So I gave FFXIII a fair shake.... better late than never?

I was wrong... this game is...... quite good. One of the better Jrpg's I've played this gen. The only one I've enjoyed as much was Lost Odyssey. After 15 hours, the game really started to pick up, I dont mind the linearity of it, cuz well most JRPG's are extremely linear anyway.

I'm playin on the 360... ya ya i know.... but I sold my PS3, so that wasn't an option. Besides I wouldnt be able to enjoy the robust MP in it, if I had a PS3... haha, j/k... (pause for effect).... I know PSN is down.... :P

I think FFXIII would be my 3rd or 4th fav.FF... behind FFX, FFVII & FFVI

The game is far from perfect... but imo, you could do much MUCH worse in the genre. ie: Star Ocean 4

I thought it was good from the middle onwards. They shouldn't have made it so linear. Once you get out in the world map it's like a different game.

After 15 hours, the game really started to pick up,

moistsandwich

I hope FF XIII-2 will catch up what was missed, everyone can be happy :)

I was wrong... this game is...... quite good. One of the better Jrpg's I've played this gen. The only one I've enjoyed as much was Lost Odyssey. After 15 hours, the game really started to pick up, I dont mind the linearity of it, cuz well most JRPG's are extremely linear anyway.

I'm playin on the 360... ya ya i know.... but I sold my PS3, so that wasn't an option. Besides I wouldnt be able to enjoy the robust MP in it, if I had a PS3... haha, j/k... (pause for effect).... I know PSN is down.... :P

I think FFXIII would be my 3rd or 4th fav.FF... behind FFX, FFVII & FFVI

The game is far from perfect... but imo, you could do much MUCH worse in the genre. ie: Star Ocean 4

moistsandwich

I hope FF XIII-2 will catch up what was missed, everyone can be happy :)

ShadowriverUB

Combat doesn't make any sense, characters are lifeless. Graphics are good though.

Combat doesn't make any sense, characters are lifeless. Graphics are good though.

2-10-08

If it didn't have the Final Fantasy named attached to it, I suppose it would've been decent but this game is at the bottom of the Final Fantasy barrel for me. The graphics were great. The combat was okay but for some reason I just couldn't get attached to any of the characters. The story was meh. Bland characters and an uninteresting story makes for a bad game in my opinion.

I finished the game about a year ago, never did a final fantasy took me this long to finish. I couldn't play the game more then two hours each time or i would get bored to death. I even spent 3 weeks without playing it at one point. For a game of my favourite franchise it's kinda bad

this game just didn't do it for me. I hated all the characters except sazh, the story had potential but was excuted so poorly that you had to read the database for it to make more sense ( but still didn't). There was a lot and i mean a lot of pointless cutscenes

The combat was limited, only one character can be controled. very cheap death. the combat wasn't all that bad but it was too restricted.

I didn't like the linearity in FFX and I sure didn't like it in that game. At least FFX had a lot of content in the game.

the only things i liked about the game was the music, graphics and art direction other then that I wish I never played it

I really enjoyed it. I thought most of the characters were really good, the story was interesting (storytelling a bit poor though), & the world was great, except some environments were a bit strange.. Especially the monster-pen in that forest. It seemed really unrealistic & out of place. Enemy design was a bit poor in general (floating cubes etc) but there were some cool enemies also. Vanille was a bit annoying & Hopes outfit was atrocious.

But other than that, thumbs up.

I really enjoyed it. I thought most of the characters were really good, the story was interesting (storytelling a bit poor though), & the world was great, except some environments were a bit strange.. Especially the monster-pen in that forest. It seemed really unrealistic & out of place. Enemy design was a bit poor in general (floating cubes etc) but there were some cool enemies also. Vanille was a bit annoying & Hopes outfit was atrocious.

But other than that, thumbs up.

Twin-Blade

I was also thinking of picking it up and giving it a fair try. I never bought it or even played it (thought it was a day one :() because of all the bad I hear. My friend said it was bad as well, but lately him and I have been dissagreeing :P.

I have to laugh, a employee at the local GS talked a person out of buying the game. They said you want to know what the levels are like, and he help up a power cord and straightened it out. The customer put the game back. :lol:Heil68

Thats pretty funny actually.

I really don't think the datalog was ever meant to be read or included in the first place. The redundant nature of the datalog makes me think it's just a collection of all the summaries that appear on the "now loading" screens when you restart your game.

I really don't think the datalog was ever meant to be read or included in the first place. The redundant nature of the datalog makes me think it's just a collection of all the summaries that appear on the "now loading" screens when you restart your game.

hakanakumono

I've expressed my love for the game before but the only thing I didn't like was some of the locations, I wanted it to be more green, more cozy that way.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

I really don't think the datalog was ever meant to be read or included in the first place. The redundant nature of the datalog makes me think it's just a collection of all the summaries that appear on the "now loading" screens when you restart your game.

Kan0nF0dder

For the most part, it should be easy to figure out what's going on. Later in the game it becomes a problem because certain events make no sense. But for the most part, you're supposed to just listen to what they're saying and piece together what's going on as you go. It's not a traditional storytelling format, but it's still a valid one.

The game is for the most part poorly told, however.

I'm also on my first playtrough, i think is a very good game, not the best JRPG so far, but it is a good game, i'm like 7 hours into the game, the liniarity is a good/bad situation for me, sometimes it is pretty boring, sometimes is good because it take you right to the action, the story is kind of a mess, however, the battle system is amazing, i'm really enjoying this part of the game, is so deep and rewarding, besides the music and graphics are pretty good too, so yeah, i'm agree with you, the game is far from perfect but not the awful game some people were claiming.

Hopefully XIII-2 will improve this formula.

This game is terrible. It had a bad story, the characters were terrible, it was so damn boring at times and the combat was like a cornish pasty filled with maggot-infested human meat. How I completed this game is beyond me.

Ill admit I probably didnt give the game an all around fair playthrough myself. Kinda droned through the game at one point, but I do remember I very much enjoyed it. Lately Ive REALLY been meaning to get back to it as Ive been watching my sister play it. Seems like Ill be able to appreciate it more with another playthrough.

If it didn't have the Final Fantasy named attached to it, I suppose it would've been decent but this game is at the bottom of the Final Fantasy barrel for me. The graphics were great. The combat was okay but for some reason I just couldn't get attached to any of the characters. The story was meh. Bland characters and an uninteresting story makes for a bad game in my opinion.

Deadman_est1982

Final Fantasy XIII is one of my favorite RPGs and one of my top five games from last year. It takes a few hours to get going, but after the fifth hour I started to get intrigued and it just got better the further I got into it. I didn't think I'd get so addicted to a game's battle system that I'd intentionally decide to go after as many Cie'th Stone missions and try to level up my characters to their max. Still not finished with that since it's quite time-consuming, but I've never gone so crazy for post-game content in an RPG before. :P

The battle system is really fun.

As for the linearity, less would be better ... but I think I care less about linearity and more about the graphical design of the locations. A game can have an absolute maze, but I'm probably not going to care much unless I find it somehow interesting. Even if FFXIII was linear, I found a lot of the locations interesting enough that it didn't matter to me. And besides, the linearity has been exaggerated.

I came into FF 13 really not expecting much and came out really pleasantly surprised. I loved the FF series until 10 and then it was all terrible. Personally think FF13 is the best JRPG this gen but this is actually not me saying it's that great of a game it's me saying JRPGs suck now days.

i loved the game also, i enjoyed every second of it. form start to finish, yes, the first 15-17 hours are lineal, but i seriously dont mind, the combat was awesome, the graphics were awesome, the caracters were actually good , a step up from XII at least, my only 2 complaints: No Uematsu music , and lack of endgame stuff, i think they rushed the sidequests a bit... i mean u fight the same giant bird 4 times, but no omega weapon? :( anyway, the game is impecable on every other apsect.

[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]

I hope FF XIII-2 will catch up what was missed, everyone can be happy :)

110million

Yea like you said since basicly the engine for the game is complete they can improve in other areas like being less linear. I really liked the combat but I wouldint mind improments.

I was wrong... this game is...... quite good. One of the better Jrpg's I've played this gen. The only one I've enjoyed as much was Lost Odyssey. After 15 hours, the game really started to pick up, I dont mind the linearity of it, cuz well most JRPG's are extremely linear anyway.

I'm playin on the 360... ya ya i know.... but I sold my PS3, so that wasn't an option. Besides I wouldnt be able to enjoy the robust MP in it, if I had a PS3... haha, j/k... (pause for effect).... I know PSN is down.... :P

I think FFXIII would be my 3rd or 4th fav.FF... behind FFX, FFVII & FFVI

The game is far from perfect... but imo, you could do much MUCH worse in the genre. ie: Star Ocean 4

moistsandwich

Yeah i love the game aswell, finished it on the 360 (crystarium maxed out on every character and ultimate weapons on the all). But i recently picked up the PS3 version and i'm going through it again, still loving it.

I can understand the dissapointment some people felt with it though, as it had the potential to be much better.

Combat doesn't make any sense, characters are lifeless. Graphics are good though.

2-10-08

[QUOTE="Twin-Blade"]

I really enjoyed it. I thought most of the characters were really good, the story was interesting (storytelling a bit poor though), & the world was great, except some environments were a bit strange.. Especially the monster-pen in that forest. It seemed really unrealistic & out of place. Enemy design was a bit poor in general (floating cubes etc) but there were some cool enemies also. Vanille was a bit annoying & Hopes outfit was atrocious.

But other than that, thumbs up.

110million

The story is alot better the second time you play through it, purely because you know exactly what they're talking about and alot that hasnt been revealed yet. A bit like watching Sixth Sense for the second time, knowing the twist can help the experience.

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Combat doesn't make any sense, characters are lifeless. Graphics are good though.

001011000101101

The formula for combat was mind bogglingly simple and also insulting to my intelligence. Gring for hours and hours on end to max out your characters ability tables to mitigate the likelihood of chance tht the enemy goes into Hax mode and makes you re-do frustratingly long portions of the game and or fights.

I guess someone thought they were clever for putting a limit on your ability tree per chapter until right at the end.. It didn't even feel like a Final Fantasy until Pulse.. and even that claim is tenuous since OMG, the only town in the planet is freaking dead.. This game was garbage and an insult to the Final Fantasy name.