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Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Gologle posted:

A YEUL WHO COULD NOT GET BEYOND THUNDERDOME! A YEUL WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT TIME BEING AN ISSUE IN A GAME WHERE YOU CAN INDEFINITELY STOP TIME! A YUEL WHO LOVED THE BOMB! I have known them all! They have all died right before my very eyes!

It was a dumb bit, but Liam O'Brien owned the hell out of it. His voice is kind of one-note but he can really act, no matter what the quality of his script.

After playing through the first two games and learning the end of this one, I like to think that the whole FFXIII series is just a tale of (spoilers obviously) Lightning getting increasingly fed up with how unbelievably motherfucking stupid the gods of her world are. I mean, in XIII we have:

Fal'Cie: We will kill everyone in the world because it will make our own god come back, maybe, because reasons! But first our representative the Space-Pope will troll you constantly, also because reasons!

Lightning: siiiiigh

Then in XIII-2 we have Etro, Goddess of Death and Severe Head Trauma.

Etro: I made this one man immortal so he can watch his girlfriend die forever, and also if he dies I will die and the universe will end. because reasons. And I did you guys a solid but it made me super tired so just fight that immortal guy for eternity until you lose and the universe ends, 'k?

Lightning: fffffff

And now we have this game, which to my understanding has Bhunivelze in the driver's seat and initially has him coming off as kind of reasonable until:

Bhunivelze: Surprise! My master plan was to make a universe where nothing ever happens, so basically like the old one except more obvious. Also I tortured a twentysomething-year old for thousands of years until he became a kid again and now I will possess his tender young body, because REASONS!

Lightning: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

And then our heroine makes everything France, the end.

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Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

Speedball posted:

So I'm guessing I should rent this game before making any snap decisions regarding purchasing.

You'll probably just want to wait for a price drop. Some of the pre-order DLC should also be on sale by then, if you're into that sort of thing.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

Noel was seriously devoid of any personality. I really don't get the people that like him at all. He is just kind of there. Especially considering he watched his species loving go extinct. Goddamn.

I think his lack of any seriously grating personality "quirks" was initially treated as a relief after FFXIII's cast, but he was so bland and static that he ended up just as bad anyway.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007
Someone want to tell me what SE was smoking when they decided to make the first chain of real missions a crime investigation, an escort mission, and an MGS-lite sneak mission? I just don't know what to think of you anymore, Square.

That said, I jumped on the Cloud outfit with a hunger in my eyes and am now Braver-ing the hell out of anything in my way. Luxerion's a pain in the rear end to navigate, really wish I had a proper map, but I still like its design; its jumbled mess of side paths and alleys reminds me of Venice or something.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007
That wasn't funny the first time you did it and now you're on what, the seventh or eighth?

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