FFXIII-2 Can Someone Fill Me in on FFXIII - 2

[ShadowStar Mila]

I was first want to say that I loved Final Fantasy XIII and Im very excited for XIII - 2 except for the fact that lighting and serah are the only re-playable ones. I wish the others wherent just npcs cause once Fang joined my party i never took her out at all

Anyway I been meaning to look up whats new in this years game I allready know alot from the E3 stuff and just saw the new trailer not to long ago. I allready know a few of the stuff like the maps,being able to jump,action quick time events,etc.

I dont know whats been discussed so can someone fill me in on the wants,rumors,etc please

 

[C i d]

You are lucky because the self proclaimed FFXIII-2 know-it-all is here! just joking. (but really, I am one of those few who are enthusiastic ffxiii-2 fans in this forum)

They havent actually confirmed that only lightning and serah will be returning as playable. Don't be disappointed just yet. The latest trailer gave a glimpse of Hope and his boomerang. It's quite likely he will be playable.

Apparently people rarely discuss ffxiii-2 in this forum. It's more likely that you see a post that hates on ffxiii/xiii-2. Well it's quite normal since ffxiii is a mediocre game in the first place. so it's unlikely you will get many replies in this thread.

Okay. Here are the things I know that you probably don't know yet:
-Noel is connected to the purple guy some way or another
-there are many mini games, including moogle throwing to get far-away treasures. You aim using the analog stick.
-the moogle, Mog, is apparently Serah's guardian.
-despite the destruction of Cocoon in the previous game, it's been said that modern cities will still make some appearance.
-sadly, since lightning is missing in the invisible world, it's implied in an interview that we don't play as her as often. But she has high stats since the beginning of the game.
-the game begins with lightning fighting chaos bahamut.
-I think you already know that random encounters are back. But certain monsters will be visible.
-missions and sidequests can be accepted as early as the start of the game apparently.
-there are multiple endings, and some new form of new game+
-serah has no playable eidolon.
-vanille will return in some form. Whether it's in flashbacks, alternate dimension, time travel to the past, etc, we don't know yet.
-Meanwhile, it's not been confirmed whether fang will return since her voice actress said she has not been asked to return yet. But probably later on. We also don't know whether vanille and fang will be playable or not.
-sazh has a strong chance of returning. His voice actor is invited to host some ffxiii-2 event. This implies he is part of the game, most likely. But again, we don't know whether he is playable.
-I presume you know snow will return. It's confirmed he is nowhere to be found, but we don't know whether he is also in the invisible world with lightning.
-you can save the game anywhere apparently.
-NPC shops and NPC dialog choices return as implied by some interviews.
-the game occurs 3 years after XIII, officially. But other sources say it's 2 years. Alyssa said it's 5 years, lol
-you can equip accessories to recruited monsters
-I observed that when you paradigm shift to another monster, the HP percentage remains the same. But they have different HP so the numerical value is different.


that's all I can remember for now. Hope that helps.

 

[ShadowStar Mila]

You are lucky because the self proclaimed FFXIII-2 know-it-all is here! just joking. (but really, I am one of those few who are enthusiastic ffxiii-2 fans in this forum)

They havent actually confirmed that only lightning and serah will be returning as playable. Don't be disappointed just yet. The latest trailer gave a glimpse of Hope and his boomerang. It's quite likely he will be playable.

Apparently people rarely discuss ffxiii-2 in this forum. It's more likely that you see a post that hates on ffxiii/xiii-2. Well it's quite normal since ffxiii is a mediocre game in the first place. so it's unlikely you will get many replies in this thread.

Okay. Here are the things I know that you probably don't know yet:
-Noel is connected to the purple guy some way or another
-there are many mini games, including moogle throwing to get far-away treasures. You aim using the analog stick.
-the moogle, Mog, is apparently Serah's guardian.
-despite the destruction of Cocoon in the previous game, it's been said that modern cities will still make some appearance.
-sadly, since lightning is missing in the invisible world, it's implied in an interview that we don't play as her as often. But she has high stats since the beginning of the game.
-the game begins with lightning fighting chaos bahamut.
-I think you already know that random encounters are back. But certain monsters will be visible.
-missions and sidequests can be accepted as early as the start of the game apparently.
-there are multiple endings, and some new form of new game+
-serah has no playable eidolon.
-vanille will return in some form. Whether it's in flashbacks, alternate dimension, time travel to the past, etc, we don't know yet.
-Meanwhile, it's not been confirmed whether fang will return since her voice actress said she has not been asked to return yet. But probably later on. We also don't know whether vanille and fang will be playable or not.
-sazh has a strong chance of returning. His voice actor is invited to host some ffxiii-2 event. This implies he is part of the game, most likely. But again, we don't know whether he is playable.
-I presume you know snow will return. It's confirmed he is nowhere to be found, but we don't know whether he is also in the invisible world with lightning.
-you can save the game anywhere apparently.
-NPC shops and NPC dialog choices return as implied by some interviews.
-the game occurs 3 years after XIII, officially. But other sources say it's 2 years. Alyssa said it's 5 years, lol
-you can equip accessories to recruited monsters
-I observed that when you paradigm shift to another monster, the HP percentage remains the same. But they have different HP so the numerical value is different.


that's all I can remember for now. Hope that helps.

Thank you so much its just what i needed, I know alot of people been flaming XIII but Im one of the ones tha tlike it xD I swear I thought that was hope's boomerang cause someone kept telling me it belonged to that new girl in trailer, not serah but the other one?

New game plus Im actually excited for, wish I could have done that in FFXIII so i could keep collecting those trapezohidrons (hoqwever you spell it) I did everything and got those shadow long gui's turtles to replace the admantotiose and now Its harder to collect them, looks like getting my last two achievements for all the weapons and 5 starring the last mission wont happen for me lol

I also heard them say that some of the cities and stuff are actually locations from XIII, just rebuilt or where visiting a new area of it, like lake bresha? wonder what Oerba would like re-built?

So not to much lighting play going on :I I hope your right about those returning characters though, cause its really gonna suck not being able to actually use them.

I found this part confusing, but Serah and snow are supposed to be getting married, so why in that new trailer when she held up the necklace snow gave her, she referred to snow as "a good friend" >__<

Once again thanks for filling me in, I read the rules here and didnt wanna post something thats a repeat and didnt wanna look up 1000+ worth of a stuff cause im late.

 

[C i d]

Glad to help

I like FFXIII but it was not a good FF game. But I believe FFXIII-2 will be good.

The girl beside serah is alyssa and she has brown hair. The guy with boomerang has similar clothing but has silver hair, so he is most likely Hope. Since Alyssa and Hope wear the same clothing, it implies they are colleagues in a research academy or something.

Oh I forgot this. Did you know enemies can drop Gil now? So farming trapozohedron from turtles is unlikely this time.

Scientists and soldiers are living/researching in ruins like the bresha ruins and paddra ruins in yaschas massif. But it's not known what are they actually researching. Probably it's something to do with paradoxes and the appearance of monsters like atlas and gogmagog (the giant monster in PAX trailer). Alyssa (and probably Hope too) is part of this research team. I also am curious about the fate of Oerba.

I think it was a translation error in the English PAX trailer. In the Japanese version of the trailer, serah said '...daiji ni...' which means 'someone important', instead of 'good friend'. This error is likely to be fixed in the final version of the game. It's probably just the lip syncing problem during the translation of the trailer.

 

[ShadowStar Mila]

OMG its back to farming gil just like the good ol days now e___e well good Not like I hate it or anything. hopefully Hope will be less of a whiner this year gonna be mad If I have to hear him moan and complain again.

Hmmm interesting, I was wondering where those big things might have came from I was just assuming after the baddies of pulse made it to coccon they multiplied and got alot bigger and dangerous.

Yeah it was just a small thing that I noticed is all I wonder if the game will have another song like "Will to Fight" ill probably be playing that whenever im training lol

 

[C i d]

I believe the soundtrack will be quite varied in terms of genre. So far we hear rock (the battle music), piano (1st half of e3 music and e3 demo title screen music), rap (atlas battle and bresha ruins), choir (1st half of PAX trailer), etc. Probably it's because there is more than one composer. Masashi hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki and Naoshi Mizuta.

 

[vyxsin.]

Thanks for that Cid! maybe you can keep us updated. )

 

[ShadowStar Mila]

Just as long as they keep Masashi Hamauzo then it should stay epic, The lake Bresha theme was pretty awsome too xD Aside from th.e battle theme I really wanna know what the boss battle theme is, I saw the demo of course with atlus and I hope thats not it and it was just a special Atlus theme or something? It should still be 2 major parts like Sabers Edge (Minor boss fight) and Desperate Struggle (Major Boss Battle)

 

[C i d]

Okay, as promised, I will update this thread with the new XIII-2 stuff.
I can't be bothered to post in the news section because nobody really cares anyway.

From FFXIII-2 fan meeting:
-the game is 90% complete
-It has been in development for about 1.5 years
-chocobos are recruitable as monsters. It's a commando
-there's a recruited monster called 'cait sith' It's a healer
-gils are gained after battles
-the star ranking may improve item drop rates
-crystogen points is absent from results screen (whether this is temporary or not remains unknown for now)
-instead, a 'recent battle total' tab is added below 'gil'
-there is an easy mode and a normal mode
-blood damage system. It apparently reduces max HP instead of current HP in battles so the powers of medics are limited
-snow has not yet married serah as he has gone missing
-there will be lots of Lightning in the game
-multiple endings are related to the three godly presence, Lindzei, Pulse and Etro
-Dont delete your XIII save file. You may get some advantage if the save file is carried over to XIII-2


Most of the info I gathered from:
http://www.novacrystallis.com/?p=1490

oops never mind. someone posted it in the news section lol.

 

[ANGRYWOLF]

I wouldn't say nobody cares.
I feel a lot of people are disappointed aka no Versus yet but I also feel a lot of people are optomistic about this game.
I am optomistic.
I feel Square has made a solid effort to correct the deficiencies in the first game.
The Cait sith name could have been left out.I don't know why they included that unless it's another not so subtle effort to compare the game to FFVII.

 

[C i d]

I wouldn't say nobody cares.
I feel a lot of people are disappointed aka no Versus yet but I also feel a lot of people are optomistic about this game.
I am optomistic.
I feel Square has made a solid effort to correct the deficiencies in the first game.
The Cait sith name could have been left out.I don't know why they included that unless it's another not so subtle effort to compare the game to FFVII.

Cait Sith is
a monster in II, IV and XIII-2
a summon in VI
a playable character in VII
a weapon/doll in X
a dressphere in X-2
an NPC in XI

So it's not an FFVII thing
more like a throwback to the series, just like chocobo, moogles, cid, etc.

 

[ShadowStar Mila]

Okay, as promised, I will update this thread with the new XIII-2 stuff.
I can't be bothered to post in the news section because nobody really cares anyway.

From FFXIII-2 fan meeting:
-the game is 90% complete
-It has been in development for about 1.5 years
-chocobos are recruitable as monsters. It's a commando
-there's a recruited monster called 'cait sith' It's a healer
-gils are gained after battles
-the star ranking may improve item drop rates
-crystogen points is absent from results screen (whether this is temporary or not remains unknown for now)
-instead, a 'recent battle total' tab is added below 'gil'
-there is an easy mode and a normal mode
-blood damage system. It apparently reduces max HP instead of current HP in battles so the powers of medics are limited
-snow has not yet married serah as he has gone missing
-there will be lots of Lightning in the game
-multiple endings are related to the three godly presence, Lindzei, Pulse and Etro
-Dont delete your XIII save file. You may get some advantage if the save file is carried over to XIII-2


Most of the info I gathered from:
http://www.novacrystallis.com/?p=1490

oops never mind. someone posted it in the news section lol.

Chocobos are commando's? I knew the monsters where assigned to the roles but would I be right in assuming that the monsters are allready pre-set to the specific roles if so...well im pissed :I The game doesnt release to next year and its allready this close to being done, with this much time on their hands I would rather have them put at least another month or 2 on it dont rush square. Then again they have other titles their working on too but still this needs the most attention but thats just me.

Farming gil is back in the game, looks like the FFXIII haters got yet another wish granted of theirs along with their maps. just easy and normal, I better see a hard and unknown in the finished product, difficulty levels in a FF I love it xD Dont know how I feel about that blood damage thing, sounds like its gonna suck Thats good I hope snow dies in the game serah doesnt need to get married with him since she needs to find someone else

Im pretty sure I wont delete my save file anybody who knows about new game plus knows not to do that. So the endings may or may not have a choice with those 3 things you mentioned, might mean our actions effect the outcome when it comes to those things? thanks cid the game is looking god so far except for those chocobos ... why the hell would i want to fight with a chocobo again havent done since FFT and i hated it

 

[Newbie]

Okay, as promised, I will update this thread with the new XIII-2 stuff.
I can't be bothered to post in the news section because nobody really cares anyway.

From FFXIII-2 fan meeting:
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-gils are gained after battles
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this makes me more excited