The Final Fantasy XIII series has finally come to close with the recent release of the novella epilogue in Japan. Continue Play uses the occassion to look back at the original Final Fantasy XIII, a game that many have called "the worst Final Fantasy/worst JRPG/root of all evil". But heavily problemed as it may be, it isn't all bad.
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Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."
FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.
I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.
I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.
i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.
i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.
but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.
but i like 13-2 more :)
i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy
XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!
I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.
Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5
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not the worst games i've played
ff13 one of the best ff I've played I remember all the hate it got, but with terrific gameplay, stunning graphics and music, good story and voice acting, cool bosses apart from the that barthandalous it was a riveting 70h game
Still sucks/10 :D
It sucks.
I remember I was very disappointed with the demo for Final Fantasy XIII-2 but given the right price I guess I'll try out and give the final fantasy 13 saga a chance. After all, Final Fantasy 12 for ps2 was given a very bad rep when it first came out but unsurprisingly it is now considered a cult classic amongst old-school Squaresoft Final Fantasy fans.
FF XII taught me the lesson of not solely relying on "professional" reviews to play a game. I put in over 70 hours into Final Fantasy 12 back in 2009. I think it is one of the most underrated Final Fantasy games of all time, so Final Fantasy 13 may very well be suffering the same case of Media degradation and hatred.