good healer and destroyer from - in the physical realm they fail completely and are Flops as crushers and defender. Hope learns as Synergist first protective buffs, however, Sazh learns buffs that enhance the offensive first. It is therefore necessary also to look, who you want to have in the group. Of course no one is encouraged, but not to select his favorites.

The fights are also greatly simplified. If we choose the top option in the battle menu and the figure is where the actions that are currently the most appropriate. The group leader can, however, also bring, just perform the actions that wants to use the player. The rest is controlled by AI - and it does not make any bad impression and slightly reminiscent of Persona. 3
If the weakness of the enemy openly, this is exploited. If the opponent is resistant to certain actions, these are not even brought into use.
However, if the group leader falls in battle, we see the Game Over screen.
Whoever murder and madness cries, do not worry, the game is very kind to you. Solltetz succumb a Game Over, you can restart the fight. Here you will transported to a time before you have fought the enemy and can either handle it or let your revenge free rein. Oh, and of course fighting against weaker opponents to gain KP and come back stronger.
But who thinks the fights were enfach is och at the beginning of the game. Later defenders are extremely important, as well as the regular exchange between offensive and defensive paradigms.

Nor can modify weapons. Basically, each character only has 6 arms. Each weapon can be improved and eventually ascend to get an even better weapon. Basically going to use components that dropped the opponents. This will eventually be used to upgrade. Easy to use as the components is not natural, because each component has its own experience value.
Biological component have here a small EP value, mechanical for more. But that's not enough, before Bio incorporate worthwhile. Thus, a multiplier is activated, which can be improve up to * 3. Mecha lowers the multiplier, however.
Who has now combined two and two suspects already, how the wind blows: first drives the modifier up with organic and then throw a huge pile of engine parts at a time into the mix - and already can the weapon upgrades to several levels and values ​​stronger.
Also accessories can be bolstered, thereby resistance of guard rings is increased and other jokes.

Conclusion
As I said above, I do not understand the prophecies of doom that I have heard here and there. Yes, the plot need something to get going and ultimately runs all out into a "We make our own destiny" scenario. But it is by no means a disaster. Who liked FFX is hardly interfere at the linearity of 13 also.
Actually makes FF13 not much wrong and not much really, yet it is very entertaining and the characters have grown over my game to my heart - up to Snow. I do not like it.
At the synchronization I have nothing to complain about. I have negative voices heard about vanilla, but I suggest every time the right to Celestine to hear from Magna Carta 2 or Luffi from Hexyz Force - these are uneerträgliche Quietschstimmen. Vanilla is in direct comparison harmless, even normal.
The manholes may be tough, but from Chapter 3 the game is getting better. There is also an epilogue mode, which allows us to accept missions and explore the underworld on. So anyone who can interfere in the game until the end has not, therefore, can look forward to additional hours of play.
Borrow from the game, if you like. It is certainly much better than the negative voices say. Only the first two chapters are tough.

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