I picked it up a couple days ago but I've been finishing off Yakuza 3 and still need to go back to FFXIII afterwards, but it will be next on my list, its nice when a game exceeeds expectations for once, the review sounds like demon's souls from the difficulty, which is awesome too.
Dang, same score as FFXIII. Too bad this isn't an exclusive, I would have liked to see the hilarity.
789shadow
that never even crossed my mind..this thread would explode into a 500 posts flamewar. :lol:
I know, it would have been epic! :P
I don't know if it would be quite as epic as you expect. :P I'm sure a lot of people would just say "FF isn't that great anyways, so if this game got 8.5 it can't be that great"
[QUOTE="lawlessx"] that never even crossed my mind..this thread would explode into a 500 posts flamewar. :lol:110million
I know, it would have been epic! :P
I don't know if it would be quite as epic as you expect. :P I'm sure a lot of people would just say "FF isn't that great anyways, so if this game got 8.5 it can't be that great"
lemmings would cling on to this game saying that it's better than FF13 only to realize it's also on the PS3 and get completely owned in the first page.:P
I picked it up a couple days ago but I've been finishing off Yakuza 3 and still need to go back to FFXIII afterwards, but it will be next on my list, its nice when a game exceeeds expectations for once, the review sounds like demon's souls from the difficulty, which is awesome too. 110million
Nah, I have the game. Though I'm only at chap. 1, I can tell that the difficulty is not the same kind as DS. For one, you can retry battle at any point for a meagle cost of 200 rubies (the currency). This is very important since in boss fights, things can be ugly if you make one false move (if your party gets to critical status, the offense/defense becomes super low). You can basically use trial and error, only with less pain of dying. I don't think we need to explain how frustrating dying is in DS. You can spend hours gaining nothing but the simple knowledge of what lies ahead. Not to mention the battle systems are totally different.
No really though, I don't like it that much. Hopefully it gets better. The battle system just isn't doing it for me tbh, and the story (or lack thereof) doesn't exactly motivate me.
[QUOTE="110million"]I picked it up a couple days ago but I've been finishing off Yakuza 3 and still need to go back to FFXIII afterwards, but it will be next on my list, its nice when a game exceeeds expectations for once, the review sounds like demon's souls from the difficulty, which is awesome too. RavenLoud
Nah, I have the game. Though I'm only at chap. 1, I can tell that the difficulty is not the same kind as DS. For one, you can retry battle at any point for a meagle cost of 200 rubies (the currency). This is very important since in boss fights, things can be ugly if you make one false move (if your party gets to critical status, the offense/defense becomes super low). You can basically use trial and error, only with less pain of dying. I don't think we need to explain how frustrating dying is in DS. You can spend hours gaining nothing but the simple knowledge of what lies ahead. Not to mention the battle systems are totally different. Yeah but when I talk about difficulty, I'm talking satisfaction and excitement of not having the game spoon fed to me, more than the actual gameplay.
Same as FFXIII, which by the logic of SW - because this game was released AFTER FFXIII, the standards have risen and makes RoF actually BETTER. I'm still deciding on if I can even finish FFXIII or not. I got all the way to chapter 11 and just hit a wall of hatred for the poor pacing and level design. Either I'll beat FFXIII and then trade it in and get RoF or I'll just go trade FFXIII in now for it. No matter what, I'll be getting this game.
I guess this is another terrible game like FFXIII. Too bad. :(
hakanakumono
I'd like to see the production cost of FFXIII compared to RoF then I'll tell you which one was terrible. I'd be willing to bet that RoF was a 1/3 of the price of FFXIII and was still able to achieve an equal score (Technically RoF is ranked better than FFXIII because standards change over time meaning an 8.5 now is superior to the same 8.5 given to FFXIII).
[QUOTE="110million"] Yeah but when I talk about difficulty, I'm talking satisfaction and excitement of not having the game spoon fed to me, more than the actual gameplay. Ah, then I fail at reading :P Nothing beats the feeling of beating a boss that killed you 20x times without checking online :D
Considering this is basically a budget game compared to FFXIII, I'd say it's Tri-Ace's hard work really paid off.
xionvalkyrie
Indeed. FF13 is fantastic, but itshould have been more with the resources it had, plus they really built the hype sky high before it released. Can hardly blame us for giving the two games different treatment.
Wow surprising!!! This is great. I haven't had much time with it. I rented it to see if I'd like, so far its pretty cool, not completely sure if i want to buy it though. We'll see.
[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="110million"] Yeah but when I talk about difficulty, I'm talking satisfaction and excitement of not having the game spoon fed to me, more than the actual gameplay. Ah, then I fail at reading :P Nothing beats the feeling of beating a boss that killed you 20x times without checking online :D Yeah really, even if people go "you suck, I beat it in 1 try" well you'll get a lot more satisfaction out of it anyways. :P
[QUOTE="110million"]I picked it up a couple days ago but I've been finishing off Yakuza 3 and still need to go back to FFXIII afterwards, but it will be next on my list, its nice when a game exceeeds expectations for once, the review sounds like demon's souls from the difficulty, which is awesome too. RavenLoud
Nah, I have the game. Though I'm only at chap. 1, I can tell that the difficulty is not the same kind as DS. For one, you can retry battle at any point for a meagle cost of 200 rubies (the currency). This is very important since in boss fights, things can be ugly if you make one false move (if your party gets to critical status, the offense/defense becomes super low). You can basically use trial and error, only with less pain of dying. I don't think we need to explain how frustrating dying is in DS. You can spend hours gaining nothing but the simple knowledge of what lies ahead. Not to mention the battle systems are totally different.
The smaller cost only lets you restart the current battle with the exact same conditions you entered the fight in. If you moved from room 3 to 4 in a dungeon half dead you would be restarted half dead. If you wish to restart with full life and hero gauge it costs considerably more. The cost also rises as you move through the game. At the moment for me the cost of standard restart is 600 and 80 000 for a full heal restart.
[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="110million"]I picked it up a couple days ago but I've been finishing off Yakuza 3 and still need to go back to FFXIII afterwards, but it will be next on my list, its nice when a game exceeeds expectations for once, the review sounds like demon's souls from the difficulty, which is awesome too. Marka1700
Nah, I have the game. Though I'm only at chap. 1, I can tell that the difficulty is not the same kind as DS. For one, you can retry battle at any point for a meagle cost of 200 rubies (the currency). This is very important since in boss fights, things can be ugly if you make one false move (if your party gets to critical status, the offense/defense becomes super low). You can basically use trial and error, only with less pain of dying. I don't think we need to explain how frustrating dying is in DS. You can spend hours gaining nothing but the simple knowledge of what lies ahead. Not to mention the battle systems are totally different. The cost of restarting rises as you progress through the game. The smaller cost only lets you restart the current battle with the exact same conditions you entered the fight in. If you moved from room 3 to 4 in a dungeon half dead you would be restarted half dead. Restarted with full life and hero gauge costs considerably more. At the moment for me the cost of standard restart is 600 and 80 000 for a full heal restart. True, but you retry much less later on. After chapter 6 the game got pretty easy for me.
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