Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
I base my judgment on a certain scale that i expect from a FF game, and let me tell you this, i may not have played FFXIII (YET) but i predict when all is said an' done, my official review would most likely end up in the 5 to 7 ish range, i will not go easy on this game because it has alot to live up to the FF's gold standard name. An' wth does my WKC review have to do with this?
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Dude what you expect from the game and what direction the creators of Final Fantasy want to take the series can very well be two seperate things. If you're coming in expecting good old classical JRPG then you're obviously playing the wrong game. If there is one thing I have learned while playing this series, it's that Square likes to change the game up ALOT. That's a big part of what puts Final Fantasy a million steps ahead of every other JRPG. Look at the HUGE differences between Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, and then Final Fantasy XII...the last three main installments of the series. All have made major changes to the formula and introduced completely new things. For me, the changes made in those games defined those games and made them as amazing as they are. If anything, I'd be dissapointed if Square was going to stick with the same old formula for FFXIII, the first one to make its way to PS3/360.
When I was playing inFamous, I wasn't judging it based on what I'd like to do. I heard a lot of people dismiss the game alltogether because you couldn't get into cars. Tell me how stupid that sounds... as a reviewer you are supposed to rate what the game developer has tried to do - what they have and haven't accomplished while doing it. This is done regardless of what your personal tastes might be. You might have driving games all together, or dislike them as you put it yourself, but be tasked with reviewing Gran Turismo 5 or Forza 3. Are you going to give them a 6/10 because you personally don't enjoy driving games? If you're personal preference is rap music, as a critic, you should still be able to rate a death metal album without giving every death metal album a 2/10.
I've heard people badmouth Mario because they hate the fact that it went 3D. I feel the same thing is happening with FFXIII. People are expecting it to be like the older games in the series. Why???? It's Final Fantasy for gods sake. And the reason I mention White Knight Chronicles is because I feel it is inferior to FFXIII in every way. And I've played both! You walk into an FFXIII thread and say 5/10...which is the lowest score the game has gotten and maybe ever will get, is a just score, and you've never even played the game. You're already predicting that you will give it a low score without even touching it! Well let me tell you this: of course you are going to give it a low score! when you go in expecting nothing, you will be dissapointed by anything even if it is the most revolutionary game ever.
But like I said... this is their opinnion. I respectfully disagree. They are rating the game the same way I just described and personally I find that sad :(
@psrock - you rock dude!
