The Critic's Plight

[Troll_Whisperer]

Runa216 said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
I read your thoughts on FFXIII. I agreed on some, disagreed on some others (I liked the battle system, played without auto-battle and was fine, and you can actually slow the battles in the menu. It can be simple, yes, but in that case you will also be inefficient).

However, I thought you had at least explained your reasons, and that's what a review is about.

When you read a review for a movie, you don't expect the reviewer to tell you what you think, you want to hear an opinion based on some facts.

I liked your review. If you write a review like that and trash a game I absolutely love, I wouldn't get hurt. Don't worry about what people on the internet think.

to be fair, I don't consider harsh criticism to be 'trashing', that word has a negative connotation and would indicate that I'm pointing things out to make it look bad, which I'm not. (well, I guess you could argue that I am, but it's not for malice, it's for honesty) 

Honestly though, I'm glad you liked the battle system, it reminds me how important it is to have differing opinions, I just found it fundamentally flawed.  With some tweaks it could be good, but as it stands I wasn't impressed. 

Maybe I chose the wrong word. English is not my 1st language so I get a lot of Internet vocabulary...

What I liked about the battle system is that it is quite strategic. You can get to Gran Pulse without using a medic if you do it well. I didn't think it was simplified from previous FF, I used to spam either attack or fire/ice/water/thunder with those (with random encounters). I admit that auto-battle shouldn't be there.

For me, the problem is that 90% of the game is battling, so you do a lot of the same fo much of the game, because you encounter the same kind of enemies many times. In previous FF there weren't so many easy random encounters so it doesn't leave you with that feeling. Also, for the first third of the game even the bosses are easy. It can be tedious.

But as I said, I have no problem with any opinion as long as it is argumented.