The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Hawk

If 13 is more of 12 then I think I was right in not bothering.

Haha... haha... no. XIII is like XII to the extent that... they aren't turnbased I guess. They are vastly different games.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

But still have boring plots? Really I'm not bothered what the combat system is like, so long as the story keeps me interest for 50+ hours or whatever it is, and it doesn't look like it will.

[Kim]

You didn't get very far into FFXII, did you?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I got as far as going to mt.something-or-other, then to the forest of whatever, but realised about an hour before that that I had no clue what was going on and that Vann and Penelo had NO reason to be hanging around with the other guys, that Ashe was all about restoring herself to the throne, Basch was gona help her do that for... some reason, and Balthier and Fran were... I dunno, expecting payment for services rendered?? And in this time, one former allied had betrayed us, not sure why, and we'd been captured 3 times and escaped from 2 seperate super-dreadnought class airships run by the most incompotent and least villainous villains I've ever seen. Guys are worse than the average stormtrooper.

Yeah, like I said, plot was crappily done and bored the shit out of me and the sidequests were no better either. Throw in shitty summons that were useless and hard as nails bosses and a boring never ending grinding requiremens and yeah, I gave up.

[Kim]

It's okay Hawk, sometimes I say crazy things, too.

But seriously don't get FFXIII. Get Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Get Persona 4. Get Disgaea 2 PSP. Get Vagrant Story. I could make a big long list of jRPGs that are far superior to XIII in almost every, if not every, way.

Plot doesn't really seem to know where it's going half the time, it has more filler than in Bleach, you have to read the Datalog for the plot to almost make sense, the characters go through a lot of change in the story, but this just means they all start off as unlikable bastards and grow to become just uninteresting. It is pretty though, and the combat's fun.

[Ape Boy]

Alternately, buy the game. I did, and enjoyed the Hell out of it. Still am today, will probably conquer it soon enough.

I loved 12, though, so if you didn't, try it first

[Kim]

I love XII and I hate everything about XIII that isn't Chocofro and combat.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Hawk

Ok so, from all you guys' experiance with this game, what would you reccomend to someone, IE me, on purchasing it?

Bearing in mind that I loved FFX more than most other games, and hated FF12, mainly due to, a boring plot and crappy side missions, but thought the combat system was "ok".

What say ye NPF?

If you're playing on a PS3, get Valkyria Chronicles instead.

If you're playing on a 360, get Tales of Vesperia instead.

If you have neither console, wait for Final Fantasy Agito XIII? play Dissidia: Final Fantasy. It's at least more tolerable than FFXIII's plot.

[Ape Boy]

Originally Posted by NonCon

I love XII and I hate everything about XIII that isn't Chocofro and combat.

Yeah, but you also like to bitch. I'm probably too forgiving, alternately.

I say go to GameRankings/MetaCritic and read a good selection of reviews to go along with the guys here.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Ape Boy

Yeah, but you also like to bitch. I'm probably too forgiving, alternately.

I say go to GameRankings/MetaCritic and read a good selection of reviews to go along with the guys here.

Ironic considering FFXIII's metacritic is lower than FFXII's.

Also metacritic is like the worst way to base your decision on a game purchase.