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[Ralemont]

Really? I sincerely don't know what's more shitty: the original ending or the retcon they did in 13-2. It was so nonsensical...

I did say "trying."

It's either the power of friendship or a Goddess did it. Pick your poison, I guess.

 

[lifa-cobex]

no point of playing FF games if you aren't into the storylines

No point making an FF game if they can't bake a half decent story either.................

 

[silver.tongue]

I don't agree with the OP.

I actually think that FFXIII is a good/great game by itself and Didn't need XIII-2 or lightining returns. It's actually better if you consider it alone.

XIII-2 is a good game too but the story made no fucking sense. So much that I actually decided to skip Lightining Returns because I saw they had no real plan for this "trilogy". It's all just filler while they figured it out what to do with Versus XIII.

 

[BumRush]

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The game is only turn based battles, there's nothing else. Battles where you look at which card the opponent plays and you then decide to counter it with a synergist, sentinel, commando etc deck. Sometimes new cards or eidolons are added or subtracted so you can play different decks.

Really? That basically describes every game ever made then, no? Enemy does something, you decide which action to take

 

[brianmcdoogle]

FF13 is a great game if you skip it entirely.

 

[NHarmonic.]

I did say "trying."

It's either the power of friendship or a Goddess did it. Pick your poison, I guess.

Yeah, but i always thought 13-2 could have a plot centered on the new colonies of humans on Pulse. It was an interesting setting for adventure and exploring...

 

[royox]

FFXIII ending question:

Spoiler

Why did Orphan fight back? I thought it wanted to die.

He's a machine, he has to.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Too bad the level design doesn't get fixed like that.

 

[Akzel]

I loved every moment of FFXIII and his sequel which includes cut-scenes.

 

[sublimit]

Final Fantasy XIII is a class game. Square Enix outdid themselves with this wonderful game. It's a miracle from start to finish. Maybe even a wonder. A true gaming wonder. Lightning is the hero we deserve. And I hope she comes back. One day. Lightning. I'm waiting for you.

Ok Perfo,admit it.How many GAF accounts do you have?

 

[timshundo]

So...

GAF has super expectations for FFXIII. It's mostly a failure on all counts as a FF game. GAF (and most of the vocal internet) hate FFXIII with a passion. Now "GAF" thinks it's a "great" game?

Okay. Better graphics on the PC and skipping cutscenes (which only removes one problem on top of many) doesn't change things. For as much flak that the gambit system from FFXII received, the battle system in this game is actually quite a bit worse overall and you have even less control compared to the supposed "auto combat" of the previous game. Ten hours into the game and it finally kind of opens up, but then it's just a big island with a bunch of random elite enemies to kill. Yay!

Those betrayed by the hype of this game took a few years to cool down. I don't think you need to try to re-convince everyone that its a "failure" of a game. It's flawed but fun and at times the most FF ever released.

 

[teiresias]

Having just finished FFXIII again yesterday, the game still makes little sense from a motivational point of view. I don't really understand why the party does any of the things they do, and then in the end they just end up doing what the "bad guys" wanted them to do anyway and the world is only saved via a deus ex machina in the ending. It's completely stupid.

I have had more fun with the battle system on this play through though since I abandoned using stupid Lightning at all. I might actually put in the time to finish the Ceith stone missions (though the damn game is so big I really just want to delete and recover some harddrive space on my PC).

 

[John Kowalski]

Loved XIII, and understood pretty much everything. I don't know what people strain so much to understand.

FFXIII ending question:

Spoiler

Why did Orphan fight back? I thought it wanted to die.

Spoiler

Gods don't have free will. That's why they force the humans to do their dirty work.

It was a nice twist on regular god stories i thought.