FFXIII-2 NEW INFO From Previews! (multiple story arcs, hidden side quests, larger dungeons...)

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Dodece said:
I confess I was actually completely disinterested in this title. Thirteen was ninety percent tedium with the other ten percent being pure frustration. There was so much wrong it is hard to know where to begin. The leveling/upgrading was ridiculous. The loot table was a horror story. The combat scaling was simply whacked out. They made a game that was based on over the top grinding. However if you chose to grind while you might be twice as strong for your efforts the bosses in turn would be five or six times stronger. Toss in the number of cheap attacks that some bosses got, and you have a recipe for pure hell. The game outright demanded that you play in a linear fashion. Not doing so resulted in some pretty gruesome shit.

I have heard people tell me Thirteen was easy, but speaking as someone who will grind if the game seems to offer me up good reasons to do so. I fought that final boss three times with characters built up to different levels. The last time I faced that boss basically maxed all the way out was a complete mauling. Not him mind you me. This is a boss that I beat with some trouble earlier, but that third time took me almost four hours. The margins were simply gone from the fight. Timing being off for just a split second would outright kill me. That is what just plain soured me. After I finished that fight. I gave the game the finger. This when I meant to unlock, and go back to Pulse to finish the team off for the achievement.

The point I am getting at is this. Even though I am still pissed about the first game. The changes that I have seen in this new game are actually getting me interested. I am still cautious, but when I see exploration and side quests I can see potential for a more rewarding, and more balanced game. What killed me on Thirteen was that is was all too linear in every aspect.

Dude , how come you found FFXIII hard? it had auto battle, you just had to stagger you enemy and thats it. If you have a cat, try putting glitter in the buttons and approach the cat to the controller, mine won a couple of figths , then put a rubber band pull the left sitck up and thats it, at least until you get to the "open world part". I was thinking of trying it out with a chinken in fact but i couldnt find any during the time i had access to the game.