The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

Kim · 03-30-2010, 07:33 PM

I vaguely recall the cutscene your referring to. I'm trying to find it on Youtube currently, and will get back to you once I do.

I know it'd make your job of just plain ignoring my opinion that much easier to simply attribute all my complaints to "Well he decided to hate it", but I'm pretty sure the nice things I've said should get in the way of that. As in how I've pretty consistently said the gameplay is great in spite of its flaws, or that Sazh is a great character, etc.

My Problems

Everyone who isn't the main cast doesn't feel very well fleshed out

The story feels aimless and like it's intentionally drawing things out at times

I feel they skipped an important step. I liked Wakka as a character in FFX because they went out of their way to make you like him before introducing the character flaws that would make you dislike him, and then worked on him overcoming them. FFXIII, with the exception of Sazh, cuts out that first bit, and as such I'm not fond of the characters, and the events surrounding them don't have the impact they otherwise would.

Serah's "death" was poorly executed in my opinion, because it was shoved in the very beginning without getting you attached to her or the party first. In contrast, Dahj's "death" was done better because it got you attached to Sazh before showing it.

Certain plot points don't make sense without reading the datalog, and I still think both the actions of the villain ( for revealing his plot) and the party ( for fighting what the villain wants them to do by doing what the villains wants them to do) don't hold together too well under scrutiny.

I think all of these are fairly valid complaints, and that it's at least pretty easy to see why I'd be of this opinion even if you disagree. Saying it's all "because it's trendy to hate Final Fantasy" is a bullshit argument and you know it.

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03-30-2010, 07:33 PM	#1
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I vaguely recall the cutscene your referring to. I'm trying to find it on Youtube currently, and will get back to you once I do. I know it'd make your job of just plain ignoring my opinion that much easier to simply attribute all my complaints to "Well he decided to hate it", but I'm pretty sure the nice things I've said should get in the way of that. As in how I've pretty consistently said the gameplay is great in spite of its flaws, or that Sazh is a great character, etc. My Problems Everyone who isn't the main cast doesn't feel very well fleshed out The story feels aimless and like it's intentionally drawing things out at times I feel they skipped an important step. I liked Wakka as a character in FFX because they went out of their way to make you like him before introducing the character flaws that would make you dislike him, and then worked on him overcoming them. FFXIII, with the exception of Sazh, cuts out that first bit, and as such I'm not fond of the characters, and the events surrounding them don't have the impact they otherwise would. Serah's "death" was poorly executed in my opinion, because it was shoved in the very beginning without getting you attached to her or the party first. In contrast, Dahj's "death" was done better because it got you attached to Sazh before showing it. Certain plot points don't make sense without reading the datalog, and I still think both the actions of the villain ( for revealing his plot) and the party ( for fighting what the villain wants them to do by doing what the villains wants them to do) don't hold together too well under scrutiny. I think all of these are fairly valid complaints, and that it's at least pretty easy to see why I'd be of this opinion even if you disagree. Saying it's all "because it's trendy to hate Final Fantasy" is a bullshit argument and you know it.