[Nitro]

Anyone other than me have the new game? I like it quite a bit, except I think its a bit too linear.

[Major]

I got it midnight release but been super busy and not played it yet

Though from what I've heard its the best movie you'll ever play.

[Poc]

Major, on 14 March 2010 - 06:46 AM, said:

Though from what I've heard its the best movie you'll ever play.

lolwut? I doubt it's like Heavy Rain.

[echo]

ARG! I'm broke, but I want this sooooooo bad!

[Andmcmuffin2]

echo, on 15 March 2010 - 09:25 PM, said:

ARG! I'm broke, but I want this sooooooo bad!

This. Money is scarce. D:

[Major]

Poc, on 14 March 2010 - 05:14 PM, said:

lolwut? I doubt it's like Heavy Rain.

Three words.
Auto. Battle. System.

[Zjean]

Ack. Automatic Battling? That takes all the fun out of the game.

[Poc]

Oh really, is it that bad? You don't have to use though, amirite?

[Major]

No, but the speedy pace and such means you mostly have to. (so I'm told. I've not got the chance to play yet)

[Poc]

Eh, that sucks. ><

[Major]

And you automatically get full health, mp, etc after every battle. Any knocked out units are brought back and put at full health.

[xRoyx the Vegan Twostepper]

Nigga from my class says it's good but it's just button mashing. Gonna borrow it from him first before buying.

[Poc]

My bro just got it, so I'ma have to try it out.

[Nitro]

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Oh really, is it that bad?

I like it a lot, but I think the PS3 is really becoming a console system for movie games (Heavy Rain, MGS4, FFXIII)

The biggest problem with the game is the first two chapters, and the extreme linearity. The new combat system is actually a really fresh spin on the game though.

[Dave]

Major, on 16 March 2010 - 02:16 AM, said:

And you automatically get full health, mp, etc after every battle. Any knocked out units are brought back and put at full health.

You'll be happy that this feature is there when you get towards the end of the game.

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I like it a lot, but I think the PS3 is really becoming a console system for movie games (Heavy Rain, MGS4, FFXIII)

Extremely idiotic comment, sorry.

[Nitro]

How is that idiotic? I think it says a lot about where gaming is going in the future. I mean, especially considering that the PS3 has gotten a lot of acclaim for games with huge cutscenes in it that take up a considerable amount of time. I'm not trying to be anti-ps3, i just think more and more games are doing stuff with games that are like movies.

[Dave]

Nitro, on 18 March 2010 - 05:04 AM, said:

How is that idiotic? I think it says a lot about where gaming is going in the future. I mean, especially considering that the PS3 has gotten a lot of acclaim for games with huge cutscenes in it that take up a considerable amount of time. I'm not trying to be anti-ps3, i just think more and more games are doing stuff with games that are like movies.

Uncharted 2, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, God of War 3, MAG, Yakuza 3, etc... those are all PS3 exclusives that have gotten a lot of acclaim for their -gameplay-, not their story, over the last few months. The three examples that you brought up are pretty much the only well known/good cutscene driven games on the console... I very much doubt that its going to turn into an interactive movie console like you believe. If anything, I think cutscene driven games of the quality of FFXIII/MGS4/Heavy Rain will be very rare... look at the development time (~3-4 years in each case). That's not the future.

[Nitro]

No, I didn't mean that it is going to turn into that and only that, what I meant is that I suspect that in the future, there will be a lot more extra long cutscene games. Like... I mean, this is completely different, but with Nintendogs, the wii and the ds have both been plagued by the shittiest games imaginable that try to mimic the game, so the simulation genre has become much more well-known. However, this is just a genre, not an entire system.

I definitely think that a genre will emerge with games that stress cutscenes that last a long time and stress, based on the fact that, although there are only three games so far that have this that have gotten critical acclaim, that more and more of these will come so that eventually there will be enough to categorize it. Although, in a sense, you are right in the fact that I don't think that the entire system is going to become an interactive movie.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that, with time, I think there will be a lot more of these, because companies will end up taking shortcuts and making really shitty cutscene driven games.

[Dave]

Fair enough.

[Aitze]

I have it and kind of like it so far. It might be extremely lineair and have a battle system that does a lot for you, but that doesn't bother me much - you're actually quite active during fights, what with the switching of paradigms and all. Or, at least, I am.

I think people are just complaining about the slightly automated battle system because it's a final fantasy game and they want all final fantasy games to be like the previous ones. If it were a completely new franchise - which it could easily be if you changed a couple names - it would probably be praised all around. I certainly think it's wonderful, though as a mostly visuals-oriented person - I love artwork and pretty things - I might be biased in this.