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You could avoid the battles if you wanted to...just don't get caught by your enemies. You don't have random battle encounters in XIII at all. Though as far as I could tell, you don't earn Gil through battles.

2. I do like the fact that you could shop for items and such at save points. I enjoy the gameplay so yeah. :3 I like how the characters speak in the background while you walk around. XD

As far as I know, you'd find Gil in chests.

And no, I haven't played FFXII. I ought to though. My sister has it, though she didn't like the battle system very much.

The tear drops slowly, making its way through the thorns
There was pain in the air, the thorns shifted about
The tear kept itself safe, bearing the pain still
Cuts on flesh, blood dropping on the rose petals
The tear suffered by itself, suffering alone for that one time
It wanted itself to be safe, it wanted its journey to end
But pain struck it down, heart break kept it on track
It had to continue on, nothing to turn back to
May the heart of the tear forever hold, not wanting to fade away
The tear held itself true, kept its heart in one
No rose petals wilted and overcame the tear
Its journey neared the end, as it took its form
The tear took its shape, chose its new heart
The tear grew from the pain, the torn flesh healed
Now the Rose petals It held onto grew into a new
Finally it opened its eyes, making new tears
May that tear finally know, that it has helped itself become one
From one the tear new, there would be another
That other appeared so, another tear with something new
The rose was faded black, the heart was stained with remorse
That tear's flesh was torn, harmed from pain
From the first tears heart, and the others pain,
May they help themselves to one another
May the be, one whole rose again.



.......I'm bored......and random......
Have you heard of Shiki? Well it has an awesome soundtrack.
I'm still listening to it <3

@Azura: That's cruel and unusual punishment...For the manatee. Haha.

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Ah, FFX-2 and FFXII.

I refuse to play FFX-2. FFX had a perfect bittersweet ending. I'd rather leave what happens next to the imagination.

And I hold disdain for FFXII for the exact opposite reasons I do FFXIII. FFXII is just too frikkin' huge of a game. Its world is MMOesque in size with a plethora of sidequests to conquer, so its easy to get distracted from the main quest. I enjoyed its battle system, though, but not its story. And yes, Evil, Balthier is a beast. And so is Fran. Pun intended.

On a subsequent note, Rabanastre Downtown is one of my favorite FF songs eva.

It's a mana-tee! Aselia's energy crisis is solved!


It plays too much like an MMO for my tastes (there was almost always need for a character casting a variety of Cure, and I often ended up with just one person attacking at a time... Am I just bad at gambits? Maybe not, since people were KOd a lot anyway...). I can't say I like the MMO-like direction that the series is going in. There's a reason I can't stick with one for long...

On a gaming note, what to do next... I can't play FFIV Complete yet because my sister is still using the PSP for Final Fantasy VIII and sometimes Dissidia... Hmm... I'm doing the civil war quests in Skyrim, but what to do after that? Maybe give Shining Force another whirl? Actually make progress in Tales of Phantasia? Hmm...


It was a good ending, and I had mixed feelings about the fact that there was a sequel. However, since there was a sequel, I played it, and it was fun. It just wasn't as amazingly emotional as FFX.

Indeed. It took me a good while to complete, and I hardly did any of the Marks. I didn't even care for its battle system, and it didn't feel as "Finally Fantastic" to me (was it the lack of Gackt? Who knows?). It wasn't a bad game, but it's far from my favorite one.

Balthier was the favorite character of both me and my sister (who sometimes watches me play these things). He's pretty awesome. Fran is okay too, since she actually has some spoken lines in the game, unlike a certain protagonist. This may seem irrelevant, but I was amused by the fact that her third Quickening was essentially Diamond Dust.

And another thing! The Quickening system was kind of strange... It consumed a lot of MP and was potentially very weak (anyone ever done an amazing 1-hit Quickening? It's disappointing.), and each go could potentially take a few minutes because of the animations. I think I prefer Limit Breaks, thank you.


Naturally.

You're not missing anything critical, but it's interesting.*

*You can laugh about how strange the beginning is, and there is some more development with Wakka and whatnot.



Whoa, that was quite the post. Maybe I should become a critic.
...Whoa, just kidding! I'm not mean enough for that.

Indeed.
All righty, here's my own rundown of main games I need to do... PSP version of I (the NES version has scared me off), III, IV (in possession, not played yet), V, VI, IX, XIII. I'm not going to bother with XI or XIV, since they're MMOs with monthly fees, if I remember correctly.

Perhaps a nostalgia critic. ninja Actually, nah, because nostalgia critics are like immortals. There can only be one, and I would get my head cut off and thereby waste my life. Did I even use "thereby" correctly there? I don't know.

@Cinkel: I've only played the original CC and The Crystal Bearers. Have you played The Crystal Bearers? I enjoyed it, but I think the one thing that would have made the game better is if they gave you a sword to go along with those psychic powers. Then it might have ended up as one of my favorite Wii games. But even without the sword, it's still an enjoyable experience. A fun, interactive world to explore with a surprising amount of worthwhile minigames tossed in, plus likeable characters and a memorable soundtrack make the game worth at least one playthrough. Which is what I gave it.

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@Sirea: Sorry for not responding to your post earlier. Anyways, I agree with Evil. Story is good and all, but I'd rather have good gameplay to go along with it. Not to say FFXIII didn't have good gameplay. It just, like I said before, had too much of a specific good thing. Also, random encounters > controlled encounters.

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Evil: Also, I didn't like the whole Yuna becomes a J-Pop star aspect, haha. And only three playabe characters, with Wakka not being one of them? No thanks.

Gackt? Yuckt. (c wat I did thar?)

See, this is what I was talking about. I played FFXII for 30-40 hours before I quit it, but I didn't even get to the point where you get your first Esper. Too much to explore, too many townsfolk to talk to, and too many damn sidequests, dammit! Haha.

I think you'll really enjoy FFIX. It has a decent if not cliched story, but it also has an amazing cast of characters easy to fall in love with.

I couldn't get into either FFIV or VI. Too old school for my tastes. (Even though I absolutely love Chrono Trigger)

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Well...Since we're all on the subject, what are yous guys (purposely spelled that way, just fyi) favorite Final Fantasies?

Mine, of course, is FFVII. I don't mind being one of "those guys", cause immensely overrated or not, it's still an incredible game. Then comes FFX, followed by FFVIII, and finally FFIX. I wouldn't consider any of the other FF games to be a favorite of mine.

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Man, this is the most I've contributed to this guild in well over a year.

It feels terrible. Lol.

*floats in holding a jar of gels*

...I have nothing relevant to the current conversation to say, but I do have one thing to say; Spin to Win.Eventhoughit'snotreleventtotheconversation.