Final Fantasy XIII - A Storm Gathers (And FF XIII & XIII-2 ship 9.6 million units)

[Runa216]

Scoobes said:

Runa216 said:

A203D said:
You said a lot of hate you for (justifiabily) shitting on FF13. I think its ridiculous that you would say that.

Even if someone dosent like you for your personal opinion, its not your problem, its theirs. And honestly, that opinion is shared among many fans. In fact many have been far more vocal about it. Anyway, I look foward to reading the article. I agree its unfair to bash the game relentessly, but there are reasonabily justifiable points that a lot of gaming journalists have not explored.

Ah, got it now.  

Truth be told I'm rather hesitant to write up the article and post it...not becuase I'm worried about people disagreeing (I'm not, I acknowledge people will likely hate me for it), but becuase I highly doubt it'd initiate any intelligent conversation.  I'd like for it to get people talking, actually DISCUSSING the source of the issues at the root of the problem and what it means for the future of the series...but that's not going to happen. 

That and...well, I rarely see an article posted here that is serious and NOT just trollin for hits, and I really don't want to be seen as "just another professional troll" like Jim Sterling.  I hate the idea of grading games based solely on what I expect will get me hits, or posting an inflammatory article just to piss people off.  No, I want to get discussion going, sadly the topic at hand is sure to get its fair share of heat. 

Well I hope you write and publish because I look forward to reading it. It'd be interesting to see a full critique of the game with the full benefit of hindsight. As A203D says, you could work it into the context of XIII-3 being announced.

I'm still trying to put it together, writing an article like that requires a certain level of finesse that I'm not so sure I have at this moment in my life.  I have the points, I have the examples, and I have the details and comparisons needed to accentuate the issues with the game, but every time I write it, it comes across as being horribly amateurish and ramblomatic.  Working on structure and flow in an article like that is hard, I find.