Forum Overview :: Final Fantasy XIII
 
Winning, verdict: not unless you already like this kinda shit by Noi Dau Don 04/16/2010, 1:09pm PDT
Love the characters, love the scenery porn, love the battle system, everything else is a mess and we can only hope that Versus redeems this tunnel-vision entry into the FF ranks.

I mean, FFX was hell of on rails, but at least once you hit Luca by hour 5 or 6 you could go back and forth on the rails. FF13 is on one-way rails. Character development: on rails, with a strict stop timetable. Plot: rails. World: rails. Equipment: rails. Upgrades: so strictly limited they might as well be on rails. I can't recommend this as a game at all. It's an anime where you can't see the next episode until you personally direct the boss battle.

As an anime it's gorgeous and the characters are interesting, but it's no Darker Than Black - which I mean sincerely, there is no fuckin Titanic Badass whose dominance on the battlefield makes his exploits the more satisfying. You are really stuck watching your characters be Just Good Enough for the whole game, and that's fucking annoying. On my last FFX playthrough I was doing Challenge Mode Auron for a while (i.e. Auron is the only character in your party), and while it takes some grindan, it's certainly possible to finish the entire game that way. You don't have a prayer of finishing FF13 in any way other than the one scripted by the game (3 characters in party, dps/tank/support, etc.)

Also there is just NO REASON for the entire crystarium not to be available for each character right off the bat. It's just inconceivable why this isn't the case. It's not like it would be at all practical to grindan through to the 8k cp necessary to ding a single final-stage-of-role-development upgrade when you're getting 30cp a battle in the early stages, BUT AT LEAST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION.

Even Cid Raines: International Hottie irritates me because he has so little backstory. Really, all of these characters have next to no backstory, so while they're cool, we never get a sense of them coming from anywhere or going to anywhere except for possibly Lightning and Hope. Just ugh what a wasted opportunity, what an unsatisfying experience overall. X2 with better graphics and fewer (WAY fewer, like 0) minigames.

I kind of want to do a replay just so I can see if better-managed weapons upgrades make a difference and also to finish all the marks - so it's not as bad as X2 on that front, because I never finished X2 at all. But it's still hell of lame on every non-graphical level.

Fuck it, I'll just play 12 again.
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NDD plays FF13: the first hour and a half. by Noi Dau Don 03/10/2010, 9:32am PST NEW
    Black people telling them it's ok to call out fictitious black people as cliches NT by Stuff White People Like 03/10/2010, 10:49am PST NEW
        Yeah, no matter what I'm wrong. by Noi Dau Don 03/10/2010, 11:11am PST NEW
    Save all your component loot. Also - Positive! by Fortinbras 03/10/2010, 11:27pm PST NEW
        LOL Milli Vanilli NT by Morons everywhere 03/11/2010, 4:00am PST NEW
    Hour 9 by Noi Dau Don 03/12/2010, 11:58am PST NEW
        A bishounen appears. by Noi Dau Don 03/13/2010, 11:10am PST NEW
            Sorry, I can't shut up about this. The bishounen SPOILERS by Noi Dau Don 03/13/2010, 3:34pm PST NEW
                I knew it. by Fortinbras 03/13/2010, 3:38pm PST NEW
                    Oh, did you want to have a discussion about bishounen technicalities? by Noi Dau Don 03/13/2010, 4:14pm PST NEW
                        I...I guess? NT by Fortinbras, terribly confused 03/13/2010, 5:01pm PST NEW
            Re: A bishounen appears. by motherfuckerfoodeater 03/13/2010, 4:53pm PST NEW
    Hour 28: we finally get to play the fucking game by Noi Dau Don 03/30/2010, 12:10pm PDT NEW
        Did it ever get better? by Lizard_King 04/07/2010, 9:40am PDT NEW
            Depends on what you mean by better. by Noi Dau Don 04/07/2010, 2:35pm PDT NEW
                RIPLEY NT by Noi Dau Don 04/07/2010, 2:36pm PDT NEW
                Ah, thanks. by Lizard_King 04/07/2010, 2:48pm PDT NEW
        fanart that ISN'T gay? what is going on here? NT by Sword of Justice 04/07/2010, 5:50pm PDT NEW
            A Brief Explanation Of A Seconary Foundation Of Yaoi by Noi Dau Don 04/07/2010, 6:15pm PDT NEW
                Fat, unattractive, single woman who lost only man fantasizes about dreamy boys NT by The summary 04/08/2010, 10:49pm PDT NEW
                    I want you to know: this brings me no joy. But you asked for it. by Noi Dau Don 04/09/2010, 12:16am PDT NEW
                        Isn't this the plot to Naruto? NT by Entropy Stew 04/09/2010, 10:01am PDT NEW
                    That's not fair. That's not fair at all. NT by Souffle of Pain 04/11/2010, 1:00am PDT NEW
                        we recently caused some people on this site to lose their shit NT by Sword of Justice 04/12/2010, 1:41am PDT NEW
                            Re: we recently caused some people on this site to lose their shit by Noi Dau Don 04/12/2010, 3:31am PDT NEW
                                Spinster still struck with incurable craving for cock, won't kill herself NT by the summary 04/16/2010, 1:57pm PDT NEW
    Winning, verdict: not unless you already like this kinda shit by Noi Dau Don 04/16/2010, 1:09pm PDT NEW
        Alternatives by Lizard_King 04/17/2010, 5:01am PDT NEW
            I DON'T HAVE A DS OR A PS3 THERE I SAID IT by Noi Dau Don 04/21/2010, 11:47am PDT NEW
                I will mail you a DS lite by Lizard_King 04/21/2010, 4:40pm PDT NEW
                    let's play some tin pin NT by Sword of Justice 04/21/2010, 5:56pm PDT NEW
                    JUST SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS NT by Charity Man 04/21/2010, 6:14pm PDT NEW
                        I forgot about this shit NT by Lizard_King 04/21/2010, 6:21pm PDT NEW
                    O-oh my god LK thanks but by Noi Dau Don 04/21/2010, 7:56pm PDT NEW
 
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