FFXIII: Lightning Returns

Your FACE is a terrible thing.

Nothing new there!

tldr: excuses for turning it into Fashion Fantasy XIII.

I thought SE's excuse was having more than 16 colors to work with.

Honestly, the "dress-up" aspect of the game really made it more appealing for me. I loved the dresspheres in X-2 and I'm getting the same vibe from this game.

Yeah it's gratuitous, doesn't really fit the character, and it's a cheap ploy, but I'm kind of a sucker for that, I guess.

Whats wrong with the way she looks? looks the same/fine to me.

so you're saying that the people responsible for ff13 are such terrible storytellers they needed to write (license) entirely different material to adequately explain the motivations of the characters they'd written several dozen hours of dialogue for

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I would actually prefer that they release books about their games, it would give them reason to focus on their story and make it good, plus it would be fun to read them as well.

I'm not saying that you would have to play both the game an read the book to get the full story, that is completely the opposite of what I'm saying. That just shows bad planning and design.

More that they expanded on the universe using a different medium that portray the characters in ways that just dialogue and actions can not. Really not an uncommon thing these days.

Hey, if that's what people actually like, then it's their right to buy it. It's easy to criticize the "dress up" aspect of something like X-2 until upon a quite moment of reflection, you realize you just spent 30minutes seeing what gear goes well with what helmet in Skyrim.

Played in first person,solved.

Forced killcams. Your move.

Non-violent playthrough

Too busy looking at the killcam than me in the distance and/or for that split second.

Also,I have testicles,fashion is of no concern to me

Technically a logical fallacy (Begging the question) since you're basing your conclusion on the claim that a sharply dressed male is less likely to get laid.



Now that's a checkmate, although I'd ask what's the point of even playing the game if neither looks nor combat effectiveness is a driving force.

Exploration and story/lore, maybe? I've never done the Pacifist Playthrough myself

I'll edit my post to show what I meant more accurately.


Fashion is of no concern to me in a video game that offers no measurable benefit outside aesthetics

Pacifism and exploration don't go together naturally though. The very idea of exploring is founded in conflict, against man, nature and the elements.

And the Story and Lore are all founded in violence, it is Skyrim after all.

I know we're getting into derail territory now, but only in Morrowind was it truly possible to have a pacifist character, as many of the narratives (Namely Hlaalu, Thieves Guild, Mage's Guild) could be resolved without battle.



See, now I got nothin' else I can say as a direct response. That said 'fashion' really depends on the game, in Skyrim, the only real difference (Thanks to the hilariously broken smithing mechanics) between armor is how they look.

Well there is a pacifist thing in Skyrim, I'm not sure how much killing you're actually forced to do though

Evertime I see new news on this game all that comes to mind is that the title should be Final Fantasy XIII Lightning's Wardrobe.

this game is going to suck balls...like ff13 and 13-2, finish this pos and work on ff15 or ffvs13 whatever its called...

yeah, looks like ***. 13 has become a filler series.

If the wardrobes were pertinent to the job/roles she would need in battle, it would be called for. That was just excessive for no real reason.

anyone else think they just copyied her? lol

Yo some people pay for dress up games and you get one for free within an RPG. So many mads.

Lightning returns is free? That would be the only reason to get it.

XIII... was alright. Other than the fact that there was no real "free roam" until you were near the end of the game, and the fact that you were forced to constantly change party members until you reached Pulse, it was a fairly enjoyable experience for me. (I understand that this was for the sake of telling the same story from multiple perspectives, but the changes happened so frequently that after the first few chapters it really started to piss me off.)XIII-2 I own, but have not played. I've watched my brother play it for several hours and the whole notion of "travel through time to fix everything" just didn't sit well with me, though that's probably just the lingering effects of their time travel usage with the WotG storyline.

Overall I can't say I have high hopes for Lightning Returns, but we'll see. Once the price drops I'll probably pick it up for the simple fact that I haven't turned down a Final Fantasy game to date.

That battle system is redesigned, and the story telling vehicle is different from the other two games. If you focus on the outfit system then the game seems kinda silly but I haven't heard anything bad about the gameplay/story yet.