Kotaku - Final Fantasy XIII heroine returns with, well, Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The game is set in the world of Nobus Partus, 13 days from its demise. Here is a first look—a first good look—at the game's stunning concept art. The urban setting of Luxerion looks very intriguing.
Final Fantasy 13 was first introduced to us back in 2009, almost four years after Final Fantasy 12 was released, and fans had been eagerly anticipating the next installment. But when it finally arrived, there were mixed reactions, including complaints about its linearity, the lack of towns and NPCs, and the limited control over the characters. At the time, Square Enix kept its game production behind closed doors and didn't take in a lot of feedback — especially from Western fans.
The game has been revisited by many different Final Fantasy fans since then, and some, like myself, have come to love it again. Almost all staple entries in the series have found their way to modern consoles, so it's about time that the FF13 trilogy gets a remaster
I've been thinking about this. I agree. While I really disliked it at first I never played it again. After hating ff15 so damn much I just think it can't be worse then 15 and if I'm not mistaken atleast it's turn based. I need more of that in my life.
Recently replayed them and I agree a remaster would be great. The complaints about linearity are fair, but they only really apply to the first half of the first game and while I agree that it would've been nice to have proper towns, minigames and subquests, it didn't detract from the intriguing story, interesting characters, tactical gameplay and amazing soundtrack in my opinion.
XIII-2 fixes a lot of the issues of XIII and expands on the story in interesting ways. The combat and progression builds on top of the systems of XIII and the nonlinearity and discoverability of secrets is a big inprovement over the original game. It's easily the best game of the trilogy.
Lightning Returns was probably a bit too experimental for it's own good. It tried to reinvent the wheel for no reason. The solo party for most of the game and the outfit based combat felt like a downgrade over XIII-2 combat system. It does have a unique vibe, but the plot kinda goes off the rails and many of the story beats didn't land as much for me as they did in the first two games. The race against time aspect was an interesting idea, but it never felt like it mattered, because it wasn't much of a challenge to manage the remaining time even while doing all the subquests.
As we celebrate Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary, let’s look back at the underrated soundtracks of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy.
It's alright but I mean with so many other FF games it's not even in the top 10 for me
You just can't beat IX, VII, X and my personal favourite VIII when it comes to music
Even the theme song sucks, instead of just having an English version of the Japanese theme they got X Factors Leona Lewis to do the song which didn't sound like FF theme song.
I agree, regardless of the general consensus of the game itself, FF rarely lets down when it comes to the music at least.
After about five years since the last patch was released for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Steam version on PC, Square Enix released a new patch today.
i find it sich a waste that they didnt release them on the ps4.
i know alot of ppl dont like 13, but 13-2 is amazing ha.
I've been soakin up all my "FML" since I heard about the first announcement. I've given up on Squeenix since FF13, but now I'm growing a real hatred towards them. Lightning is the worst protagonist in the whole franchise. From now my hope for the series is always gonna be haunted and undermined by the constant epic failures that has been coming out from them since the merger happened.
Soak up the hatred, while you're at it, as no matter how good this game will be, it will be hated.
It's funny: the info we have so far makes it sound not so far off from the Versus everyone is pinning their hopes on, and also bears a resemblance to Crisis Core, which was loved by most who played it. That's how you can tell the hatred is irrational. Interesting concepts that SHOULD get people excited(that WOULD get them excited any other time) are instead criticized, despite people not knowing how well they'll be implemented.
How can people really be excited for Versus, and yet turn their noses away from Lightning Returns? I honestly don't get it.
Edit: Shouldda known you'd have something to say.
Seriously, though, for a stalker, you suck. Have you not seen me say I have high hopes for this game? ( http://n4g.com/comments/red... I'm not perpetuating any negatives, either, but it should have been apparent to you by now that most of the people around here aren't giving it a chance. Look at the first freaking comment, for crying out loud.
And let's not talk about generalizations, shall we? You've tried to make my comment into a generalization, but the truth is that the majority of the comments about this game are already negative. Look at the rest of the thread from the comment I posted; notice how few people who speak positively about this game have more agrees than disagrees. Notice the same in virtually EVERY article about it. And nobody thinks N4G=the gaming populace at large, but that doesn't make it any more acceptable. If you can't see that, something's wrong with YOU.
What I find TRULY amazing is how you can sit there and tell somebody else to "enjoy games regardless of what others say," yet you seem intent on NOT ignoring anything I say, and instead feel the need to respond to every comment of mine that rubs YOU the wrong way.
Ironic, hypocritical, I think both apply here.
The reason a site like this exists is so there can be conversation, so people can express their opinions, and rebut the points made by others. But, according to you, no one should comment, or respond to anything anybody else says.
Why not start by taking your own advice: ignore what I say and just play games you like. Hell, if you're taking your own advice, you shouldn't even be commenting on this site, should you?