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Kazus on 23 March 2014
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Wright said:
Kazus said:

Do criminals on the run, run away in a straight line? Do they hide on a predetermined path to a City where a major conflict is preplanned into their life? Not really.

Additionally, if you played multiple other Final Fantasy games, like FFIV for example. Cecil and friends were considered traitors at a point in the story and you still had to run but you were allowed open access into the world. Or even FFIX where you are also allowed free access into the world despite being on the run with Garnet. There's no excuse to not have open world access in FFXIII's plot. It was just lazy on Square Enix's plot and made the story worse because it doesn't make sense for traitors to be on a linear path unless there is a specific goal at task (ala FFX, finishing the pilgrimage regardless of being traitors).


@Bolded

 

Bad example. You have access to an open access world, but still, that only serves as to grind. You effectively have to run to a certain city after that point in the game. There's no other way. XIII merely replicated it but instead of grinding, they gave you cutscenes.

This pet peeve of yours feels more like you wanted to play the game differently to how it actually plays. But I respect your opinion on the matter.

 

Never played IX though...I've heard is one of the very best FF out there.

LOL. I'm done. FFIV you get the cutscenes AND grinding. That's what RPGs like Final Fantasy are known for. No one plays video games to watch cutscenes endlessly. That's what movies are for. The freedom of a game is that you can grind or go back to a previous town and find items you missed or talk to NPCs for hints of future events or items to find. FFXIII denied players of all of those things. That's where linearity makes no sense. Even as a traitor in all the games I mentioned, you still had FREEDOM to do those things and not just watch cutscenes back to back. It's not a "pet peeve", this is what people expect to get when they play RPGs let alone, Final Fantasy. That's why so many people don't like FFXIII. It broke RPG fundamentals in a bad way. More drabble over a inconsistent plot and flashy graphics than actually letting people play the game.