Played 120 hours of FF XIII and got the platinum trophy for it. Looking back on it, I forced myself to do it, even though I enjoyed parts of the game.
Tried the demo for FF XIII-2 and was immediately bored. Did not and will not buy it.

I just can't be assed with JRPG's anymore, they all feel stale and the same to me. I can't relate to the characters, they're too weird, too young, too deep in problems that are absolute alien to me. And to think I grew up playing japanese games and enjoying them the most...

Now that's some epic stuff.

Yeah I enjoyed ff13-2 alot more than 13 but still they are a long way off being GOOD Final fantasies.

Good games just not good Final Fantasies.

The game has 5 QTE sections in the whole game. All of them occur in the main story, that is 1 QTE/5 hours and that only if you don't play any side quests in between.

I haven't played XIII-2 yet. Its one of the games I might pick up if there's a deal on it over the holiday season.

Yes it that means they stopped caring. It was cumulative effect however. One bad game in series is easier to overcome than a loss of direction. The Final Fantasy franchise seems lost, like a rudderless ship. Square Enix doesn't seem to know what Final Fantasy is and as such, they don't have the ability to make a good Final Fantasy game.

Welcome to the club

How is that even possible when every complaint from XIII was addressed and 'fixed' in XIII-2

Both of you are reptiles. That's the only explanation. Yes you are part of ioi's reptile conspiracy crew.

I would probably enjoy FFXIII-2 but not as a Final Fantasy game.

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