two_rivers said:

And Head, you were right about Sazh I think.  He's probably my favorite character so far.  Second favorite would be Lightening, then Snow, then Vanille, then Hope.

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SneezingPenis said:

1. no real exploration. you are running a tunnel going from cut scen to cut scene.
2. way too many cut scenes, and i especially hate those retarded moments between two 5 minute cut scenes where all you have to do is walk through a room... seriously, wtf?
3. no mini games.... really. if you think that giant machine was a real mini game you suck.
4. you barely use eidolons and they arent even that great. gimme FF3 espers over that shit.
5. what is the point of having this elaborate 3d skill chart if you dont really have to make choices?
6. weapon and accessory upgrades are retarded.

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HeadTripVertigo said:

PsilliCoder said:

Same here. I have a copy reserved, but probably won't pick it up for a few days to a week or so. I'm getting it on 360.

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no ps3?

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HeadTripVertigo said:

SneezingPenis said:

1. no real exploration. you are running a tunnel going from cut scen to cut scene.
2. way too many cut scenes, and i especially hate those retarded moments between two 5 minute cut scenes where all you have to do is walk through a room... seriously, wtf?
3. no mini games.... really. if you think that giant machine was a real mini game you suck.
4. you barely use eidolons and they arent even that great. gimme FF3 espers over that shit.
5. what is the point of having this elaborate 3d skill chart if you dont really have to make choices?
6. weapon and accessory upgrades are retarded.

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1.  yeah well, did you know anything about the game before starting?  of course it's like that.
2.  i like the cutscenes...most of em anyway.  i am enjoying the story so...?
3.  this is one of my big problems too.  being in a gold saucer area like FFVII that even plays gold saucer music and having no mini games is fucking awful. 
4.  eidolons are much more useful later on. 
5.  later on everyone gets the option to go into all other roles. 
6.  explain.

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SneezingPenis said:

unless you bought the FF guide then you probably wont ever get hermes boots or other great items...

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SneezingPenis said:

HeadTripVertigo said:

SneezingPenis said:

1. no real exploration. you are running a tunnel going from cut scen to cut scene.
2. way too many cut scenes, and i especially hate those retarded moments between two 5 minute cut scenes where all you have to do is walk through a room... seriously, wtf?
3. no mini games.... really. if you think that giant machine was a real mini game you suck.
4. you barely use eidolons and they arent even that great. gimme FF3 espers over that shit.
5. what is the point of having this elaborate 3d skill chart if you dont really have to make choices?
6. weapon and accessory upgrades are retarded.

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1.  yeah well, did you know anything about the game before starting?  of course it's like that.
2.  i like the cutscenes...most of em anyway.  i am enjoying the story so...?
3.  this is one of my big problems too.  being in a gold saucer area like FFVII that even plays gold saucer music and having no mini games is fucking awful. 
4.  eidolons are much more useful later on. 
5.  later on everyone gets the option to go into all other roles. 
6.  explain.

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as with any rpg, you take solace in the fact that you eventually will have the best weapon or whatever. even if you screw up, no big deal because you will eventually have enough money or whatever... not this one. unless you bought the FF guide then you probably wont ever get hermes boots or other great items... which wouldnt bother me if this game was something i would want to play again at a later date... like every fallout has been.

they could have done a lot better and a lot more with the weapons... since they didnt, they should have just left the next best weapon up to a hidden chest, mini game, or quest item.

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Mute said:

Am I the only one who loves Vanille? She is my favorite character.

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SneezingPenis said:

meh, i got it and i think it is a huge pile of crap. i feel compelled to finish it just because i have finished every other FF game, but jesus...

let me list the ways: (i am about halfway through the game, just fought the emperor... and if you think that is a spoiler then you are retarded because it was obvious shit was gonna go down over that old man)

1. no real exploration. you are running a tunnel going from cut scene to cut scene.
2. way too many cut scenes, and i especially hate those retarded moments between two 5 minute cut scenes where all you have to do is walk through a room... seriously, wtf?
3. no mini games.... really. if you think that giant machine was a real mini game you suck.
4. you barely use eidolons and they aren't even that great. gimme FF3 espers over that shit.
5. what is the point of having this elaborate 3d skill chart if you dont really have to make choices?
6. weapon and accessory upgrades are retarded.

so far the only redeeming quality about the game is the amazing graphics and the new real time fighting style is growing on me.

otherwise, ff 7,8 and 9 blow this one out the water.

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HeadTripVertigo said:

Mute said:

Am I the only one who loves Vanille? She is my favorite character.

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i like vanille.  everyone seems annoyed with her though...

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I don't mind her. I actually enjoy using her as the controllable character so far. I'm quite enjoying all the characters so far, cept Snow gets a bit annoying with his bravado.

The forest in chapter 6 is .

Eye candy galore.

SneezingPenis said:

im almost done with chapter 11 and im still eh about the whole game. much cooler cut scenes since last post and finally you get some time to run around and do what you want for a bit.

im still going to take a break and play mw2 for a few days.

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that scene when you first get to [ulse was one of the coolest things I've seen in a game in ages.