Lightning Returns FF XIII Review - 4 / 10

[Runa216]

FinalFantasyXIII said:

The reason people make these posts is so the FFXIII series does not oversell their precious FF7 series. Don't be fooled by them. FFX-X2 series already outsold it anyways.

The internet hipster trend is to claim that FFVII is the best series.

Another internet trend is to say the FFXIII series is bad. Like the OP of this thread has done.

FFVII sold 9.72m & FFVII CC sold 3.10m = 12.82m total for the FFVII series.

FFXIII sold 5.09+2.03=7.12m for the ps360, FFXIII-2 sold 2.49+.69=3.18m for the ps360. 7.12m+3.18m=10.30m + Japans numbers for LR .41m+.01m currently = 10.72m for the FFXIII series total so far. We still need to see what the release on PS360 in USA+UK numbers reach, and this site lists it availble on XB1? I wonder if that is true or not? Anyhow...Recap.

FFVII series = 12.82m sales, and FFXIII series = 10.72m If the game Lightning Returns FFXIII can average just 1m combined on PS360 in USA and 1m combined in UK for ps360 platforms it will be a more successful series than peoples precious FF7 series. Interesting!

I can't wait to make that thread or let someone else make it. It's gonna happen folks :) the people on the internet who complain about FFXIII are very wrong about RPG's. We FFXIII series fans will soon have the numbers on our side, deal with it. FFX-X2 has sold a combined  13.34m and will have a re-release. These 2 series FF13 and FF10 will soon be the undeniable real fan favorites, and all the FF7 hipsters can't handle the truth. Maybe we'll get a FF7 re-release someday and the hipsters can prove us FFX and FFXIII fans wrong too, or maybe SS knows FF7 isn't good enough to remake. Have a nice day. Share your thoughts. :)

You're wrong.  Your theory is innaccurate.  Why?  I hate FFXIII, and I felt VII was overrated as hell.  I mean, I enjoyed it, but it's not even my favorite Final Fantasy game.  that honor goes to VI.  As I look back, I'm starting to think the only reason I loved VII was Nostalgia; it was the first game I played and beat on the PS1.  

Now, it's just dated, the plot is silly, and the characters are cliche stereotypes. 

I feel this way and still feel that XIII is quite possibly the crowning achievement in "shittiest game compared to budget and expectations ever."  and I mean that.  The very fact that the game had a budget reportedly just under 100 million dollars and its biggest functional flaw was something as simple as "your leader dies, it's game over" is just laughably terrible.  An unpaid intern could have fixed that, yet they decided to keep it in the game?  That's a combination of hilarious ineptitude, gross negligence, and disappointingly ill-concieved design.  

or maybe I'm just looking to find more ways to bash that game.