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mtlca66 on 30 March 2010

RENT IT.

i love ff4,6,7,9, and 10 is okay, but i hated 12 and i actually think 13 is worse. i really do not enjoy the battle system at all and that is pretty much all this game is; fighting. (all side quests are "hunts" as far as i know)




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heedstone on 30 March 2010
lestatdark said:
heedstone said:
lestatdark said:
flacomeza said:

Hi there VG community,

Even though I ve reading almost every day the website, I ve decided to become more active, so from now on I will try to share useful comments with the community regarding anything that matters.

 

Now, my favorite RPG is Final Fantasy 7, and what I liked the most, besides the story, was the levelling, exploring new areas ang getting all the secrets. Now, I have been reading that FFXIII is more linear than its precedesors, but I what really care is if it has plenty of weapons to level, or magic, or secrets things, mini games, that keep me busy. I would like some opinions from the people that have played it.

 

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Well, the FFXIII experience is fractured into two different flows. Pre-Chapter 11 and post-Chapter 11. 

Pre-Chapter 11 the game is fairly linear in terms of story development and how you progress through Cocoon, but it has a heavy focus on the history of the characters and the links between them, which it does very good mind you, probably one of the best FFs to put together a very good connection between the main characters.

Post-Chapter 11 you'll end up in a huge open area and that's where FFXIII starts to seem more like previous FFs, yet it's starting from chapter 11 that the really plus side of FFXIII shows, the battle system. Also, the conclusion to the game and the final development of the characters is pretty good.

There aren't any mini-games except chocobo digging and a short robot guiding minigame on chapter 4, but there are 64 missions to do, and pretty much every weapon and accessory can be leveled up, upgraded or broken into new weapons/items/accesories.

Also, if you're going for platinum, you're going to spend much time in the game. Currently i'm at 101 hours and I'm on the final stretch for platinum/1000

I agree with this.I'm on chapter 11 just now and loving it.

A question though:  Is the rest of the game like chapter 11 or does it revert to the linear style?

After finishing chapter 11 it reverts to the linear style, due to story concerns. Once you finish the game, you'll be able to visit both Chapter 11, 12 and 13 areas anytime you want.

Cool, I like the idea of revisiting chap 11.  Cheers dude.



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divwilson50 on 30 March 2010

i would say imo, its the worst final fantasy from 1 to 13.

there are other rubbish ff such as cyrstal chronicle for the gamecube.

you would need to play a friends save from chapter 11 onwards to see the best of the game, as the first 10 chapters are awful.



 



 

flacomeza on 30 March 2010

I get the idea pretty well. I think I will rent it a few days to check it out...but in the end I think i will end up buying it, jaja. Thanks! I played final fantasy Crisis Core on PSP and even though it all linear...I like the format of missions.





flacomeza on 30 March 2010

Dont you ever miss the sensation of playing for the first time Final Fantasy 7 or Xenogeras?



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dtewi on 30 March 2010
flacomeza said:
Dont you ever miss the sensation of playing for the first time Final Fantasy 7 or Xenogeras?

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lestatdark on 30 March 2010
flacomeza said:
Dont you ever miss the sensation of playing for the first time Final Fantasy 7 or Xenogeras?

Some games still give me that feeling. Last one to give me that epic feeling of playing a trully special game was Demon's Souls



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rafichamp on 30 March 2010

The game is very linear, but in my opinion it is the best Final Fantasy game, i love the story and you do get to explore at the end of the game



darthdevidem01 on 30 March 2010

imo its the 2nd best FF game, fantastic story, characters & so on......but I am someone who always skips the FF minigames & so on.

If you want it for minigames its really not for you.

On the other hand its weapon levelling system is pretty cool & you can level accessories too, levelling up accessories & upgrading them to new forms is very very fun imo. The chocobo gold digging game is pretty neat too!

If you get invested in the story & characters you'll love the game.

I'd say you won't get the full experience out of renting it cus the first 3 hours of the game are just not good.

Maybe you should wait a month for it to become cheaper, because I would definetely say you should buy it.



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Tanstalas on 30 March 2010

FF13 is/was awesome, though after I beat the game and grinded for a few hours to try and platinum it it got boring (I can only do that stupid behemoth/dog so often before I go crazy) - Even with the growth egg I find it tedious to grind as it is still 3-6 fights to "level up" once..

Maybe later this week I'll buy a case of beer, get drunk and try to platinum it :P

More likely I'll end up playing DotA drunk though



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