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Final Fantasy XIII
Mar. 16th, 2010 04:20 pmPicked up this game last week because I enjoy the series and thought XII was pretty good (except for Vaan).
Have to say, XIII? Not a great game. Not much of a game, period. I've spent two hours so far literally "pressing A to win." No strategy whatsoever entered this game until TWO EFFING HOURS after pressing Start. I don't care how complicated your control system is, you don't need to hold my hand for that long. Even Persona 4, which had about two hours worth of cut scenes before you really controlled your character, didn't annoy me this much. At least in P4, the story was interesting and understandable. FFXIII's story is indecipherable.
FFXIII is like the worse cliche of the RPG incarnated. I have characters in my party that I can't remember the names of -- seriously, 'Hope'? 'Lightning'? 'Snow'? Chocobo-Afro-Guy? -- and I don't really care to remember their names. I don't even have any goddamn idea what's going on with all this fal'Cie bullshit. At least in Mass Effect, the codex supplements were in addition to the game's exposition, they didn't replace it. I'd have no idea who my characters were or what the hell was going on if I didn't read every single codex entry. And why should I have to read these codex entries instead of being rewarded by gameplay? If I'm pressing 'A' to win for two hours, you think they'd at least give me a good yarn as compensation.
If you're still on the fence, don't buy Final Fantasy XIII. It's not worth the cash.
Have to say, XIII? Not a great game. Not much of a game, period. I've spent two hours so far literally "pressing A to win." No strategy whatsoever entered this game until TWO EFFING HOURS after pressing Start. I don't care how complicated your control system is, you don't need to hold my hand for that long. Even Persona 4, which had about two hours worth of cut scenes before you really controlled your character, didn't annoy me this much. At least in P4, the story was interesting and understandable. FFXIII's story is indecipherable.
FFXIII is like the worse cliche of the RPG incarnated. I have characters in my party that I can't remember the names of -- seriously, 'Hope'? 'Lightning'? 'Snow'? Chocobo-Afro-Guy? -- and I don't really care to remember their names. I don't even have any goddamn idea what's going on with all this fal'Cie bullshit. At least in Mass Effect, the codex supplements were in addition to the game's exposition, they didn't replace it. I'd have no idea who my characters were or what the hell was going on if I didn't read every single codex entry. And why should I have to read these codex entries instead of being rewarded by gameplay? If I'm pressing 'A' to win for two hours, you think they'd at least give me a good yarn as compensation.
If you're still on the fence, don't buy Final Fantasy XIII. It's not worth the cash.
