I’ve reached disc three in Final Fantasy XIII. Shortly before this came to fruition, I was given the option of picking and choosing my own team of three players. Yes, it takes 2/3rds of the game before you can assign your own group. That’s 20 hours and 11 GB of gameplay. I’m reading now that things improve after Chapter 11 of the game. In fact, some people in forums are saying you can’t even rate the game properly until Chapter 11. There’s only thirteen Chapters in the game. You are therefore expected to base your assessment on the game based on 3/13ths of it.
At the end of disc two, I had to fight this guy:
Yes, he’s wearing a veil. Yes, he’s the big baddie in the game.
*SIGH*
He was actually a bitch to beat. It took me about three tries, fifteen minutes each. He transforms into some kind of dragon with multiple faces which each use a different spell. Once you get him down on the ropes, he pulls out this devastating attack that can wipe out your whole party if you’re under-levelled. I had to upgrade a bit and get the timing down before I could win. At the end of every battle, however, you’re rated on how much damage you do, how fast your were, etc., and you’re given a star rating out of five. I got 0 out of 5. I took fifteen minutes and I was supposed to beat him in nine.
Seriously, Japan, fuck you. I don’t need your shit.
I’ve been trying to find a guide online for things like their upgrade system, and how best to go about it, and all I’ve discovered is that 90% of the drops in the game are vendor trash. You’re supposed to combine items to upgrade your weapons. It takes about 100% of every item you find in the game x4 to max out a single weapon. You need to do this six times to get a complete weapon for each of your characters.
Fuck that shit.
I realized after seventeen hours that two of the characters in the game are equipped with weapons they pull out in every fight, but never use. They can’t. I was confused, because they actively used them during their first battles, but the game’s auto-system denies you the ability to pick your attacks, or even select “Attack.” They’re locked into this magic-using system you have to switch between, so all they can do during battle is use spells. If you’re trying to buff a character with shields, you have to use a specific command. They’ll keep buffing your characters until every one in the party has every spell you can muster. Then they’ll do nothing. They won’t attack, they won’t re-buff. They’ll just stand there, taking hits, until you switch your “pagadrims” again. Meanwhile, they’ll be holding a boomerang or a staff in their hands, which they refuse to use.
Pussies.
Another thing: The three main female characters are wearing the shortest skirts imaginable. Like Ally McBeal short. If Harrison Ford ever found his way to Cocoon there with Chewie and the Millenium Falcon, or a nuclear explosion propelled refridgerator, he’d be all over that. But no matter how they jump or leap about, you never quite see panties. Instead, there’s this unfathomable dark void where there crotches should be, which is far more distrurbing, in my estimation.
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