Let's Play Final Fantasy XIII #039 - Pimp My Ride

[LoTayRob64]

sazh....:-C

[CyberMetalOverlord]

hey dog i heard you liked an eidolan in your car so we put a car in your eidolan

[CyberMetalOverlord]

The weapon Brynhildr is using is a scythe I know it's hard to see in the cutscene but it's a scythe

[lemurdragonsan]

AUTO-BOTS!

ROLL OUT!

[TheTaintedPsyche]

I wonder if I still was the only one to cry when Sazh shot himself..

[Poiznjaw]

thats what i said when i saw that scene of him shooting himself.....witch i saw like 20 mins i mean omg his dead....but i didnt get to use the summon....hell live, woo!

[HoundofDarkness]

6:23 Wait, when did this turn into an LP of Mario Kart?

[stinkypitz0005]

nice star wars reference there

[MasterJ2000]

nice princess bride reference lol

[MrGophercakes]

loved the Hook reference!!! anyone else catch it?

[meotwisterix]

there's no 14:53

[xaberd22]

It gets better? :D I really have enjoyed the game up to this point. I guess I don't mind so much that there are no objectives because it makes sense there wouldn't be any because they were so busy just trying to survive. Hard to come up with a plan when you're constantly on the run.

But yeah! So far I found it all really interesting. I love getting to know the characters. Square really made them come to life. :)

[tokenMWM]

Brynhildr is female. Sorry, that's just gonna annoy me from now on every time you call her a "him"

[stinkypitz0005]

@tokenMWM

get over it



[sallyprue]

"this is what was missing from the first EIGHT CHAPTERS of the game."

[NinjaGaidenceHD]

God damnit I forgot to remove sazhs excessories HC Why didn't u show it onscreen!!!

[sallyprue]

@NinjaGaidenceHD video descriptions are there for a reason.

[NinjaGaidenceHD]

@sallyprue sorrry mr sassy 

[omegasephiroth6789]

Ya know, if hadn't had aquired ... well whatever it's name is, it would be slightly more beleivable that he killed himself. -_-

Once again, square enix wanted to troll with us :D

[Dorgengoa2080]

anyone else think the tv thingy at 10:30 looks like a psp? just sayin'.. lol

[tremolo34]

HCBailly, I love when you reference 80s fantasy/comedy movies. Shortage of perfect breasts...The Princess Bride FTW

[sekushinonyanko]

That woman reminds me a lot of Quistis.

[mariofan105]

who else yelled PERSONA when he shot himself in the head

[Expl1c1tNation]

so i need that one spell to help boost gauge? ahh no wounder why i kept dieing by the auto-cast doom spell ;/

[GamesWithGameplays]

I never really thought Sazh would kill Vanille, but I never would've thought he would kill himself.

Talk about a plot twist :S

[CodeNameNES1]

@GamesWithGameplays yeah and talk about a SPOILER youchould at least alert evryoune ya know

[MysteriousStealthMan]

@GamesWithGameplays ENOUGH WITH THE SPOILERS GAHH

[CyberMetalOverlord]

@GamesWithGameplays yeah way to not warn about spoilers

[CrypticWand621]

SAZH DON'T DO IT!!!

[DragonOfOddness10]

dosent that car sound use for twister on twisted metal HO

[iEatFanBoysDaily]

For a minute I thought "A fucking Go-Kart?!?!?!? REALLY?!?!?!? THIS ISN'T FUCKING MARIO!!!!....Oh wait. A car.

[JonSchaffer57]

I liked the idea of not having specific objectives. They're thrown into a situation out of nowhere, so (in my opinion) it makes sense that they wouldn't have thought out objectives from the beginning.

[ThomasakaDes]

There`s no little cutscene like the one where Sazh is walking over to the gate on the PS3 version, wasn`t there when I just was there at leaast :P

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Sazh is so stereotypical, of course the black guy gets the car looking Eidolon :P

And then there`s the guns and afro.

[JudgeMagisterPhoenix]

"Don't try to stop me smee" Awesome Hook reference you are a legend HCBailly!!!!!

[legendary071]

HCBailly u say that there really wasnt an objective in ch 3-8, well thats because they didnt know what 2 do, i mean all they get is a hazy dream and they're automatically suppose 2 know what 2 do, i think its understandable that there wasn't a cut and dry objective, so thats how i look at that

[AquaRainStorm14]

Sazh's Eidolon is a girl. her name's Brynhildr. she's named after a Norse Valkyrie. and she's not the only Norse Mythology-based Eidolon. Odin, Lightning's Eidolon, is the other. and he's the King of the Aesir, the Norse Gods. and Ragnarok, the Eidolon a Pulse l'Cie muse become to destroy the world, is named for the end of the world in Norse Myths.

[zeke1337]

I swear Brynhilder uses a Banhammer.

[TheBlackOni1]

sazh isnt dead

[GlueStikkk]

1:40 by far Vanille's best speech in this game thus far...

[Dreader92]

I really like this part of the story. Sazh is my favorite in this game mainly for the wackyness, but its nice to see he's not just conedy relief, that he DOES infact have a soul and feeling like a regular person. Plus the emotion in the scene and the meaning behind it, quite amazing in my eyes.

[SuperMoonMario]

I've never played this game before but so far Sazh is my favorite character. I like his back story and personality better than every one else.

[Visser0x]

FFXIII kart racing!

[FearT3HxoxTaco]

Lighting and Sazh don't have their l'Cie marks on the same place.

Lightning has hers on her left breast while Sazh has his on the center of his chest.

[eternalgamma]

Hey HCBailly, been following your LP for the past couple of days, and really enjoying it. Just thought I'd comment (don't know if anyone's said this yet) but those robes are prisoner robes which keep the people being Purged or any prisoners from PSICOM from using their hands, which ultimately stops them from using any of their powers. There ya go :)

[Archvile78]

Used blitz on brynhildr and the gestahl went up like crazy, thought i'd try this alternative.

Gotta love blitz with Sazh :p

[bm2oonbgoo]

at 12:40 I thought you were going to say lets kick ass and chew bubble gum

[thekyster07]

If Sazh didn't want his eidolon, he should've just gave it to someone else.

Heck! He could've given it to Vanille! :(

[Erimentos101]

...Preeeeetty sure Bryhildr's a girl, guys.... [judging by figure and heels... XD]

[zoskiagarcia]

Wait wait wait WAIT is Sahz trying to go Persona here o-o

[WolfenNights]

I was hoping that HCB would have more to say about the infamous "Sugar and Rainbows" line.

[Xanzarocker]

Target time...31:16...Battle Duration 2:01....does this game think people suck that bad that it need's to be over 30 minutes?

[BmCNinJa]

Natulis reminds me of of the Gold Saucer for some reason. specially where you fight the Eidolon. that place reminds me of the Ghost Mansion Inn Area in the Gold Saucer.

[orichalcossaiyan]

Wait Sazh is dead why would you rescue a dead guy even if he did survive he'd have major brain damage .

[NinjaShinigamiWolf]

@orichalcossaiyan noo he wouldn't he's a FF character he can't get brain damage

[orichalcossaiyan]

Why is Sazh glowing purple and speaking with an echo voice?

[LordHippoman]

Ok, so I didn't want to post this on the last episode due to it maybe spoiling the end of the vid, but I've gotta say it. When you kill Nabaat I shall rejoice. I've never played FF13, but I hope you kill Nabaat. VENGEEEAAAAAANNNCCCEEEEE

[Conscript626]

if he shot himself in the head wouldnt he have a much more messy corpse

[Conscript626]

why does ifrit have high heels?

[Linkforlife199]

Technically, there was an objective up to this point: which was the party trying to survive in any way they could.

[TheRealFurchuck]

OK, Nabaat, you can stop messing with your glasses already.

[krihan3]

You are right about the scene impact, maybe the Eidolon should've come when he was trying to shoot himself (to try and end his doubts)

[Bananadine]

I am still unable to care about the plight of the crystallized l'Cie and their loved ones

I don't know how the crystals work, it's just alien nonsense

and the characters in this game hardly talk about that either, all they do is angst angst angst at each other

which says to me that they don't really care about saving their friends either

aside from Hope losing his mom and then slowly and annoyingly getting over that, the whole story so far is empty

seems like the game might be fun though

[Belleneko]

Nabaat is a reverse David Caruso

when she does a one liner she takes her glasses *off*

[MaxxTheSlash]

This Eidolon battle made me realize exactly why I like this game despite it's linearity: It's Final Fantasy + Transformers. Eidolons transform into vehicles. That's win, right there.

[ema3287]

@MaxxTheSlash never thought about that

[LukeCastellan909]

Its a fucking go-kart!

[giro174]

"New Abilities Learned:

Fang - STEELGUARD!!! (Sentinel)"

You saw that sketch too, HC? With the voice actors? I loved it.

[Enyira]

Yep, Brynhildr is female. Taken directly from the Norse Mythology. Finally, a Final Fantasy that have some Norse mythology references aside from Odin (which still doesn't look like it should! The horse should have eight legs, not four or six. >: )

[stidukka]

@Enyira What about Freya? If that doesn't count as and Norse mythology reference, then you are a donkey.

[stidukka]

@Enyira Or Fenrir. Dunno how i forgot that for a second there.

[Enyira]

@stidukka Indeed, but Fenrir has only been used a handful times, if you compare it to Odin, per sé. Either way, this game gives alot more credit to Norse Mythology than any of the previous ones has done so far. Much appreciated.

[dracocrusher]

@Enyira what about FF7, in Norse mythology Thor's arch-enemy is a creature known as the Midgar serphant... NOW, WHAT WAS SHINRA'S MAIN CITY CALLED AGAIN?

[Enyira]

@dracocrusher Now, if you really want to know, in Norse mythology, the Human world, is refered to as Midgard. The Jörmungandr, otherwise known as Midgard Serpent, Thor's arch-enemy, got it's name from the fact that after it was thrown into the ocean, it grew so large that it could reach around the world and grasp it's own tail. Also, whenever the Jörmungandr dies, so does Midgard. All they did in FF7 was to remove the last letter. Honorable mention, but if you haven't read it, you won't know.

[dracocrusher]

@Enyira huh... that and ragnorok was all I knew about Norse mythology...

not sure if this counts, but isn't there a serphant that lived just outside of midgar near the chocubo ranch?

(OMG, Midgar serphant!!!)

[Enyira]

@dracocrusher Yeah, which was also called the Midgar Serpent. (I think there's a similar serpent enemy in FF XII too) I'm guessing the whole scene where the Serpent's been impaled by Sephiroth has some sort of spiritual meaning now that I look into it. "Foreboding the death of the planet"-sort of thing. Then again. The planet didn't die. xD It's just a shame that alot of the Norse references (alot, not ALL) are usually mainstream things. It would've been fun to see a Thor-summon for example. >:

[phatmlrd]

I'm surprised, no mention of how the Fiend Lord's Keep was a reference to Chrono Trigger.

[Rockerbro3371]

Love that Edilon 

[Rockerbro3371]

Best ending ever (my opinin)

[HarvestHalfMoonGlows]

Sazh sounds so drunk when he says, "Do your worst, you freak!"

Just the actor, I know, but still. XD;

[yourevilmaster]

brynhildr is actually female, surprisingly

[auron570]

HC, the purpose/objective is to survive, pretty damn good reason to move forward, considering it applies to almost every living being in the world. The way I see it, the motive for the player to keep playing is to learn more about the characters and see the story unfold. If you ask for some objective like "save the world" or "go do this, to get this item, to save the world", then you're just asking for a "focus" to be given to you, without even thinking about why you should do it.

[ShadowWolfRising]

8:05

Sazh:Per....so.....na

[ShadowWolfRising]

if you were a L'Cie HCBailey, where would your brand be at?

mine would be on my tongue.

funny story, fought this Eidolen and lost multiple times and got incredibly mad, then after about 6 tries (maybe more) noticed the gestalht mode button and realized.

i forgot to press it.

i felt really stupid after that.

[darianman567]

HCbailey did you notice snow and hope have their l'cie marks in the same spot to?

[ShadowWolfRising]

@darianman567

not exactly the same place, Snow's is on his forearm, Hope's is on his wrist.

[StoneShipman]

"You know, this scene would have made more of an emotional impact.."

Very true.

[KentoKaima]

Ifrit must've did it with a transformer...thats my conclusion..,anyway even if Sahz didn't get his summon..I just couldn't see him commiting suicide,even in these circumstances it seems unlikely imo

[pkshd]

Are those giant PSPs on the Lindblum?

[jsh020]

ok ill say this again. hw the hell is this gae considered to be one of the worst this gen by many

[MWaser]

It's time to kick names and take ass!

[MrZoichi]

HCBailly, is it bad that I was hoping that you would do the Hook reference for the Sahz scene, and when you did, that i quoted it along with you?

[kvj1989]

I was baking 7 gram rocks, that's how i roll, Winning!.

I got one gear, Go!, Epic winning!.

[Werewolf211]

Not kick ass and chew bubblegum? :(

[Shoutmonshinkaa]

FFXIII>FFVII sorry I just had to say it after you mentioned the thing about objectives. Anyway IMO between chapters 3-8 the objective is really staying alive long enough to decide weather or not they should complete their focus. Other than that as you say HCBailey they used the chief character development chapters while chapters 9-11 are the story developers, 1-2 the story starters and 12-13 the grand climax.

[jsh020]

@Shoutmonshinkaa wait the charecters of FFVII had a objective? they just kinda wonder around aimlessly throughout the entire game. same for 8 too.

[KuroroSama42]

@jsh020 I believe that was his point... FFVII have a slight objective : topple the hierarchy, look for sephiroth, stop sephiroth... but it's a lot of wandering around randomly

In FFXIII, the objectives are more mixed up though, because the lightning/hope/snow goal to get to palumpolum runs along side the sazh/vanille goal to get to that other town and you keep switching between the 2

[wolfgirl535]

well HCBailly you need to look at this from a realism point of view, which is what they were trying to make in this game, its like a novel, there's a meaning to everything, naturally people don't know right away what to do when the shit hits the fan, it takes a little time to sort everything out, especially with yourself, granted it doesn't work so well for a video game, but its worth noting that at least they tried something different for a change

[musicfinatic]

Ok, so I must say, at 12:44, when you said "What do you got to say Hope," I honestly thought you said, "What do you got to say, hoe," which almost killed me :D

[d34thishere]

Sazh sure looks nice after he blew his brains out.

[nutkicker12]

sazh shooting himself (well (insert spoiler)) pissed me the fuck off unlike getttin the eidolon which fucked my shit up

[ValetinoLovebird]

6:24.....Frocobo says 'PIMP MY RIDE!!.....not Sazh's' XXD

[elbobdude]

I admit, that is one sexy airship...

[dorakon]

I disagree with you on the objective part. Sacz/Vanille were "running away" to the chocobo place and Hope/Lightning were going to sanctum to destroy the world.

[HCBailly]

@dorakon Running away is not an objective. All we saw from Lightning was a means to an end that was never achieved, not the objective itself. It doesn't ruin the game at all. Far from it. But when people wonder why others don't like it, I think that's one of the big reasons that the haters just don't articulate very well.

[Jaegar19Ultima]

@HCBailly I have my legitimate reasons for strongly disliking FFXIII, Aside from not ever liking Motomu Toriyama's works at all (he's the game's director). I could go into detail but there's not enough room for that here. Suffice to say if I could sum it all up it would be Unrefined/Wasted Potential the story is something else entirely the way it focuses every POV possible and tries to paint almost everyone as the big bad, I give them props for trying something unique but to me it didn't work.

[MrTrojis]

I agree. I haven't been very impressed with the story so far for FF13 watching this lets play. I have to say I don't find the characters to be very intriguing either. Sazh is probably the only main character I've really liked so far. The others are kind of meh to me.

So I am kind of disappointed so far in terms of story development and characters, but its been a fun lets play to watch nonetheless.

Thanks

[karagkiozis1821]

Hey Henri,I watched your FAQ Me yesterday and I'll say this:You got yourself a new subscriber just by saying that FFIX and FFVI are two of your favorites.Now which FFs you think are lame? For me the lame ones are X,X-2,XII(Especially X)

[SirVyre]

It would of been more emotional if there'd been a hint of it being serious. Say, some blood, a louder unambiguous gunshot, Vanille wretching in pain, something like that. Hell, a smoking gun on the ground near an upturned foot/boot. Then fadeout from there. Totally ruined the emotion and crap by doing the false coffin thing and showing the obvious next step for the bad guys.

[buggyman808]

love the hook reference!!!!!! and yes convert able lol

[Xoediac]

Doesn't Vanille bleed sugar and rainbows? ... and MYSTERY CHEMICAL X!

I was kinda hoping, after Sazh got the summon, you would have played a bob barker clip of, "A new car!!"

[Xoediac]

Doesn't Vanille bleed sugar and rainbows? ... and MYSTERY CHEMICAL X!

[SuperBern]

Sazh's voice actor... <3

[MonoChromium]

I LOVE the camera work that the developers did when Sazh made his final decision during that scene. It really made the scene's tension climb into a climax.

Also, HC, Brynhildr's female...it says so in the fireball that acts as the summon animation (in Latin)...but I guess that might be hard to tell, given your previous gender confusion in LPs. ;P

[pewQQpew1]

even aya from parasite eve takes a shower!!!

[freckleburger]

Was that an FFV reference at 8:50?

[FallenSnowWolf]

You dont need an objective to do something.  Sometimes the journy is more important then the reason to journy.

[bonkai2]

DUDE! PRINCESS BRIDE REFERENCE! nice, i love it when people qoute that movie.

[SilentWeaponsIII]

@11:50 Cid: "The final showdown with Sin, er I mean PSICOM."

[temptationspiper]

I have gotten so used to '..and they died' I say it along with you now. It still has yet to get old.

[Flashback007]

Great Star Wars-reference at the end

[Kuribohcoast]

Goddamn I hate Vanille/.

[SuperGameGenie]

Sazh dies?! FUCK!!

[mmFG42]

Brynnildr is female.

[SchlossRitter]

Nice Startropics reference and FFL2.

9:16 Spaceballs-ish reference?

And Star Wars, of course.

[kittenoflucifer]

Darn, Snow put his shirt back on - I was hoping he'd just kind of roll with the eye candy look

[Venominous]

I find it funny how happy you are about having an objective, yet everyone knows that same objective is almost certainly a trap.

[monkeyman423]

This was a very, very hard eidolon battle for me for some reason.

[ZeroRaijin]

I think the robes are supposed to simply be for Pulse contamination identification, so they can tell who's a Pulse beeotch or not.

[AweStrikerNova]

Forget the title of that one early episode...

Dads ARE tough.

6:30 Convertible? More like a Transformer!

And since we're on the subject: HCBailly, are there more ways to get ATB bar segments than getting Eidoliths?

[HCBailly]

@AweStrikerNova Yes. Don't forget that we also gained an ATB bar from becoming L'Cie.

[RichardOnADragon]

@AweStrikerNova Oh, and I think you get one last ATB segment when you craft an ultimate weapon for the corresponding character. As long as you use that weapon, of course.

[goingape1]

unless there DEAD!!!

[Scolerli198]

I don't know why many think the eidolon is Ifrit. >>

she's called Brynhildr, one of the daughter's of Odin,and also leader of the valkyries.

[GayLPer]

@Scolerli198

Probably because everyone is used to the fire summon in Final Fantasy to being Ifrit. Even though this is the second game in a row where Ifrit isn't the fire summon.

[Thinker2112]

Wait, this is where the game STARTS to get good? Wow, I'm really looking forward to the rest!

[NoviceartistJC]

Maybe the fact that there wasn't exactly a clear goal, was because they, themselves, weren't exactly sure what to do. They all had motivations to reach the starting point, but once the big event happened, and they became the "monsters" everyone feared, they were unsure what path they should take. Go home? fight? cling to whatever they have left ( In snow's case ). Not to mention they have absolutely no idea what their focus is. Perhaps it went on too long, but it seems a bit realistic to me :)

[GayLPer]

@NoviceartistJC

I agree, it was rather realistic. As a plot device, though, it wasn't that great.

It's still funny how this game is basically the polar opposite of FF12. In some ways, I consider it something of a justice for all the FF12 hate out there. That being said, I like both FF12, and this game. Or at least the Let's Play of this game.

[jsh020]

@GayLPer yah it did the opposite of everything people hated about ff12 and ironicly this is considered worse, like relay hypocritical much. grnated this considered bad but games like lost oddessey is considered phenominal which is easily one of the most generic rpgs you can ever find then i dont think trusting the mainstream oppinion of gamers is relay a good choice.

[GayLPer]

@jsh020

And you are wise for that, though you could use some spelling lessons :D Just teasing, just teasing.

Basically, I've learned that the only opinion on a game that you can trust is your own opinion. I've played many "good games" that I get bored easily with, and I've played many "bad games" that I can't put down.

[jsh020]

@GayLPer true. sorry about spelling though. i hate this keyboard with a passion plus im way to hastey on typing

i kinda gave up on trusting othersabout games recently when i saw that this was considered awful and this agme called mass effect 2 which i wasted my money on is considered godly. that and when i noticed reviewers and people compare games that have absolutly nothing in common, like ive see reviewers compare left 4 dead to uncharted. where the hell did they find a simularity in there

[sstillwe3282]

The Princess Bride quote at 7:42 :D

[OuendanCyrus]

Rygdea = Laguna? =o

[OuendanCyrus]

I was hoping for Vanille to go "This is my true form" and create an epic boss fight the first time I saw this.

[aabatteryful]

WTF HE DIES??? UGHH SMH.

[MasterDest]

Persona!

[shadra1985]

it's a formula-1 HCB, and it is sweet

[DDTPZX]

augh! That eidolon pissed me off so much. >___.> oh, and that scene after it really had me going. I haven't seen that many suicides(?) in video games.

[Toccaif331]

yea your right maybe dajh will be a new party member and get all his powers for some reason....they did it in final fantasy 5

[MrSaturn22222]

Frocobo took a bullet for Sazh XD I dont know. I wish they'd used Ifrit though, i prefer him to...uuuhhh, I can't spell his name XD Since when was this game boring (=^x^=) duuuude I can't wait to see whats gonna happen X3 awesome episode HCBailly!

[Phailure365]

Pause at 9:56. tell me they didnt do that on purpose

[NinjaMinkzx]

Lol at the Princess Bride reference...

[B2TheRye]

Yea, H.C. Vanille was sweating cause she was hoping Sazh would fall for another lie, those aren't tears.

[ColemanMulkerin]

Bullet got stuck in his fro! He's alive!

[Helixidron]

It's not that simple getting an objective when you become a l'ce. Not easy becoming what you thought were evil people.

[TheLonelyWarrior1]

this part contains my favorite part in the game.

[jgldje]

Love the Hook reference!!! :) You are amazing.

[nintendoninja397]

honestly, i was expecting 8:17 of this video to be your cliffhanger for the last one. It just looks like it would be the perfect spot for one.

[Rockerbro3371]

LOOK AT SNOW CRSTARYUM 

[42jemini]

Yay, return of the Jedi reference at the end. Although the line in that case was "it's an older code, but it checks out. I was about to clear them." Still, it works.

[wiiner11]

HAHA The title goes great with this part.

[Air5wolf]

Yo I heard you like BATTLES! So guess what? we put a battle IN your BATTLE!

[JenovaCetra]

9:09 YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!

[angeljoedh]

Strange i thought Brynhildr was actually a female eidolon O.o

[puwexil608]

That lightning reveal of Sazh holding the gun to his head gives me chills every time.

[McGack1]

Uhh HCBailey? why are you calling Bryhildr a dude? You can see she clear has Girly parts not to mention the name, I know next to nothing about Norse Mythology and even I knew it sounded like a girls name... Sorry Just sayin

[Shawnoo7Fra]

Transformers, more than meet the eyes!

[xebatansis]

14 Hours? How long is this game? I mean, for a "plain" walkthrough.

[ShinobixNinja]

HAHA i love the HOOK reference.

[GriefJerky]

Actually, Lightning has her mark on her left boob

...don't ask me how I know that.

(Also explains why they didn't show it when Fang was checking it earlier)

[Unclevertitle]

11:30 Anyone else think Rygdea looks kind of like Laguna?