Final Fantasy XIII, Civilization Revolution
More of the same today. I got through Chapter 9 of FFXIII today, which was a huge whatever. I’m finally able to change ALL party members, and each party member can learn all classes, which I guess means that I have access to the whole game now, although I still haven’t found a map yet, or have any clue what’s going on worldwise. And there are still things mentioned in the rulebook that I’ve yet to actually get access to yet, which is pretty ridiculous.
The fact that I can freely change the party did manage to screw me a bit, as I went into a boss fight with a team that I wasn’t entirely comfortable with. I did alright, sure, but I did it very slowly, getting no stars on the fight. The fact that whenever you change your party, your paradigms reset, meaning it’s a pain to experiment, which is a chore. Also, although every character can now learn every class, it’s prohibitively expensive to learn from a class you aren’t good at, taking upward of 15000 experience points just to unlock it.
More Civilization as well, played on a USA-inspired map. Not much else to say about it; I won. I rock.
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What I Played Today: April 11
Civilization Revolution, Final Fantasy XIII
Had a bit more success with Civilization Revolution today; played through a couple of games, in fact, which is pretty unheard of considering. I think the second game was unnaturally short because I was wholeheartedly focused on the economic victory, which the map made much easier than usual. At the end of the game, I was getting over 3000 gold a turn! Way more than I knew what to do with. It also helped the other civilizations seemed to be okay with me just continually filling my coffers; I don’t think I got into a single fight with another civ. Pretty fun.
More Final Fantasy XIII, a lot of real emotional moments, and any goddamn minute they want to send us to Gran Pulse, I’ll gladly go. It is close to 20 hours now, and I’ve spent the last hour or so just running my shit around. A lot of fighting, and some interesting interactions, but dear Lord it is about time that I start doing something instead of running away from trouble. This particular plot point is getting pretty old.
I did get to see a lot more of this chick, who spends most of her time strutting about and being sassy while the camera always seems to be right above her left shoulder, I WONDER WHY! She spends most of Chapter 8 being a pretty cool cucumber, and then becomes a complete joke in Chapter 9, having a stupid little routine involving code colors, and then shouting out of nowhere, “Make it rain!” Considering her outfit, this is a hilarious thing to say. I’m starting to wonder if the translators even know that half the minor characters can’t be taken seriously at all. Nora, Yaz, Sawyer, Stripperella here with her Avril Lavigne-style necktie, it’s a parade of silly characters on the sidelines.
Had a bit more success with Civilization Revolution today; played through a couple of games, in fact, which is pretty unheard of considering. I think the second game was unnaturally short because I was wholeheartedly focused on the economic victory, which the map made much easier than usual. At the end of the game, I was getting over 3000 gold a turn! Way more than I knew what to do with. It also helped the other civilizations seemed to be okay with me just continually filling my coffers; I don’t think I got into a single fight with another civ. Pretty fun.
More Final Fantasy XIII, a lot of real emotional moments, and any goddamn minute they want to send us to Gran Pulse, I’ll gladly go. It is close to 20 hours now, and I’ve spent the last hour or so just running my shit around. A lot of fighting, and some interesting interactions, but dear Lord it is about time that I start doing something instead of running away from trouble. This particular plot point is getting pretty old.
I did get to see a lot more of this chick, who spends most of her time strutting about and being sassy while the camera always seems to be right above her left shoulder, I WONDER WHY! She spends most of Chapter 8 being a pretty cool cucumber, and then becomes a complete joke in Chapter 9, having a stupid little routine involving code colors, and then shouting out of nowhere, “Make it rain!” Considering her outfit, this is a hilarious thing to say. I’m starting to wonder if the translators even know that half the minor characters can’t be taken seriously at all. Nora, Yaz, Sawyer, Stripperella here with her Avril Lavigne-style necktie, it’s a parade of silly characters on the sidelines.
What I Played Today: April 10
Descent: The Road to Legend, Civilization Revolution
Today was Descent Campaign day, and it went a lot better...for the Overlord. The game started with a city being razed to the ground, which is just too bad, and with three lieutenants fast approaching the cities, it’s become clear that we are pretty screwed at the moment, so we’ve got to start killing some lieutenants. We went through a couple of encounters, which were pretty easy considering, although we took a few hits, and then we went into the dungeon from hell. We only barely made it through the first floor.
This was because it was a level from the Tomb of Ice expansion, an expansion specifically designed to slow the heroes down. You have ice on the ground that will randomly stop you, frost on your weapons that could potentially destroy them, and stealthy creatures that make you randomly miss. It is a bitch of an expansion, with only the addition of the feat cards making it easier for the heroes. But this particular level was practically covered with ice, with a boss monster that could frost multiple heroes at once, and the key was hidden in a block of ice that took us three turns to break through.
I also died for the first time! The overlord managed to spawn a couple of beastmen behind me, which I have absolutely no defense against, and it took two swipes from them for me to fall over. And that’s AFTER I played a card to increase my armor. Man, beastmen are scary. Hopefully next week we can get past the next two floors of the dungeon in a reasonable amount of time.
Out of boredom I also lost a couple games of Civilization Revolution. After playing Civilization IV, I’ve forgotten some of the basics of the game, mainly, that warriors are much harder to build in this version of the game, and you should really leave some defense units behind, and the nearby civilizations are a lot closer than you think. There was a moment where Germany, who had been pretty cool so far, just saw the perfect opportunity and took one of my cities in an instant. Like Germany does, the bastards. I even saw his troops moving on my position and didn’t think to reinforce because I was more used to the less expansionist-happy civilizations in the computer games.
The console version is a pretty good streamlined version of the series though. A lot less to worry about, which makes it easier to track what’s going on, and the bonuses are a lot more interesting and varied between civilizations. I’m looking forward to V, because it’s clear from the previews that they’re taking a lot of elements from this version and expanding them.
Today was Descent Campaign day, and it went a lot better...for the Overlord. The game started with a city being razed to the ground, which is just too bad, and with three lieutenants fast approaching the cities, it’s become clear that we are pretty screwed at the moment, so we’ve got to start killing some lieutenants. We went through a couple of encounters, which were pretty easy considering, although we took a few hits, and then we went into the dungeon from hell. We only barely made it through the first floor.This was because it was a level from the Tomb of Ice expansion, an expansion specifically designed to slow the heroes down. You have ice on the ground that will randomly stop you, frost on your weapons that could potentially destroy them, and stealthy creatures that make you randomly miss. It is a bitch of an expansion, with only the addition of the feat cards making it easier for the heroes. But this particular level was practically covered with ice, with a boss monster that could frost multiple heroes at once, and the key was hidden in a block of ice that took us three turns to break through.
I also died for the first time! The overlord managed to spawn a couple of beastmen behind me, which I have absolutely no defense against, and it took two swipes from them for me to fall over. And that’s AFTER I played a card to increase my armor. Man, beastmen are scary. Hopefully next week we can get past the next two floors of the dungeon in a reasonable amount of time.
Out of boredom I also lost a couple games of Civilization Revolution. After playing Civilization IV, I’ve forgotten some of the basics of the game, mainly, that warriors are much harder to build in this version of the game, and you should really leave some defense units behind, and the nearby civilizations are a lot closer than you think. There was a moment where Germany, who had been pretty cool so far, just saw the perfect opportunity and took one of my cities in an instant. Like Germany does, the bastards. I even saw his troops moving on my position and didn’t think to reinforce because I was more used to the less expansionist-happy civilizations in the computer games.The console version is a pretty good streamlined version of the series though. A lot less to worry about, which makes it easier to track what’s going on, and the bonuses are a lot more interesting and varied between civilizations. I’m looking forward to V, because it’s clear from the previews that they’re taking a lot of elements from this version and expanding them.
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