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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Who wants Behemoth Steaks?



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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

How long has it been in development? What are your thoughts?

Planning probably started during XIII-2. I think it looks interesting. They said it's a new direction, and it's definitely a new direction.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Questions, my darlings? :)

Is the game directly connected to XIII and XIII-2? The description has me frightened XIII-2's story is gonna be ignored completely.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Is the game directly connected to XIII and XIII-2? The description has me frightened XIII-2's story is gonna be ignored completely.

Yes, it is a direct continuation.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

You have 13 days until the world ends.

EVERYTHING affects the flow of time.

Your actions may speed up or stall the end.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Why they don't call it "Final Fantasy XIII-3"?
I hate that new fugly logo.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

You have 13 days until the world ends.

EVERYTHING affects the flow of time.

Your actions may speed up or stall the end.

Oh this game is also like Majoras mask
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Oh this game is also like Majoras mask
That was my initial thought.

From the sounds of it though, this title is taking that idea to a new level.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

So to sum it all up:

You play as Lightning, Lara Croft style.
Equipment works like materia, ie what she wears decides what abilities she's got access to.
Open world, and a very dark and gothic looking one at that.
New battle system, allows you to manually block hits and run around on the battle field.
Countdown of doom á la Majora's Mask.
????
PROFIT!
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

And I must add that I am actually very please with the title! I'm guessing it will be stylised in typical Japanese fashion, meaning Lightning Returns -FINAL FANTASY XIII-, similar to what they did with Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus. It looks so much better than XIII-3. I wish they had given the second game a subtitle instead of the -2 prefix.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

I think I agree with Re:Magnus. Although it kind of disrupts the flow of how Final Fantasy XIII-2 was named because of its suffix.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

If lightning is the only playable chracter then it has to be an action rpg. So now she is be downgraded from goddes back to pre l'cie. Then again since people can use magic now being a l'cie doesnt mean as much , except its death sentence.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Ehhhhh, I think the concept is awesome, and as sad as I am that Serah, Noel, Hope, Snow, and Sazh are gone, Vanille and Fang still have a chance, we don't know when they were released from their slumber or if they were if they completed their next task so they are still possible cameos in the game I think (unless it was stated that nobody is returning but Lightning, in which case I'm sad). The customization sounds pretty nifty as well if you ask me, and the gameplay sounds fun too, but the part where it goes wrong for me is the time limit.

I'm a slow gamer, I like grinding and easily beating anything and everything in my path. My question is if you have a time limit for the entire game, what happens if you reach the end, and you are too under leveled to beat the final boss but at the same time you don't have time to grind. Unless this game is like Pikmin where levels don't really matter (but being an RPG I can't see that) I don't think I'm gonna like this countdown. However, I'll have to get this game anyways to complete the saga. Call me intrigued.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

I would say I'm disappointed, but I'm not. The XIII series is a cash cow, so it makes more sense to stick with it rather than trying something new, from a business perspective. So, I don't even know how I feel about this. I can definitely say that it'll most likely come out long before Versus XIII. Still, it'd be nice to see a Final Fantasy XV someday.
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Well are we gonna finally get an ending? Then I'm on broad.
 

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If Lightning is the only playable character I won't buy it. Don't get me wrong, I don't "hate" Final Fantasy XIII. But I was sort of more interested in the other characters too and the only- solo Lightning controllable in battle is so un- Final Fantasy like.

To quote a famous spiky haired blonde " Not Interested ".
 

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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Yeah, like, what happens if you beat the game before the XIII days are over? The world is saved and then what would happen with Lightning?
You know what would be cool. If the XIII days are just one large section of the game.

but at the same time you don't have time to grind.
How can you not have enough time to grind when defeating enemies sends the clock backwards?
 
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re: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - "Well, what else was she gonna do?"

Gah, I don't know how I feel about this.
I hope other characters at least make cameo appearances. The action-ish combat sounds interesting.
 
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