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I know I already said that FFXIII is pretty. FFXIII-2 is looking even more pretty. Wonder how long it takes for the wow-factor to wear off?
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@retl I think Square Enix needs to stop beating around the bush and just make movies like they were destined to do.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 18:43:32 UTC from web-
@tiro you know, as time goes on video games are just becoming more like movies anyway. things like LA Noire and assassins creed are becoming like feature films. Reach felt a little like a film too, now that I think about it.
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@nutterguy If you look at a lot of Sony platform titles, a lot of them seem to push towards being movie like, as if they want to blend the two. Heavy Rain, Metal Gear, and the like for example. While I do see this being a pretty interesting and relevant branch of interactive entertainment, I don't think it's so much the evolution of games as a medium so much as developers finally having the power to realize it in a way that's more theatrical. For example, if Chrono Trigger had been made now, it'd probably be very movie-like. As it is, it is still story heavy- but the amount of reading (among other things) keeps it from feeling like a long cutscene.
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@nutterguy That's a good point, and I'm fine with that, but it only really works if there's a decent balance between gameplay and story. XIII failed to achieve that balance, at least in my eyes. I'm not saying it was bad, just not my cuppa tea.
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@nutterguy You mean ps3?
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@carcinopony Rex
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@carcinopony Wrex
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@carcinopony Wrex
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@carcinopony Supermassive?
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@furyshy Supermassive black hole
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:12:33 UTC from web-
@magicrussia oh Russia, you such a busta.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:14:26 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@carcinopony Oh Carcino, you such a car.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:29:59 UTC from web-
@magicrussia Kar actually. But that's neither here nor there.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:31:30 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@carcinopony vroom vroom, reguardless
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:38:52 UTC from web-
@magicrussia I am not a car
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:41:18 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@carcinopony K4RK4T 1S TH1S YOU? H3H3H3 http://ur1.ca/4g764
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:42:56 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin I MISS MY TEREZIE.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:45:08 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@carcinopony SLOPPY MAK3OUTS. NOW. on the roof. H3H3H3 >:o]
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:48:20 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin OH BOY. FINALLY.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:51:19 UTC from StatusNet Android
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@carcinopony You will be
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:45:02 UTC from web-
@magicrussia noooo
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@magicrussia and you are a pony
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@tiro I somewhat agree? I think they should take a note from one thing the newest Metroid title did really well, and have a theater mode, because sometimes I want to re-watch all of Final Fantasy X without having to do all the point-allocation and battling
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@retl Did you ever watch Advent Children? It was pretty legit. Also, I played XIII and basically felt like I was watching a 50 hour movie. I almost feel like they made every attempt to involve the player as little as possible, with the linear paths and paradigm system. Idk, maybe I'm just bitter >.<
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 18:53:30 UTC from web-
@tiro I remember there was another Final Fantasy CG movie years before Advent Children which was very Sci-Fi like. I enjoyed that movie. Adventure Children, however, I never saw. I never played FFVII. While I don't think Final Fantasy XIII is one long movie, I do think there were a fair number of the same design mistakes that some of the earlier 2000-2008 Sonic games made that make it feel like the game isn't all it could be. For example, the linear passages DOMINATING the story-driven portion of the game is irritating. And then all of the areas that are actually really open for exploration amount to a post-game bonus area. A lot of the player movement is designed to only allow for one way to do it "right", which is exactly what a lot of Sonic games did (Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog). And my personal gripe is that unless you went into the options menu and changed it, the game defaults to auto-battle. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IN A GAME WHERE COMBAT IS A BULK OF THE GAMEPLAY!?
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 18:59:55 UTC from web-
@retl *moment of silence for the Sonic franchise*
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@carcinopony It's doing better than Bubsy, Crash Bandicoot, Wild Woody, Cool Spot, and Conker, despite missteps. It would help if it weren't treated as cash-cow, but they seem to be getting back on the right track now.
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@carcinopony I can't even remember how many times I went back and re-beat that game. At least 3.
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@tiro I do think the reason for the paradigm system was to solve the problem that the player can't control their allies directly. Though that makes me wonder if that solution was only made to fit with the decision to make game-loss depend only on if the leader goes down in battle. That seems like another design flaw to me, when you can heal your allies in battle? They should be able to heal the leader, too.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:02:37 UTC from web-
@retl That begs the question: Why did they make it so you can only control the party leader? I hated that I couldn't control the other two, or even choose my party leader.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:05:00 UTC from web-
@tiro No idea. I can only speculate, so don't take my thoughts as words from SE here. Considering the other things seem built around that, my guess is that they started the game with the intent for it to work some other way entirely, and then the party members became more important. Or maybe the plan was for Lightning to be the leader the whole game, and it changed later in development? Losing lightning in case like that would explain why the story would reasonably terminate, assuming downed members couldn't be brought back by other members. Hrm.
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:09:31 UTC from web
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@tiro Do you remember Final Fantasy: Spirits Within?
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@redenchilada I doooo
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@redenchilada Yeah! I don't think that was actually made by Square Enix though
Thursday, 16-Jun-11 19:01:12 UTC from web
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@rotation 2004/20005 ish, on the GBA. Not the best game ever, but it let me play as Cream and Amy and beat up stuff, so I had a blast with it. XD http://rogerregorroger.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-battle-in-2-minutes-25410279
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