Queen's Blood (Final Fantasy Thread)

[Trey]

You're already at the end of the game? How many hours did you get into it before you beat it?

[Benji]

Not finished yet. I've done about 25 hours, with two thirds of the fragments completed. Played it much of Fri/Sat/Sun.

[Trey]

That's not to bad, I didn't read any of the previews or reviews so I wasn't sure how many hours of gameplay people are actually getting. My taxes were suppose to come today but got pushed back to tomorrow, bastards.

[Benji]

From what I gather, there's about 40-60 hours worth of gameplay, depending on your speed.

[Mr.Chile]

The final stage is the worst designed piece of frustrating shit that I've ever played. I have zero patience for it.

try getting 100% exploration of the map. you will hate life

Edited February 7, 2012 by Mr.Chile

[Benji]

The worst part is, if I want that Platinum, I have to

[Liam]

What is so frustrating about it?

[Clawson]

The worst part is, if I want that Platinum, I have to

At least it's more managable than XIII.

[Benji]

What is so frustrating about it?

Mostly? My lack of patience

[Ruki]

Benji!

Any tips on getting the most out of my monster partners?

[Trey]

Will finally be picking this up today, I'm extremely tempted to call into work tomorrow just so I can spend a couple hours straight with the game.

[Benji]

Benji!

Any tips on getting the most out of my monster partners?

Not really. To be honest, it's a pretty shitty system. My best tip is not to bother with a monster medic - they're shitty and innefficient. Train both Noel and Serah up with it bit by bit and have them do the healing work. Sentinels and the Delta Attack paradigm (Comm, Rav, Sen) are life saver paradigm in tough battles, which makes having one of your partners being a sentinel absolutely essential. Outside of that, go with personal choice and experience. Try not to waste your monster boosting items before testing the water with one of your monsters, and make sure that their Feral Link ability is going to be useful (for example, one of mine was a Ravager which used the ability "Friendly Fire", which basically causes damage to the enemy, and then heals your party with the damage dealt, essential for interrupting/delaying an enemy's major move and getting emergency health boosty).

[Ruki]

That ability sounds awesome

And yeah, I'm training up Serah as my healer now...she has raise!

I have two Flans (one a rav, one com), and one of the weird dancing birds.

[probablyoliver]

Pretty sure someone should give me their physical copy of VII or IX. Jus sayin.

[Trey]

If I can find them you can have them, don't hold your breath though as I don't remember seeing them when I moved a few months ago.

[probablyoliver]

Also I'm assuming they'd be region 1?

[Mr.Chile]

Benji!

Any tips on getting the most out of my monster partners?

Not really. To be honest, it's a pretty shitty system. My best tip is not to bother with a monster medic - they're shitty and innefficient. Train both Noel and Serah up with it bit by bit and have them do the healing work. Sentinels and the Delta Attack paradigm (Comm, Rav, Sen) are life saver paradigm in tough battles, which makes having one of your partners being a sentinel absolutely essential. Outside of that, go with personal choice and experience. Try not to waste your monster boosting items before testing the water with one of your monsters, and make sure that their Feral Link ability is going to be useful (for example, one of mine was a Ravager which used the ability "Friendly Fire", which basically causes damage to the enemy, and then heals your party with the damage dealt, essential for interrupting/delaying an enemy's major move and getting emergency health boosty).

if you want a good sentinel get a pulsework gladiator or a silver chocobo (which you can use in the chocobo's races in serendipity). if you want a good commando try getting Chichou, he is the most op monster in the game.

Edited February 8, 2012 by Mr.Chile

[Trey]

I found 7 region 1 if anyone needs a copy, I have a PS3 so having it does me no good.

[Trey]

Im not very far into the game yet but I'm loving what I've played so far, it's like they took all the good stuff from 13 and just improved the rest.

[Benji]

I stand by what I always said - FFXIII is not a bad game, but it just doesn't feel like an FF. If they'd have marketed the entire XIII franchise as "Fabula Nova Chrysalis", then they'd have had an almost guaranteed alternative money franchise on their hands in a similar vein to Kingdom Hearts, but the fact they made it a Final Fantasy just set people up for a let down.

But, by the same token, it probably wouldn't have sold as well without the FF name value, so you've got a bit of a catch-22.