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Final Fantasy XIII battle, menu, customization screenshots

Shots of Final Fantasy XIII's character growth interface and general menu, as well as a few battle shots.

chidori6665617d ago

http://www.rpgland.com/cont...

"sigh" this is horrible...

the menu is uninspired and simple .

Jerk1205617d ago

Killzone 2 was an uninspired and simple Halo clone, and yet you didn't cry about that.

blitz06235617d ago (Edited 5617d ago )

Forza was an uninspired and simple GT clone, and yet you didn't cry about that.

Oh and unlike you, I'm actually telling the truth. It IS uninspired. 3 releases in 5 years? lol talk about rushing a game

GrandDragon5617d ago

For FF this battle Menu is new and innovative. So to say its uninspired comes off as being ignorant....but I respect I view.

@ Sleipnir

You need to wise up

hatchimatchi5617d ago

"the menu is uninspired and simple"

kinda like this one?

who cares about the menu, lol. good lord, people will find anything to complain about. 9 times out of 10 i'm mashing the X button after a battle so the menu is up for all of 1 second.

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knifefight5617d ago

As if to say "Oh how did I get here I am not good with menu!"

blitz06235617d ago

That 'grid' looks very stylish. But I'm wondering, why is there no MP? I'd think if its going back to its roots and traditions, it's all about HP/MP basics.

Skip_Bayless5617d ago

Meh... The graphics are good but nothing special. Surely an RPG can do better than this.

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ULTIMATE_REVENGE5617d ago (Edited 5617d ago )

Sleipnir is just disappointed that Halo:Reach didn't turn out the way he expected it to be hence why he's crying like a little girl and randomly brought up KZ2 in a FF13 article. He still can't except the fact that KZ2 still looks and plays miles better than any 360 game, Halo game and many other FPS titles.

Let me tell you something BOT! Reach is the best the 360 can offer and it looks like a Wii game so get over it.

Starting next year the 360's finished! good luck next gen MS.

GrandDragon5617d ago

Why is Snow's mouth always open? It makes him look stupid and idiotic. He should be more composed for his stature and strength and less flamboyant.

Everything else is perfect

knifefight5617d ago

Maybe he has sinus problems that make breathing through his nose a little difficult.

hatchimatchi5617d ago

i really wanna buy this game but it'll be such a pain to try to figure things out with japanese text. As long as i can figure out the menu i think i'd be ok till march. I've been hooked on rpg's lately and im excited as hell for this game. Funny too cause last week i couldn't have cared less. I don't even know what the story is about or the name of the girl. lol. I know they'll be selling imports near me so i'll probably snag a copy next week.

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The older it gets, the more I respect Final Fantasy XIII

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."

Einhander1972495d ago

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.

Nyxus495d ago

I always liked this game, and I agree, a rerelease for current gen would be nice.

Shane Kim494d ago (Edited 494d ago )

Gotta take off the nostalgia glasses. It's the worst FF. Shiva as a bike, I mean come on.

Elda494d ago

Shiva as a bike is strange but saying FFXIII is the worst FF is not at all a fact, that's simply your opinion.

Terry_B493d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125494d ago (Edited 494d ago )

When I got my series X a year ago, I bought FF13 for nostalgia reasons but ended up being disappointed. When I first played it around the time it launched, I didn't have a lot of experience with final fantasy games, so I enjoyed it. Fast forward to when I played it again, I found that the game had many unnecessary filler moments instead of just giving us meaningful content.

The game is also very linear and a quote on the article said it best. "It is like a sewage pipe that leads to the ocean until it opens up on Grand Pulse."

The story didn't make much sense either and I believe it is my mistake as I played the FF7 remake on PS5 prior which is a night and day difference in terms of pacing, storytelling and likeable characters even though cloud is aloof.

FinalFantasyFanatic493d ago (Edited 493d ago )

Probably was a mistake to play any of the golden era FFs first (e.g. FF6 through FF10), it makes it harder to enjoy some of the FFs that aren't as good. I think FF12 was where major issues with the series started becoming apparent, and it just got worse from there.

FinalFantasyFanatic493d ago (Edited 493d ago )

I didn't really care for it that much, the only saving grace was that it had a better story than 15 (overall it was better than 15) and possibly 12, and even then, you had to read some of it through primers, like reading a book. Plus the battle system was reasonably fun for what it was, even if it was more the spectacle that was exciting for me (e.g. summoning). And to be fair, the 13 trilogy got better with every games, I still don't like Snow though.

Gamingsince1981493d ago

Ff13 is only good if you haven't played a ff before, or any other games that are decent for that matter.

-Foxtrot493d ago

It is in fact no way the best Final Fantasy game, it's one of the worst

Linear corridors, Cutscene, Fight, Cutscene...rinse and repeat

Dialogue and characters are pretty bad, especially Lightning as the main FF hero, they literally said they tried to make a "Female Cloud" and they failed.

Story was pretty awful

I could go on

I think the only alright thing that came from the game was the music.

Elda493d ago

That's not a fact that's your personal opinion. The game sold 11 million copies between its 2009 release up until 2014 including critically reviewed as an 8 out of 10 or an 80 out of 100. The game does have some issues but it's not at all a fact as one of the worst FF games.

-Foxtrot493d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy492d ago

N4G commenters such as yourself aren't the majority. The game was well received.

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gold_drake495d ago (Edited 495d ago )

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

Eonjay493d ago

Xbox kinda did. Besides the video files of course which are still best on PS3 due to bluray.

Snookies12495d ago

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!

Eonjay493d ago

Totally agree. FF 13 was okay but 13-2 is my favorite FF game ever.

shinoff2183495d ago (Edited 495d ago )

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

KillerB494d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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