Spoony finished his PTSD Arc and is reviewing FFXIII now

[Kajitani-Eizan]

[Accelerator]

I didn't do any extra content, to be honest

but you can get through the entire main game with autobattle. that is just embarassing especially when the game encourages you to use it via scans and pretty decent AI
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[braindead200]

P3 and P4 gameplay was actually very similar to XIII if you think about it.
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[Zacewing]

Libra is meant for finding weaknesses, so of course it helps your AI choose commands more intelligently. It's not like Libra doesn't help you choose commands more intelligently when you use regular commands; you need to know weaknesses to play both Commando and Ravager effectively. Libra's function is literally the exact same as P3's analyse function. I don't see how that encourages the use of auto-battle when it still helps you just fine if you don't use auto-battle.
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[Suikoden2]

If there is a game that "plays" the game for you for a large of majority of the game, there's a problem.
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[braindead200]

[Suikoden2]

[Accelerator]

[Skythe]

ffxiii and ffxiii-2 aren't about the abilities

they're about timing the paradigm shifts and working with the gauge at the top right

you're dumb if you hadn't figured that out, and the game tries very hard to show you that by letting you know with stars

if you're bad you also lengthen 1-2 minute battles to battles that take 10+ minutes

tales forum
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[12/4/2009 10:59:17 PM] thingrue: skythe did you routinely huff paint thinner as a child

[Curimuch]

[Harbinger]

Ideally, in an JRPG, you should have the freedom to do something else when you want to take a break from doing the main quest. Having side quests really help. It also makes leveling less tedious.

In FFX3, you had no freedom until that part later on. You had to s*ck it up until then.

IMO, RPGs need to have some linear parts for the sake of a solid story, but they also need open world. Ideally, you would start the game with a "hallway" until you get familiar with the game. Then, you are given more freedom to explore and derive from the main quest. After completing (or skipping) that, you should fall back into another hallway (if what you did before affects the outcome, it's even better). After that 2nd hallway, you should be given even more choices. IMO, that's how it should be. Have "hallways" for story and have "freedom" for exploration.

If the game-play is too linear, it gets tedious. If there's too much freedom, the story might take a shot. It's best to have a healthy mix of them with a reasonable rotation
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[Accelerator]

everything in ffxiii's main story can be beaten effiecently and with 5 stars by just

making a paradigm of two ravagers and a buffer/healer

three commandos for when the uh...stun gauge or whatever is full

then a medic/sen/medic to defend.

and then just click auto battle and change when the incredibly obvious indicators tell you to (full stun gauge, low HP)

i did this for the entire main storyline, battles never took long at all and i always had 5 stars

in the first game at least
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[Taiyz]

I disagree with Zace's comments about Commandos. There's plenty of strategy as a Commando if you decided to maintain a chain gauge with AoE attacks (something I did a lot of in the water area on Pulse and in the second-last chapter.)

[braindead200]

Beating the later (aka harder) boss battles with auto-battle is just laughable. I can't see anyone beating the final boss with auto-battle. If there is, I would sure love to see it.

Kenny, I'm under the impression that you haven't beaten the game. Yes, this is important. You have a right to stop playing a game midway but to say you can auto-battle throughout the whole game when you haven't even played through the whole game is a ridiculous statement to make.

That's just what I think, assuming what I said about you not beating the game was true.
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[Curimuch]

You can auto battle him
its about what you're wearing rather than what you're doing when it comes to the final boss
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