Is FF13 a game you can pick up and play for an hour then stop?

I don't have a lot of free time, so can you just play it for an hour then save, or is it like the previous games where you consistently get stuck without a savepoint so you have to leave your system on all day until you come back to continue? Can you skip cutscenes or will I have to rewatch them?

I don't have a lot of free time, so can you just play it for an hour then save, or is it like the previous games where you consistently get stuck without a savepoint so you have to leave your system on all day until you come back to continue? Can you skip cutscenes or will I have to rewatch them?

chocobo7000

I'm the same as you TC. I have the game and I pick up and play for an hour or so at a time for the most part. Save points are well placed. The best part is I can go a week or so without having time to play this game which killed me in past RPGs because I would forget key parts of the story. In this game when you load your file, while it's loading it gives you a recap of the story to remind you what your current objectives are and you can go back at any time in game and read the datalog and get the story. This game is awesome.

I don't have a lot of free time, so can you just play it for an hour then save, or is it like the previous games where you consistently get stuck without a savepoint so you have to leave your system on all day until you come back to continue? Can you skip cutscenes or will I have to rewatch them?

chocobo7000

Naw, save points are well placed, both in the enironment and after many of the major cutscenes. You'll have no problem playing it in chunks.

Save points are placed every 5 mins so you can stop before you die from boredom :P

Yeah you have a lot of save spots so if you feel like training for a little bit you will always find a save spot near.

Yeah, tons of save points. Almost too many actually. Pacing is a big problem in this game.

i dont see how anyone could think there are too many savepoints. saving isnt a convenience. its a necessity. it should be an option as often as possible so you never feel shackled to the game. LoG-Sacrament

i dont see how anyone could think there are too many savepoints. saving isnt a convenience. its a necessity. it should be an option as often as possible so you never feel shackled to the game. LoG-Sacrament

It's not really the amount of save points, but rather you save, take 50 steps, and then get to another cutscene/save point. Repeat the process. I liked FF13 a lot, but the pacing was just not very good for the first 9 or so chapters. There was just absolutely no freedom and the constant breaks in actually gameplay made it frustrating. At least to me.

I waited forever for this game. I wanted to actually play it, not have it be broken into 10 minute chunks of gameplay. That's how it played to me for the first 9 chapters.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont see how anyone could think there are too many savepoints. saving isnt a convenience. its a necessity. it should be an option as often as possible so you never feel shackled to the game. tirralirra

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont see how anyone could think there are too many savepoints. saving isnt a convenience. its a necessity. it should be an option as often as possible so you never feel shackled to the game. yokofox33

It's not really the amount of save points, but rather you save, take 50 steps, and then get to another cutscene/save point. Repeat the process. I liked FF13 a lot, but the pacing was just not very good for the first 9 or so chapters. There was just absolutely no freedom and the constant breaks in actually gameplay made it frustrating. At least to me.

I waited forever for this game. I wanted to actually play it, not have it be broken into 10 minute chunks of gameplay. That's how it played to me for the first 9 chapters.

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[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont see how anyone could think there are too many savepoints. saving isnt a convenience. its a necessity. it should be an option as often as possible so you never feel shackled to the game. LoG-Sacrament

It's not really the amount of save points, but rather you save, take 50 steps, and then get to another cutscene/save point. Repeat the process. I liked FF13 a lot, but the pacing was just not very good for the first 9 or so chapters. There was just absolutely no freedom and the constant breaks in actually gameplay made it frustrating. At least to me.

I waited forever for this game. I wanted to actually play it, not have it be broken into 10 minute chunks of gameplay. That's how it played to me for the first 9 chapters.

This is true, but it just seemed that whenever there was a save point there was a cutscene which added to the pacing problems. In the end my problem was with the pacing, not the save points. Believe me, I saved at every opportunity. I don't play around with saves. I just worded my complaints wrongly is all.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"][QUOTE="yokofox33"]

It's not really the amount of save points, but rather you save, take 50 steps, and then get to another cutscene/save point. Repeat the process. I liked FF13 a lot, but the pacing was just not very good for the first 9 or so chapters. There was just absolutely no freedom and the constant breaks in actually gameplay made it frustrating. At least to me.

I waited forever for this game. I wanted to actually play it, not have it be broken into 10 minute chunks of gameplay. That's how it played to me for the first 9 chapters.

This is true, but it just seemed that whenever there was a save point there was a cutscene which added to the pacing problems. In the end my problem was with the pacing, not the save points. Believe me, I saved at every opportunity. I don't play around with saves. I just worded my complaints wrongly is all.

Yes.

But I have to warn you, it gets worse (and more boring) before it gets better.

Be prepared to play about 20 hours before awesome stuff happens.

But it's worth it, trust me. Trust me.

To quote Portal:

"When have I ever lied to you-in this room, i mean?"

I saved a lot too but after a while I actually would just skip save points, because even if you die you can retry anyways so the only reason to save is if you need to stop playing rather than for fear of dieing. The game is very accessible for any type of gamer.

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[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"] i agree that the pacing couldve been better either by axing some cutscenes (lightning beating the crap out of commandos for the 100th time would be a prime candidate) or coming up with ways to let the player act them out, but the pacing doesnt have anything to do with the save points. you can skip the 15 seconds it takes to save if youd like. LoG-Sacrament

This is true, but it just seemed that whenever there was a save point there was a cutscene which added to the pacing problems. In the end my problem was with the pacing, not the save points. Believe me, I saved at every opportunity. I don't play around with saves. I just worded my complaints wrongly is all.

I cant get into the game I have tried, I dont know it is just not growing on me ff7 and ff8 killed it for me to try and get into any new final fantasy. The story and none of the characters in 13 are doing anything for me im barely on the first mission where people are split by twos the kid whos mom died and the lil girl thats with him, the self proclaim hero is by him self ( i guess he is getting married or something) and the other girl lighting and the guy with the chocobo are in a team. I turned the game off shortly.