| FinalFantasyXIII said: |
What you gotta do is relax and sink other's opinions as that, opinions. You can't defend what I consider a flaw, because, fundamentally, I'm the one considering it a flaw.
So you say XIII challenged me to learn a redesigned battle system? Oh, it challenged me already. It challenged me throughout the whole game, because, basically, that's where the meat of the game relied heavily the 95%.
You fundamentally defended just one point, ignoring the others, and that's when you focused on the minigames. I never said the game should have had minigames as pillar for carrying on the game. No. But there, have fun in Nautilus, boarding the marine elevators (Is there a point in taking the elevator that takes you to the beginning of Nautilus, again?) hoping for a minigame or a gameplay variation of some sort only to be teased with more and more "pre-rendered" cutscenes. You dare to speak about overall content? The overall content of the game is that challenge to the player to learn the redesigned battle system, like you enjoy saying. Tell me, was there any other content to be found? Oh, yes, chasing Sazh's chocobo only to receive a stupid 15% Lightning defense ring. Thanks for the ride, SE.
And now it's when you come with your "personal" way to play forcing it like a fact. Cie'th as a extra content? Doubtful. You're pretty much forced to do some Cie'th missions, so the game itself - not you, sorry - acknowledges these Cie'th stones as a gameplay element. You need to do them, no other way around. I'm sorry, but there's nothing "extra" in doing something you're pretty much forced to do, although in Cie'th's defense, I enjoyed them.
Seriously, where's this part on which you say the game designer purposedly didn't include minigames to add more fun content? Where's this fun content to be found, aside from the Cie'th's and the combat system? Let me tell you: there ain't one. Because those two elements fundamentally carry on the game.
Of course I'm going to pay attention to the story. I'm basically jumping from cutscene to cutscene. Jeez, of course I'm going to enjoy the story. But I enjoyed XIII's story as much as I enjoy other game stories, so here's the thing: I want gameplay as well. Oh, you say I need to enjoy the graphics? I take extra content over graphics anyday.
That's it, that's my opinion, and those are the flaws I find. You can argue whatever you want, but what I consider a flaw, a flaw it is. You can enjoy the superb graphics and animations, though, if that's your cup of tea.
EDIT: Glad you laughed at my opinion, by the way. That's pretty thoughtful and respectful. At least one of us is laughing.
