| Wagram said: Zim they do explain what happens after Final Fantasy XIIIs ending. You need to actually finish it before conjuring up a full analysis of the title. |
I realise they will explain it eventually. Doesn't mean it isn't awful writing. The whole Snow went off.... why didn't Serah go too?.....err well erm.... PLOT DEVICE?!
The complete retconning of FF13's ending is a way out for bad writers. The gameplay, areas, towns, pacing etc of FF13-2 are all much better but god the dialogue and story. It actually annoys me that Noel who so far seems like quite a good and interesting character is actually fairly unlikable because he is just completely forced into an unrelated story and from the events of FF13 there is no reason for him to be there. The disconnect between the two games is almost comical. They couldn't even be bothered to keep the same world rules between games! It should simply have been Noel's game.
The dialogue honestly makes me wonder if the game was written for children as well.
*mild spoilers*
So we go into the Historia Crux and travel to 5AF, we can see it's 5 AF. Serah knows she is traveling through time, Noel has told her about a gazillion times. She gets there and is then surprised she traveled through time...... okay. A guard tells them the pulse elevator has been built. BUT WHAT that wasn't meant to happen for 2 years exclaims Serah. The guard states it happened last year. Serah is confsed but guesses that this must mean they traveled to the future. Noel then further summarises that he would guess 2 years in the future.
The game has just been littered with nonsense like this so far. Everything you know will seemingly be reiterated a billion times while the characters knowledge of it will seemingly waver in and out depending on the conversation i.e. Serah talks about Valhalla in absolute certain terms, then in a later piece of dialogue has no idea what it is.
I literally couldn't believe that conversation happened. It was as though Serah and Noel had both magically transformed into Fi from Skyward Sword and decided to tell you things you knew a million times over.
