Final Fantasy XIII-2

Anyone else excited for it like me? Just happy that they said they fixed the linearity of it!

I'm still iffy. I know SE said there would be no linear stuff and there would be towns but they should have made FFXIII like that in the first place. Also I want to know why they put Versus on hold once again to make this game from scratch or whatever code couldn't be carried over from XIII.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I did not hate FF13. Will buy/play this game I actually liked them taking towns and NPC's out...I find that s*** to be very boring in most games (though I hear all that is coming back for this game :( )Reptylus

Ordered my CE yesterday.

It's not about being openworld or not ... it's about EXPLORATION. They create this huge and lush world and i want to go see what i can find in it, what kind of problems it's inhabitants have to deal with on a daily basis, I want a SHOPPING experience ... see which vendor will come up with the and at what price.

strangestguy

This was a dumb decision by them IMO
-they already made the people that liked that stuff mad (they are less likely to buy the sequel now).
-now they are going to make the people that were happy that stuff was removed mad (now they are less likely to buy the sequel).

I agree that the original could have used more open world exploration (not towns and boring conversations) and more character customization

Not me. I hated Final Fantasy XIII so I won't be picking this up. (believe it or not, I'm part of the minority whose primary complaint wasn't linearity)

I'm just glad it's coming out soon so Square can hopefully focus on Final Fantasy Versus XIII already!!

I really didn't like FF 13 and i'll be reading lots of reviews before i even consider 13-2. I thought the battle system was terrible (after a couple hours every battle is a ridiculous affair to raise the stagger gauge) the characters were incredibly shallow and the story was non-existent in cutscenes. It did look beautiful and the music was decent.

Just because the game is open world does not mean you always have to explore. If you don't like that kind of stuff than just do the main questing. You don't have to talk to every person in town either. Even though X was linear I don't think it got a bad rep like XIII because it had towns, areas like the calm lands to explore, and things like shops to buy weapons, armor, and potions from instead of getting everything from your save point.

I actually don't mind linear storylines and levels as long as they make it fun like FFXIII but...since this game seems to have been improved in every single way i am getting even more hyped for this then i was for FFXIII

i'm very excited to play as Serah cause i love her VA, Laura Bailey

What I don't understand is why there has been no news on GS yet about the 40/40 it got from Famitsu. Now, you could say that FF XII also got the same score and personally, I can respect whatthat game achieved (content, gameplay mechanics etc) rather than loved it so I am taking the "perfect" score with a pinch of salt. But it does show that no matter what, it will probably be worth playing because itseems tohaveimproved immeasurably since FF XIII.

Admittedly, I quite enjoyed FF XIII but found it could be improved a lot. Now that is has happened, I am more tempted to buy it because before, with all the news that has been dripped through the media recently, I haven't been too enamoured with it. At least now they may finish Versus and bring Type-0 to Europe and America.

I thought XIII was a great game but the towns were a big part of previous games, being able to interact with other people, which gave you extra story to hear and stuff like that. taking them out was in my opinion a big mistake. the linearity of XIII was quite bad as well so hope it's atleast slightly fixed

What I don't understand is why there has been no news on GS yet about the 40/40 it got from Famitsu. Now, you could say that FF XII also got the same score and personally, I can respect whatthat game achieved (content, gameplay mechanics etc) rather than loved it so I am taking the "perfect" score with a pinch of salt. But it does show that no matter what, it will probably be worth playing because itseems tohaveimproved immeasurably since FF XIII.

Admittedly, I quite enjoyed FF XIII but found it could be improved a lot. Now that is has happened, I am more tempted to buy it because before, with all the news that has been dripped through the media recently, I haven't been too enamoured with it. At least now they may finish Versus and bring Type-0 to Europe and America.

VaanXPenelo

I agree, GS rarely has any good news to look at. I used to come to GS all the time over the last few years, but there I've found out that I need to scour 5-10 sites to get all the news that is available. Look up this video,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z8w2MzZq_Y, its called Final Fantasy XIII-2 A guided tour [HD]. You'll get all the info on the new game, seriously, 4 minutes and ALL the info about it.

Not really. I'll eventually get it but not looking forward to it. That doesn't make sense :| oh well.