| Runa216 said: |
I read through all your wall text, but I seriously can't, and don't have the patience for, go for each point highlighting things I agree and disagree with you.
Instead of all that, I merely say this: Final Fantasy XIII is a game. A game that the mainstream media liked, yet long-time Final Fantasy fans seems to hate (though Brendude or Outlawaron actually love the game, for example). It is a game that some people liked, others hated.
You didn't like the art direction, you didn't like the voice acting/music. You didn't like the story that was presented at you. You think the gameplay is shallow. You admit that it is the simplest of RPGs though (guess interactive dramas can be gaming-considered RPGs now). The game frustrated you.
You think the game is bad and that's okay. But that doesn't mean the game is bad. The game merely is what it is: a game. The game is not a bad game objectively.
You think the game is bad and I like the game. That's what everything is to it. I don't mind people hatin' on the game. My point was, this is not an objectively bad game, because "being objective" and "bad" in the same sentence carries out such inmense implications, and we fall again to the subjective plane. Simple.
Everything you said here, your empirical experience on the matter, is purely subjective. Disliking the art direction, disliking the voice acting, disliking the story, disliking the gameplay. That's subjective. It doesn't have anything to do with the game being bad. The game isn't bad. It isn't good either. That's up for the player to decide.
