So I finally finished Final Fantasy XIII...and I didn't really like it

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A203D said:

MaxwellGT2000 said:

Boutros said:

People say the game is linear like it's a bad thing. It really isn't.

Btw, FFX was just as linear.

Yes and yet that didn't make it a good game either.

I've voiced my hate for the FFX story but there is one thing it did better which is the battle system.  Either way FFX and FFXIII are at the bottom of the FF list.

Honestly the new trend in Final Fantasy has to do with the newer fans of JRPGs, they've been getting worse for 2 gens because they're trying to appeal to these fans, but in all honesty sales of most JRPGs are going down with it... its like the whole comic book era in the late 80s early 90s it appealed to a segment of comic book readers, alienated the rest, the segment seemed like it was the biggest, but it resulted in the crash of the entire industry, while that can't happen to video games it could run JRPGs into the ground.

I think FF10's story and gameplay were good. personally i really didnt like the voice acting or the dialogue, or the characters (Tidus and Yuna). but i can see why people really like the game, its got a great battle system, you can spend about 70 hours in the battle area and completing the sphere grid, then clearing it and completing it again. Spira was a well made world, even though there was no world map, it felt huge.

but after FF12's and Dragon Quest 8's voice acting and dialogue, i thought the tone and the writing for Square had vastly improved. but FF13's dialogue is noware near as good as those games. FF10 was acceptable because it was the first time SE did voice acting.

FF12 and Dragon Quest 8, those RPGs had dialogue and acting at the same level as Uncharted 2 imo, maybe even better. i dont know why FF13's is so bad by comparasion - oh wait i do, awful writing.

on your last point i think Xenoblade and The Last Story, if they come over here, will be very well recieved, i've heard great things about those games already.

FF12 and DQ8 did vastly improve things, FF12 still had issues with production of voice acting, basically consistently having good voices, and sometimes one character would talk and the other would sound like he's in a hole or not speaking into his mic.  All of that is because of the producers/directors of the English voice acting.

And yeah Xenoblade, I've played it, awesome battle system and a good story, I'm worried about the English voice acting like I am with most JRPGs but that could go either way with Nintendo in charge lol

TLS still waiting for it to hit Japan before I say more on it.