FFXIII: Love It or Hate It?

It's growing on me... With all the news about XIII-2, I decided to resume my game, having left it just after arriving in Pulse to work on essays for University.

I see a lot of negative criticism about Lightning, Snow, Serah, and Hope, but the more I see of the story, the more I like their characters. Snow and Lightning are both dedicated to Serah,
and that eventually leads to positive development in their relationship. They both become more fleshed out as the story progresses, and I believe XIII-2 will only add to this
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The linearity of the game isn't really an issue for me... I play each Final Fantasy game primarily for its story. A well-structured story tends to be linear, even with certain twists in the plot. Linear gameplay surely goes hand in hand with this... Furthermore, I think some of the best Final Fantasy games are more linear than people presume. Final Fantasy X was very linear! You could revisit certain zones towards the end after getting the airship, but before that, you followed a clearly defined path. The 'freedom,' so to speak, came after most of the story had taken place. Final Fantasy IX was linear in a different way... If you visited an area that wasn't connected to your place in the story, there wasn't a lot to do, and enemies were either too weak (meaning your party didn't develop), or too strong (meaning your party fell before you could progress into the area).

I suppose that brings me onto the story of XIII... It's simple, yes, as I have said previously, but I think what's done is done well. I also believe that XIII-2 will add to the story of XIII, more so than the story of X-2 added to X. I like to think that Square Enix are trying to provide us with a rich world, revealed through a series/collection of games that aren't meant to stand alone.
 
I don't know why people hate this game :/ Stroryline is great. Battle system is great. I like the way that if your leader dies its game over because it gives extra difficulty to battles.

Paradigms are great too because you always have think which paradigm to equip.

Altough it had lack of exploring i really liked it! :)
 
....I don't hate it but don't exactly like it either. It's true that your second or third playthrough you start to appreaciate it more but all in all I still can't find myself exactually liking it. The characters aren't that bad though (though I dont think any of them are that great) Sazh is cool though. //Spoilers// Glad he reunites with his son, poor kid//

It would have made an exellent FF movie though. But as a game not my cup of tea (mind you I'm not comparing it to other FFs either) *dives behind flame shield*

Sorry :(
 
I finally got it for the ps3 and played it about a month ago... the game is fantastic and i can't wait till XIII-2...i don't get why lots of people didn't like how liner it was and felt like they were watching a movie... But if you think about it all the final fantasy games are like tht except for XII which was completely free roam... just thought i would throw tht out there XD
 
Honestly i just really couldn't get into this one i mean the graphics/visuals were amazing & i loved the new battle system but i just didnt particularly like any of the characters, if i had to choose it would probably be lightning though just based of the fact that i liked the weapon she had it was like a gunblade that could actually shoot bullets (pretty cool) but IDK i mean when i played it i kind of had to force myself to keep playing (since i spent 60 bills on it) & this is the only FF i've ever played where that was the case.
 
Hate it. This was so not a FF. I wish I'd never bought it so I didn't know how totally fail a FF could be. No world, no character development, no character growth choice, no weapon development choice, no sidequests, no npc's, no antagonist, nothing. Nothing at all that would make it anything but crap - apart from the pretty backgrounds and movies.

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I'd say more Love than Hate. The story was okay, kind of lacking and not very strong, but trust me...there have been worse. The characters were pretty good for the most part. Each had their own personal guilt or 'demons', so-to-speak, and just seemed very well rounded instead of cookie cutter. I was very impressed with the battle system, though I know people usually give it some heat. It reminded me of FFX-2's quite a bit, which I didn't really have many complaints about.
 
I personally love the game! Granted the beginning I did not like all that well, however once you really get into the story, It begins to grow on you! Granted, I would have liked to see more free-roaming in the game, however from what I've seen of FFXIII-2, I might be getting my wish! Anyways, I've beaten the game about 3 times, and I'm playing it once more through before FFXIII-2 comes out, so it can't be that bad of a game if I've bothered to play it so much! :-)
 
I love XIII. Not the greatest FF by any stretch (other than visuals), but not terrible. The battle system could've been better though =/. I particularly like the story. Sazh is a good character.

Interesting that many people tell me that XIII is terrible, and yet I look at this poll and there's almost 100 more loves than hates. :hmmm:
 
It wasn't nearly as bad as I had heard it was. I just got a PS3 last November, and it was one of the first games I picked up. I was really happy with it after the level of bashing and hate I had heard about it. It's not a terrible game by any means. The battle system isn't bad, just different. In fact that's pretty much the whole story. It's not bad, it's just different.

And I don't dislike what was different. This battle system is ages better than XII's wannabe MMO one. It plays like a mix of real time and turn based.

And the story is actually pretty kick ass. But I have to keep reminding myself, most fans of Final Fantasy thought that FF7 was the high point of the series' story. :lew:
 
American Doll Posse said:
And the story is actually pretty kick ass. But I have to keep reminding myself, most fans of Final Fantasy thought that FF7 was the high point of the series' story. :lew:
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Not me. I've never really understood why VII is loved so extremely, yeah it's good but the story does have a lot of holes in it and I prefer the three after it.

But for me XIII is an absolutely awful FF and much of that is to do with the story and the characters. I felt like the didn't connect with each other, the story was needlessly complicated and focused alot on bonds, which is fair enough if the characters had actually bonded. I just hated this game so much. as a stand alone game I wouldn't probably hate it, but for a FF it's horrible :( I hope they do better with Versus.

Xx..xX
 
Even though I'm loving it's sequel so far... no FF XIII is a terrible game. Hate just pure hate.

The characters are over dramatic and obnoxious, the music is a huge stepdown, the game is so linear and Lightning is a terrible main FF lead. Maybe because she reminds me of Squall so much, and Squall is one of my least favourite FF characters. Lightning is rude, always smacking people, arrogant and basically has no personality. When I finally heard about her "oh so terrible past " I just didn't give a toss.

I do like the game a little bit more than FF XII because it is a little more exciting plot-wise than FF XII, though it doesn't make it even somewhat decent. :jtc:


I'm glad that FF XIII-2 has been improving all it's flaws, and the characters seem less over drama queen-ish too. Oh and Snow, why Serah.... why are you dating him and even want to Marry Him ? WHY ? :gonk:

Hopefully one of the FF XIII-2 endings is Serah dumping Snow for Noel. Please, please ? :ness:


 
Blue Heartilly said:
Even though I'm loving it's sequel so far... no FF XIII is a terrible game. Hate just pure hate.

The characters are over dramatic and obnoxious, the music is a huge stepdown, the game is so linear and Lightning is a terrible main FF lead. Maybe because she reminds me of Squall so much, and Squall is one of my least favourite FF characters. Lightning is rude, always smacking people, arrogant and basically has no personality. When I finally heard about her "oh so terrible past " I just didn't give a toss.

I do like the game a little bit more than FF XII because it is a little more exciting plot-wise than FF XII, though it doesn't make it even somewhat decent. :jtc:


I'm glad that FF XIII-2 has been improving all it's flaws, and the characters seem less over drama queen-ish too. Oh and Snow, why Serah.... why are you dating him and even want to Marry Him ? WHY ? :gonk:

Hopefully one of the FF XIII-2 endings is Serah dumping Snow for Noel. Please, please ? :ness:
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wait wait, the music was a huge step down but XIII-2's was better?
 
I didn't mind it too much. It certainly wasn't the best FF game I've played but on that token I didn't think it was the worst either. The X mashing battles were a bit meh, but I liked the idea of setting up roles and paradigm shifting at the right time. Also the linearity didn't bother me too much. Yes it was a bit too linear but I'm not that big a fan of sandbox style games and I like structure.

I did think Gran Pulse was a bit of a let down though. I thought leaving Cocoon and entering Gran Pulse would be the XIII equivalent of leaving Midgar for the first time in VII.

I wouldn't say I love it but I did enjoy it. I haven't bought the squeal yet. I'm going to wait until it drops in price. But I will definitely get around to playing it sometime.
 
Grimer said:
wait wait, the music was a huge step down but XIII-2's was better?
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No I don't like XIII-2's music either. The boss music so far seems to be like FFX 's Otherworld, just yelling and screaming. :hmph: I meant that the music is a stepdown to quality soundtrack's like from the older FF's before FF XI. :brow:

But no... XIII-2 's music is just horrible imo. Everything else is still a improvement thoughs. :dave:
 
Blue Heartilly said:
No I don't like XIII-2's music either. The boss music so far seems to be like FFX 's Otherworld, just yelling and screaming. :hmph: I meant that the music is a stepdown to quality soundtrack's like from the older FF's before FF XI. :brow:

But no... XIII-2 's music is just horrible imo. Everything else is still a improvement thoughs. :dave:
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Ya, i agree with you about XIII-2's soundtrack. I guess im one of the few that thought XIII's OST was solid haha. to each their own
 
well you gotta think that they tried a hip-hop theme to the music... it was an experiment that they wanted to try out... but i kinda liked a lot of it cause it was music i could play the game too... listening to it made me get into the game even more... for me w/e the games music is if it sort syncs with the game in my eyes its a good soundtrack... i have to like the music for the game itself and cant have any interruptions from outside music or it ruins the game and i become horrible and cant play...XIII-2's helped me get into the game so IMO it wasnt a horrible soundtrack... it was in sync with the gameplay
 
Personaly I love the game. I have just beat the main story line, and currently working on the side quest. I even want to go back and complete the story from the beginning agiain. Mind you it's the first Final Fantasy that I don't have my one friend spoiling it for me.
 
Kawaiidevil320 said:
Personaly I love the game. I have just beat the main story line, and currently working on the side quest. I even want to go back and complete the story from the beginning agiain. Mind you it's the first Final Fantasy that I don't have my one friend spoiling it for me.
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lol yea i hate spoilers... but XIII had an amazing story so im glad you didnt have somebody spoiling it for you
 
Aside from the characters being uninteresting, the story nonsensical, the world design lacklustre and the monster design uninspiring? Well, I'd say that the battle system being completely boring and lacking in player control was a big part of the game being shit, along with the linearity, the cut scenes, and the unending tutorial...

There was nothing redeeming about this game at all.
 
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