#ichafantalks ffxiii

[icharchivist]

I'm so happy to see you playing FFXIII!! It's my favorite FF of all time, it has one of the best stories and best developed characters ever (and the party feels like SUCH a family, they get so close by the end, which is so important to me in a party alkflglfd I'm so emotional... and don't even get me started on Snow/Serah aahh), and yet not enough people appreciate it ugh (it gets far too much unfair and stupid hate :')). I hope you enjoy the ride! It's such a beautiful game

aaah you’re sweet!

Aaah this is so nice that you feel this way for that game though. So far i’m still too early to back up your comment but for all that’s worth i do feel like the fundations are there and the game is really enjoyable to play, so i’m really looking forward to see how this group shape up and where the story is going! i’m so intruigued so far, so i’m really looking forward to it!

As for the people who don’t appreciate it guh yeah, sadly :/ the hate against ffxiii is sadly quite infamous (all the “related articles” under the launtch on steam are all about “what’s the worst ff” and it annoys me so much already) and so far i’ve never heard a proper argument on why it would be a bad game. 

tbh I could ramble on how i’m very fed up with the whole supperiority complex that some FF fans tends to indulge into, especially when it comes to bash against one to lift up the others or something. The games are all pretty different, that’s the point, I don’t want the same rehash story. There are different stories to explore different elements and characters, and yeah “different” means that it can be something one wouldn’t like but like… that’s the gamble and that’s at least good that something different exist. Especially with a saga that so far had handled pretty well its “differences”(to me it stands out with common games like Dissidia and such. idc how much some characters had been compared to be alike, this sort of games show how they’re different in the core still bc yeah, their stories went in different ways. Why complain about that.)

Meanwhile though I feel like some core elements (focus on story/lore/characters arcs) remain consistant and it’s what makes each game stand out on their own while still feeling Fantasy enough. Which is what i like with the full FF saga, so i’m so annoyed to see how readily some fans are ready to tear some numbers apart to lift up their own. and 13 sadly gets the worst backlash (and as someone who adore 7 with all my soul i am particularly annoyed by the people who use 7 to bash 13. This annoys me SO MUCH.) so the hatred seriously feel like it’s blown up out of proportion.

Anyway, so far i’m having a ton of fun with ffxiii. The characters are enjoyable and they all make me curious about who they are and they all have unique standout traits that makes me want to know them more. The plot is kinda fascinating so far and i’m trying to follow through the details of l’Cie and the similars, bc i do find the idea fascinating. The character/environment design is amazing, the gameplay is really fun, it has one of my favorite interface of the games so far, the OST is really incredible so far and i’m just into the generic ones yet ahah, and it’s just great all around.

So personally i’ll keep having fun with all of this ;O It’s a great game and I am only looking forward to explore more of it. 

orz and this ask is more complaining about the FF fandom in general than complimenting ffxiii as i wish it would be, but i need to advance more into the plot to have even more proper arguments than “every complains i’ve seen are stupid and people are just acting supperior and dictating how people should feel instead of just getting some stories just don’t resonate with them and that’s okay”. 

But yeah, i’m having a ton of fun so far and i’m only looking forward to have more!

So thank you for the message and honestly? it makes me happy to see how enthusiast you are. It is always really touching to see how some stories affected people, and your emotions are truly genuine i’m humbled you shared it with me. I am so glad you could get this experience out of this game. 

So take care ❤

[icharchivist]

ICHA YOURE FINALLY PLAYING MY FAV FF HELL YESS!! All of the babies are incredible and amazing!! My favorite team was Hope/Snow/Lightning or Hope/Snow/Fang. Tho I'll warn you ahead of time, it takes a looong time to get to the part of the game when you can choose your team freely, so you'll get to play with everyone a lot. I hope you like it!!!

aaaHHH GLAD TO HEAR IT NONNY!!

It’s terrible tbh I own a few FF so i always get torn over what to play and get advanced onto. I wanted something more dynamic that wasn’t going to kill my PC from killing it and last time i got emotional over a Fanille gifset so ff13 is it :3

But oooh that’s good to know! :O Hope looks like a sweetheart i’m looking forward to his story, and hhh Fang pretty,,, so huh, i, will see what will happen.

And I see! that’s good to know thank you :3c well this long time will get me used to the characters and manage to learn more about them than, huh, “Fang pretty” for exemple. So by the time the character selection happen I will be ready to chose them for characters reasons!

tbh so far i’m super intruiged by the characters. Lightning has such a charisma i want to follow her around, i get all starry eyes when she starts talking, Sazh is dynamic and enjoyable every second he’s on screen and i’m so curious where his story is going especially with his knowledge/Reaction to the plot, i’m still out for Snow bc i’m almost certain his character arc will turn sour (oh spoilers my dear friend) so his happy hero persona is leaving me warry (warry as in “oh i’m gonna get hurt will i”). Hope looks like a sweetheart and I legit left out a sob when he stepped back all trembling after his mom chose to help Snow and that he refused to follow, he looks so distressed with that hell of a situation, it activates my mom instincts. As for Vanille man i already sort of crush on her so seeing her in the flesh is Not Helping, but between her cheerful attitude and the moments of the narrations she gets more serious (like when she tries to cheer up Hope and mentions in the narration she was just as afraid) I already have a lot of affection for her. 

And I didn’t even reach “Fang Pretty” yet so I still have some emotional trip to get through with all of that. And I got giddy just hearing about Serah’s name so i’m so excited to get to meet everyone.

And if for now i’m completely sold with their introductions i can’t WAIT to see their developments and discover more about them! 

So far i’m already emotionally attached to all those i could meet, so yeah perhaps the longer before the party selection the better, else i’ll be in a full crisis of “I want to bring all of them with me leT ME BRING THEM ALL WITH ME”

So the more the game just impose them to me the better xD

Thank you so much for the nice message though! idk how much i’ll liveblog (tbh i actually didn’t expect to liveblog, then some emotional moments caught me off guard so here i am) but i hope it’ll be fun to experience on the other side as well!

Now I just need to hope I won’t procrastinate the hell out of it bc i do that a lot even with games i love (i started ff9 and gave up 4 hours in, although it is linked to the fact my computer crashed and I have to restart it and i’m lazy…. I started ff15 and i’m at chapter 2 but i get frustrated by how it makes my computer crash and lag when I play it so i don’t play it… the only thing I play is ff7 but even there between my computer crashes i had to restart it enough for some parts of the game to at least frustrates me to go back to, or at least not have me as excited as i wish i would have been and was in the past) - I love all of those games but I procrastinate them to hell and forth this is terrible.

I’ll try to not do so with ff13 bc so far it has no reason to crash (my saves are on an external harddrive so even if my computer give up on me i don’t lose them) and it doesn’t make my computer lag (*glares at ff15*) and it is Thanksfully extremely dynamic enough to keep my attention the whole time

So i’ll do my best o/

Thank you so much for the message again and i’ll keep in mind what you told me ;O 

Thank you and I wish you well eheh ❤

Take care!

[icharchivist]

In my ff13 experience: Lightning/Sazh/Vanille was my power team. You'll see later when the gameplay evolves more to figure out everyone's strengths. But for me those 3 could take out a entire area in no time. Good memories.

OooooH GOOD TO KNOW. 

I’ll stay on the look out then ;O For now i’m just introduced to Snow so i’ve just seen Snow, Lightning and Sazh fight. 

Tbh so far i’m really enjoying the gameplay so i’m looking forward to see the strength of everyone in time.

Although tbh knowing me i’ll 100% end up making team over “who i like” rather than “what is the most useful to me” bc i love to suffer. 

That said I really like Sazh so far so i might let my already founded bias on Vanille/Fang down for the sake of Sazh. He’s amazing I would love to have him more around.

... for now i’ll try to get out of the tutorial before advancing into how i’ll play the game though :’D 

But anyway, good to know thanks ;O

[icharchivist]

What did you think of the FF XIII characters? (If you’ve played it/watched a walkthrough)

Heya!!

Ahh sadly I hadn’t played/watched it yet; I’ve been trying to motivate myself to at least watch a walkthrough, but I also have the game saved on steam for when i could afford it and see then.

So my knowledge of it is really limited to tumblr and I must admit i have a huge crush on the main ladies. Like. Damn they’re all great. Lightning looks smart and interesting and I love the few moments I saw of her. Fang and Vanille are amazing, and I just love seeing stuff of them together. Serah looks really cute! I know slightly of Hope as well and he looks cute, but I don’t know much of him. I’ve been curious about Sazh, and otherwise i’ve seen a few characters here and there like Snow and Noel but I don’t know anything about them.

That’s..... really all my limited knowledge of ff13. But everything I’ve seen about it had made me like it so.... :’D One dayyy

Take care!