Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a Cruel Joke, What is Square Enix Thinking?

PSLS writes: "After five years of consumers waiting patiently, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIII in late 2009. Its timing couldn’t have been more appropriate: current generation consoles were struggling with an RPG drought as developers turned to handhelds for less risk and a large mobile market in Japan. But if any series could bring the classic feeling of adventuring through a beautiful world with a vast array of interesting characters, it would have to be none other than the legendary Final Fantasy. Unfortunately, Final Fantasy XIII‘s release didn’t satisfy many people, and Japanese forums were flooded with disappointment within days of its release. Even with this negative reception, Square Enix has announced a sequel named Final Fantasy XIII-2, and as many are, we’re extremely confounded."

[decimalator]

They are falling on their sword...

[the_kutaragi_baka]

Square has sucked for a few years already.

FF XIII with a 83 Metacritic, which is extremely low for a main FF game and heck FF XII had a 92 on metacritic. lol

[N4SIR]

12 was a sweet game! waaaaaaaaaaaay better than 10!

[JoySticksFTW]

"what's SE thinking?"

They're thinking that they no longer want our business.

I can't judge this game just yet, since I didn't play it. But I won't be getting it day one like I used to do for Squaresoft games.

I'll wait for other gamers to buy it first and tell me it's worth the purchase (not "professional" reviewers who don't need to pay for it)

[slayorofgods]

Square Enix just doesn't get it... Its too bad, Final Fantasy used to be one of my favorite series.

[coolfool]

I'm not sure why there is such a myth as to the reason behind FFXIII-2. Regardless of metacritic score, FFXIII sold. It sold well. Those numbers alone justify (from a business standpoint, not artistic) another iteration.

[x5exotic]

12 is muuuch better than 10 lol, and 13 was good

[xer0]

They are simply maximizing the return on their return on investment.

FF13 cost them a bomb... and with recent games receiving luke warm reception - they have no other choice.

[AriesFury]

This has a lot to do with Sony being involved

[joinsideke]

How the mighty have fallen. This is a great read.

[NeoBasch]

Please, they have no idea what they're talking about. The east loved the game from the moment of its release. Recent polls have put Final Fantasy XIII as the best game of all time by both readers and magazines (Famitsu). You may disagree, but I have a feeling America's just having a knee-jerk reaction because they think JRPG's are behind the times, and look to their own studios like Bioware and Bethesda for supposedly "great" RPG's. I can't believe everyone's still bitter over this.

[joinsideke]

I understand where you're coming from. Different areas have different tastes, and that certainly plays a large part in title released- especially as the publisher has to cater to whichever audience they feel is more important. However, I don't know if anyone can really deny Squeenix's downhill spiral. Not even their sales can prove differently…

[N311V]

Interesting to know.

Personally I didn't see what all the compliants were about.

I'll admit I didn't find the characters in XIII all that great.

Apart from that though this felt like a typical FF game, excellent graphics and sound, good story, tactical combat (I pretty much never used auto-attack) and no more linear than those I've played in the past.

[NeoBasch]

I can deny it and will. Granted, would I prefer more artsy games like Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, or Valkyrie Profile? Hell yes, but the Final Fantasy series has been doing just fine with the exception of XIV, which has tanked in both sales and quality but they still have an opportunity to fix it, though I'm sure it will never be popular despite any increase in quality.

And the truth is, SquareEnix is doing just fine. They've been supporting the PSP more so than any other developer: Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection, The Third Birthday, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions, Final Fantasy Type-0, Disidia Final Fantasy/Duodecim, and Valkyrie Profile Lenneth.

They gave us some pretty nice remakes and originals on the DS, too many to list (but I have to mention at least the Final Fantasy IV remake and a little game called The World Ends with You). SquareEnix definitely still has it in 'em. Maybe it's just that SE casuals jump on board for the occasional release thinking its okay to say the end is near because Final Fantasy XIII represents the entirety of SquareEnix, despite the fact that they've been releasing a ridiculous amount of quality software as of late.

If anything, Square has slightly improved from their PS2 days, with the only notable titles being Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, Dragon Quest VIII, Valkyrie Profile 2, and the Kingdom Hearts series. During that time, they also released a plethora of ports on the GBA, PSP, and a brief cash-in on the DS with Final Fantasy Fables (the one with the chocobo. I guess people forgot about the abysmal Unlimited Saga and Dawn of Mana, and how Crystal Chronicles dropped the ball. Let's not forget the horrid Dirge of Cerberus either.

Nah, you're right, it's over for Square. /s

[RedDead]

As a fan of square, I hate FFXIII. Other than that, their other games have been good, although they have fallen imo, compared to what they used to be. A shell of their former selves anyway

[morganfell]

In some ways, I have to cast my lot with Neobasch and Scottis as well. I actually enjoyed FFXIII and I am looking forward to 2. My main issue is with the silence regarding Versus. If the game turns out to be what some hope then it will be wonderful to watch them act as if Square "suddenly" got it right when they have been getting it right all along. A legion of current fans counters any claim to the contrary.

I also enjoyed Neobasch's comment regarding Western RPG devs. ME2 was anything but a RPG. Perhaps that is the concern of the audience with the complaints. Too much RPG from Square and not enough blow this or that up. Because in a RPG comparison between FFXIII and games like ME2...well there really isn't a RPG comparison.

From a sales standpoint Square has to be shaking their heads and looking at some people with a wry grin. The most vocal complainers might be a bit miffed to realize they are actually in the minority of SE's attention. There is an entire world out there. SE will likely try to institute some changes based on the negative feedback but the truth is the most angst ridden might as well jump now because they aren't driving the train.

And the fact is Metacritic, when compared to sales, is hardly going to matter in the big picture. Only people like Peter Molyneux lose sleep over such issues.

[Tru_Ray]

You make an excellent point NeoBasch. The lower metacritic score that FFXIII received can be attributed to changing tastes of the western gaming media. With the popularity of WoW, Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Mass Effect, the western gaming media has become disenchanted with the JRPG genre and has been clamoring for guns, an open world, and 3rd person shooting mechanics to appear in a JRPG.

Don't get me wrong, I think that the above-referenced games are cool and have arguably progressed the genre in interesting and novel ways, but the continual barrage of sweeping generalizations regarding the declining quality of JRPGs have reached ridiculous levels of hyperbole.

IMO Valkyria Chronicles and Demon's Souls are on equal footing with any RPG that has emerged from the west this generation.

For those of you are mystified by why there is a sequel to FFXIII perhaps you should check the sales data, which would reveal that it has been a commercial success.

It really isn't that hard to figure out.

Tru

[Ludakriss]

=) "I can't believe people are still bitter over this". Great phrase to use and I can think up of a reason why. With Final Fantasy being an exclusive it almost felt like the MONEY factor was ignored and rather only embraced the artistic, the high fantasy and a truly great story. So when we keep hearing the words BUSINESS DECISION I think it kinda ruins it for people.

It's like - We know, we know...just stop saying it xD

[Snakefist30]

Sony needs to buy Square!!!

[Prototype]

And fire Wada

[NeoBasch]

All that is still there, but what you say is true. Just be careful when you go about this site speaking the truth. The community seems to have sad little virgin ears.

[doctorstrange]

It's way cheaper for them to reskin an old game with a few minor achievements then actually go back and start from scratch and actually make something good.

Same with MW3. Not with BF3.

Luckily MW was a great game, so the reskinning means that the new MW's are only mildy crap.

[darthawesome90]

Funny that you mention Call of duty: Modern Warfare. Squeenix said that was their inspiration for XIII (linear corridors among others).

I hope they are not reskinning XIII because XIII was major crap.

[T3mpr1x]

Oh man I hope they never said that, and that you're being sarcastic right now haha...ha?

[Sevir04]

actually! everyone who has had hands on time with the game at E3 said the game has completely remedied FF13's failures in every possible way! I'm actually excited for 13-2. IGN gameinformer and a few other reputable journal sites reported that the linearity is gone and exploration and wonder has been broght back! I cant wait to play this sequel.

[DaTruth]

That's what I heard too and I was getting excited; then I see this!

I'm wondering if this guy actually played the game at all, since the hands-on articles actually have details of the E3 demo and not just general complaints about perceived gameplay mechanics and what the game will be lacking that was included in the E3 demo!

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

I read the same and watched a few previews for it already. It looks improved. They confirmed towns this time as well. So I think I'll give it the benefit of the doubt here.

[Prototype]

I learned my lesson believing what SE says about "fixing" games; If it's not bargin-binned within 4 months I'll redbox it first to see what "changes" they put in to fix from 13.

[Lifewish]

I played the game at E3 and saw nothing that special about it IMO.

[Optical_Matrix]

Everyone who's played it, has said how much of an improvement it is over FFXIII. My friends who've played it said the same thing too. People just need to stop this hate campaign. It's more annoying than the hate MW3 is getting.

[BigWoopMagazine]

I've played it, and I do not agree. Guess I'm not everyone. And no, I won't stop the hate, because it's simply terrible. The paradigm system is the most terribly monotonous system ever - zero strategy, just tape your x button down on turbo mode and you can beat most of FFXIII, and everything in the FFXIII-2 demo too.

[Redempteur]

untrue ..there are plenty of moment were the game forces you to have another setup of paradigms ..the "zero stratégy argument" is retarded

[maddfoxx]

-There are no playable summons in XIII-2 (Odin might be an exception).

-XIII-2's story seems pretty bad. Developers talk about the games story like it's magnificent but it just seems outlandish and. . . BAD!

-There are no limitbreak-like attacks. Quick time events wont make up for this.

-The battle system was left unchanged. Seriously, increasing the stagger bar and breaking a enemy isn't much of a strategy at all. Instead of adding a easy option they should have added a hard option instead. XIII is the easiest game in the series.

-Only two playable characters with the stupid decision to use enemies as the third party member. I know that I dont care about Serah. . Noel just seems like the male version of Fang with some Tidus thrown in. Didn't the devs say that Fang was originally a male? Mmmm

- NO LIMIT BREAKS.

- This game is holding Vs. XIII back from release. Square saying that different teams are working on the two games is a confirmed lie!

-The Anomaly System is a terrible excuse for a mini game. Lets hope they added more.

I'm not excited for this game at all, but I'll play it anyway, just to see if the improvements were worth it. I plan to buy it used from gamestop so SE wont see the profits. SE spited all of their fans, now I think that its time that we return the favor.

[welle]

no summons for Serah only...two characters only at beginning. battle system ists cool,,,,
dont play it if you dont like it...I LIKE IT:D

[Redempteur]

you mention limit break twice.. just bear in mind that not much FF games have limit break attacks( or similar ).. it looks like you're just complaining on something else than FF13-2

[maddfoxx]

@welle

Devs said that Summons wont be usable because fal'cie no long exist. Lighting still has Odin because she is in some other dimension. Plus, a lack of a TP bar pretty much confirms that they aren't coming back. I admit I jumped the gun on the two character thing. There might be more. . . I hope so. I just hate that they think the whole playable monster thing is a good idea. Over 200 playable monsters they say? Please, over half of those monsters were reskins of each other.

@Redempteur

Limit break type attacks have been consistently added to FF games since FF VI. We've seen them in 7 (limit breaks), 8 (limit breaks), 9 (Trance forms), 10 (over drives), 12 (Quickening attacks). Sure, in XIII each character has a special move, but it just isnt the same. Yes, I listed Limit breaks twice, but you disagreed with me and then failed to acknowledge the OTHER SIX POINTS that bother me about this game.

[BubbleSniper]

limit breaks have been around since Final Fantasy 6(III)

you had to be at low health for them to trigger.

Final Fantasy VII made it so you could actually access their use.

[no_more_heroes]

Well this is completely contrary to what I've been hearing about XIII-2 so far.

[despair]

I'm actually looking forward to it, I think it has some nice new elements and its keeping a lot of what I liked about 13 in it as well. I would rather get versus but I don't mind it at all, probably a day 1 purchase for me like 13.

[welle]

i cant wait for this game...:D I loved and still love ff 13 :D
Its great that there is a sequal :D

[BigWoopMagazine]

By far, miles, and miles, and miles, the Worst RPG I've ever played. Thus, how they're releasing a sequel, and so quickly, is completely beyond me!

[Kee]

Okay, I actually liked XIII. I thought it was a decent game.
However.
I do not think it was as much of a commercial success as it could have been, so it isn't business smart because the gamers don't want the game. And to add to that point, anyone who did like final fantasy XIII, did they feel satisfied with the ending? Damn right.
It was a good ending to a good game. Just leave it there or you run the risk of ruining a good story (See FFX-2)

Now, on to the next aspect.

What of FF versus XIII? They announced that first. Shouldn't that logically come out next? have the XIII team help the versus XIII team along with development of what I'm sure will be another good game.
You have enough games on your plate, Square.

We don't want your unplanned get-rich quick schemes in our console.

[ps3alldayeveryday]

Out of all the big companies out there Capcom and Square Enix have been dropping the ball this gen. From Square Enix they need to finish up FFvs13 and Announce KH3. Since they've been re-releasing many FF games they need to redo FF7 for the fans that want it.

[InfamousHero]

I loved Final Fantasy XIII and im definitely looking forward to this one.

[SpaceFox]

I liked it, it was a bit tedious in the beginning but overall it was a fun game. It really wasnt that bad, and it looks like they're improving everything people complained about so what's wrong?

The only thing that seems isn't being changed is the battle system. I'd love to see a return of something like FFX's battle system. They changed the battle system between X and X-2 so why not? XIII's is just way too repetitive.

[Alos88]

I'll give it a try. This is it, though; if this ones sucks they have lost me as a customer (I'll still buy Eidos games though)

[Troll-without-Bridge]

Lame article. Too much rage.

just let the man take his time with the game, life goes on, no need to throw a bitch fit.

[CanadianTurtle]

Things have changed. Square Enix isn't what it used to be anymore. Overtime, things change, and people leave a business. And new people become hired. These new people are ruining SE...

[Foxgod]

When those leave, perhaps we get some people at SE that make interesting games again, and have good ideas.

[adamant715]

The new people just try to change things too much, imo..

[kma2k]

I have been a hardcore Final Fantasy player since relase date of Final Fantasy III, i actually played it yesterday still my favorite in the series, but i am so shocked at how many people had no love for FFXII it is my favorite in the series other than III. I do think had FFXIII added towns with people to interact with, & excluded all the linear first few chapters the game would have been held in such a better regard. I put in over 100 hours into each of the final fantasy games, & i will happily do the same each & every time a new one comes out. Just add some breaks in the action with towns & more people to interact with & they would be fine!

[Foxgod]

Square, they got amazing franchises:
Chrono trigger, Xenogears, secret of mana, ogre battle, etch.

Instead of giving us sequels to those amazing games, they decide to make a sequel for the worst game they ever created.....

And its cool that square wants to innovate in gameplay, but they suck horribly these days at being innovative....
Xenogears, now that was an innovative battle system for its time.

[guitar_nerd_23]

Ahh Xenogears, glorious game :)

I'm not sure they're worthy of making another Chrono game though- they should sell the IP to Mistwalker for cheap, show they have a heart.

[Otheros00]

Westurnize - check
take the stuff they took out form fxiii and call it fxiii-2 - check
made in 2 years when they said it will take FOREVER to make townz in HD - check
doesn't push any systems like past FFs - check
forced continuation of a finished story - check
Justifies a squeal with "wants everyone to be happy" - check

Square just lower the bar again.

[guitar_nerd_23]

"made in 2 years when they said it will take FOREVER to make townz in HD"

That is a damn good point!

[adamant715]

I just wish they'd go back to Kingdom hearts..D:

[Troll-without-Bridge]

They made the best KH this generation. Geez, you guys complain about everything.

[Eamon]

The people who made Birth By Sleep did not make FF13.

Also, the director and creative head of KH series is Tetsuo Nomura and he's a genius. He's also in charge of Versus.

[Abriael]

might want to learn his name before depicting him as a messiah.

Just saying...

[Otheros00]

At least he got his last name right. Nobody calls him by his first name anyways.

[WhiteLightning]

People are just going to get disappointed again

Fool me once Square shame of you, fool me twice shame on me.

Honestly out of the people I know the people who loved FF hated FF13, the ones who don't really play on games that much or the ones who are FF obsessed are the ones who thought it was good.

What bugs me they are going to over exagerate the "improvments" to lure people back in to buy the game again when they've probably not done that much work on it.

I love how the battle system was the main thing which was praised about FF13 and then like a month later people were going "It's crap and boring"......yeah because people don't like button mashing and relying on luck for the entire game.

I think the Crystal Series crap failed and Sqaure need to get people's attention focused back on Versus again....how would they do that, oh I know near the time of release announce that FF13 Versus is actually being renamed into "Final Fantasy 15" a true, main series, game that will hopefully push the franchise forward....don't make it a spin off of a crap game.

[dredgewalker]

I actually loved FF since the PS1, I don't really hate FF13 but I'm utterly disappointed that it's not up to par with the previous FF's. This is the only FF game I didn't finish. Square Enix even butchered Front Mission this gen so I'm really pissed off at them and won't buy anymore SE games. I'm through waiting for their comeback game because as long as Wada is in charge we won't ever see it happening.

[Smokeeye123]

JUST MAKE KINGDOM HEARTS 3!!!

...Seriously though, it's getting pretty ridiculous...An entire generation without a REAL Kingdom Hearts game? Portable and cell=phone games don't count.

[WhiteLightning]

I honestly hope that when they do KH3 they will do a HD collection of every KH game that's been out since KH2 because most people havent bought all the KH handheld games, fist it's on DS, then the PSP, mobile and now the 3DS (which basicaly leads up to KH3). They better put it into one disc for the PS3 so everyone can catch up on the story.

I was lost in KH2 when you woke up from being a sleep and all this talk about Castle Oblivion, I watched the GBA KH chain of memories cutscenes and the story was more enjoyable and made way more sense.......and that was just one handheld game.

[Redempteur]

SO much hate , here .

Anyway i enjoyed FF13 and i'm looking forward to FF13-2.

[Redempteur]

pff pathetic haters ..the only problem with ff13 is that it's just a good rpg and a bad FF ..

i'm alright for a good rpg that tried something new.

The hate of square is so huge. They made some mistakes , yes ..you are crying aloud when they try to correct them !! Heck if they don't change things you are accusing them of not being able to improve or crap like that .

Square still make good games, FF13 wasn't one of them but i see no reason to spite on FF13-2 when they have clearly decided to add things that were missing ( tweaks to the battle system, towns , and actually true quests and multiples endings ).

They are trying to improve their games .. and instead of judging my tastes , you should just play the games that appeal to you . You all fake Rpgs elitists.

i enjoyed FF13 , so what ? the game had flaws but as a rpg it wasn't bad. You all disagrees whould just look at the game ,not if it's better than ff7 or anything else . This hate is ridiculous .

Come on , disagree !! , judge ME .. i'll still have a broader view on the jrpg genre because i'm not limited by the stupid hate you all are carrying.

[NeoMagus]

Have no idea why they refuse to remake Final Fantasy VI, VII or Chrono series. The markets are there. Are they purposely trying to tarnish their brand, not make money?

[NJShadow]

Square Enix needs to stop coming up with these ridiculous "mini sequels" and either put out more full-fledged games, or go ahead already and remake Final Fantasy VII!

[FreydaWright]

All I'm saying is Versus XIII would sell a lot more, and it would be a lot more successful. What the hell is Square thinking?

[Abriael]

Based on what exactly?
because it has "versus" in the title instead of -2?

Lol.

[FreydaWright]

Not at all. It would be more successful because it's a game that's been on a lot of people's wishlist for almost six years now. Every time new footage is shown, or new information is announced, Versus XIII lands itself in the top 10 PS3 preorders on Amazon. Point and case-- a lot of people desire that game, including myself.

[no_more_heroes]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 could be the most perfect of all of man's creations since we came into existence and people would still hate it because XIII was so "unforgivably bad". The only things that I can rightfully say annoyed me (currently playing through it again to get the Treasure Hunter achievement) is how unforgivably stingy it is with giving you gil. Previous complaints I had were just because I wasn't playing it right.

They tried something different, it didn't quite work out the way you wanted it to. DEAL WITH IT.

If you want an old-fashioned, traditional JRPG go play Lost Odyssey on the 360. It has more towns and sidequests than you could dream of.

[Abriael]

Lol. This article is pretty ridiculous. The author simply assumes all on his own that FFXIII-2 will suck simply because he didn't enjoy FFXIII.

Wild assumptions based on thin air (and false information, like the one about FFXIII-2 being linear or not having towns, they already officially said that there *will* be towns) don't decent gaming journalism make. To put it down simply: Lame.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Myself and most of the staff at PSLS played Final Fantasy XIII-2 at E3, and we even attended a private meeting for it. I love the Final Fantasy series and have been playing FFIX and FFXI hardcore lately. If speaking concern is lame to you, then move on.

[Abriael]

Welcome to the club.

You didn't play "Final Fantasy XIII-2", but an extremely limited demo of it that by no way shows what the game will be at release.

Raging and ranting like you've been personally slighted over such a limited experience, and spreading information that has already been proven false (IE: they didn't agresss complaints like lack of villages and linearity) is, indeed, lame.

That's not called "speaking concern". It's called spreading misinformation.

[Hyperbomb69]

nothing but huge dissapointments coming from SE this gen... im about to treat their games like other jrpgs...

[BigDollarZoe954]

I think its a good move to redeem there selfs for all the people that said it was to liner thought it was ok but not there best work

[iNMyFiN4LH0uR]

this article nailed all the concerns with regards to FF and Sqaure Enix

[Pyscho_Mantis]

where da fuck is versus are Sqaure stupid dont they know how much hope that games has going.

[Denethor_II]

Don't blame SE. It's our fault that Japanese developers dumb everything down. Look at the highest selling games.

[kaozgamer]

cmon square needs to stop, take a break, and start again with some fresh ideas.

[CDbiggen]

I'm not trying to defend SE here. Hell, i hate XIII as much as the next guy, but The World Ends With You on DS was an amazing title.

[Darkfiber]

It's games like this that prove some people think games are amazing simply because of the name slapped on it. I'll never get why people still love this series to death and why they are incapable of admitting that there hasn't been a good one in over a decade.

[Jack-Dangerously]

Wow. I love that you think YOUR pathetic bs opinion is fact. How sad...

Welcome back btw. ;)

[buckley]

Final Fantasy XIII is absolutely not a bad RPG at all. It's just not a completely incredible game in a franchise in which they're expected.

FFXIII is a casualty of the success and popularity of the earlier games in the series.

Yes, it's linear for about 30 hours, non-linear for a while, and then linear again at the end. But I enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to FFXIII-2.

So many haters these days.

[tenacious_b]

I liked FFXIII, I just wish it were harder in the beginning. 10, 9 & 7 were the best. hated 12

[dafada]

lol wooooow look at all the hate comments...

am i like the only one that actually enjoyed ff13? i actually platinum trophied the game and i'm looking forward to this game as well. with the lack of rpgs this gen has its best not to be too picky especially when ff13 wasnt as bad as everyone is making it out to be. I mean it was story driven for the most part then you entered pulse and there was A LOOOT of stuff to explore collect and do sooo...kinda opposite of 12 which had the most garbage story ever but and insanely huge world with a lot of side quests and things to explore..

i am more excited for vs13 though :)

[bigjclassic]

EnChant Arms, Fallout 3 or Lost Kingdoms. Each one a blasphemy to the RPG genre (yes, I went there with FO3)

FFXIII story was decent, but it excelled in music and battle system. With slight tweaks here and there to FFXIII ATB system it could be a real good fighting system for future games, it just needs more tweaking.

Each of the 3 games I listed above failed at music and combat completely and one of these games (Fallout 3) was herald as a "GOTY winner" LMAOROTFCOPTER!!

*Fallout 3 is the most broken RPG of all time*

[Hifist1]

I was waiting FFXIII like maniac and it totally dissapointed me. At the moment i couldn't care less about FF -series...

[helghast102]

QQ more
Day 1 purchase
bitchers gonna bitch

[Yangus]

Ok,FFXIII not the best FF-But not crap!!
But i hope FFXIII-2 good jrpg-Towns,side quest,moogle,very good visuals!,40+hours gameplay-More opened areas-

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[Lifewish]

you make no sense at all with this whole little rant of yours. I seriously don't know how I should respond...

Not sure how being a Sony website has anything to do with this.. Final Fantasy XIII released on the PlayStation 3 also and the Final Fantasy series has been releasing on PlayStation consoles for a long time.. so not sure why being a PlayStation site would mean it is all about Uncharted and such.

[Lifewish]

biggest issue here is that instead of focusing on Final Fantasy Versus XIII like they should, Square Enix is giving us XIII-2.. I am fine with XIII-2 even though I hated XIII, but Versus should come first.. Give us Versus, give us Type-0.

[Aarix]

I don't get why people are excited for v13 if they hated 13. Isn't it the same battle system or whatever,

[Deadman_Senji]

Still waiting for Versus.

Fact: More people care about Versus than XIII-2 so why Square? Why? This is a fact! Why do you keep doing this shit?

[Ngai]

Why so much hate.. 13 wasn't bad.. don't lie to yourself, come'on.. this is getting old. Learn to enjoy something.

[Aarix]

If so many people hate ff13 and square now. Why are they excited for versus? Is there some fanboy vibe I'm not feeling

[Butt0n_m4sher]

FF13 is the worst Final Fantasy game. I'd rather play Mystic Quest... End discussion.

[ScubaSteve1]

yochi wada enough said

[CommonCent]

Maybe this time
*puts on sunglasses*
will be the Final Fantasy
YEAH!!!!!

[brish]

I liked Final Fantasy XIII and I am looking forward to Final Fantasy XIII-2.

The user ratings on Metacritic, and IGN shows that the majority of people who played Final Fantasy XIII liked the game.

[JeannyFlameberge]

well, I think the last final fantasy that I like from Square enix is final fantasy 12... but I still don't like the story... I like it because that game is interesting, and there's many of side story and Yiazmat is in that game...