That hasn't happened in a while

[jdotmi]

I beat Final Fantasy XIII last night (read 2am). This is one of the few modern (post-Nintendo) FF games I've done in one continuous playthrough, actually. I sorta did it with VII (stopped playing for a few months, and then picked up my old save game), and I did it with X-2, but the rest took multiple times or I havent finished. FFIX is a bad game with a horrible guide, and I stopped 3/4 of the way through XII to go sidequesting and then never got back into the storyline, but my characters are uber in that one! X I finished a year after I bought it when I restarted the game.

So, in my list of FF rankings (only those I've completed), this falls somewhere between VIII and VII. If y'all care, my order (from favorite to least) is VI, X, X-2, VII, XIII, VIII, IV, and I. The ones I own but haven't completed are II, V, and IX, and of the three II and V are the only ones I like. I got nearly to the end of V, and I think I played about 30 minutes of II, but I was on game overload when I bought it. I got to the second disk of IX and went "screw that" and stopped. The only FF game I've played that was worse than that was XI, and that's an online game. And, yes, I'm counting Mystic Quest in that comparison.

Now I get to go do end-game stuff in XIII. And I might actually try to finish XII just to say that I did. :p

Comments

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Upgrades 101:

Use 36 Sturdy Bones to give an item a x3 multiplier. Then use a bunch of something with a high EXP value in a large quantity to insta-upgrade to star level. A basic weapon will take betwen 30k to 80k xp to star level it. It seriously upgrades the stats on the weapons.

Sell any component that says it sells for a premium. You should have a few of those items hanging out by this point.

[tygerversionx.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten any weapons up to star level, but I got three weapons up to level 7 -10ish now. I have to start getting ready for work, but I sold off a lot of credit chips and now have about 30,000 to buy components.

I did get one of Lightning's accessories to star level.

I will have to see if any of this helps out tonight.

Thank you for 'splainin' to me.