Final Fantasy XIII has mixed reviews. Personally it is one of my favorites. I think it came out in a time when open world games were the big thing, and it didn't really deliver in that category. I enjoyed XIII-2 as well. XII-2 and Lightning Returns have more freedom to move around the "world" to try and remove the linear feeling from the first, but I still think the first is the best of the three.
Long time fan of Final Fantasy here as well. Played ever since the first one on the NES back when I was about 12 or 13. This was a fun series to watch grow and evolve over time, with each installment introducing something new. Some good, some bad.
I think FFXIII deserves a lot of its criticism. My main issues with the game are: the stats and character growth don't feel earned; everything just kind of happens on a schedule based on where you are in the story, the story itself is highly convoluted with important story elements
tucked away in the game's datalogs; making your audience go searching
for key plot points is a bad way to tell a story, and the gameplay isn't very engaging; I don't recall many battles that required input from me beyond pressing A or waiting a little longer to press A. Then there's
the equipment crafting/upgrading process... My memory gets a little
fuzzy here, but it seemed like my party's original gear was what I stuck with the entire game, and everything else I found was crap. I'm pretty sure I was able to inflict massive amounts of damage just my upgrading
my original stuff a little bit, so I never bothered seeking out
different weapons or armor.
I don't want to totally dump on the game, because there were some legitimate times of fun I had with it. It was the first game I bought
for my XBox360, and it was fun to play a new Final Fantasy game again at the time. I just wish the world was a little more realized with things
to do and places to explore.
I do agree that the two sequels that followed it were weak. I played XIII-2 about a decade ago for a couple months, got stuck, and bored, and never picked it back up. Similar experience with LR.
Maybe this winter I'll try to replay FFXIII with a fresh perspective
after I set my gaming area back up, and finally give the other two a chance.
They re-released them 2 months back as a single video with 4k
upscaling. Check it out (and watch to the end to catch my credit ha): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZ0a1rHUYs
Which of the Final Fantasy games to you like best between I-VI and then from VII-XVI?
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