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Kitase:FF13-2 lets you change difficulty at any point because players found FF13 too hard

Yoshinori Kitase is the producer of the software is now taking the lead in revealing that players had found Final Fantasy XIII too hard.

To prevent players getting frustrated to keep playing and ultimately let go of the game, it will be possible to switch to "easy" at any time of the adventure...

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Ranma14897d ago

If they let you change the difficulty in any battle...thats quite sad.

Its shows who SE is really trying to target (not their fans)

-Mika-4897d ago

No-one forcing you to change the difficulty so im not seeing how that sad.

Anyway ff13 wasn't even hard and this is coming from a person that rarely finishes jrpg because of the difficulty.

NewMonday4896d ago

i welcome this, FF13 needed to much grinding, and upgrading weapons was very costly.

i wish they would sell double xp and gold accessories online.

Snookies124896d ago

It's just that no Final Fantasy games have had difficulty options. Kind of weird to be doing that now. :\ Takes away from the satisfaction of finally beating that super hard boss. Yunalesca from FFX comes to mind as one of those types, it was quite hard but once you beat it, you have immense satisfaction of finally triumphing.

BDSE4896d ago

@newmonday

People like you are the reason why we get ripped off with DLC and why we get dumbed down gaming experiences.

Trebius4896d ago (Edited 4896d ago )

Its decisions like this that make them stray further and further away from what made them a great gaming company. Kids that dont know how to play a game and complain are getting catered to...but the people that bought millions upon millions of their past titles never had such complaints ...

Going out and seeking the end game secret bosses is going to give no satisfaction when you can just set the difficulty to "Easy mode" and beat it real fast ...

BOOO...

Hisiru4896d ago

Wooow.. so it's becoming even worse? I can't believe they are doing it with the franchise

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Ranma14897d ago (Edited 4897d ago )

This guy HAS to be fired !

http://fc05.deviantart.net/...

As well a toriyama:
“He[Toriyama] also believes that it becomes very difficult to tell a compelling story when the player is given a huge amount of freedom to explore.”

“Toriyama is interested in using first-person shooter games for inspiration rather than other role-playing video games,”

“Toriyama aimed for the game design of the first half of Final Fantasy XIII to play like watching a film. “

source: http://gnvr.co.uk/2012/01/0...

THEY JUST DONT GET IT!

Trebius4896d ago

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!! lol...theyre BLIND. Its like theyre trying to be like the Uncharted franchise ...

THIS ISNT WHAT RPG GAMERS LOOK FOR !!!

FunAndGun4896d ago

I rented FF XIII. After watching cut scenes and hitting X, X, X, X for 5 hours, I returned it. I want to PLAY the game not watch it play itself.

thought it looked great graphically however.

GraveLord4896d ago

Put the difficulty at the hardest then.
Don't know why you're so butthurt about this news. If people find the game too hard they should have the option to make it easier. It doesn't affect you so don't bitch about it.

Capt-FuzzyPants4896d ago

Yea I agree with Mika. Some people may not want the challenge so they play it on an easy mode. I see nothing wrong with that. If you want the challenge then play on the hardest difficulty. No one is forcing you to do anything here.

ReservoirDog3164896d ago (Edited 4896d ago )

Haha, you could just leave it on hard.

And the only fight in XIII that felt unfair was the final boss. It was like suddenly hitting a brick wall in an averagely difficult game. Had to look up strategies to finish that one (poison spell and constantly heal with one offensive person).

I have a feeling people are gonna react overly dramatic even though 99% of games are easy nowadays.

edit: Oh and at when you go to that lower level (forgot the name) the difficulty spikes ridiculously.

kaveti66164896d ago

Are you the official representative of Final Fantasy fans?

Who are you to make these claims?

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Kain814897d ago (Edited 4897d ago )

WOW
THIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE

"Yoichi Wada moved Square Enix's offices based on advice from a fortune teller"
According to Uematsu

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

Ranma14897d ago (Edited 4897d ago )

Someone has to make a story out of that.

Yoichi Wada has to be fired, His lost it, so has Toriyama.

They would be the 3 Musketeers, except i cant think of the third:

http://fc05.deviantart.net/...

extra: He joined Square in late 2000/2001. Many people think he was there before. But i think his the reason SE is going downhill. He came too late to put his "intelligent ideas" into FF10 and ruin it.

Da One4896d ago

The third musketeers is Kiatse.

FIRE ALL THREE!

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PshycoNinja4896d ago

Final Fantasy XIII..... hard? Lmao that has to be the funniest thing I have read all day.

trenso14896d ago (Edited 4896d ago )

Lol ff13 is a cake walk. I'm almost done with my second play through

MmaFan-Qc4896d ago

yep, i dont see why it could be hard....unless you doesnt know how to play.

newflesh4896d ago

Second playthrough of FF XIII?! Wow, man, you're really one of a kind

trenso14896d ago

Bubble down for saying I think the game was easy wow

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Final Fantasy and SaGa series veteran Kazuyuki Shindo leaves Square Enix after 27 years

Kazuyuki Shindo, who worked on games including Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy XIII, and SaGa: Emerald Beyond, has left Square Enix.

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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."

Einhander1972531d 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.

Nyxus531d ago

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

Shane Kim530d ago (Edited 530d ago )

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

Elda530d 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_B529d ago

*One of the 3 equally bad FF's

DivineHand125530d ago (Edited 530d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic530d ago (Edited 530d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic530d ago (Edited 530d 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.

Gamingsince1981530d ago

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

-Foxtrot530d 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.

Elda529d 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.

-Foxtrot529d ago

Elda

Not just mine mate

A large majority

So….

Traecy529d ago

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

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gold_drake531d ago (Edited 531d 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

Eonjay530d ago

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

Snookies12531d 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!

Eonjay530d ago

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

shinoff2183531d ago (Edited 531d 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

KillerB530d ago

my favorite jrpg trilogy ever

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