Poll: What is everyone's problem with XIII?

[Eclectic Dreck]

Seriously i see more and more "omg ff13 is shit" rants everyday. Although i dont rank it as the best ff it was far from the worst and in some cases like the battle system improved on prevoious titles.

So I ask you was XIII a dissapointment for you? And if so why?

I hated the characters for the most part. The story bored me. The combat mechanics began as a dull "press button to win" that gained the depth necessary to entertain me at far too slow a pace. I felt as though I had no agency over the characters or the narrative.

Basically, I hated the game precisely because there was nothing there for me to like. Had I liked the characters or the story I might have been able to put up with the unintersting mechanics long enough for those to stand on their own. Alternatively, if the mechanics were interesting enough I could put up with a story and characters that I did not care for.

An example of the former is Mass Effect while the latter is Bayonetta for me. Mass Effect had me pushing forward to see what happened next while the actual act of getting from point to point was generally quite dull. Bayonetta's reliance on spectacle and sex appeal made both the story and characters unappealing but the mechanics inherent in the game made it worth completing once.

 

[Zaik]

No.

It wasn't the best game ever by far, but it was rather nice to see something different than the

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snorefest that has been around for longer than i have. After the awful abomination 12 was, i'd swore to never buy another one, but they actually managed to not do more of the exact same thing, so i ended up buying it.


I have no idea what actually happened in the story, though nobody in their right mind over the age of 14 should be expecting an actual story in a jrpg. At one point i think i watched a few cutscenes and got a basic grasp of something retarded, but i try to avoid that as much as possible.