"The demo is a showcase for everything that's changed - and it needed to be..." We spend some time with FFXIII-2 and examine the improvements
Final Fantasy 13 was first introduced to us back in 2009, almost four years after Final Fantasy 12 was released, and fans had been eagerly anticipating the next installment. But when it finally arrived, there were mixed reactions, including complaints about its linearity, the lack of towns and NPCs, and the limited control over the characters. At the time, Square Enix kept its game production behind closed doors and didn't take in a lot of feedback — especially from Western fans.
The game has been revisited by many different Final Fantasy fans since then, and some, like myself, have come to love it again. Almost all staple entries in the series have found their way to modern consoles, so it's about time that the FF13 trilogy gets a remaster
I've been thinking about this. I agree. While I really disliked it at first I never played it again. After hating ff15 so damn much I just think it can't be worse then 15 and if I'm not mistaken atleast it's turn based. I need more of that in my life.
Recently replayed them and I agree a remaster would be great. The complaints about linearity are fair, but they only really apply to the first half of the first game and while I agree that it would've been nice to have proper towns, minigames and subquests, it didn't detract from the intriguing story, interesting characters, tactical gameplay and amazing soundtrack in my opinion.
XIII-2 fixes a lot of the issues of XIII and expands on the story in interesting ways. The combat and progression builds on top of the systems of XIII and the nonlinearity and discoverability of secrets is a big inprovement over the original game. It's easily the best game of the trilogy.
Lightning Returns was probably a bit too experimental for it's own good. It tried to reinvent the wheel for no reason. The solo party for most of the game and the outfit based combat felt like a downgrade over XIII-2 combat system. It does have a unique vibe, but the plot kinda goes off the rails and many of the story beats didn't land as much for me as they did in the first two games. The race against time aspect was an interesting idea, but it never felt like it mattered, because it wasn't much of a challenge to manage the remaining time even while doing all the subquests.
As we celebrate Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary, let’s look back at the underrated soundtracks of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy.
It's alright but I mean with so many other FF games it's not even in the top 10 for me
You just can't beat IX, VII, X and my personal favourite VIII when it comes to music
Even the theme song sucks, instead of just having an English version of the Japanese theme they got X Factors Leona Lewis to do the song which didn't sound like FF theme song.
I agree, regardless of the general consensus of the game itself, FF rarely lets down when it comes to the music at least.
Modder 'MJB' has released an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Lol no.
That game isnt a phoenix down that will revive the FF series. But FFvs13 might, and if it doesnt. Squares in big trouble.
Everyone will love confidence in them
It is. The demo was great and alot of people enjoyed it. Im improved upon alot of things fans disliked about 13. So im excited about this and i can't wait.
The 3 most important things in a JRPG is:
1.Story
2.Characters
3.Gameplay
And as I read XIII-2 story suck, characters suck and gameplay is the same sh1t like XIII so it's another SE failure and it was expected from the moment it's a sequel to the worst FF ever.
Also I read that sound that it's also one of the most important things in a JRPG also sucks so what's good about this game? the graphics? the videos? that's not enough to make u play and enjoy a JRPG graphics r not even in the TOP 5 for me.
SE must spent less time on graphics and much more on writing a decent script and create some cool non-ridiculous characters, just release this sh1t to flop and move on to Versus already there is ppl who buy a PS3 5-6 years ago just to play this game and they r still w8ing...
With respect to XIII/XIII-2, i think FF Type-0 (and maybe Versus) are the phoenix down that SE needs so bad. After playing Type-0, i felt that this is the way that FF XIII should be. Airship, world map, 14 playable characters with unique skills, RTS element, great story (Cid as the main antagonist? awesome!, reference to asian/chinese myth about war between suzaku-genbu-byakko-seiryu? nice!, and epic ending [well i don't want to spoiler it but it's tragic and Aerith death are nothing to this]). And oh yeah, great music with lots of tribute to Uematsu work (Crystal theme, victory fanfare, etc).
I hope someday Type-0 (or maybe the sequel?) will get an HD console treatment. So everybody who said FF XIII is great, can witness that Type-0 offered more greatness than FF XIII/XIII-2 can give.
Peace out ;)
Right, I used to love Final Fantasy games, mostly for the characters, the setting and the storyline...
FFXIII had none of those, ive played the demo of this game and it's just the same.
I'll stick to the jrpgs on my Galaxy s2 through FPSE thanks.