Perfectionism in Gaming
by
, 07-24-2013 at 05:34 AM (4955 Views)
It's not always a good thing.
I'm literally at the end of XIII-2 in one file, as I mentioned yesterday. Well the thing is, I came across a guide that show me how to maximize Crystarium stats for Noel and Serah. I also did a lot of rushing to get to the next part of the story, as is my wont, and have become generally dissatisfied with the way I progressed. So I started a new file. Yeah.
Going much slower this time around, trying to make sure I complete as much as possible in each time zone (heh), including the bestiary. Dunno why I'm even bothering with the latter, aside from that one quest where you have to defeat one of each monster there's no reason to really be filling it out. But such is my quest. On the bright side it's already paying off, as I actually got a Pulsework Knight in this file and it made Atlas way easier. I also have a much better understanding of how the Crystarium works in general and specifically how it works for monsters, plus the whole infusing thing. So basically I'm going all the way back to start voluntarily in order to set myself up better for the rest of the game.
I've played for over three hours and so far have only opened up Bresha 005. I'd say at least half, probably more of that is just fighting mobs to get their crystals and fill out the bestiary. Probably spent over half an hour just hunting Exoray, which I still don't even have, I just got bored and went back to Bresha. Of course that was a little eh as all of a sudden the only mob that was popping up was Svarog, and those things aren't fun at all at this level. But overall I'm not displeased. I am not looking forward to all those Hands of Time puzzles again but I came across a puzzle solver to handle the harder ones, so it's all good. I wouldn't normally stoop to such a thing but dammit, I hate those puzzles so much. Especially when it seems SE gave up on variety and just did that for all the later-game time anomalies. Jerks.
Anyway, off to go hunt some more mobs. For all this work I'm probably just going to end up with a flock of chocobos for my battle team, hah.