Final Fantasy is one of the main reasons why I wanted to get the PS3 (well that and Kingdom Hearts). I have been looking forward to playing Final Fantasy since I played FFX back in the PS2 days. I had been holding out for a Wii version but realized that because the Wii is under powered and only puts out 480p…it was highly probable that Square Enix would not waste their time making a version for the Wii. When I came to this conclusion I started to save for a PS3 and with the help of my family and friends I was able to scrape up enough money to get a PS3 after Christmas.
Anyhoo…enough of the background crap…on to FFXIII! The first thing that I noticed is that it is probably one of the most liner games I have every played. No left, no right, no up, no down…just put on the blinders and go straight on through. Second is that you cannot upgrade your character until you have played the game for about an hour or so. Another thing that bugs me is that the fights seem a bit easy…I have yet to find a boss that has taken me more than two or three tries to figure out and kill. These things annoyed me greatly but the other aspects of the game make up for it. The one thing I really like about the game is that it plays like a movie. You do a few things and you get to watch a cut scene about what you just did and what you will have to do in the next leg of the game. The story is another thing I like…so far it is a compelling story line…I care for the characters and what will happen to them. The thing I really like is that they changed the way you fight in the game. No more turned based crap…it’s all done in real time. Characters are no longer locked in to one specific roles but they can do 1 of 3 roles and can swap to any of those 3 roles during the fight via paradigm shifts. For example…Lightning (the lady pictured there to the right) can be a command, ravager or a medic and each role has it’s strengths and weaknesses. The other roles that can be played are synergist, saboteur and sentinel. Even though they tossed turn based fighting out the window…the new system still feels familiar. So yeah…those are my first impressions of FFXIII…will there be a second review? Who knows?
Quote of the day! (actually a joke)
A bacteria walks in to a bar. The bartender says “We don’t serve bacteria in here.” The bacteria says “It’s okay…we’re staph!”
–Brian Malow The Science Comedian
Lightning is my biatch.
I like Vanille personally…love her free spirit attitude. =)
Yeah, Vanille is definitely more girlish, although a bit on the young side. But I like lightning cause she’s well rounded, pretty strong attacker yet can also heal!
I don’t use Lightning to heal…mostly cause I usually play her and I hate healing =)