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Personally, I thought Ester was a robot. I can't really explain why and just now realized that I have no good reason to believe that.
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Death Priest posted:Personally, I thought Ester was a robot. I can't really explain why and just now realized that I have no good reason to believe that. Hey, I thought she was a robot too!
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Sep 26, 2011 04:21
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I just took 'she looks weird' at face value, because look at that dress.
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Sep 26, 2011 04:49
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I always thought she was supposed to be ugly, and tried to make up for it by wearing a flashy dress. Also, Is it odd, that I never once got a gold chocobo? I thought the reward you get for it was not worth the effort, since it just takes the fun right out of the game.
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Sep 26, 2011 05:12
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Gharbad the Weak posted:Hey, I thought she was a robot too! Same here. I could swear I once saw a 3d rendering of her with a robotic face, but I have no idea where I would have seen it or if I'm even remembering that correctly.
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Sep 26, 2011 06:31
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I just thought she was an ugly poorly rendered model. v vreadingatwork posted:You have NO idea...
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Sep 26, 2011 07:45
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Concordat posted:I'm sorry that you're so broken. Whizbang posted:Sorry you like a bad game duder. "What!? You mean to tell me there are people who like something I dislike? This is completely unacceptable! I must mock this person immediately!" Really, why does every Final Fantasy-related thread eventually spiral into bashing XIII? We get it, a lot of people didn't like the game, you don't have to bring this up at every opportunity. Can't a person mention so much as mention Final Fantasy XIII without someone immediately coming in to share their incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality?
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Sep 26, 2011 07:58
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DarkHamsterlord posted:"What!? You mean to tell me there are people who like something I dislike? This is completely unacceptable! I must mock this person immediately!" It's that way with both VIII and XIII. You can't avoid it, so eventually you kinda stop trying.
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Sep 26, 2011 08:47
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DarkHamsterlord posted:Can't a person mention so much as mention Final Fantasy XIII without someone immediately coming in to share their incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality? Here is my incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality: I hit select and left to take a piss. When I came back, the battle had been completed faster and more efficiently than it would've been had I actually been there. This is the problem that arises when a system is specifically and explicitly designed for automation over human input. FF13's battle system--and thereby its core gameplay--is literally, "Can you punch in numbers on a calculator faster than a computer can? No? Welcome to obsolescence  "That's seriously how I felt playing that game. The element of human input and thought is obsolete in its overall gameplay and map progression. Literally a modified Starcraft 2 AI could play it to completion. Fur20 fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Sep 26, 2011 |
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Sep 26, 2011 08:51
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The White Dragon posted:Here is my incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality: I feel like the obsolescence trend started in XII and now Square Enix can't stop the automation.
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Sep 26, 2011 08:56
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The White Dragon posted:Here is my incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality: Wait. You can put the game into full auto mode?
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Sep 26, 2011 10:12
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I don't recall whether or not that's true, but even if it is it wouldn't work as well as he claims. Not really going to discuss it in depth though as I don't really want to derail this topic any further. In regards to the previous update: When I last played 7 it was on an emulator and used a keyboard for the controls. It wouldn't register the stamina regen trick, making this mandatory chocobo race actually kind of hard. If the regen trick is intentional then they didn't really test it because it definitely trivializes races. Without it, however, they feel incredibly luck based. So who knows. Adus fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Sep 26, 2011 |
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Sep 26, 2011 11:19
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I wanted a game to choose the decisions of my characters as well as determine the outcomes of their fights, I'd read a goddamn book.
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Sep 26, 2011 11:32
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Adus posted:In regards to the previous update: When I last played 7 it was on an emulator and used a keyboard for the controls. It wouldn't register the stamina regen trick, making this mandatory chocobo race actually kind of hard. If the regen trick is intentional then they didn't really test it because it definitely trivializes races. Without it, however, they feel incredibly luck based. So who knows. Wouldn't work or your keyboard just wouldn't accept that many inputs at once?
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Sep 26, 2011 12:32
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Perhaps Ester is weird in a way relating to Japanese culture and it's entirely lost to us?
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Sep 26, 2011 12:42
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The White Dragon posted:Here is my incredibly unique and interesting opinion of the game's quality: Are you sure you're not referring to FF12? Because I find it seriously hard to believe that a FF13 battle without input could be won more efficiently than one with input, simply due to the fact that one of your party members would stand there doing nothing for the whole fight. (also due to lack of paradigm shifting)
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Sep 26, 2011 12:48
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Of all the FF7 characters to cosplay, why Ester? I mean, cosplaying as minor/obscure characters is a good way to stay original, but come on. I suppose it's better than cosplaying Cait Sith or Red XIII.
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Sep 26, 2011 12:56
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Waffleman_ posted:Of all the FF7 characters to cosplay, why Ester? Because it's likely to get much more praise/attention from hardcore fans of the game than the umpteenth brunette dressed as Aeris will get; it also shows how big a fan the cosplayer is of the material, being that she knows and appreciates more than the poster children of the game... would be my assumption.
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Sep 26, 2011 13:59
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Waffleman_ posted:Of all the FF7 characters to cosplay, why Ester? I mean, cosplaying as minor/obscure characters is a good way to stay original, but come on. I suppose it's better than cosplaying Cait Sith or Red XIII. According to the Cosplayer in the page I found the image, she wanted to go "oldschool" (presumably because FF7 has changed so much over the time) and felt the main characters would no longer portray that, so she picked an obscure NPC that wasn't reused anywhere else. Makes sense. Even Johnny has been featured in the EU.
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Sep 26, 2011 14:00
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I hope you have some Dio cosplay waiting in the wings... Not for me, off course.
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Sep 26, 2011 14:01
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zenintrude posted:I hope you have some Dio cosplay waiting in the wings... I have a feeling some of you skip my updates and go straight to the last image.
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Sep 26, 2011 14:05
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Elentor posted:According to the Cosplayer in the page I found the image, she wanted to go "oldschool" (presumably because FF7 has changed so much over the time) and felt the main characters would no longer portray that, so she picked an obscure NPC that wasn't reused anywhere else. I would cosplay Hojo. He's only been featured like once in the EU and he was still pretty awesome.
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Sep 26, 2011 14:39
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zenintrude posted:Not for me, off course. No, way! Elentor posted:I have a feeling some of you skip my updates and go straight to the last image. I really like your stories on the sidelines, like that thing about Esther, so I read all your updates from start to finish. 
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Sep 26, 2011 14:47
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Gahmah posted:eh, cause of the grey white color of her arms I thought she was a robot or something. This was my first thought, too, but the transvestite explanation fits the game and her character model way better.
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Sep 26, 2011 17:02
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For some reason I sort of imagined Ester was.. basically a 'prison lawyer' who was going around trying to reduce sentences for people. Or something; I'm not sure what gave me this prompt but I was 17 at the time. Nowadays I wonder more if she (if she is even a she) lives in the prison or comes down from G.S. to check on things, because I can't imagine someone wearing that and surviving for more than three seconds on the Road Warrior set down there.
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TKMobile posted:Nowadays I wonder more if she (if she is even a she) lives in the prison or comes down from G.S. to check on things, because I can't imagine someone wearing that and surviving for more than three seconds on the Road Warrior set down there. Pretty sure her real occupation is Chocobo Jockey Agent. Her other clients include such fine fellows as Chocobo Joe.
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Sep 27, 2011 00:39
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Whizbang posted:Sorry you like a bad game duder. I'm pretty sure it's not just your old computer. That thing brought the crappy engine they were running it in to its knees. Even on the real console, even in an emulator, the game lags to hell and back in certain parts of the race. The long race is particularly horrible.
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Sep 27, 2011 01:23
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Xaiter posted:I'm pretty sure it's not just your old computer. I seem to recall it being less laggy when using a better chocobo. As in, no slowdown with Black or Gold or maybe even a great chocobo? On the other hand I might just be remembering it wrong. v  v
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Xaiter posted:I'm pretty sure it's not just your old computer. If you're talking about the space and underwater areas of the race, that's not lag. Chocobos just go slower through those areas unless they're of the right color (blue for underwater and black [I think] for space). A gold chocobo, of course, will run at full speed regardless of environment.
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I wasn't talking about the space/water areas. Green/blue chocobos move normal in each environment accordingly, I think. I might be making poo poo up, but I swear Joe moves at normal space in those areas on Teioh, and he'd ruin so many races in the final stretch because of it. I was referring to the glacier section where they moved up and down in the long course, where I swear the framerate would chug. Or the last bend before the straight away into the space section on the short course.
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Sep 27, 2011 01:42
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Xaiter posted:I might be making poo poo up, but I swear Joe moves at normal space in those areas on Teioh, and he'd ruin so many races in the final stretch because of it. Teioh is black, so it runs at normal speed through those areas like a combination of the green and blue chocobos. That's why it's pretty much impossible to beat Joe until you've got a black chocobo of your own.
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Nidoking posted:Teioh is black, so it runs at normal speed through those areas like a combination of the green and blue chocobos. That's why it's pretty much impossible to beat Joe until you've got a black chocobo of your own.  Suddenly it all makes sense. That said, I did beat Teioh a bunch of times with sub-optimal chocobos. The best way to do it is just plant your rear end right in front of Teioh and prevent him from getting in front of you. It's a little bit of a pain in the rear end to do it for the entire race, but it's an effective strategy and you don't have to risk running out of stamina early in the race.
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Does Esther have a normal human face and clothes? I only saw her with half a black face and parts of her clothes in different colors. I figured she is some cyborg with that outfit. I did beat Teioh with a regular chocobo the same way. I was lucky he didn't manage that charge through the gravity section.
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Sep 27, 2011 06:06
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I have never not held down R1+R2 during a race. Not even once to see if I could do it.
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Sep 27, 2011 14:58
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Joe is a cheating motherfucker. I can only beat him if I constantly cut him off and never let him pass me.
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Sep 27, 2011 16:40
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I don't know why she would be a cyborg, there's been no cyborgs anywhere in the game (or the EU apart from that stupid one in DoC with one eye permanently shut). I think transvestite is far more likely given the game's track record.
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Cicadalek posted:I don't know why she would be a cyborg, there's been no cyborgs anywhere in the game Barrett and Dyne are/were cyborgs 
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Sep 27, 2011 17:45
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I remember the first time I raced chocobos I thought it was the most amazing thing. I packed up my ps1 and took it to my friend jim's house and we stayed up all night racing/breeding chocobos. By the end of it we had a black one that could beat every race without the holding the shoulder buttons, and a gold one that we took all over the world map. Discovered KoTR before I found it in the strategy guide... Sigh... Good times...
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Sep 27, 2011 20:39
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I'm perplexed at all these Esther speculations. Am I seriously the only person who simply thought that she was normal and that a single guy just happened to think "she looks funny"?
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