We're hours away from the review scores pouring in and yet, PSXE doesn't sense excitement and anticipation. Instead, they sense disillusionment and even hostility.
Final Fantasy 13 was first introduced to us back in 2009, almost four years after Final Fantasy 12 was released, and fans had been eagerly anticipating the next installment. But when it finally arrived, there were mixed reactions, including complaints about its linearity, the lack of towns and NPCs, and the limited control over the characters. At the time, Square Enix kept its game production behind closed doors and didn't take in a lot of feedback — especially from Western fans.
The game has been revisited by many different Final Fantasy fans since then, and some, like myself, have come to love it again. Almost all staple entries in the series have found their way to modern consoles, so it's about time that the FF13 trilogy gets a remaster
I've been thinking about this. I agree. While I really disliked it at first I never played it again. After hating ff15 so damn much I just think it can't be worse then 15 and if I'm not mistaken atleast it's turn based. I need more of that in my life.
Recently replayed them and I agree a remaster would be great. The complaints about linearity are fair, but they only really apply to the first half of the first game and while I agree that it would've been nice to have proper towns, minigames and subquests, it didn't detract from the intriguing story, interesting characters, tactical gameplay and amazing soundtrack in my opinion.
XIII-2 fixes a lot of the issues of XIII and expands on the story in interesting ways. The combat and progression builds on top of the systems of XIII and the nonlinearity and discoverability of secrets is a big inprovement over the original game. It's easily the best game of the trilogy.
Lightning Returns was probably a bit too experimental for it's own good. It tried to reinvent the wheel for no reason. The solo party for most of the game and the outfit based combat felt like a downgrade over XIII-2 combat system. It does have a unique vibe, but the plot kinda goes off the rails and many of the story beats didn't land as much for me as they did in the first two games. The race against time aspect was an interesting idea, but it never felt like it mattered, because it wasn't much of a challenge to manage the remaining time even while doing all the subquests.
As we celebrate Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary, let’s look back at the underrated soundtracks of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy.
It's alright but I mean with so many other FF games it's not even in the top 10 for me
You just can't beat IX, VII, X and my personal favourite VIII when it comes to music
Even the theme song sucks, instead of just having an English version of the Japanese theme they got X Factors Leona Lewis to do the song which didn't sound like FF theme song.
I agree, regardless of the general consensus of the game itself, FF rarely lets down when it comes to the music at least.
Modder 'MJB' has released an AI-enhanced HD Texture Pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Least anticipated? I don't know, I'd say it's tied with FF12. I actually played the FF12 demo and stopped playing it after 10 mins. And no, it wasn't because I was mad about the Squeenix merging. I had no clue that the merger would have any kind of negative impact, so I'm not even biased. I'm sincerely just pissed about the bad quality of the games they have been producing since FF X-2. Man that was a horrible game. Anyways, I can't wait to play a good final fantasy with an old school turn based combat system. Anything is better than the context sensitive crap we have now.
~*"But is this the first time in the franchise's storied history where most of the fans seem to be rooting against positive reviews? Based on last week's PSXE poll, the majority of gamers aren't interested in Final Fantasy XIII-2 at all, and most hardcore fans of the series seem to have dismissed the sequel before the scores are in. And yes, it really does feel as if the FF faithful are expecting and in fact hoping for 6s and 7s from major sources.
The reason why is obvious: they want Square Enix to finally recognize the mistakes they've made, and bring us back to the days when Final Fantasy was an iconic RPG. I never thought I'd see the day when an upcoming FF launch was surrounded by rampant negativity"*~
~*"But things have changed...oh, how they've changed. Toss in the distinct possibility of a Final Fantasy XIII-3, and the entire FF community appears to be rebelling en masse."*~
I couldn't possibly agree with these quotes anymore.
honestly, I was actually expecting Final Fantasy XV instead.
My biggest problem with this kind of side stories or direct sequel to the original is that they tend to feel like beta games. It's not like FFXIII was very good of a game that it warrants a sequel. They waste more time trying to fix things up for the fans than to make it up with the next game.
Well i've heard it ain't even as good as FFXIII, that must mean it's the second worse game ever made? After FFxiii
The Final Fantasy franchise needs to take a little break.