Revisiting the Final Fantasy XIII series
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I lik e the gameplay. They had a lot of good ideas for this game and with a bigger budget it could have been great. As is its just mediocre.
The story reminds me of the last season of lost. Very generic way to end a series.
I'm about halfway through.
Do they really only give u 48 hours to beat the game?
nairdas
I've Destroyed Whole Planets
I will say this, Lightning Returns was definitely the hardest RPG for me to play. Now I didn't fukk with RPGs in the 90s so I'm sure there are some from back then that were harder, but a couple of bosses in LR got on my fukking nerves. Caius was hard as shyt, beat him on pure luck. The last hit a landed on him did dumb damage for some reason. If that wouldn't have happened he would have definitely killed with his next hit and I don't think I would have been able to get that close again. The final boss was stupid hard too. I had to restart from a certain point and do more so I would be strong of enough to beat him. Thank god for someone suggesting that I use the equilibrium+ garb because I probably would have never figured that garb would work. Stats on that garb weren't shyt, but you needed that extra stagger boost. LR was first game in a while that I really had to try hard.
first time i faced noel he beat the shyt outta me. couldnt believe he was that difficult. im on day 6 and i finally beat him but part of the problem was i didnt know you have to actually time your blocks and not just hold it down like i been doiing. the battle system and customization in this game is piff, but it only really shines during boss fights
i beat the dead dunes boss pretty easily. im about to go fight snow and i dont think hell be too hard, but i heard caius is a bytch. by the way
at them bringing caius bakc in this game, such a cheap thing to do, caius' story ended perfectly in xiii-2
nairdas
I've Destroyed Whole Planets
Yeah get ready for Caius. Do everything you can to get stronger. That nikka does not play. Get that soldier of peace garb because you're gonna need that Artemis' Arrow skill. That was the move I hit him with to end that fight.first time i faced noel he beat the shyt outta me. couldnt believe he was that difficult. im on day 6 and i finally beat him but part of the problem was i didnt know you have to actually time your blocks and not just hold it down like i been doiing. the battle system and customization in this game is piff, but it only really shines during boss fights
i beat the dead dunes boss pretty easily. im about to go fight snow and i dont think hell be too hard, but i heard caius is a bytch. by the way
Beerus
Banned
It's fukking shyt.
That fukking shyt was the worst in all the series fukk 13
That fukking shyt was the worst in all the series fukk 13
Beerus
Banned
Man, sazh really gets the short end of the stick in these games. He's in xiii-2 for two seconds , and his main quest in LR is just a fetch quest with the essentially the same storyline from the first game 
Meanwhile bytch ass hope gets more airtime than anyone besides lightning
Meanwhile bytch ass hope gets more airtime than anyone besides lightning
alright, finished LR, here's my final review of these three games:
XIII: 8/10. incredibly progressive and fun combat system. brings JRPG combat to the modern era. great cast overall and character development overall. some of the dialogue is cheesy but it works well for the most part. they spend so much time developing the characters the plot suffers. no real villain to get excited about. the final dungeon is somewhat disappointing compared to past FF games, didn't really have an epic feel to it. but the ending is very satisfying and the soundtrack to this game is one of the GOAt
XIII-2: 7/10. I did not like this game at first but it grew on me. The story is very convoluted and doesn't make much sense, but Caius takes it to another level. serah and noel are both likeable characters. the whole monster shyt was fun too but it can be tedious if you don't pick the right monsters to level up, which i didn't. the soundtrack has some real gems on it, but some real shytshows too. anyways, my real problem with this game was the dungeon/level design. augusta tower and the last dungeon are both unnecessarily painful to get through. not in a fun way. they heard all the complaints about the linear dungeons from the first game and overcorrected IMO.
LR: 5/10. If you're really a fan of this series and of lightning then id bump it to a 6/10. i liked the dark humor in this game and i liked lightning playing the straight man to all the silly shyt going down. also, i thought this was the best incarnation of the combat in the series. the boss fights are extremely satisfying and fun and challenging,
whenever you beat them. unfortunately most of the quests are boring and there's no real point to fighting normal monsters. also, i thought they made the last boss too easy by giving you something at the end of the game. overall, i liked the concepts in this game of an open world, but there obivously wasn't enough of a budget to fully execute it properly
i got emotional at the end with all the trials where they show all the places lightning's been and played all the old tracks
this series gets too much hate, they learned their lesson with each game, and now i'm looking forward to FFXV
XIII: 8/10. incredibly progressive and fun combat system. brings JRPG combat to the modern era. great cast overall and character development overall. some of the dialogue is cheesy but it works well for the most part. they spend so much time developing the characters the plot suffers. no real villain to get excited about. the final dungeon is somewhat disappointing compared to past FF games, didn't really have an epic feel to it. but the ending is very satisfying and the soundtrack to this game is one of the GOAt
XIII-2: 7/10. I did not like this game at first but it grew on me. The story is very convoluted and doesn't make much sense, but Caius takes it to another level. serah and noel are both likeable characters. the whole monster shyt was fun too but it can be tedious if you don't pick the right monsters to level up, which i didn't. the soundtrack has some real gems on it, but some real shytshows too. anyways, my real problem with this game was the dungeon/level design. augusta tower and the last dungeon are both unnecessarily painful to get through. not in a fun way. they heard all the complaints about the linear dungeons from the first game and overcorrected IMO.
LR: 5/10. If you're really a fan of this series and of lightning then id bump it to a 6/10. i liked the dark humor in this game and i liked lightning playing the straight man to all the silly shyt going down. also, i thought this was the best incarnation of the combat in the series. the boss fights are extremely satisfying and fun and challenging,
whenever you beat them. unfortunately most of the quests are boring and there's no real point to fighting normal monsters. also, i thought they made the last boss too easy by giving you something at the end of the game. overall, i liked the concepts in this game of an open world, but there obivously wasn't enough of a budget to fully execute it properly i got emotional at the end with all the trials where they show all the places lightning's been and played all the old tracks
this series gets too much hate, they learned their lesson with each game, and now i'm looking forward to FFXV
Grand Eeezus Maxwell
"Time is when, God....lounge!!"
XIII didn’t even feel like an FF game IMO. Everything about it just seemed....off.
