Witch ones exactly and why?

This FF just goes after FF8, FF13 got the second place.


squall was just a emo in big boy pants.

Yes. It disappointed me. I enjoyed the game a lot, and I think is one of the best games of the generation. But FF is my favourite series of all time... and FFXIII wasn't at other's FF's level.

I lol'd XD

OT: I have yet to find strenght and go through chapter 11. Ironically, this is where people say that the game "opens". Meh!
Its just not fun.

^^^ In fact, kids use this way of arguing. ^^^

Uhm, this is very subjective. I personally prefer the one in FF 8, even with that annoying draw for magic.

I was so disappointed that I did not finish the game. I wanted to like it, and I even spent at least 12 hours playing the game trying to force myself to like it. But after a while, I just couldn't get myself to pick up the game anymore. I'm not saying this game is horrible, it's just that I'm very picky with games. I've probably only beaten 1/3 of the games I've started. For me, a game has to either have great gameplay or a great story to get me to play it. Both would be nice, but if a game has one of these i'll probably like it. IMO, FFXIII had neither.

Gameplay: (from what I played)
FFXIII doesn't really feel much like an RPG. It is completely linear and I always felt like I was doing missions or stages, rather than exploring places...especially because you could actually see the enemies and clear out a place. FFXIII doesn't allow the sort of freedom that makes an RPG an RPG. The whole time I felt like I was playing a game that was disguised as an RPG, but was actually an adventure game with a weird combat system. And so, since I could only look at it as an adventure game, the gameplay was pretty lame IMO.

STORY: (from what I played)
While the story isn't necessarily bad, it definitely is not good. I couldn't really understand it at first until I went online and read some back story. That should not be required...especially in an FFX game. And the characters were just plain annoying. I seriously did not like a single main character. I don't even know how that is possible when there are quite a few of them. I found it very strange when I actually found myself wanting to skip the cutscenes. For me, the cutscenes are a hugely important part in any RPG... i usually feel like i'm working my way just to see the next one. If the cutscenes weren't so pretty, I probably would have skipped some.

So yeah, that's basically why I did not like the game.

It's different precisely because you choose an option before pressing X. I think the battle system in FFXIII was interesting but I much prefer choosing every single action myself.

@Lostplanet22

I litteraly liked every single character in the game. I loved Snow for haveing that desire to want to be a hero, no matter what. It was admirable in him how hard he tried. I loved Lightning because she was so tough and strong on the outside but inside her she still had strong emotions and cared for her companions. I loved Hope even though at first I thought he was annoying I quickly realized he had a complex set or problems and blamed Snow for his mothers death mostly because he just couldn't let her go himself. I loved Fang because...........well she has a badass summon and is hot and has a cool accent lol. And Saz had great comedic relief and had one of the most emotional scene in the entire game where he nearly killed Vanille.

I thought it was a pretty great game actually and don't understand the hate at all. I think these characters are pretty damn compelling.

The problem is that they are too stereotypical that they're easy to predict. That is quite annoying.