TheKoreanGuy said:
I'm not saying the stuff in the datalog is totally absent from the story. Just that it's so poorly written, it's very easy to miss things and you have to resort to reading the datalog if you want to get any enjoyment out of the story. Not to mention all the lore and history that went into building the world of FFXIII were only briefly mentioned. Such a waste because the world is actually interesting to read about, and would be even better if it was told in a more interesting way. |
I also loved the world and lore, but I still got all of that information from the cutscenes alone.
I'd say their biggest mistake in terms of storytelling was locking up stories and information about Etro in the cie'th stones. It's important information that you can only gain through side quests and reading the datalog (none of you guys probably dug deep enough to spot that).
