Lightning Returns FF XIII Review - 4 / 10

[Tyto_alba]

FinalFantasyXIII said:

Tyto_alba said:
I hated FFXIII and FFXIII-2.
Don't get me wrong, they were good games, i beat both and enjoyed them. But this is Final Fantasy, being a good game isn't enough for Final Fantasy. For FF, i expect the best only.
The FF XIII battle system was the only good thing going for it. The story telling was awful, i hated the lack of freedom and the extreme linearity of it. FF XIII-2 solved some things, but at the same time, it had its own mistakes.

I will play LR, but until I find it cheap.

Man I liked the whole FFXIII sci-fi/1984 vibe story.

But I'm a huge fan of Phantasy Star 2 the first console sci-fi RPG, and sci fi movies in gerneral 2001 to Blade Runner to Oblivion etc, and George Orwells distopyian novel. You're probly into LOTRS, I find LOTR boring af and a lot of older FF's have that LOTR feel like their going camping staying at the INN and attacking beasts with sticks and wands, and later you get a shiny big sword instead of a stick...and then there is some ultimate evil sorceror/dictator/hitler type to destroy. Yuck it's been over done and FFXIII had that updated story feels for me, with by and far the best battle system since FFIV which was released in late 1991. It's been awile.

 

I hope LR is a nice climax and close to the story.

I'm more into Sci-fi than into LOTR. Also, I liked the story  in FFXIII, it had potential. What I didn't liked is the storytelling. The way the story was delivered, not the story per se.