Final Fantasy XIII-3 Update Thread

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]i liked XIII's music better than XIII-2's. it was more "final fantasy-like"!Xx_Kares_xX

I haven't played XIII-2 yet, so I can't really give an opinion on that, but I didn't think the music in XIII was too bad... I mean... it was nowhere near Uematsu's level of greatness, but then again neither is Hitoshi Sakimoto's music from the tactics games or Final Fantasy XII. Yes Sakimoto's music is extremely fitting to Ivalice, and I couldn't picture an Ivalice game without his music, but all of his stuff REALLY ran together after a while. he composes in a very... I don't want to say 'repetitive' style but his music hardly ever changes from game to game, let alone from track to track. His style is very Formulaic.. that is the word I was looking for, at least that's how it all comes off to me.

Actually now that I think about it, I think all I can really say about FFXIII is that the music was unmemorable... really the only songs I can even think of the tune too off the top of my head are the battle theme (for obvious reasons, considering how many times you have to listen too it x.x) and the weird, vocalized chocobo song... which I still can't decide if I loved it or hated it. I think it was nice the first time for novelties sake.. but after that it was kind of a mockery of the original tune. I will admit that I disliked the lack of the Final Fantasy Theme, the Prelude, or even the freaking fanfare being ANYWHERE in the game... I guess it was just another way that the company was trying to show it wasn't meant to be a true Final Fantasy game.

damn...i need back up! :Pschoolboy1994

Im afraid I cant be of any help :cry:. I can barely remember other songs apart of the Prelude, the Battle songs and the chocobo theme :(. Though I must say that "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" (the Japanese main song which was replaced by the Leona Lewis one, which of course I dont remember ), Its amazing. Not as Uematsus compositions, but close to eyes on me or Melodies of Life. Too bad it was left out :( 

damn...i need back up! :Pschoolboy1994

I honestly can't remember any of the songs sorry. But I enjoyed the game somewhat.

:O You took the words right outta my mouth- might I add that I don't even remember the final boss song. I mean come on! That should be a song people love. FFXIII's music has no charm, no menace, no excitement and is as forgettable as most songs in a modern action movie. It's bland, boring, and not diverse at all. No one could do better than Nobou, but this isn't anywhere near his standard. As far as I recall, most songs were orchestra songs, highlighting the lack of personality and musical intelligence. To top it off, theres a Leona Lewis song at the end! Now excuse me while I listen to One-Winged Angel, which even though I only heard for the first time last week, is possibly Nobou's greatest work. schoolboy1994

Now that you mention It, I don't remember the last battle song at all either, which is really sad considering I must have spent at least 3 hours trying to beat that boss. (That Bullsh*t instant death attack paired with the fact that when your party leader dies you lose kept screwing me over. That must be one of the worst game design choices they could have come up with. I love how te only way they could make the boss challenging was by being cheap).  In fact, I don't even remember what the last boss had to do with the plot... or even the last bosses name. What was the point of the story again? I would like to broaden my statement to say all of FFXIII (aside from the graphics and Sazh/Frocobo) was completely unmemorable, and I only played this game a little over a year ago.

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]damn...i need back up! :Pangelbless

Im afraid I cant be of any help :cry:. I can barely remember other songs apart of the Prelude, the Battle songs and the chocobo theme :(. Though I must say that "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" (the Japanese main song which was replaced by the Leona Lewis one, which of course I dont remember ), Its amazing. Not as Uematsus compositions, but close to eyes on me or Melodies of Life. Too bad it was left out :( 

They changed one of the songs from the Japanese release? I didn't know that! That really kind of makews me angry. I didn't care for XIII much, but I'm a huge fan of the Tales series, and they routinely cut out the japanese vocaled intro songs which pisses me off to no end, so the fact that they took out one from FFXIII really irritates me.

yes but i think the music was suitable for the game. maybe,as you said, it wasn't a true final fantasy game but the music chosen for different scenes and parts where just right i would say! the battle songs where encouraging, the cut-scene themes never ceased to thrill...c'mon, it wasn't bad now was it?

schoolboy1994

 Like I said, I didn't remember it being 'bad' and really it's not fair to compare much of anything to Uematsu's music. I guess it was suitable to the game, after all the music wasn't the only unmemorable thing about the game by a long shot. Joking aside, I remember enjoying a few of the tracks while playing the game, but I just can't remember them now. Kind of like I remember actually having a few moments of genuine fun throughout all the boredom... but I can't remember those either. I was actually trying to defend the composer from FFXIII a bit in my last post by comparing him/her to another FF composer who wasn't uematsu... but even then I actually remember a lot of the tracks from the Ivalice games, and I literally can't remember about 90% of the ones from FFXIII.

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]

:O You took the words right outta my mouth- might I add that I don't even remember the final boss song. I mean come on! That should be a song people love. FFXIII's music has no charm, no menace, no excitement and is as forgettable as most songs in a modern action movie. It's bland, boring, and not diverse at all. No one could do better than Nobou, but this isn't anywhere near his standard. As far as I recall, most songs were orchestra songs, highlighting the lack of personality and musical intelligence. To top it off, theres a Leona Lewis song at the end! Now excuse me while I listen to One-Winged Angel, which even though I only heard for the first time last week, is possibly Nobou's greatest work. Xx_Kares_xX

Now that you mention It, I don't remember the last battle song at all either, which is really sad considering I must have spent at least 3 hours trying to beat that boss. (That Bullsh*t instant death attack paired with the fact that when your party leader dies you lose kept screwing me over. That must be one of the worst game design choices they could have come up with. I love how te only way they could make the boss challenging was by being cheap). In fact, I don't even remember what the last boss had to do with the plot... or even the last bosses name. What was the point of the story again? I would like to broaden my statement to say all of FFXIII (aside from the graphics and Sazh/Frocobo) was completely unmemorable, and I only played this game a little over a year ago.

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]damn...i need back up! :Pangelbless

Im afraid I cant be of any help :cry:. I can barely remember other songs apart of the Prelude, the Battle songs and the chocobo theme :(. Though I must say that "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" (the Japanese main song which was replaced by the Leona Lewis one, which of course I dont remember ), Its amazing. Not as Uematsus compositions, but close to eyes on me or Melodies of Life. Too bad it was left out :( 

I don't remember any of the songs from XIII except Kimi Ga Iru Kara, mostly because I have it on my iPod.

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]

:O You took the words right outta my mouth- might I add that I don't even remember the final boss song. I mean come on! That should be a song people love. FFXIII's music has no charm, no menace, no excitement and is as forgettable as most songs in a modern action movie. It's bland, boring, and not diverse at all. No one could do better than Nobou, but this isn't anywhere near his standard. As far as I recall, most songs were orchestra songs, highlighting the lack of personality and musical intelligence. To top it off, theres a Leona Lewis song at the end! Now excuse me while I listen to One-Winged Angel, which even though I only heard for the first time last week, is possibly Nobou's greatest work. irishdude199210

Now that you mention It, I don't remember the last battle song at all either, which is really sad considering I must have spent at least 3 hours trying to beat that boss. (That Bullsh*t instant death attack paired with the fact that when your party leader dies you lose kept screwing me over. That must be one of the worst game design choices they could have come up with. I love how te only way they could make the boss challenging was by being cheap). In fact, I don't even remember what the last boss had to do with the plot... or even the last bosses name. What was the point of the story again? I would like to broaden my statement to say all of FFXIII (aside from the graphics and Sazh/Frocobo) was completely unmemorable, and I only played this game a little over a year ago.

Lol, no, I haven't read your other posts. I want to give the game the benefit of the doubt, but the more I think about it the more the flaws come to mind, to the point where that's pretty much all I remember x.x. I hate to be one of those elitest Final Fantasy fans that says 'Everything after VI was gaaarbage' because I don't feel that way... but their certainly has been a decline... and I hope FFXIII/FFII is as low as the series sinks... if anyone mentions FFXIV I will duct tape their mouth shut... FFXI and FFXIV never happend... neither did Dragon Quest X for that matter... main series mmos are one of the many banes of my existence as a gamer x.x

Bar the mmo's, XIII is the only FF (of which I've played.. Haven't played FFII but I remember reading about it's system, which actually sounded intriguing) that I don't like. irishdude199210

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails.  I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE...  not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

[QUOTE="irishdude199210"]Bar the mmo's, XIII is the only FF (of which I've played.. Haven't played FFII but I remember reading about it's system, which actually sounded intriguing) that I don't like. Xx_Kares_xX

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails. I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE... not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]

[QUOTE="irishdude199210"]Bar the mmo's, XIII is the only FF (of which I've played.. Haven't played FFII but I remember reading about it's system, which actually sounded intriguing) that I don't like. irishdude199210

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails. I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE... not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

If you are interested by all means, try it! I'd just suggest you do your research before you play it is all. I would almost say this is what I like to call a walkthrough game (not very creative, basically means a game that practically requires a walkthrough) but I know there are far more hardcore gamers out there than me when it comes to skill level, so take my advice at your own discretion ^^'. If you go in with low expectations you may get some enjoyment out of it... just don't expect an FFVI orVII or whatever one of your choice that you think is best.

[QUOTE="irishdude199210"][QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails. I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE... not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

Xx_Kares_xX

If you are interested by all means, try it! I'd just suggest you do your research before you play it is all. I would almost say this is what I like to call a walkthrough game (not very creative, basically means a game that practically requires a walkthrough) but I know there are far more hardcore gamers out there than me when it comes to skill level, so take my advice at your own discretion ^^'. If you go in with low expectations you may get some enjoyment out of it... just don't expect an FFVI orVII or whatever one of your choice that you think is best.

[QUOTE="irishdude199210"][QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails. I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE... not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

Xx_Kares_xX

If you are interested by all means, try it! I'd just suggest you do your research before you play it is all. I would almost say this is what I like to call a walkthrough game (not very creative, basically means a game that practically requires a walkthrough) but I know there are far more hardcore gamers out there than me when it comes to skill level, so take my advice at your own discretion ^^'. If you go in with low expectations you may get some enjoyment out of it... just don't expect an FFVI orVII or whatever one of your choice that you think is best.

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"][QUOTE="irishdude199210"][QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]

I thought the same thing. The system sounds intriguing but ultimately fails. I can't say the game isn't worth your time if youare a FF fan, but if you go into it with low expectations you may get more enjoyment out of it. My suggestion to you is this: Make sure to specialize. I found out too late that if you level up someones... let's say 'spirit' stat, it actually has the potential to lower your strength stat and vice versa. So basically it was trying to limit you so you couldn't become all powerful, yet gives no indication that the game works that way.Not to mention that your HP and defense stats can only go up by TAKING DAMAGE... not exactly the best design choice there either x.x

irishdude199210

If you are interested by all means, try it! I'd just suggest you do your research before you play it is all. I would almost say this is what I like to call a walkthrough game (not very creative, basically means a game that practically requires a walkthrough) but I know there are far more hardcore gamers out there than me when it comes to skill level, so take my advice at your own discretion ^^'. If you go in with low expectations you may get some enjoyment out of it... just don't expect an FFVI orVII or whatever one of your choice that you think is best.

 I agree for the most part... and FFII isn't THAT bad as far as cryptic stuff... but there are some older games thet were just ridiculously cryptic and near impossible without guides.

man...i've never seen this amount of letters and words in one page my whole life! this has to be some kind of a record! lolschoolboy1994

sorry ^^' I like to talk... especially about games.

man...i've never seen this amount of letters and words in one page my whole life! this has to be some kind of a record! lolschoolboy1994

Oh you haven't seen the worst here. there was a time when everyone quoted each other on one page. And the length of the page was crazy! 

@kares: yes i can see that you like to talk! lol it's ok...the page is yours!

@Balmane: no kiddin'? so did you like set up a new rule or something?

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]man...i've never seen this amount of letters and words in one page my whole life! this has to be some kind of a record! lolBalmane

Oh you haven't seen the worst here. there was a time when everyone quoted each other on one page. And the length of the page was crazy!

@kares: yes i can see that you like to talk! lol it's ok...the page is yours!

@Balmane: no kiddin'? so did you like set up a new rule or something?

schoolboy1994

There wasn't a rule put in but I guess we knew that it was a bad idea so it didnt get as bad again :P 

:lol: 256 posts for a level 27 is pretty low :Pirishdude199210

lol I'm aware. I actually didn't start using the forums until recently, before that I mostly just read reviews and wrote ones of my own *shruggs* I'll get my count up eventually.

[QUOTE="irishdude199210"]:lol: 256 posts for a level 27 is pretty low :PXx_Kares_xX

lol I'm aware. I actually didn't start using the forums until recently, before that I mostly just read reviews and wrote ones of my own *shruggs* I'll get my count up eventually.

i guess you and i still got a long way to go...in the posting department i mean!

lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?schoolboy1994

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year. 

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?Balmane

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year.

yes...i can tell!

is it september 1th yet!?!? :cry: i'm dying to know what SE is planning on doing.

[QUOTE="Balmane"]

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?schoolboy1994

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year.

yes...i can tell!

is it september 1th yet!?!? :cry: i'm dying to know what SE is planning on doing.

The only thing I am looking forward to on that day is UFC :P 

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"][QUOTE="Balmane"]

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?Balmane

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year.

yes...i can tell!

is it september 1th yet!?!? :cry: i'm dying to know what SE is planning on doing.

The only thing I am looking forward to on that day is UFC :P 

Forget september first... today is the day that really matters. The North American Release date of the real heir to the RPG throne... THE LAST STORY! *runs outside and unrolls a sleeping bag, waiting by my mailbox for my Pre-ordered copy to get here*

yeah me too, it's a great loss for me...( nice pic by the way! ;) )

whatever SE is up to, it shouldn't be disappointing, otherwise the whole ceremony is going to get crashed by the fans outside! you know, gunshots, bombings...that sort of stuff! :P

[QUOTE="Balmane"][QUOTE="schoolboy1994"][QUOTE="Balmane"]

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?Xx_Kares_xX

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year.

yes...i can tell!

is it september 1th yet!?!? :cry: i'm dying to know what SE is planning on doing.

The only thing I am looking forward to on that day is UFC :P 

Forget september first... today is the day that really matters. The North American Release date of the real heir to the RPG throne... THE LAST STORY! *runs outside and unrolls a sleeping bag, waiting by my mailbox for my Pre-ordered copy to get here*

I want that game so bad!!!!! Maybe we can play through wi fi once its released?? :D

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"][QUOTE="Balmane"][QUOTE="schoolboy1994"][QUOTE="Balmane"]

[QUOTE="schoolboy1994"]lol...hey balmane...it says that you have done almost 13700 posts! did you start when you were one minute old?angelbless

Well I have been posting with this account since December 2008. And I was extremely active for about a year.

yes...i can tell!

is it september 1th yet!?!? :cry: i'm dying to know what SE is planning on doing.

The only thing I am looking forward to on that day is UFC :P 

Forget september first... today is the day that really matters. The North American Release date of the real heir to the RPG throne... THE LAST STORY! *runs outside and unrolls a sleeping bag, waiting by my mailbox for my Pre-ordered copy to get here*

I want that game so bad!!!!! Maybe we can play through wi fi once its released?? :D

Yeah that would be awesome ^^

The last Story came out here 6 months ago, strange because its usually the other way around with N.A usually getting things first. From Software treated us real nice by giving us the black phantom edition of demons souls though, I love that company ^_^ Did The last Story come as a special edition in N.A? (I know its a different development company, but From Software set a good example)irishdude199210

Actually Europe is getting games earlier now for some reason. Beside the huge games like COD. They must love us more now :P