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spenderzz on 04 May 2011
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Runa216 said:
spenderzz said:
Runa216 said:
spenderzz said:

I would say Red Dead Redemption, although I also liked FF13 a million times more than I expected to.


I'm legitimately curious....why?  


I'm not even sure really.  Maybe my tastes have just changed over the years or something.  I didn't expect to like it at all, because I didn't like any of the other FF games since 6, but it was engaging, fun, and nice-looking.  2010 didn't wow me that much overall, so the fact that FF13 was even in the running for GOTY is more because it was an underwhelming year than because it was a truly legendary game, but it was a beautiful game that was easy to put down and pick up and I had a good time playing it.

I suppose that's fair, but my tastes are totally opposite of yours.  I loved every Final Fantasy game to date except XIII, which was heartbreaking becuase I REALLY wanted to like it.  in fact, I've been so in love with the series that it actually kinda hurt to see that XIII was a huge departure from the series in such a way that it just plain didn';t work and lacked any of the depth or quality of previous titles.  


I guess my whole thing is that Final Fantasy 7, 8, 10, and 12 seemed like a departure to me anyway, so the Final Fantasy series I have always loved (exemplified by IV and VI) has been dead for years, so I went into XIII with no expectations at all.  I can definitely see how people who loved 7-12 would loathe 13, but I just sort of took it on it's own merits instead of as part of a series, since I wasn't into the series anymore anyway.  It was definitely very linear and most of the criticisms I hear of it are valid, but I sort of enjoyed that in a way since it let me just pick it up at my leisure and not feel lost at any point.