Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Gameplay

[ciroslive]

9:58 Whoa. Whoa! WHOA WHOA!!! 

[RareDropRadio]

Interesting stuff. I hope Giant Bomb gets rid of Patrick soon.

[DavijoBoy]

All Nomura did for this game was the character design, he is only the producer for VERSUS XIII..and that is why that is looking better than this !!

[SwobyJ]

He's wrong about the Crystarium, entirely. Even with all roles at Lv 99, you have different stats, since you get a BONUS at the larger nodes (Strength for Commando, Magic for Ravager, HP for Medic, etc...). One player may have Serah at 8000s for HP, while another at 6000-7000s, when 'maxed'.

This makes the system MORE flexable than the XIII system, which you simply max out.

[subwooferandcarseats]

love giantbomb; thanks for another great vid

[oklev89]

People keep talking about FF13 being good after a certain point but I don't believe it. One hour was all I could take...come to think of it, why I'm I watching this? Oh yeah, banter.

[BlizzardandBlaze]

I watched this for 5 minutes before getting bored.

Umm, yeah, it has good graphics. Umm, yeah, it's a JRPG. Yeah, it's the sequel to FF13. *one minute of silence.* So this is the plot screen and ... *3 minutes of irrelevant banter*.... Let's watch some gameplay. Umm, yeah. ...Oops, I loaded the wrong save...

Please pick up the pace.

[lolzforlunch]

@BlizzardandBlaze you sir must not know giantbomb, there irrelevant banter is  the best part

[BlueMonkey472]

1600 Microsoft points for Moogle shut up DLC.

[millardsglory]

i used to love final fantasy but id rather have a free move not action based one. where you can decide what skills to use. :(

[jumshid]

Skyrim rips this shit apart

[TheSphinxNL]

I have no idea what's going on in this video. 30 minutes in and all I've seen is some jumping around cliffs, an awful puzzle and some fighting that looked like a total clusterfuck.

[CielBlanche]

nomura and kitase are art criminals

a moment of silence for the incredible human beings responsible for 6, mana, chrono, etc (almost none of whom still work at square)

[CJTranceAddiction]

@CielBlanche lol man i just knew you were gonna fuck that up....look at the credits dude....FFVI was done by kitase.

[gsjajdshsaj]

Brad isn't bashing Nomura he just dislikes the designs which is a fair point, Patrick however constantly blames Nomura in this quick look

[sexusrex]

People who accuse others of being racist because they don't like the art styles of a certain culture make actual racism petty. Quit talking about the minutae of video games and instead get angry about, I don't know, the difficulty minorities find in the workplace and how many parts of the South are openly intolerant of Arab Americans.

[Bulbaboy]

@sexusrex Again, it's not just that. The GB staff members seem to constantly talk shit about Japanese development and seem to think Western development is simply better - I've been at GB since the start and I've seen it all over. Maybe it's not explicit racism, no, but I'll be damned if there isn't something similar to it there.

[sexusrex]

@Bulbaboy "I've been at GB since the start, which is why I'm totally going to disregard the fact that one of its earliest QLs, Noby Noby Boy, saw Jeff and Ryan losing their shit over how great the Japanese design of it was for the entirety of the video." They starting playing video games when video games became a thing, and were primarily Japanese. If they're so "racist," why the hell did they begin playing them in the first place?

[Bulbaboy]

@sexusrex You're focusing way too much on the racism thing, I already said I didn't really mean it like that, it was poor wording on my part. And yes, Noby Noby Boy is a single example of what you say - there's a sea of videos and articles where they bash on Japanese design - for example, one of Patrick's articles on Catherine where he basically says Western storytelling is superior to Japanese storytelling, and states it like fact. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[sexusrex]

@Bulbaboy So if you aren't accusing them of racism, you're accusing them of...having a taste different from yours? What? That's not a thing you can complain about.

[Bulbaboy]

@sexusrex Look, it doesn't matter. I'd try to keep explaining it to you but I don't want to stick around in Youtube comments for days, it's a waste of time and you won't ever get to my point of view. Have a good day.

[sexusrex]

@Bulbaboy No, continue. I'm now invested in what you have to say. You can't give me racist blue balls.

[avidwriter]

They need to stop making these games. They are crap.

[Metexie]

@avidwriter yup

[avidwriter]

So the fantasy that has been final are now sequels that are finals of the fantasy's?

[x2thezful]

@kamaaladiin you grammar the was a failure 

[x2thezful]

@kamaaladiin your commet was a failure to your not doing to good

[kamaaladiin]

@x2thezful say what? lol lets stop this bro, and keep it real.

[MissMandiErotica]

I don't know about anyone else, but I play these games to listen to a story. Not all stories are perfect. Not all characters are perfect. That's honestly true to life. I for one appreciate that. Only SE issue I have is that they are trying too hard. Also, last thing, I think the character style reflects popular Japanese style. Course that is my opinion. Take it how you will...

[AaronDew]

@MissMandiErotica The most popular manga in Japan is One Piece, which doesn't look anything like this game. Also, this is the worst selling Final Fantasy title in Japan in a good long while. I really question that popularity.

[Soulfide]

Pokemon.... LOLOL!

[Darkfiretiger2004]

historia... I know that somewhere oh yea Radient Historia a JRPG that used time travel and alternate timelins and changing the past to fix the future.

[Darkfiretiger2004]

I've imported this game, and saved about $30 over purchasing it localy if I hadn't saved that money then I wouldn't buy this full retal.

[ZantetsukenGilgamesh]

33:31

Square Enix officially sucks dick now. How can you...what's this I don't even...mediocre death metal? WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY BEEN SMOKING?

[sgBT182]

never actually finished a final fantasy game ... ffvii i am even standing on the edge of the northern cave crater

[Zell966]

Once again commenters complaining about what they know nothing about. Criticizing generic (in general terms) Japanese game design is not racist when these guys clearly rip apart Western generic games much harder. This was a very fair Quick Look.

[Bulbaboy]

@Zell966 Absolutely not. They applaud things in Western games that they criticize in Japanese games - see generic character designs and environments in most FPS games. Same thing in Japanese games? OH MY GOD THIS IS TERRIBLE FUCK TETSUYA NOMURA

I should've expected GB fanboys to rally to their defense, though.

[thermopyle]

@Bulbaboy

Oh the power of selective cherrypicking and the soreness of butts.

[LeClassics]

"It should probably have more western influence... that's a good influence to have" - what arrogance! Tell you what, western FPSs are generic, they could do with some chocobos and big blue hair to liven things up!

[Bulbaboy]

@LeClassics Also, yeah, that was one of the quotes that made me write that comment afterwards. Almost couldn't believe what I was hearing.

[BadRobotGaming]

oh snap

[MSUHitman]

Another thing to note is in the post-release DLC there is a KH style arena where the final boss of it is Lightning and IF you can beat her, you add her in the 3rd slot in your party (she's essentially treated the same as the monsters.)

[MSUHitman]

FF III (ala DS game) was the first one with the job system but it made its NA debut in FF V/FF Tactics when those debuted on the PS1.

[LeClassics]

I loved FF during my teen years, from 12 onwards I'm thinking, what the fuck has changed? Is it me growing up and it's always been a teen centric thing, or maybe just gaming habits?

[LaymanIX]

How come nobody knows that if you change paradigms every other ATB bar it fills up to full? Is it that hard to notice and figure out?

[oceifador]

"Technicolor future Cirque du Soleil motif" harsh words

[HarrysFiddlesticks]

Mind Jack was not pretty

[Bulbaboy]

I fucking dread watching quick looks of Japanese games because I know they're going to either spout slightly racist comments or spout misinformed blanket criticisms over Japanese game design. These guys seem to think JRPG's aren't evolving like any other genre when if you just look past FF and Dragon Quest there's as much innovation as there has been in genres like the FPS. Seriously, I like GB, but this video is pretty much 36 minutes of Japan-bashing and it's kind of sickening.

[lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIl]

@Bulbaboy No, it's Tetsuya Nomura bashing. And a well-deserved bashing it is.

[MikamiPro]

@lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIl Tetsuya Nomura is an awesome character designer and director. He doesn't build the games, he designs the look of the characters and directs the cut-scenes.

[deeth5]

@MikamiPro Tetsuya Nomura's character designs are, like 80% really awful.

[MikamiPro]

@deeth5 Matter of taste I guess. Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, Squall, Seifer, Lightning etc, etc all looked 10X better than most pajama/spandex wearing super heroes in modern movies.

[deeth5]

@MikamiPro But there's only like 3 well designed characters against 97 others that are terrible in every final fantasy game in which the design is done by Tetsuya. Most of Tetsuya's designs are just on a whole, very bad.

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 nope....everyone was well designed in FFVII and FFVIII, the two best games in the series.

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 in YOUR freaking opinion maybe lol...just remember thks fact, nomura created cloud who is the most iconic character in all of rpg's and in fact one of the most iconic in gaming period. Same with sephiroth...it was going a little downhill with FFX even though the game rocked. FFXIII was the beginning of the end.

[deeth5]

@CJTranceAddiction Except Cloud and Sephiroth also have not too stellar designs, they just looked stupid, and because they're iconic, doesn't mean they're iconic because of good design. Oh, and your comment about FF 7 and 8 being the best in the series, have you played 4 or 6? because what you said, is honestly really stupid.

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 It is just YOUR opinion that what I said is really stupid. Just like I think what YOU just wrote is really stupid. You may think it is stupid, but Cloud is just fucking cooler than the entire FFVI cast combined. I liked FFVI (I own it for PS1) but I didn't think much of FFIV. Both games are good but nowhere on the level of FFVII and VIII. For me, not even close. Squall is my favourite character of all time. Nothing will ever change that.

[deeth5]

@CJTranceAddiction Wait, Squall is your favourite character of all time? That bastard's extremely flat in a lot of character departments, he offers little good to the already bad story. Do you just like him because you think he looks cool?

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 whatever man, I related to his personality...I saw myself in him. And yeah, he happens to look cool too. I just like him.

[deeth5]

@CJTranceAddiction So you're a tool?

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 nahh, I'm just good lookin haha...and do you like live on the Internet, or what?

[deeth5]

@CJTranceAddiction Ah, so you are a tool, thanks for confirming.

[CJTranceAddiction]

@deeth5 Hey, no problem lol. (at least I'm not a retard.)

[Bulbaboy]

@lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIl The thing is that, sure, in this video it's bashing Nomura. But in every other video or news article on something Japanese related they find a way to bash Japanese game design - this is just part of the larger anti-Japanese design thing they have going on, and it's very tiresome. I'd also think it isn't well deserved, but that's down to opinion.

[thermopyle]

@Bulbaboy Bash=/=pointouttruthsaboutback­wardassjapanesegamedesign

[Jackalofdeath]

@Bulbaboy i agree, they shouldnt cover shit they are wholly disinterested in

its like how they go through the "motion" of covering an MMO's launch

[Brine49]

@Bulbaboy oh boohoo, they dont like your favorite franchise and are criticizing it. get over it kid. it's sickening that a video game website is giving their opinions on a video game? thats their sole purpose! and look around the board, final fantasy 13 isnt the highest rated or most liked game around these days. and with good reason.

[Bulbaboy]

@Brine49 Not a big FF fan. Get rid of your assumptions and get off your high horse.

[Brine49]

@Bulbaboy still doesnt fix your crybaby attitude, its a fucking game get over it. and playing the race card to up your argument is downright sad, try again.

[Bulbaboy]

@Brine49 Wow, get over yourself lol. When you see some guys constantly spouting about how Western stuff is so much better than Eastern stuff I can't help but think there's some dodgy attitudes going on there. You also don't seem to understand the actual problem at all, so I'm done with you :)

[Brine49]

@Bulbaboy this was done the moment you started spewing your idiotic comments, never have i seen such stupidity from a commenter who knows nothing about what hes talking about. i would say try again, but i think youve managed to embarrass yourself enough in this video :)

[Bulbaboy]

@Brine49 Not really, but I'm glad you're done spewing your own idiotic tripe. :P

[Brine49]

@Bulbaboy i thought you were done? not a man of your word i see :) some losers never know when to quit

[PAPASTAIN]

@Bulbaboy actually it's because a lot of japanese developers can't quite come to the realization that people have gone past the era wherein you could get away with long pre-rendered cutscenes and get away with it

because back then that was pretty cool

but now people just want to play a game, and not watch mini-movies

that's the problem with XIII and from what I see that's going to be the problem with XIII-2

[DanCiTi]

@PAPASTAIN (Pre-rendered) cut-scenes are not at all what is wrong with the game.

[LeClassics]

@Bulbaboy you have a good point, 5 minutes in and they already mention "hey it's JAPANESE " a bazillion times... imagine the equivalent in Japan, oh look it's another American game, it's a shooter etc. indeed, in the west people keep talking about how stubborn Japanese gamers are re: western titles. Whereas here the reviewers are the biased ones...

[Tuffty]

@Bulbaboy Listen to the vid and you'll hear that Brad really enjoys the combat and Patrick praises the look and sound of the game on a number of occassions. It's everything else Brad & Patrick aren't hot on like story and character design but that is subjective and by the sounds of it, is reflective of how most of the West views the FF series these days. I don't mind it, I'm excited to get my copy of XIII-2 on Fri but even I agree that SE are relying far too heavily on Tetsuya Nomura.

[b0h3ma]

@Bulbaboy I'll take a Ghost/Irish/Welsh-Speaking-Moh­awk Dude with different M4 over long haired pansy (in basically 30 min monologues) any day of the week. Thank you.

[ImTooLazyToTyp]

It's FF, Pokemon, and Team Fortress 2 in one game.

[TimIsMyName]

Giant Bomb, why you no have Fullscreen button on embedded videos?

[owack6]

when youtube gets achievments were all doomed