Final Fantasy XIII....-2

[HobomasterXXX]

Weird how this board went from FF lovers to like neutral FF fans.

Kinda like how Square went from being a good developer to a ****ing awful one.

[Zerlina]

Liking Final Fantasy has gone out of vogue. All the cool nerds are jaded about the series.

[Archem]

It's not our fault that the series has taken a turn for the terminal gonorrhea.

I mean worst.

[zuhane]

What are you talking about? We've had Final Fantasy 12, 13 and 1-

Oh God. You're all right.

[Prpl_Mage]

XII was horrible both story and gameplaywise. I'd like to try that "Final mix" version of it though with the class systems.


IX was a game which was a tribute to the original series, steam/ mist engines, swords, spells, castle and crystals. And Vivi is the most memorable RPG character ever.


X was good, I liked it more than 7 and 8, sure the story surrounding the main char was all fugged(like every main chars since FF4) I liked the sphere grid, I liked the feeling of the game, the battles were fun and overall amazing. It was all less sci-fi and more rpg.


X-2 had this "sequel thing" going on, the worst thing that can happen. Imagine all 13 games taking place in the same world...
Anyway, interesting battle system, although the waiting times are a bit awful, also it was nice that you could gain AP by using abilities. It kinda reversed the "Use regular attacks > is the enemy dead? NO: repeat". Liked that you could change classes mid battle, that was annoying with the previous class games (3 and 5) it was one of the better systems of FFX.
But the story seemed to be a fanfic, character mating, new enemies rising, Yuna in hotpants completely reversed from the previous game were she was all innocent and shy.
So overall great game with awful story, also I'm not fond of mission games.


XIII was... Well, it was cool to begin with, all hyped with the characters - switching between parties. But then stuff started to make no sense, terms and uses of words left and right. Fal'cie, Cie'th, Pulse Fal'cie ect, Cocoon, Gran Pulse. It felt like reading the third book in a trilogy where the writer expect you to know everything mentioned.
Game progressed with some nameless dungeons with enemeis I can't remember. Then you get your roles, which are basically "use what the game suggest you should do" with the auto command. Medics can only heal, ravagers can only cast spells, only commanders can use regular attacks. Spells cost no mp and there basically no penalty for leaving the battle in bad shape, status probbed or dead.
The game heals you after battles and if you die you can pick game over and start before you entered the fight.
It was a game of looks but a gameplay so linear... Half the game took place over at some place you couldn't even return to. And the other half was pretty much optional. You could just run all the way, and you see these large "gods" that you can't even kill.
I played through it, fixed the highest rank of the "quests" and leveled my characters to the max level. I still haven't felt the urge to replay this.

[Cosmos]

Oh, I still love FF games. 4, 6, 7, and 9 are great. Even 10 grew on me, a little like a fungus, but it was there.

Let's not forget how you lost your life to FF11 for like 2 years or so. <<

Personally, I love 13 and I hope the second one will be worth playing. (awaits the omfgwtfruinsane!? comments)

[HobomasterXXX]

Not insane. You just like corridors a lot, I guess.

[Cosmos]

<<...You mean...those things that are in most games? Yeah, I guess so. =/

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

No, just the stuff that's IN final fantasy 13. Where you get corridors even in open spaces.

[Prpl_Mage]

Even the dungeons were basically "run straight ahead".

FFX had the same time of linnearity, but at least you could return to those places.
And there were towns, there are neither towns nor NPCs in 13. None that you can interact with.

[Cerebus]

Even FF1 was less linear!
Haven't played FFXIII, but heard/read enough to not want to play. Never liked FFX. Won't try XII either and XI... no, just no. Same with XIV.
No world travel by Airship is not fun for me. I just loved being able to wander around the World, sometimes finding "secret" spots, etc. Seems like something all FF's past IX lacks. Haven't played them all, but that's what I've heard/read. Maybe the story's good and all, but meh...

[HobomasterXXX]

<<...You mean...those things that are in most games? Yeah, I guess so. =/

Yeah but FFXIII is a corridor simulator compared to most games. I don't think Square even have a level designer. They probably fired him so they could spend more money on giving that Vanille person the most annoying voice known to man.

[SaiKar]

Let's not forget how you lost your life to FF11 for like 2 years or so. <<

Two years is very generous >_>

[Zerlina]

Personally I'd prefer long corridors to the wide open endless deserts of FFXII.

[Fortet]

Personally I'd prefer long corridors to the wide open endless deserts of FFXII.

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