Re: Random Thoughts
11/20/13 6:14 am | #18433
Seriously- screw Final Fantasy XIII. Liked XIII-2 a lot, fun ride. But I wanted to "beat" XIII before Xbox One release, because if not, I'd probably never touch it again. BARELY made it past Orphan. A game that's devoid of its RPG routes, a narrow corridor, then ups the difficulty by 500% during the last chapter. Screw you Square. FAQs said "OMG didn't even need to heal on Orphan". Go screw yourself. Yeah, maybe you can grind for 100+ hours- but I had MAX levels on ALL the main jobs, & that last boss was hard as hell. A pale comparison to FFIV, FFVI, FVII, FVIII, back when things mattered. It's sad when I just wanted the end-game achievement, & note that "yeah I beat it" on a Final Fantasy game. The first game started because Square was going out of business, so poured their heart into their last run. Of course, the people that made that game great- were fired, & moved on. From the programmers, to the music composer, to the executives. FFXIII-2 was still "fun", & harkened me back to some Chrono Trigger elements.
But no, this wasn't fun. I didn't finish FFXII not out of passion, but because I couldn't pay my rent at the time- & I still enjoyed the "light" MMO elements. FFXIII, what the hell. I was listening to podcasts trying to finish you. And that is a damn corporate shame.