Final Fantasy XIII-2 to be Terrible but not Poppy
There was plenty to hate in Final Fantasy XIII. Unlikeable characters, utterly linear gameplay, boring, pretentious story, lack of any entertainment value whatsoever. Make your way further down that list and you might have taken issue with the game’s cheesy “pop” stylings. If this was your sole beef with the fetid gaming carcass that was Final Fantasy XIII, then you might be in for a treat when you fork over sixty hard-earned bucks for its entirely warrantless sequel.
According to an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama in Japanese manga magazine (mangazine?) Dengeki, Square Enix has decided to do away with the hyperglycemia-inducing sweetness of FFXIII’s tone.
“By playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 you’ll see the complete story. This game will cover the events behind the scenes of Final Fantasy XIII and have a dark feel to it. The story will have mysteries and won’t be straightforward.
“Dengeki’s interview also notes that the development team listened to criticism from people outside of the company and overseas. Opinions regarding the characters, story, and interface were taken in.”
Hopefully Leona Lewis will also be jettisoned into the sun.
Nothing will change.
This guy obviously doesn’t know what good games are considering it’s story line was a bigger hit then halo, but I guess not everybody can like it.
Maybe it wasn’t FF X, 7 or 8, but it wasn’t garbage and I along with many others enjoyed it.
People who only play Halo and C.O.D. have little right to judge other games so harshly.
It may not be no final fantasy 7,8,9,X or FF6 for that matter, but the game itself was fresh and unique. I admit it was final fantasy “great”, it was still an enjoyable game and for that matter some people need to open their eyes and stop judging change as a bad thing. They are only trying to appease audiences in the west because they are so in-tuned with action/adventure that they took out turn-based(which I adore btw). The game was disappointing for me because I’ve played all the final fantasy games and enjoyed them very much FFIX being my favourite followed by VIII, it was still a good game and doesn’t deserve harsh criticism.