LubeMeUpUncleAlfred said:
teigaga said:
CladInShadows said:
teigaga said:
Xxain said:
Ok.
I do have to say though, your perception of what the"forced main cast" did for the world/story of FF12 is ironic. The choice to present the main cast as just simple, non special, non directly related to main villian, actually strengthens the world and story lore. FF12 focused on world events themselves as the main character not singular direct events(cloud,sephiroth,shinra). FF12 has the richest lore of Any FF minus the MMO's wether you like it or not. |
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Final fantasy XII is held back only by oversights in the battle system and the lack of emotive investment in the story (and how hard it was to follow). It is still my opinion the most progressive FF in recent memory.
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You thought FF12 was a hard story to follow? Jesus Christ, stay the hell away from FF13 then.
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WIth the old english and different fractions, I often lost track of who was doing what. 13 was convoluted in the way it was told but was ultimately quite simple. Whilst 12 alongside the things mentioned above was actually plot heavy with tons of twists and turns, so it kinda mattered that you paid attention.
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I never understood why people think FF13's story is hard to follow. There's like one or two instances that are weird because the meaning is lost in its effectiveness, but the story is never hard to follow:
*spoilers*
Like Barthandelus tasking the characters to fulfill their L'Cie mission to kill Ragnarok, but at the end all of a sudden Bart wants them to kill him so he can ascend.
It's never hard to follow, it just doesn't make sense. They were really reaching for creating their own logic in a story. But unfortunately you just can't do that and succeed without providing consistency for this logic.
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I kind of lump those two sentiments together. FF13 throws a lot of new terms and concepts at you but does little to inform you of what they actually mean. You spend a good chunk of the game working your way to some goal that you don't really understand or identify with.
I honestly don't get how people think FF12's plot is confusing.
