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"Final Fantasy XIII is a loooooooooong game that is best experienced in large chunks of play. Before you purchase it-and you will not be able to complete it during a rental period-be sure to speak with your loved ones and pre-explain your social disengagement for a couple of weeks. "
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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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Everyone I know got this on PS3...even Xbox 360 owners! I'm not into JRPGs but I've heard it has a slow start...
SLOW is the understatement mate, one of the reviewers for a major print media house here in Aust said he was into double figure before the game began to take off, and only for the fact he 'had' to do the review, he would have dropped it long ago, he did it on both the PS3 and the 360 ..
its not slow, in fact it starts out incredibly fast paced... Its just that you don't know what the hell is going on..
I like the game, but I find its just one endless dungeon crawl.
A reviewer on a podcast described the battle system as 'sublime'. I really can't think of a better word. It's one of the best RPG battle systems I've ever come across.
I personally love the game, it deserves the FF name every bit of the way.
Did I have my gripes yeah, but hell of course every single one I had my gripes about.
Is the best one i've played, nope, but I saw where the creators wanted to go w/it finished or not.
The battle system is fun and does jump you in with the heightened mood of the music, and switching paradigms.
The item shop is really clever put into the little orbs. I would of at least liked to go out of my way to explore some cities of Cocoon, wether it be for exploration or just a plot junction point.
I really give the game an 8.5 in my opinion. I hope SE really tries to put some of that great lore back into the game the we are so used to enjoying.
If you liked it cool, if not cool, maybe it wasn't your cup of tea.