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Things you enjoyed about XIII Trilogy
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killatopak
Member
I don't know...
but somehow I just enjoyed it.
but somehow I just enjoyed it.
TatteredHat
Member
That the first one was so disappointing that I saved money by having no desire to buy the two sequels.
autumnleaf
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I feel like it's unfair on XIII-2 to lump it with the other two. It's bar far the best of the three.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
I love the ending of Lightning Returns. It is probably one of the best endings ever by Square Enix standards. I really enjoyed Caius as well because he was a badass and amazing villain. I like Lightning too but I'm not a crazy fan of her. She's just in the alright department considering she's really boring in the first game. The story is a mess as well but sometimes I really enjoyed it but mostly in LR.
Oh and Oerba Yun Fang has a great design.
Oh and Oerba Yun Fang has a great design.
Dangansona
Member
Damn straight!
Haha I'll take it for the moment. Although I just finished exams so I get to go back to XV and I've really enjoyed my first ten hours.
Why Lightning Returns has the best battle system ?
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Legit question: for those who liked or placed FFXIII highly, what was your first FF game that got you into the series?
I'm trying to see if growing up with a certain generation will affect one's favorite FF - like for example, my brothers grew up in the SNES era so by default FFVI is their top FF. I grew up in the late 90s-early 00s generation so FFVII, FFIX, and FFX are my favorite FFs
I'm trying to see if growing up with a certain generation will affect one's favorite FF - like for example, my brothers grew up in the SNES era so by default FFVI is their top FF. I grew up in the late 90s-early 00s generation so FFVII, FFIX, and FFX are my favorite FFs
LambdaTeos
Member
Hating XV is the new trend, you won't be a cool guy if you keep hating XIII and not hat XV
Be a cool guy, hate XV
The game that got me into the series was Final Fantasy IX
I played most of the series
The one I hated the most is Final fantasy X-2
KojiKnight
Member
XIII-2 was a really good game, and I even beat it... I didn't even make it to the section of XIII where it opens up... It's hard to care about a story when 90% of the lingo used is made up words that they don't explain well in game, and essentially want you to read via in-game glossary.
I never played Lightning Returns... Lightning was easily my least favorite part of the XIII series, and by the end of 2, I had more than had enough of her.
So yeah, what I enjoyed about XIII series? They fixed some of the combat problems in XIII, and made it a reasonably enjoyable pokemon knock-off. It's also (sadly) the closest thing we will ever get to a Chrono Trigger sequel, spiritual or otherwise.
Insert Miyamoto 4-chan picture about how everyone hates the latest Zelda and loves the previous ones even when they were hated at first.
I never played Lightning Returns... Lightning was easily my least favorite part of the XIII series, and by the end of 2, I had more than had enough of her.
So yeah, what I enjoyed about XIII series? They fixed some of the combat problems in XIII, and made it a reasonably enjoyable pokemon knock-off. It's also (sadly) the closest thing we will ever get to a Chrono Trigger sequel, spiritual or otherwise.
Insert Miyamoto 4-chan picture about how everyone hates the latest Zelda and loves the previous ones even when they were hated at first.
Dangansona
Member
I mainly place XIII-2 highly but yes the first two games in the XIII trilogy were my introduction to the series. I was probably like 16 at the time but I didn't have a Playstation until the PS3 so most of my JRPG experience had been the Tales series.
I feel bad suggesting that where I started could have affected my appreciation for the games other than what I and some others in here have said which is I had no expectations of "what makes a game final Fantasy" because of it.
Edit: order of play
XIII
XIII-2
IV
VII
XIV
Lightning Returns
X
VIII (almost finished, haven't touched in awhile)
And I am early in IX
My ranking :
VII
XIII-2
XIV
XIII
X
Lightning Returns
VIII
IV
I don't rank it particularly highly compared to the other games (only 1-3 and 5 would be below it) but I still liked it. First game I played was 7, then the snes games, then the rest as they came out. I rank 8 and 10 as my favourites so not really the order I played them
FrontalMonk
Banned
I answered you in the FFXV spoiler thread, but it was a pretty late answer so I'll say it here, too. I'm a bit of a weird outlier; I grew up in the 80s-early 90s and played a good bit of FF1 and Dragon Warrior on the NES, but I didn't play FFIV and FFVI until really late, because my family got a genesis instead, and the only RPGs we had for it was Phantasy Star 2 and Super Hydlide.
I went back and played FFIV and FFVI but not until after I had already played through and beaten VII, and to this day I've still not beaten IV or VI. I respect the hell out of them, but I think my favorite is X, partially because I liked the story and setting, and partially because the turn based system and the swapping party members mid-fight mechanic combined to make probably my favorite combat system in the series.
First game in the series I actually beat was VII and I rank it very highly.
Edit: Also, a buddy of mine has a very similar theory regarding peoples' favorite Zelda game, that your favorite Zelda is likely whichever one you were either first exposed to or grew up with, which is why a lot of people say LttP and a lot say OoT.
Dangansona
Member
There's something to that. Specifically Ocarina was my first and I think all my love for the 3D games made it hard for me to appreciate the 2D games. I began my time as a Zelda fan loving all the towns and talking to the NPCs, which is largely missing from the 2D games.
Laurel_McFang
Member
I actuakly felt like FF Xiii-2 had an amazingly good platonic romance and a decently well developed villian with a valid morality at odds with the protoganists. That said I really haven't played a FF Game in ages. Also the world in FF I think had the best neo-magical-future design of all of them. It really was some weird seductive crystaline utopia. 13's story line... I mean the Villian... he just didn't cut it, but 13-2 was a good emotional trip ending with the hallmark final fantasy tragedy. It earned the feels. P.s. Have never used the feels before and I am nearly 40.
VII was my first FF and I loved it. I disliked VIII but the CGs were cool, loved IX, was OK on X, liked the battle system and jpop feel of X-2 but playing it always put me to sleep, really liked XI, thought XII was cool, LOVED XIII, thought XIV:ARR was nice. I went back to the earlier titles between VIII and IX and thought IV was average, V was nice, VI was OK to good.
When it comes to having fun playing the game, VII, IX and XIII are at the top for me.
FrontalMonk
Banned
And I know that for me, LttP is my favorite and I hate the more recent 3d ones specifically *because* of all the towns and talking to NPCs. Like, between all the side quests and all the collectable bullshit I just felt like there was too much fat that never got trimmed on the later entries. Give me a bunch of equipment, hide it in a bunch of dungeons, and make me go through a bunch of dungeons, gimme the master sword, and throw ganon at me. That's what I want. All this extra side questy garbage just bogs down the flow of the game for me. I couldn't bring myself to get through Twilight Princess, and since then I haven't logged any time into any Zelda game except for Link Between Worlds, which was fantastic because it didn't fuck around at any point.
Grettir_the_Swole
Member
The cheap pocket watch that came with the XIII-2 CE.
But really, I thought the character design was well done considering the insane metric they use to gauge fashion at SE. Aside from that I couldn't get myself to finish the series. The level design was horrid in XIII and the characters lacked any distinguishing features that weren't purely aesthetic or preordained by typical JRPG stock character molds. It's a shame, really, to think some designers believe you can replace nuance and believability with endless, needlessly complex, lore.
But really, I thought the character design was well done considering the insane metric they use to gauge fashion at SE. Aside from that I couldn't get myself to finish the series. The level design was horrid in XIII and the characters lacked any distinguishing features that weren't purely aesthetic or preordained by typical JRPG stock character molds. It's a shame, really, to think some designers believe you can replace nuance and believability with endless, needlessly complex, lore.
badcrumble
Member
I think the rigorous commitment to balance in the first game was good (though it had some casualties). You were never overleveled or underleveled.
Music was very, very good.
FFXIII-2's story was good, at least between Noel and Caius.
Music was very, very good.
FFXIII-2's story was good, at least between Noel and Caius.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Yeah, the one thing I thought was bullshit, but was kind of okay with, was the fact that the last Crystarium level didn't unlock until you beat the game. Personally, I tend to rush RPGs because I'll reach a point with most games where I get tired of the "open world" activities and side quests and just want to see the story and get to the end, so the fact that I wasn't underlevelled was a nice change for me.
ShaoranWright
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Nova Bovington
Member
I always thought it was funny how this strong female character who almost became the reincarnation of the god of death drew all her power from wardrobe changes. And then Louis Vuitton happened.
That said, the paradigm system was pretty cool.
Astral Dog
Member
I thought the character designs, aesthetics and music (love FFXIII 2 Battle ) were kinda cool.
Favorites are Noe, Caius, Fang and Snow.
Favorites are Noe, Caius, Fang and Snow.
Orakio Rob
Member
The thing I like the most about XIII is how streamlined it is:
- Whenever a battle ends, you're automatically healed
- No micromanagement in combat, you just assign roles to each character (I really like it)
Even though I think the plot is pure crap (and it gets even worse in XIII-2), I love the sense of urgency in it. There's this constant feeling of imminent doom, because of the curse cast upon the characters. It kept things exciting for me until the end.
- Whenever a battle ends, you're automatically healed
- No micromanagement in combat, you just assign roles to each character (I really like it)
Even though I think the plot is pure crap (and it gets even worse in XIII-2), I love the sense of urgency in it. There's this constant feeling of imminent doom, because of the curse cast upon the characters. It kept things exciting for me until the end.
Seven Force
Banned
I don't really like the XIII trilogy, but XIII-2's final boss sequence is one of the best in the entire series.
Reading through this thread makes me want to jump back into these games (namely 1 and 2, never played LR)
I hope they make a trilogy re-release soon.
In fact, playing FFXV made me realize modern Final Fantasy games can't seem to make a decent story. I'm judging these games by the overall experience and my experience with FFXIII was largely positive.
I hope they make a trilogy re-release soon.
In fact, playing FFXV made me realize modern Final Fantasy games can't seem to make a decent story. I'm judging these games by the overall experience and my experience with FFXIII was largely positive.
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