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The game itself has good points and bad points to it. Unfortunately it's not really for everyone, and the linearity is really really obvious, which hurts it a lot.
Really it's best selling points are the character development and the surprisingly deep battle system.
It's not the best FF out there though.
Really it's best selling points are the character development and the surprisingly deep battle system.
It's not the best FF out there though.
I said 'I'm sick and tired' of him. Watching him and Vanilla run away from the problem without much of a plan has not endeared the characters to me. This entire portion of the game feels like overly stretched out back story. The sad thing is that after 12 hours of following them around I simply do not care about these people. Heck the only reason I wanted to play as Snow was to upgrade him with the CP and gear I've gained since the games opening.
I tried to like this, I really did, I made a lot of allowances for the game. I set aside my reservations about the games linear nature, I set aside my annoyance with the inability to control my party memebers directly, I tried to find the characters charming but it has become too much for me.
I've had more fun with Disgaea 3 and Suikoden 5 than I have with this game. So I'm out.
I tried to like this, I really did, I made a lot of allowances for the game. I set aside my reservations about the games linear nature, I set aside my annoyance with the inability to control my party memebers directly, I tried to find the characters charming but it has become too much for me.
I've had more fun with Disgaea 3 and Suikoden 5 than I have with this game. So I'm out.
Final Fantasy truly died with the PS1.
Eight was terribad and Nine was meh. Despite that, they still felt like Final Fantasy games.
Final Fantasy X felt so fraudulent. Since then, nothing has really felt like Final Fantasy once did.
I spent more time playing Rogue Galaxy, SO: TtEoT, and Shadow Hearts than bothering with FF releases for the PS2.
Eight was terribad and Nine was meh. Despite that, they still felt like Final Fantasy games.
Final Fantasy X felt so fraudulent. Since then, nothing has really felt like Final Fantasy once did.
I spent more time playing Rogue Galaxy, SO: TtEoT, and Shadow Hearts than bothering with FF releases for the PS2.
You actually liked Snow?
And whats even more shocking is that you didn't like Sazh... I honestly was tired of Snow by his third appearance.
Not liking Vanille is obvious, but Sazh?
Sazh was probably the main reason I even played FF13 for as long as I had. I know he was the token Black dude but he was awesome in comparison.
Honestly, 13 made me actually reconsider 12. I liked 12 loads more after 13.
But yeah, the game sucks for the first 20ish hours. It gets slightly better but I never finished it either.
I don't know why people hated X. I liked it despite the lack of a world map and the voice acting. I know I put a bunch of time in the blitzball minigame.
My last hope is that FF13Versus looks as awesome as the promos or that they were secretly developing KH 3.
And whats even more shocking is that you didn't like Sazh... I honestly was tired of Snow by his third appearance.
Not liking Vanille is obvious, but Sazh?
Sazh was probably the main reason I even played FF13 for as long as I had. I know he was the token Black dude but he was awesome in comparison.
Honestly, 13 made me actually reconsider 12. I liked 12 loads more after 13.
But yeah, the game sucks for the first 20ish hours. It gets slightly better but I never finished it either.
I don't know why people hated X. I liked it despite the lack of a world map and the voice acting. I know I put a bunch of time in the blitzball minigame.
My last hope is that FF13Versus looks as awesome as the promos or that they were secretly developing KH 3.
It's not that I like Snow so much as I would rather see what he was up to versue the teams of Lightening/Hope & Sazh/Vanille.
Since people keep saying it get's better at the 20 hour mark I am going to try to push through to that point. However, it has become a slog, whose only redeeming quality is the shortness of the battles and the ability to play throug them while doing other things, like typing this post.
Seriously I'm just hitting confirm with barely a glance at the screen most times.
Edit:
I think I've finally found an FF 13 character I actually like, and that's Fang. She's the only person I'd currently go out drinking with, and I don't drink. Which means I get to pilot the airship home, there are perks to being the designated driver afterall
Since people keep saying it get's better at the 20 hour mark I am going to try to push through to that point. However, it has become a slog, whose only redeeming quality is the shortness of the battles and the ability to play throug them while doing other things, like typing this post.
Seriously I'm just hitting confirm with barely a glance at the screen most times.
Edit:
I think I've finally found an FF 13 character I actually like, and that's Fang. She's the only person I'd currently go out drinking with, and I don't drink. Which means I get to pilot the airship home, there are perks to being the designated driver afterall
I saw some guy who claimed 'turn off autobattle if the thought the game can beat itself bothers you so much."
My answer: "Even if I do turn autobattle off, most battles can be won by spamming the confirm button."
I feel vindicated in knowing that I'm not the only one who noticed this. Up until Pulse, expect the game to be a boring watchfest. <_<
My answer: "Even if I do turn autobattle off, most battles can be won by spamming the confirm button."
I feel vindicated in knowing that I'm not the only one who noticed this. Up until Pulse, expect the game to be a boring watchfest. <_<
Sad thing is, if this were just a lavish OVA, I probably wouldn't be complaining as much. I'd have curled up on my sofa, grabbed my fruit punch and some stove top popcorn to enjoy a fantastic world with an interesting magic system. It's only when they ask me to play it that I start to get annoyed.
Honestly this should be an OVA, since the game has made it clear that my input isn't really required. I am tempted to close my eyes during the next battle and just hit confirm to see if I still win.
Anyways, just met Hopes Dad, and one of the villains whose design I actually like.
He actually looks like a modern professional soldier (Well as close to one as the recent FF games are going to get) and though his design has more belts/straps than I'd like his hair is kept off his shoulders and (mostly) out of his face.
He's leaps and bounds above this guy...
Seriously....who thought that hair was a good frelling idea?!
Honestly this should be an OVA, since the game has made it clear that my input isn't really required. I am tempted to close my eyes during the next battle and just hit confirm to see if I still win.
Anyways, just met Hopes Dad, and one of the villains whose design I actually like.
He actually looks like a modern professional soldier (Well as close to one as the recent FF games are going to get) and though his design has more belts/straps than I'd like his hair is kept off his shoulders and (mostly) out of his face.
He's leaps and bounds above this guy...
Seriously....who thought that hair was a good frelling idea?!
There are certain battles where you can just spam confirm. There are also battles where if you do that, you die. It depends on the configurations of your characters.
Also, you could probably do that if you have a sen/med/rav~Com as your start config. It would just take foreeeever.
You wanna be entertained? Try to get 5 stars every battle. It scales with your gear, so you should be continually challenged.
Also, you could probably do that if you have a sen/med/rav~Com as your start config. It would just take foreeeever.
You wanna be entertained? Try to get 5 stars every battle. It scales with your gear, so you should be continually challenged.
I guess they have the perfect set up then. They make movies, and as long as they brand them as games with token gameplay segments, they get to do what they love, without having to be good at it, because actual critics won't pan them, and their fans will pay 2 to 3 times what they should be paying for their product.
1. I doubt it, purely for the reason that then the games would get prohibitively expensive to make. If you're making 1 to 2 films worth of cgi eye candy per game, it adds up, fast.
2. If a movie that's bad lasts 2 hours, it's twice as bad if it lasts 4 hours. You have to establish first that the cutscenes put together would make a good movie.
2. If a movie that's bad lasts 2 hours, it's twice as bad if it lasts 4 hours. You have to establish first that the cutscenes put together would make a good movie.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with SE, but that statement reminded me of something.
I think a person on youtube made a MGS compilation of all the cutscenes.
A friend that never played the games at all, after watching it, said that the series should be made a movie because it was "freaking awesome".
I think a person on youtube made a MGS compilation of all the cutscenes.
A friend that never played the games at all, after watching it, said that the series should be made a movie because it was "freaking awesome".