Final Fantasy XIII 70% Review Score from UK PSM3.

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Wagram said:

KylieDog said:

jonnhytesta said:
so it begins this game is going to be hammered by western revies.they hate jrpgs games now . wkc was just a warning, the game had its flaws but it wasnt a 5 /10 or a 6/10.

 

They don't hate JRPGs now, is just that many JRPGs have gameplay and world mechanics that are out of date.  They shouldn't score high.

and WRPGs don't? Dragon Age: Origins felt like Baldurs gate to me and yet that game scored over a 90 on metacritic.

Dragon Age also didn't remove fundamental role-playing elements, like towns and exploration, because they got in the way of the developer's 'genius' narrative. It has its flaws, and I agree it doesn't deserve that metacritic score (but most hyped games don't, but that's for another discussion), but XIII just has far too many, even for a JRPG -- a genre that refuses to evolve.

Is it so hard to accept that maybe, just maybe, FFXIII isn't as good as fans hope?