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Runa216 on 02 October 2012
Phoenix_Wiight said:
Resident Evil by far- at least SE actually attempts to make their games good.
At least their motto isn't "let's make it an action game so we get more money."

Scuse me?  Final Fantasy XIII was all style, no substance.  "Let's dumb down the battle system so we can make it flashier and more action packed!"  



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S.T.A.G.E. on 02 October 2012
Runa216 said:
Phoenix_Wiight said:
Resident Evil by far- at least SE actually attempts to make their games good.
At least their motto isn't "let's make it an action game so we get more money."

Scuse me?  Final Fantasy XIII was all style, no substance.  "Let's dumb down the battle system so we can make it flashier and more action packed!"  

Final Fantasy XIII was all style, no substance, but, it was still more in adherence to what Final Fantasy was about than Resident Evil. Capcom switched genres from horror to Action after Mikami left.



Scoobes on 02 October 2012
Runa216 said:
I don't understand people saying Final Fantasy sucked after IX. X had some things it was missing (world map, mostly), and XII did things a little different, but both were fantastic games with tonnes of things to do, fantastic gameplay, and awesome characters. X has one of the best stories in the games, and when it comes to sheer volume of content, I'd say XII is the best in the series.

Don'tknow why people don't like them.

XII had great gameplay and an amazing world with lots of freedom. The problem I had was there were what appeared to be 2 main characters that didn't seem to matter in any way, nor did I care about them (can you guess which ones? ). Lots of depth to the story and world but the execution could have been better plus the pacing was all over the place. By the end I'd stopped caring about what I was doing.




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brendude13 on 02 October 2012
Phoenix_Wiight said:
Resident Evil by far- at least SE actually attempts to make their games good.
At least their motto isn't "let's make it an action game so we get more money."

Hahaha, according to some people, that's apparently what Square Enix did with FFXIII.



ishiki on 02 October 2012
Scoobes said:
Runa216 said:
I don't understand people saying Final Fantasy sucked after IX. X had some things it was missing (world map, mostly), and XII did things a little different, but both were fantastic games with tonnes of things to do, fantastic gameplay, and awesome characters. X has one of the best stories in the games, and when it comes to sheer volume of content, I'd say XII is the best in the series.

Don'tknow why people don't like them.

XII had great gameplay and an amazing world with lots of freedom. The problem I had was there were what appeared to be 2 main characters that didn't seem to matter in any way, nor did I care about them (can you guess which ones? ). Lots of depth to the story and world but the execution could have been better plus the pacing was all over the place. By the end I'd stopped caring about what I was doing.

I don't even count them as main characters I count them as jar jar binks (main characters but not exactly relevant to anything past the first 1/4th of the movie/game.

(not talking negatively) I've always been a bit surprised at you not liking 12 as much. I always thought it was a lot like bioware games (minus dialogue options) which is indeed a negative. I agree that the pacing was off and the lack of decisions is annoying (especially since matsuno did it in tactics ogre).

For me that was enough to be a pretty cool game. But that's me.

but nvm, I like every FF since 4. Besides online ones, dissidia and some spinnoffs *runs* :D



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SaberSaurus on 02 October 2012

Resident Evil, at least Final Fantasy stayed true to it's genre, sorta :P



   

NintendoPie on 02 October 2012

Most likely Final Fantasy. Though I liked XIII...



Wagram on 02 October 2012
Runa216 said:
I don't understand people saying Final Fantasy sucked after IX. X had some things it was missing (world map, mostly), and XII did things a little different, but both were fantastic games with tonnes of things to do, fantastic gameplay, and awesome characters. X has one of the best stories in the games, and when it comes to sheer volume of content, I'd say XII is the best in the series.

Don'tknow why people don't like them.


Don't worry, when XV is released, XIII will become an amazing game.

Also to be fair while Final Fantasy XIII is a bit polarizing. Its critical score is an 83 rather then a 67 (Metacritic).



Darc Requiem on 02 October 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Runa216 said:
Phoenix_Wiight said:
Resident Evil by far- at least SE actually attempts to make their games good.
At least their motto isn't "let's make it an action game so we get more money."

Scuse me?  Final Fantasy XIII was all style, no substance.  "Let's dumb down the battle system so we can make it flashier and more action packed!"  

Final Fantasy XIII was all style, no substance, but, it was still more in adherence to what Final Fantasy was about than Resident Evil. Capcom switched genres from horror to Action after Mikami left.

I disagree. Of course Final Fantasy has been eroding over a longer period of time. Side note: RE4 still had tank controls. They just didn't seem as bad because of the over the shoulder view.



Runa216 on 02 October 2012
Scoobes said:
Runa216 said:
I don't understand people saying Final Fantasy sucked after IX. X had some things it was missing (world map, mostly), and XII did things a little different, but both were fantastic games with tonnes of things to do, fantastic gameplay, and awesome characters. X has one of the best stories in the games, and when it comes to sheer volume of content, I'd say XII is the best in the series.

Don'tknow why people don't like them.

XII had great gameplay and an amazing world with lots of freedom. The problem I had was there were what appeared to be 2 main characters that didn't seem to matter in any way, nor did I care about them (can you guess which ones? ). Lots of depth to the story and world but the execution could have been better plus the pacing was all over the place. By the end I'd stopped caring about what I was doing.

I know this will shock you, but that was by design.  the original story had only the 4 main characters, but in early testing they found the more mature characters weren't vibing well with the younger or female demographics, so they added Vaan and Penelo as player surrogates, deliberately making them kinda ineffectual to give the player a sense of immersion by giving the other characters someone to explain the plot to, rather than explaining it amongst each other in an oddly specific expository way.  

Though I agree, Vaan and Penelo are lame. 



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