Final Fantasy XIII (PC) Playthrough 3/3 (No Commentary)
8Final Fantasy Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPO56tlewLYRJe-Q5MYFMmBq7ytICiLo5
There are no sound options. I cannot adjust music/voice levels.
This is the PC (Steam) port of Final Fantasy XIII. This playthrough is focused on the story and I won't be showing optional content.
Note that the game uses a ton of pre-rendered scenes and these scenes are 30fps while gameplay is 60fps.
There's also some technical issues with this port. Issues with shadows, hair, eyes, flickering defeated enemies, flickering textures and of course, performance issues. The port has some pretty awful issues with frame timing, even with the FF13fix floating around. It drove me up a wall but it's out of my hands.
The camera does whatever it feels like and it's useless trying to fight it. I imagine if you're prone to motion sickness that playing this game would be difficult. I try to avoid sweeping the camera manually but it is going to do it on its own very frequently.
Gameplay notes
There is a significant spike in difficulty starting with Gran Pulse and it ramps up more and more as you progress toward the end. It makes it difficult to meet the arbitrary time requirements for stars but again, the stars only modify drop rates for that battle and nothing else.
Many of the time requirements seem to be tuned for post-game power gains. Or worse, specific character combinations.
00:00 Gran Pulse
17:59 Boss #18
20:50 Gran Pulse Cont.
22:22 Archylte Steppe
31:11 Mah'habara Subterra
47:46 Boss #19
51:12 Mah'habara Subterra Cont.
1:09:01 Taejin's Tower, Round 1
1:31:38 Taejin's Tower, Round 2
2:03:00 Boss #20
2:14:05 Oerba
2:30:47 Boss #21
2:37:45 Oerba Cont.
2:44:42 Eden
3:14:55 Boss #22
3:16:56 Eden Cont.
3:50:17 Boss #23
3:53:04 Eden Cont.
3:57:26 The Cradle
4:11:35 Boss #24
4:14:40 The Cradle Cont.
4:23:43 Boss #25
4:25:20 The Cradle Cont.
4:34:31 Boss #26
4:37:38 The Cradle Cont.
4:42:39 Final Boss, Phase 1
4:46:52 Intermission
4:48:48 Final Boss, Phase 2
4:55:50 Intermission
5:10:24 Final Boss, Phase 3
5:12:07 Ending
5:20:34 Credits