alright guys, i am going to play FF:XIII

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radiantshadow92 said:

Runa216 said:

Keep in mind, I wanted to like it, I still WANT to like it, but there's nothing likeable about it. Piss-poor story, bland-assed characters, broken combat, totalitarian linearity, and it's just....bleh.  The only thing remotely good about the game was the concept of the people turning to crystals or the summoning thing...could have led to drama, but they REALLY dropped the ball on that. 

Dayum. I have to say, you are right for the most part. However, even if the game does tell you what to do, it is still pretty fun. So far for me, the game isn't getting any higher than an 8.0 in my eyes because of most of the reasons you explained. Not because its so different than normal JRPG, but because the story is just plain bad. Maybe XV right? 

I think SE was trying to make the game more marketable to casuals. They were aiming for the user base that could make them the most money. This has to be the  only possible reason they threw the game play out the window. They broke it in half and never looked back.