Starting Final Fantasy XIII 2

I’m going to start by saying….I should have went for Mass Effect 3 if I wanted instant gratification. If you continue to read pass this point just know this is part 1 I’ve played less than 2hrs and I’m going to finish this game asap.  

Moving on, the game is beautiful graphically and it starts you off with an epic boss fight with the Lady I fell in love with, Lightning, kicking ass and taking names. So far the battle engine is the same and it still lacks the ability to switch control to other party members while your in battle. I love the addition of contextual interactions and quick time scenes. They took a note from Mass Effect and gave you the ability to vary your response to other characters thru a menu constructed in a similar fashion. 

Playing the first 30 minutes I was ready to quit my job and dedicate the next 60hrs to exploring this game….and then I met Serah, Lightnings little sister.  Her voice sucks, she’s too timid and I simply hate the idea that she is my lead character right now. Flat Out! I could really go on about how unattractive this portion of the game is as a whole right now but I’ll just wait till I can post some video for you. Stay Tuned and visit Max@Play for more on other games

Obsession and Insomnia

And here we go again…I have been putting in so much time playing video games that I’m not sleeping. Always critiquing always becoming better. Last night I went to sleep around 4 and was up at 8 and the first thing I did was check my Farmville. Yes I play Farmville, its a game isn’t it! I also play the Sims but its weird how I play that game. I may go weeks without playing it at all and the minute I start playing I will usually lose 7 or 8 hours playing unless my notebook was secretly unplugged and the battery died.

As you know the latest obsession is surrounded around FFXIII and with that said I can’t type anymore or even post a picture because I’m on disc 3 and I need to help Lightning fulfill her focus….

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Level Cap

After 30 plus hours of Final Fantasy XIII I have decided that I hate level caps. Let me try to explain the situation for those NOT playing this game.

In your typical RPG a character gains experience points by defeating enemies and accomplishing task and every time you accumulate X amount of experience points you gain a level/rank. For each level you go up your character gets stronger and acquires new abilities. Here is where the difference comes about, in other RPGs there is no set period or time when you can level up and if you wanted to become level 100 before the middle of the game you could log in many hours doing so.

With FFXIII you can only level up to a certain extent, for example If you are a level 3 Commando you will not be able to attain a greater level until you have made it past the next check point regardless of how many enemies you fight. I personally prefer the styles of more traditional RPGs in that sense. It does force you to strategize more when facing some of the tougher bosses, but I don’t want tough I want to pluck away 30 hours leveling up and kill the last boss with 1 giant attack and then complain the final boss is no Sephiroth. LOL!

What do you think?

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Max@Play Updates

Brought in some new games for you all to check out. Well just one Dark Void and I played more Final Fantasy XIII. Next up we’re going to have some tips and tricks but right now here is the updates. Leave your comments below!

When you can lose 10 hours in one day you know a game is good

Dark Void

I think I’ll let you read what I had to say about this game.

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Losing Time

I have picked up the new Final Fantasy XIII and it beautiful but I can’t seem to keep track of time. Everytime I say I’m going to stop in an hour 3 hours go by. So far its been 10 hrs since I said I was going to stop playing . Here are some great screen shots of my current area.

I hate how I haven’t fought with three people in my party since these shots were taken 2 hrs ago…thats current isn’t it
I miss my crew

Here we have our support/attack our main attacker and our support healer

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