Jonathan Cullen, GOONL!NE: "As you read this, practically all of Japan will be a third way through their first playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII.
Us Westerners, unless you want to import like myself, won't get our hands on the game until March 2010 in a US/EU sim-ship. The question that only remains is can Final Fantasy XIII turn out to be not just one of the best RPGs of next year, but the best of next year altogether?"
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Alex Donaldson: "Hindsight is a hell of a thing, however, and in the years since Final Fantasy XIII, my respect for the decisions its developers made has skyrocketed. In the two Final Fantasy titles since we see both the brilliance and the folly in alternative approaches - and in Final Fantasy VII Remake, we get a more nuanced understanding of what FF13 was trying to accomplish from many of the same development leads."
FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.
I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.
I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.
i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.
i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.
but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.
but i like 13-2 more :)
i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy
XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!
I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.
Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5
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Can it be the best RPG of next year? Most certainly. The competition is by no means fierce. It is still pretty slim pickings in my opinion even for next year.
White Knight Chronicles
Resonance of Fate
Final Fantasy 13
Those are the big hitters we'll have next year. Some new ports like Star Ocean for PS3 and ToV on PS3, as well as the FFXIV MMORPG is due, but if we are purely talking JRPGs then those 3 are what the contest will be over...unless someone has a surprise game to announce for 4th quarter 2010.(Suikoden 6 or Legend of Dragoon 2 come oooon!)