"Square-Enix’s latest, true entry in the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XIII, has completely reinvented the series. FFXIII was the first non-MMO in the series to be released on the Xbox 360. Along with the strangeness of it being multiplatform, many gamers were thrown off by how different this title was from previous entries. The lead role in this game is female, which has only been done a few times before (Only in 6 and X-2. Yes, that game exists). She seems to be roughly based off of Cloud as far as her background goes. She is an ex-soldier (no, not SOLDIER from FFVII) but has since started fighting against the government."
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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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wow this guy like this game a little too much
Theres two things that put me off FFXIII.
One was how powerful Fang was. I do not like Fang and in a game which allows you to choose your own party (eventually) it seems redundant. It's like that game says "You can choose your own party now but Fang Lightning and Hope is the best team". I just about managed with my chosen team of Snow, Sazh and Hope but trying to kill turtles with such a team was a constant up hill struggle and i never managed to kill a blue turtle with my team.
And the other thing was the money, i don't understand why farming for money is such a tedious process, you either kill turtles for their platinums or farm perfumes and doing both for long periods becomes boring very fast. It's a shame the game didn't have a money trick similar to FFVIII.
Other than that i did actually enjoy the game. Im a big fan of sci-fi settings in RPGs and some of the areas really blew me away. Nice to see old summons return and some new faces. Nice enemy design and beautiful soundtrack.
Silky smooth graphics :)
Better than Final Fantasy X-2
This game is good. Final Fantasy fan boys are just complaining on what 13 is when they're not really paying attention to the game. 13 as a whole is a pretty good game. Farming is crazy but what RPG isn't? There are some things that are wrong but don't make them seem so major. The battle system is interesting if you look at how exactly works.