omamus
Since: Oct, 2009
03/31/2011 00:00:00
Thank you. I hold the same opinion as you.
ManwiththePlan
Since: Dec, 2009
09/28/2011 00:00:00
^ Seconded.
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Worst Final Fantasy Ever?
I haven't played every Final Fantasy. Not even most of them. I've play IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, and now XIII and I have to say that this is the worst Final Fantasy I've played yet.
Many people may cite VIII or XII as the object of their hatred for various reasons, but each game gets its respective flak. It seems that each fan of Final Fantasy has a game that they love, the one game that will keep them coming back again and again until something, anything, recaptures that magic but on the opposite end of the spectrum, a game that they pledge undying hatred for, the reason that they're cynical about each new release. For a while, I had VI for the game of my affection, and nothing for my game of hatred. I liked each one for different reasons and didn't find any to be bad, just different games. That was until I played XIII.
The battle system is conveluted, it seems that the best way to beat the game is to simply spam A until the thing in front of you dies. The paradigms were honestly fun at first, playing around with the various combinations and finding a few that really worked for you was a fun part of the game... until it was over, then you had your paradigms, and that's it. There were no unlockable jobs, just the few that you start out with, and you're stuck with that the entire game. This wouldn't be such a problem if the battles weren't such a chore.
And maybe THAT wouldn't have been such a problem if the story or characters were any good. I think everyone's been in a situation where they're playing a game just to get to the next cutscene but I honestly didn't care about anything that happened to any of the characters in this game. I kept hoping for it to get better but it never did. There were no stand out characters, everyone was an equal bore. The story was dumb but maybe I just didn't understand it. No, I definitely didn't understand it, and that's pretty bad because I understood VIII's just fine.
The world felt cardboard and I was more immersed in the PSX era pre-rendered backgrounds. The music was good the first 80 times but then it got monotonous.
All in all, Square needs to go in the opposite direction with XV and if that means going back to ATB random battles then so be it, anything to get away from this mess.