Final Fantasy XIII-2 Is a Bad Idea: Reasons Why

Product-Reviews writes: It has been suggested recently that Square-Enix are looking to do a follow up to Final Fantasy XIII, with a possible FFXIII-2 title. It is merely ideas from Square-Enix at the moment, but we and probably the majority of FF fans hope they are joking.

We really think Square-Enix should scrap the idea completely and start fresh on a Final Fantasy title which is closer to either FF7, FF8 or FF9 – the three games which are considered their finest work yet.

[MaideninBlack]

Final Fantasy XIII was a bad idea.

[wat634]

I don't think it was that bad, but it didn't feel like the original final fantasies at all.

[Redrum059]

was better then ff13.... why make a ff13-2

ok im not gonna lie guys, i loved ff12.
12, 10, and crystal chronicals (gamecube) were the only ones i've ever played... and ofcaurse ff13 that is :/

please dont judge

[DORMIN]

Reasons Why:

1: FF XIII Sucked.

(It wasn't thaaat bad, but still underwhelming for an FF IMO)

[Millah]

Squaresoft merging with Enix was a bad idea.

Damn you Spirits Within! If you didn't bomb so bad, none of this would have ever happened, and Sakaguchi would still be there making awesome FF titles.

[squallheart]

Spirits within was good, It was the fanboys that caused it to fail complaining oh it doesnt have summons its not FF. Advent Children to me was more of a failure and i love ff7. The story and sequences were a mess compared to spirits within. Sakaguchi did a great job directing, to bad he was the one who had to take the fall and to bad he hates the president of sony or he would be making games for them.

[midgard229]

ff12 was horrid, it rewarded u for not playing (gambit system)

also the main character wasnt even the main character, and it was SO ugly. i hated 12. liked 13, wasnt the best but wasnt bad, people just expected WAY to much. if ffx-2 existed i dont see why not ffxiii-2

[FACTUAL evidence]

FFvs13.....why would they make ff13-2? SMH......SE lost it.....I miss SquareSoft.

[Imperator]

I never even finished this game since I moved on to BC2 and GoWIII. Is the story worth finishing?

[Eddy223]

YES. i mean some poepl might disagree, but its really good.
idk most people just didnt like the gameplay..

[Myst]

lol thought I was the only one, I am sitting on Chapter 11? Or something tried playing multiple times, but just didn't get back into it.

[hazbaz]

"In Square Enix's guide book Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have an interview regarding to possible future development of FFXIII.

* There were plans for another open ended area called Seventh Ark, which offers quest based game play and free battles
* The Seventh Ark never made it to the game because they did not have time to reach the level of quality they want
* Kitase wanted to create something to allow players to further understanding the story of FFXIII, such as more details in the Fabula Nova Crystalis mythology
* He also wanted to show something that would not even be in FF Versus XIII and Agito XIII
* Toriyama said he wanted to continue the story of FFXIII where Lightning will have a happy ending
* Whether or not this happens, will depend on fan reaction
* Kitase mentioned that the next title will incorporate things that they weren't able to do in FFXIII, like DLC"

[CimmerianDrake]

Their plans for Seventh Ark were hindered due to level of quality? Gee, I wonder why? /s

* Whether or not this happens, will depend on fan reaction

-Pffft, SE have NEVER listened to their fans. They'll make this game just because. And if they DID listen to their fans, FFXIII would be a very different game to begin with, but this FFXIII-2 would not even be considered.

* Kitase mentioned that the next title will incorporate things that they weren't able to do in FFXIII, like DLC

-Not believing it. They said there would be DLC for FFXIII and they scrapped it. They had no legitimate reason for scrapping it unless they realized that no amount of DLC would fix the crap that FFXIII is.

SE continue to circle the toilet bowl.

[XANDEO]

Id say 6,7,8,9 and 10 was the golden era, also i think FFXIII-2 is a good idea, i mean cant they just get another team to make it as most the ground works there and just right the wrongs of the first title? just get better direction this time and you may see more smiles on peoples faces this time round (even though i did enjoy it, but not on the usual FF scale of epicness).

[Gandalf]

Will there be towns?

[albel_nox]

Please disregard this article when considering whether or not to make a sequel to Final Fantasy 13. Contrary to what the author thinks he does not speak for all die hard Final Fantasy fans. I would love a sequel to Final Fantasy 13.

[Malice-Flare]

Sazh...

[Nugundam0079]

The cosby show!

[wat634]

A part of me says yes, the other, meh.

[Sigh]

I want Square Enix to make a new franchise just like how last gen we got Kingdom Hearts, a popular successful series. Make a new franchise from one of the main teams there. Stop making sequels.

[xxchicago33xx]

Or bring back the Secret of Mana series....I would love some co-op RPGs

[zero_gamer]

Or make a new Chrono game. All the remakes you (Square-Enix) took a piss on should be an indicator that your fans wanted a Chrono game. Get it?

[CimmerianDrake]

They won't make a new Chrono game because the Chrono remake for the DS didn't sell enough for them. If I find the link I'll try and post it, but they said there wasn't enough demand for it.

Again, gee I wonder why. All they did was essentially port Chrono Trigger to the DS.

Man SE is stupid.

[thelifatree]

They did Two that got rated highly TWEWY which was part of the kingdom hearts team and jupiter, Chaos Rings though that wasn't one of their main teams.

And they've done a lot of games not with their main teams. (some good and some bad).

[CimmerianDrake]

Yeah, but they're handhelds. Not exactly catching real attention.

[BlackBusterCritic]

Anything would be better than FF13. Go ahead Square.

[helghast102]

FFXIII was a GREAT game.
Give us more XIII!

[Shoko]

Square, do something better with your time - like The World Ends With You 2. Put it on the 3DS. Kthxbai.

[dgroundwater]

Who disagreed with this genius? The best thing Square has done this gen is The World Ends With You and you don't want it?

[Shoko]

^Amen my brotha. That has to be my favorite handheld games this gen. the game was pure genius.

[gamingisnotacrime]

if one does not like it, dont buy it. If i were an executive at SE, i would say go ahead, at least 3 million will take the bait

[Quietpower10]

But as of now, please put your main focus on Versus XIII.

[thelifatree]

AKA the Final Fantasy X Team

Not Nomura's. They're different teams anyways. (though Nomura does everything)

[colossi16]

I've recently got a platinum for the game. I finished all the missions and everything, but still want a little more. They should release extra dlc, throw everything they had on the table and work on another game, because games these days take forever to develop.

[Redempteur]

i agree ..FF13 flow isn't in the auto in the battle system , nor in the levels ...but in the fact that you don't know your characters THAT well even after playing so long ..

you're supossed to be in that huge world yet after the end , i don't know the characters that well

character develloppement was lacking

[unknown100]

OFF-Topic

imagine if they decide to reboot the series! We will have to wait a decade for FFIV

Ich liebe Deutschland!!! BTW anyone from Germany??

[thelifatree]

they reboot it after every mainline game >_>. Not counting the FFIV, FF7, FFX-2, FFXII sequals. And FFXI,and FFXIV (they're in the same world).

[helghast102]

You spelt iifa with an "L" there...
Edit: nope, just ran it through google, that's an L for sure. :P

[thelifatree]

eh, whatever. So I did. You were completely unrelated to the topic.

[UnSelf]

lol

[Godmars290]

How do you re-boot something that by its own tradition is set within different worlds that happen to have connecting elements such as Chocobos, summons and Cid? Anything without most of them, Cid can most certainly be skipped, wouldn't be a FF game.

Also as I keep saying Final Fantasy is about a definitive world saving quest. Making an RPG franchise where you embark on a quest to save the same world has no right to be called FINAL. That's why a FF MMO makes me scratch my freaking head.

[Newtype]

Wow, that game would fail hard.

[Shoko]

Unless it had a new battle system, and REAL character customization....and towns.

[MMFGaming]

Final Fantasy VIII is their best work?

Really?

[No FanS Land]

didn't read the article but FF8 is about the top 3 "fantasy" final fantasy square has done.

The one problem that crippled FFVIII was its unbalanced junction and battle system, you could finish the game by summoning GF's over and over, except at the battle against Adel, damn she was one annoying bitch.

[Redempteur]

The other problem about FF8 was the stupid pacing making me unable to care about the story ..oh and the flashbacks served little to no purpose.

oh and the orphenage event was stupid

[No FanS Land]

not the orphanage! I hated this part! But this FF didn't try to be american though.

[Redempteur]

ff13 didn't try to be american ..

They just wanted to speed up the battle system .. and it worked ..

[BillOreilly]

I would love a sequal on pulse or a prequal of the war between pulse and cocoon that would be dope. Add towns for sure but a prequal would be new characters and give a chance expand the mythology of the world. Overall it was a good story and universe with good characters it was just missing the filler(towns and npc's)to expand it and break up the action.

[Eddy223]

i think its a good idea, i mean who knows maybe theyll add all those towns and such most people wanted?
i mean ff13 wasnt bad at all
it was just a let down for some because it was linear
ff13-2 might not be?

[256bit]

seriously why do ppl say FFX was great? it was ok but not great.

FF9 now that was a GREAT ff game.

[djl3485]

FF IX is one of the best and most underrated of the FFs, loved the throwback to the old-school fantasy setting.

FF X was good, people consider it great because it was the first FF on the PS2 +better graphics, voice acting, etc.

As for FF XIII horrible story, horrible voice acting, linear. Only thing it had going for it was it's technical (graphics) achievement and the innovating battle system.

[Coolmanrico]

Personally I loved X alot more than IX. Anyway, I don't mind an XIII-2 becuase I'm one of the fan who liked XIII.

[Eddy223]

oh and also... PS3 exclusive only
to be able to have open world
and common, its sold WAY more on the ps3
seriously

[bigbubba139]

Here's a random idea. Just give the fans of the series what they want. A remake and sequel of the "best FF games".. Call it an HD collection and slap a price tag on it. Granted it's easier said than done transitioning from PS1 - PS3 than PS2. That way if you do this though we'll all be happy and stop talking about it for awhile. Then while you do this you can just actually think of something really mind blowing. I'm personally waiting for Versus XIII and Kingdom Hearts III. Hopefully one day those will come out eventually.

[bigbubba139]

Threads of fate remake or sequel? I think that'd be pretty sick!

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Meh, I just want Versus XIII.

[jc48573]

I don't mind a sequel just as long as it's better.

[MyUS_ARMY_CPTRespect]

It's so-so FFXIII If FFXIII-2 need new one stat system and world map LOL give u reseason Good?

[BannedForNineYears]

I don't see how you guys can say FF13 was such a bad game and say it's better than FF12 but not even mention FF10-2. ~_~
FF13 = GOLDEN when compared to FF10-2.

[PSK22]

Square Enix has officially lost their mind........smh

Just wanted to include, while I thought Final Fantasy XIII was not that bad of a game, why in the world would SE want to make a sequel to it, they have not even finish FF Versus XIII. Also just go towards putting up Final Fantasy XV. Final Fantasy XIV I'm skipping and I'm not interested.Also if you are going to make a new FF, make them like how VII, VIII and IX was. FF XIII was a cool idea for awhile with a few previous FF references. but after a while you start to realize its not the same like the old ones.

[jokia005]

will be waste of time and money.
now they'd better focus on FFv13.

[ALICE666]

ROFL look at half the fanboys here STILL gripping onto S-E with dear life praying for a good game! When will they learn its probably never gonna happen... not while Wada is still around anyways... How can anyone seriously still buy into their hype!! they have already destroyed every good franchise they have!

R.I.P. Squaresoft, Secret of Mana,Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Xeno(series), and Front mission.

[HereticDan]

yes they clearly can't make a good game. After all Final Fantasy 13 was universally despised by the entire fanbase which is well known for not suffering from a nostalgia filter and not at all being divided simply because one Final Fantasy game is so different from the next. It certainly isn't as if Final Fantasy 13 got a near perfect from the most respected video game publication in Japan,(1) or was given positive reviews by nearly every video game journalism agency or magazine actually worth a damn (2) and it certainly wasn't the fastest selling Final Fantasy game of all time (3).

1 : http://finalfantasy-xiii.ne...
2* Summarised in a nice table here at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
3: http://au.xbox360.gamespy.c...

[R_aVe_N]

I pretty much stopped buying Final Fantasy games after 10. They have been pretty bad since then. My last hope is Verses, but I am not really holding my breath anymore. Unless they gives those guys complete freedom it will turn out just like XIII did. Very lack luster, and not worth the money. I am one of the biggest FF fans you will ever see, and even I stopped buying this trash.

[interrergator]

i hope they dont take another 50 years to make this one i had to wait for 13 awhile

[cygnuszero]

There was really no need to make the first XIII.

[TheCagyDies]

I want it because it will have more of Sazh, Snow, and Lightning.

[VandimionX]

FFXIII was a fun game.