Game nerdery, which I know I should have cut more, but given how often I post, you can deal.

[beckerbell]

► - I HAS A FINAL FANTASY XIII OMG. I'm only about an hour in, so I'm not quite to the end of the first chapter yet, but it's a gorgeous gorgeous game so far! And Lightning is totally my imaginary girlfriend already. ♥

Snow is a lot more likeable than I was thinking he would be, but a lot of that is FFVIII amusement. Sure, he needs a shave,

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[joyeuxnoel]

FINAL FANTASY XIII!

\o/

I am glad you bought the game. And lol, I had the same reaction with Snow except I didn't make the Zell connection. Since I hadn't been keeping up with the buzz I was all, "Please let Snow be a Monk, please let him be a Monk" when the first battle started. :D

[beckerbell]

I don't know if this game can really live up to the hype surrounding it, but... I HAS IT. AND MAN IS IT PRETTY. *___*

I know it makes me one of those fangirls, but is it wrong to love Snow because he looks like a Seifer/Zell lovechild? :< I still ship them really hard, okay. And, hey, any reason to like the male characters of this game! Since I wasn't really expecting to like any of them from the buzz surrounding the game. (Not that preferring the girls for a game or two is a bad thing. But I do have my fondness for male characters, too.)

[joyeuxnoel]

You are so Squeenix's bitch. *points*

Is it wrong to love Snow because he looks like a Seifer/Zell lovechild?

You're asking me of all people that question? *snorts* Really now. =P I am... totally in love with Snow's character design. And his coat. And just... all around awesome. So much so.

I also think Hope is adorkable so far so that's a good thing.

I'm not really feeling the female characters besides Lightning but I am not surprised about that so. However, man, so far I feel like I'm stuck in E-Z Mode or something. :/

[beckerbell]

HEY. I AM NOT. *pouts* I mean, yes, I tend to play a lot of their games, but... the last two or three games I played weren't Squeenix games? And, hey, I never played more than, like, five minutes of 358/2!

I have to give FFXIII that at least they're coming up with some new designs (sort of) for the male characters (just wait for vs XIII, THEN we'll be back to the prettyboys, I'm sure), even if the female characters are kind of totally recycled. But I still really want Snow to just shave already. :<

I haven't met Vanille or Fang yet, but I'm pretty sure that I'll like them, I've been really feeling female characters lately. But I have been sort of, "....this game is really easy so far. I know it's meant to be, but...." I suppose I won't judge until I can start doing sidequests or so, that's when you'll really be able to get a feel for the game, I suspect.

[katmillia]

You will want to shove your gunblade down Vanille's throat.

Just a heads up. :D

[beckerbell]

I've just met Vanille and I'm sort of on the fence about her. Everyone haaaaating her makes me sort of want to defend her. On the other hand, her voice actress is kind of breathy and fake and I just want her to QUIET DOWN INSTEAD OF GOING "--EEH?" EVERY FIVE SECONDS.

[xandrabelle]

I had the same thoughts on White Knight Chronicles. Very disappointing game. To be honest, I bought Magna Carta 2 around the same time and it did everything that WKC "tried" to do and did it so much better, from graphics, to battle system, to bishounen to plot. Since you got an Xbox360, you might want to check out that exclusive eventually.

But to my total surprise, I'm loving FF 13 so much more than anything I've played so far this year! I'm 25 hours in and I can't stop playing. Yes its very linear and feels like a movie, but at this stage of my life, I'm actually liking it that way. Plus did you know Snow's VA is Yuri from Vesperia? He totally grew on me the more I listened to him speak.

[beckerbell]

I have just not gotten used to the 360, so its controls aren't second nature to me yet, and I know the only way to get over that is to actually play the games I have for it already, that it'll get there, but I AM SO MUCH MORE AT HOME ON THE PLAYSTATION. ;___; But knowing that Magna Carta 2 is a similar experience, except better, I might have to check it out at some point.

I know a lot of people hate it (and I've heard that the world opens up after about 30 hours of play) but I kind of love linear/movie-like games? I miss the usual FF-style set up for a game as anyone, but I'm trying to give this new game a chance, too! And it's certainly a beautiful game and I can appreciate it on a technical level. And AHAHAHA THAT'S WHY SNOW SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR. Really, he's growing on me a lot. ♥

[xandrabelle]

Magna Carta 2's not bad, but then I am comfortable with the 360 controller. Like with FF 13, I keep trying to press O when I want to go back, which is bad if I don't mean to actually buy or sell the stuff that I'm looking at.

So far, I'm 25 hours in and its still a bit linear, I'm guessing that once I get to chapter 11, it does open up. By the way, please tell me if you squee at Cid when he shows up. Since your tastes are like mine, I think you probably will. :)

[beckerbell]

I've looked at Magna Carta 2 on Amazon a few times (since I like browsing their "if you like this game, you might like these games, too" options) and it certainly does look like a gorgeous game. I'm hoping that I'll be able to adjust, since I can go back and forth between the DS and the PS controls fairly well now.

What I'm really curious about is how long this game is going to be! I'm only three hours in and I'm into chapter 3, but it's the beginning of the game and, of course, things get longer as you get into the later chapters/the side quests. But I know the game isn't going to wind up only being 30 hours long or so, right?

[summertea]

NO LEVEL GRINDING IS SUCH A LIE. Q___Q think ff10 but SO MUCH WORSE in terms of getting to the next sphere AND you don't have immediate access to the entire grid. *is a sad over-leveler*

I'm ehhh 10 hrs in? And I dislike only 1 character so far. :| I want be Lightning when I grow up though. *_*

[beckerbell]

*brightens* REALLY? LEVEL GRINDING WILL HELP YOU OUT IN THIS GAME? Because I am a grinder at heart, Yin, and I WOULD REALLY MISS IT IF I COULDN'T DO IT. Strategy is for losers! I want to be over-leveled to compensate for my fail in strategy!

I'm two hours in now and I (mostly) like everyone so far, but I was determined to. Vanille and Hope may give me some trouble on that, but OMG LIGHTNING. SHE IS MY FOREVER HEROINE. ♥

[summertea]

it's like this: you grind BUT YOU CAN'T OVERGRIND b/c they limit your grids. :|

[beckerbell]

.............WHAT. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? THAT'S JUST CRUEL. SQUARE, IT SHOULD BE MY CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT I WANT TO OVERGRIND, JFC.

I mean, it's still a beautiful game and I'll probably be fine, but NO OVERGRINDING, NO LIFE. >:|

[velithya]

BECKYYYYYYY THIS GAME IS SO SHINYYYYYYYYYYY

I am somewhere in the middle of chapter 4! DELIGHTFUL :3

[beckerbell]

OMG I KNOW I CAN'T SEEM TO STOP PLAYING ITTTTT. Well, I haven't been obsessive about it, I'm still only at about seven hours, BUT FOR ME THAT IS REALLY A LOT.

I'm finally getting the hang of the system and can kind of see why they did it--given how much they KEEP CHANGING MY PARTY ON ME--and how to work it better, so my fondness for it is definitely going up!

[velithya]

UGH SQUEENIX STOP CHANGING MY PARTY

[beckerbell]

Or, if they must change my party, GIVE ME THREE MEMBERS, YOU FUCKERS. NO MORE OF THIS TWO PERSON PARTY SHIT. D:<