VGChartz Official Final Fantasy XIII Thread + League + VGCritic

[lestatdark]

The_vagabond7 said:

lestatdark said:

The_vagabond7 said:
Alright, after watching a couple of youtube videos I decided I won't really bother with all the side missions post game on pulse. It's very disappointing that there isn't really any "Ultimate" baddy like in past FF games. I mean mission 64 is just a reskinned enemy that I've fought dozens of times, but with a hell of alot of hitpoints. I was hoping I'd get to fight that gigantic beast I see walking around in the distance. Instead of fighting him, his little sidequest culminates in fighting another reskinned enemy. Just doesn't seem worth the time investment, not enough bang for the buck. Imma go play cavestory now, love that game.

Trust me, there are some epic fights in the game, two of them are missions (mission 55 and 45, the Neochu enemies) and then there's the Long Gui enemies, a much stronger version of the Adamantoises. 

Those alone are x10 stronger than any enemy in the game and make even Omega and Zodiark from FFXII look like small fry besides them xD  

Yeah...but they are just reskinned enemies I've already killed, except neochu, which apparently I just need to use death on so I get get my grinding egg. I mean a game like this should know that epic presentation counts for alot. If I had gotten to fight that giant thing, then that would be fitting and awesome. Getting to fight a turtle I've already killed, but NOW his stomp does WAY more damage just doesn't seem worth the effort.

Most FFs have superbosses that are rehashed skins from previous enemies/bosses. FF13 had Yiazmat and Hell Wyrm being the same enemy with different skins. FFX had the Aeons in a Dark Skin. FF9 had only one superboss, which was unique, I give you that. FF8 had Omega and Ultima too. FF7 had different weapons, each of them unique. 

This isn't a FF13 isolated issue, neither is it a FF isolated issue, since pretty much all JRPGs use the same enemies with different skins over and over again.