I just got this game as a present, 2 hours into it and im extremely bored...i hate the crystarium system, i hate the battle system, i hate that whiny kid, the story is all over the place...sigh, so disappointed, i wouldn't go and say it's the worst game ever though...
im not gonna play FFXIII anymore, but instead i'm going to play Star Ocean: The Last Hope again...now that is an entertaining game with hours and hours of fun and stuff to do...
i guess im into traditional RPG of exploring towns and buying weapons and gaining levels and getting stronger etc...FFVII was one of those...i wish they'd just remake FFVII in this kind of graphics but keep everything else the same, i'd fail classes all over again just to play it...sorry to dig up old thread, just had to rant...
im not gonna play FFXIII anymore, but instead i'm going to play Star Ocean: The Last Hope again...now that is an entertaining game with hours and hours of fun and stuff to do...
i guess im into traditional RPG of exploring towns and buying weapons and gaining levels and getting stronger etc...FFVII was one of those...i wish they'd just remake FFVII in this kind of graphics but keep everything else the same, i'd fail classes all over again just to play it...sorry to dig up old thread, just had to rant...
ehh i kinda liked ff13... nowhere near the best but nowhere near the worst game ever... skimmed over your points and don't really agree with any of them.... apart from the hope character... he's annoying
also you say "if you played it over 8 hours your a fanboy"... REALLY? has everyone got a hardon for calling people fanboys these days? any RPG i buy i play for a minimum of 10 hours even if it is S**T because its a RPG!
RPGs i thought were s**t untill 10 hours + :
ff7
ff8
ff9
valkyria chronicles
ff13 (kinda got abit better but yeah)
skies of arcadia?
probably more but my memorys crap... you get the point though
also you say "if you played it over 8 hours your a fanboy"... REALLY? has everyone got a hardon for calling people fanboys these days? any RPG i buy i play for a minimum of 10 hours even if it is S**T because its a RPG!
RPGs i thought were s**t untill 10 hours + :
ff7
ff8
ff9
valkyria chronicles
ff13 (kinda got abit better but yeah)
skies of arcadia?
probably more but my memorys crap... you get the point though
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Valefor
I've been on a rant about this game for a few weeks now. I also think this game is just nonsense but for entirely different reasons. Story is meh to me, as are the characters, but the whole package is so pretty and cinematic I can deal with that. The ridiculously paternalistic and overbearing tutorial sequence, I can deal with that too. Lack of side quests -- I happen to think this aids immersion in the story. (Random fetchits on the side while the fate of the world is at stake is a plot killer to me.) Lack of town, that's fine, it just means I don't have to run around doing fetchits and tracking down shops.
What I hate is the non-sensical game mechanics. The whole notion of putting a timer on the same old turn based menu system is just goofy, especially when you lard it up with un-customizable clunky layouts and sacrifice ease of inputs for cinematic presentations (which get real stale after the 20,000th time or so). The old school purists will hate me but the menu system has got to go. You made that in the first place in part because of the limitations on hardware. Now you're just supporting dot matrix printers on LPT ports for no dem reason. IMHO.
This happens so much with Japanese games. MGS4, RE5, FFXIII, what is the freakin deal with legacy mechanics? I'm not saying the west doesn't have its problems, it does, probably more, since we sacrifice art and creativity for a quick buck and ultimately put out games which, while they may be a blast, are derivative and a bit rough. A few Bioware titles aside, the west just doesn't produce anyone with the O/C tendencies of an Itagaki or Kojima. But all that is good about the talent that made MGS, RE, FF, has nothing to do with one particular set of mechanics imho. So why do they cling to them? Is this something Japanese fans demand, where sequels have to play the same way? Is the western penchant for constantly evolution in gameplay mechanics simply another side of our disposable culture? Whatever the reason -- RE5 and MGS4 were imho made worse by the decision to cling to dated systems. And FFXIII -- yeah, this is complete turd. This puts me off Square. I was into Parasite Eve when I was a kid. I'd play the same game with an HD update for a nostalgia kick. I do not want a whole new franchise using PE mechanics, anymore than I want to play Snakes & Ladders.
What I hate is the non-sensical game mechanics. The whole notion of putting a timer on the same old turn based menu system is just goofy, especially when you lard it up with un-customizable clunky layouts and sacrifice ease of inputs for cinematic presentations (which get real stale after the 20,000th time or so). The old school purists will hate me but the menu system has got to go. You made that in the first place in part because of the limitations on hardware. Now you're just supporting dot matrix printers on LPT ports for no dem reason. IMHO.
This happens so much with Japanese games. MGS4, RE5, FFXIII, what is the freakin deal with legacy mechanics? I'm not saying the west doesn't have its problems, it does, probably more, since we sacrifice art and creativity for a quick buck and ultimately put out games which, while they may be a blast, are derivative and a bit rough. A few Bioware titles aside, the west just doesn't produce anyone with the O/C tendencies of an Itagaki or Kojima. But all that is good about the talent that made MGS, RE, FF, has nothing to do with one particular set of mechanics imho. So why do they cling to them? Is this something Japanese fans demand, where sequels have to play the same way? Is the western penchant for constantly evolution in gameplay mechanics simply another side of our disposable culture? Whatever the reason -- RE5 and MGS4 were imho made worse by the decision to cling to dated systems. And FFXIII -- yeah, this is complete turd. This puts me off Square. I was into Parasite Eve when I was a kid. I'd play the same game with an HD update for a nostalgia kick. I do not want a whole new franchise using PE mechanics, anymore than I want to play Snakes & Ladders.
Screw this game and it’s horrendous sequels! Pretty much everything about these games was bad, even the enemy design. Easily the worst enemy designs of the series. I was laughing my ass off at how lame the enemies looked. Final Fantasy 15 was a breath of fresh air after this asine trilogy. I simply cannot understand anyone who could say it’s better than 15.
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NoUseMercenary
Yeah i didn't find FF13 very good and the sequels were unnecessary. Even though i liked FF13-2 which was the best of the 3 by far. I found FFXIV Online(played free trial) really good after getting to level 50 in a couple of jobs.
FFXV didn't do much for me. Square has tons of management problems changing directors etc. I was glad Wada was gone. FFXVI i might give some hope for the series im just hope it isn't a single player action game.
FFXV didn't do much for me. Square has tons of management problems changing directors etc. I was glad Wada was gone. FFXVI i might give some hope for the series im just hope it isn't a single player action game.