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Jumpin on 27 June 2011

I am much more of a Dragon Quest fan nowadays.

I felt the series peaked with FF6, FF7, and FF8, and then went into decline. FF9-12 were still great games. I still liked FF13 as well, but I can say that I will probably play FF6, 7, and 8 several times more before I replay FF13 again.... Maybe 10 years from now...



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Crazymann on 27 June 2011
EdHieron said:
I think it's kind of like some folks' opinions of Obama. Back at the beginning of the gen a lot of people were upset that it was supposed to be an exclusive for PS3 that would have definitely put PS3 over the 360 a long time ago if had been kept exclusive and come out in 2008. Then a lot of PS3 fans got ticked off that it was coming to 360 as well, so all of this this animosity towards this game has colored later impressions of it.


What you say?

Does not compute...



darkknightkryta on 27 June 2011
pariz said:
darkknightkryta said:
pariz said:
maximus22 said:
Maybe that's why I felt so ripped off after beating FF13. They only gave me one disk!!

Epic!

 

Still, I loved XIII.

Of course it had little in common with old time rpgs. But I was open to the new experience and I enjoyed it.

People need to enjoy what they are offered for what it is and not bitch around for what it isn't.

How can you just accept the mediocrity from a series that has up till this point released masterpiece after masterpiece?

Mediocrity is relative, we all know that. Square Enix is free to do what they want with their OP and the public is free to react to that the way they feel. Keep in mind that audiences are complex "entities" and though lots of fans disliked the game, many other loved it. As far as I know the game didn't sell bad at all, regardless of bad critics and fanboys whining like babies. But pretending Final Fantasy series not to try new things is something weird.
The game failed to reach universal claim and I think that's something that won't happen ever again to a Final Fantasy game. Expectations are ridiculously high each and every time and people love to bash old glories as much as adolescents love pointing out their parents flaws. It makes them feel they are somehow more important.

That's not what I was arguing, accepting a mediocre game for "What it is" doesn't lead to progression.  If every accepted the way Final Fantasy XIII is, then what's there to stop Square from making the next title better?  Like Final Fantasy XIII isn't a bad game, but I expect a certain level of quality from my Final Fantasy games and compared to what I get from the other titles, this was crap; I payed 60 dollars for a game with 30 dollars worth of content.  Just accepting mediocre games will lead to us getting less and less.  Bad enough the average length of a game this gen is 5 hours.



AdventWolf on 28 June 2011
EdHieron said:
I think it's kind of like some folks' opinions of Obama. Back at the beginning of the gen a lot of people were upset that it was supposed to be an exclusive for PS3 that would have definitely put PS3 over the 360 a long time ago if had been kept exclusive and come out in 2008. Then a lot of PS3 fans got ticked off that it was coming to 360 as well, so all of this this animosity towards this game has colored later impressions of it.


Maybe for some people, but users across both systems were very disappointed with the game. I couldn't give a crap if a game is multiplatform, FF13 is very polished but the gameplay was lacking.



hatmoza on 28 June 2011
TruckOSaurus said:
I completely agree with the OP.

I just got into Lost Odyssey this weekend and it reminded me of what Final Fantasy XIII was lacking. I love barging into people's houses and searching their pots, drawers and dressers, walking around a town trying to find everything I can to give me an extra edge later in battle. I also love having tons of things to collect (seeds, items for sidequests, ingredients for rings), having a world map and being able to decide where I want to go.

FFXIII was just walking down a long corridor while a story unfolds (a poorly told one too).


I respect people who share their disaistfactory with FF XIII

I personally use FF XIII as a measure to who has real tastes in games.

In other words, respect. Also, you need to post more often in gaming threads



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hatmoza on 28 June 2011
EdHieron said:
I think it's kind of like some folks' opinions of Obama. Back at the beginning of the gen a lot of people were upset that it was supposed to be an exclusive for PS3 that would have definitely put PS3 over the 360 a long time ago if had been kept exclusive and come out in 2008. Then a lot of PS3 fans got ticked off that it was coming to 360 as well, so all of this this animosity towards this game has colored later impressions of it.


oh stop it. FXIII, the way it is now, if released exclusively would have still gotten the criticisms it has now. The game was that bad.



I am the black sheep     "of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson

hatmoza on 28 June 2011

double post





I am the black sheep     "of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson

narog on 28 June 2011

the real successor to final fantasy is "Lost Odyssey" every creator from FF work on that game and is pretty cool look the opening vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sdYvrRbqE



AdventWolf on 28 June 2011
narog said:
the real successor to final fantasy is "Lost Odyssey" every creator from FF work on that game and is pretty cool look the opening vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sdYvrRbqE


You bastard, you made me get interested in the game but it is only on the 360 :(.



deskpro2k3 on 28 June 2011

I'm skipping XIII-2. It taken about a year or less for them to develop XIII-2, so I'm not going to expect anything ground breaking. Its like this is their last ditch effort to make their fanbase happy. I wonder why they couldn't think about putting those extra content in the original game in the first place. Oh wait.. Yeah I know why